Although we were ten kilometers away, everyone's enthusiasm remained undiminished.
Ye Fu took out twenty fertilized eggs and prepared them for hatching. After thinking about it, he took out ten more fertilized duck eggs.
When I go out to carry mineral salt this time, I can find a way to get these duck eggs.
Jiang Rong built a shed for her downstairs and continued to raise chickens, ducks and geese. After going through so many things, there was no petty theft in the safe area, let alone the shed made by Jiang Rong, and no one dared to touch it.
Early the next morning, everyone set out to carry the mineral salt. Those with carts used carts, and those without carts used shoulder poles, wooden barrels, basins, sheets and cloth... all to bring back the mineral salt.
After walking for two hours, they arrived at the mountain Liu Zhang was talking about. Standing at the bottom of the mountain, Ye Fu saw a large area of white rocks halfway up the mountain.
After a heavy rain, a large-scale landslide occurred on the mountain, and mineral salt rocks rolled down the mountainside along the debris flow. If all this mineral salt is extracted, hundreds of kilograms of fine salt should be extracted.
Ye Fu and Jiang Run loaded a car and headed back. On the way, she brought back ten duck eggs in the name of going to the toilet.
"Ye Fu, you must be very lucky."
Lin Siran looked envious, and Ye Fu touched his nose guiltily.
"It should be a pheasant in the mountains. If it hatches, I can raise one or two for you in exchange."
When Lin Siran heard this, he immediately nodded, "Okay, you are the leader in breeding, you can definitely hatch it."
"I want two too. My sister is also thinking about breeding them recently. I'll trade them with you for salt. Water is fine too."
When Fang Ming heard that he could exchange for pheasants, he immediately came over. When he heard that he wanted to exchange them for Fang Wei, Ye Fu also agreed.
"Can."
"Dr. Ye, I'll order one too, and I'll give you salt."
"Dr. Ye, I also want to raise one."
All the people nearby gathered around. Ye Fu looked at the poor ten duck eggs that had not hatched yet, and they were all worried about them.
Back in the safe zone, Liu Zhang organized everyone to refine the mineral salt. Refining the mineral salt requires a lot of water, which needs to be boiled over high fire to dissolve the mineral salt. People in the safe zone have been very busy these days. Fortunately, the water in the pool was replenished overnight.
Once it’s full, it doesn’t matter how much water you take.
Ye Fu and Jiang Run pushed back the cart and extracted one and a half kilograms.
A week later, the duck eggs hatched. Those who had reserved the chicks came over and saw that they were wild ducks. They wished that each of them could get two in exchange for them.
With one duck and a bowl of salt, Ye Fu bought out six ducks and gave one to Lin Siran and one to Wenwen. She kept the remaining two.
Others also built chicken coops next to her shed. Just one month after the heavy rain, the new life in the safe zone was back on track.
As the temperature gradually increased, Ye Fu scattered about ten kilograms of grass seeds in the safe area. She was worried that the high temperature would come, so she could only plant more plants to prevent the land from weathering again.
Fortunately, she had stocked up on a lot of seeds. Grass seeds are very cheap, with the wholesale price only costing four yuan per pound.
Around the safety zone, Ye Fu also scattered a lot of tree seeds, fir, cedar, sycamore...
The ones that had been sown before were already ten centimeters high. Officer Song was very happy to tell Ye Fu that he had found bamboo seedlings.
Ye Fudan smiled and said nothing, directly hiding his merit and fame.
Grass seeds germinate very quickly. Sijiqing, a kind of long-leaf grass that will not wither all year round, can grow very tall and can withstand wind and sand.
Others were still busy carrying mineral salt and carrying water to refine mineral salt. Ye Fu was busy growing vegetables and raising chickens and ducks. Soon, she became the largest farmer in the safe zone.
Anyone can come to her to exchange eggs, duck eggs, or chickens.
After the thick fog clears, everyone can go further to pull firewood.
Qi Yuan even came over to ask Jiang Run to catch fish in the Yinjiang River. Although it was a bit far away, the thick fog had lifted and it would be easy to go back and forth for a few days.
Everyone else came over to sign up with Qi Yuan. The weather is hot. If you catch fish, you can directly make smoked fish and dried fish, which can be stored for a long time.
"Maybe the water in Yinjiang River has been polluted by acid rain." Lin Siran disagreed with Yu Chao going to catch fish. Wouldn't it be nice to carry the mineral salt twice if you have the time?
"The water in Yinjiang is deep, and it is not stagnant. The water is flowing. Even if there is acid rain for ten days, it will have been diluted and dissolved. Yinjiang is very fishy. Those who left before are heading in the direction of Yinjiang.
Let's go." Qi Yuan said this, and the others became even more excited.
Jiang Run, on the other hand, looked calm and had no intention of going.
"Jiang Run, let's go together. We don't need you to fish. You are responsible for protecting our safety. After all, if the people who left before settled in Yinjiang, we will definitely be in trouble when we go fishing. When we come back, we will
You get two fish for each person."
Jiang Run still shook his head, "If Ye can't help him go, I won't go either."
Qi Yuan looked at Ye Fu, who waved his hand directly.
"If I don't go, my chickens can't live without me."
"I think Qi Yuan's idea is very good. The three of us will join you, bring those with sacks and carts. We will go there for a week and we will definitely come back with a full load." Liu Zhang seemed very interested.
"That's great. Those who want to go will gather tomorrow morning, grab the guys and set off."
Officer Song must be going too, but he wanted to keep Wenwen behind, but Wenwen was unwilling to stay and insisted on catching fish with him.
Lin Siran finally agreed with Yu Chao to go fishing together, and except for Jiang Run, all the young men in the safety zone left.
Ye Fu is busy in the vegetable garden every day, occasionally checking to see how the grass seeds he sows are growing.
On this day, Ye Fu went to the mountains to fetch water and scattered grass seeds and tree seeds on the road. Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the pond, he saw two black goats drinking water.
Ye Fu didn't expect that he was so lucky, so he immediately took out the hemp rope and led them back.
"Goat? Ye Fu, you actually brought back two goats?"
Ye Fu pursed his lips and smiled, "I'm lucky. I went to fetch water today and caught it by the pool. If you have time, you can try your luck. It's hot now, there is water in the mountains, and the animals have come out."
When everyone heard this, no one could sit still and left one after another to try their luck.
Not to mention, a few hours later, someone actually came back with pheasants and rabbits.
The person who caught the rabbit had better luck. It was a pregnant female rabbit and gave birth to a litter of little rabbits that night. Ye Fu was a little jealous and immediately exchanged one.
Doumiao and Luoluo are now completely free-range. Everyone in the safe zone knows that Ye has raised two pets. Doumiao can also find mineral salt. Everyone directly regards it as auspicious and no one will harm them.
Ye Fu handed over the task of raising rabbits to Jiang Chong again. Jiang Chong had just completed the sheepfold and received a new task of raising rabbits.
There are two goats, one male and one female. Ye Fu plans to keep them and maybe expand them into a flock in the future.
This chapter has been completed!