Stocking up in space: surviving in a world of crisis

821 Chapter 821 Ice Making
"Have you dealt with it?"

Qi Yuan looked embarrassed, "The explosives are useless, Jiang Rong is too powerful, he took over the entire bandit den by himself, but those refugees who were captured, some uncles and uncles were beaten to pieces, women It’s even worse, tied in the shed, several women are pregnant, there is no difference between the bandit den and hell.”

Ye Fu frowned, "What are their plans?"

"They are very afraid of people. Some of them have gone crazy. They are very pitiful. Some of the eldest sisters want to stay in the bandit's den. After all, there is a place that can shelter from the wind and rain, and those bandits have robbed a lot of things. After a year or two There are rations. There are also some people who want to go to the base, after all, the base is more secure. Jiang Rong and I came back after dealing with the bandits, and let them decide for themselves."

"If I were them, I would go to the base. The bandit dens are just thatched huts. I feel that they will collapse when the wind blows. As long as there are officials stationed in the base, there will be no trouble. Even if the work is hard, at least personal safety can be guaranteed."

Ye Fu also agrees with Qi Yuan's statement, but how those people choose is up to them.

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 Rong said that a group of coal digging teams came from more than ten kilometers away. He went to investigate. Those people came from the northern Xinjiang base. They found that there were several coal mines in the mountains. Station here for mining.

Mining workers are very hard. They implement a two-shift system. The working hours of the workers are 14 hours, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, and from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] am the next morning.

Most of the workers are middle-aged and elderly people over the age of 50. Young people are left to work at the base, but the working hours are the same for all of them, no matter men, women or children, they have to work 14 hours.

"If I hadn't met you, even if I survived by chance, I might have to dig coal or do other work. Naturally, there is a reason for the base to do this. After all, there is a lack of supplies now, so many people want to survive. It’s more work, but it’s really hard work. I went to peek for a while yesterday, and anyone who is lazy or goes to the toilet for more than 3 minutes will be beaten. It’s really miserable.”

Ye Fu shook his head, "You have the skills. Once you enter the base, they will probably ask everyone what they know. Naturally, those who know medical skills don't need to dig coal mines. Those who know how to 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 don’t necessarily have to be miserable.”

This made Qi Yuan feel embarrassed.

"But the luckiest thing for me is to meet you guys. A little guy like me, even if he knows a little bit of technology, he can't get ahead in the base."

Qi Yuan is very satisfied with his current life. He occasionally acts chivalrously. In the rest of the time, he can tend the vegetable fields, read books, watch TV, and play basketball with Yiyi.

A few months later, the dense fog dissipated, and a new round of high temperature appeared along with the extreme day. Ye Fu and the others stayed in the cave, so they didn't know that there was no night outside. It wasn't until three days later that Jiang Rong went out to check the photovoltaic panels. It was found that the extreme day had come.

"The trajectory of natural disasters in this life is different from the last one." Jiang Rong said with a serious expression and lowered his voice.

"Don't go out recently. The sun is not right. I remember that the sun suddenly appeared after the heavy rain in the last life. Many people got sunbathed, and their bodies were festered. I was outside just now, and my skin felt a strong tingling sensation after being exposed to the sun. .”

"Are you injured?"

Jiang Rong shook his head, "I can bear this tingling sensation, but you certainly can't, especially Yiyi, it's too dry outside, use saltpeter to make some ice cubes and put them in the house, we turn on the air conditioner and it will only make the cave drier , and need to be humidified.”

Ye Fu understood, "I'm going to make ice now."

After the ice cubes were ready, Ye Fu called Qi Yuan, and moved the large stainless steel basin containing ice cubes to every corner. Yiyi was very interested in the ice cubes, and when she licked them, her tongue froze. Crying, the three adults hurried over.

"What's wrong baby?"

Yiyi was very anxious, every time she moved, her tongue was torn even more, and she burst into tears from the pain.

Seeing that his tongue was frozen, Ye Fu hurriedly asked Qi Yuan to go to the kitchen to get a hot water bottle, Jiang Rong held down Yi Yi, otherwise she would move around to avoid hurting the base of her tongue.

Qi Yuan brought a hot water bottle, and Ye Fu poured the hot water onto the ice, pouring it down bit by bit, and soon rescued Yi Yi's tongue.

"Mom, it hurts so much."

"Look, Mom." The base of her tongue and gums were red and swollen from the cold.

"Fortunately, I didn't get hurt." Qi Yuan patted his chest in fear. The child was too curious, so he went to lick the ice. Fortunately, the adults were there.

Sending Yiyi back to the room, Ye Fu found a piece of anti-inflammatory medicine for her to suck. At night, the swelling of the base of her tongue and gums had subsided, and Yiyi could speak normally.

"Mom, why is the ice cube biting my tongue?"

"Ice cubes are very cold and sticky. I gave you ice cream before. Didn't you also say that your tongue is sticky? 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 I can’t lick ice cubes anymore, you know?”

Yiyi quickly nodded, "I don't dare anymore."

However, with ice cubes, the cave is indeed much cooler. The melted ice water can be reused to make ice, and it can also be used in a humidifier.

"The coal diggers haven't evacuated yet. I heard an explosion just now. It's so hot, they still have to work."

Ye Fu sighed, "There's no way, if the base is to operate, you must work. The temperature outside has already exceeded 10 degrees. If you are exposed to the sun for more than [-] minutes, you will probably suffer from heat stroke."

Ye Fu has never left the cave since the appearance of the polar day. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the shelter in the northern border base has already been built.

Unlike the mosquitoes in the dense fog, the insects that appeared this time showed signs of mutation, such as palm-sized flies and mosquitoes, gray rats weighing about ten kilograms, giant centipedes and ants, and giant flying cockroaches...

Ye Fu got some insecticide powder and asked Jiang Rong and Qi Yuan to spread it outside the cave and in the vegetable garden inside the cave. A few days ago when Qi Yuan was weeding, he found a nest of red ants in the vegetable garden. In order to prevent the ants from multiplying, Ye Fu After some lime powder was sprinkled on the ground, although the ants were removed, centipedes and cockroaches reappeared in the corners of the room.

Ye Fu was exhausted, "Fill the vegetable field with cement, I always feel that centipedes and cockroaches are born from the vegetable field."

(End of this chapter)