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

Domestic goats are domesticated from wild goats. The reason why they were willing to cross-breed with wild goats in the first place was because the genes of wild goats are good. The hybrid goats will also be healthier, whether in terms of body size, hair, or life span. ..will have more advantages.

But Zhao Yeqing was very angry about the wild goat trying to take away the lamb.

It was agreed at the beginning that when spring comes, my ewe will have a date with you. While alleviating your needs, my ewe will also borrow genes from you. We don’t owe each other anything.

Okay, now that a few months of pregnancy have passed, the ewe is served with good food and drink at home, and after the baby is safely delivered, you come to snatch the baby away. How can there be such a good thing in the world!

Fortunately, on the first day when the wild goat was about to take action, Mu Xi happened to follow him to graze, and this stopped the wild goat's behavior.

From that day on, Zhao Yeqing left two dogs at home to look after the house. She and Mu Xi followed the two dogs to graze every day, guarding them tightly and never letting the wild goats get closer.

The small cloth bag around her waist contained a bag of stones. As soon as she saw the wild goat showing its head, she would put the stones on the slingshot and shoot them out, hitting the wild goat directly in the head.

"I'm perfect now. This slingshot skill has been perfected by the wild goats. If they dare to come out again today, they must let them know how powerful they are."

Zhao Yeqing's words, coupled with his vicious expression, seemed very convincing.

Mu Xi, who has been trained very badly now, responded on the side: "You are right, your stones are not enough, I even brought you a pack here."

The two of them sat not far away and watched the sheep grazing. Sure enough, not long after, the two wild goats appeared again on the hilltop not far away. Zhao Yeqing stood up immediately and stared at the two wild goats. Ibex.

The few lambs in the flock also noticed the appearance of the wild goats and wanted to rush to find them, but they were reluctant to let go of their mother.

After all, it is a lamb that is a hybrid of wild goats. It is born with a longing for nature. Among domestic sheep, goats are the most lively and active ones. It is not surprising that they want to find their biological father.

That is, it is only half a month old now. If this lamb was older and could let go of its mother, it would probably run up the mountain long ago.

In terms of natural selection and nature, Zhao Yeqing actually doesn't think there is anything wrong with lambs that are willing to follow wild goats, but from a biological genetic point of view, it is indeed impossible.

The genes of wild goats can optimize the genes of domestic goats, but hybrid lambs cannot return to nature because the domestic sheep genes in their bodies already carry a lot of potential that only domestic sheep have. disease.

These latent diseases may not break out in domestic sheep because they have adapted during the long-term domestication process, as if they already have antibodies.

But once such bacteria are introduced into the wild goat population, it will be fatal and may lead to the demise of the entire wild goat herd.

Therefore, this little sheep cannot leave due to emotion or reason.

The two of them had to drive away the eager wild goats on the top of the mountain and restrain the eager lambs. They were exhausted every day.

The wild goat has launched several attacks without success. From the beginning, it was afraid of the two people, and then gradually got used to it. It seemed that the two humans in front of it were just to drive it away, not really to hurt him, but became Be bolder.

Instead of rushing in, he slowly walked down the mountain pretending to be nonchalant, trying to blend in with the sheep.

Zhao Yeqing was speechless. They were so different in body shape and appearance, and the horns on their heads were ridiculously long. She was not a fool, how could she not recognize them.

After consuming a bag of stones, I successfully drove away the wild goat that came to cause trouble again today.

Mu Xi looked at the flower at his feet that had closed its petals. He looked at it again and it was already past two in the afternoon. He pointed at the flower and said, "It's almost done. Let's go back first."

This small flower is purple and small, and looks very similar to domestic wild tulips. The two of them don't know the name of this flower, but after living on the meadow for a long time, they also discovered some laws of nature.

For example, this flower opens its petals on sunny days and closes them when it is about to rain to prevent the rain from washing away the pollen on the stamens. It is better to watch it than to read the weather forecast.

Sometimes sudden rain will not affect it. Now there will be short-term sunshine rain on the meadow from time to time, which may last for a few minutes and then stop. Only if it rains a little bigger and lasts for a longer time will it close the flowers.

So now as long as the two of them see the flowers closing when they are grazing, they know it's time to go home.

Experience gradually accumulates and days pass.

Unconsciously, one year is almost gone again. The two of them will check off the perpetual calendar every day. Now there is no accurate date. If the watch fails and the date is messed up, they will not know what year it is without making some marks.

'There are no Jiazi in the mountains, and it's so cold that I don't know the year. '

This year's New Year is almost here, but the temperature remains as warm as ever.

The average daily temperature is around 30 degrees, which is really suitable for crop growth.

The progress bars on the heads of the corn and wheat planted at the back of the field are already halfway through. The wheat has begun to set ears, but the corn has already set ears. The earlier-maturing corns can already be broken into bamboo shoots.

The corn silk on the corn shoots is the most tender, and Zhao Yeqing would save these corn silk to boil water for drinking every time.

The weather is still a bit sultry now, especially when the two of them are outdoors, they have to wear sun protection clothes, not because they are afraid of getting tanned, but mainly to prevent mosquitoes.

After the boiled corn silk water has cooled down, add some sugar, then refrigerate it, and have a cup when you are thirsty.

The cold corn silk water has a hint of sweetness and a faint fragrance of corn, and you will feel instantly refreshed after drinking a glass of it in one go.

There is no more work to do today. The notebook records the date when the good cow will stop milking. After working hard for more than half a year, it is time to let it rest.

The ewe at home has just given birth and is producing goat milk, but the yield is not as much as milk, and the taste is also a bit worse.

The peak lactation of sheep is more than a month after giving birth. At that time, the lamb is almost ready to be weaned, and the goat milk at home is endless.

"There are already several jars of butter and a lot of dairy products. Let's not make goat milk products this year, right?"

Mu Xi also had the same idea. If he had time to do this, he might as well do something else.

It's okay to save a little goat's milk to drink every day, or make goat's milk jelly as a summer dessert.

Zhao Yeqing took stock of his family's inventory and found that among the crops grown last year, soybeans were the least consumed.

Last winter was too cold, so she couldn't grind beans. She didn't like boiled soybeans very much, so they kept them in the warehouse. This year, she grinded tofu several times, but she only needed a little soybean each time, so there was so much left. , it will easily get damp and spoil if not eaten.

What should I do?