Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

There is nothing certain about this.

She took her feet out of her clothes. Mu Xi was sleeping on his side, and Zhao Yeqing stretched out her feet and stuffed them between his legs.

Mu Xi's body was stretched straight, and the muscles in her legs were stiff, which made her uncomfortable.

Zhao Yeqing moved his feet uncomfortably, "Relax a little."

Mu Xi stretched his hand down and held down the erratic foot, "Stop moving..."

She raised her eyes in confusion and saw Mu Xi's jaw clenched, and the veins on his neck were even more prominent.

After all, he was an adult. Zhao Yeqing seemed to realize something, and his whole body suddenly became stiff.

"I'm not cold anymore..." She murmured, taking her legs out and turning her back to Mu Xi.

The person behind her made no move, and just helped her tuck the quilt tightly. When the heat on her face faded, her body also warmed up unconsciously.

After a long while, the breathing behind him gradually calmed down. He put his arms around her waist and fell asleep holding her back.

In winter, Zhao Yeqing's hands and feet would be so cold that he couldn't sleep. Even if he soaked his feet and went to bed, they would slowly get colder soon.

It's even worse during menstrual period, and I can't even get warm even if I curl up into a ball.

Since that night, Mu Xi warmed her feet every night, tensing up every time and not even daring to look at her.

A week later in the evening, when she was warming Zhao Yeqing's feet, she saw that his eyes were closed and couldn't help but suggest, "How about you go take care of it?"

Mu Xi's eyes opened, and he looked a little aggrieved when he looked at her. Her heart skipped a beat, "Then... let me help you?"

I have never eaten pork, but I have always seen pigs running away.

Mu Xi's breathing became heavier in an instant. He turned his head and faced the pillow. A muffled voice came from the pillow, "No."

don't want?

Zhao Yeqing was instantly in awe of him, and the words came out of his mouth, "Brother, have you given up drugs?"

Mu Xi laughed in anger and raised his head from the pillow to say something. He gritted his teeth and was still deflated. He put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into his arms, "Forget it."

Zhao Yeqing was so hugged that he could hardly breathe, "What's the matter?"

Mu Xi buried his head in her neck and took a breath, "I'm afraid it might go wrong."

We are all adults and I am not afraid yet. What are you afraid of?

She thought so, and said awkwardly, "I didn't say no, right..."

The heat on her neck intensified, making her body feel hot due to the itch.

Mu Xi didn't move, he opened his mouth and bit her neck, a bit viciously. Zhao Yeqing nervously tightened his palms, but the person in front of him didn't make any next move.

The voice on his neck sounded angrily, "No, it's not safe."

It's unsafe if you don't take any measures. If you don't care about the consequences, it will be even more unsafe if you really win the lottery. There are no medical conditions.

Nothing is as important as her.

Zhao Yeqing was a little stunned when he heard this. Mu Xi raised his head and kissed her on the forehead, "Go to sleep."

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When she woke up, the temperature of the bed next to her had turned cold.

There was a fire in the fireplace in the house, and the whole house was warm.

The dog has moved into the small room, and Guoguo and Xuebing did not go hunting today.

The three dogs and the two leopards were lying sleepy by the fireplace.

Zhao Yeqing lifted the quilt and got out of bed. She felt a slight soreness in her waist. She counted the days and it seemed that her menstrual period was coming soon.

The dogs and leopards raised their eyelids when they heard her get up, and then continued to sleep on their stomachs.

Only Dahuang wagged his tail meaningfully twice.

The snow outside has stopped.

Recently, it snows every two days. Fortunately, the temperature does not continue to drop and remains at minus 5 or 6 degrees Celsius during the day.

Mu Xi brought in a bowl of brown sugar ginger water with a poached egg in it and a steamed bun on a plate.

"Are you awake? Have breakfast first."

I have always wanted to eat buns and steamed buns, but unfortunately I don’t have a refrigerator. If I make them too little at once, I’m too lazy to go to the trouble. If I make too much, they will spoil easily without a refrigerator.

Now that it's snowing and the weather is getting colder, the two of them made two drawers of steamed buns a few days ago. The unfinished ones were left outside for a while and became frozen solid.

Zhao Yeqing finished his breakfast and looked at the sun rising outside, "Let's collect the highland barley today."

Now I have to check the status of highland barley and wheat every two days for fear of freezing to death accidentally.

Recently, the highland barley has almost been filled with slurry. It will be best to harvest it in half a month, but Zhao Yeqing is always worried about long nights and many dreams.

Mu Xi nodded, "Okay, it's almost enough to take it back now. Since there are only two people to eat it, it's enough to take it back now."

The snow outside has not yet melted but it has been covered by new snow. Now the snow is above the ankles, and when walking, one foot is deep and the other is shallow.

The two grain fields are located behind a small hill, which can block the snowflakes blowing from one side. The snow is only around the ankles, which is only five centimeters thick.

The two of them led Xiao Hong to the highland barley field. The horses were relatively cold-resistant, and Zhao Yeqing fed them delicious food every day. The temperature of several degrees below zero had no effect on Xiao Hong at all.

When ripe, highland barley looks like barley, with long whiskers standing upright on the ears. The harvesting method is the same as cutting rice. You only need to grab a sickle and cut it from the root.

The two of them threshed the highland barley without being in the field this time. After cutting handfuls, they directly bundled them on carts and took them back. The remaining straw could be kept at home for cattle and sheep to keep warm.

Straw can also be chopped and mixed into the feed for feeding. If straw is added, the amount of hay will be reduced. Both are crude fiber feed.

The two men harvested half an acre of highland barley in more than two hours.

The threshing method of highland barley cannot be like the previous method of threshing rice.

The original owner used a flail to beat the ears of highland barley to complete the threshing.

The flail is a percussion threshing tool. It is a long wooden stick with a claw-shaped percussion rod that can be flexibly rotated. When it is swung up and down, it uses the rotating axis and inertia to hit the crops, and the crops are Can complete threshing.

Mu Xi cleared away the snow in the yard, freeing up a square cement floor.

A plastic sheet was spread on the concrete floor, and highland barley with heavy ears of wheat was placed on it.

There was only one flail in the tool room. Mu Xi was responsible for striking it with the flail, while Zhao Yeqing turned over the highland barley spread on the ground so that the flail could hit the barley evenly to achieve complete threshing.

The harvest from half an acre of land was pretty good. The two of them worked hard all afternoon and harvested five large bags of highland barley rice.

Mu Xi picked up a bag and weighed it, "Almost sixty pounds."

Those five bags weighed about three hundred kilograms.

The house also has over a hundred kilograms of rice, more than twenty kilograms of flour and glutinous rice, and countless vermicelli noodles, potato powder and other processed products.

It should be no problem to get through this winter.

I was worried every day that the highland barley fields would be frozen by heavy snow, but now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhao Yeqing looked at the freshly baked highland barley rice.

What should I eat tonight...