Chapter 53

Lu Yuanzheng went to a meeting, Xu Man had nothing to do and started to set up the tent

During the big purchase on the land, she thought she could have a thatched hut to live in, bought curtains, sheets, and a few feet of cloth, thinking that if there was a sofa and coffee table, she would get a sofa cover and coffee table cover, and if there was no coffee table and only a square table, then she would get a square tablecloth

I didn’t realize that I was living in a tent, so I couldn’t use any cloth

Just now the clerk and orderly sent two more marching beds over and put them together in one corner of the tent

The small conference table had just been moved away, and the tent, which looked quite spacious, instantly lost half of its space

Thinking that Lu Yuanzheng had to work here from time to time, and sometimes it was inconvenient for her to be here, Xu Man hung the curtains in front of the bed to simply separate the bedroom from the living room and study

She also arranged the things that the family had bought from the land into simple cabinets

While Xu Man was busy, he thought to himself, when that big guy came to complain just now, he said that the island lacked fresh water resources

This was indeed a big trouble

Xu Man knew that the most common method of desalination was the distillation method

That is, heating seawater to boiling, water and salt separation into water vapor condensation will get fresh water, so it is able to solve the temporary drinking water problem can not solve the problem of irrigation

In the laboratory how to distill she can, this situation she really do not know how to distill

“Magic mirror magic mirror” Xu asked summoning the stepmother system, “What are the methods of desalination?”

“I’m sorry, this is not within the scope of Stepmother’s duties!”

Xu Wen rolled her eyes and asked in a different way, “Magic Mirror Magic Mirror, the child wants to know what are the methods of desalination?”

“Currently there are many methods of desalination, the most commonly used are the freezing method, reverse osmosis method, distillation method”

“The freezing method is to find a way to make the seawater freeze, and when the seawater freezes, it separates the salt from the water”

“Reverse osmosis, also known as super filtration, is a semi-permeable membrane filtration, isolating the salt and leaving only water”

“Distillation is also known as the solar method ”

Xu Man took a pen and paper to carefully write down the various methods, biting the pen to compare one by one to see which is the most applicable

When Lu Yuanzheng came back with the map, he saw this scene

Xu Man was sitting in front of the writing desk, writing and drawing on the paper with the kerosene lamp, the writing desk was already full of paper, and there were discarded paper balls on the ground

Lu Yuanzheng walked up to him and saw that the paper was filled with words, numbers, English, and a mess of symbols

“What is this?”

Xu Man was concentrating on her math, when Lu Yuanzheng suddenly spoke out, startling her

When she looked up and saw that it was Lu Yuanzheng, she lightly rubbed her chest and complained in a delicate voice, “Are you a cat? Walking without moving scared me to death”

Lu Yuanzheng: “”

He clearly made a commotion, she was the one who was too focused when she was counting

But he wouldn’t be stupid enough to get serious with Xu Man, and honestly admitted his mistake: “Pay attention next time”

Xu Man wasn’t really blaming him, pointing to the paper on the table, “I want to solve the fresh water problem”

Lu Yuanzheng’s eyes brightened, “You have a solution?”

The fresh water issue was also one of the topics of their meeting tonight Although the land would come over every few days to send supplies, which also included fresh water But the water brought in was limited after all, it could only sustain normal life, and in case of a storm the ship couldn’t get through, the family could only go thirsty

Until the end of the meeting, there were only two reliable options, one is to arrange for people to search the island carpet to see if they can find other freshwater rivers or lakes that can be used for drinking One is to send people to the toxic water samples sent to the land for experts to see if they can be detoxified

At the meeting, there is also a proposal to build underground wells, but I’m afraid that what comes up is also seawater

If the fresh water problem is not solved, not to mention farming, just like Zhao Gang said, survival is a problem

“There is a way, but there are many materials missing As far as our people’s daily water consumption is concerned, it’s a bit troublesome to achieve irrigation, there are a bit too many things missing”

“Do you only need materials or do you need people to help? It’s not practical to call for help in this place If you only need materials, make a list for me and I’ll call for an application I’ll have a transportation ship send it over next time”

“Really? Just the materials are fine, no one else is needed, we may need you and the other officers and soldiers to give us a hand”

“Anything we can do isn’t a big deal”

Xu Man nodded and saw the map he placed on a corner of the table, “What’s this?”

“A map of the island They came a few days earlier and are already quite familiar with the terrain, so I brought the map over to study it”

“Can I look at it?”

“Of course” Lu Yuanzheng untied the threads on the map scroll and spread the map on the desk

“Didn’t you say you’ve fought here before? And you’re still unfamiliar with the terrain?”

“It’s different Before I studied combat, now I study survival Back then, you only had to think about what would be an ambush and what would be a good place to attack Now it’s about how many hills, ah basins, ah plains are there? What kinds of soil are there and what crops are suitable Which part of the island is the most suitable and most habitable”

Lu Yuanzheng said with a long sigh, “I’m just a rough man who fights in the war, I can put in some effort, but I’m a bit scared to do all this, not to mention Zhao Gang and the others Zhao Gang is the big guy who came just now”

Xu Man didn’t say anything, busy looking down to scrutinize the island map

The island was indeed like an isolated island, and the nearest nearby island was a few kilometers away The overall shape was like a pear, no wonder it was called Pear Island

Xu Man pointed to the question mark behind the crossed out Pear Island and asked Lu Yuanzheng, “What does this mean??”

“Everyone thinks that Pear Island doesn’t sound good and wants a different name I haven’t thought of a name yet Do you have the culture to come up with one?”

Xu Man cast a sidelong glance at Lu Yuanzheng, “Camp Lu, I heard that you also went to military school, did you buy that diploma?”

“We don’t teach that in our military school either We teach combat command”

“Then our university doesn’t teach that either, we teach foreign languages”

“You didn’t go to one”

“The majors I studied in my past life are even less available here, the two majors in my double degree are finance and artificial intelligence, which one can’t be used right now”

Lu Yuanzheng: “”

He looked at Xu Wen sympathetically

Poor girl! After living for 14 years and reading for 11 years, one day she will be reincarnated with the things she has learned for 11 years, but she has no use for them!

Xu Wen: “”

Some defiantly retorted, “It’s not as bad as you think At least I’m not in college now?”

“You also said that the exam questions now are not as difficult as when you were in middle school”

“Lu Yuanzheng! Do you know what happens to men who win their daughter-in-law’s fights in general?” Xu Wen smiled coldly, “Why don’t you also try sleeping on the floor and kneeling on the rubbing board?”

Lu Yuanzheng stood upright and admitted his mistake: “I’m wrong!”

After all the fussing, Xu Man carefully studied the map and gave his suggestion, “What do you think about naming it after your battalion or calling it Peach Blossom Island?”

“Our battalion is a battalion, we can’t call it an island As for Peach Blossom Island are you homesick?” He remembered that Xu asked that his home was called Taoyuan Production Brigade

Xu asked, “”

“We arrived in Haicheng yesterday I just called home and sent a letter Don’t want to go home”

But it did seem a bit out of place to call the island a bunch of brown guys were on Peach Blossom Island

“Peace Island? Hope Island?”

Lu Yuanzheng snapped his fingers, “I also think Peace Island is good We’ll discuss it during the meeting tomorrow”

“Where’s Dongsheng?” Xu Wen then remembered that his son hadn’t followed him back

“Went exploring with other friends Don’t be afraid of someone following them they can’t lose them” Lu Yuanzheng slapped his head, “I almost forgot the main event once I talked about it I came back to ask you to go eat Today, the big guys said they’re picking us up, and they’re all waiting outside!”

“Ah! Then you didn’t say so earlier? I’ll change my clothes”

“Don’t change! You’re already the most beautiful woman on the island!”

“That’s because I’m the only woman on the island, right?”

“How could it be? There are still a few sisters-in-law who followed me to the island”

Xu Wen arrived to realize that it was indeed a few sister-in-laws Adding her was only a slap in the face

There was an open space in the middle of the cluster of tents, and now everyone was sitting in a circle on the ground, kind of like on New Year’s Eve

They say it’s a pick-me-up, but the conditions are here, and the food is still pot luck

Only a few fish were roasted on the fire next to it, which was considered an additional meal

To Xu Man’s surprise, he saw Mrs Li

Sister-in-law Li was also very happy to see Xu Man, and took the initiative to come over and greet Xu Man: “Sister-in-law, why did you follow me back? Didn’t you say you were going to college? Why did you come back to suffer?”

“I took a break from school and wanted to come and stay on the island for a while Why are you here too?”

“Originally, I was ready to go home with Lao Lu, but the battalion asked me if I wanted to help out on the island I thought that since my mother’s family doesn’t move around and I’ve never been to my mother-in-law’s family, I’d have no place to go back to, so I might as well come here I’m familiar with the people here, and I get paid for my work, so I’m mainly down to earth”

“It’s just that it’s a bit hard here”

“If it wasn’t bitter, why would you ask me to come and help? But it is indeed bitter There weren’t many sisters-in-law who decided to come to the island in the first place, and half of them went back after taking a look at the island” Sister-in-law Li sized up Xu Wen and suggested, “I think you’d better go back to school! It’s really not fun here”

Xu Man knew that Mrs Li was thinking of her, so she didn’t flatly refuse, only saying, “I’ll stay for a few days to see what’s going on”

“Sister-in-law, what’s it like in college?” Another sister-in-law asked Xu Man, poking her head forward through Mrs Li, curiosity in her eyes

Sister-in-law Li introduced Xu Man, “This sister-in-law is Wang Ying Her man, whom you may not recognize, is Zhao Gang”

Xu Man raised his eyebrows in surprise

Wang Ying was skinny and small, with a pretty face, very quiet, like a city girl Zhao Gang was big and thick

The two stood together not so much as a beauty with a beast, but the contrast was still quite large

Wang Ying didn’t seem to want to mention Zhao Gang, and asked Xu, “Sister-in-law, you can just call me Yingzi, sister-in-law, is it hard to get into college?”

“I heard that only one hundred and seventy thousand of the five million candidates were admitted this year”

“So difficult!” Wang Ying looked envious: “Sister-in-law you are really great! If only I could get into a university too”

“If you want to go to college I still have review materials there I’ll look for them later and give them to you”

“Really? Thank you, sister-in-law”

“It’s fine, you’re welcome” Xu Man looked at Sister Li in confusion, after she finished borrowing the materials, Sister Li quietly tugged at her

Sister-in-law Li shook her head, “It’s fine, I accidentally touched you”

Xu Man: “”

She didn’t think it was accidental

Without waiting to pursue the question, Lu Yuanzheng beside her suddenly stood up

“From today onwards, this island under our feet is all the homeland we have to guard! From now on, our task is not only to watch over this land but also to open up land and plant fields here, so let’s all work together to try to turn this place into a treasure island that can be inhabited!” He held up the enamel cylinder, “I’ll toast you all with water instead of wine”

Someone in the crowd coaxed, “Lu Ying, you’re not right! You got married quietly and haven’t invited us for a wedding banquet It’s too much to bring your sister-in-law over here and offer water instead of wine!”

Lu Yuanzheng looked askance at the man who spoke, “Don’t you know that water is more expensive than wine now? We can’t drink at night even if we have to work shifts, or we won’t even know if we get drunk and get dragged into the sea Don’t worry, I’ll make up for it later! Now we’re talking about business, don’t make a scene!”

“What business? This meal has been promised to be a feast for you and your sister-in-law!” Shi Lei followed suit, “You and your sister-in-law are the main event of this meal!”

“Instructor is right! Besides, even if it’s water instead of wine, you can’t just drink it yourself You have to call your sister-in-law over to join you, at the very least drink a cup of wine, right?”

You and I made a lot of noise, leaving Lu Yuanzheng standing there

Some people used the words of a song: “Drink when you’re told to, you don’t look like you’re squirming! Like what?”

The crowd answered in unison, “Big girl!”

Lu Yuanzheng looked at Xu Man

Xu Man’s face turned red with shame, and when she saw Lu Yuanzheng looking over, she clenched her teeth and stood up from the ground, carrying her own enamel cylinder to Lu Yuanzheng’s side, and took the initiative to reach through the crook of his arm to pass the enamel cylinder to her mouth

Seeing this, Lu Yuanzheng also followed suit and brought the enamel bowl to his mouth

All of a sudden, everyone applauded and applauded

Lu Yuanzheng raised his hand after drinking and pointed his index finger in a circle: “You guys wait for me!”

“Lu Battalion, if you’re going to say that, we don’t think it’s enough to just drink a cup of wine, how about a kiss?”

“Kiss one! One kiss!”