"Hey, this place is cracked."
That night, Li Dong organized a group of people to enter the mountain to see if there were any leaks in the mountain.
The Feng Shui of Hou'an Village is very good. Before the disaster, the products were abundant, the rainfall here was abundant, and the groundwater system was abundant, so the soil felt very fertile and moist.
But now, the vegetation has withered, and the ground has been exposed to dry and cracked lines. Just take a piece of soil in the palm of your hand. It is as hard as a stone. If you squeeze it hard, it will turn into sand, and there is no moisture at all. . How can such soil grow crops
"This elm tree was one meter thick when I was a child, and now three or four people can't hug it. I originally thought that this tree could live for at least hundreds of thousands of years, but now it seems mysterious."
It was an old hunter in the village who was talking. Jiang Liu looked in the direction of his finger. Because of the problem of light at night, he also used a flashlight to shine in the direction the old hunter pointed.
I saw that it was an extremely tall and sturdy old tree, but unfortunately it was dying because of the sun exposure and lack of water. Originally, most of the dense elm leaves fell off, and the few elm leaves hanging on the branches also looked extremely yellow.
Not only is this elm tree in poor condition, most of the trees in the forest are dead or on the verge of dying, and the shrubs and grasses are the first ones to be withered by the sun. When you step on those withered grasses, you can only hear rustling. The sound of moose smashing.
"pheasant, there are pheasants here!"
Hearing an exclamation from the front, Jiang Liu and the others hurried over.
"It has been dead for a long time, and it has been dried into jerky."
I saw two dead pheasants on the ground. Their bodies had long been sunburned, and they felt like rocks. These pheasants probably died after starving for a long time. There was almost no meat on their bodies. The dried meat sticks to the bone, like a skeleton rack.
"Do you think this dead pheasant can still be eaten?"
The person who found the two pheasants asked, swallowing.
In fact, every household still hides some bacon and bacon that they haven't finished eating, but those good things are simply reluctant to eat now. Most of the meat will go into the child's stomach.
Everyone was so greedy for meat, so when they saw these two pheasants, their eyes almost glowed red.
"Should I be able to eat?"
Everyone is not sure. After all, they have never eaten such pheasant. What if there are any germs? After all, no one knows how long this pheasant has been dead and whether there will be any problems eating it.
"Would you like to let the stray dogs taste it first?"
Hou'an villagers really love dogs, and since the disaster came, everyone needs more spiritual support. The incense in the dog temple in the village is getting better and better. Even if they are very hungry, the villagers dare not kill their domestic dogs. Eat dog meat.
It is said that offending the dog god will be punished by the gods. Now they respect the dog god, and the dog god will definitely protect them in the future. But if they anger the dog god, the sun in the sky will become the next day when they wake up. Four now.
Of course, most of these devout people are the old people and young people in the village, especially those who have gone out to study and don't believe the legends about the dog gods said by the old people. In their opinion, when people cannot survive , what is a dog.
Therefore, when the man proposed to use the stray dogs in the village as experiments, no one said anything to stop him.
Jiang Liu did not join in their conversation. His eyes were attracted by the faint greenery coming from the inside of a dead tree with a hollow center. If he read it correctly, it seemed to be a seedling that had just sprung.
Although I don't know what kind of plant the seedling is, it is a miracle that a seedling sprouted in such a dry grass environment.
Jiang Liu didn't dare to make a sound, there were too many people present, he was afraid that the seedling would lead to the time period, so he took advantage of other people's attention when the two pheasants were on the withered tree. Cover up, ready to choose an appropriate time to transplant this seedling.
*****
The villagers quickly went down the mountain with the game they picked up. They processed the game and then fed the meatless heads to the stray dogs in the village.
The vitality of these wild dogs is also really tenacious. It has been nearly two months since the mutation started, and they are still alive and well, but they are thinner, and their hair is sparse due to exposure to the sun, just like a mangy dog.
These stray dogs devoured the game fed to them by the villagers, because they still retained the closeness they once had. After eating the game, the stray dogs rubbed the villagers who were feeding them intimately, and a sigh of relief came out of their throats. The sound of purring and purring made the villagers feel a little ashamed, and their cheeks were burning. The thought of waiting for these wild dogs to starve to death and then sharing the dog meat also faded.
"It seems nothing is wrong."
After several hours of observation, the stray dogs who ate wild game that was either sun-dried or starved to death did not show any symptoms of discomfort. The villagers who found the pheasant were excited.
Game can be eaten = there is still a lot of meat on the mountain = they have a huge mineral deposit.
Whether it’s meat craving or wanting to save more supplies for the family, the villagers seem to be marching to the back of the mountain for a while, but if they find dried game, they will hide it at home.
Li Dong was very uneasy, because the stray dogs in the village were still alive, indicating that the animals on the mountain might not have all died. You must know that there are wolves and blind bears in the deep mountains of Hou'an Village, but those animals will not out of the mountains.
But it is different now. The herbivores in the mountains have no food. When the herbivores die in large numbers, the carnivores will continue to expand because there are not enough food sources. Now it is easy to enter the mountains without a brain. something happened.
Besides, everyone went to the mountains, what about the safety of the village
It's a pity that the interests are touching, and Li Dong's words are not easy to use at this moment. What makes him more anxious is that the stupid son Dashang's Yang Fengyin violates. Game gone.
Li Dong wanted to scold his stupid son, but the stupid son made a lot of money in the mountains. He brought home a lot of dried sparrows and hares with the keen sense of smell of the second cub. The old lady and daughter-in-law at home guarded this. Stupid son, in turn, scolded him for looking ahead and having no foresight.
Anyway, because of the game, the original patrol defense in the village has weakened a lot. Many night patrol members who were supposed to be on duty also sneaked up the mountain. Li Dong couldn't stop it, but was blamed for dragging everyone's back.
Perhaps because he was heartbroken, Li Dong simply ignored it. He was waiting for these people to come and apologize to him when he was in a big trouble.
But this is also a very angry idea. If possible, Li Dong certainly hopes that bad things will not happen.
Of course, there are also smart people in the village. These people did not blindly follow the trend. Instead, they were more vigilant and guarded when the villagers rushed up the mountain.
*****
At this time, Jiang Liu was staying in the Jiang family's cellar.
The Jiang family's cellar was empty except for the jars of salt left by Mrs. Jiang. At this time, Jiang Liu was doing experiments.
He also went up the mountain a few days ago, but he was not looking for sun-dried game, but for those plants that sprouted in harsh environments.
Cangtian pays off, in these days, Jiang Liu found a total of four live seedlings.
One of them was marked and left in place, another was transplanted in the yard, and the other two were kept in the cellar. For comparison, Jiang Liu also sowed some vegetable seeds in the cellar. , water them on time.
This is also what Jiang Liu thought unintentionally. Because of the strong sunlight, plants cannot grow outdoors. However, if the plants are planted underground, the temperature is moderate, and occasionally a mirror is used to refract some sunlight. Is it possible for plants to grow normally in this environment? .
Of course, it is impossible to dig a large cellar with the strength of the villagers alone. After all, this is a construction project, but if the method of growing plants in the cellar is feasible, at least some vegetables and sweet potatoes can be grown in the small cellar of every household. food source.
Because there was no experiment, Jiang Liu did not immediately tell the rest of the village what he thought. He planned to wait until his experiment was successful before telling everyone the news.
However, Jiang Liu was not the first person to think of this method. At this time, an underground planting plan called Underground Spring had begun to be tested in a secret institution in the capital.