Chapter 73: Second watch
Three months passed in a blink of an eye.
The newly planted 25 acres of rice and 30 acres of potatoes were ready to be harvested again. Looking at the golden rice fields, Lin Ling felt like a rich man.
But at the same time, I was a little worried. Without tools, I wanted to clean up all the 25 mu of rice, which could not be solved in three or two days.
So Lin Ling planned to go to the city again before harvesting to find some automated harvesting tools that use electricity to facilitate future farming and harvesting.
"Should we still go to the robber's den?" the starling said that it wanted to go too: "I hid some nuts at the beginning, and I want to go and get them back."
"Nuts?" Xia Mo looked at mynah, "Why did you hide it secretly?"
The starling bowed his head in guilt and remained silent. It must leave a way out for itself, right?
Lin Ling can probably guess what the mynah is thinking, the cunning rabbit has three caves, let alone a bird with an IQ? "I'm not going to City X."
The starling asked again: "Then where are you going, boss?"
Xia Mo and Chou Ge also looked at her one after another, seeming to be curious about where there is a big city nearby.
Lin Ling said, "I'm going to City G."
City G is the big city where Lin Ling met at the end of Xia. It belongs to a huge provincial capital city. If all goes well, it can be reached by car in four or five hours.
Xia Mo was stunned for a moment, "G City?"
Lin Ling hummed, "We're almost done visiting City X, and it's not worthwhile to transport automatic harvesters. I want to go to City G again to have a look."
"But the road over there is bad." Xia Mo reminded.
"So we need to dig a small road later." Lin Ling didn't repair the broken road for the sake of safety. Now he needs to drive a truck to go out to deliver goods, so he still opens the road. After entering and exiting, Then block the road to prevent people from entering.
Now that the planting area in the safe area has a very wide radiation range, the direction close to City G is getting more and more lively, so we still have to be as careful as possible.
However, her peaceful way of life may not be able to last for too long. Life will gradually recover, and social order will also gradually recover. Due transactions and exchanges are inevitable after all, and in short, she needs to be more careful.
Later, the two rode a tricycle to repair the road.
Lin Ling and the others did not repair the original asphalt road, but dug a road from the nearby forest, and stopped when they came to the side of the road, and let Xia Mo move it when they needed to go in and out.
After the small road was dug, Xia Mo looked at the dark asphalt road, thinking that he had found it along this asphalt road, and felt a little emotional in his heart, "Sister, can I go with you tomorrow?"
Lin Ling bent over to tidy up the road and looked back at Xia Mo: "Want to go?"
Xia Mo nodded, fearing that she would not be willing, and explained again: "I can help you."
"Okay." I just hatched a hundred chicks a few days ago, and now I don't need to keep an eye on the incubator all the time, so it doesn't matter if I go together: "But, are you sure you want to go?"
At the end of Xia Xia, he was almost eaten by two homeless people in City G. Lin Ling thought that he would have a psychological shadow and would resist going to that decadent and lonely city.
Xia Mo nodded firmly. G City is very close to the place where his mother died. Although he can't go there, he wants to be closer to his mother.
Lin Ling didn't object, "Brother Chou will follow up then."
Ji Zuzong, Starling, Chunmian and Dahei also said that they would go when they heard that Lin Ling was going with Brother Chou.
Lin Ling took a sip of water and looked at the four dogs around her: "Brother Chou can generate electricity, what are you going to do?"
The chicken ancestor said: I can breathe fire.
Chun Mian said: I can do it too.
Dahei said: I can spray water.
Starling was stunned for a moment: "Can I tell jokes?"
Lin Ling didn't want to listen to myna's boring and vulgar jokes, "You guys are gone, what about the chickens at home?"
In the few months since the chicken ancestor came to the village, Lin Ling hatched more than 300 chickens intermittently. Now the bamboo forest behind the house is full of fluffy little yellow chickens, including dozens of chicks hatched by the chicken ancestor. The corn looked like it was about to grow up, and if it was stolen, she would be so heartbroken to death.
The starling said, "Take them all."
"What should I do if I was robbed when I took it out? Do you still want to eat chicken?" Lin Ling rejected myna's proposal: "You guys stay at home and take care of the house, and I will take you out next time when I have a chance."
Chicken Ancestor: How long do we have to wait?
"Soon." Lin Ling drew a big cake for them, and after calming down a few of them, he went to the cellar and took out a basket of potatoes, washed them and cooked them. Apart from eating at night, he also had food for tomorrow. : "We may not come back tomorrow, these foods are on the table, and you can eat them when you are hungry."
"Not coming back?" Mynah's eyes showed a sly light. If the eldest doesn't come back, then he can watch TV all day and all night.
Lin Ling looked at the mynah, and felt that it had no good intentions: "What?"
The starling immediately shook his head and said, "Boss, I just miss you."
Chun Mian turned her head to look at her father, what nonsense are you talking about, father?
Lin Ling didn't tell the truth after seeing the truth, and turned around to go about her own business.
Because she was going out tomorrow morning, Lin Ling went upstairs to rest after dinner. Before going to bed, she took out her mobile phone and checked the topographic map around City G to see how much land had been allocated.
She doesn't like strangers entering her territory and disturbing her life, and the same is certainly true for other people, so she tries to avoid places where she can't avoid.
After confirming the route, Lin Ling quit the phone, and when she was about to turn it off, she found that there was an extra message in her message center.
Clicking on it, I found that it was the message from the bearded man who bought her chicken last time: "Beauty, do you still have any chickens?"
Lin Ling thought of the fish raised by the bearded man, and quickly replied with his fingers: "What's wrong?"
The other party didn't seem to expect Lin Ling to reply so quickly: "I still want to buy five hens, the price is negotiable this time."
Lin Ling raised her eyebrows, so rich and powerful? Got rich?
"Then let me see your sincerity first."
The bearded man replied: "This time I produced fifty fish fry, which are about the width of two fingers, and you can make fish soup when you take them home."
A few days ago, Lin Ling drank the fish soup once, so she was not interested in the fifty fish fry proposed by the bearded man. "Change one."
The bearded man was stunned for a moment. He still remembered Lin Ling's interest in fish fry. Why didn't he like it after only three months? "They are all two finger-wide fish, weighing three to two pounds, and will grow to one or two catties in a few months."
The dozens of fish raised by Lin Ling have now grown to seven or eight pounds in size, and they can give birth to small fry when they mature, so her demand for fish is now reduced: "I don't lack fish now, and I have other fish. ?"
The bearded man said, "I still have shrimps."
Lin Ling: "Me too."
Little Xiami is too small, not enough green to fit between her teeth, she doesn't want to make a loss-making business this time: "If you really want to do business with me, please trade with something I'm interested in."
The bearded man choked for a moment, but he also knew that it was he who begged, not Lin Ling, so he had to change his strategy: "Do you want crayfish? Do you want eels and loaches?"
Lin Ling was stunned for a moment, then teased: "Before the end of the world, you were a seafood and fishmonger?"
The bearded man was not angry either: "To tell you the truth, I'm really doing related business."
"So, do you want to raise some crayfish? When you grow up in the future, you can cook and eat garlic and spicy crayfish."
Speaking of crayfish, Lin Ling recalled the days before the end of the world. Every summer, whether it was a vegetable market, a street night market or a small restaurant, you could see crayfish with red shells everywhere.
She always buys it once a month and cooks it at home. It is very big, the meat is very tender, and it tastes delicious.
Lin Ling hesitated for a while, and said yes: "One hundred small shrimps, and some rice field eels and loaches."
The bearded man agreed: "I'll give you 20 eels and loaches, and I can choose bigger crayfish for you, and I'll give you a few shrimps that only have cubs, but the hen you give me must also be big. Just do it."
"Yes." Lin Ling hummed, "It's as big as the one I sold you last time."
The bearded man said yes: "When can the delivery be delivered?"
"Let's wait a few days." Lin Ling interrupted to contact the bearded man after returning from G city.
After communicating with the bearded man, Lin Ling checked the forum again, and there were many trading posts in the forum: "Looking for livestock that can be raised, near D City."
"I'm in City M, and I also want to raise livestock, chickens, ducks, fish, or pigs, cattle and sheep."
"I'm near City X. I have fish fry here for sale and barter."
Lin Ling saw the one selling fish, and guessed it was the bearded man. She didn't reply, but wandered around the forum again, and finally left a message under several posts with landmarks near G City: " There are chicken cubs, which can only be exchanged with scarce and good things, and there are also power banks, batteries, etc., which can be exchanged for food, if you are interested, send a private message, and the delivery will be delivered in G City tomorrow."
After Lin Ling finished posting, he received a private message within a few minutes: "Big Brother Quanquan? Do you really have chicken cubs for sale?"
Lin Ling replied, "Yes, but you need something scarce in exchange."
The other party said, "Do you want gold, silver and jewelry?"
Lin Ling simply replied with a 'no': "As long as I don't have seeds, food, livestock and other things."
Naturally, the other party didn't have these things, "Can I go on credit first?"
"I can't." Lin Ling blocked the opponent with a backhand, empty-handed white wolf? Are you courting death?
Then people came to ask one after another, can I exchange it with physical labor? Others asked if they could pay in flesh.
Lin Ling frowned and blocked these people, there really are everyone.
After busying for a while, I finally reached an agreement with a dozen people who were interested in exchanging food for charging treasures and batteries.
After confirming the delivery location, Lin Ling was about to turn off the phone, but before she turned it off, she thought of the crayfish that the bearded man who sells fish said. She hesitated and asked 1200: "Are you busy?"
1200: "No."
"Can you find a way to raise crayfish?" Lin Ling asked.
1200: "I don't know, I need to look for it."
Lin Ling agreed: "If you can find it, I will give you a few catties when I raise it."
1200: "Send it again?"
Lin Ling thought for a while, she seemed to have already said that she would give away 1200 chickens and a big fish, and now she casually said to give a few catties of crayfish, "You don't even like it? If you don't want it, I won't give it away."
1200 was silent for a moment: "You insisted on giving it to me before."
Lin Ling didn't want to owe 1200 favors before, and wanted to pay for everything, but now that she owes too much, she feels that it doesn't matter. If you don't want 1200, she can save a lot of money: "You keep saying no, then I will always Can't force it to you?"
1200 is silent, he seems to have said that.
Lin Ling smiled: "I'm still considerate, right?"
1200 hummed: "Isn't it just a waste of talking with you?"
Lin Ling was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "You are not accompanying me for a chat."
In the past few months, a new profession has emerged in the forum - chatting with you.
It means to chat one-on-one in private, to help relieve loneliness, and to get food and other rewards by the way. Although there is a fee, everyone is willing to exchange dozens of potatoes for warm food in order to obtain spiritual comfort. Soft-spoken.
From time to time, Lin Ling would chat with 1200 in private. Both of them are polite and well-measured people, and they have always kept within an appropriate range of making friends.
"Actually, if you want to chat with me, it's not impossible." Lin Ling joked: "People are online every night for chatting with me, and you are often too busy to be seen. The quality of service is not good. Chat with you responsibly."
It took a while for 1200 to reply: "Then I will work hard."
Lin Ling didn't expect 1200 to take the joke seriously: "I'm joking."
1200: "I can't accompany you in vain."
Lin Ling: "..." Why do you think the other party has fallen for her?
Could it be that 1200 has not been successful in farming recently? Out of food?
Thinking that the other party had helped her find breeding methods several times, Lin Ling felt that it would not be appropriate to refuse directly. She quickly calculated in her mind that chickens and fish are more precious, and she would not feel so distressed if they exchanged them with potatoes. : "It's been a long night, why don't I hire you with ten catties of potatoes?"
1200: "Potatoes?"
"Don't like potatoes?" Lin Ling thought for a while, and decided to make a big deal: "How about ten catties of wheat?"
1200: "OK."
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