Ye Fu looked at the seeping water. Although it was very small and turbid, she finally grabbed the life-saving rope to survive again.
The puddle was dug seven meters deep and five meters wide. After shoveling out the excess soil, everyone climbed out of the puddle.
"After we go back, we will find some wire and make a wire mesh to cover the pool so that no animals can fall in and drown." Officer Song looked at the water with an excited light in his eyes.
It's one thing if animals fall in and contaminate the water, but there's fear of another parasite crisis.
"Let's go back. It is estimated that the water will clear up after the soil settles in two days. Although it is a bit far, it is very convenient to use a tricycle to fetch water. However, the road up the mountain needs to be repaired." After Qi Yuan finished speaking, he followed.
Liu Zhang immediately took over the conversation.
"Tomorrow, everyone will come over to repair the road and smooth it out. Now it will be better, there will be water, and there will be a way to live."
"Ye Fu is still amazing. He knows how to detect underground water. He is worthy of being Dr. Ye, a hero among women."
"Jiang Run is the most powerful. People can hear the sound of underground water flowing, and his ears are better than those of a dog."
"The most powerful one is Brother Song. He can make explosives. With a bang, the earth will shake and a big crater will be blown up."
"I think Uncle Liu is still more powerful, far-sighted and well-organized."
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News of the dug-out water spread back to the safe zone, and everyone started running around to tell each other. Some people couldn't wait to fetch water with buckets, while others were pushing shabby carts and digging soil everywhere, planning to plant vegetables again.
Ye Fu directly planted a vegetable garden in the open space behind the building. Others followed suit, each house was ten square meters, and the boundaries were drawn with rag strips.
As long as there is open space in the safety zone, people have opened it up to create vegetable plots. Some people dig soil in the mountains and carry it back to grow wheat.
The most tenacious life form in the world is human beings. As long as there is a breath left, they have an unyielding will.
Three days later, the water in the pool had settled cleanly, and one person from each family went out to fetch a bucket of water.
After many people left, some rooms were vacated. Ye Fu and Jiang Run moved to a ward on the top floor. In the ward, when the parasite broke out, He Jingwen, who lived here, thought of the He family.
Home, a trace of disgust flashed across Ye Fu's eyes.
Ye Fu scattered some bamboo seeds and tree seeds next to the pool. Bamboo has a very slow growth cycle, otherwise it can be used to divert water from the mountains back to the safe area, so that everyone does not need to carry water.
After the water problem is solved, the biggest difficulty now is the lack of salt.
If people do not take in salt for a long time, they will not only lose their hair and teeth, but also suffer from dry and yellow hair, sallow complexion and thin muscles, fatigue and weakness, and may even die suddenly.
Liu Zhang had been wandering around the mountains all day recently, just to look for mineral salt or soil salt. He borrowed Doumiao, saying that he wanted Doumiao to help him find mineral salt. Ye Fu didn't know if he could find it.
After the heavy rain, the growth rate of plants seemed to be faster again. Ye Fu found that the seeds scattered in the vegetable field would sprout green shoots in a day or two, and they would grow to seven or eight centimeters in about four days.
Ye Fu scattered a lot of tree seeds and bamboo seeds in some corners of the safe area.
"Sister Xiaoye, Sister Xiaoye, my father and the others brought back two snakes. He said there would be an extra meal tonight, so he asked you and Brother Jiang Run to come over for dinner."
Ye Fu was a little surprised. It was only 17 or 18 degrees, but there was a snake coming out?
"They caught it by the pool. The snake wanted to go in to drink water and take a bath, but my dad beat it to death with a stick."
"We know, we'll be there later."
"Then come quickly. If you come late, the meat will be gone."
Ye Fu touched Wenwen's braid and said, "I understand, sister will be there soon."
After Wenwen left, Ye Fu began to struggle. In the past, he couldn't eat empty-handed, so what should he bring?
"You can bring a smoked chicken. They all saw it when we made it before."
After Jiang Run reminded him, Ye Fu remembered that there were a lot of smoked chickens in the space, took out one, and the two of them went to the house where Officer Song and the others lived.
It was actually an operating room downstairs. After the family who lived here before left, they moved in.
When the two arrived, Qi Yuan was chopping snake meat. There was a lot of snake blood in an iron basin next to him. There is salt in the blood of animals, which is a good thing.
"Do you still have such good things?" Qi Yuan's eyes widened when he saw the smoked chicken in Ye's armrest.
"I still have more than ten fertilized eggs there. I will hatch the chicks in a while, and I will give you two each after they hatch."
Qi Yuan looked touched, "Ye Fu, there is nothing I can do for you. I can only carry a bucket of water for you to express my gratitude."
Ye Fu smiled and said, "Okay."
We stewed a large pot of snake meat and fried a plate of smoked chicken. This was the first time for everyone to have a dinner together after more than a year.
Jiang Run didn't seem to like eating snake meat very much. He put down his chopsticks after eating a little.
"I now feel that this heavy rain is not necessarily a bad thing."
Everyone looked at Qi Yuan, who chuckled and continued, "I found a lot of seedlings growing by the pool. I estimate that everything will revive soon, and some green sprouts have also appeared in some corners of the safe area.
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Wenwen was very excited, "I saw it too. I wanted to touch it, but my father wouldn't let me touch it. He said they were grass or flowers. I can only pick them when they grow up."
Ye Fu felt a little guilty, so she only gave away a small handful, hoping they wouldn't be too disappointed.
"Dad, when they grow up, can we go home?"
Officer Song didn't react for a moment, "This is our home."
"No, our family is in Lancheng. When they grow up, can we go back to Lancheng? Dad, I miss my mother."
As she spoke, Wenwen's tears fell, and then she threw herself into Officer Song's arms and cried loudly.
"Dad, when can we go home? I want to go home. I don't like it here."
"When you grow up, we can go home. At that time, can you take me back?"
Wenwen cried until she hiccupped, "But I don't know the way, Dad, I can't find my way home."
"It doesn't matter, dad remembers the way."
The eyes of others are also red. Who doesn’t want to go home? But is it possible to go back?
After eating, Ye Fu and Jiang Run went back, and the smell of food came from other rooms.
The next day, Liu Zhang came back with bean sprouts and a few stones. He told everyone that he had found mineral salt on the mountain ten kilometers away.
The so-called mineral salt is the salt extracted from the ore. Like other salts, it cannot be eaten directly and needs to be filtered.
Ye Fu took a look and saw that it was indeed mineral salt, but the amount of salt was not large.
"Tomorrow I will take everyone to carry mineral salt. With the salt, everyone will have strength."
This chapter has been completed!