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

There’s so much cow’s milk and goat’s milk that you can’t finish it.

Just talking about milk, after a cow gives birth to a calf, it produces milk continuously for 300 days. On average, it produces nearly forty pounds of milk every day.

They don't need to eat anything every day, just drinking milk is enough.

Zhao Yeqing: "I can't finish this milk. I have to find a way to consume it. I can't throw it away and waste it."

Mu Xi carried the milk pails into the kitchen, and Zhao Yeqing followed behind and separated the milk and goat milk.

"Let it ferment first and then cook it in two days."

"Making milk tofu?" Mu Xi remembered that the last time Zhao Yeqing made goat cheese, he said that milk tofu made from milk needs to be fermented before being made.

Zhao Yeqing said: "It's not just milk tofu, milk can also be made into butter after fermentation."

Mu Xi checked the firewood inventory at home, "There are too many fires at home and there is not enough firewood. Will the butter cost firewood?"

"Indeed, it will take a while."

The firewood I picked up last time has almost been used up. There is still a pine tree in the pine forest, but I'm afraid it's not safe there now. After all, the animals on the snow-capped mountains don't seem to have returned yet.

The temperature is also gradually rising, and hibernating animals will wake up early to look for food when they are short of food.

The snow has melted slightly, and the pine trees may have been wet.

The two of them decided to go to the birch tree near their home to pick up some firewood.

The dogs and horses had already adapted to this temperature. When they went out, they opened the courtyard door and took them out for some air.

Xuebing and Guodu left the house early in the morning, probably looking for something to eat.

Several dogs ran ahead, causing Xiao Hong, who was still pacing calmly, to run a few steps.

Neither of them were riding horses, and the snow on the meadow was now a bit slippery, making it unsafe.

When they arrived near the birch tree, Mu Xi put the firewood stand on the ground, and then the two of them got into the forest.

There are a lot of dead branches that fall in winter. Those that fell early cannot be picked up because they are already soaked. They have to be dried when they go back, which is very troublesome.

If you want to pick it up, you have to pick the ones that have just fallen in the past two days. The surface will be a little moist and will dry out in a while.

If you take Xiaohong out, you can pick up more and go back.

After Mu Xi's firewood shelf was full, Zhao Yeqing began to bundle the firewood and put it all on Xiao Hong's back.

When I was about to go home, I remembered the chaga parasitic on the birch tree.

Go around and walk behind the birch tree.

The black lump was originally only half the size of a fist. I don't know if it was because of the sudden cold wave, but it has now grown to the size of a fist.

Zhao Yeqing told Mu Xi: "Before the weather gets hot, remember to remind me to come over and pick it back."

I don’t know when it will be hot. It’s early September and the temperature is still below zero. Could it be that the temperature will rise after the winter solstice?

The four seasons of the year are formed because the earth revolves around the sun. Could it be that the four seasons are reversed or rotated in the opposite direction?

Zhao Yeqing's mind was running wild, and when he got home, he didn't notice a few more footprints on the snow at home.

Mu Xi grabbed her feet as she was about to step into the courtyard door.

"Don't go in yet, I'll go take a look."

Only then did she notice that the footprints on the ground were obviously those of cats, with dots and pads in the shape.

It's just that the footprints are very small, not as big as the footprints of Luo Lu and Xue Ping.

The footprints of cats walking only overlap, and the footprints of the front feet will be stepped on by the hind feet, leaving only two footprints on the snow.

Mu Xi walked into the kitchen first. There were a few water marks on the side of the bucket containing goat's milk, as if the snow brought into the house melted on the ground.

But there were no signs of animals around.

There are very few furniture in the kitchen. The cabinets are hollowed out and filled with pickle jars, giving a clear view.

Suddenly, as if he thought of something, Mu Xi immediately raised his head and looked up!

On the wooden beams of the ceiling, an animal with pink-brown fur jumped down, and he quickly stepped back.

The animal didn't want to fight and jumped out.

Zhao Yeqing only saw the afterimage of an animal that ran from the door to the backyard and then disappeared.

She froze in place and waited until Mu Xi came out before she regained her composure and walked into the courtyard.

"What kind of animal is that? Did it steal its meat?"

Mu Xi shook his head, "I didn't see clearly, it didn't eat meat, it only drank some goat milk."

Maybe because I was small, I drank from the fullest bucket.

"I don't want that bucket of milk." Mu Xi took out the bucket and put it in the yard. "If the dogs and leopards want to drink, it shouldn't matter."

Zhao Yeqing looked at the footprints left on the snow. The animal was less than one meter in size and was not as big as Mushi and Xue Pan.

It is confirmed that it is a cat, and it is also good at climbing.

Could it be a leopard too?

Medium-sized cats, what else could they have in this place besides leopards?

Zhao Yeqing didn't think about it for a moment, so he could only bring the firewood into the house first.

It takes several days for milk to ferment.

In summer, it only needs to be left to ferment. In winter, when the temperature is too cold, it is best to put it on an earthen kang. But their family did not have an earthen kang, so they placed it next to the fireplace.

After four days passed, Zhao Yeqing checked the milk. The thirty kilograms squeezed out on the first day and the thirty kilograms squeezed out on the second day, a total of sixty kilograms of milk, had fermented.

There is a thick layer of semi-solidified object floating on the surface of fermented milk, which is the milk chew.

Slightly pale yellow, like hard butter or soft cheese used to spread bread.

Zhao Yeqing has never eaten freshly baked milk chews. He has only bought packaged ones online, which were seasoned.

Pick up a little with your fingers and put it in your mouth.

It's a little sour, with a slight milky smell, and the milk taste is extremely rich. It tastes like yogurt or ice cream.

Use a big spoon to remove all the milk chews and take it into the kitchen. Seeing Mu Xi washing dishes, he scooped some out with a spoon and fed him.

"How about it?"

Mu Xi frowned, "I can't get used to it."

Really? Zhao Yeqing took another taste himself.

"I think it's quite delicious."

Maybe because he likes sweets, Zhao Yeqing put half a bowl of milk chews in the bowl, added a large spoonful of sugar to the milk chews, stirred it evenly before feeding him.

"now what?"

Adding sugar to the milk chew, the milky smell is magically reduced, the sourness is also neutralized, and the milky aroma is rich, silky and delicate.

"this is delicious."

Zhao Yeqing also took a bite and it was indeed delicious.

Sixty kilograms of milk gave a total of six kilograms of milk chews. Zhao Yeqing kept one kilogram of milk chews to play with, and the remaining five kilograms were used to make butter.

Dozens of kilograms of milk are produced every day. From now on, I can eat such delicious food as I want. It makes me happy just thinking about it.

The chewy milk turns into butter and needs to be placed in a pot, stirred and boiled continuously. After heating, it will separate.

The white milk residue will sink to the bottom and the yellow oil will float on the surface.

Zhao Yeqing poured the chewy milk into the pot, simmered it slowly over low heat, took a shovel and sat beside it to stir.