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

Zhao Yeqing stood under the air conditioner and was blown by the 26-degree wind on his face.

It was so touching that I cried.

Mu Xi smiled and pulled her to the bed, "Don't catch a cold if you stand there for a while. Go to sleep."

It can only be turned on for ten minutes at 26 degrees, and then it needs to be adjusted to about 30 degrees for an hour to avoid too big a temperature difference.

It was a very satisfying sleep. Zhao Yeqing was woken up by the heat at seven o'clock in the morning and slept for a full nine hours.

This is the deepest sleep I have experienced since the temperature reached 40 degrees.

When I got up, the sun had already come out. Mu Xi got up early and made breakfast. While Zhao Yeqing was eating, he suddenly said: "I think we need to make a plan to strengthen a few houses before winter. The weather is getting worse and worse now." ”

Mu Xi also had this idea,

"I thought I would talk to you about this after I went to collect the hay today. Especially in the hay room, the temperature this summer is so extreme. If the winter is as extreme, the original wooden structure house may not be able to support it."

Last winter, the coldest temperature reached minus 40 degrees Celsius. If it reaches over 50 degrees this year, I don’t know how to get through it.

Even if there is a fireplace in the house, it is not enough. They can spend the winter by the fire, but there are so many animals in the house.

Zhao Yeqing finished the last bite of cold noodles and said:

"Then make another basement and install an extra exhaust fan in it to keep the cattle, sheep, horses, roosters and so on. Although there is less sunshine in winter, there is still no power shortage. There will be no need to open the refrigerator then, and an extra exhaust fan will be placed. There should be no shortage of power for the bulbs."

The temperature underground is always warmer than above ground. If we make two more natural vents and add an exhaust fan, and light a charcoal fire or firewood inside, the animals themselves are not bad at keeping out the cold, so they should be able to survive it.

It's just that if so many animals live in the basement, even if they have to dig.

Zhao Yeqing's previous plan seemed to have to be implemented. He would kill one sheep first, and then kill two more when the weather gets cold. Just keep the number that can be reproduced, and the area can be dug less.

As the two of them were talking, they suddenly remembered something.

This sheep had already made some noise when spring arrived. It would be almost February, so this period of time should be the day of giving birth.

After breakfast, the two walked into the sheep pen. They had been isolated some time ago after watching the ewe's belly grow bigger. However, it was too hot and busy, so they didn't think about the specific time of the due date.

Zhao Yeqing placed the ice basin on the ground and planned to feed some more refined grains to the ewe that was about to give birth.

Mu Xi also went to prepare something to drink for the sheep. He didn’t have the conditions or experience last year. Later, he read more notes and books and learned a lot. After summer started, he picked a lot of motherwort and kept it for the sheep. Boiling water for it to drink before giving birth can help with postpartum recovery.

Motherwort is best used fresh in spring, and its stems and leaves will become lush in summer, so it is suitable for dry use.

Mu Xi cut two baskets and cut them into sections to dry, and took out half a catty to boil water.

There are only two pregnant ewes at home this time, so half a pound of motherwort is enough.

The food is delicious and delicious, and the sheep are growing very fast. The sheep that were just born last year are now as big as adult sheep.

Wool grows quickly. Zhao Yeqing felt the ewe's hair and estimated that the shaving time would be shortened. He would shave the ewe when she was pregnant.

If the weather hadn't been too hot, the sheep would have grown faster.

There was also an ice basin in the cowshed. When the weather started to get hot, Zhao Yeqing didn't want to come into the shed. There were more flies in the cowshed than in the sheep pen. He tried his best to get rid of the insects, but they were still there.

Maybe it's because it's too hot now, but there aren't so many flies anymore.

The two of them will not come back for milking now. They have to give the cow enough rest and nutrition to prepare it for the next 'spring'.

Zhao Yeqing estimated that he wouldn't be able to wait until spring. It would be enough to wait until the weather gets cooler.

Of all the animals, Xiaohong is the most difficult to deal with.

Raising horses requires a lot of care, but the conditions are so bad now that the ice basin in the stable is never broken, and there are at least two or three in it a day.

The entire freezer in the refrigerator is now filled with nothing but ice.

They don’t even know where to put the sheep if they are killed.

Zhao Yeqing thought of the several oversized four-door freezers with a capacity of over 900L in hotels in tourist areas. It would be great if he could move one back and put ice on them all.

But this idea is just a casual thought. The power of that thing is too high. It consumes three or four kilowatt hours of electricity every hour.

Just their two small solar panels can support the small appliances at home, which is already good.

When the sun went down in the afternoon, the two set out to collect all the hay.

The temperature is over 40 degrees this time, but at least it's out of the sun, so I can barely do some work.

Xiaohong hasn't been out for a long time, and the weight of hay is small, so he won't suffer from heatstroke if he comes out to poop a few times.

It would definitely be impossible to finish the cutting in one day, and even if it could be done, the horse would not be able to work for so long.

After three days of mowing, just after the hay was recovered, the ewes in the sheep pen started to move.

With the experience from last year, the two of them are more comfortable handling it this year.

After a near-miss delivery, there were five lambs in total.

Mu Xi stayed to deal with postpartum matters, while Zhao Yeqing returned to his room to plan the reinforcement design of the newly opened basement and several wooden houses.

The safest and easiest way is to directly build a layer of cement red bricks on the outer layer.

But there is only about half a meter of space in the middle of several houses for people to pass by. If a wall is added in the middle, if you go to the backyard in the future, you can only walk from both sides.

Unless the original wooden structural walls are demolished and rebuilt, that would be too troublesome.

She wrote down all the plans that were somewhat reliable. She thought that the most suitable method was to directly add a layer of red bricks and cement, so she drew the drawings first.

When Mu Xi came in after finishing his work, he saw her furrowed brows. He reached out and poked her, loosening the knotted brows and said, "Don't frown like an old lady. If you have any questions, please speak up. We are two people." Let’s solve it together.”

Zhao Yeqing was very confused. He didn't bother to refute what he said. He sighed and said all the questions, "There are so big houses, and people go back and forth frequently between the front and back yards. If they are all sealed, it would be a big circle." Too much trouble."

The weather is hot now, and the water source that was diverted to the field was already relatively large, but it has gradually dried up in the past few days. Even the water in the fish pond has to be replenished with water from the well, and we have to go back and forth, which is too It’s a hassle.

Mu Xi's idea was more simple and crude.

"Now there is no money to buy the land, so don't think about it so much. My idea is to wrap a few houses with a large red brick structure directly on the outer circle, and set up pillars at half-meter intervals in the middle. , If there is not enough space, we can expand it outwards. If there is enough time, I would also like to add an enclosed aisle in the backyard."

She was stunned for a moment, "What aisle?"