Read Novel Full Chapter 218: Earthquake Forewarnings
Chapter 218: Earthquake Forewarnings
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ning gave us wheat seeds, and they look quite fresh and were preserved really well.
Wheat seeds are valuable. They require far less water than rice and are easier to cultivate.
Sharp mouthed monkey is ecstatic. There’s potential profit in selling these.
After putting the grain seeds into her space, Jiang Ning rode her bike home.
Upon returning, she told Huo Yishen what she had learned. “It seems that not only do the second-hand dealers know about the mutation of marine products, but many wealthy people are also well aware of it. They just haven’t exposed it due to their interests and personal safety concerns.”
Huo Yishen nodded. “In times of natural disasters and apocalypse, it’s good enough to look after oneself, let alone worry about others.”
Jiang Ning leaned against his shoulder. “With so many marine products stored, are we still going to eat them?”
Huo Yishen embraced her. “Haven’t we been eating them already?”
True, they’ve been eating them for several months now.
But from now on, they’ll have to be more careful and avoid anything with abnormal shapes.
Despite the extreme heat, the sweet potatoes on the large terrace managed to survive under the shade and with morning and evening watering.
It’s all thanks to Doudou’s care. The little kid is very proactive, although she hasn’t fully recovered from her concussion, the symptoms are not very obvious anymore. She always likes to find something to do for herself.
Actually, the sweet potatoes on the large terrace are just a cover-up. If they were used, they would have starved to death long ago.
Jiang Ning expended a lot of mental energy, and finally, the six acres of cornfield in the space were all planted.
During lunchtime, the radio broadcasted the latest municipal news, advising against consuming mutated marine products.
Due to the extreme heat disaster and the melting of polar glaciers, ancient viruses have contaminated the oceans, causing marine products to mutate. Mutated marine products will grow rapidly, increasing in size several times or becoming deformed.
Not only seafood but also seaweed is affected in the same way. Research on sea salt is still ongoing, so it is not recommended for consumption at the moment.
There are many types of viruses, and the dangers are not yet clear. Some can cause acute gastroenteritis, neuralgia, organ infections, etc., mainly transmitted through food. Citizens are advised to observe more when purchasing and avoid buying mutated marine products to prevent harm to their bodies.
As soon as the broadcast ended, He Tianming took the loudspeaker and reiterated the message, reminding all residents to be vigilant and refrain from consuming seafood unless absolutely necessary.
It’s foreseeable that this news will cause a great stir, undoubtedly cutting off many survivor’ means of livelihood along the coast.
In the future, life will only become more and more difficult.
The dog was happily gnawing on a big fat crab. But when He Tianming’s loudspeaker sounded, warning against consuming marine products and mentioning the danger of toxicity, it shook a bit, and the big fat crab fell to the ground.
Jiang Ning laughed and cried, “Eat, you can eat what we give you, but not what others give, or you’ll die.”
The dog tilted its head for a moment, but ultimately couldn’t resist the temptation of food, so it picked it up and continued gnawing.
Recently, things have been quite stable in Aoyuan. He Tianming, setting aside past grievances, led the village elders to select and survey sites for digging wells, working hard for nearly half a month. Finally, not far from Fengcheng River, they dug down seventy to eighty meters and successfully found a water source.
A spring could sustain the people in the village.
Although the village chief is slick, he still has a sense of responsibility. Without saying a word, he poured tea and apologized.
He Tianming is good at giving face. “It’s just a misunderstanding. Everyone is working towards living better. In the future, we should all protect our water sources.”
To thoroughly resolve the dispute, He Tianming also had the village elders teach their ancestral skills to the villagers.
If one well is not enough, they can select another site and dig another one.
As the people from Aoyuan were leaving, a villager couldn’t help but ask, “Village chief, our crops are dying from the lack of water. There’s no way out right now. Since we now have the skill to dig wells, why don’t we go to other villages, dig wells, and exchange for some goods?”
The village chief glanced at him. “Why doesn’t someone as smart as He Tianming use this skill to earn money?”
“He’s smart? He’s just stupid. If it were me, I wouldn’t hand over this skill.”
“I think you’re the stupid one, with shit in your brain.”
“Village chief, why are you insulting people?”
“If I don’t insult you, who else should I insult? If you don’t wake up, you won’t even know how you died.”
Indeed, digging wells can earn a lot of goods, but who’s living an easy life now?
Natural disasters only affect the poor. Those rich folks are still living it up, singing and dancing.
Having the means to earn is one thing, but having the means to bring it back safely is another.
They might lure you into digging the well, and once it’s done, instead of giving you goods, they might as well cook you.
Even if you manage to bring goods back, can you protect them?
Everyone around you is starving to death, and yet you’re eating so much. Who do you think you’re fooling?
He Tianming is willing to teach in order to share the risk.
“Keep your mouth shut. If anyone dares to leak the news about the water source in the village, they’ll be kicked out.”
Aoyuan may have walls, but they don’t, and if someone comes to raid, the village will suffer first.
The conflict is temporarily resolved, but Huo Yishen is still not at ease. Whenever he has time, he drives out, trying to find a spacious and secluded place before the earthquake hits.
There are too many people around. It’s easy to be discovered when escaping into space during an earthquake.
Moreover, Doudou hasn’t fully recovered from her concussion yet. Sometimes he stares blankly, and Huo Yishen dares not give her sleeping pills again.
As she grows up, Doudou has made friends in Aoyuan.
This is good for Doudou but inadvertently increases the risk for him and Jiang Ning.
The space must not be exposed.
After searching for several days, Huo Yishen finally found a safe place.
An abandoned suburban factory with a large space behind it, relatively far from the mountains and forests.
It takes about 20 minutes to drive there.
After observing for several days in a row, there is no one nearby.
Another month passes in the blink of an eye. The extreme heat continues, and the water level in Aoyuan continues to drop. After the downpour, each household now only gets less than half a bucket of water.
At this time, which is close to the earthquake experience of the previous life, Jiang Ning couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.
Huo Yishen got up early to fetch water, but this time, it was not even a quarter full.
Jiang Ning frowned, “So murky?”
What’s the difference from muddy water?
The weather is unusually oppressive. Even wearing thermal clothing doesn’t help Huo Yishen and sweat keeps pouring out.
He vaguely had a bad feeling. “Yesterday’s water was also murky, but nowhere near as murky as today’s. I ran into Xiao Ming when I came up. He came out to walk the mouse, but the mouse kept squeaking, as if it were particularly restless. Could it be that an earthquake is coming?”
He didn’t say anything, but Jiang Ning suddenly realized, “Coke was also very restless today. Just now, it was desperately biting the sofa, and I scolded it.”
Look, it’s tearing the sofa again, occasionally growling in its mouth.
Jiang Ning was too preoccupied with her menstrual pain to notice its abnormal behavior.
Murky water, squeaking mice, and restless dogs. Isn’t this a sign of an earthquake?
Regardless, it’s always better to pack things up.
Jiang Ning threw things into space, while Huo Yishen took out the walkie-talkie to find He Tianming. “Captain He, how’s Dream at your house?”
Dream is He Tianming’s teddy dog.
Before he answered, Huo Yishen heard Dream barking through the walkie-talkie.
When a teddy barks, Coke barks at the walkie-talkie.
Back and forth it seems like the dogs are talking, both sides are getting into it…
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