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

Mu Xi nodded, washed his hands and walked back, taking the kitchen knife, "I'll cut it, you go and rest for a while."

He first left some beef out, cut it into slices, boiled water in a pot and cooked beef soup, put a handful of noodles in it, "If you want to eat cilantro, just pull two of them."

When Zhao Yeqing pulled back the not-so-thick coriander, the beef noodles were already out of the pot.

Washed coriander was sprinkled on top, and the two of them chatted while eating.

After eating, Mu Xi was washing the dishes when he suddenly said, "You asked me to remind you that the chaga is still there, don't forget it."

Zhao Yeqing was taking out the butter, "Yeah, remember."

Mu Xi first chopped the beef filling, and then made the mold before nightfall.

The two of them had a late lunch and were not hungry the whole time. It was only after they washed up and went to bed that Zhao Yeqing felt the sudden hunger.

She turned her head and blinked twice at Mu Xi.

Mu Xi laughed, "Are you hungry?"

She nodded.

I got up and got dressed and walked out of the room. The fresh meat left at home was now placed in wooden boxes outside. After the temperature rose, there was no way to store it in the snow.

Take out the freshly made beef sausage from the inside.

Most of the beef sausages were hung on the top of the kitchen fire pit for smoke, and some were cooked and stored in boxes after being poked with small holes.

This part is made relatively small, as long as a palm. It has been cooked in advance. When you want to eat it, you only need to take it out and fry it in oil, just like the kind of grilled sausage you usually buy.

It cooked quickly. It took only ten minutes to cook the intestines over a fire.

Mu Xi fried five sticks in total and put them on a plate. He also put chili noodles on the edge of the plate as a dipping sauce.

Taking it into the room, Zhao Yeqing was playing with his dog when he smelled the aroma and got off the rocking chair.

Mu Xi handed her the chopsticks, "I'm not very hungry. You eat three, and I eat two."

Zhao Yeqing nodded and took the chopsticks. He did not dip the chili noodles into the first bite. He ate the original flavor first to taste whether it was delicious or not.

Butter is added to the beef filling, and stock is added when stirring. Once it is fried and you bite it, the juice inside explodes in your mouth, and the umami flavor fills your entire mouth.

tasty! It was even more delicious when dipped in chili noodles. She forced herself to ignore the dogs nearby who were attracted by the grilled sausages, and she couldn't bear to take a bite.

A dog was given a stick of beef jerky.

After eating three pure meat sausages, the portion is not much, but it is very filling.

After finishing eating, Mu Xi handed her a glass of iced whey.

It's not useful for making biscuits. It's good to drink as a drink when chilled. It has a light milky taste that's not greasy, and it's very refreshing after chilling.

Eat and drink enough to sleep well.

But once the habit of eating late-night snacks is broken, it cannot be stopped.

At the same time the next day, she was hungry again, and her late-night snacking habit continued until the cement slab was finished.

Zhao Yeqing said confidently, "Work hard during the day and eat something when you are hungry at night. It is very reasonable."

Mu Xi responded to nothing until the cement board was finished. Instead of losing weight due to work, she actually gained weight.

But this time she was not anxious at all, because she knew that she would be preparing for spring next.

The two first dug a circle around the original yard wall, put the cement base in, erected cement pillars, and then embedded the cement boards one by one.

In order to save time when making cement boards, thin wooden boards are poured in the middle, which not only ensures the thickness of the cement board, but also allows the cement board to dry faster.

The disadvantage is that it is too heavy. It took the two of them a whole day to put it together. It took three days to assemble the walls in all four directions of the yard.

You can't rest after assembly. You have to quickly backfill the excavated circle with soil to reinforce it so that the cement wall will not fall down.

In order to better bear the load, wooden sticks were inserted into the ground in the middle of each cement board on the inside of the fence to provide support, so that even medium-sized animals would not fall when hit from the outside.

Zhao Yeqing felt so sore all over her body that she felt like she had been beaten, because she could clearly feel that she had lost weight in just a few days.

Now as soon as you walk out of the room, you can see the yard surrounded by gray cement slabs. Although the scenery is deprived, it makes people feel very safe.

After two days of rest, the two began to prepare the planting land for a large vegetable garden.

“You don’t need to plant too much, but you can have more varieties.”

Zhao Yeqing stood at the planned position and measured the length and width with his feet.

"They are all planted in ridges. Some can be planted in one ridge, and those with wider intervals can be planted in two ridges."

When we were in Meishan before, we planted too many crops, which made both of us very tired during the harvest.

Planting vegetables this year is second, and more importantly, growing rice and wheat.

Once the location is planned, excavate.

The vegetable plot is quite large, and potatoes and sweet potatoes are also planted in it. This time she won’t plant so many, just two or three ridges of various kinds, and will plant them again in the fall after they are finished.

First, determine the size range and dig a circle around the edge.

There is still snow on the ground that has not completely melted. After melting, this snow can kill insects in the soil and increase fertility.

Zhao Yeqing didn't plan to shovel the snow, but just made a fence around it first.

The snow is not thick now and will melt in a short while.

Do not spread salt to melt snow in the planting area, otherwise salt will be left on the land and you will not be able to grow anything.

The area was dug quickly. Mu Xi looked around and said, "Potatoes are planted early. They can usually be planted in early February. Now that the temperature rises a few degrees, it will be enough. Will it be too late to plow the ground when the snow melts?" ?”

The potatoes at home were treated as seeds when they were brought back. The villagers at the foot of the mountain put seed dressings on them before storing them to prevent them from sprouting and rotting. There were also some that had not been treated, but when they sprouted, she also Brought it back and stored it.

After I got it back, I kept it underground until now. The weather was too cold and not many survived. Whether they can be planted is another question.

A lot of them were frostbitten, and some of them had become soft and shriveled.

Zhao Yeqing said, "Go back first and see how much more can be planted."

The potato seeds were also placed in the original owner's small cellar, with only a small bag. Hay was spread on the ground and covered with hay to keep warm.

There is also a bottle of water in the small cellar, which is used to detect the temperature of the cellar. If you usually find that the water in the water bottle has frozen, it means that the temperature of the cellar has become lower. You need to cover it with more hay or soil to keep warm and avoid frostbite.

But the temperature this winter is really harsh, and frostbite is inevitable.

As long as there is no rot, they can be used to grow seedlings. I also took out two sweet potatoes from the room.

Sweet potatoes require a relatively high temperature to preserve, so Zhao Yeqing kept them in the room.

Potatoes are not good. If the temperature in the room with the fireplace is too high, they will sprout in advance. They can only be stored at about one degree.

Don’t rush to plant sweet potatoes. You can try raising seedlings first, firstly to test whether they can still be planted, and secondly for the sweet potato vines.

In the past, her efficiency in planting sweet potatoes by cutting them was too low. This year she learned the lesson and had to cultivate seedlings first and then use sweet potato vines to plant cuttings.