After the heavy rain, Li Yu went to deal with the Salvation Army on the third day.
He came back to recuperate for a week, and he didn't go out again, but his third uncle, second uncle and others at the base occasionally took some workers out to collect some construction materials.
In addition, my uncle often takes some people out and brings back the surrounding things that can be used.
As time passed, the height of the fence became higher and higher. Originally, I just wanted to make the guardrail of this fence higher, but after Li Hongyuan saw it, he directly suggested that the height of the fence be built higher.
This way it is safer to resist zombies. From the current height of almost 8 meters, it has been built to a height of nearly 10 meters.
A lot of cement and steel bars were used, but fortunately, the surrounding factories had enough.
This is a long-lasting matter. When the base wall was just built to 9 meters, 10 days had passed since the heavy rain.
In the past 10 days, the wall has been increased by one meter. But on this day, Li Yu stopped it.
After the heavy rain, the high temperature has lasted 10 days, ranging from 25 degrees to 35 degrees, and now it is frequently 40 degrees, and even reaches 44 degrees at noon.
Under such a temperature, the water in the mountain pond has become less, and the water level has dropped by nearly half a meter.
You must know that this mountain pond is the highest water level reached in history.
This mountain pond is in a U-shape, and the water level at the top can drop by half a meter. The consumption is already very alarming.
During this period, the daily water supply in the base was still groundwater. Although there was a pipe from the mountain pond that was introduced into the base, it has basically not been used now.
In July, the seedlings are growing vigorously, which is when water is most needed. The water from the mountain pond has been released twice in the past few days to irrigate these fields.
Some of the sweet potatoes and corn I planted before used less water. I connected a pipe and watered them thoroughly twice, but they didn't consume much water.
On this day, Li Yu specially called everyone for a meeting.
Li Yu stood in the center. Except for Li Haoran and others who were on duty, some people from other bases were basically present.
"Everyone has seen now that the weather has been very hot recently, and it has not rained. No rain is a good thing, which means there is no zombie wave. But it is also a bad thing. As you can see, over there in the mountain pond
The water level has dropped," Li Yu said.
"So, what I want to tell you is that I hope you will save water in the near future and not waste water. We don't know how long this hot weather will last."
"knew."
"Okay, we all need to pay attention."
"Okay, boss."
Everyone was thoughtful, especially the uncle. During the recent days of searching, he found that some of the low-lying small ponds formed by previous heavy rains were basically dry.
"Then everyone should save water and don't waste it. We don't know how long this hot weather will last." The second uncle added next to him.
"Okay, second uncle."
"Okay, Brother Li."
"OK."
In these days of dry and hot weather, everyone is prone to heatstroke.
So in the past two days, all outing activities have stopped.
Although there are fewer and fewer zombies outside, people are still very uncomfortable in this hot weather.
But there is also a benefit. The solar energy is extremely abundant these days. The power cannot be used up at all in the past, and even the battery is fully charged.
You can even turn on the air conditioner all day long without worrying about power issues. This also allows everyone to get a better rest. Although the weather is hot, you can also get a better rest in the air-conditioned room.
In addition, because there is sufficient power, the power used by everyone on electronic products can also be used freely.
On cooler nights, movies are sometimes played outdoors in the central area. This brings back memories of the past for parents and grandparents.
The hot weather and extreme boredom made everyone feel unmotivated.
There are two air conditioners installed in the back of the duty room. In this weather, if you are exposed to the sun while on duty, you will suffer from heat stroke in a short time.
Li Yu is on duty today. In this air-conditioned room, Li Yu doesn't want to go out for a minute. It's too hot outside. He feels like he will burn if he stays for a while.
I poured a glass of lemonade, added two ice cubes to it, took a few sips, and looked outside the base from a distance to observe the situation outside.
Next to him was Li Hang. Li Hang was a little bored and looked at the electronic products next to him, and then at his elder brother.
Finally, he sighed and said, "Brother, I'm going to the toilet."
Li Yu said speechlessly: "Go ahead. You don't need to tell me."
Li Hang came up not long after he arrived, and then said: "Brother, can we go fishing again after our shift is over?"
Li Yu shook his head and said, "If you want to go, go ahead. I won't go today."
Li Yu's fishing has been hit too many times, and now he doesn't really want to go fishing anymore.
Outside the base, the sun is blazing.
The cicadas have stopped chirping, and the trees outside are a little wilted.
The leaves lay limply and listlessly on the branches.
Due to the drought after heavy rains and the exposure to the sun, a lot of the soil outside the base was dried and hardened when stepped on.
Outside the base, there are also some farmland, and some crops actually grow on these farmlands, but these crops are all leftover from the rice that was cut off in the past.
However, under these days of exposure to the sun, the water in the paddy fields was completely evaporated.
These crops were also killed by the sun, from wilting, to drying up, and finally turning into wisps of withered yellow strips.
There are also large pieces of dry and cracked land on the ground, which is a natural disaster.
Heavy rains are natural disasters, and today's drought is also a natural disaster.
The exposure to the sun these days has made everyone a little unmotivated.
However, both the second uncle and grandpa and others are very attentive to the crops grown in the farmland, which will be their future rations. Even now, there is still plenty of food.
In this hot weather, some green floats emerged from the paddy fields, and with temperatures as high as over 40 degrees, blisters began to appear on the surface of the paddy fields.
When I stepped on it, my whole foot felt like it was going to burn. It was too hot.
In order not to waste water, Li Yu also planted some other crops around the paddy fields.
In this hot weather, the wind has disappeared, the chirping of insects and birds has also disappeared, and the whole earth is extremely quiet.
This is two extremes from being in a heavy rainstorm.