However, in order to achieve all this, Chen Xin must obtain a stable channel for obtaining supplies to ensure that he can obtain sufficient supplies so that he can meet the needs of system upgrades.
And he himself must ensure that his shelter can produce enough output for him to exchange for supplies.
Otherwise, even if there are exchange channels, it will be in vain if he can't bring something to exchange.
Under such a premise, the greenhouse has become the key to everything. Only by ensuring the output of the greenhouse and subsequent upgrades can everything Chen Xin want to proceed smoothly.
"In this case, the upgrade of the kitchen and weapon cabinets will have to be put back later." Chen Xin was making a table on the computer, counting the materials needed for the upgrade, and adjusting them according to his actual needs. The priority of upgrading various facilities.
Currently on Chen Xin's re-adjusted list, the top priority for upgrading is naturally the planting greenhouse. As the top priority, Chen Xin even marked it in red.
Next is the generator, after all, it is the key to ensuring the normal operation of the shelter.
However, the upgrade of the generator is not particularly urgent. If Chen Xin is willing to increase the use of oil, extend the daily power generation time, or connect the second backup generator to the power system of the shelter, then he can do it in a short time. There is still no need to consider power system issues.
Therefore, although the upgrade priority of the power system is very high, it is not something that needs to be upgraded immediately.
Next is the weapons cabinet. After all, he has to go out. Not having self-defense weapons will obviously make Chen Xin feel insecure.
As for what was listed under the weapons cabinet, it was not the communication system upgrade that was very necessary for Chen Xin, nor the kitchen upgrade that he had long planned to upgrade, but the means of transportation, his SUV.
This is actually a very understandable and inevitable choice. SUV is a good choice as a means of transportation in peaceful times, but in this end of the world, especially when Chen Xin needs to transport vegetables for material exchange, this is not Vehicles designed to carry cargo are clearly not adequate.
The materials Chen Xin exchanged with Mo Qingyan this time were only half of his output this month. If the greenhouse was successfully upgraded as planned, even if the ground was used to grow upland rice and the hydroponic planting trays were used to grow vegetables, he would It can harvest 1,200 kilograms of vegetables and about 800 kilograms of carrots when mature in the field.
The total weight of so many vegetables is close to one ton. If Chen Xin only uses his own SUV to transport it, he will probably have to make several trips to transport it. Not to mention anything else, the consumption of gasoline alone is a huge waste for Chen Xin. A new problem that has to be faced face to face.
Therefore, considering the future transportation needs, it has become inevitable to upgrade the vehicle or get a new truck through material exchange.
There is a pickup truck at Mo Qingyan's place. It was the same truck that she used to help drag the freezer to Chen Xin's shelter. However, it was Mo Qingyan's car. It was okay to borrow it, but it was impossible to transport it every time. When picking up vegetables, you ask her to borrow a car, right
Although Mo Qingyan might not mind, Chen Xin still felt that this was not good.
As for the use of cars in low-temperature environments where temperatures will get lower and lower in the future, Chen Xin is not too worried.
Although most car manufacturers in the world do not have the time to design cars that can be used in polar climates, the cars themselves can still be used normally in environments that are dozens of degrees below zero.
This has been well proven in the past in the north of Yan State. You must know that the north of Yan State, especially the northeastern region, often has temperatures of 30 to 40 degrees below zero in winter.
Although this kind of weather is a severe test for the use of cars, most cars can still be used normally.
However, anti-freezing is indeed an issue that needs to be considered. After all, if a car can withstand it, people may not be able to withstand it as well. A low temperature of dozens of degrees below zero can really freeze people to death.
After recording the things he thought of on this schedule, Chen Xin closed the computer, touched his hungry stomach, and prepared to get himself something to eat.
Tuo got the blessing of his first harvest of vegetables. Now Chen Xin has a lot more food. At least he no longer has to eat only one bag of self-heating food every day, but can eat it with vegetables and canned luncheon meat. Occasionally add canned pork to your meal.
The richness of food not only increases the total amount of energy Chen Xin consumes every day, but also makes the nutrition he receives more balanced and rich, avoiding the possibility of malnutrition due to lack of food.
Coming to the "kitchen" in the living room, because the kitchen has been removed from the priority of the upgrade plan, Chen Xin's current "kitchen" is just an induction cooker and a set of picnic pots that Chen Xin used to use outdoors.
Of course, there is also a simple cutting board and a fruit knife that can be used to cut vegetables. These are the cooking utensils that Chen Xin used to use when participating in outdoor sports or surviving in the wild.
There was originally a foldable gas stove, but that thing needed to be connected to an additional gas tank. In the current apocalyptic situation, Chen Xin felt that the box of canned liquefied gas he had reserved was better reserved for critical moments. good.
Before the vegetables were harvested, Chen Xin could only eat self-heating food every day, so he only used a small pot in the picnic pot that could be used as a frying pan or a lunch box.
But now that he has vegetables and canned food, Chen Xin can at least add stir-fried cabbage or stir-fried lettuce, or stir-fried luncheon meat with vegetables or fried luncheon meat to his meals.
As for the canned pork, considering that it will be difficult to eat these cans after eating them, Chen Xin does not have the luxury of eating them for every meal. Instead, he plans to open one a week and save as much as possible.
After all, it is very likely that pork will be hard to eat in the future, but canned luncheon meat. If you don’t mind eating luncheon meat with cockroaches or mice as raw materials, Chen Xin believes that he will still eat it often in the future.
Thinking of this, Chen Xin also tore open the packaging bag of the self-heating food, added a little water inside, and set it aside. Soon, the heating pack in the packaging bag reacted with the water and released heat.
At this time, Chen Xin took out the half of the lunch meat that was not finished in the morning from the can, cut it into thin slices on the cutting board, and then put a frying pan on the induction cooker. After heating the pan, pouring oil, put it I put in the sliced lunch meat and started frying it.
The aroma of meat filled the air along with the sizzling sound, and Chen Xin, who had not smelled the aroma of meat for a month, couldn't help but twitch his index fingers. (End of chapter)