Green mountains, wilderness, setting sun.

The four seasons have passed through the year, but the remaining light of autumn still spreads a rolling heat wave.

On the country road, two figures stood next to an electric car. The one who was estimated to be forty-twenty-twenty-three years old was waving his arms and emotionally explaining something to the young man in front of him.

The young man's posture was very humble, and he kept bowing and apologizing. However, the middle-aged man's mood did not ease. He looked anxious, waving his hands, and spoke quickly: "Xiaoqu, you must give uncle a correct answer this time."

Xin, how long will it take to repay this money?"

"Uncle Xu, three months at most. As long as the bad weather during this period of time passes, I can get the money together right away!"

"Three months?!" Uncle Xu's face twitched when he heard this, "Three months is not enough, it's too long, and I can't help you delay it."

"But Uncle Xu, all kinds of bad weather have happened frequently recently. Not to mention me, even the big families in our land can't harvest..." Qu Xiao looked miserable, "I really can't do it anymore.

Can you please give me some grace...Uncle, this is the only inheritance my parents left me. If I really pay for it, I...how can I have the face to continue living!"

"Xiao Qu, your uncle knows your difficulties, but you didn't borrow the money from him. The government lent you the money, it's the country. Your uncle is just a clerk. It said he wanted to collect the money, so I've helped you with it.

It's been a month. If this drags on any longer, not only will your land be lost, but my job will also be fired. My two children are still counting on my money for food and education... You, too, have to

Think about it for your uncle, right?"

"But...but I really can't get the money now..." Qu Xiao's face was full of embarrassment, and this feeling of embarrassment made him want to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.

Uncle Xu: "It doesn't matter if you can't get cash. You can use assets to offset it first. This way you can have more time and I can make a payment there. What do you think?"

"Ah this..."

"Xiaoqu, there is no other way." Uncle Xu took out a cigarette and lit it for himself, "Let me see, this is the only way to break the situation at present. You first mortgage the land to the government, and then

You can find a way to redeem the money later, which can help you relax for about a month. During this period, you can still use your land normally and continue farming."

"One month is not enough!" Qu Xiao was anxious, "The only crops that can mature in one month are those processed through genetic modification. Not to mention they are expensive. With my small business, how can I possibly support those people?

Plant something precious!"

"I don't know if you can feed it, then this is indeed your last resort. Although the profit of that kind of thing is very low, then if you can breed a batch after a month and sell some money to add to your account, you can

Continue to extend the mortgage period.”

"Other than that, I really can't think of any solution to the problem." Uncle Xu put out the cigarette butt, with most of the cigarette butt still remaining, "If it works, I will lend you some extra in my own name."

With the money to buy the seeds, the seed store at the east end of the village should not be closed yet. If you act quickly, you can sow the seeds tonight."

"but……"

Qu Xiao wanted to say something more, but Uncle Xu on the opposite side waved his hand impatiently, and it was true that he had done his best to say this. The latter obviously did not want to continue to waste time and words on this topic.

"Okay, I'm done!"

Gritting his teeth, Qu Xiao finally accepted the proposal. He couldn't rely on the government's money. What Uncle Xu said was indeed his only solution at present.

"Then get in the car and I'll take you there."

…

Human civilization and science and technology have developed rapidly. By Qu Xiao's generation, agricultural production has completely subverted the "spring planting and autumn harvest" pattern. The emergence of advanced genetically modified crops has greatly improved the efficiency of agricultural production. However, unlike traditional crops, these

Although the production cycle of genetically modified crops is short, the yield is low and the operating cost is high.

Farmers have to pay attention to the cost of farming. Because of the high operating costs, this kind of fast-growing genetically modified crops are actually not favored by most farmers. More farmers still tend to choose ordinary genetically modified crops with a slightly longer production cycle.

Crops are not tiring to manage, and daily operating costs are also low.

Qu Xiao has never tried to grow such rapidly genetically modified crops since he took over his family's fields, not only because of its generally bad reviews, but also because Qu Xiao doesn't dare to gamble.

The resistance of rapidly genetically modified crops is not a little worse than that of other types of crops. However, recent severe weather has been frequent, and sand and rocks are often flying. No matter how you look at it, it is not a good time to plant such things.

If there were other means at the moment, Qu Xiao was not willing to gamble on luck, but God really forced him to do nothing. He took the newly bought seeds and walked back to the field. In the next month, Qu Xiao

I can only be forced to gamble with God.

I was busy plowing the small fields, and by this time it was completely dark. The weird scalding heat wave during the day had completely disappeared, but was replaced by an even weirder extreme cold.

This extreme climate change is comparable to the Gobi Desert on the other side of the planet, which is scorching hot during the day and bone-chillingly cold at night.

However, Qu Xiao didn't show any surprise at this. He had been like this for several days in a row, and he had long been accustomed to it.

After carefully sowing the seeds, Qu Xiao was finally able to take a breather. He straightened up and looked at the field. An extreme sense of fatigue quickly came back after he relaxed, making him unable to lift his eyelids.

Mosquitoes were flying everywhere beside the headlamp above, but Qu Xiao couldn't care less about them at the moment. He carried the farm tools and stumbled back to the shed next to him. This iron shed enclosed by a fence was his tonight.

A place to rest.

After taking off his clothes and lying on the bed, Qu Xiao fell asleep in a daze. Before going to bed, he used an i-pen (the most popular electronic product in the new era, which is more portable than a mobile phone and looks like a pen from the old era, thin and short) to fix the problem.

An alarm sounded in the middle of the night, thinking that after taking a short nap, I would go out and dig the soil again.

But what Qu Xiao didn't expect was that before the alarm went off, the noise from outside the window woke him up.

Putting on his clothes and running out, he saw hail as big as beans falling outside the house. The moon in the sky was completely obscured by dense dark clouds. Seeing this, Qu Xiao didn't hesitate, rushed back to the house and put on his headlamp.

Rushed out again!

There are a few rain shelters scattered on the top of the small field he manages, but in the face of such a degree of hail, these things are simply useless. Qu Xiao can only pull the iron sheet on the side with pain.

However, the hail was getting bigger and bigger, and the destruction speed far exceeded his rescue efficiency.

Soon, the fields were pockmarked by hailstones, and the sub-zero cold temperature swept the entire fields like a virus. The resistance of the rapidly genetically modified crops was already poor, but now they were not only smashed, but the temperature was still low, and many seeds sprouted.

It rotted in the ground without even hair.

Qu Xiao was heartbroken when he saw it, but with limited manpower, he couldn't save more seeds at all. He could only block them one by one, trying to save as many seeds as possible from the direct collision of the hail.

Working like this until late at night, Qu Xiao's body was hit with several open blood marks, and the short-sleeved shorts he was wearing were also smashed to pieces. The main injured areas such as the back of his neck were bruised all over his body.

However, Qu Xiao was still very happy, because the hail finally stopped at this time. After losing his strength, he fell into the mud and looked at the "devastation" in front of him. He suddenly laughed loudly!

Yes, it went crazy.

Smiling and laughing, the voice turned into a cry. At this moment, Qu Xiao fully realized what "destiny is destined to be". He thought that "man can conquer nature", but in the face of nature, his self-motivated efforts seemed

Stupid and useless.

After removing the iron sheet covering the ground, there were only a few intact seeds left. The gravel that had been mixed with hail and blown up by the wind earlier was the result of the punctures on the soles of Qu Xiao's shoes.

Too much gravel is not conducive to field cultivation. Logically speaking, it needs to be cleaned up quickly. But Qu Xiao is now overwhelmed by despair, and even the remaining reason keeps telling him that everything is over.

Qu Xiao had previously selected genetically modified hay that could grow in a month. This was an extremely cheap crop. As a synthetic raw material for animal feed, you could not make much money by growing one piece. But now,

Qu Xiao doesn't need to pay attention to them at all. The seeds that survived by chance are not even one-fifth of the original number. Do you expect them to mature and sell them to pay off the debt?

Even if there was a good harvest, it would probably be worth less than his own kidney.

Sent.

It seems that I can only think of other ways.

After wiping away the tears on his face, Qu Xiao sniffed and sighed.

It's not that he's being pretentious, it's really that there's something wrong with God. The hail will not fall sooner or later, but he chose this moment right after he sows the seeds...

Qu Xiao has already begun to plan the next days in his mind. He will take a car to the city, and then find a bridge to start a leisure life of scavenging. If he is lucky, he can even find an old man as a companion, and the two of them will step on it and collect it, just like

As depicted in some video games, you scrape together 30 bucks to buy scratch tickets, and end up going crazy in life.

Hey, when I think about it this way, it feels like the road ahead is getting darker.

With random thoughts in his mind, Qu Xiao has already returned to the shack. He will not take care of the area outside tonight. No matter if it is gravel or hail, do whatever you like!

Qu Xiao just wanted to sleep now. He was tired and fell directly into the bed. However, before the comfortable feeling could spread all over his body, a heartbreaking pain came from the back of his waist!

"Fuck!"

His whole body suddenly bounced up. Qu Xiao reached out and touched it, and found that a stone had somehow been embedded in his belt. He subconsciously threw the stone out, but what he never expected was that the latter bombed

Surprisingly, after hitting the wall, it flew back directly and hit his face, leaving a wound on his cheek!

"What the hell is this?!"

Qu Xiao was shocked and angry. He picked up the stone again and looked at it. He was puzzled by this little black thing in his hand.

How can this thing be so elastic?!

And...how can something so elastic be so sharp?!

Although Qu Xiao didn't have much knowledge in his mind, he still had some basic common sense. The kinetic energy of the thing he just threw was definitely not that big. If the latter was really an ordinary stone, there would be no way it could show such elasticity.

He took a headlamp and shone it carefully. Qu Xiao still didn't understand what this thing was, but the sleepiness came over him again. He hurriedly treated the wound, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

He placed the stone next to his pillow. After Qu Xiao fell asleep completely, the latter actually gave off a slight luster in the darkness. This luster could not be said to be bright, but when it blended into the darkness, it was particularly impressive.

garish.
Chapter completed!