Chapter 24:
The mutated dog listened with its ears upright. It didn't think any of them sounded good, so it snorted in disgust.
"Do you think the name is ugly? Our family is not from a scholarly family, just a farmer. You should do as the Romans do when you come here." Lin Ling couldn't help laughing, "Actually, I also think these names are too rustic. , It’s really difficult for me to choose a name, I’m just a waste of names.”
Xiaolu wrapped her arms around Lin Ling's wrist and said eagerly: "I'll give it a name."
Lin Ling: "What are you taking?"
Little Green shook the leaves, playing cleverly: Ugly dog!
Lin Ling: "..."
Little Green who belongs to the Doomsday Wilderness Branch of the Appearance Association: It's so ugly, an ugly dog is the most suitable for it!
Because half of the face of the mutated dog was torn by wolves before, it became disfigured when it grew up. It does look a bit ugly now, but this is not a reason to attack, so Lin Ling held Xiaolu and said, "You don't even look like that. Looks good, how about I call you Ugly Vine?"
Xiaolu shook the leaves in disgust: No way!
Xia Mo took a peek at Xiaolu, thinking that Xiaolu should not be called Xiaolu, but a little bully.
There is a lot of noise here, the mutant dog is lying on the ground, its tail is wagging back and forth, in fact, it doesn't care if it has a name, and it doesn't have any requirements, as long as it doesn't look like a big fish in a pond, and don't look like this love root The troublesome green vines will do.
Lin Ling looked at Jing Jing, a mutant dog lying on the side with closed eyes and resting his mind. When he didn’t want to eat, he looked like a big boss, and her heart moved: “According to the dog’s age calculation, you should be older than us, so I’ll call you Dog brother."
At the end of Xia and Xiaolu, they looked at the big boss mutant dog: brother dog?
The mutant dog raised its head, Brother Gou? It seems very majestic.
Xiaolu put her hands on her hips in dissatisfaction: Brother Ugly is almost the same!
After speaking, he jumped to the side of the mutated dog and shouted meanly: Ugly dog, ugly brother, ugly brother...
The mutated dog raised its eyelids and glanced at Xiaolu, disdain flashed in his eyes, he was too lazy to be as knowledgeable as Xiaoluvine.
Some Xia Mo, who rejected the new members, also deliberately shouted: "Brother Ugly."
The sky is getting dark and the temperature is getting cooler. Lin Ling temporarily arranged a nest under the eaves for the mutant dog brother.
"Brother Ugly..." Lin Ling pouted, "I'll think about the name again. You live under the eaves temporarily. At the end of summer, you can share some dry firewood with it."
Xia Mo immediately limped towards the kitchen, moved some dry firewood and built a big nest for it under the eaves.
Although it's outside, it's much better than living in the wilderness. The mutated dog happily moved in with his bags!
When Lin Ling went upstairs, she was pestered by Xiaolu to play games. Just in time, she also wanted to see how Xiaolu played with her mobile phone, so she handed it to Xiaolu, and the next scene shocked her eyes.
Xiaolu skillfully entangled the phone, held down the power button, and turned on the phone directly. After turning on the phone, she touched the screen with the top of the vine, opened Tetris in two or three strokes, and then started to play.
Lin Ling watched it skillfully change the shape of the cube, and then scored points to break the record. For a while, she didn't know what to say, "How many times have you played secretly?"
Xiaolu was playing hard and didn't have time to talk to Lin Ling.
Lin Ling: "..."
"Ignore me, and I won't let you play."
The two leaves of Little Green stood up abruptly: I didn't hear it.
Lin Ling heheed twice, "It's such a slippery game, I expected to know that you were secretly playing with my phone every day before."
Xiaolu refused to admit it: I am obviously smart, and I learned it all at once.
Lin Ling snorted, "You're really thick-skinned!"
Xiaolu shook the leaves: I have no face.
Lin Ling: "..."
Forget it, sleep!
Lin Ling buried herself in the quilt and quickly fell asleep. She had a good night's sleep, and when she woke up again, it was already gray and bright.
The thick black mist gradually dissipated, and the window glass was covered with black dust. It was still early, so Lin Ling fetched a basin of water to wipe the glass upstairs and downstairs, and mopped the floor of the house clean.
After cleaning, the sky was completely brightened.
Lin Ling divided the cold potatoes that were baked last night, and then went out with the kettle.
Xia Mo held a cold potato and asked, "Are you going to water the ground today?"
When the mutated dog heard that the ground was being watered, it swallowed the cold potatoes in two or three bites, and walked up to Lin Ling wagging its tail: Watering the ground?
Lin Ling: "I won't water the ground today." Half of the water in the pond was pumped out yesterday, and it will take a few days for the water to rise before we can continue pumping.
Lin Ling paused, and said today's arrangement: "I don't have much firewood at home. I'll go to the east to take a look, and take a look at the village over there."
Xia Mo said, "Then I'll take the pannier with me."
"Okay." Lin Ling also pushed onto the tricycle and set off together.
This was the first time Lin Ling walked eastward. After walking in the eastward direction for nearly two hours, he came to an asphalt road.
Lin Ling looked at the map and found that this road was the asphalt road with a boundary marker outside the village where she lived.
This asphalt road twists and turns, leading to another town. Lin Ling looked at the direction ahead, and rode a tricycle to drive Xia Mo forward, and the mutant dog ran behind the tricycle.
He passed several villages on the way. Although they had been ransacked long ago, Lin Ling stopped and searched for each village with the idea of not letting go of each household.
At the end of Xia, he was also very skilled at searching for supplies, and he spared no corners of every house.
Xia Mo held up half of the soy sauce left, and excitedly handed it to Lin Ling, "This is for you."
Lin Ling looked at the thick black mold on the mouth of the bottle, "It's moldy, don't want it."
"As long as it hasn't been opened."
At the end of Xia, he was reluctant to throw away half a bottle of soy sauce, and tried his best to find it again, but because the village was close to the road, everything Lin Ling needed was emptied.
Lin Ling rummaged through the cabinets and found some musty clothes, and took them out to make a gesture. They were suitable for late summer, and the most important thing was men's clothes.
In addition, I also found a few pairs of boy's sneakers, and put them on at the end of Xia. The front of the shoes on his feet had been degummed, and she glued them to him with red-hot tongs. broken.
When she went downstairs, Lin Ling handed all the clothes and shoes to Xia Mo: "You can take these back, wash them and wear them."
Mo Xia happily took the clothes and put them in his pannier, finally no need to wear pink skirts!
The two wandered around the neighborhood again, but found nothing!
Lin Ling glanced at the street sign next to the road. It said that it was still 70 kilometers away from the county seat. If he continued to go to the county seat, he would definitely have to rest outside tonight.
Lin Ling didn't bring any food, and she didn't want to rest in the wild. She looked at the other side of the road, "Let's not walk along the road, go in a remote direction, and go home later."
There are fewer people in remote villages, and there is a greater chance of picking up leaks, so the two turned their heads and walked in the other direction. They walked along the unpaved dirt road for about an hour, and came to a river that had stopped flowing. . Bypassing a stone bridge and walking across the river, we saw dense villages.
It may be because there is a river. This side of the river was burned bare, and on the other side of the river, some trees and plants withered due to lack of water can still be seen.
Lin Ling, who was reading the trees, was a little excited. Many of the roots and stems of the trees here are still there, and they can be saved. In addition, there are many plants that are not in the house. The most important thing is that there are some fruit trees, which must be dug up and brought back.
The little green on the side arched Lin Ling, and pointed to the pile of **** on the ground: What is that?
Lin Ling took a closer look: "It's rabbit feces."
When Xiaolu heard that it was a rabbit, she excitedly said, "Are there any rabbits nearby?"
When Xia Mo heard the words, his eyes lit up.
Lin Ling checked the rabbit's feces. The surface was dry and hard. It should have been pulled here a few days ago. "It should be left by the rabbit we caught making trouble the day before yesterday."
Xiaolu drooped the leaves on top of her head in disappointment, why are they gone?
"You still expect to pick up rabbits every day?" Lin Ling snorted, and then called Xia Mo: "Come and help me dig the roots."
The soil system in late summer is very useful, and the roots of the trees are turned out easily.
Lin Ling picked up all the roots that could be used, such as the roots of bamboo, cypress, camphor, and some weeds.
In addition, there are some fruit trees planted in front of the villagers' houses, such as peach trees, orange trees, plum trees, and pear trees.
For smaller trunks, Lin Ling directly uprooted them and took them back. For plum trees and pear trees with too large trunks, he could only cut a section of the trunk and take it back for cuttings to plant.
It took her an hour to load a mountain wheel full of branches and roots, all with dirt.
After digging the roots, Lin Ling and Xia Mo went into the house to search: "Let's go around separately and see if there is anything we can use."
Xia Mo said hello.
"Be careful." Lin Ling separated from Xia Mo after a word of advice, and then searched from house to house.
Walking around here, the harvest is bigger than before, and I found some old clothes and shoes, and I also found some unopened vegetable seeds.
At the end of Xia, he also found an old-fashioned radio, and excitedly ran to Lin Ling with the radio, "This is the same as your one that can play music, can I take it back?"
Lin Ling glanced at the radio, it should only be able to play music, it has no other functions, "Try to see if it works, and if it works, you can move it back."
At the end of Xia, he patted the gray radio: "How to try?"
Lin Ling picked up the radio and looked at it, only to find a plug, "This one has to be plugged in to work."
At the end of Xia, he looked at the plug of the radio, and then at the mutant dog.
The mutated dog noticed Xia Mo's scorching gaze and took a few steps back.
"Brother Ugly, can you give it a try for me, okay?" Mo Xia took out half of the potato he saved in the morning and handed it to the mutant dog, "I'll give this to you."
After running for a long time, the mutated dog was also hungry, and ate the potato with its mouth open.
At the end of Xia, when the mutated dog had finished eating, he handed the radio plug to the mutated dog: "Brother Ugly, try it."
The mutated dog was too lazy to be as knowledgeable as Xia Mo, opened its mouth and bit the plug, and the canine teeth flashed.
Xia Mo waited for a while, but found that the radio hadn't responded at all, and knocked hard again, dust was everywhere, and Lin Ling choked back a few steps.
At the end of Xia, he knocked a dozen times, but the radio still didn't respond.
"This should be broken." Lin Ling said.
At the end of Xia, he looked at the radio in disappointment, his eyes turned red, didn't he give his potatoes for nothing?
Lin Ling sighed, feeling a little pitiful for being short of money and people, she kindly reminded: "Look again, maybe you can find something useful."
Hearing this at the end of Xia, he ran to another house. He must find a working radio today.
The radio is an old object, and it was rare before the end of the world. Only those who miss the old things will keep it properly, so Xia Mo searched hard for a long time but couldn't find it.
Lin Ling looked at Xia Mo: "Didn't find it?"
Xia Mo shook her head in a depressed mood.
"Although you didn't find the radio, I found something more interesting." Lin Ling waved to Xia Mo and led him into the living room of an abandoned house.