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

The rabbits that came back from hunting naturally became dog food for the dogs. In the first two days, I felt good eating some rabbit meat, but after eating a few more meals, I felt tired of it, so I simply fed it all to the dogs.

The drying racks in the yard were all filled with rabbit skins of various colors. When Zhao Yeqing came home and looked at the neatly hung rabbit skins, he praised Mu Xi without hesitation: "Okay, now, this skinning skill is getting better and better." alright."

The rabbit fur is intact, and the tanned fur is very soft. It seems that I can make a lot of new scarves and gloves in the winter.

Mu Xi led Xiaohong into the hospital behind him and said with a smile: "Thanks to you bringing back so many rabbits from hunting, I have been able to practice my skills. But if you continue to practice like this, I'm afraid the first one who won't be able to stand it is Xiaohong." ”

Zhao Yeqing looked back at Xiaohong. Xiaohong had recently become visibly leaner. The previous winter when she first entered the basement and couldn't eat, she was really skinny. Later she got used to it. I ate so much that I gained a lot of weight.

After running for a short period of time, Xiaohong's body lines were very beautiful, and she finally looked a bit like when she was just picked up.

"Then I won't go out these days. I'll transplant the vegetable seedlings at home first, just to give them a few days of rest."

The greenhouse in the courtyard has been tidied up by Mu Xi. After the rice seedlings were removed, the entire land was re-applied with base fertilizer and awaited planting.

The current average temperature is around 12 degrees Celsius, so fruit and vegetable seedlings can grow normally without lighting. Lighting may cause the seedlings to grow too short after they have just grown.

But Zhao Yeqing also wanted to raise the temperature in the greenhouse to prevent the seedlings from getting sick at this time.

The two spent a whole day planting tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, loofahs, cucumbers, beans, and other commonly eaten fruits and vegetables. As usual, they planted garlic, perilla and other herbs around them to help drive away the fungus. insect.

If there are still some areas left, sprinkle some leafy vegetable seeds evenly.

In this weather, we open the sheds during the day to let them receive natural sunlight, and cover them with plastic to keep them warm at night.

Not wanting to illuminate the lamp for fear of growing too much, Zhao Yeqing chose the method of placing carbon blocks in the greenhouse.

The carbon basin was lit in the greenhouse. The continuous burning of the carbon basin would release a large amount of carbon monoxide. Zhao Yeqing burned the charcoal until it turned red, and then placed them piece by piece throughout the greenhouse, waiting for the charcoal to extinguish.

It does not need to burn continuously, it only needs to gradually extinguish after burning for a short period of time. Before extinguishing, it will release all its heat, thereby heating up the greenhouse.

There was nothing wrong with this method except that it was a waste of charcoal. He couldn't bear to part with it in the winter, but now that spring was coming, the remaining charcoal was no longer needed and could be used here.

Mu Xi checked the firewood savings at home. "There are no wild animals nearby now. We have almost explored the meadow recently. I plan to go to the forest to cut some firewood and come back."

Neither of them had checked the areas near the pine forest and the birch forest. In the past, there were sometimes a little more on the pine forest side. Near the birch forest, there were no animals for a long time due to a previous landslide.

"I'll go with you. Which forest do you want to go to?"

The pine forest is a little further away and the birch forest is closer.

"Let's go to the birch forest."

In the past, the method they used was to cut down the trees and let them dry on the spot. When they were dry, they chopped them into small firewood and took them home for use.

The advantage of doing this is that it doesn't take much effort. Just chop down a few more trees, let them fall to the ground, wait for a long time to dry, and then chop them into small firewood and take them back.

The disadvantage is that it is very time-consuming. The time it takes for trees to dry ranges from half a year to a year. That is to say, the time is shortened a lot because the sun is too hot in summer.

But now there is a shortage of firewood at home, so we can only cut down the trees and split them into firewood, then take them back and dry them by the fire.

If you want to chop fresh trees into firewood, you have to use more force to chop the firewood, which makes your hands tired, but there is no other way now.

It's not impossible to pick up dry branches. Now that the floor heating in the house has been turned off, I close the ash cover and start burning the fireplace again.

For example, you can burn it when you want. It doesn't need to keep burning like floor heating to maintain heat.

But it is difficult to use small branches as firewood for the fireplace, as they are too easy to burn.

After the two arrived at the birch forest, the first thing they did was to check the situation inside the forest to see if there were any traces of animal activity nearby. After all, the movement of cutting down trees was quite loud. If something happened to them, something would happen if they were not prepared. .

Maybe it's because the closer you get to the birch forest, the cooler it becomes and some of the sunlight is blocked. The grass here doesn't grow as lushly as on the grass.

The birch tree still straightened its thick and straight white trunk, and new leaves gradually began to appear on the bare crown above. There were also some bushes growing at the junction of the forest and the meadow.

These bushes grow leaves much faster than the birch trees next to them. The upper part of the bushes is dead, and only the lower part near the roots is still alive, with dense green leaves sprouting out.

Zhao Yeqing conveniently cut off the dry branches and leaves on the upper half of it to get more sunlight for it.

The trees above are still working hard to grow leaves, and there is less sunlight being blocked. Patches of sunlight are spreading from the branches into the forest, and the vines and grass buds on the ground... all kinds of plants are trying their best to move upward, pushing away the cover. The dead branches and leaves on my head are trying to compete for this hard-won warmth.

Zhao Yeqing looked around to see if there were any trees that had been broken by the heavy snow, so that he wouldn't have to worry about cutting them down.

"come and see."

Mu Xi's voice interrupted her movement and called her over.

Zhao Yeqing knew that he had discovered something. After walking over, he followed Mu Xi's eyes and saw a large black thing.

It was the chaga she had forgotten before!

The last time it was less than the size of a fist, but this big piece is obviously as big as two open palms!

She quickly raised her eyes and looked at the tree up and down, "This doesn't seem to be the same tree as last time, right?"

"No, it was the one next to me last time. This one should have grown this winter."

This chaga tree was obviously mature and exuded a light woody fragrance. Zhao Yeqing did not wait any longer this time. He directly pinched the chaga tree and slowly cut it off along the bottom with a knife.

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Such a big flower can last a long time if you take it back and make tea.

The chaga is still well preserved, and there are no signs of being chewed on the leaves of the nearby low shrubs. It seems that no animals have set foot in this forest.

Zhao Yeqing confirmed that it was safe and obtained Chaga mushrooms. When she was cutting down trees in Muxi, she happily searched for edible game around her.

Lost and found always makes people feel good.