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

The original moisture has been dried out, and the humidity in the air is extremely low. Not to mention the smell, there is a burning sensation in your throat every time you take a big breath.

I wandered around for half an hour, even going to the place where the hyena attacked me before.

Zhao Yeqing frowned and wiped the sweat from his forehead that rolled into his eyes, resisting the slight sting in his eyes.

She suddenly seemed to realize something was wrong.

There is no sign of animal activity in this forest.

Not only are there no traces of rabbits, snakes, mice that were common in the past, but also all kinds of annoying insects that are never missing in the mountains in summer have also disappeared.

There was an eerie silence throughout the forest.

She and Mu Xi looked at each other, and both saw worry in the other's frowning eyes.

The two of them didn't say anything. They returned to the cave and took out their mobile phones to play cross talk to pass the time. They rested until three o'clock in the afternoon before continuing to work.

It took three days to excavate the materials, and another two days to move them all back.

Zhao Yeqing did not go back during the two days of moving, but built the new brick kiln at home.

The previous one will not be demolished, and the two brick kilns can be fired together.

The newly built space is very large, three times the size of the previous small brick kiln, and there are two more fire openings underneath, which can heat up faster.

The two planned to dig out the basement first.

A basement for raising livestock requires a lot of red bricks, and Zhao Yeqing's preliminary statistics already made her want to kill all the cattle and sheep at home.

Can she not eat this meat?

......

Forget it, you still have to eat meat.

After laying it out, I continued to calculate the data honestly.

In addition to the work to be done next, the original work at home should not be forgotten.

After eight o'clock in the evening, Zhao Yeqing observed that the water level in the well was still sufficient, and carried a bucket of water to water the grapes.

The dense vines before the grapes helped to block the sunlight on the fish pond, and the flowers were under the vines, barely maintaining their vitality.

Later, the temperature gradually rose. A few days ago, the two of them saw that the grapes that were about to ripen were getting worse and worse. They hurriedly cut off part of the large canvas on the yurt and propped it up on the grape trellis to provide shade. Can slow down.

As for the fish pond, Zhao Yeqing did not dare to pour any more water into it now. If the temperature showed no signs of shrinking, he might as well keep the water to save his own life.

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After all the materials were moved back, the work at home began in earnest.

Zhao Yeqing was making red bricks under the eaves, while Mu Xi started digging a breeding basement outside the yard, where the planting basement extended.

The basement has to accommodate so many cattle and sheep, and it also has to be partitioned. The time spent just firing the red bricks has to be calculated on a monthly basis.

In the end, the two of them decided not to pave the breeding basement with red bricks. They dug out the space first. In order to keep the corral clean, the bottom can be directly paved with cement for easy cleaning. The partitions between corrals can be made of red bricks. The construction is relatively solid.

In other places, including the whole wall of the breeding basement, the soil should be used first. If it is difficult to take care of it later, the wall inside the stall will be separately cemented.

Although it may look rough, it can save a lot of time and energy.

In this case, the area that requires the most red bricks is the periphery of the house extension. It is not a small number, but fortunately, if you are not in a hurry, you can use it until winter comes.

It takes one day to bake a batch of red bricks in two brick kilns. Zhao Yeqing burned the red bricks for two days first, and then built two large brick kilns with the fired red bricks, so that four brick kilns can be used to bake the kilns at the same time. , the subsequent efficiency can be much faster.

As the saying goes, sharpening the knife will not waste time cutting firewood.

Every day, one person digs the basement and the other makes red bricks, plus the daily work at home.

When the mung beans in the basement are harvested, Mu Xi's breeding basement has been initially dug.

In order to prevent collapse of such a large basement, the two of them used red bricks and cement to reinforce it around and in the middle. Zhao Yeqing didn't feel bad, as it only cost a lot of red bricks to make load-bearing columns.

After dividing the areas for cattle, sheep, chickens and horses, the floor must be pasted with cement. This will take some time to dry and must be done in advance.

There is also a disadvantage to doing it in advance, that is, it is paved with cement, which makes it difficult for people to walk up before it is dry, so Mu Xi built the outer fence first.

I still have to chop some wood.

We have to set out early in the morning before dawn. At four o'clock in the morning, we can hear the sound of chainsaw engines coming from the woods. With modern technological tools, work has become very efficient.

The trees used to build the fence do not need to be very thick. The size of the bowl mouth is most suitable, and the whole log is strong enough to build it.

If a large tree is cut into wooden boards, it will be easily broken. The cut sections are also prone to mold in airtight places like basements. Round logs have bark on the outside, so they are the best choice.

The two simply didn't even need the red brick wall as the middle partition. Instead, they made it all out of logs. It was equally strong but didn't last long.

Zhao Yeqing thought it didn't matter, "If it doesn't work anymore, I'll replace it later. If the logs need to be expanded or the size of each corral needs to be adjusted, it can be adjusted. It's more convenient than red bricks."

The uprights on the left and right sides of the log are made of slots. Cut the top of the log into a small square shape and snap it into the slot. When you want to adjust, just remove the logs one by one from the slot.

My only concern is mold.

Mu Xi said, "Then I will cut down a few more ones tomorrow. The wooden ones will be warmer than the red brick ones."

This is true. Their brick house had wooden boards nailed to the walls last year. It would be really cold in the winter if the walls were made of bricks.

After the fences and troughs of the corral were built, the concrete floor was still not dry.

After all, it is in the basement, there is no sunlight and no wind, so it is normal for it to dry slowly.

Mu Xi did not close the basement door, but left it open for ventilation.

This basement is not like a planting basement. The ceiling on the top cannot be opened. It is a hole dug out of the ground. It cannot be exposed to the sun for sterilization and deodorization, and the smell is not good.

We can only dig the cellar entrance that is diagonally downward wider to allow air to circulate for a longer period of time.

Once it's done, you don't have to wait until winter, you can drive all your livestock in now.

The lambs that were just born some time ago were already showing signs of mild heat stroke. Fortunately, the two of them had dealt with heat stroke in sheep when they arrived here in the first year.

There is no need for too much medicine, now you just need to shower the sheep with cold water, and put some salt in their water tank to replenish some electrolytes.

Zhao Yeqing also wanted to soak in cold water 24 hours a day, but it was too hot.

After dealing with the heatstroke of the sheep, I finally waited for the basement floor to dry. The temperature, which had been at 51 degrees for almost two months, actually went up again!