Chapter 133: Plastic Sealing

To return to their previous life, humans still have many things to do, and for the people of Qiming, the most urgent matter at present is to find a place to settle the 36 wooden crates.

I suggest taking out a week's worth of this food and placing it in the kitchen area; the rest, find a shady spot and store it.

Under the shelves is fine.

Hmm, that could serve as a future storage area, but right now there isn't much stuff, so there's no need to be so particular.

But tomatoes won't keep for long, will they?" Du Jia Jia said worriedly.

Among the six foods.

Rice, potatoes, and carrots have relatively long storage times.

As for the remaining tomatoes, green peppers, and eggplants, they're troublesome.

Under this weather, without a refrigerator, lasting a week with tomatoes is already good.

Once these items rot, they instead become a burden.

There's nothing we can do; we should eat these three items as much as possible first, then store what needs storing, and as soon as signs of rot appear, we should quickly throw them outside.

Also, if Chen Mu seals the crates later, they can probably be kept a bit longer.

Speaking of that, I actually have an idea.

"Plastic sealing?" Tang Jing had already thought of it first.

Hmm.

Is your ability sufficient to make the plastic uniformly thick?

We can try; also, regarding materials, that instant noodle packaging bag we brought back last time might come in handy.

Chen Mu has never been willing to throw away the instant noodle plastic bag that was used to bring back the seasoning packets.

That could work.

By the way, what material is the instant noodle packaging bag made of? Plastic?" Chen Mu asked, puzzled.

Tang Jing said: "POF heat-shrink film, tough, environmentally friendly and non-toxic; it's generally used for packaging fast-food products."

Chen Mu pretended to understand and nodded.

For Chen Mu, plastic-sealing food isn't difficult in itself, especially when there's no need to significantly alter the material's thickness.

But the problem is the quantity is really too large.

3 crates of tomatoes, 5 crates of eggplants, 5 crates of green peppers.

If we do them one by one, by the time we've half-sealed them, the rest will already have all rotted.

But with the idea that even a little bit helps, Chen Mu still intends to give it a try.

Next.

Everyone pitched in, moving all 36 wooden crates to beneath the shelves.

Before that, we had set aside more than a week's worth in the kitchen.

The shelves have also undergone some changes nowadays.

The most obvious change is the addition of a slope channel about five centimeters wide, with a speed bump on top to increase friction.

This channel is for moving goods; often several people need to stand on it at once, so its width was designed to be relatively large.

Moreover, beside it, Chen Mu built a one-centimeter-wide stair for people to pass through.

After building the 80-centimeter-high stairs on the gate, this shelf's stairs are a piece of cake for him.

The ten-centimeter-high space beneath the shelves would be wasted if not used; but since space is temporarily ample, the crates don't need to be stacked.

Because the quantity is too great, relying on Old Wei alone would make moving the crates far too slow, so everyone pitched in, even Tang Jing came over to lend a hand.

After losing her iron cage, Gu Yinglong felt a bit lost for a while, not knowing where to stay.

Dong Junwei kept her by her side, and when moving things, Gu Yinglong naturally came over to help.

However, her frail body could only help so much; she scurried about on her short legs, often getting shoved around, and Wei Dalei, when carrying crates, had to deliberately steer clear, afraid of stepping on her...

Around 4 p. m., the crates were all moved.

Chen Mu didn't participate in the moving; instead, he spent the whole time plastic-sealing tomatoes.

His afternoon's yield was 59.

Not too slow, but according to Tang Jing's estimate, a crate of tomatoes contains about 4,000 or more, and there are three crates, plus five crates of eggplants and five crates of green peppers waiting for him.

In terms of total quantity, these could last a long time to eat, but the amount that can be stored won't be much.

Quite obvious.

Before mastering farming ability, fresh vegetables remain a luxury.

Dinner was abundantly rich.

Besides rice, potatoes and carrots also couldn't be stored until finished, so everyone now just says one word.

Build!

After baking the potato slices, we eat them sandwiched with tomato.

The aroma of roasted eggplant fills the air, just lacking garlic paste.

……

After dinner, Dong Junwei's first thought was to arrange lodging for Gu Yinglong.

Currently, the girls have two rooms total; counting Gu Yinglong, that's eight people, filling the rooms exactly—any more wouldn't fit.

The newly built rooms have facilities much better than before; at least the beds are ready-made, just need to lay a towel on top.

Dong Junwei felt sorry for Gu Yinglong's plight and deliberately made her bedding thicker; although it's already June, nights don't feel overly hot, and on the contrary, if there's a breeze, she might even feel cold.

This is due to humans shrinking and their surface area increasing, which raises the skin's heat dissipation efficiency; according to Tang Jing, this should originally have frozen humans to death, especially when their bodies get wet.

But now, humanity's basic survival conditions seem to have been secured, though we are still more prone to feeling cold than before.

That being the case, Chen Mu has more than once pondered the clothing problem for humans after winter arrives...

……

The next morning.

Chen Mu got up early and continued to vacuum-seal food.

The so-called vacuum-sealing is actually using one's ability to tightly press the packaging bag onto the tomato's surface, then seal it shut, thereby expelling as much air as possible to increase the food's storage time.

From afar, he saw Tang Jing leading Gu Yinglong back after they had finished using the toilet.

There are still many places that the newcomers need to become familiar with.

But it is obvious.

Because he hardly used his ability yesterday, Gu Yinglong's sleep was normal, and he got up a bit earlier than the others.

The two came over to Chen Mu's side and watched him work with great interest.

Gu Yinglong even rested his chin on the edge of the wooden crate, staring at him curiously.

While working, Chen Mu was also nibbling on a tomato; seeing Gu Yinglong watching intently, he casually handed her another tomato.

Gu Yinglong took the tomato, blinked slightly, then opened her small mouth as wide as possible and bit down hard.