flstandardbreds Chapter 415
Chapter 415
If her father really likes to open a store, she will support him.
Anyway, there are still plenty of bicycles, hardware, coal stoves and other items in the space, enough to last for two or three years.
Zhou Jianghai thought about it and shook his head. "Your mother is right. The most important thing after the apocalypse is to learn skills. Opening a shop is comfortable, but it also wastes time. I'm doing well in the maintenance department and have learned a lot. So, I'll stick with it for another two years and strive to improve my maintenance skills."
Others naturally supported it.
The lives of the survivors have improved significantly due to the recent bumper harvest of oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms.
Stewing potatoes with oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms can make a particularly delicious staple meal.
If conditions permit, you can also exchange for some fried eggs with shiitake mushrooms and oyster mushrooms.
In addition to the Zhou family raising chickens at home, the base also had some chicken eggs donated to it. After several batches of chicks were hatched at the base, the weather suddenly turned cold and there was not much space left to raise chickens.
So they only set aside a small area in the far corner of the factory for raising them.
So there are not many chickens, there are probably more than 200 hens, forty or fifty roosters, and about twenty geese.
One person can raise all these chickens.
Therefore, the price of eggs at the base is also very expensive, and only those who have the conditions can exchange a few with the base to change the taste.
Some people with a long-term vision also exchange breeding eggs and incubators from the base to hatch them at home.
Therefore, in addition to the material exchange office, there are five or six households in the entire base that make a living by exchanging eggs.
But if someone comes to exchange eggs, the Zhou family will not refuse and will exchange them at the market price.
There have been quite a lot of people coming to the house these days, and some even want to exchange for a rooster. The Zhou family doesn't have many roosters of their own, so they politely declined.
With fresh vegetables harvested, Zhou Shuwan invited Xiao Xiao and Meng Mingyue to come over for a home-cooked meal, and asked when their wedding date was set.
On a winter afternoon, sunlight shines through the glass windows on the second floor, casting mottled light and shadows on the floor.
Xiao Xiao and Meng Mingyue were invited to Zhou's house. As soon as they entered the door, a warm feeling hit them, which was in sharp contrast to the ice and snow outside.
"Uncle Zhou, Aunt Zhou, Grandma Pang." Meng Mingyue took off her scarf and gloves and greeted the Zhou family with a smile.
Xiao Xiao also greeted him, and looking around, she noticed a gasoline generator in the corner. She couldn't help but sigh, "It's really warm in this room. Using a gasoline generator is much warmer than where we are."
"Yes, it's freezing cold, thanks to this generator." Zhou Shuwan replied with a smile. He stood up and poured a cup of hot water for the two of them, "Hurry up and drink some hot water to warm yourself up."
"It's not too cold wearing air-conditioned clothes," said Meng Mingyue.
Xiao Xiao took the hot water and took a sip, her eyes still fixed on the generator: "This gasoline is a treasure. Now it's covered with ice and snow outside, it's hard to find it even if you want to."
There was a hint of regret in his tone. In fact, when the new base was being built, he realized the importance of gasoline. Unfortunately, he was not the top leader at the time, and many things were constrained.
Zhou Shuwan brought a few bowls of canned fruit, and of course she would not tell Xiao Xiao that when she and Qi Mingyu went south, they almost plundered most of the gasoline at gas stations along the way. The gasoline stored in the space was enough for their family to use until the next life.
In order to store gasoline, they ventured into the city several times to look for various large containers.
After chatting for a while, the topic turned to Xiao Xiao and Meng Mingyue's marriage.
"We plan to hold the wedding in a week. It will be a low-key affair, and we will only invite both sets of parents and a few friends," said Xiao Xiao.
Meng Mingyue lowered her head shyly, her cheeks slightly flushed.
Today, Xiao Xiao is the highest leader of the base, and Meng Mingyue also serves as the head of the logistics department. Both of them have special identities, and if they hold a grand wedding, it will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.
"Congratulations!" The whole family hurriedly expressed their congratulations.
Zhou Shuwan got up and went to the bedroom. When he came out, he was holding two bottles of beautifully packaged Moutai liquor.
"This is the wedding gift from Mingyu and I to you. We're giving it to you in advance so that our family can go to the wedding empty-handed." Zhou Shuwan handed the wine to Xiao Xiao with a relaxed tone.
Xiao Xiao waved her hands and said, "This is too expensive. I can't accept it."
After the end of the world, the price of Moutai has already soared to a sky-high level, and the value of these two bottles of wine is difficult to estimate.
Zhou Shuwan smiled and joked, "Just think of it as an advance bribe. If there are any good things in the base in the future, you must give us priority."
Xiao Xiao smiled helplessly, but finally accepted the generous gift.
He understood what Zhou Shuwan meant. The two had known each other for many years and understood each other. This kind of joke was more like an expression of intimacy.
The lunch was very sumptuous, with four meat dishes, four vegetable dishes and a soup, especially the scrambled eggs with mushrooms. Zhong Tiyun was willing to use oil, and the mushrooms were like stewed meat, especially fresh and fragrant.
I ate a whole plate of fried food.
Xiao Xiao praised: "After all, the mushrooms are fresh and taste really good."
"We all love to eat them. We bought 20 kilograms of shiitake mushrooms and oyster mushrooms a few days ago. We stir-fry them almost every day and they are almost finished." Zhong Tiyun said with a smile.
Meng Mingyue remembered something and asked, "Aunt Zhong, how is it going to the Planting Department? Are you adapting? Are you tired?"
To be fair, Meng Mingyue treated Zhong Tiyun as an elder and arranged her to be the team leader of a team in the logistics department. The job was easy and she only had to be responsible for the final review.
But if you go to the planting department, you can imagine that dealing with the land will be a bit dirty and hard.
Zhong Tiyun, however, was full of joy. "Not at all. Farming is my forte. My family and my second brother have never grown oyster mushrooms before, so I've learned a new technique. I'm just waiting to build a small mushroom cultivation room at home after I learn it, so I can have another vegetable dish."
"That's a good idea." Xiao Xiao agreed. "Being self-sufficient after the apocalypse would be like living in heaven."
"My parents have been working in a cannery. When they heard that Aunt Zhong went to the planting department, they were quite tempted. But they don't have much experience in farming and they were factory workers before. After considering it, they decided not to sign up." Meng Mingyue said.
In fact, it was because Meng's father and mother worked in the factory for most of their lives, and after the apocalypse, thanks to their daughter, they easily got a job in the extremely difficult cannery.
I feel uneasy if I go out to do another job.
Meng Mingyue was also worried that her parents would suffer, so she took their ideas into consideration.
"I have been growing vegetables in greenhouses with my parents since I was a child, so I have a natural affinity with the land. Your parents are used to working on assembly lines, so it must be easy for them to do it," said Zhong Tiyun.
Meng Mingyue nodded: "Yes, we think so too."
Now her parents are both team leaders in the cannery and don't have to work three shifts on the assembly line like before. This is already very good.