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

The tail hair is fluffy, red with yellow.

Zhao Yeqing said "Puff, puff, puff" at Mu Xi twice. He raised his eyes to look at her and saw that her eyes were focused on the back of the bathroom, so he followed her gaze.

The tail was not big, and it was particularly conspicuous when waving on the snow, but it did not realize that it had been exposed, and its little tail was still swaying gently.

Zhao Yeqing walked out of the kitchen quietly, holding the bamboo stick used to stir the kudzu powder in his hand, and the two of them walked quietly to the back of the bathroom.

The animals behind clearly noticed the movement, and their tails stopped moving, but they didn't dare to poke their heads out to see.

The two men attacked from left to right and suddenly stuck their heads out.

I saw clearly the appearance of the animal behind the bathroom. It was a red fox with beautiful fur.

The fur color of this red fox is very red. Although red foxes are called red foxes, pure red fur is actually very rare. Most fur colors are mixed with yellow and black hairs.

But this red fox has bright red fur on its back and light yellow fur on its belly, which looks really good-looking in the snow.

The red fox didn't expect that he was surrounded. He froze on the spot and closed his eyes.

Zhao Yeqing was stunned by this. She looked up at Mu Xi, her eyes full of questions.

Mu Xi: "Pretend to be dead."

This fox doesn't look very old. Although it's not short, foxes grow very quickly. This one should look like it's just grown up.

Mu Xi didn't get too close. The fox was cunning. He was pretending to be dead now and might jump up and give him a paw if he felt him approaching.

"I was in the reserve over there before. There are a lot of foxes in the mountains and forests, and I know it relatively well. This one is probably just an adult. Look at the cheeks...the beards have just grown out, and the ears haven't completely become pointed yet. The legs are not very long either.”

Zhao Yeqing had never seen foxes before. When he was in Meishan, there were some in the mountains, but he ran away when he saw them. This was the first time he saw one at such a close distance.

She wanted to take a closer look and was about to squat down, but as soon as Mu Xi stopped her, the fox under her feet suddenly jumped up and ran backwards.

A red figure disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving a stench behind.

"I'll go!" Zhao Yeqing hurriedly ran five meters away, and Mu Xi also ran over.

She almost threw up at that moment, opened her eyes wide and asked, "What does that smell like?"

Why does a fox fart when it runs away? The crab-eating mongoose didn't fart at her last time, so how could this fox do this again?

Mu Xi didn't hold his breath for a moment. He frowned and took a breath before replying helplessly, "Guess where the body odor comes from."

He explained that when a fox is running away, it emits odor like a skunk, which is secreted from the back of its body.

Zhao Yeqing calmed down the nausea in his throat, "Then you didn't tell me earlier."

"forget."

You can usually see traces of foxes at home, but usually at night. You can see some reflected eyes and footprints near the chicken coop in the morning.

This was the first time I saw a fox so clearly.

Foxes are usually active at night and sleep in their burrows during the day.

"It's such a cold day. Is there nothing to eat?"

Zhao Yeqing made a reasonable guess, and Mu Xi nodded in agreement.

"Generally speaking, in winter, even animals that can survive the winter and do not need to hibernate are unlikely to enjoy the cold and come out to play. They mostly come out to look for food."

Foxes are social animals that live in caves, and a large family lives together in the cave. It is possible that there are too many people in the family, and there is a lot to eat, so the food storage is not enough.

Zhao Yeqing was a little worried that one day these foxes would break through the chicken coop's defenses and take away all her chickens.

The current temperature is about minus 10 degrees Celsius. During the day, it is about minus 89 degrees Celsius. At night, the coldest temperature is minus 11 or 12 degrees Celsius.

It’s almost reaching the chicken’s cold tolerance limit.

After this incident, the two of them decided to move indoors, where it would be warmer. When the temperature dropped again, they could add a brazier.

They have a subtropical climate here, so even at high altitude it shouldn't be too cold.

However, this is just common sense inference, and it is really difficult to say now.

In addition to storing some grain, the original main house now also has some furniture from the original owner, most of which are empty. There are still red bricks and lime in the house, so I simply put a replica of the chicken coop indoors.

But considering that the chickens live inside, we can't just seal them all. Ventilation vents must be left. If venting vents are left, odors will easily appear.

After all, there is so much food in the room.

Plans always fail to keep up with changes. The original plan was to make wooden barrels, but after seeing the fox and thinking about the problem of chicken coops, we had to start making chicken coops again.

Zhao Yeqing went to the kitchen to continue cooking. Mu Xi moved the red bricks to the side of the chicken coop instead of placing them indoors. He planned to expand the chicken coop around the perimeter, and the heating brazier would be placed inside the perimeter.

The most important thing to consider when installing a brazier is ventilation. The chicken manure in the chicken house will produce ammonia, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. If you don't pay attention to ventilation, the chickens can easily suffocate. In addition, the carbon monoxide produced after the brazier burns will make it even more difficult. Pay attention to ventilation.

Therefore, the expansion of the chicken house must have two vents. One is the original vent of the chicken house that leads directly to the outside, and the other is the peripheral vent.

The workload is not big and can be done with dozens of bricks.

After completing the expansion of the chicken coop, Mu Xi took another straw, wrapped a layer of straw around the red bricks to keep warm, and sealed it with plastic sheeting.

When the temperature drops, light a small brazier directly in the newly built outer space of the chicken coop. The temperature inside should be warmer than the room.

It is not feasible to just burn firewood, and the duration is too short. Before winter, the two of them prepared everything well, but they did not prepare charcoal. They thought of building a fireplace before but thought it would not be used.

Again, plans cannot keep up with changes.

After expanding the chicken coop, Mu Xi walked into the kitchen. The soup was already simmering on the stove, and rice was being steamed in the other pot.

He told Zhao Yeqing about burning charcoal.

Zhao Yeqing thought that charcoal was indeed more suitable than firewood because there would be no open flame and the heat retention time was long.

"Then, let's go chop down the firewood and burn it in the next two days. It just so happens that it doesn't snow in these two days."

The two agreed on the charcoal kiln and decided to locate it on a gentle slope not far from their home.

The terrain there is relatively low, and there is not much vegetation. Because it is blocked by high hillsides, the snow is not too thick.

By the time the two of them had reached an agreement, the soup in the pot was almost ready.

Zhao Yeqing took out the steamed rice, put the pot on the shelf and started cooking Gouzi's rice.

Guo Mu and Xue Pan didn't go out today, and their appetites weren't very good either. Zhao Yeqing asked Mu Xi to kill two rabbits and feed them to them.

The smoked chicken and kudzu soup in the pot is milky yellow, and the smoked chicken has a richer flavor, which completely overwhelms the taste of the kudzu.

Zhao Yeqing put the washed Xuelihong into the pot. The soup was boiling and bubbling. Once the vegetables were cooked, she pulled out the firewood and turned down the heat.

Pass the steamed, crystal-clear and plump rice to Mu Xi.

"It's time to eat."