Chapter 17:
After going to the pond to take a bath at the end of summer, Lin Ling wiped the radio that he had bought. After wiping off the thick dust, the plastic shell was clean and glowing.
Lin Ling took out two pieces of batteries and put them into the radio, then pulled out an antenna and turned on the button, but nothing happened.
"Is this broken?" Lin Ling patted the radio vigorously, and the radio made a buzzing sound. She raised her eyebrows happily, "Is this all right?"
Lin Ling started to tune the channel according to the buttons on the radio, but after tuning back and forth many times, there was no sound, only the sound of electric current.
Just when she began to wonder if the radio was broken, she suddenly remembered that there should be no radio stations after the end of the world. Except for the high-frequency carrier signal in the safe area, there should be no coverage in remote places.
Lin Ling turned off the radio, put in the tape he brought back with him, pressed the play button, and then heard the radio beeping a few times, and the tape slowly started spinning, and the radio speaker slowly rang Music: "I stand in the gale..."
Listening to the music, Lin Ling's eyes jumped. He picked up the tape box and looked at the song list printed on it. A man should be self-improvement, iron-blooded loyalty, a cut plum, and there are some classics such as the sea and the sky, the sea, friends, sailors, kiss goodbye, etc. oldies.
Lin Ling looked through other tapes, and they were all classic songs by popular singers in the past, such as sweet honey, woman flower, Qianqianjue song, etc. Some of the tapes were marked with words such as favorite brother.
From the old photos, it seems that the old teacher and his wife are serious and serious, but they never thought they would also chase stars.
Lin Ling leaned on the chair and listened to the songs with her chin resting. The tunes of these songs were very pleasant, and the lyrics were also catchy, which was very pleasant to listen to.
Just as she was listening vigorously, there was movement at the door, she turned her head to look at the door, and saw Xia Mo standing at the door, the washed child's skin was still dark, but the whole face looked much cleaner.
Xiaolu, who was bouncing over his head at the end of Xia, jumped onto the dining table, circled around the tape recorder twice, and found that the sound came from inside.
It leaned close to the speaker, the frequency of the music vibration made Little Green tremble like an electric shock, and it immediately ran a little farther, covering its non-existent ears with two leaves: What is that? Why is it so loud?
Lin Ling said, "Music."
Little Green shook the leaves: What is music?
"Music is music." Lin Ling turned off the recorder, turned to look at the curious child outside the door, who was wearing old clothes from before: "Did you change?"
Xia Mo hides by the wall in embarrassment, he has no clothes to change.
Lin Ling saw the urgency of the child, "I'll go find you two."
Lin Ling remembered that the original owner still had some children's clothes that hadn't been thrown away in the closet, so she went upstairs to find a set of clothes that were about the same height as Mo Xia, and went downstairs, "Take them and change them."
At the end of Xia, he changed into clean clothes and came out, and his whole body was much cleaner.
Lin Ling glanced at him, "Can you do laundry?"
Xia Mo nodded, then shook her head again.
"Yes or not?" Lin Ling frowned, "Forget it, you go to the pond and wash your clothes yourself."
Lin Ling brought the child back to work, not to be his babysitter, "Before it's dark outside, I can bask in the sun for a while."
At the end of Xia, a little scared, he immediately ran outside with his dirty clothes in his arms.
Lin Ling looked at the back of Xia Mo who disappeared in the blink of an eye, and clicked: "Why run, I don't eat people." She twitched her lips, then turned to look at Xiaolu on the table: "I'm going to water the ground, you Do you want to go?"
Xiaolu shook the leaves: You open it for me again.
"Don't touch it randomly, you won't be able to afford it if you break it." If the tape recorder broke, Lin Ling wouldn't be able to find a place to repair it. She grabbed Xiaolu in her hand and went out to water the ground with it. up.
After nine days without watering the ground, the vegetable seedlings in the ground were sickly and lacking energy. Lin Ling knelt down and squeezed the dry hard soil, feeling a little helpless, "Why can't you keep water? I have to let me drink water every day." Come water the ground."
Lin Ling glanced at the sapling pine saplings on the mountain in the distance. It would take another afternoon to waste so many saplings. She decided to use both the pump and the generator, and directly use the generator to generate electricity for watering.
Lin Ling went home and moved the generator, vegetable oil, water pump and water pipes to the pond. The water in the pond was almost full, and the **** fish swam to the side of the pond: You see, I have sprayed a lot of water.
"Dahei is great." Lin Ling patted Dahei's head and felt the slime in her hands. She washed it in the water in disgust.
The **** fish asked again: How much meat can I eat?
While burying her head in installing the generator, Lin Ling said to the **** fish, "I didn't find any food or anything to eat when I went out this time."
The **** fish felt that he had been cheated, and flicked his tail unhappily, wanting to vent his emotions.
Lin Ling sensed the **** fish's intentions, "If you dare to splash water on me, I'll let Xiaolu beat you up!"
The **** fish sank to the surface of the water in fright: Hey, hey, he knows how to bully fish!
Xiaolu glanced at the little brother who was dodging, and shook the leaf ferociously: Don't miss my flesh!
Lin Ling glanced at Xiaolu: "Heh, isn't it your little brother?"
Xiaolu shook the leaves, does it matter if the little brother has meat?
"Heh." Lin Ling continued to install the equipment. After the water pump and generator were installed, he pulled the installed water pipes to the vegetable field.
After the water pipe was pulled up, Lin Ling ran back to the pond and pressed the button of the generator. The generator rang suddenly, and Xiaolu, who was standing on it, fell to the ground in fright.
After the generator was started, the water pump also started to work after being powered on. The water in the pond entered the water pipe through the centrifugal pump and soon flowed into the vegetable field.
Seeing that the water pump was working, Lin Ling called over Xia Mo, who was doing the laundry, and explained: "When I wave to you, press this button to turn it on, and when I tell you to turn it off, press it again ,Understand?"
Xia Mo nodded.
After Lin Ling finished explaining, he ran to the vegetable field again, and Xiaolu jumped onto the generator again. It was the first time he had seen such an ugly monster, and it could even bark.
Xiao Lv arched and waited honestly for the signal at the end of Xia: you press.
Xia Mo and Xiaolu are not yet familiar with each other, so they don't understand what it means.
Xiaolu pointed to the button again: Press it quickly!
Xia Mo understood now, he shook his head: "You can't press it."
With her arms akimbo, Little Green said fiercely: I tell you to press it and you can press it! If you don't press I will beat you!
At the end of Xia, seeing Xiaolu with his hips on his hips and waving leaves to hit people, he still shook his head firmly: "Don't press it."
Xiaolu jumped up and slapped Xia Mo: Quickly click!
At the end of Xia, he looked at the red marks on his hands, and the smoldering eyes in his eyes, but he held back when he looked at Lin Ling in the distance, and lowered his voice, "Aren't you afraid of being hit by her?"
Xiaolu shook the leaves: I am not afraid of her.
"If you're not afraid of her, you can press it." Xia Mo gave up her position and let Xiaolu press it by herself.
Xiaolu glanced at Lin Ling, and twisted her small body awkwardly: Then press it later.
There was a trace of disdain in Xia Mo's eyes, he lowered his head and did not speak.
Lin Ling on the other side had already reached the vegetable field, and called out to Xia Mo by the pond: "Go."
At the end of Xia, he pressed the button immediately, and the engine started to chug again, and at the same time kept shaking, but this time Xiaolu took precautions and did not fall again, and its body began to shake with the frequency of the shaking Get up, bouncing up and down, like dancing on a disco.
The water pump is very small, and the water pipe that Lin Ling prepared is also very small. After the water flows, she pinches the mouth of the water pipe hard, turns the water pipe into a nozzle, and sprays the water out, irrigating the land evenly like rainwater.
Not long after the water was poured, the leaves such as potato seedlings, cabbage, and leeks became energetic at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After watering the acre of land, Lin Lingchao beckoned to Xia Mo, and as soon as the generator stopped, the water also gradually stopped.
Lin Ling looked at the land that had been watered in less than five minutes, and nodded in satisfaction: "It's pretty easy to use." The only drawback is that it's not convenient to hold down the water pipe head with your hands, and your fingers are washed by the water. famous.
Lin Ling glanced at the saplings waiting to be watered on the mountain, and then ran towards the yard. After a while, she came out with a shower head, and then on the water pipe head, the size of the water pipe and the shower head did not match, and there was no perfect fit. Tighten it tightly, but it can also be used if tied with a rope and cloth strips.
Lin Ling pulled the water pipe and walked up the mountain. After reaching the mountain, Xia Mo waved his hand, and Xia Mo, who had a good view, turned on the generator again.
Xiaolu likes the feeling of this chug-chug monster shaking constantly, and stays on it all the time, refusing to come down.
Xia glanced at Xiaolu: You idiot.
Lin Ling held the shower nozzle in one hand and watered the trees with the water pipe in the other. The speed was much faster than before. It took several hours to water the trees, but it took less than an hour to water them all. The open space where the trees were planted was also sprayed with water. Although there was not much water, it was enough to moisten the barren and dry land.
Seeing Lin Ling came back, Xiaolu said: Don't water it?
"It's over."
Little Green shook the leaves: I'm playing for a while.
"What are you playing? The oil is almost out." Lin Ling glanced at the little oil left in the generator, and used almost a dozen liters of oil.
This generator is very fuel-efficient, the power of the water pump is not large, and the load rate is not high, but because of the many times of switching, it consumes more oil.
Lin Ling felt a little headache when he thought that there was less than 100 liters of diesel oil left, so he had to save some of it, and continue to carry water to irrigate the ground for a few days.
"I'm going back." Lin Ling carried the things home, and after putting them away, it was almost dark. He took out three potatoes that had been ripened before he left from behind the kitchen door, washed them, cut them into pieces, and put them in In the pot, add a little salt, and take it out after it is cooked.
Let it cool down a little bit and add some seasonings that I picked up this time, pepper, cumin powder, chili powder, add a little vinegar and soy sauce, add a few chopped leeks, stir it The aroma hits the nostrils.
The only fly in the ointment is that there are no green onions and Zheergen, if there is a little bit of taste, it will be better. But it smells delicious even without it. Lin Ling couldn't help swallowing when she smelled it. She has been complaining about it for a long time. In the last days, she occasionally encounters some spices that others don't want, but she didn't dare to make too much noise when fleeing for her life. The smell can only be endured, and now I can finally eat it with confidence.
"I don't know if these seasonings will cause diarrhea." Lin Ling filled two bowls, and she and Xia Mo each shared a bowl: "Eat it."
Xia Mo looked at the bowl full of potatoes, took a careful look at Lin Ling, and gave him all of them?
Seeing Xia Mo's cautious look, Lin Ling deliberately said fiercely: "I'll let you eat better for the first meal today, and tomorrow you can go and turn over all the hundreds of acres of land outside, or you Don't even think about eating."
Xia Mo immediately hugged the bowl and ate it with big mouthfuls. This was the most delicious potato he had ever eaten in his life! The only bad thing is that it hurts my stomach.