extra chapter~!
Previously, during the <Environmental Pollution> course of the Faculty of Environment, they went out to sell oranges, but they caused troubled, so this time, Yue Xingwen’s strategy was to minimize contact with unknown ancient creatures, hide in the underground base, survive the exam period, and successfully pass the exam, it was already enough.
The exam required them to survive for 10 days, and today was the third day.
For the remaining seven days, they had Xin Yan around, ready to make distilled water, and hunted a huge cave bear for food, so it wasn’t hard to survive.
The fifth day passed calmly, and everyone wanted to vomit when they saw the bear meat.
Without the usual seasonings such as salt and chili, the roasted meat had a strange fishy smell that was really difficult to swallow. Besides, they ate seven or eight roasted meat in a row, and everyone was tired of eating, so they could only stuff this thing into their mouths.
The result of eating meat for several days in a row was that everyone had indigestion.
Without vegetables and fruits, it was difficult to find edible plants on the snowy plains where there was tundra everywhere. Liu Zhaoqing suggested, “Why don’t we all eat some vines? Although the taste is not good, it’s a green plant, and eating some plant fiber is conducive to promoting gastrointestinal digestion.”
Xin Yan said expressionlessly, “I can use a distillation flask to steam the vine softer so that you can swallow it.”
Ke Shaobin said bitterly, “This dish is called ‘steamed green vine’, pure natural, non-polluting green food.”
Lin Manluo rubbed her temples helplessly, “Are you sure you want to eat green vine?”
Yue Xingwen analyzed and said, “The temperature outside is too low, and we can’t find other wild vegetables and fruits, at most digging some weeds. Moreover, which plants can be eaten in the Ice Age, we are not sure, in case of poisoning, there is no way to save. I think senior brother Liu’s suggestion is more reliable. We can only eat senior sister Lin’s green vine at present. At least, this vine is not poisonous and can also help digestion.”
Jiang Pingce was silent for a moment and said, “Now is not the time for picky eaters, ensuring survival is the most important thing. Senior sister Lin’s leaves, bark, and vines can all be steamed and eaten. In ancient times when there was a famine, didn’t humans also survive by eating weeds and bark?”
Lan Yarong raised her hand and said, “I don’t have an opinion, I can eat anything.”
Ke Shaobin said, “Me too. As long as I don’t eat meat, changing something else is good too! My stomach is really uncomfortable, and I feel that the meat I ate is stuck in my stomach and can’t be digested, as if it has stopped.”
Liu Zhaoqing explained, “The low temperature environment will weaken the body’s metabolic function, plus our food in the past few days has been too monotonous. There is no dietary fiber to help gastrointestinal peristalsis, now it’s still indigestion, I’m worried that in two days, you will have intestinal obstruction, then it will be over.”
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Xin Yan gave everyone a bottle.
The taste was really indescribable, and Ke Shaobin felt that he didn’t want to try it again in his life.
Everyone drank the vine soup with a complicated expression, even the green leaves and branches that had been boiled soft also swallowed together. There was only the sound of students drinking soup with bitter faces in the entire underground base.
Xu Yishen simply pinched his nose, drank all the strangely colored soup in one sip, and then barely squeezed out a smile and said, “It’s really worse than a pot of washing water.”
Liu Zhaoqing raised his eyebrows and asked, “Have you ever drunk the pot of washing water?”
Xu Yishen pressed his temple and said, “I’m speaking metaphorically! Now that I think about it, instant noodles are really delicious.”
Liu Zhaoqing said with a smile, “You should be glad that our team has Manluo. At least we can eat some green plants. If there’s no student from the Environment Department in the team, then we can only dig weeds.”
Ke Shaobin hurriedly waved his hand. “Forget it, it’s still better to eat green vines!”
Qin Miao said lightly, “The famine in history would often be accompanied by plagues. The entire village and the entire town would die in just a few days, and the few who could survive were relatively tenacious, eating bark and leaves was very common, and there were people who ate human flesh. Our current situation is actually good, although the type of food has been very monotonous, at least there is a base to hide, and there is no plague spreading around.”
Yue Xingwen agreed and said, “Yes, as long as everyone doesn’t get sick, it’s actually not hard to survive in hunger alone. We reduce the amount of activity every day, sleep a little more, and get through a few days.”
From the sixth day onwards, everyone stayed in their rooms and did not go out to reduce energy consumption.
Every day at noon and in the evening, Xiao Tu would call everyone to eat.
Although there was always a fire inside the base and a steady stream of purified air, Yue Xingwen was still so cold that he didn’t want to leave the bed, so Jiang Pingce reached out and gently hugged him into his arms.
At first, Yue Xingwen was still embarrassed, thinking that it would be embarrassing for two big men to hug together, but after two days, he found that it was really warm to hug like this, so he didn’t say anything more, honestly hugged Jiang Pingce’s waist, and chatted in a low voice, “What are your plans after returning to school?”
Jiang Pingce said, “After taking the final exam, I will write my graduation thesis next semester, apply for an early defense, and then find a graduate advisor to prepare for a project.”
Yue Xingwen thought for a while and said, “So, you want to graduate early? I have to catch up with you.”
The graduation defense of Hua’an University was divided into two batches in December and June, and those who delayed graduation or thesis defense in advance could apply for thesis defense in December. Jiang Pingce was currently in his junior year, but he had already completed most of the compulsory courses, and he could graduate early after writing his thesis and completing his graduation defense next semester.
Yue Xingwen suddenly had motivation and said with a smile, “Then I will also seize the time to write the thesis after I go back, strive to defend early and graduate with you, so we’ll be classmates again.”
Jiang Pingce reached out and touched his hair, and asked softly, “The dormitory at the graduate level is also a four-person room. It’s impossible for the Chinese and Mathematics Departments to live together. So, should we go out and rent a room to live in?”
Yue Xingwen was stunned and looked up at the other party. “You want to go out and rent an apartment?”
Jiang Pingce said, “En. I have seen a few houses near the school before, the price is not expensive. There is also a very good environment. If we live together, when we are idle and don’t want to eat at the school canteen, we can cook by ourselves at home.”
Yue Xingwen’s eyes widened slightly. “You know how to cook?”
Jiang Pingce said in a low voice, “En. I can make home-cooking, and I can also make food from common ingredients such as ribs, beef, and chicken wings. It’s just that there is no kitchen in the university dormitory. It’s more convenient for me to go to the canteen by myself, and I haven’t cooked much in recent years.”
Yue Xingwen imagined the picture of them going out to rent a house alone. After coming home from school, Jiang Pingce was cooking in the kitchen with an apron, and suddenly felt that the image was very warm, and even had the taste of the quiet years.
He and Pingce, living together in a nest where no one disturbed…
It must be fun to have a day like that, right?
Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth, nodded and said, “Yes, let’s go out to rent a house. At that time, the rent and living expenses will be shared equally between the two of us, and it shouldn’t cost much money, right?”
Equalizing the rent, Jiang Pingce had long guessed that Yue Xingwen would put forward this request.
Since the two of them were in a ‘shared’ relationship, it didn’t make sense for one of them to pay for the whole thing. If Jiang Pingce were to pay it alone, Yue Xingwen would not be willing to live with him.
Jiang Pingce knew Xingwen’s temper like the back of his hand, so of course he did not object to Xingwen’s suggestion. He found that Xingwen was stepping into the circle he had drawn step by step. After boiling the frog in warm water for so long, the frog in his arms had a tendency to be cooked. Jiang Pingce gave a smile and said, “No problem, we will share the rent and living expenses, which can reduce the cost of living, save more money and plan for the future.”
Yue Xingwen agreed. “Yes. After graduating from university, we can no longer ask for our parents’ money, we have to support ourselves. We can be tutors and earn some pocket money, enough to live on. You, the top science student, can go to the school to tutor math, and there must be many students who are willing to find you. I can give them liberal arts supplements, or write articles to earn money. The two of us will definitely not die of hunger when we live together.”
He didn’t realize that the conversation between the two was particularly like a young couple planning their future.
I have you in my future, and you have me in your planning. Two people living together, working together for the future, and even looking forward to the day when we live together as soon as possible. Which is the relationship that good buddies and good brothers should have?
Jiang Pingce gently withdrew his embrace and said, “So, are you willing to live with me?”
Yue Xingwen said with a smile, “Compared to being assigned to a quadruple dormitory and getting reacquainted with new roommates, of course it’s better to live with you. We both know each other so well, and we can adapt to each other’s habits.”
Jiang Pingce asked, “Can your parents agree?”
Yue Xingwen nodded. “My parents have not interfered in my private affairs since I was a child, and they will respect my decision.”
Jiang Pingce was slightly relieved in his heart. Although he had never seen Xingwen’s parents, every time he listened to Xingwen talk about his parents, he could feel that Xingwen grew up in a very enlightened and warm family environment. This was the best. If he was with Xingwen in the future, it would be easy to get the understanding of his parents.
The hope for the future supported him to go on, and he would definitely persevere until the day he left the library.
After all, he and Xingwen still had so many dreams that they had not yet fulfilled.
Even if he ate hard-to-swallow bear meat and strange-tasting vines every day, he could hug Xingwen and hide in the bed every day. Jiang Pingce suddenly felt that the Ice Age was his favorite course so far.
The cold and hunger were hard to bear, but because of this, he could openly hug Xingwen to sleep every day.
The person he had liked for so many years finally began to open up, learned to care about him, and chased his footsteps. The young and serious Xingwen really made Jiang Pingce’s heart flutter.
No matter how many points he could get in this course, for Jiang Pingce, this was a ‘warm’ course, which invisibly narrowed the distance between him and Xingwen.
He really wished that the library would have a few more survival classes that would allow him to spend time with Xingwen day and night, maybe they could confirm their relationship before they left the library?
They never talk about hygiene products, because that’s not what the book is about, but I just imagined how gaskets freeze in the ice Age. That’s what’s really scary
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KEEP WORKING HARD PINGCE!!! You will soon catch YW. Better lock him up after thay
I agree with Pingce, this is the best course so far.