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

Zhao Yeqing saw another introduction to clouded leopards in Meishan's manual.

It is said that part of the reason why clouded leopards are so rare is that male clouded leopards are prone to domestic violence, and females are often killed by the males.

This was also the reason why Zhao Yeqing had always been hostile and prejudiced against the male clouded leopard. If she hadn't seen Xue Cing on the completely suppressed side, she wouldn't have even let the leopard in.

It's like seeing your daughter who has just grown up find a yellow hair.

Inappropriate locations for leopards’ residences can also increase their stress and make them more prone to domestic violence.

The two of them worked together to build a long platform on the wall inside the brick wall, like a wall shelf, for several leopards to hang on the wall.

A high place makes them feel safer than a low place.

Anyway, clouded leopards are small in size and are not as tall as dogs now, so living on them will not be too cramped.

As for the food issue, they don't need to feed a lot of meat every day. A few kilograms can sustain their consumption for a day. As long as the snow doesn't stop for several months, it is within the ability to ensure that the three clouded leopards survive.

Zhao Yeqing thought about the impact of this polar night and extreme cold on all living things on the earth, and he could guess how high the mortality rate would be.

She wanted to make more contributions within her ability. After all, she was not without food. There were so many chickens, cattle, sheep, and pigs in the basement. Doing this was really insignificant to them at the moment.

What's more, she was holding the two eldest cubs with one hand.

When Mu Xi took the meat to the leopard, Zhao Yeqing drew a simple drawing of a wooden frame on the wall, marked the dimensions, and then just sawed the wood and nailed it to the wall.

The aroma of red beans gradually filled the room, and then she remembered the pressure cooker on the stove.

Go quickly and take down the pot.

When Mu Xi came back from feeding the leopard, he heard the sound of the gas valve of the pressure cooker deflating and the sound of chopping meat.

Zhao Yeqing chopped the thawed pork into minced meat, put it into a bowl and prepared for seasoning.

Simply add cornstarch, salt and MSG to the pork filling, and mix it with a little onion, ginger, and garlic water to remove the fishy smell and increase the moisture of the meatballs, so that they will not be dry inside after steaming.

You should have marinated the meat just now, which would save some time.

Zhao Yeqing clicked his tongue, feeling very uncomfortable that he had not planned his time perfectly.

We still have to wait for half an hour in vain, so we might as well deal with the Nuomi Ci first.

The simple way to make it is to mix the prepared glutinous rice flour, starch, sugar and oil together. You can also use vegetable oil, but you still have a lot of butter made last year at home. Using butter can increase the milky flavor.

It is best to soften the butter in advance. Zhao Yeqing put the butter in a small milk pot, raised it over the fire, and used the outer flame of the fire to dissolve the lumps of butter into liquid.

It cannot be placed directly on the stove. The stove is used to heat the floor. It has full firepower. If you put the pot on it, the oil will boil within a short time.

Oil that is too hot is not suitable for making glutinous rice cakes. It is best to mix it with other ingredients as soon as it melts.

By the time Zhao Yeqing had prepared the semi-finished glutinous rice cakes, the meat filling was almost marinated.

Mu Xi drained the water from the soaked glutinous rice and prepared a large amount of glutinous rice. The two of them planned to make rice cakes, but Zhao Yeqing temporarily changed it to pearl balls, which reduced the amount of glutinous rice needed by more than half.

But the glutinous rice has been soaked in water, and it’s too late to put it back, so I simply put it all in the pot and steam it into glutinous rice.

The steamer has three layers, with the bottom one steaming glutinous rice, the middle one steaming pearl balls, and the top one steaming glutinous rice cakes.

It takes a long time to steam the glutinous rice, so put it on first, cover it and then come back to make the balls.

The meat filling is kneaded into round meatballs with a tiger's mouth, and then rolled on the soaked glutinous rice, and the surface is covered with glutinous rice using the stickiness of the meat filling itself.

The pearl balls were placed neatly on the plate one by one, and then placed in the steamer on the middle layer. Zhao Yeqing placed the prepared glutinous rice paste on the top layer and closed the lid.

The fire at the bottom is strong, and the pearl meatballs are the fastest to come out of the pot. It only takes ten minutes to steam them over high heat.

The two of them didn't plan to cook seriously today. Since they were going to eat glutinous rice cakes, it was difficult to digest. If they cooked again, they would definitely have to eat up.

He took out the pearl meatballs from the steamer and ate them with a pair of chopsticks.

The glutinous rice on the surface of the steamed pearl meatballs becomes crystal clear. After being soaked by the oil in the meat filling inside, the surface is shiny and oily, which makes you very appetizing.

Zhao Yeqing gently blew away the hot air on the surface, then pierced the middle of the meatball with chopsticks to let the hot air inside escape before eating it in one bite.

The glutinous rice on the surface of the pearl meatballs is sizzling. After biting into it, the juice of the meatballs is squeezed out by the teeth in an instant. The meat juice is fresh and sweet mixed with the glutinous rice outside...

Absolutely.

Zhao Yeqing ate three in a row before slowing down, "It's so delicious. It would be great if there were water chestnuts. It would taste better if put in the meat filling."

Mu Xi nodded in agreement, "That's okay, you can still find wild water chestnuts."

It's hard to say how many other plants could have survived this polar night in the past. It remains to be seen how many plants can survive the current winter of minus 30 degrees Celsius.

There is hope for this water chestnut. It can bury its bulbs in the soil over the winter and wait until spring gets warmer to sprout again.

Putting some water chestnuts in the meat filling can increase the taste and add a touch of sweetness to the meat filling.

If you can find wild lotus root or wild jicama, you can also put it in the meat filling.

Zhao Yeqing was chewing the pearl balls in his mouth, and his speech was a little slurred. "Don't tell me, I haven't eaten this jicama for a long time. It would be great if I could find it."

Jicama is called cold potato in some places and sweet potato in other places. Zhao Yeqing remembers that it was often found in the mountains when he was a child. Every household in the villages down the mountain would also grow some, which can be used as both fruit and vegetables.

But that thing is very intolerant to cold, and I don’t know if I can find wild ones in the future.

The two of them didn't forget to eat while chatting. As soon as they finished talking about jicama, the plate of pearl meatballs was cleared.

It's also just time to take out the semi-finished glutinous rice cakes from the steamer.

The container was a stainless steel bowl, which was very hot to the touch. Mu Xi prevented Zhao Yeqing from getting started, took out the bowl with a cloth and placed it on the small table between the two rocking chairs.

Zhao Yeqing washed his hands and blew on the glutinous rice cakes in the bowl before trying to rub them.

The originally snow-white glutinous rice paste turns into a milky white glutinous rice dumpling after being steamed at high temperature.

Cut it into small pieces with your hands and then wrap it in soy flour.

Facts have proved that blowing on it a few times with the mouth cannot lower its temperature. Zhao Yeqing's hand was so hot that he couldn't bear it as soon as he touched it, so he quickly took it away.