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

Now the rice, glutinous rice and wheat at home have been harvested.

The wheat has all been dried and brought into the house, just waiting to be peeled and ground into flour.

The rice still needs to be sun-dried for a few days.

Zhao Yeqing found that it was better not to put a plastic sheet on it. The cement floor conducts heat quickly, so he put it directly on it to dry. On this sunny day, a lot of dryness was done in just one day.

Anyway, it hasn't been shelled yet, so it won't get dirty if you put it on the ground.

Zhao Yeqing said: "Anyway, it's not too late in these two days. When we go down the mountain the day after tomorrow, the rice should be ready in the sun tomorrow."

Mu Xi shook his head, "Why don't you stay at home this time, and I'll go get the aluminum bucket back first, and then I'll go down the mountain with you. I don't know how the road down the mountain will be after winter, and maybe it will have to be cleared. Not to mention there is glutinous rice.”

If there is really no rush, it is safer to dry the grain first. If the grain is kept wet, moths will start to grow in a few days.

It is estimated that the aluminum bucket cannot be moved in one or two trips. An aluminum bucket can be divided into several sections.

Now that the rice has been recovered, the original main house is not suitable for storing grain, so the two moved all the grain to the hay house.

There was not much hay left in the hay house, and the free space was used to store grain.

"When all the food is harvested, the hay house may not be enough."

Mu Xi: "Then expand the yard. If the yard is not big enough, just expand the yard. Anyway, it uses cement boards. Just move it."

It's enough for now, but I'm afraid it won't be enough when a large amount of hay straw needs to be stored in winter after the second rice crop.

However, there are still many things to be busy with now. This matter can be postponed until the second season of rice is planted.

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The next day, according to plan, Zhao Yeqing continued to dry food at home, while Mu Xi went down the mountain.

After a winter, there were many dead branches and broken leaves, and the road was blocked by broken tree trunks in many places.

Cleaning up broken branches is not the most difficult thing. The most troublesome thing is that after spring, a lot of weeds grow on the originally cleared roads. From spring to summer, these weeds are already knee-deep.

Mu Xi took Xiao Hei to explore the road ahead to avoid sudden attacks by snakes.

Take the sickle and clear the weeds along the way.

In two or three days, after cutting the rice, cut the glutinous rice, after cutting the glutinous rice, threshing the millet, and after threshing the millet, cut the weeds.

Even people who exercise year-round can’t stand such a waste of money.

He touched the area where the pain in his waist had just been relieved, and after the soreness passed, he straightened up and continued mowing the grass.

It would take a lot of time to clear the entire road down the mountain. Mu Xi was mentally prepared before going out and told Zhao Yeqing in advance that he might stay in the village for one night.

He brought food down the mountain with him in advance. Almost all the food left in the village had been carried back. Mu Xi used the pots and pans that he had not taken away to make a fire to cook. After eating, he fell asleep in a hurry.

Early in the morning, as soon as it was light, I picked up two aluminum buckets and headed back.

The aluminum buckets are one big and one small, just enough to fit together.

No matter how small the bucket is for storing grain, it is not much smaller. Although it is not heavy, it is a bit bulky. When it is carried on the forest path, it will always get hooked on the weeds and get hung on the branches.

We set off early in the morning and it was already afternoon when we got home.

Zhao Yeqing saw him coming back and walked over to catch the aluminum bucket, "How is it? Is the journey going well?"

Mu Xi nodded, "Fortunately, we just have to cut the grass. The aluminum bucket is too big to move. I only brought two sections back."

This kind of aluminum bucket can be assembled, piece by piece, and can hold a lot of grain.

The big one is 80 centimeters in diameter, and the small one is 60 centimeters. The large and small barrels have three sections, and he can only bring back one section at a time.

The three sections put together are about 1.4 meters high.

Zhao Yeqing made a visual inspection and said, "The three large pieces put together can hold more than 700 kilograms of rice. The rice without husks can hold about 1,000 kilograms. The small rice can hold about 400 kilograms. The rice can hold more than 600 kilograms." catty."

Generally, in rural areas, all the rice is not shelled into rice at once. It is best to shell dozens of kilograms at a time and continue to shell after eating to ensure the freshness of the rice.

Mu Xi said: "Then one will hold rice and the other will hold wheat."

The quality of wheat and rice is about the same. After grinding part of it into flour, the rest can be packed in a small bucket.

“What about the corn?”

There are only a few houses in the village that have not been buried. There is not much food stored in the village, and there are only two suitable aluminum buckets that can be found.

Mu Xi remembered that there was another big one, "There is a family who has a big aluminum bucket, but that one is really too big and I'm afraid they won't be able to move it back."

The aluminum bucket was very new. He had found it when he was searching for food before, but there was no food in it. He probably bought it and the world would change before he could use it.

Zhao Yeqing also thought of the oversized aluminum bucket, "That one is probably only one meter and two meters in diameter. The whole bucket cannot hold two thousand kilograms of corn."

Their corn field is estimated to be able to produce up to 700 kilograms.

After Zhao Yeqing said this, he was stunned, "Then let's find a way to move a section back. It can just hold about 700 kilograms."

Mu Xi said helplessly, "That's true, but the main reason is that it's too big and the road in the forest is small. It took me a long time to move it back."

"What if we put something underneath like the sleigh we made in winter?" Zhao Yeqing stood up the large aluminum bucket and gestured,

"Put something underneath to prevent scratches. No matter how big the aluminum bucket is, its diameter is only one meter and two when it is erected. It only reaches your waist. You drag it in front. I will go with you and hold on behind. , I can definitely move back.”

Mu Xi was silent for a while and nodded, "It should be okay." However, in his subconscious thinking plan, he did not consider the two of them going together. Every time, he only thought about whether he could solve the problem by himself.

Zhao Yeqing also discovered Mu Xi's thoughts. When he first came back, everything was unknown. He also wanted to train himself more so that he could have the ability to protect himself.

But now, after the two people's lives gradually stabilized, Zhao Yeqing found that he wanted to take over everything more and more and do it himself.

She raised her hands to pinch his face, "Who do you look down on?"

Mu Xi immediately explained, "I don't look down on you, I just don't want you to be tired."

Zhao Yeqing actually knew in his heart that Mu Xi wanted to take good care of her, but when the two of them were together, whether it was emotions or actions, it had to be mutual.

In the past, she would have felt very considerate and at ease, but now in this special period, only two people live together, the climate and environment are relatively harsh, and accidents may happen at any time.

She didn't want to wait until there was danger. Mu Xi would subconsciously feel that he had to bear the responsibility alone, and instead lost his rational judgment.

Just like this time transporting aluminum buckets.