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

Every time they fish, it has become a tacit competition between the two of them to see who catches the most or who catches the bigger fish.

This year, neither of them made a nest when fishing. They just threw the pole into the water and slowly waited for the fish to bite the hook.

If spring had started before, Zhao Yeqing would definitely not be as leisurely as she is now. She is still quite impatient when it comes to work. After the heavy snow the year before last, the weather had warmed up. She wanted to quickly clean up the snow in the yard and spread salt on the snow to speed up the process. The speed of snow melting.

Although she didn't do it later, after the snow melted, she couldn't wait to seize the time to work, and arranged her time to be compact and full.

Somehow, it stands to reason that after experiencing a long arctic night and extreme cold this year, she should be more nervous about the food reserves at home, just like the year before, or even more so than the year before, wishing that one minute could be broken into two minutes.

But facing such a long period of darkness and cold, and seeing the brightness, tranquility, warmth and beauty now, she seemed to feel that everything was not so important.

Make plans in advance to plant food in the ground and collect it on time. On the premise of ensuring that your food rations are sufficient, you don’t seem to need so many other things. Like the year before last, you wanted to grow more fruits and plant some cotton this year. I don’t want to plant any more.

Unless the temperature in summer is not so high, you can still consider it.

The fishing competition ended in a tie between the two, with Mu Xi's fish frequently taking the bait, while Zhao Yeqing lamented that it took him a long time to finally catch one, but he didn't expect that this fish weighed six or seven kilograms.

It would definitely not be possible to catch this fish by just relying on the previous fishing hooks made from small items such as sewing needles and paper clips. Thanks to Mu Xi’s smelting of the molten iron when making the iron cylinder interface for floor heating, there was still a surplus, so he made it A few thicker fishhooks were added.

"This fish is so big, you can eat two fish, half boiled fish and half pickled fish?"

After Mu Xi finished speaking, he observed Zhao Yeqing's expression and found that her eyes lit up after hearing this, so he knew that he had guessed correctly.

"Okay, okay, you can put more chili."

Back home, Mu Xi poured what he caught into the fish pond that was already filled with water. Before returning home, the two of them had already sorted out the fish and threw all the unwanted fish back into the lake, leaving only a few. naked carp and a few grass carp.

As expected, I didn't catch a single bass, so I had to wait until the weather got warmer to go to the lake and try again to see if I could catch anything.

One winter passed, when the two of them were frying the base of the soup pot, they almost used up the shrimps caught in the autumn in order to increase the freshness. Before the two went fishing this time, Mu Xi deliberately put the shrimp cages in the lake, preparing to go there again next time. receive.

During dinner, two large pots of fish are placed on the table. Whether it is pickled fish or boiled fish, a spoonful of hot oil of the soul must be poured on it at the end.

Add chili, Sichuan peppercorns, minced garlic, chopped green onion, and coriander to the cooked pickled fish and boiled fish. The last spoonful of hot oil is poured sizzlingly on top, and white smoke suddenly rises after a burst of sound. , the aroma is instantly stimulated and fills the entire kitchen.

Zhao Yeqing couldn't wait for a long time. This mouthful of tender fish meat could cure her tense mood throughout the winter.

The spicy, sour and spicy food went very well with the meal, and Zhao Yeqing unsurprisingly stuffed himself again.

As long as the lake water thaws, there will no longer be a shortage of fish and shrimps at home.

Zhao Yeqing thought that if there were no cattle or sheep at home, or even a single livestock, they would be able to live their entire lives just relying on the fish and shrimps in that lake.

Zhao Yeqing, who had not eaten fish once for a whole winter and a year, had to eat fish for three days before giving up.

Originally, I wanted to continue eating on the fourth day. I was planning to go to the lake to collect the cage and catch two big fish when I saw Rhubarb running straight home with the dog and the sheep.

This caused Zhao Yeqing and Mu Xi, who were about to go out, to panic. They quickly guessed what animal was chasing the sheep. Mu Xi wanted to turn around and go into the house to get a gun.

But when the sheep ran some distance toward home, the two of them saw two other sheep behind the sheep in the distance.

The reason why we say they are the other two is mainly because their body shapes are so different.

The two sheep were two times taller than the sheep raised at home. Their horns were very thick and their wool was very long. At first glance, they were not raised at home.

The two of them were confused, where did the wild sheep come from?

After the two wild sheep saw Zhao Yeqing and Mu Xi from a distance, they stayed where they were and did not dare to move.

Seeing the sheep gradually running towards the two of them, the two sheep reluctantly turned around and walked away.

Mu Xi opened the door to the yard and let the sheep in. They were driven back shortly after going out today. They must have not eaten enough outside and needed to be fed some feed.

After Mu Xi opened the sheepfold and settled the sheep, he saw that Zhao Yeqing had come in with the mixed feed.

"Those two wild sheep are not what I thought..."

Zhao Yeqing poured the feed into the sheep's trough and said.

Mu Xi knew what she was thinking, because he thought the same, and then nodded: "Probably so."

Now that spring is getting warmer, it is the mating season for animals. The two wild sheep probably saw the ewe among the sheep and rushed down to choose a mate.

In fact, this is not impossible, as long as it chooses a goat instead of a sheep, Zhao Yeqing is very happy to see this situation.

The productivity of sheep-goat hybrids is extremely low and can cause damage to the ewes' bodies, but goats and ibexes don't have this problem.

Wild, undomesticated goats have good physiques and strong genes. Goats born from wild goats and domestic goats will have stronger physiques than those born from domestic goats.

Can improve the genes of domestic goats.

The day after they discovered the wild goat, the two went out with the dogs and sheep to graze with the dogs.

The wild goats did not appear again for several days. Zhao Yeqing thought they ran away because they saw humans around and did not dare to come back.

He and Mu Xi followed from a distance, hiding behind the hill next to where the sheep were grazing, lying on the grass and chatting.

Zhao Yeqing casually pulled a small flower from the grass nearby and held the petals in his hand, "It will come today, it won't come today, it will come today, it won't come today..."

The meadow is not all green grass. If you look closely, there are some small flowers of various colors growing in the middle.

The grass on the meadow was still thin and soft, and it didn't hurt to lie on it. Mu Xi took off his thin coat and rolled it into a cylindrical shape for Zhao Yeqing to use as a pillow.

Watching her counting the petals, one after another, every time she counted the petals, she would say that this one was not correct and continue talking with another flower.

Mu Xi smiled and said, "You are behind the scenes."

Zhao Yeqing shook his head, completely disapproving of his statement, "What you said is wrong. My sincerity leads to spiritual success."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sheep behind the hill became restless.