The next day, Sumian got up early, carried a bamboo basket on his back, took a hunting bow and arrows, went up the mountain to break spring bamboo shoots, pick wild vegetables, and then surveyed the surrounding environment of Hantan.
We rely on mountains and water to eat, and every household in the village has a bow and arrow. In the early years, the mountain roads were not repaired, and the village was isolated from the outside world, so the villagers relied on hunting for meat.
Su Mian can also shoot arrows. In winter, he would go up the mountain to pick up some frozen animals, and he could shoot accurately with one shot.
Hantan is on the back mountain, about four kilometers away from the village.
Su Mian walked through a large wild bamboo forest. As she walked, she broke off the spring bamboo shoots and threw them into the bamboo basket. After walking for about half an hour, when the bamboo basket was filled with spring bamboo shoots, she saw the cold pool at the end of the forest in front of her.
The cold pool is backed by a mountain. Because it is in the shade of a mountain, it does not receive sunlight all year round. The water in the pool appears to be deeper and colder. In March, the lake is covered with thick ice.
Several pheasants with colorful tails were looking for food by the cold pool. She held her breath, put down the bamboo basket on her back, carefully took out the bow and arrow on her back, and aimed at the most beautiful and plump pheasant among them. .
Perhaps due to her high concentration, Su Mian found that her eyesight was surprisingly good, and she could clearly see the feather patterns of the pheasant, as if she had brought an eight-fold mirror with her, and she shot the first arrow steadily, hitting the center of the target. red heart.
Su Mian's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward with the bamboo basket, picked up the shot pheasant and threw it into the bamboo basket, then walked through the frozen Millennium Cold Pond and surveyed everywhere.
Hantan covers an area of ten acres, about the size of a football field. The ice melts only in summer throughout the year.
Su Mian took out her mobile phone and took a few sets of photos. She looked at the location of Hantan near the mountain. There were some natural concave caves. They just needed to dig deeper and polish them before building a stone house.
The stone house will not spontaneously ignite, is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the thickness of the mountain can effectively insulate it. There is a thousand-year cold pool in front of the house to cool down. It is an ideal place for the end of the world.
After surveying the terrain, Sumian walked around the mountain. When he returned to Hantan Village, he had already carried a bamboo basket full of spring bamboo shoots, wild vegetables, three pheasants and a plump wild rabbit.
Grandma Su was making breakfast. She made glutinous rice balls, steamed a pot of sweet potatoes, and stir-fried side dishes with fresh wild vegetables from the mountains. It was paired with delicious home-pickled radish, which was extremely rich.
"Xiao Mian, why did you go up to the mountain to hunt? The village chief said that all the animals in the mountains have been running away recently, so we should go less up the mountain, as we are more likely to encounter jackals and tigers." Grandma Su saw three wild pheasants and wild rabbits, and quickly warned her worriedly. .
"Okay, I just walked around the back mountain and didn't dare to go to the deep mountains and old forests behind." Su Mian put down the bamboo basket, showed her white teeth, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said with a smile, "I'll give you a pheasant." Give it to the village chief, grandpa, I will go to the county with him later."
"Go." Grandma Su smiled.
Su Mian carried the largest pheasant to the home of village chief Li Dali. She saw that the tile-roofed house was leaking air and deserted. The village chief's grandfather was not at home, so he hung the pheasant under the tree in the yard and went home. Have breakfast.
Village head Li Dali is a native of Hantan Village. He is in his early fifties. His wife died young and he has only one son, Li Changsheng. He raised his son as both father and mother by himself.
Li Changsheng was considered promising. After finishing junior high school, he was admitted to a technical secondary school and went to a coastal city. After graduation, he started his own business. His business grew bigger and bigger. He married a wife from the city and lived a happy life.
It's just that Li Changsheng's daughter-in-law looked down on her father-in-law, who was from a rural background, and the relationship between father-in-law and daughter-in-law was not good.
Li Dali also had a bad temper. After staying at his son's house for three months, he quickly returned to Hantan Village with his things, saying that he would die of old age in Hantan Village.
Li Changsheng listened wholeheartedly to his wife's advice and sent some money to his old man every year. He did not return to Hantan Village for several years, and the relationship between father and son was also very bad.
After Su Mian finished breakfast, she saw the village chief Li Dali carrying the wild pheasant back. He smiled angrily from all the way and said: "Xiao Mian, after dinner, I will take you to the county. This wild pheasant You brought the pheasant, right? I still have some meat at home, so you can keep this for your grandma to eat."
"There are still some at home." Grandma Su quickly got up, "Xiao Mian went up the mountain to play a game this morning."
Su Mian listened to them fighting over a pheasant with a smile. She went into the house, picked up her backpack, and said with a smile: "Grandma, I went to the county with the village chief and grandpa."
In the end, Li Dali took the pheasant back happily and took Su Mian to the county in his family's tricycle.
The contracting of the mountainous area went very smoothly. Hantan Village was originally a remote and remote area and relied on financial subsidies from the county every year. Now that someone has come to give money, the county is looking forward to it.
Su Mian contracted the hilltop where the Thousand-Year Cold Pond was located for 100,000 yuan per year. He was afraid that the money would attract too much attention, so he only contracted it for one year.
After finishing the work, Su Mian went directly to her cousin Li Hongqi's house, gave Li Hongqi the photos taken in the back mountain, and asked her to help find a construction team to dig a cave and build a stone house.
"How can you build a stone house like this? Do you want to do research?" Li Hongqi said in confusion, "It costs a lot of money to start the construction."
"It's okay, uncle, I have sponsorship." Su Mian smiled.
"Then you have to save the flowers. I'll keep an eye on it for you when the time comes."
"Hey, okay."
The construction team entered the mountain two days later, and the project was in full swing.
With Li Hongqi watching the construction, Su Mian just had time to do other things.
First, the watermelon seeds in the gourd space sprouted, and a patch of green appeared in the watermelon field. The entire space instantly became more alive, even the air became sweeter, and the water in the spring became clearer. Secondly, the strawberry seedlings bloomed. .
Su Mian was overjoyed when she saw this. She dug two more pieces of land and planted sweet potatoes, potatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans and other vegetables. She also built a small warehouse in the gourd space and bought extra large shelves to store the previously purchased items. Put rice and other food into categories, and then start stocking up on the second batch.
The second batch of stockpiles are daily necessities and clothes.
From toothpaste and toothbrushes, shampoo, paper towels to silk quilts and pillows, as well as clothing for the four seasons, Su Mian buys all of them of good quality and packs them by the box.
She has a huge sum of more than 80 million, which must be spent within three months, otherwise it will all turn into paper.
In the apocalypse, everyone is bartering, and the currency in circulation is the energy beads in the elemental beasts. Not to mention money, even gold and jewelry are worthless.
The third batch of purchases were large electrical appliances. The first thing they bought was solar energy storage panels. Solar energy is the main energy source in the apocalypse. Su Mian bought four sets of electricity storage panels, and also bought a freezer, water purifier, electric fan, I bought four of each, including air conditioners and a complete set of kitchen appliances, and the logistics were shipped directly to my cousin's warehouse in the county.
The fourth batch is stocked with medicines. In the apocalypse, various physical indicators of superpowers have evolved, but the disease still cannot be eradicated. The most shocking news she heard in the previous life was that a plague broke out in a small base in the south due to high temperatures, and no one in the entire base survived more than a thousand people.
Most of the medicines Su Mian stores are antibiotics and Western medicines.
After all four batches of supplies arrived, Su Mian quietly placed the supplies in his own gourd space, and suddenly half of the 100-square-meter space was occupied.
The days are passing quickly, and soon it will be Labor Day. The whole country has entered the sweltering heat ahead of schedule. The temperature in various places has exceeded 40 degrees. The temperature in several major cities has reached 50 degrees. People across the country are relying on air conditioning to survive.
On the news every day there are people dying of heatstroke and air conditioning maintenance workers dying of exposure to the scorching sun.
In addition, a severe drought occurred in the north, with not a drop of rain falling in the north for more than three consecutive months.
Su Mian pays attention to the forum every day. There are more and more eschatological comments on the forum. Many people have begun special survival training and stocked up on food and medicine. There are also various live broadcasts of stocking up on supplies.
Su Mian's one-month vacation ended and she has not returned yet.
"Su Mian, when will you come back? The counselor can't find you and has looked for me several times." Bai Xi sent a video call, blinking his big innocent eyes and said, "There are also seniors from various departments. Junior students, I receive at least ten messages every day asking about your whereabouts. I wonder why everyone comes to ask me?"
Su Mian smiled, because she changed her phone number when she left Huadu, and currently only Bai Xi knows her whereabouts.
"I won't be back for a while." Su Mian carried a basket of freshly picked wild fruits on her back and went all the way down the mountain. "By the way, the strawberries I planted are ripe. I sent you a box to the school. Remember to pick it up from the gatekeeper. "
Just yesterday, the strawberries planted by Su Mian were ripe. Each plant bore no less than twenty strawberries, each one bright red and translucent, one as big as an egg.
As for the taste, it is indescribable, sweet, juicy and extremely delicious.
Sumian sent a small basket to each family, and there was still a lot left, so she sent a box to Baixi.
"Oh, the weather in Huadu is really hot as a pug, and it's rotten even if you send it here." Bai Xi complained, "It's only May now, and it's summer vacation, how are you going to spend it? "
summer vacation? Su Mian lowered his eyes. After June, the world will become a melting pot.
"By the way, Su Mian, the previous buyer of your ginseng came to ask me about your whereabouts." Bai Xi blinked his big eyes and asked excitedly, "A very handsome guy, and he said he would continue to buy your ginseng. , I gave you WeChat, did you add me?"
Su Mian's pupils shrank suddenly, her smile faded, and she asked in a low voice: "No, what's the other person's name and what does he look like?"
Bai Xi was stunned for a moment, then shouted: "I forgot about him, I only remember that he was very handsome, how strange."
Su Mian felt a chill in her heart. It wouldn't be surprising if the buyer asked Bai Xi. The key is that Bai Xi couldn't remember the other party's appearance. That could only mean one thing: the other party might have supernatural powers and deliberately blurred his appearance.
She was being watched.