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

She just glanced and seemed to see something dark.

Zhao Yeqing had just recovered from the frightened jump, and he thought he had accidentally released the fry in the fish pond when he released the water.

But then I thought about it, and it seemed that the fish they raised were not that dark.

Could it be a loach?

There were so many snails, so it was not surprising that there were loaches. Zhao Yeqing stood on the edge of the field and bent down in a circle, but couldn't find it. He took off his shoes and socks on the spot and went to the field barefoot.

The fields were filled with stream water, which was cold. However, it had warmed up a bit when we entered the paddy fields after passing through the long water channel, and there was only a slight chill when our feet stepped on it.

The soft mud passed between the toes, sticky, and there was a squeaking sound with every step.

Zhao Yeqing had just taken a few steps when he felt he stepped on something slippery. Instantly, goosebumps spread all over his body. However, his hand movements were very smart, and he directly reached out and dug into the mud.

Caught!

The thing was flexible and had smooth skin, and it almost slipped from her palm. Zhao Yeqing quickly grabbed the thing in his hand and threw it directly outside the field.

Looking at the body swimming on the ground, it turned out to be a loach.

It's almost ten centimeters long and about the thickness of a thumb. It's a good thing, whether it's fried, boiled, stir-fried or used to make porridge.

Since there must be more than one of them, and this one is quite large, it must have been living in this field for a while.

"Mu Xi! Bring out a small bucket!"

After searching half of the field, she caught four or five loaches. When Mu Xi came out, he saw a few black-backed and yellow-bellied loaches swimming on the ground. He hurried over with a bucket and scooped them up in the fish pond. With a little water, I picked up the loaches on the ground and put them into the bucket.

"You come out and rest for a while, I'll catch you."

Mu Xi took over the other half of the field and ended up with 10 loaches. This was not all. Some ran away and the two of them were too lazy to look for them again. These were enough for a meal.

Dissecting loaches is not troublesome. Just put them in the bucket and leave them alone. After letting them sit for a while, they will stop scurrying around inside.

Wait until it calms down, then take a pair of scissors and quickly and accurately cut off the loach's neck, directly cutting off the head.

The body of the loach that has just been cut off can still move, just like the snake before. The nerves in the body are not dead yet, so it has to wait a little longer.

Wait until it calms down, then hold the loach's neck and use scissors to cut the body vertically from the wound, take out the internal organs and clean them.

The loach soup and porridge are particularly fresh and sweet. Compared with the previous stone snails, this sweetness is fresher and more refreshing, not so fragrant and overpowering.

There are ten loaches in total, and Zhao Yeqing will definitely not use them to make just one dish. Two are used to make soup, two are reserved for making porridge tomorrow morning, and the remaining six are chopped into pieces to make dry-fried loaches tonight.

Zhao Yeqing couldn't help but lament whether the environment this year was a little too good, "The weather is really comfortable. In addition to the fact that the temperature still rises relatively quickly, it's not like there is no wind like in previous years. Now occasionally It’s windy and rainy, so I don’t feel uncomfortable.”

This feeling is like a boss who used to be erratic and bad-tempered, but suddenly one day he becomes enthusiastic and warm to you for no reason, and even gives you a salary increase.

It's pleasing but also reveals something wrong.

The highest temperature in the past two days has been 26 or 7 degrees. It has just entered May, and the average temperature has increased by nearly ten degrees in just ten days.

It's not surprising that temperatures over 20 degrees in May are not normal, but this rate of warming is certainly abnormal, and we don't know when it will get hotter this year.

Zhao Yeqing estimated the current temperature rise rate and calculated whether the vegetables and grains in the fields could be harvested in time.

She had tried her best to advance the planting time before, but after all, the plan could not keep up with changes. If the temperature suddenly rose rapidly, it would be useless no matter how much she advanced.

However, based on the current temperature, she will not lose her harvest within two months as long as the temperature does not exceed 40 degrees.

The wheat will be harvested in another month and a half. Now the wheat fields are all green. When a gust of wind blows, you can hear the pleasant swishing sound of the wheat seedlings colliding with each other.

This year, sitting under the small pavilion on the edge of the field, enjoying the cool air and drinking a drink is much more comfortable than the year before last. She likes to sit here now when she has nothing to do, so she has to cherish it. The rare weather of more than 20 degrees is neither cold nor hot.

With nothing to do, Mu Xi made dinner early, and by the time the dogs brought the cattle and sheep back, the loach soup had already been cooked.

He took a bowl to the small pavilion and gave it to Zhao Yeqing who was sitting there watching a movie.

The milky-white loach soup is topped with soft tofu that was just made a while ago, with a handful of green onions and a little white pepper noodles sprinkled on top.

Zhao Yeqing drank this small bowl of loach soup and had no intention of watching the movie anymore. "Are the dishes ready? I'll help even if they're not ready. Let's take a walk. I'm hungry."

Sometimes eating is like this. If you don't eat at all, you can stop eating. But if you start eating a little bit, you can't control your appetite.

Zhao Yeqing was confused by the smell of the loach. After eating, he touched his belly and sighed, "The rice fields will be drained after a while. After the water is drained, the snails and loaches should be gone, right?"

Mu Xi had never farmed before, and he didn't know the specifics. None of the fields they farmed before had these things.

Mu Xi: "Go to the fields and fish it out before the water is released to see if you can catch a little more. Then fry it dry and put it in the freezer. You can take it out when you want to eat it."

Zhao Yeqing nodded, feeling deeply that the two of them didn't know whether to say they were happy or boring in their current life. What they were thinking about every day was whether to eat or not.

You can eat it if you grow vegetable fields and grain fields, you can eat loaches and snails if you catch them, and you can eat if you raise chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, and fish.

We have to survive without entertainment activities. Our body and mind lack nutrients and dopamine, so we rely on this delicious food every day to stimulate us.

It would be nice to have some entertainment.

I'm a little tired of riding horses and hunting. It's not impossible to go to the woods, but I have to bear the risks. Zhao Yeqing thought for a while and recalled what he would do for fun in the past.

Go online, make delicious food, plant some flowers, and go shopping.

I don’t have access to the Internet, but I already eat delicious food every day. I have planted several acres of vegetables and grains, and the flowers are okay. The rhododendron that was moved to the basement has been moved back to the ground. Last year, I said I would get some climbing plants. Planted next to the courtyard wall, it can be implemented now.

"I remember that there were wild wisterias in the mountains. I don't know if there is still winter or if they have been frozen to death. They are quite tolerant of cold and heat, and they bloom beautifully."