Chapter 821 821 Ice Making
Author: Long Boat Crossing the Moon
Chapter 821 821 Ice Making
"Has it been dealt with?"
Qi Yuan had a look on his face, "We didn't even use the explosives. Jiang Jun was so powerful. He took down the entire bandit den by himself. I'm sorry for the captured refugees. Some of the uncles were beaten to pieces, and the women were beaten to pieces."
It was even worse. They were chained in the shed and several women were pregnant. There was no difference between a bandit's den and hell."
Ye Fu frowned, "What are their plans?"
"They are particularly afraid of people. Some of them have gone crazy. They are very pitiful. Some of the elder sisters want to stay in the bandits' den. After all, there is a shelter there, and the bandits have robbed a lot of things. In one or two years,
There are rations. There are also some people who want to go to the base. After all, the base is safer. Jiang Run and I came back after dealing with the bandits. Let them decide whether to stay or go."
"If I were them, I would go to the base. The bandit dens are just thatched huts. I feel like they will collapse if the wind blows. As long as there are officials stationed in the base, there will be no trouble. Even if the work is harder, at least personal safety can be guaranteed."
Ye Fu also agreed with Qi Yuan's statement, but it was up to those people how they chose.
The days in the cave have returned to calm again, and the dense fog in the mountains is getting heavier and heavier. If you don't wear protective clothing and a mask, you can't go out at all.
A few days later, Jiang Run said that a group of coal mining teams came from more than ten kilometers away. He went to inquire about it. Those people came from the northern Xinjiang base. They surveyed that there were several coal mine pits in the mountains, so they wanted to
Stay here to mine.
Mining workers are very hard-working. They implement a two-shift system. The working hours of the workers are 14 hours, from 6 am to 8 pm, and from 8 pm to 10 am the next morning.
Most of the workers are middle-aged and elderly people over the age of 40 or 50. Young people are left to work at the base, but everyone's working hours are the same. Regardless of men, women, old or young, they have to work 14 hours.
"If I hadn't met you, even if I was lucky enough to survive, I might have to dig coal or do other work. There is a reason for the base to do this. After all, materials are scarce now, and so many people have to survive.
It takes more work, but it’s really hard. I went to take a peek yesterday, and as long as someone was lazy or went to the toilet for more than three minutes, they would be beaten. It was really miserable.”
Ye Fu shook his head, "If you have skills, they will probably ask you what you know when you enter the base. Those who are good at medicine will naturally not need to dig coal mines. Those who can grow vegetables will be assigned to grow vegetables, and those who can build houses will go."
Build a house, so even if you go to the base, you won't necessarily live a miserable life."
Qi Yuan was embarrassed to say this.
"But the luckiest thing I have is meeting you guys. A little guy like me, even if he has some skills, can't get ahead in the base."
Qi Yuan is very satisfied with his current life. He occasionally does heroic deeds. The rest of the time, he can tend the vegetable fields, read books, watch TV, and play ball with Yiyi.
A few months later, the thick fog dissipated, and a new round of high temperatures accompanied the appearance of extreme daylight. Ye Fu and the others had been staying in the cave, so they did not know that there was no night outside. It was not until three days later, when Jiang Run went out to check the photovoltaic panels, that
Found that the end of the day has arrived.
"The trajectory of natural disasters in this life is different from that in the previous life." Jiang Run looked serious and said in a low voice.
"Don't go out recently. The sun is not right. I remember that the sun suddenly appeared after a heavy rain in my last life. Many people were exposed to the sun and suffered from large areas of ulcers on their bodies. I was outside just now and my skin felt a strong tingling sensation after it came into contact with the sun.
.”
"Are you hurt?"
Jiang Run shook his head, "I can bear this stinging feeling but you certainly can't, especially in Yiyi. It's too dry outside. Use saltpeter to make some ice cubes and put them in the house. Turning on the air conditioner will only make the cave drier and drier."
, and it needs to be humidified.”
Ye Fu understood, "I'm going to make ice now."
After the ice cubes were prepared, Ye Fu called Qi Yuan and moved the large stainless steel basin filled with ice cubes to various corners. Yi Yi was very interested in the ice cubes. She licked it and her tongue was frozen. When she heard her
Crying, three adults hurried over.
"What's wrong baby?"
Yiyi was very anxious. When she moved, her tongue was torn even more, and she burst into tears from the pain.
Seeing that his tongue was frozen, Ye Fu quickly asked Qi Yuan to go to the kitchen to get a hot water kettle. Jiang Run held down his will to prevent her from moving around to avoid hurting the base of her tongue.
Qi Yuan brought a hot water bottle, and Ye Fu poured the hot water on the ice, little by little, and soon freed Yiyi's tongue.
"Mom, it hurts so much."
"Mom, look." The base of the tongue and gums were red and swollen from the cold.
"Fortunately, I wasn't hurt." Qi Yuan patted his chest fearfully. The child was so curious that he actually licked ice cubes. Fortunately, the adults were there.
After sending Yiyi back to her room, Ye Fu found a piece of anti-inflammatory medicine for her to take. By night, the swelling at the base of her tongue and gums had subsided, and Yiyi could speak normally.
"Mom, why does the ice cube bite my tongue?"
"Ice cubes are very cold and sticky. When I gave you ice cream before, didn't you say it was sticky on your tongue? Ice cubes are the same as ice cream, but there are impurities in the ice cubes. If your tongue is frostbitten, it may also affect your tongue.
Taste, so you can’t lick ice cubes anymore, you know?”
Yiyi nodded quickly, "I don't dare anymore."
However, with ice cubes, the cave is indeed much cooler, and the melted ice water can be used twice to make ice, or it can also be used in a humidifier.
"The workers digging the coal haven't evacuated yet. I just heard an explosion. It's so hot, they still have to work."
Ye Fu sighed, "There is no way. If the base is to operate, it must be worked. The temperature outside has already exceeded 40 degrees. If you are exposed to the sun for more than ten minutes, you will probably get heat stroke."
Ye Fu has never left the cave since Ji Zhou appeared. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed. The construction of the shelter at the Northern Xinjiang base has long been completed. Ji Zi has not yet ended, but the most terrifying insect plague has ushered in.
Unlike the mosquitoes in the dense fog, the insects that appeared this time already showed signs of mutation, including palm-sized flies and mosquitoes, gray mice weighing about ten pounds, giant centipedes and ants, giant flying cockroaches...
Ye Fu got some insecticide powder and asked Jiang Run and Qi Yuan to spread it outside the cave and in the vegetable garden inside the cave. A few days ago, Qi Yuan found a nest of red ants in the vegetable garden when weeding. In order to prevent the ants from multiplying, Ye Fu
I fiddled with it and sprinkled lime powder on the ground. Although the ants were removed, centipedes and cockroaches appeared in the corners of the room again.
Ye Fu was exhausted, "Let's fill the vegetable field with cement. I always feel that centipedes and cockroaches breed from the vegetable field."
(End of chapter)
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