mtlumby2d Chapter 409
Chapter 409
But at this critical moment, Zhong Tiyun suddenly brought out a plate of fried potato chips: "There's nothing delicious at home..."
She was stunned when she saw Zhao Lijuan standing tightly at the kitchen door.
Zhao Lijuan quickly released the pistol from her waist and reached out to pick up the plate: "I'll help."
Although she was wearing thick clothes, when she turned around, one could clearly see the bulging weapon at her lower back.
Zhong Tiyun followed the other person to the sofa calmly and sat down with him.
Zhong Tiyun calmly placed the fried potato chips on the coffee table: "Lijuan, try this. I just fried them. Eat them while they're hot."
Zhao Lijuan was worried about the seasoning, so she just lightly pinched a potato and smiled, "It's fried golden on both sides and tastes really good. I haven't eaten fried food in a long time."
Oil is very precious nowadays. Most people are very frugal with it and are reluctant to fry things because it is such a waste of oil.
"If you like it, eat more. When you leave later, take some back." Zhong Tiyun said, and then shouted to the kitchen: "Dahai, fry some more potatoes. Lijuan likes them."
Zhao Lijuan waved her hands hurriedly, looking a little embarrassed: "Sister Yun, this is too much. I came to deliver something, not to ask for anything."
Zhong Tiyun smiled and looked at her: "It's okay, not only you like it, my Wanwan and Mumu also like it. Ask Dahai to make some more, they will eat it all in no time."
Zhao Lijuan still smiled shyly and started chatting with the other party: "By the way, Sister Yun, where did you say Wanwan went just now?"
"It seems like he went outside the base." Zhong Tiyun was not on guard and said what she meant.
Zhao Lijuan frowned: "It's so cold outside now, it's not safe to go out, right?"
"What can we do? She's grown up now, and her father and I are no longer in her care. Although I'm worried, she went out with her friends. They went south together to look for supplies. Our current sewage purification technology is something they learned from the base in the south and helped to connect with our base."
Zhong Tiyun said this with a hint of pride on her face.
Zhao Lijuan's eyes darkened, but then returned to normal. She looked at the movement in the kitchen and said, "Tell Brother Dahai to stop cooking. I'm not a customer."
Zhong Tiyun said, "It's okay. There's nothing delicious at home. We just have potatoes and vegetables grown at home."
"You can exchange it for a lot of things, it's not worth wasting it on me." Zhao Lijuan said to the kitchen, "Brother Dahai, come out and take a break. Don't cook anymore."
"Oh, it's okay, it will be fine soon." Zhou Dahai responded.
Zhong Tiyun stood up and said, "I'm not a guest, but I'm sitting here like one. Sister Yun, is there anything I can do around the house?"
Without waiting for Zhong Tiyun to speak, she looked around and walked towards the terrace.
Zhong Tiyun stood up and followed: "Lijuan, don't worry, there is not much work at home. We have a large family, so we can just do it in a few strokes and it will be over."
Zhao Lijuan had already smiled at her: "Sister Yun, I can't sit still."
She opened the door to the terrace and was stunned.
The villa bought by the Zhou family is very large, with three floors. The ground floor also has a basement dug by the family that no one else knows about.
Each floor has a terrace of approximately 30 square meters.
There is also a large yard outside the first floor.
For survivors who need to be self-sufficient after the apocalypse, such a villa is truly the dreamland that everyone dreams of.
However, due to the extreme cold, the Zhou family turned off the electric heating on the first and third floors, leaving only the second floor. They then moved the mutant potatoes and vegetables grown on the first and third floor terraces to the second floor. Since there was no more space, they were stored in the space.
Although Zhou Shuwan's space cannot accommodate living things, it can still accommodate ambiguous items such as breeding eggs and plants.
There were originally live fruit trees planted in the yard on the first floor, but only a few were left on the terrace on the second floor, and the rest were stored in the space.
Therefore, the Zhou family's terrace contained much more things than Zhao Lijuan imagined.
In the corner, there were more than thirty cages, arranged in four rows up and down. There was one or two grown chickens in each cage. The geese could not fit into the cages, so a small area was enclosed in the open space under the chicken coops. There were only three white geese, so although the place was small, it was enough for them to stroll around.
Then there are the planting boxes placed against the walls and windows.
In the south corner, there are several extra-large planting boxes with a few fruit trees planted in them. The fruit trees are very small and obviously just planted a year ago, but they are growing well.
Zhao Lijuan was stunned for a moment, then she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Sister Yun, your terrace is really nice."
Zhong Tiyun followed her and smiled, "There are so many people in our family, and this is the only way to ensure self-sufficiency. We've also vacated not only this terrace, but also the bedroom next door for planting."
But the potatoes planted in that bedroom were basically mutant potatoes.
The mutant potatoes are cold-resistant and heat-resistant, and can thrive even without sufficient sunlight.
The temperature on the second floor of Zhou's house is just over 20 degrees Celsius, and with the addition of some plant lights, the potatoes in the bedroom are still growing lushly.
So far, the Zhou family has harvested three crops of potatoes.
"It's over here, come and take a look." Zhong Tiyun warmly invited her over.
Zhao Lijuan's eyes flashed: "Okay."
She glanced at the iron gate leading to the outside on the terrace, turned around and followed Zhong Tiyun to Yang Yang's bedroom.
Sure enough, the bedroom was filled with planting boxes, similar to the terrace, but the crops were simpler, all of them were mutant potatoes distributed from the base.
The Zhou family had a large space, so they set up a lot of shelves here, three layers above and below. Potato seedlings don't really need much space, just over half a meter is enough. On these shelves were placed three layers of small planting boxes.
The bedroom is less than 20 square meters, but with these racks, there are 60 square meters of potatoes planted here.
No wonder the Zhou family is so rich. What they grow themselves is enough for them to eat.
Zhao Lijuan had her back to Zhong Tiyun, who couldn't see her expression clearly. She introduced enthusiastically, "Lijuan, this shelf was built by your brother Dahai. If you need it in the future, ask him to build it for you too."
Zhao Lijuan said "hmm" softly.
"Sister Yun, your villa is really nice..." She wanted to say something else, but suddenly heard a clicking sound behind her. She turned around alertly and found that the door had been locked from the outside.
Without even frowning, she pulled out the pistol from her waist and shot at the door lock.
With a few bangs, the door lock was knocked off. She quickly opened the door and pointed the gun outside.
But it was empty.
She glanced coldly at the bedroom and kitchen over there and sneered.
He was surprisingly alert and actually noticed something was wrong with her.