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

The temperature is gradually rising and is likely to break through 0 degrees soon.

The two finally found the opportunity to go out and cut wood to repair the building.

Animals on the grass have not been hunting so frequently recently. Some time ago, herbivores came out to look for food, and carnivores came out to hunt. The animals that survived in the end should have received relatively sufficient food.

It is estimated that many herbivores have become supplies for carnivores, and those that survive are unlikely to come out again until the vegetation on the meadow grows after the snow melts.

With fewer herbivores moving around, there will be fewer carnivores.

The two of them seized the opportunity and went to the bamboo forest on the road down the mountain to cut down some trees and bamboos.

Now that the temperature is good, Xiaohong can go out. With Xiaohong pulling the cart, it is much easier for the two of them, but the pulling force is not strong enough and they have to carry it twice.

Carnivores may appear at any time now. I dare not use oxen to pull the cart. If something happens, I will run too slowly.

As an unexpected surprise, Zhao Yeqing dug up two winter bamboo shoots.

She showed the winter bamboo shoots in her hand to Mu Xi with a smile on her face, "Look at this, our first pickled fresh meal this year is ready."

When she killed a pig, she had already prepared the bacon for the pickled meat. She had been waiting for this moment to come, and she did not expect that she would have to wait for a year.

The two of them had gone down the mountain and into the village many times before, but they had never found so many animal tracks near the road going down the mountain.

This time, not only were there a lot more, but there were also many footprints that neither of them recognized. The deep and shallow footprints were particularly obvious on the snow.

Zhao Yeqing thought so. After all, it had been so long since the Earth Split, and it was normal for animals to begin to expand their territories when human activities did not involve this area.

It may also be that the two of them know too little about animals. If they see their appearance, they may be able to tell what kind of animal it is. Even if they don't know it, they can basically find it out by checking the manual they brought from Meishan, just by looking at their footprints. I really can't tell the difference.

There were hoof-shaped footprints, and there were also pads similar to those of cats or canines, and some were forked paw prints that looked like they were left by some kind of pheasant.

All in all, it is definitely a good idea to go home early and try not to encounter animals that are still alive.

After this period of predation, those carnivores that were originally skinny, hungry, and cold must have soared in combat effectiveness. If they met two people, they would definitely not be able to defeat them.

After all, the animals that are still alive today are either powerful enough, able to fight or run, or have large groups.

Although these footprints did not contain any traces of social animals or beasts, they still had to act quickly just in case. After moving all the wood back home, the two men repaired the barn before the snow melted, and repaired it quickly. Including the rack for drying things with a dustpan and the pole for drying clothes that had been destroyed in the yard before.

The tiles on the roof are not going to be laid anymore. If they fall off and break, let them go. The ones that are still intact will be picked up and placed in the corner of the courtyard wall.

Wait until the earthquake after melting snow has passed or before the high temperature comes before laying it on the roof to avoid unnecessary losses.

Every time you have to re-fire the damaged tiles, you have to go to the mountains to pick up red mud. After each piece is made, the brick kiln is fired and cooled. Not only is it laborious, but it is also very time-consuming.

After the building is repaired, the top priority is to move all the livestock back from the underground. Before moving back, the barns must be disinfected.

Although the water does not turn into ice in this season, the temperature is still often below zero. Only during the hottest time at noon can it barely reach minus one degree or zero.

When the two of them were cleaning the barn, they had to light two fires inside to quickly dry the wet floor.

After cleaning, disinfecting, drying, and spreading clean hay and straw, the livestock can be moved back.

Zhao Yeqing did not forget the fruits and vegetables that she had protected all winter.

Originally, I thought I only needed to move all these plants to the ground to prevent the basement from collapsing and being damaged.

But when it was time to move them, they discovered that they only thought about how to ensure the survival of the plants all winter, and did not have much time to pay attention to their condition.

It doesn't matter about the strawberries, the plants are growing very healthy. Something happened to the tomatoes that I thought could be kept for planting this year.

Tomatoes are not as cold-resistant as strawberries. During the coldest period, the greenhouse was provided with sufficient light, which caused the tomato plants to grow wildly and leggy in the greenhouse. It is not known whether they can still survive after topping.

But if you ignore it and let it continue to grow, such a plant will have poor flower bud differentiation in the future. Even if it blooms and bears fruit, it will easily drop flowers and fruits. The fruits will not only be susceptible to disease, but will also fall deformed.

In order to avoid future troubles, it seems that we still need to re-grow seedlings.

In addition to tomatoes, eggplants and beans also need to be re-seeded. The vines of climbing plants such as beans, luffa, cucumbers and so on are very easy to age. Even if they are not frozen to death, the plants no longer have such strong vitality. If you want to If subsequent fruits grow well, it is safer to plant seedlings again.

When the weather got cold, she thought about whether to pull out the vegetables in the basement that would need to be re-seeded in spring.

But I also thought that the planting lights have been turned on anyway, and the growing green leafy vegetables and strawberries need to be kept warm. Although the fruits on the carob and loofah vines cannot be eaten, they can still be planted or wait until they grow up to turn into loofah pulp that can wash dishes. , and the weather was cold, so I was too lazy to do it again.

Among the nightshade vegetables, the only one that can still be used is pepper.

Eggplants are even less tolerant to the cold than tomatoes and are already a little dying. Zhao Yeqing is afraid that even if the weather warms up, they will be moved to the ground. It is equally easy to get sick when the weather alternates between cold and warm.

Thinking about it carefully, there were plenty of seeds anyway, so she might as well just plant new seedlings. But at this rate, the only ones she could protect in one winter were peppers and strawberries.

Zhao Yeqing was a little frustrated. Then he thought about the original intention of building a planting basement. In addition to protecting these fruits and vegetables from surviving the winter, part of the reason was also to eat fresh vegetables in winter and to move the vegetables to the basement to continue their health when the summer is overheated. grow.

So far, except for the slightly smaller number of overwintering vegetables, all other goals have been achieved.

Thinking about it this way, Zhao Yeqing found that she was quite happy to plant seedlings again. After all, she was too idle now and wished she could find one hundred and eighty things to do for herself a day.

Now that there are fewer plants that can be moved out of the basement, the two of them have the energy to start preparing vegetable seeds for planting in spring.