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

mushroom?

Zhao Yeqing sat up in shock as if he was dying!

"Ah! Mu Xi! That chaga!"

Mu Xi was so frightened by this surprise that he almost stabbed his hand with a carving knife. He reacted for a few seconds before he thought of what Zhao Yeqing was saying.

He said funnyly: "I said you will definitely forget."

Zhao Yeqing was about to cry but had no tears. Before Xia Tian, ​​he had said that he was going to pick off the chaga mushrooms, and he swore that he would never forget it.

Now that summer has passed for so long, the chaga tree might have died long ago and will never die again.

Zhao Yeqing slumped back on the rocking chair again, feeling weak, "I really want to go out and play..."

In the past, when she had a weekend break, she would have wanted to tie herself to the bed and not want to go out. But now that she has been at home for a long time, she really wants to go out and move around.

After all, not wanting to go out and being unable to go out are not the same concepts.

But now it is impossible to go out. When I wake up, the snow on the windowsill can block half of the window glass.

Every morning the snow had to be scraped off.

Now between the window and the curtains, Mu Xi also used a spare straw mat for the floor to add a layer. After all, there will be no air leakage anywhere. Only the window glass is the coldest place. Covering an extra layer will help the indoor temperature rise. high.

The only thing that can be summed up every day at home without going out is what to eat.

The two of them said they would prepare some rice cakes before the New Year. Later, they killed pigs and prepared New Year's Eve dinner, wrote couplets and put up window grilles, and forgot about the rice cakes.

You can't make rice cakes in the house, but when Zhao Yeqing woke up this morning, he suddenly wanted to take a bite and looked at Mu Xi with big eyes.

Mu Xi took a jar of canned loquats from the shelf, unscrewed the lid and took a spoon, put the things in her hands before walking out the door.

"Eat this first to satisfy your craving. The glutinous rice needs to be soaked for a day. I'm going to get the glutinous rice now. The rice cakes have to wait until tomorrow."

Zhao Yeqing looked at Mu Xi's response to every request and deeply reflected on whether he had done something wrong. After all, he couldn't make rice cakes in a warm room because it was too cold outside.

After eating half a can of canned fruit, when Mu Xi brought in the washed glutinous rice, he said, "Why don't we forget the rice cakes and eat pearl balls instead."

Pearl meatballs are a Hubei dish that Zhao Yeqing likes very much. After washing and soaking the glutinous rice, the meatballs are made with pork filling, then a layer of glutinous rice is wrapped on the surface and steamed in a pot.

Mu Xi brought in a basin of glutinous rice. The glutinous rice had just been washed at the well. Within a few steps of walking back to the house, a thin layer of crushed ice had already frozen inside.

"Okay, then I'll bring a piece of pork in and defrost it."

Mu Xi placed the basin of glutinous rice next to the fireplace, "If you want to eat glutinous rice, why not try glutinous rice cakes or corn mash cakes?"

Zhao Yeqing exclaimed in surprise, "Why didn't I think of it! Then let's make glutinous rice cakes."

The method of making glutinous rice cake is simple. You only need to use glutinous rice flour, starch, sugar and oil to make it. It would be better if you have milk. The cows at home have not yet given birth, so you can only use milk powder to make it.

Traditional glutinous rice cakes are the same thing as donkey rolls in some areas. The original method was also beaten with glutinous rice. However, now that it is cold outside, it is more convenient to use glutinous rice flour.

After making it, you can also dip it in soy flour or wrap it in red bean filling.

Zhao Yeqing wanted to eat both. Soybean powder was available, but red beans had to be boiled.

It would definitely taste better if it were made into fine red bean paste and wrapped in it, but that would be more time-consuming. It would be easier to boil the honeyed red beans directly and wrap it in it.

When he had plenty of time, Zhao Yeqing would always choose to stick to his own tongue, and when he had nothing to do now, of course he would choose red bean paste.

But you have to soak it for a while before doing it.

Zhao Yeqing planned to use a pressure cooker to cook the red beans, so that the soaking time could be shortened. Two hours would be enough.

When the red beans are soaked, the glutinous rice is also soaked.

Mu Xi is not in the house now, and the cow is about to give birth, so he goes to the breeding basement two or three times a day.

Zhao Yeqing put on his coat, walked to the room next to him, and brought in the glutinous rice flour that he had ground before.

The snow in the yard was already knee deep. The two of them would clear the path they were going to walk every day, but it would be covered again within two hours.

Fortunately, the wind stopped after it started snowing. Otherwise, the snow would have been blown into the eaves, and the area to be cleaned would have been even wider. Without cleaning, there wouldn't even be a place to stay when going out.

If I had known earlier, I should have led the switch circuit of the yard light to the door of the house. It was just to make it easier to go into the yard and turn on the lights at night. As a compromise, I set the switch in the middle. Now turning on the lights becomes very complicated. trouble.

Now I have to walk to the switch. The total distance is only ten meters. I estimate that I have to walk for two minutes. I might even slip or fall.

The only option to grab something is to use a flashlight.

Zhao Yeqing held glutinous rice flour in one hand and a flashlight in the other, trying to tighten his waist and abdominal core strength to move forward.

The steps were already very slow, and I almost fell.

Mu Xi just walked up and saw Zhao Yeqing staggering and almost falling, and his heart suddenly reached his throat.

Fortunately, Zhao Yeqing stood firm and Mu Xi walked in within ten seconds of returning to the room.

"Just use the intercom to tell me what you want. What are you doing when you go out? I almost fell."

The intercom had just arrived at home not long ago, and it was often forgotten by her.

"Forget it, I'll do it next time."

When Mu Xi saw that she had brought in the glutinous rice flour, he washed his hands in the basin at the door, then picked up the glutinous rice flour and prepared to make glutinous rice cakes.

Zhao Yeqing cooked the red beans when he went out to get glutinous rice flour. Calculating the time, it was still almost half an hour.

There was only one stove in the house, and making glutinous rice cakes had to be steamed. There was no spare stove, so Zhao Yeqing stopped Mu Xi and

"Don't worry, wait until the red beans are stewed. Throw some leopard meat to them first."

After it snows, it becomes difficult for several leopards to find food. When the snow is a little light, they will go out. When the snow is too heavy, they can only stay at home.

They prefer to go out than stay at home. Perhaps the brick wall they live in is too narrow and too low, causing their mood to be a little depressed.

After all, clouded leopards prefer to stay in trees more often than not.

From time to time, the two donated some meat or bones, sometimes ten pounds and sometimes five pounds. Anyway, there was no more, just to ensure that they would not starve to death.

"The snow doesn't look like it's going to stop. After I finish eating the thawed meat in the house in the past few days, I'll go and kill another pig."

There are also three leopards whose nests need to be repaired.