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

Now that the sorghum has grown one meter high, the first crop can be harvested for silage.

When the fruit is not used for sugar production, it must be harvested at the same time as the seeds.

"No wonder the notes say that you have to wait until the sweet sorghum seeds reach the end of waxing and ripening. The seeds will turn black and the moisture content will become about 20%. It is estimated that the sugar content of the stalks is the highest at this time."

Only now did Zhao Yeqing understand that the original owner’s notes about the time of harvesting sorghum were for sugar production.

Neither of them had any experience in making sugar, so they could only wait until after harvesting before slowly studying it.

Speaking of sugar making, Zhao Yeqing thought of something, "Oh, we forgot about the bee bucket."

Mu Xi has been studying the route back recently. Mu Xi spent more than half a month exploring the route back and forth. The two of them had long forgotten about the bee bucket placed on the tree.

Mu Xi didn't remember this at all, "Then I'll go take a look."

Zhao Yeqing grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, we'll go tomorrow. When you come back today, have a good sleep first."

Mu Xi had to find a way back to Meishan in the mountains, and it had to be the fastest and safest way.

In addition to clearing obstacles on the road, I often have to be vigilant about wild animals when living in the mountains, so I definitely don't sleep well.

Zhao Yeqing pushed the person into the room and forced him to sleep.

Mu Xi slept from morning to evening, and when he woke up, the kitchen was already smelling delicious.

On the table were the yams he found when clearing the road this time, and Zhao Yeqing made them into shredded yams.

Seeing him getting up, Zhao Yeqing took out the cooked highland barley rice from the pot, "Just in time, the shredded yam has just come out of the pot, and I said I was going to call you."

Mu Xi sat at the table with a large bowl of rice stuffed in his hand. While he was eating, he told Zhao Yeqing what he had discovered.

"After crossing the river at the foot of the mountain where we went down last time, we walked all the way east. When we got to the waterfall, we had to cross the river again and come back here to take a detour. I found a route that was not particularly steep, and it was pleasant to people. Horses can move, as long as they don’t encounter other wild animals.”

Zhao Yeqing knew something was going on when he heard what he said, "You mean there are traces of other animals nearby?"

Mu Xi said, "Yes, I saw the footprints of some kind of cat, but I can't quite figure out what they are, but it's definitely not a large animal like a tiger."

Zhao Yeqing knew that since he brought it up, it couldn't be a herbivore. When he heard it was a cat but not a tiger, it meant it was either a leopard or a lynx.

"Where are you now?"

Originally, Mu Xi wanted to explore the road first, and then clean it up after making sure it could be walked, but unfortunately, the forest here was too primitive, the vegetation was too dense, and it was very difficult to walk through the forest.

"It's actually not bad to walk completely along the water source. After all, the water source is mostly still stone and there is not much vegetation coverage. The difficulty lies in the detours that need to be made. It is too difficult to clean up. I have walked about 40 to 50 kilometers now. "

When he came to find Zhao Yeqing, he walked 400 kilometers through the mountains, but the route was not like this one. At least there were people there, and as he walked he could still see the path trampled by the nearby mountain people.

This place is really deep in the mountains and old forests. If there is not a water source to guide the direction, you will get lost if you wander around in it for a few times.

Zhao Yeqing thought about the distance from here to Meishan. He estimated that it would still be quite a long journey, and sighed, "It would be great if we could take the waterway. If we float all the way down, we might reach it by ourselves in half a day."

Mu Xi smiled and said, "Take your time, the most important thing we lack now is time."

This time he stayed in the mountains for three days and four nights. Zhao Yeqing would not let him go back to the mountains so soon. He had to rest at home for a few more days.

Mu Xi wanted to say that he was not tired, but Zhao Yeqing stopped him with one sentence.

"As you said, we need the most time now, so take your time."

Mu Xi stayed at home obediently and slept until three o'clock in the morning before being allowed to get up.

After dinner, the sky looked like it was going to rain again, so I hurriedly changed my clothes and went out to check the forgotten bee bucket.

Sure enough, there was not a single bee inside, and the syrup on the side of the barrel had long been washed away by the heavy rain some time ago.

Mu Xi could only take the bee bucket back, wait until the rain stopped two days later, re-smear the bee bucket with syrup, and then put it under the peach tree.

The last location was close to the hive, but unfortunately it didn't attract bees. This time he simply placed it where the bees were collecting honey, not sure if it would attract them.

Since the heavy rain some time ago, in the contest between the north wind and the south wind, the north wind has won, and the weather has been getting hotter at a slower rate. Instead, it has become a bit like spring.

Neither of them had any experience in raising bees, and they didn't know when the bees would swarm under such capricious weather conditions. They could only put away the bee trap buckets and wait.

Zhao Yeqing came back from the pasture, "The alfalfa is expected to bloom in about ten days. If there is no harvest by then, just put the beehive next to the pasture. Maybe when the bees come to collect nectar, we can put it nearby." Stayed."

Mu Xi replied, "Okay, then I won't go into the mountain first, then I'll cut down a tree and come back and saw the boards to make a beehive."

In addition to wooden boards, beehives can also be made of bricks and cement. Just for the convenience of movement, it is better to make them of wood.

"If we can lure two swarms of bees and place a beehive on each side, we won't have to worry about honey for a year."

In two months, the rapeseed flowers will bloom. Now the crops in the fields are growing well. This field is open at the door of the house, and you can take care of the crops when you go out. Zhao Yeqing stares at these fields every day when he is at home.

I saw two weeds pulled out.

Both wheat, rice and glutinous rice have entered the heading stage, and the main ears are pulled out from the leaf sheaths to form pollen.

The corn had just passed the booting stage, and Zhao Yeqing was in the field, fertilizing and pulling weeds.

The booting stage is when corn needs the most nutrients. The accumulation of nutrients at this time determines whether corn will yield high yields.

"After the booting stage of corn, it will reach the milking stage. This is the stage when corn kernels are formed." Zhao Yeqing flipped through the book in his hand and kept making planting records in his notebook. He pulled off the pen cap with his teeth and still kept it in his mouth. Fang, speaking vaguely,

"I have to take this note seriously this year so that I can grow better next year. After all, I have to rely on the craft of farming to make a living now."

The notebook is densely packed with records of the planting time limit, as well as the pests and diseases encountered, and the symptoms of crops caused by weather conditions.

After saying that, she smiled again, "Maybe when order is restored and reconstruction is needed after the disaster, I might be able to find a farming job with this note."

Based on his limited experience, Mu Xi drew a beehive design that he didn't know would be feasible, then raised his hand to take off the pen cap that Zhao Yeqing was biting.

"Do you want to go out?"