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

There will be a buzzing sound before the intercom rings. After about a second of buzzing sound, Zhao Yeqing's voice comes:

"Mu Xi, hurry up and get ready. The cow is about to give birth."

Mu Xi held the intercom and replied: "Come right now, prepare something first."

The two have already experienced livestock production several times, and are very familiar with the process, so the operation is orderly and orderly.

I had made preparations earlier and knew that the cow was about to give birth. I put medicinal materials in the house in advance. After boiling them into water and feeding them to the cow, they could increase their physical strength and reduce inflammation after giving birth.

By the time Mu Xi took the potion and went down to the breeding basement, the cows about to give birth had been isolated in the pen.

There are also some removable fences in the basement so that when cattle and sheep are giving birth, newborn animals and newly-born animals can be managed separately from other animals.

Zhao Yeqing has re-paved the separated area with soft and clean straw.

The calf was about to come out from underneath the cow, and Zhao Yeqing had already lit the warm carbon basin: "This time it's not a big problem, and the fetal position looks correct."

The two had touched their bellies before and were relieved after confirming that the cow was only pregnant with one child this time.

Mu Xi handed the warm potion to the cow's mouth, watched it drink it, and fed it the prepared refined grains.

As before, it is best not to eat acidic silage for cows that have just given birth. This year, the conditions at home have improved, and the two have prepared a lot of grain feed, so that most of the cows that have given birth will not eat hay like before. .

Half an hour later, the calf fell to the ground. The family had a lot of bath towels brought back from B&B hotels in tourist areas. Mu Xi took one and put it on the newborn calf to wipe off the amniotic fluid.

There was a charcoal pot burning nearby, as well as warm straw and bath towels, so the newborn calf would not feel cold.

Mu Xi took a look and saw that it was a calf. It was similar in size to the calf he gave birth to last time and looked quite healthy.

Zhao Yeqing was wiping the cow's vagina and making sure the milk had passed before letting the calf start drinking milk.

Seeing that the cow was eating refined grains and the calf was drinking milk under her, they felt relieved that both of them were in good condition.

Keeping the calf warm is the most important thing when it is just born. Now the temperature in the breeding basement is below minus ten degrees. If the calf is not lit on fire, the calf will definitely get sick.

It's not enough to be warm now. You can't get cold for at least a month, which means that the charcoal pot in the basement will be longer for at least a month.

Mu Xi walked out of the basement and took a look at the power reserve of the generator. He saw that there was less than one kilowatt hour left, so he took the generator outside and filled it with gasoline before turning it on.

The most electricity-consuming part of the house is the planting basement, where iodine tungsten lamps are turned on every day to generate heat. As the temperature continues to drop, Zhao Yeqing also set up a greenhouse in the planting basement.

Turning on the iodine tungsten lamp for heating in the greenhouse will ensure that the heat will continue to dissipate. In addition, most of the vegetables grown are cold-resistant. As for tomatoes, just ensure that the plants do not die. In this weather, we do not expect them to bear fruit.

So turning it on for a while a day is enough to keep you warm.

Taking into account the exhaust fan and lighting, the home consumes about five kilowatt hours of electricity every day. This consumption has exceeded the two's expectations. Now the second exhaust fan in the breeding basement has to be turned on, and the power consumption has to increase.

Originally, only one exhaust fan was turned on, and the ventilation ducts were enough to discharge the carbon monoxide released from the charcoal basin placed next to the chicken house.

Now I have to burn the second charcoal basin all the time. I am afraid that the animals will be poisoned, so I cannot save electricity.

The two of them also made a mistake. They didn't bring back some more quilts from the hotel and B&B, otherwise they would still be able to cover the calf with a quilt now.

This cow had already given birth twice, and Zhao Yeqing felt a little sorry for it. He went to the cellar, brought out two cabbages, broke off the leaves one by one and fed them to her.

The cows obviously prefer eating these fresh vegetables to concentrated feed. They have been eating hay feed for more than two months, and their eyes are shining when they see the green leaves.

The other two cows that were isolated next to them saw vegetables and almost jumped over the fence to grab the food, but Zhao Yeqing knocked them on the forehead with firewood and drove them back.

"Don't eat another meal if you grab it!"

The cow has given birth, which means that the family has endless milk again.

In the first few days after giving birth, Zhao Yeqing felt that the milk was not too engorged, so he did not milk it. After letting the cow recover for a week, he took the aluminum bucket to the basement for milking.

Mu Xi's wound was not completely healed yet, so Zhao Yeqing didn't let him go. The wound was on his arm, and the milking movement required two hands to facilitate the milking operation, for fear that he would open the wound that had finally healed.

When he heard the door to the room open, Mu Xi stood up from the rocking chair, walked over and took the milk bucket from Zhao Yeqing's hand with one hand, which contained more than half of the bucket of milk.

Zhao Yeqing breathed heavily and shivered the moment he entered the house. He quickly closed the door and said, "It's so cold. In this weather, the few steps from the basement to the house gave me numbness from the cold."

After Mu Xi put down the milk bucket, he saw Zhao Yeqing squatting by the fire to warm his hands. He poured a cup of ginger tea and handed it to her, "The temperature has been cooling down in the past few days. When I went to the toilet last night, the temperature had dropped to more than 40 below zero." Saved."

The temperature is dropping, but the snowfall continues to decrease, and it looks like it will almost stop today.

Zhao Yeqing warmed his hands and moved his fingers. Finally, they were no longer stiff and sighed:

"No, now there is no distinction between day and night, and there is no saying that the temperature is higher during the day and lower at night. The low temperature continues for 24 hours a day. I remember that the coldest time in the last winter was minus 50 degrees, right? I guess this year That’s not all.”

During the chat, Mu Xi had already put the small milk pot on the stand. The newly squeezed milk was poured into the pot and it was almost boiling. He was busy with his hands and did not forget to talk about it.

"I don't know how long it will be cold this year."

Zhao Yeqing didn't say anything. Now the weather is either cold or hot. Last time it was minus fifty degrees and then suddenly warmed up.

But it’s not even bright this year. Without the sun, what can we do to keep warm?

It's probably still cold.

The milk in Mu Xi's pot has been boiling, and each of them has a cup. They sit in the rocking chair holding the cup to warm their hands.

Last year I ate too much milk, milk, tofu, and chewy milk, but this year I wasn't so greedy for that one mouthful. Anyway, there was so much milk that I couldn't squeeze it out for several months, and Zhao Yeqing didn't want to rush it now.

If you can't finish the daily milk, you will pour it out.

It would have been a pity before, but now the whole family drinks it together, and the dog and leopard also drink a small amount. Everyone's stomach is good, and the two of them haven't seen them have diarrhea anyway.

You can't even drink it if you open your mouth. If you keep it, you're causing trouble for yourself. You might as well throw it away.

A month later, the original plan was to remove the calf's charcoal pot and turn off an exhaust fan to save electricity, but the plan could not keep up with the change.

Now not only does the calf need a 24-hour charcoal basin, but the entire basement may also need a 24-hour charcoal basin.