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

The weather is hot in the morning and evening, and there is no dew or moisture. The yuba can be placed under the eaves to dry without getting wet.

It was completely dry in one night.

When they got up early in the morning, they took all the bean curd sticks back into the house and prepared to make the remaining five and a half kilograms of tofu from yesterday into fried tofu and dried tofu.

To make dried tofu, you also need to dry it, but tofu has more moisture than tofu skin. If you want to dry it quickly, it is best to steam it in a pot for a while and then dry it in the sun.

Zhao Yeqing cut the tofu into square and one centimeter thick cubes and placed them neatly in the steamer. Spreading a little salt on each piece of tofu.

Steam the water for ten minutes, take it out, put it on a dustpan and take it outside to dry.

I was thinking about making some spiced dried tofu, but I don’t have enough spices at home, and there are still two or three spices that I haven’t found yet. Every time I say I want to go out to find spices, I always get stymied by many things.

Just make the original flavor first, and when you have time, find the spices and make tofu again.

The dried tofu was taken out to dry, but the oily tofu was not cooked.

This is one of Zhao Yeqing's favorite soy products. Cut the tofu into small cubes and fry it in a pan. Use an iron spoon to press it while frying. After a while, the tofu turns into round and fat bean paste.

There is a delicacy in my hometown, which is to soak the fried beans, stuff them with meat, and then cook or steam them.

In the past, this dish would always be served during the Chinese New Year. Later, when I went to school and lived in the school, I finally came home once. My grandma knew that she loved to eat it, so she would prepare it every time and wait for her to come back.

As she thought about it, her vision gradually became blurry, and she didn't notice that a drop of hot oil splashed out and landed on her hand.

A small spot instantly turned red on the back of her hand. It hurt so much that she subconsciously shrank her hand and dropped the iron spoon in her hand into the pot.

Mu Xi walked in and saw it. He grabbed her hand and put it under the water to take a shower. He looked up and saw that her eyes were red. He thought she was in pain and hurriedly went out to find ointment.

Zhao Yeqing stopped him, "That's okay, it will be fine in a while."

The oil spot was only a very small one, and it was no longer red after being rinsed with water for a while.

Mu Xi was still uneasy and blew gently on the red dot, "Does it hurt a lot?"

Zhao Yeqing guessed that he thought he was crying in pain, so he couldn't help but smile and explain, "It's really fine. I just made fried tofu and thought of grandma."

Mu Xi rubbed her head and said, "I'll do it, you go and eat the tofu."

When I woke up early in the morning and saw the yuba under the eaves, I started making dried tofu. I forgot that I had not eaten breakfast yet. After hearing this, I immediately opened the refrigerator.

The tofu pudding is ice cold. It would be better if it could be topped with honey, but now we only have homemade brown sugar.

Take a small pot and melt the brown sugar, pour it on the bean curd, pour brown sugar in one bowl, and mix with white sugar in another bowl.

Brown sugar has a stronger flavor, while white sugar is refreshing. Each has its own taste.

"You can't just eat it cold." Mu Xi took out the fried bean paste and put it aside to filter the oil. He also put a plate of tofu on it and squeezed it. "You have to eat something hot, otherwise your stomach won't be able to bear it." .”

Zhao Yeqing was obedient and only ate half a bowl of tofu pudding——

Two kinds of beancurd, half a bowl of each.

After finishing eating, I started cooking breakfast. I didn't eat much in the morning, and I couldn't eat anything too greasy. I mainly kept it light.

I took out the tofu I made yesterday and cut it into small cubes. I went to the chicken coop to find a few eggs, beat two of them, and put the rest in the refrigerator.

Mix the tofu and egg liquid together and steam them in a pot. Cut a carrot into small cubes, stir-fry the chopped green onion until fragrant, and pour the thin gravy on top.

The two of them were having breakfast, and Zhao Yeqing talked about spices, "I said before that star anise will have to wait until autumn. This will be considered autumn according to the passage of time, but according to the month and temperature, it is still summer. I don't know if it will happen."

Mu Xi: "Then look for cinnamon bark and fragrant leaves first. If you can find one, it's the same."

After he had breakfast, he soaked and fried the fried beans and then went out to look for spices.

Zhao Yeqing had nothing to do at home. He had to wait until the sun set in the afternoon before going to the fields.

Today's temperature has risen to 37 degrees, rising faster than last year.

Zhao Yeqing went to the backyard to pick the red strawberries. The strawberries were not in good condition recently. They were still wilted after being watered morning and evening.

The watermelons have begun to bear fruit, and the largest one is already the size of a dragon fruit.

Zhao Yeqing was worried that there would be something wrong with the strawberries, so he thought about moving it indoors. However, if he moved it indoors, he would have to turn on a fill light, otherwise the light would not be enough and it would not be much cooler.

She sat on the rocking chair in the room, eating strawberries and thinking about how to deal with the high temperature.

Strawberry seedlings can be perennial as long as they are well maintained. If there are no conditions before, they will die. At worst, they will have to be replanted from the beginning.

But now that he had found a fill light at home, Zhao Yeqing was not willing to leave the strawberries he had worked so hard to cultivate to fend for themselves.

It's already 37 degrees now, and it's expected to reach over 40 degrees next month. These strawberries are almost in danger.

Not only strawberries, but also tomatoes, peppers, etc. cannot withstand the high temperature.

The PC boards available are not enough to build a greenhouse.

She scratched her head and thought hard at home, and she was still thinking about it until Mu Xi got the spices back.

"Tell me, how can we have a suitable environment for them to stay in?"

Mu Xi also sat aside and thought about it. When he went to the mountains, he felt that the woods were much cooler than the meadows where there was no shade and direct sunlight, but he couldn't just plant things in them, otherwise they would be eaten. He said that the planting area is still small.

Unless, like the previous time in Meishan, the trees were cut off, the roots dug out, and the planting area expanded.

In this way, the workload has to increase again. The work that used to be done with a chainsaw now has to be done manually, which consumes more energy and time.

He murmured: "It would be nice if there were trees for shade, and it wouldn't be so hot."

Shade?

Zhao Yeqing thought of painting the plastic film black to reduce the light when he was in Meishan, but this was not a permanent solution, and it could not block the high temperature of more than 40 degrees.

Suddenly an idea flashed in her mind, and she remembered that when she was in Meishan, the two of them expanded the cellar and lived in it.

If you can dig a basement underground to grow things and install grow lights, it will be warm in winter and cool in summer. Maybe you can still eat fresh vegetables in winter!

Zhao Yeqing quickly explained his idea. The more Mu Xi listened, the straighter he sat up. After hearing this, he felt that it was very feasible.

"The biggest fear in the basement is collapse and water seepage. You have to choose a good location for water seepage. Collapse is easy to solve. Just use the steel pipes we got last time and the red bricks and cement we made before for support. There will definitely be no problem."

Zhao Yeqing's eyes were bright, "That's right! As long as there are planting lights inside, we can move strawberries, watermelons, tomatoes, peppers and green leafy vegetables inside, and it will become a vegetable cultivation room directly!"