One year has passed, and the thick fog still shows no sign of dissipating.
Almost all the wood outside the safe area has been picked up, and the temperature still remains between 13 and 16 degrees.
Rats have long been extinct due to everyone's efforts to capture them, but some people have bred a lot of rats in their homes, and many shops selling rat meat have been opened in the safety zone.
Ye Fu and Jiang Run still get along with everyone not far away, and the rules and regulations of the safe zone are gradually standardized. Although life is still difficult, the survivors living here rarely have a trace of peace.
Light rain still comes every three days, and the stored water is enough for everyone to drink, but only enough for drinking. Washing your face and taking a bath is a complete luxury.
Over the course of a year, the lonely old people gradually died, and the young children grew up rapidly under the training of Secretary Huang and Liu Zhang.
They can go further to collect firewood, and now firewood in the safe zone can be sold, and the price is more expensive than vegetables.
Ye Fu is still addicted to growing medicinal materials. She rarely goes out, and there is a sign outside the door saying "Don't disturb me." But if someone needs medical treatment, she still won't refuse.
The price remains the same, still a head of cabbage or half a bowl of wheat.
Jiang Run occasionally went out to hunt, and Ye Fu didn't know how far he went. Anyway, he always gained something when he came back.
After not seeing the sun for more than half a year, Ye Fu found that the skin he covered up was frighteningly white, as if he had an incurable disease.
Ye Fu's hair was cut short when it grew long, and he never had long hair.
Wan Tao and the others got several more carts. They discovered a coal mine in the nearby mountains and planned to dig it back to replace the wood for burning fires.
The mine is huge and anyone can dig there. Officer Song and Qi Yuan both dug there for several days and were able to bring back a small cart of coal every day.
Wenwen was very lucky. When she and Officer Song went to dig coal, they picked up a nest of wild eggs. Within two days of getting them back, a nest of chicks hatched, totaling thirty. Ye Fu exchanged two with her and raised them in
On the first floor, although there are many fertilized chicken, duck and goose eggs in her space, she could not take them out before. With this opportunity, she can raise chicks openly.
"Jiang Run, look what this is?"
"bird?"
"Wrong, these are chickens. I leave them to you. You will be responsible for feeding them from now on."
Jiang Run looked at Ye Fu seriously, "Can you eat it when you grow it up?"
"Of course, but you can also keep it for laying eggs."
Jiang Run's boring life finally got a spice and he started raising chickens.
Animals also grow very fast in a dense fog environment. For about a month, Ye Fu chose two hens, but after waiting for a long time, they had no intention of laying eggs. Ye Fu had no choice but to take out the fertilized eggs in the space and decided to
Dry hatch a brood of chickens.
The two grown hens were naturally put into Jiang Run's belly.
The eggs that were supposed to be incubated for more than 20 days actually hatched in seven days, and not one of them was lost.
Ye Fu's chicken farm was officially established. Of course, the factory director was Jiang Run. He raised and took care of almost forty or fifty chickens.
Other people in the safety zone knew that Ye Fu raised a lot of chickens here, and they all came to exchange wheat and corn. The first batch of Ye Fu did not change, but when it came to the second batch, a family could exchange two.
Wenwen was very depressed about why the chicks she had raised could not lay or hatch eggs. In order to comfort her, Ye Fu exchanged two chicks with her. Sure enough, the chicks they had just replaced started laying eggs that night.
Lin Siran also bought two chicks from Ye Fu, raised them, and developed them into a chicken farm.
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"Uncle Wan, it's not good, it's not good." Chengcheng shouted to Wan Tao at the top of his lungs. Everyone thought something serious had happened and hurried out to check.
"Chengcheng, what happened?"
"Come, there are many people here. They said they want to come into our safe area. I asked others to stop them and come to Uncle Wan to report the news."
Many people came?
There are still people coming to Longtan Safe Zone?
Many people were curious, but Wan Tao was very alert. He took two teams of security personnel, armed with sticks, hoes and other weapons, and left in a mighty manner.
At the entrance to the safety zone, several children held sticks in their hands and blocked a group of people wearing rags.
"Where are you from? What are your names? Why are you here? How many people are there?"
A child asked a lot of questions in a loud voice. The group of people were all skinny and skinny, so they could only answer the questions honestly.
"We came from Liangjiang County. After the acid rain, the house collapsed, the trees were all dead, and there was no water. We had no choice but to leave. We couldn't see the direction clearly and could only walk in the dark. We walked for half a year and arrived in Lancheng. , Lancheng was also in ruins, and there was nothing to eat. We walked for another half a year before we got here. My son came to explore the road and said he saw some houses. We thought no one lived there, so we wanted to come in."
A middle-aged man confessed honestly that the man and woman behind him were his daughter and son, and the people next to him were all his companions who had fled together.
Wan Tao and others had just arrived, and the children were chattering and explaining what had just happened.
When the man saw Wan Tao, his face was filled with shock.
"Are you Wan Tao?"
"Who are you?"
The man's tone became more choked up, "I used to work in a factory in Liangjiang. You once went there to inspect the work. I remember you."
Liangjiang County is a small county under the jurisdiction of Haicheng. When the man told the name of the factory and the month and year when he and Wan Tao went to inspect the work, Wan Tao believed it in his heart.
"How many of you are there?"
"Twenty-five, including three old people and two children. When we came out, there were more than a hundred people. Now there are only twenty-five people left. We can work. Mr. Wan, can we join you? It is really difficult to leave. We are immobile. Everyone’s feet are swollen and we don’t know where to go. You can check our packages. We don’t carry weapons, only a few hoes and sickles.”
Wan Tao and the others did not give them an answer immediately. After discussion, they asked other people for their opinions.
Maybe it's because the elderly and children are so pitiful that many people feel sympathy for them.
"Keep them and let them live over there in the shopping mall. The children are so pitiful."
The child was malnourished and his hair was yellow and white.
The old man seemed to be dying. There were many people in the safe area and there were security personnel, so he was not worried that these people would harm everyone.
After checking their belongings, Wan Tao let them in.
Ye Fu only found out when Lin Siran came over to talk to her that the next day, several people came to exchange supplies.
At first glance, these people looked like they had escaped and suffered the consequences. They all had miserable faces and no luster in their eyes.
Lin Siran exchanged the only intact bowl and spoon for some corn seeds. Lin Siran felt soft and changed them immediately.
After observing for a period of time, these people did not have bad intentions. They finally found a habitat and began to live actively.
Some people have died in the safe zone, and some have traveled through the mountains to escape.
This chapter has been completed!