Chapter 124 - warm spring

Wei Xuan feels that using planting baskets at home to plant these crops that need to be irrigated with snow water has another advantage besides being easy to take care of, that is, even if the snow water condenses to form strange snow, it can be easily collected. After all, it is better to plant in a planting fence that is not tens of centimeters deep at home than to plant on the green space in the community, and then you need to dig a big hole to find snowflakes after the plants are dead, right?

If luck is good enough, Wei Xuan estimates that the poured snow water will eventually condense into snowflakes at the bottom of the basin. The search target is very clear, which is much better than digging aimlessly in the mud outside.

At this time, he was planting extremely dangerous plants into the planting basket to slow down the seedlings, and he would breathe a sigh of relief after they were all planted. As I said before, the leaves of these plants were not just completely dry , After they are defeated, they are dangerous. The edges of their leaves are usually very sharp. If you are not careful when transplanting, you may cut yourself. Wei Xuan was worried for a long time before he could get it done.

It is best not to take the crops that have just been transplanted into the planting baskets to bask in the sun right away, but wait in the room for a couple of days to check the situation and then push them to the balcony. After finishing this matter, Wei Xuan took Du Hang to the next room where the snow water was dried to check the situation.

It was too cold when it snowed before, and after the snow water was tossed into the top floor room, I had to turn on the electric heater in the room every day to keep it warm, so as not to freeze it. At this time, the snow water is no longer frozen, but without the help of the sun, it is not so easy to evaporate the snow water in the room.

“Well…it’s really impossible. Apart from putting it on the balcony and drying it in the sun, it’s better to boil the remaining snow water in a few pots every day to speed up the evaporation.” It’s too slow to dry the water only by ventilation, Wei Xuan thought Thinking about it, I decided to use an induction cooker to evaporate them faster.

Cooking on the induction cooker, drying by the natural wind, and evaporating from the sun on the balcony are three-pronged, and it is much easier than melting the snow in the previous wave.

Now the sixth floor of the building used by Wei Xuan’s family has found other uses. Except for the balcony of one room which was sorted out to be used for planting mutated crops for experiments, the rest of the sixth floor of the whole building is temporarily stored. All of them are snow water that needs to evaporate.

Most of the solar panels placed on the balcony of this floor have also been moved. Except for one dedicated to the induction cooker in the room, other solar panels have been moved out and placed on the undamaged balcony of the next building. up.

In the future, these balconies may be requisitioned as Wei Xuan’s experimental field increases, but fortunately, there are many houses in the community. As long as Wei Xuan can arrange them properly, these balconies can be used as he likes.

After deciding how to deal with the snow water, Wei Xuan prepared to boil a pot first—he knew how long it would take to boil the water, and even the most concentrated one had to be boiled for at least half an hour. Now the mobile phone he carries with him can be used as a time teller besides telling the time! Set a timer or an alarm watch to remind yourself to come back on time when you go to other rooms or go downstairs to be busy.

Randomly filled a pot of water from a large basin and put it on the induction cooker, Wei Xuan went to the window to see how the ice and snow melted outside, so as to judge whether it would be more appropriate to go out after staying at home for a few days? He needed to collect another pile of buckets—the regular ones for carrying water, the rainwater, and the big buckets for mineral water. In addition, we have to collect various square plastic boxes and sorting boxes, which are used to freeze ice cubes in winter and store them in summer.

As for whether using this kind of plastic products to store water will produce any harmful substances… Wei Xuan said that he really has no time to worry about these problems now, and the most important thing is to be able to store the daily necessities that need to be used.

While looking out, Wei Xuan accidentally found something in the sky, he quickly concentrated on looking at the sky, and then stared at the sky outside with a distorted expression: “Mutated bird…”

Although there is still a distance, but looking at the appearance of that thing in flight and the outline of the black shadow, he can tell that it is definitely not an airplane!

The black shadow flapped its wings and circled wantonly in the sky, like the overlord of the sky.

Wei Xuan’s expression twisted for a moment. He originally wanted to take advantage of the time when the snowflake water was boiled upstairs and go downstairs to wander around the community for a while. Xue took care of it a little, so as not to accidentally fall in those places when he went out for a walk, but now… he should just stay in the room honestly.

Seeing the flying bird guard Xuan first observed the sky outside for a while, and confirmed that the bird did not intend to land in his own community, then turned around and solemnly told Du Hang: “Don’t go out to provoke them easily, you know? Our family still has There’s a lot of bird meat left, don’t worry for now.”

The last time the birds attacked was entirely caused by the green plants planted in the open space outside. Without those plants, these birds would not have taken the initiative to attack here without knowing that there are living people in this community .

Du Hang was also looking up at the sky outside at this time. He didn’t know if it was Wei Xuan’s illusion. He always felt that he seemed to see a kind of unpleasant emotion in Du Hang’s eyes…

It was as if he had a grudge against those birds, wasn’t it the same last time? Those flying birds wanted to land in the community, but before they could fly down, Du Hang rushed up to fight with them.

It seemed that Wei Xuan’s consolation had worked, perhaps because those birds had no intention of landing here, so Du Hang did not act rashly and stayed by Wei Xuan’s side honestly.

Wei Xuan moved the seat he usually sat on when boiling water back, away from the window by a certain distance, so as not to be seen by the birds, and then waited for the pot of water to boil dry, while paying attention to the situation of the sky outside from time to time .

The flying bird didn’t seem to have any clear purpose, it hovered for a while and then flew to an unknown place, but it seemed that because of the recent warmer weather, since Wei Xuan found the flying bird in the sky, it would appear in the sky from time to time. Found some sporadic black spots.

They are far or near from the position Wei Xuan observed. What makes Wei Xuan feel very emotional is that the size of these birds has become much larger after the mutation, and the flying height is much higher than before the end of the world. So even if some birds were circling in the sky far away from T city, Wei Xuan could still faintly see them occasionally.

After these extremely threatening creatures appeared in the sky, and after realizing that these animals seemed to be going out wantonly, Wei Xuan couldn’t even sleep peacefully. He was always worried that those flying birds would suddenly land in the community like last year? I was even more worried about whether Du Hang would sneak out to hunt birds while he was asleep…

After all, he still remembered that before the beginning of winter last year, he found out that Du Hang had gone out while he was asleep. Although he knew very well that Du Hang’s fighting power was very strong, he also knew that Du Hang would not really abandon him. But no matter how strong a zombie is, it is not a truly immortal creature. If something happens to him, and he wakes up and finds that he will never come back… why not turn himself into a zombie now, and follow Du Hang’s actions to accompany him? He does what he wants to do.

Therefore, before going to bed, Wei Xuan purposely strengthened the rope connecting the waists of the two, and replaced it with the thickest and strongest one, which is also the one that hurts the most when sleeping.

Wei Xuan’s worries seemed unnecessary, because there was no accident within a week after he found the trace of the bird and changed the rope to the thickest one. Du Hang followed him obediently and honestly as usual, and occasionally came over to ask for a kiss to exchange feelings.

Although he would occasionally stare in a certain direction as if looking at something in a trance, it seemed that the place he was “looking” was far from their home, so he never went out easily.

At the time when Wei Xuan was basically at ease, and when he went out every day, he was careful to avoid the birds who like to fly around, and the ice and snow in T City melted in a large area, and Wei Xuan had already started to think about going out in a week or so at most. When gathering supplies—

Wei Xuan who was in his sleep was shaken awake.

When Wei Xuan woke up, he was still a little dizzy, as if he was sleeping in a boat, as if being tossed around by the wind and waves made him feel dizzy.

When he opened his eyes and looked at the constantly shaking floor in front of him, he was stunned for a long time before he suddenly realized—why did he seem to be pushed down by someone on his shoulders? !

This posture is very familiar, and looking at the floor from this angle also makes him feel very familiar. There is no doubt that at this time, he should be held by Du Hang on his shoulders and quickly go down the stairs through the stairs!

“What happened?!” His heart tightened, Wei Xuan only felt that his heart was about to jump out of his mouth because of this posture and this shaking. When was the last time this happened to you? ! Last fall, when the birds came!

Now… Could it be that there are really mutated birds flying in? !

Suddenly he raised his head and looked left and right. Now Du Hang has carried him to the community, surrounded by zombies who usually wander in the community. But the zombies at this time were obviously different from usual, they didn’t wander around in a daze, as if they were aimless. At this time, they are all roaring and grinning in a certain direction! Some of them followed Du Hang’s galloping footsteps and rushed towards a certain direction, waving their arms and roaring!

What happened? ! It seems that these ordinary zombies didn’t react when the birds attacked last time! Are there any survivors? !

When Wei Xuan was frightened, he straightened up vigorously, twisted his body and looked back, and then his pupils shrank. At some point, two figures stood on the wall on the west side of the community, with their backs facing the direction of the community. As if looking out at something.