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

The water that was left behind was not yet clear. Zhao Yeqing waited for a few minutes until the water turned from light yellow to clear, then put his hands in the water and cleaned it.

Mu Xi said: "It seems that the soil was pushed out during the earthquake. The original stream channel was cut off by the loess and the water flowed to the side. After I dug up the soil, the soil was still a little loose. Now, It is estimated that the loose soil was soaked with water and then flowed down.”

"As long as there is a water source, we will come down and water the orchard after we collect the corn and plant the second-season rice."

Today's harvest is enough. It will be almost dark now.

The two returned to the orchard, picked up their tools and backpack baskets, and returned to the village before dark.

They walked into the small brick building again. After dinner, the two walked to the top floor to prepare for bed.

Zhao Yeqing stepped on the tile and sighed, "It would be great if this tile could be peeled back."

Mu Xi thought that she had specially laid ceramic tiles in her small building in Meishan. "It's a little difficult to take it off, but when the food reserves are abundant next year, we will upgrade the infrastructure at home so that we can live comfortably." Some."

In fact, the house now built with red bricks and cement is more comfortable than the wooden house before. Zhao Yeqing shook his head, "Don't worry, the situation is changeable now, let's wait until it becomes more stable."

If the temperature this year is still the same as last year, with high temperatures in the summer and tens of degrees below zero in the winter, then it is estimated that the weather will be difficult to change. By then, the two of them will be able to reconsider the planning of infrastructure facilities.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Yeqing fell asleep on Simmons after a long absence.

She slept until about nine o'clock in the morning. Mu Xi saw that she didn't want to wake up yet, so he woke her up softly.

"It's time to get up. If you don't get up, it will get dark and you won't be able to get home."

Zhao Yeqing became drowsy, and after washing up, he reluctantly tried to move the mattress.

Use your hands hard——

Unable to move, I gave up.

At least two hundred kilograms, big and heavy.

The bed at home is still a bit hard even though it has two layers of cotton wool, but most of the remaining quilts in the village have been used for many years and have turned yellow and hard.

The covers and pads used by both of them are relatively new, and they really don't dare to use the rest.

Mu Xi said, "When the rice is planted, won't there be cotton seeds at home? If we plant a piece of land then, we will definitely be able to make the bed soft and warm before winter."

If cotton was to be planted, it should have been planted last month.

But now that the sunshine hours are long and the high temperature is expected to last until the end of the year, it is not impossible to grow cotton.

Zhao Yeqing thought about being able to lie on the soft big bed in the winter, and felt that these days were getting more and more promising.

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It was already dark by the time the two of them carried the aluminum buckets home, and they saw Mushi and Xuebing catching voles on the edge of the field with shining eyes.

A few rats escaped from the den that was destroyed last time, and there must be more than one den nearby.

Zhao Yeqing said, "I guess there must be a vole nest next to our pasture."

Forage has good palatability and high sugar content. Judging from the introduction of forage in the book, it tastes no worse than spring wheat rhizomes.

How could the field mouse let go?

Zhao Yeqing hasn't been around the pasture for a week.

At daybreak she got up, called her dogs, and went out with her cattle and sheep.

After Dahuang and the others took the sheep away, Zhao Yeqing went straight to the pasture.

Now that the alfalfa has bloomed, it's almost time to harvest the grass for silage.

The two dogs, who usually looked at the pasture to avoid being eaten by the deer, ran ahead, but did not go in the direction of the pasture. Instead, they ran to the hill next to the pasture and stopped.

Zhao Yeqing didn't know why, but when she walked to the edge, before she could look into the pasture, an insect flew past her ear.

The insects buzzed and vibrated their wings, and Zhao Yeqing froze in place instantly.

She realized something as soon as her body stiffened, and she looked at the beehive placed next to her.

Sure enough, the light yellow wooden beehive was buzzing with bees!

She didn't care to check the vole anymore, backed away slowly, and then ran straight home.

Mu Xizheng took advantage of the cattle and sheep to go out and cleaned the barn. He just piled up the manure, rinsed it with water and spread it with straw.

He heard Zhao Yeqing calling him outside, "There are swarms of bees in the beehive!"

He walked out and hurriedly stopped Zhao Yeqing, who was trying to reach out to pull him, "I'm dirty. I just finished cleaning the barn. Wait for me to wash up first."

After he washed his hands and changed his clothes, he came over and asked, "How are the bees? Are there many?"

Zhao Yeqing recalled, "I think it's quite a lot, but I'm not very good at judging whether it's too much or not. It's pretty dense anyway."

Mu Xi raised his legs and walked out, "I'll go take a look, do you want to go?"

Zhao Yeqing nodded, "We won't get stung if we go there like this?"

Mu Xi paused, "I didn't wear the homemade hat when I was in Meishan last year."

You can wear a hard jacket and two more layers underneath to protect your body from being stung, but your face and neck are still exposed.

Zhao Yeqing wandered around the tool room and finally picked up the plastic sheet.

This plastic sheet is transparent and not as thin as plastic film, making it difficult to puncture.

"Use this to make a curtain, put it on the outer ring of the bamboo hat, and cover your face and neck. It's transparent so you can see clearly outside."

Mu Xi thought it was feasible, so the two took out the tape and connected the hat and the plastic sheet together to prevent bees from getting in when the bottom was shaken.

Zhao Yeqing glued the bottom to the clothes and poked a few small holes underneath for ventilation.

"This is definitely not as convenient as the beekeeping kits sold, but it looks quite safe." Zhao Yeqing himself is very satisfied with his design.

Mu Xi also nodded and praised, "I think it's pretty good."

In order to save plastic sheeting, I only made one set.

Zhao Yeqing was unable to help, so she planned to run to the hillside where the dogs were staying to see how Mu Xi did it, and learn from it first before trying the operation next time.

Lying on the back of the hillside, he watched Mu Xi approach the beehive.

Realizing that there were outsiders, the bees showed some agitation.

But Mu Xi's movements were very gentle and unhurried, which did not anger the bees.

He gently lifted the partition of the beehive and saw that the bees had already built a nest on it and the colony was relatively strong.

There is also a bee that is obviously much stronger, that should be the queen bee.

Not daring to use his hands to drive away the swarms of bees trying to break in on the plastic sheet in front of him, he gently put the partition back and replaced the top lid.

He stepped back slowly, then raised his hand and gently pulled the bees off his body.