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

Between taking a bath and eating fish, she chose to enjoy the bath first.

When Mu Xi came out after shaving, he heard the man say that he was not going out yet. He laughed angrily and helplessly picked up the plane and continued to process the wood.

After the bathtub is spliced ​​together, there will inevitably be a lot of uneven edges, and you have to continue to use a plane or saw to smooth them out.

The hoop barrel is made of double flower hoops woven from bamboo, which are tighter than single flower hoops.

After the round double flower hoop is put in, use a tool to knock it down until the hoop is tight to the widest part of the tub.

Hoops must be tied in the middle and at the bottom, and two double flower hoops must be tightened to ensure no leakage.

Hoop the barrel and finally install the bottom plate.

The previously made bottom plate and barrel body are put together, and the bottom plate is made relatively large, so that when installing, the unsuitable parts can be cut off directly with a saw.

After installing the bottom, you still have to polish the barrel again.

This tub is oval in shape, and is just the right size to leave a little room for people to stand in the bathroom.

The tub was not too small for Mu Xi to lie down in, but it was not too big either. He even joked, "If I had known, the bathroom should have been bigger."

This will make a double bathtub.

Zhao Yeqing sneered, expressing her disdain for men who had oral sex.

Mu Xi was so angry that she blatantly flirted with him even though she knew he was unwilling to do anything to her.

I remembered today's transaction in my heart and took a deep look at her.

There is always time to pay it back.

The bathtub is ready for use but you still have to do the last step - apply tung oil.

After applying tung oil, you still have to wait for the tung oil to dry. Fortunately, this is cooked tung oil at home. It will probably be dry by tomorrow. If you use raw tung oil, you have to wait longer. Raw tung oil dries slowly. It takes two or three days in summer. In winter, the temperature is at least Ten days and a half month.

Mu Xi coated the inside and outside of the bucket with tung oil. A bucket of tung oil weighed five to six kilograms, and most of it was dried out, leaving only a little bit at the bottom.

Now that it's not snowing outside, the two of them don't bother moving the bucket indoors. The smell of tung oil is strong and it doesn't smell good indoors.

It took another day to finish the bucket, and Zhao Yeqing also sat under the eaves and sewed the insoles for a day.

The two were discussing what to eat for dinner when their conversation was interrupted by the sound of bowls and chopsticks falling to the floor in the kitchen.

Looking at each other, Mu Xi stepped into the kitchen in two steps, and a red figure swooped out of the window.

The dried meat Zhao Yeqing put in Gouzi's bowl disappeared.

These dried meats are specially smoked for dogs to eat. They are pure wild boar jerky, without adding salt or spices, and only have a strong meaty aroma.

Mu Xi walked to the kitchen window and looked outside. The fox had already disappeared, leaving a few slightly deep footprints under the window sill.

Zhao Yeqing drank water in the kitchen five minutes ago. Judging from the footprints, the fox probably squatted under the window for a long time, waiting until he was sure there was no movement inside before rushing in.

Otherwise, the fox is cunning.

There wasn't much dried meat in the bowl. It was supposed to be kept until dinner time. They were afraid that the dogs would be too greedy while eating, so they gave the dogs something to eat first to satisfy their cravings.

Mu Xi raised his hand to close the window and took a broom to clean up the broken dishes.

If no one is in the kitchen from now on, I'm afraid this window won't be able to be opened anymore.

During dinner, both the dog and the leopard came out to eat and found the smell of strange animals in the house, which made them both highly vigilant.

I walked around the kitchen smelling the smell.

Zhao Yeqing discovered that leopards' sense of smell is not as strong as that of dogs.

Because on the second day, Rhubarb was very alert. It no longer lay down by the fireplace, but lay down in the kitchen while Zhao Yeqing was making breakfast.

After she had breakfast, she picked up the dried meat and fed it to the glutinous rice cakes and snow cakes. Suddenly, Dahuang stood up. Before the two leopards noticed anything, Dahuang rushed out.

Zhao Yeqing reacted and immediately walked to the window. When he saw Dahuang roaring outside the yard, the red shadow was instantly frightened and ran away.

From this point of view, the window does not need to be closed. It can be left open to ventilate the room.

Before they went out, they lit the fire in the stove, put dried meat in Rhubarb's bowl, and touched its head, "Rhubarb, take good care of your house."

Da Huang responded with a wagging tail, "Woof!"

Zhao Yeqing felt that his heart was filled every time. He held the dog and rubbed it in his arms. How could she have such a dog?

There was a sound of closing the door in the tool room, and Mu Xi walked over with a basket full of tools.

"Let's go."

Today’s plan for the two of them is to go ice fishing in the lake.

According to calculations, the lake surface should have frozen solid after it has been below freezing for so long.

Generally speaking, as long as the lake begins to freeze and the temperature continues to be below zero, the entire lake will definitely freeze within a certain period of time.

Once the first ice core appears in the lake, the first ice crystals will form. The ice crystals will spread to water molecules and spread to larger water bodies, and the lake will be frozen.

The last time I went to the lake was a month ago. At that time, I went to collect silt from the lake to fry highland barley rice. At that time, thin ice had already formed on the lake.

The two walked to the lake, and sure enough, the lake was frozen.

I just don’t know how thick the ice is.

Mu Xi took a metal rod from his backpack. He didn't know what the original owner used it for. It was either an ordinary iron rod or the kind of steel bar used to build houses.

I guess I picked it up at the construction site and thought it could be used.

Mu Xi used a metal rod to chip away at the ice.

The ice was frozen so hard that if you poked it hard, it would break some of the skin.

In the end, the two of them used chisels and hammers to crack it open bit by bit.

She didn't know how long she had been digging, but she was sweating. The ice layer hadn't been penetrated yet.

"It's already more than ten centimeters, right?"

Mu Xi nodded, "It should be fine."

The lake freezes starting from the shore and spreading towards the center.

The two of them didn't dare to go too far to prevent accidents, but there should be more fish in the middle of the lake than on the edge.

When the lake begins to freeze, fish will move to the middle to escape the cold.

The two of them walked to a place about twenty meters away from the shore and stopped, "That's it."

Once the place was determined, we started digging holes again.

Holes need to be drilled in deep water, as well as in shallow water.

The time now is ten o'clock in the morning, which is a good time for fishing. From this time to four o'clock in the afternoon before the sun sets, the water temperature rises and the fish are most active.

Mu Xi opened the hole and then walked to the reed bank on the shore to continue digging.

Although the location of the hole just now is warmer than the shore, it is not only closer to the center but also on the sunny side.

The reed marsh was located close to the shore and on the shady side, but he remembered that a guest who liked fishing mentioned it when chatting at the B&B.

It is correct to dig holes on the sunny side for ice fishing, but sometimes fish are more likely to be found on the shady side than on the sunny side.

Because there was vegetation here before, insects and insect eggs will grow on them after the leaves fall, and fish will come to eat. The fallen leaves can also keep the water warm, so the harvest is not necessarily worse than on the sunny side.

Zhao Yeqing had already prepared the fishing rod and bait for the first hole. He took down the bench from the bamboo raft and sat down beside the hole, then hung the bait on the fishhook.

Once the hook enters the water, the next step is to wait quietly for the fish to take the bait.