The laughter of the mother and daughter spread on the road, and a child who was being held by an elder stretched his neck to look curiously.

"Be good, we are almost at the farm." The elder reminded.

The child nodded hurriedly: "I'm good."

The closer we get to the farm, the brighter the world in front of us becomes and there are more pedestrians.

"There are so many people here, someone is setting up a stall here!" Qiao Songzhi was surprised, it looked like a small market.

"Yes, after all, it is brighter here. Even the market is not as bright as here." The farm is like a natural artificial sun, attracting countless residents to move closer to it. The security team had to increase efforts to evacuate the crowd to prevent the crowd from affecting it.

farm work.

Arriving at the farm gate, Qiao Qingqing went to a window to register and handed over five buckets of chicken manure.

"Today's exchange vegetable is a large winter melon. The weight of these chicken manures... I'll count you two winter melons, do you want to exchange?"

"Change."

The clerk took out two winter melons. One was about fifty centimeters long and thirty centimeters in diameter, and the other was even bigger. Qiao Songzhi hugged it and felt it was heavy. Qiao Qingqing hugged the other one and held it in the envious eyes of others.

Put the winter melon in the car.

The two of them did not dare to stay too long because they were "heavy treasures" and did not even go to the temporary market. They happily took the winter melon home. The security team patrolled intensively. Although there were unfriendly sights, the two of them returned home.

Fairly smooth.

On the way, Qiao Songzhi held the winter melon on her lap to protect it, fearing that the bumpy road would damage the winter melon.

"Qingqing, how do you know that the farm collects chicken manure for fertilizer?"

"I came to inquire and asked them if they wanted chicken manure. Fortunately, the farm collects it. Otherwise, I would have to find a way to turn the chicken manure into fertilizer for my own use." Materials are in short supply now, and chicken manure is also a valuable material.

But I can’t bear to throw them away. “We don’t grow many vegetables at home, so the chemical fertilizers I stock up are enough. Retting chicken manure is a bit troublesome and time-consuming. It also has a strong smell and is not suitable for making at home. It is better to send it to the farm to exchange for ready-made fruits and vegetables.

good."

Qiao Songzhi wrote it down and felt that she had learned something. When it came to survival, her daughter worked really hard. She felt that although she lacked experience, she could keep up with her daughter and learn and progress together.

She thought carefully, hoping that she could also find some inspiration for adding supplies to her home.

Under the street lamp, a dark color flashed by. Qiao Songzhi sat up straight and looked back: "Qingqing, I seem to have seen weeds. Can you take the weeds home and chop them up to feed the chickens?"

A minute later, the tricycle retreated to the spot where Qiao Songzhi saw the weeds just now.

Sure enough, there was a clump of gray-brown plants growing in the corner of the building on the roadside. Qiao Songzhi hesitated: "It's dead. What a pity. In the past two years, it's been either high temperatures or thick fog and acid rain. It's been an eternity as soon as I took a breath. I've already

I haven’t seen wild plants outside for a long time.”

"It's not dead, it's still alive." Qiao Qingqing looked at the familiar plant in front of her. This gray-brown weed was one of the most common wild plants in Yongye in her previous life. It tasted bitter, but she didn't feel abdominal pain after eating it.

, after being verified as non-toxic by the "Guide to New Plants of Eternal Night" released by the research institute, they were picked and eaten by many people. Of course, Qiao Qingqing also ate a lot of them. After all, the materials she earned from working were too few. The amount of relief materials distributed above

Not much, it only happened every once in a while. Sometimes when she was really hungry, she would go outside to find weeds, grab a handful and chew them dry. The taste was like dry grass, and the bitter taste could barely appease her stomach that was sending out hunger signals.

"Not dead?" Qiao Songzhi couldn't believe it. She reached out to touch it. She was surprised to find that the grass in front of her was really not dead. It didn't have the brittle feeling that dry grass leaves have when they are crushed by fingers. However, the leaves were not thick either.

, pinched like a piece of flexible paper.

"This is a new variety grown in Queen Yongye, and there will be more in the future," Qiao Qingqing said.

Qiao Songzhi understood that without the sun, how could plants grow green? She asked from a practical point of view: "If I feed chickens, will the chickens eat them?"

"I haven't tried feeding chickens, but I have eaten them. It's not poisonous. Let's take some back and try them." Chickens living in the apocalypse of natural disasters need to eat a little of everything just like survivors to grow up healthy.

The two of them pulled up the clump of weeds and put them together with the winter melon.

After returning home, Qiao Songzhi simply washed the wild grass, chopped it, mixed it with the feed, and fed it to the five chicks in a compartment.

It is not yet clear how the new weeds will affect the chickens, but when patrolling the community, when Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan saw weeds in the corner, they would pull some out and take them back to feed the chickens.

Later, more and more new plants appeared in the dark corners, as if all the common weeds on the roadside had died, and the new plants were all unfamiliar. The new community has been relatively highly developed, and there is relatively little wild land, so these plants can only grow the most.

In the corners of buildings and outside new communities, these plants grow wildly. In deserted corners, they grow very fast in just a few months.

The institute has launched a new project to study new plants, analyze their safety, and timely publish the "Eternal Night New Plant Safety Report" through radio. Most new plants are non-toxic, but this does not mean that all of them are safe.

When eaten, some will make their tongues numb after eating, and some will cause abdominal pain after eating... But in the outskirts of the base, many people dug it up and ate it before hearing the report. As long as they don't die from eating, the slightest discomfort does not count.

What.

The weeds outside the base were quickly dug up, and spring came soon. More weeds grew in the uninhabited areas of the wild, and the patches were coveted. The spring breeze also brought the vitality of wild vegetables. The field expedition team of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences led

A lot of new wild vegetables came back, and they were informed to the survivors through the radio.

The field collection team gradually took shape, and many people went out in groups to collect in wider areas, hoping to have enough to eat this spring.

Qiao Qingqing and Shao Sheng'an have jobs, so it is unrealistic to go to the wild to collect food, and it is even unsafe for Qiao Songzhi and the others to go there. Fortunately, there is enough feed at home, and her and Sheng'an's points can be exchanged for new feed made from crow meat and vulture meat from the supply truck.

Chicken is enough.

Chi Yuxiu later exchanged two chickens with Qiao Qingqing, one male and one female. The male chicken died during the process, so she replaced it with another one. Now, her chickens have begun to lay eggs, and she and her mother-in-law are reluctant to eat eggs for the time being.

, save the chickens for hatching first. The two families on the seventh floor raise chickens, and it is false to say that there is no smell. However, they are both clean people and keep the chicken coop very clean. When they go down to the sixth floor, there is no smell at all.

The 602 family would occasionally exchange eggs with Qiao Qingqing's family, and Qiao Songzhi would give the other neighbor a preferential price, so that the other party would have no objection.

Seeing that Qiao Qingqing and the others were pulling grass and feeding the chickens with good results, Chi Yuxiu also wanted to give it a try. So when Pei Yan came home from his shift, he saw the chickens eating grass.

"Although there is no sun, there is enough rain in the spring. There are too many new weeds and vegetables that have grown recently. A friend of mine is in the field investigation team and has not been back for several days. I heard that these weeds are always outside.

It is said that it is a variant of the old weeds. It grows this color because there is no sun. There are many such things in the wild outside. The field investigation team at the institute has brought back many new varieties. Now we are waiting to see if the institute can extract any useful ones from them.

Without the sun, although the farm's output can be sustained now, it will not be possible in the long run because the cost of generating electricity and lighting is too high."

"It doesn't sound too bad. Although there are constant disasters, we can definitely find a way to deal with it, right?" Chi Yuxiu said softly.

"Yes, there is always hope." Pei Yan took a deep breath, then raised a smile, "I heard that the new feed is very effective for feeding pigs and mice, and it should be possible for chickens. I'll go find out and I'll get back to you.

Make some at home.”

Chi Yuxiu said hurriedly: "If you have the chance, change more and I will send some to the next door."

"It should."

A month later, Qiao Qingqing's family received a bag of feed from Chi Yuxiu.

Qiao Qingqing smiled and said: "I have one at home, I exchanged it with the points from the bow and crossbow team."

Chi Yuxiu suddenly realized and felt a little embarrassed: "That was an unnecessary move on my part."

"Sister Chi, please don't say that. I'm very grateful that you care about us and send such valuable feed to my home. However, Sheng'an and I both work in the crossbow team. We have some points that can be exchanged for feed. This bag of feed can you

Just take it back."

Since Qiao Qingqing's family has it, Chi Yuxiu doesn't insist on it.

"By the way, it's almost six o'clock. Do you and your aunt want to go downstairs and watch a movie?"

Chi Yuxiu asked: "Are your family members going?"

"My mother, mother-in-law and eldest brother want to go. If you and aunt want to go, you can go with them. Members of our bow and crossbow team will be there to guard."

Two months ago, the open space at the gate of the community began to show projection programs again. Just like during the thick fog, it was broadcast on time at 6pm every day.

"Okay." Chi Yuxiu nodded happily, "Then I'll tell my mother. There have been a lot less crows in the sky recently. My mother should be willing to go down."

"It'll be fine. Just let Auntie rest assured and watch. It's impossible for residents to be chased away by crows in front of our crossbow team."

Six months have passed since the eternal night fell.

For the residents of the new community, life is actually not difficult. The security team patrols intensively, public security is fully guaranteed, and there are many jobs. As long as you are willing to endure hardships, you can always find a job. No longer dawn is not a difficulty, no matter how difficult it is, it can't be compared to the thick

Was it difficult during the period of fog and acid rain? Now there are projection programs to watch, which can be regarded as another hope in life.

Qiao Qingqing stood outside the crowd, staring at the movement in the sky with vigilance. Occasionally she glanced at the projection screen in front of her. There were people crowding in front of the screen. Everyone cherished the entertainment activities at this time, and what was being played today was finally no longer

Xinwen Lianbo is a comedy movie with a very lively atmosphere.

Although she could only see a little bit of the picture on the curtain, Qiao Qingqing was also very satisfied. She knew that there were her most important people in the crowd and the guardians on the other side of the crowd. They were still accompanying each other in this long night.

It's the happiest thing.
Chapter completed!