Li Xiaoxiao let out a breath.

Chen Mo grabbed the wooden pole and pulled it out. The water plant was dying, but he still wanted to attack it with his tentacles, but he bounced it lightly with one finger. The tentacles collided with the water plant body. Li Xiaoxiao heard the sound of shattering, and the thing died completely.

"Go upstream."

She understood this, and the mutated aquatic plants actually bleed. The smell of blood will attract more carnivorous creatures, and this place is no longer safe.

But do you want to continue?

Li Xiaoxiao recalled the scene just now. She didn't find the monster at all. Did she know the danger was so close when her skin was pierced and her blood was sucked? She was afraid when she thought of it.

But Chen Mo was different, he was holding the wooden stick with the corpse of the monster on it, his eyes were unwavering, she knew that the monster she was afraid of was nothing in Chen Mo's eyes.

Li Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, unable to say anything if she didn't go.

Chen Mo: "What's wrong?"

She lowered her head, she felt that she was so useless, why couldn't she be more courageous, since nothing happened to her anyway.

At this time, her palms warmed up, and Chen Mo's soft voice sounded, "Xiao Xiao look at me."

These words seemed to be filled with Gu, she raised her head involuntarily, Chen Mo looked down at her, those dark golden eyes should be sharp and glaring in the sun, but at this moment they only feel gentle.

"It's okay, Xiao Xiao," Chen Mo rubbed the corner of her eyes with his thumb, "We are all ordinary people, you haven't experienced this in the base, it's normal to be afraid, just like you said, people always havethings, trust me, I won't let them hurt you."

Li Xiaoxiao opened her eyes wide, and lowered her head suddenly as if she was burned. She sniffed, and when she raised her nose again, her anxiety completely dissipated, "Come on, let's go upstream."

Chen Mo followed behind her, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Li Xiaoxiao continued to hoard water, picking up the snails around her, taking away the big ones and letting go of the small ones. There were more snails here than downstream, and she picked up more than two catties, which together weighed four catties.

The intermediate water storage task was also completed, just as she guessed, 5,000 units is a threshold, the quantity is large, and the rewards are also large, and one can receive fifty diamonds at a time, watching the deposit change back to double digits, she felt a sense of indignation.Now that have confidence, Zhang Canjia's blueprint is not false.

Even the sun is too venomous. The reeds are only exposed to the sun for an hour, and after they are put into the backpack, the system judges that it is dry grass, which is too grassy. It is so hot that it is imperative to dig the basement.

When they returned to the farm, Li Xiaoxiao continued to dig holes to remove the soil, while Chen Mo went to the foot of the mountain to cut moso bamboo. He also wanted to build a kitchen, but unfortunately the moso bamboo forest was not big, and he had cut it for a bathroom before, and it hasn't been pulled out yet.There are not enough leftovers to build a kitchen, which is a bit sad.

Although it can be exchanged with the patrol team, but she also needs to change the bluestone slabs, build a basement, and exchange seeds for poultry. The mint alone is really not enough. don’t know if the apple is firm. She needs money urgently now.

"Brother Mogomo, let's go around and have a look at the apple tree."

Chen Mo turned around.

Not surprisingly, apples were eaten by birds and other animals, probably because of the preciousness of the fruit. They didn't peck at one and bite at another, they just finished eating one apple before eating the next one.

Li Xiaoxiao picked the red apples, and today she did not harvest as much as yesterday. She only picked twelve catties, but she was very satisfied.

The closer it was to noon, the sun was getting hotter, and it was extremely hot on the way back to picking tomatoes.

Originally, it is best to eat tomatoes at this time, sweet and sour, especially to relieve the heat, but unfortunately the radiation of tomatoes has increased and you can’t eat them. It’s also good to eat apples. She gave two of them to Chen Mo. When she bit off the pulp, a thought flashed in her mind,Since apples can eliminate radiation, can we eat apples after eating tomatoes?

Isn't this how you can eat tomatoes?

Just thinking about this thought, she looked at the steaming scenery in front of her, and couldn't believe it, didn't it rain just yesterday, why is it so hot today, it's not even noon yet.

After Li Xiaoxiao picked the tomatoes, she originally wanted to go to the back of the pine forest. Chen Mo said that last time she saw a pine tree that was about to mutate.

Now she didn't want to go either, she just wanted to lie down under the big banyan tree.

On the way home, she asked her to find a cluster of raspberries. The fruit was bright red, and it looked very attractive. After confirming that the radiation value was low, she couldn't wait to pick a handful, put it into her mouth, and put the other hand to Chen Mo's mouth.

Chen Mo hesitated a little, biting the fruit carefully, not touching Li Xiaoxiao's fingers.

She didn't notice that the taciturn man's ears turned red, and he was completely intoxicated by the wonderful taste of raspberries.

sweet, so sweet!

And it's very juicy. The skin of this kind of fruit called "little strawberry" is broken, and the rich juice splashes out. It couldn't be more beautiful in such a hot time.

Li Xiaoxiao immediately picked out several buds and went back, regardless of whether they could be cut or not, she would plant them, and she would never make the mistake of tomatoes again.

When she got back to the big banyan tree, she felt like a zombie and threw herself into the shade of the tree. The poisonous sun disappeared, and she finally felt alive, but she still felt hot soon.

This damn weather.

Originally, she wanted to dig the soil, continue to expand the scale of the farmland, plant the corn seeds, potatoes, cabbages and raspberries in her hands, and then sell them to the patrol team for building materials.Working under the sun, she was afraid that she would be sent away directly.

Summer time is long, the days are not short, and there is such a long gap that Li Xiaoxiao cannot work. This makes Li Xiaoxiao very anxious. She taps the ground with her fingers. There is not enough food. There is not even a kitchen at home. If she meets Hongyue again, Maybe I will starve again, and I am not prepared for winter clothes and quilts.

There are a lot of things to do that have not been done yet, but she has no good way to deal with the extreme heat.

Li Xiaoxiao frowned more and more, a light flashed in her mind, waiting for her to be unable to work during the day, what about at night?

It's not that hot at night!

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was feasible. The only problem was that the light was not good at night. Isn't it the light bulb morning glory?

Li Xiaoxiao eagerly waited for the patrol team to arrive. It was too hot in the afternoon, so she took out the wooden bucket for bathing, filled it with cold water, and felt much more comfortable soaking in it.

Chen Mo has a better physique than her, he can sit and cut bamboo chips without soaking in water.

They stayed away until the sun went down, the heat dissipated, and the temperature dropped to an acceptable level. Li Xiaoxiao crawled out of the water and walked around behind the container to check the newly planted apple branches.

Exposure to the sun for a day, don't get sunburned.

Fortunately, after the disaster, the plants were full of vitality, and after so long in the sun, the leaves were only a little dry. She peeled off the soil at the root of the apple branch, and confirmed that it had grown many fine and white root hairs, so she knew it was alive.It was found that the other two apple branches were dead, but the tomatoes were all alive.

Forget it, it’s okay to have a living seed.

Li Xiaoxiao went to check on the rabbit again. This time the big rabbit led the little rabbit out of the hole to graze. Seeing her open the door and hide in the hole, she was so energetic, so don't worry at all, she went out after filling the trough with water.

When she came out, she saw Chen Mo cooking. It was so hot just now that neither of them had any appetite. After thinking about it, she grabbed a hoe to dig the soil.

So when Babyface arrived, he saw the big girl who was sweating profusely, and her virtuous little daughter-in-law, and said with a smile, "It seems that Brother Chen Mo has bad teeth."

Li Xiaoxiao: "?"

Chen Mo picked up the knife.

Babyface raised his hand: "Just kidding, well, Apple has identified it."

Chapter 17

The baby face stared at Chen Mo, and felt relieved when he saw him chopping vegetables with a knife.

Li Xiaoxiao jumped out of the pit with a stride: "Finally, the appraisal is done, what's the situation?"

Babyface knew that she was anxious, so he said quickly: "Good thing, after eating, it can reduce the radiation accumulated in the human body. It has the same effect as anti-radiation needles, and even stronger effect!"

He took a deep breath: "You also know that the red moon has just passed, and it is the period of high incidence of radiation sickness. Xingfu is devastated by it. You are considered a good time, and the military quarters offer a high price of 1 catty of apples and 20 catties of sweet potato noodles.I've never seen those iron cocks so generous."

When Li Xiaoxiao heard the price, she clenched her hands excitedly.

Babyface's words revealed a lot of information to her, telling her that the current market is good, and the apples will be released as soon as possible. When the negative influence of the red moon weakens, the price of the apples will also drop.

She went to see the baby face, and the latter nodded to her, and she became more convinced in her heart: "Change and change."

Maybe if you shake the price again, you can give her some more, but in view of the help the patrol team has given her, Li Xiaoxiao is willing to relax in terms of price.

The baby face smiled: "Okay, what do you want, or bluestone?"

Thinking of the terrible high temperature in the afternoon, Li Xiaoxiao said without hesitation: "I'll talk about this later. I want to dig a basement to escape the heat. Help me contact the engineering team."

Babyface also thought of the scorching heat in the afternoon. Many of his comrades directly tanned a layer of skin. He quite agreed: "The basement is really good for summer vacation. No one on our team will dig it, but there must be one in the main base. Let me ask for it for you."Ask, that apple..."

He wanted to take it away first, but the sudden arrival of the red moon put a lot of pressure on Xingfu, and the anti-radiation needles were especially in short supply, and an apple was urgently needed to relieve the pressure.It's a bit cheeky to take the goods away first.

Li Xiaoxiao believed in Xingfu's reputation, saw that the baby's face was in trouble, and took the initiative to say: "It's okay, you take the things away first, and when someone finds them, you can bring them here. Try to hurry up, this damn weather is hot."

The baby face was relieved: "Okay, if you really can't find anyone, the brother team in the patrol camp will block the sun for you."

Li Xiaoxiao imagined that scene, it was too magical, she quickly forgot: "It's not impossible, just replace it with a bluestone slab. By the way, when will the morning glory be identified?"

The baby face thought: "In another two or three days, I will unload today's bluestone slabs for you?"

"it is good."

Li Xiaoxiao gave Babylian the mint leaves she picked in the evening and 30 catties of apples, and the latter wrote her an IOU with a special stamp on it.No trace could be seen, she touched the place where the chapter was originally located.

Babyface explained: "This kind of pigment is very difficult to imitate, and it will only appear under special circumstances to prevent others from counterfeiting."

Li Xiaoxiao stared at the paper: "You can help me with the pen and notebook tomorrow."

"No problem." Babyface unloaded the slate from the back of the pickup truck, and reminded her before leaving, "Don't go to the east recently, there are unknown mutated creatures there."

Li Xiaoxiao remembered that there was a farmer there, and last time they rode together in a car: "Where's Old Han?"

Babyface was silent for a moment: "In two days, the team will do a general cleaning. After cleaning, we can resume our previous life."

He didn't say it clearly, but Li Xiaoxiao understood, and her heart sank a bit. She didn't actually settle with Old Han, she just rode in the car together, and what kind of friendship can be formed after a few words, the person who was still there one second, the next secondTo die in someone else's mouth is more or less embarrassing.

No matter how many times she died, she couldn't get used to it.

The melodious cry blew away the gloomy atmosphere.

Li Xiaoxiao looked up, it was the blue magpie.

The cute little creature is jumping while screaming, like a small ball of Q bomb, bouncing back and forth between the branches of the tree, and the long tail feathers dance with the movement, constantly refracting the sun, and when the jumping is tired, the bird shrinksLying on the branches in a group, tilting their heads, shaking off the tangled feathers.

The baby face was happy: "It's such a hot day, and the sun is still shining, be careful, I'm leaving."

Li Xiaoxiao also laughed, and found that the blue magpie had something like a cicada in its mouth, but it was much bigger than a cicada. don't know what kind of insect it is. It turns out that this bird eats meat.It's beautiful and don't even look at it.

She put away the bluestone slabs in her backpack, and went to the farmland along yesterday's road to pave. Thirteen bluestone slabs were used up, and they were still a little away from the farmland. When the bluestone slabs arrive tomorrow, they should be able to be paved.road.

The baby face left, and Chen Mo came out of the house with a basin filled with snails picked up by Li Xiaoxiao. He soaked the snails in salt water for an afternoon and spit out a lot of dirty things.Add crushed chili, and the aroma will come out when the wind blows.

That is called a fragrance.

Li Xiaoxiao didn't seem to have seen the world before, she raised her nose and sniffed hard, shouting like a child: "Brother Mo Mo, can you eat?"

She kept asking, and she felt annoying, but Chen Mo answered every time, which made her embarrassed to ask again. Standing in front of the fire on a hot day, Chen Mo was sweating all over, so she found palm leaves to fan him.

Chen Mo: "No need."

Li Xiaoxiao refused to give up: "It's okay, you do what you want."

Chen Mo just let her go. There might be parasites in the snails, so it needs to be fried for a long time to kill the parasites. After half an hour, he estimated that the time would be about the same, so he filled a bowl for Li Xiaoxiao first.

She took it happily, but then became worried, how can eat this without a toothpick?

Chen Mo handed over a thorn. She thought it was a bamboo thorn, but after taking it, she realized...it was a thorn from some kind of plant.

Li Xiaoxiao squeezed it, and found that the thorn is hard and long, which is very suitable for picking snails: "Where did it come from?"

Chen Mo: "Behind the moso bamboo forest, there should be thorn roses, which bear a lot of fruit. You can measure the radiation."

She tested this thorn, and the value was 135, which is not in the safe range, but the thorn rose should be able to be grown in farmland, and the radiation value is not afraid of high.

"Then let's get it over after eating," Li Xiaoxiao recalled when she was in the underground base, she temporarily took care of the high-level daughter, the girl who was about her age, wearing a beautiful gauze dress, sipping thorn rose tea,She remembered that scene for a long time, always wondering what the pink drink tasted like, "The thorn rose can be soaked and drunk."

Li Xiaoxiao picked out the snail meat. The snail meat grown in the clear stream was tender and delicious. The refreshing spicy taste made her eyes shine. Unfortunately, there was too little snail meat, and it was not satisfying to eat it in one bite.

She simply grabbed the snails in the bowl, picked them one by one, picked out all the meat and piled them up, and ate them with one last bite. Her mouth was full of fresh and tender snail meat, and the delicious taste spread from her tongue to her stomach cavity, making people want to eat it with their tongues.swallow.

After eating, she was still licking her mouth, and moved her eyes to the wooden box. It was four catties, and there was still a lot to eat.

Chen Mosai came to sweet potato noodles: "The things in the water are cold in nature, eat less,"

Li Xiaoxiao gave up the idea of asking Brother Mo to make another pot, and mixed noodles with snail soup. The noodles soaked in soup were fragrant and spicy, and the sweetness of sweet potatoes was so delicious that she ate a whole bowl of noodlesHe was naked and stretched to the point of touching his belly.

Brother Mo's craftsmanship is getting better and better.

After eating, she took a short rest and went to wash the dishes and tableware. The oil stains could not be cleaned with soap powder, so she had to use dishwashing liquid if she wanted to clean them.

"Brother Mo, when the basement is dug, let's go downtown."

Chen Mo: "OK."

Then the two stopped talking, and lay down listening to the birdsong in the tree. The blue magpie seemed to know that they liked its call, so it brightened its throat from time to time, and liked to land on the container, singing very nicely.

Li Xiaoxiao listened to the song, blowing the wind, and felt very comfortable. She glanced at her watch and confirmed that half an hour had passed, so she got up to work.Put it in the sun, and then go to the ash yard next door to burn today's weeds and bamboo branches and leaves.

Then she thought of one thing: "Ah, I forgot to ask if the rabbit can be shaved."

Chen Mo: "Wait for Qiang Zi to come back and ask him."

She thought it was right, this is the expert, and continued to dig the soil to build the farmland, and gathered eight squares, which is a total of 192 pieces of farmland. The left one is planted with potatoes and cabbages, and the left two is planted with carrots and onions. The onions finallyIt was almost ripe, and as for the carrots, she didn't even want to look at them.

The third from the left, the fourth from the right, and the third and fourth from the right are all mint, the one on the right is pepper, fungus and strawberries, and the second on the right is corn. As for the scallions, which are planted in the ordinary land next to the farmland, she wants to eat them anytime.With picking, of course, it cannot be planted in the farmland and mature immediately.

Li Xiaoxiao looked at a large green vegetable field, and felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart. Look, this is the land she conquered.

She originally wanted to wait for Qiang Zi to come back and ask him if the rabbit could shave its hair, but it was too late to wait for anyone, and it was too dark to do so.