Li Yu was silent for a while after hearing Ma Di's words.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Everything you said is your own words. I don't know whether it is true or not, but the zombie infection caused by it is something I can see with my naked eyes.
Besides, the Da Zhangshu base doesn’t support idle people, so what can you do?”
There was not much sparkle in Ma Di's eyes, and he said: "I just feel guilty. If we hadn't studied the anti-cancer drug in the first place, it wouldn't have caused the virus to mutate, let alone the emergence of zombies.
Now, I am alone, there is no point in living, I just want to die."
Seeing his attitude, Li Yu believed a little bit of what he said.
Then he said: "One day, human civilization can be restored, and one day, the zombie problem will be solved. However, we need to work together.
If you have the ability, I will give you a certain amount of freedom and space. You can join a scientific research institute. If you can find a solution to zombies or develop a vaccine, you will have saved everyone and you can atone for your sins.
"
Madi glanced at Li Yu in surprise, but there was no big movement.
Li Yu looked at him and saw no response, and was silent for a while.
So he said to him: "Live."
Then he patted him on the shoulder and left the cell.
He walked outside and said to Li Haoran: "Continue to be detained and things will be as usual. If he wants to be released, just come and tell me."
Li Haoran nodded and watched Li Yu leave the cell.
The rain outside is falling drop by drop.
After Li Yu walked out of the cell, he looked around at the surrounding environment.
fence, stadium, residential area
Although the surrounding locusts have been gnawed by zombies, they no longer have much greenery.
However, everything in this base was built by him.
Seeing the despair in Madi's eyes just now, his mood was a little infected.
"Mr. Li." Someone called him.
Several people passed by him, including Teacher Liu from the inner city and several of her students.
Li Yu saw the youthful atmosphere on their faces, and his expression moved slightly.
Let out the depression in your heart.
There are so many people in the base relying on him, and he still has his family to protect. Although these last days are difficult, but because of this, he will lead them to get better and better!
The original idea was confirmed again.
The light rain was pattering, and the soil under my feet, which had been exposed to the sun for days, fully absorbed the water and became soft.
The rainy season continues.
Non-stop for several days.
Fortunately, everyone has become accustomed to this kind of weather that often rains. When it rains, if there are no zombies, it is especially suitable for resting at home.
Lying at home, listening to the patter of rain outside the window, it was particularly hypnotic.
The guardrails of the second outer city of the base have also been built these days.
On top of the guardrail, some tarpaulins are now spread to prevent the constructed guardrail from getting wet.
If it had been a few days ago, when there was no rain, it would have dried out in just one day.
It's just that during the rainy season, the air humidity is extremely high, making it difficult for this guardrail to dry thoroughly.
On this rainy day, except for the staff on duty on the fence, everyone else was busy doing their own things everywhere.
On this day, Zhou Weiguo, who had been taking care of the pigs, cattle and sheep in the base, found Li Yu.
"Mr. Li, the rice seedlings we harvested during the locust plague are now only enough for livestock to eat for about ten days. We have to prepare them in advance," Zhou Weiguo said.
When Li Yu heard this, he said in surprise: "We cut off dozens of acres of rice seedlings! How could we eat them so fast?"
Zhou Weiguo said: "There are nearly 150 pigs in our base. There are more than 60 adult pigs, 80 piglets that have just been born, more than 50 cattle, and hundreds of sheep. There are also
There are chickens and ducks, and they all need to be fed. Especially the cattle and sheep recently, which have given birth to many young, which consumes a lot of money."
Li Yu was silent for a while. He did not expect that feeding animals would consume a lot of food.
In the past, basically no one wasted the food made at the base, and there was no swill to feed the pigs.
So you can only crush rice bran into powder and add some sweet potato seedlings and the like to feed.
Li Yu frowned, thought for a while and said: "Divide some rice bran and give it to the cattle and sheep. Now that the locust plague has passed, the grass outside has just grown and cannot be eaten directly. It will be fine after the rain stops. Anyway, the rain
Don’t let the cattle and sheep out to graze before stopping.”
After Zhou Weiguo heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, actually, maybe it can be done outside the base."
Li Yu stared and cursed: "There are zombies outside, why are you going out to herd cattle and sheep?"
"Not to mention whether the animals outside can graze safely, the most important issue is our personal safety when they are released."
Zhou Weiguo felt a little ashamed and said: "I am confused, mainly because the pressure of feeding animals is too great."
Li Yu thought for a while and realized that a sow has extremely high fertility and can give birth to 2 to 3 litters a year, and each litter usually has more than 10 piglets.
A pig can give birth to 20 to 30 piglets a year.
For example, a year ago, there were only about thirty pigs in the base, and it was only a year old.
This has multiplied to more than 100 individuals.
This does not include that from time to time a pig will be killed in the base to improve the food.
There are only three hundred people in the base.
This is mainly due to the fact that Zhou Weiguo is really good at raising livestock. Basically, the survival rate of these animals when they give birth can reach more than 90%.
Li Yu thought for a while and found that with the current population, the consumption of meat is actually not too big.
I have always been thinking about saving before. Basically, in terms of food supply, I only eat meat once every three days.
Since we can't raise so many animals now, we don't have that much food to feed them.
Then, just kill some.
Li Yu said to Zhou Weiguo: "Call Zhou Xiumei. There are too many beasts. Kill some to reduce the pressure."
After all, Zhou Weiguo dealt with these beasts every day. When he heard that he wanted to kill some, he was reluctant to do so, but he also knew the purpose of feeding these beasts.
Without saying anything, he nodded and walked outside.
Li Yu looked at his back and felt a trace of his old father's desolation.
After Zhou Xiumei arrived, Li Yu told her about the slaughter of some animals.
"Leader, how many are we going to kill? I don't know how to kill anyone," Zhou Xiumei said.
Zhou Xiumei is Lai Dongsheng's wife. Ever since Li Yu took control of the base and rescued them, Zhou Xiumei has called him this.
Li Yu told her several times not to call her like that, but Zhou Xiumei still didn't change.
"Aunt Zhou, we killed about 10 pigs. Except for what we eat today, the rest are put in the freezer and frozen for now.
In addition, for cattle and sheep, kill five cattle and ten sheep. Likewise, the excess will be frozen first.
You can ask Uncle Lai, Wang Cheng, Song Min and others to come over to help you later, and I will say hello to them," Li Yu said.
Zhou Xiumei was a little surprised when she heard that so many animals were to be slaughtered, but she followed the instructions.
Then he left here.
Originally, the more than 100 cattle and sheep were fed on the dozens of acres of pasture and mountain forests.
Add some rice bran in the base and use it for feeding.
Nowadays, there are too many pigs, cattle and sheep to feed, which seems like a fantasy to people outside the base.
After all, for many people, not to mention rice, even rice bran, which is difficult to swallow, cannot be eaten.
Along with the pigs' screams, pigs fell into a pool of blood one after another.
The people in the base were very happy when they heard this sound.
This means that you can eat meat again.
After these animals were slaughtered, most of them were frozen in the freezer.
The very few remaining portions are cooked directly and then distributed to everyone.
A while ago, people in the outer city worked together to build the outer city and put in a lot of effort.
Therefore, these meats were treated equally and distributed to everyone.
Because there was a lot of cooking, most of the food was cooked in the big iron pot used to fry the locusts last time.
A whole pig weighs about 350 pounds.
After cutting out the bones, there is about 230 kilograms of meat left.
The general bone-to-meat ratio is about 3:7.
For example: If one head weighs 100 kilograms, the bones weigh approximately 30 kilograms, and the pork weighs 70 kilograms.
Divide the meat into two halves and stew it in two pots.
The meat is cut into larger pieces, each piece contains about 3 taels.
The remaining bones were used to make soup.
Outer city.
Lao Bi and Lao Yi ate meat, their mouths full of oil.
Lao Luo sat across from them, wiped the grease from his mouth, and then said with a smile:
"I told you, I won't treat you badly when you come to Da Zhangshu Base."
Lao Bi smiled and said: "Hey, it's true. Since I came to Da Zhangshu Base, I have been able to eat enough every day and eat meat every now and then. I never dared to think about such a life before."
Lao Yi felt a little emotional, swallowed a piece of meat and said: "Thinking about the days before the end of the world, it seems like many years ago, very far away. In the past year or so of the end of the world, the changes have really been too great."
Lao Bi suddenly said: "It would be great if Mr. Ye was still here."
Hearing what he said, everyone stopped for a moment.
silence.
The dead are gone.
Those who survive must continue to live.
Before joining the big camphor tree.
Food, however, was like a huge mountain, oppressing them and making it hard for them to breathe.
I used to want a lot, but in the end I found that the most basic thing is to survive, to have something to eat, is so difficult.
With comparison, there is a choice.
Once you have a choice, you know exactly what you want.
Lao Luo said: "It's not bad for us brothers to be together in this apocalyptic world and follow Mr. Li."
Everyone said yes.
The same scene also happened among those who joined He Chao, He Bing, Lao Qin and others in the outer city.
