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

The bracket of the runner has been installed, and the bracket of the pulley block has also been installed. The two of them carried a large frame to the cliff.

The weight of the shelf is not light. I haven't been to this forest for just over half a month, and the weeds have grown a lot. It took a long time just to walk there. It was almost noon when I reached the edge of the cliff. .

The roar of the electric drill suddenly sounded in the peaceful mountain forest where only insects and birds chirped. It startled a group of birds and flew away, leaving the branches swaying in place and leaving leaves falling all over the ground.

After tightening the expansion screws on the bracket, push it hard to make sure it is firmly in place.

The pulley bracket is in the front, and the runner bracket is in the back. The part of the pulley bracket that is nailed to the pulley stretches out from the cliff wall and faces the bottom of the cliff.

Mu Xi had already put on his abseil gear again, and he reached the bottom of the cliff in just a few minutes. He also carried a pulley and a large oil can on his back.

The two originally thought of using rock climbing ropes to make the ropes for the lifting device, but they thought that these things could not be regenerated and the friction back and forth would definitely cause losses, so they finally chose hand-rolled hemp ropes.

The hemp rope made by the two of them is of excellent quality. It is not troublesome to lift something weighing dozens of kilograms. What's more, it can be added with weight-saving pulleys. In terms of wear resistance, it may be better than the rock climbing rope.

It took two full days just to twist this hemp rope. The height of the cliff is more than 50 meters. The rope had to go around the pulley block from top to bottom and back again. The two people twisted the rope into more than twice the length. The specifics are I don’t know how to measure it, but it’s just right when it hangs down to the bottom of the cliff.

Mu Xi went to the oil tanker, recalled the last operation, successfully opened the oil dispenser, filled the 50L oil can in his hand, closed the operating box again, took out the car key and returned to the cliff.

After connecting the movable pulley to the handle of the oil can, Mu Xi took out the walkie-talkie: "I'm ready."

Zhao Yeqing couldn't wait any longer. He turned his wrist, grabbed the armrest of the wheel and started shaking it.

With the help of the pulley, the weight has been reduced a lot, and the gasoline weighing several ten kilograms still feels a little light when shaken.

But after all, it is a hemp rope rubbed by hand. There will be some uneven spots in the middle of the rope, but it will not affect the use of the device after applying a little force.

In less than ten minutes, a barrel of gasoline was hoisted up. Zhao Yeqing stuck the rope on the preset bayonet. After walking to the edge of the cliff and taking off the oil can, he took a long breath and took out the walkie-talkie with a smile. :

"It went very well and I can come back."

Mu Xi came back much faster this time than last time. He traveled lightly and returned to the cliff in a short time.

Now both of them felt relieved. It seemed that the gasoline reserves at home would no longer be short. It should last a lifetime if they were used freely.

Before returning home, I took out the canvas I had prepared and covered it with it. This was a part cut from the top of the large sail. It was used to protect the grapes from rain and sun. It was later recycled and never used again. Now I just put these two pieces together. Cover the shelf.

It rains a lot in the mountains, which can prevent the rainwater from soaking and rotting the shelf ropes. Covering it with canvas is also heavier than plastic sheeting and will not be blown away.

On the way home, Zhao Yeqing felt that every strand of his hair was filled with joy. He finished humming the ditty and started humming again.

The good mood infected Mu Xi next to him, and he didn't realize that the corners of his mouth were raised.

When walking to the swamp, Zhao Yeqing walked to the wild lotus, took a branch and hooked the fully mature lotus pod over, picked it off and put it in his pocket.

"After we plant a few pieces of land, we will expand the snail pond and plant this lotus in it."

Now is the season for planting lotus, and the temperature and climate are also suitable.

She originally thought about planting it in a fish pond, but then she remembered that she had seen a video of carp jumping up to eat lotus flowers, and she was afraid that all the lotus flowers would be eaten by the fish before she even saw them.

Let’s plant it in the snail pond.

Snails also eat lotus flowers, but there are no snails in the snail pond now. There were too many snails in the second half of last year. The two took out a big bag, cleaned it, picked out the snail meat, and put it in the refrigerator to freeze.

I cooked some more snail soup base and froze it in the refrigerator. After taking out all the remaining snails and smashing them, I called the duck bathing next to me and ate them after a few times.

Lotus seeds need to be processed before planting. The upper part of the fully mature lotus seeds should be ground off to allow the tender shoots inside to grow better. Then they should be soaked in water and transplanted after the tender shoots grow out.

During this period, crops will be planted in several plots of land.

The two wanted to wait until the land was a little dry before planting. There had been too much rain recently, and when they stepped on the mud in the ground, a puddle of water seeped out.

If you plant the seeds in this state, you are afraid that they will be soaked before they can grow.

They could only wait a while, and the two planned to expand the snail pond into a lotus pond first.

The original snail pond was only about two square meters and was still very shallow. Now if you want to plant lotus, you need to expand it to at least ten square meters.

For digging a pond, the humidity of the soil now is quite suitable. As soon as the shovel is dug, the soft soil will be lifted up. It is easier to shovel, but the weight of the soil mixed with water is slightly heavier.

Lotus roots will grow in the lotus pond later, and the depth cannot be too shallow. It took two people to dig a pond for a day.

The water cannot be stored yet. It must be planted after the lotus seeds sprout.

I wanted to wait until the land was dried before sowing, but I didn't expect that I had to wait for a week before the sun came out.

Zhao Yeqing breathed a long sigh of relief: "I was shocked. I thought the climate of the rain forest was going to change again."

As if to make up for the vacancy during this period, the sun never came out after it came out. It not only raised the average temperature by five degrees, but also evaporated 60 to 70% of the water vapor in the soil.

The humidity in the air suddenly increased. At this time, a southerly wind blew on the meadow. The most difficult period of the year appeared again.

The evaporated water vapor, coupled with the humidity from the south wind blowing back from the south, and the high humidity in the air gave Zhao Yeqing that suffocating feeling again, as if he was breathing in the water vapor spurting from a boiling kettle.

The only good news is that the fields are almost ready for planting.

After the two spread manure on the ground, they took out the seeder they made last year, adjusted the size of the corresponding seed particles, and sown the beans with the longest maturity period first.

The maturity time of corn is similar to theirs, but this year the two are only planning to harvest the green corn stalks for silage. The corn that originally matured in nearly four months can be harvested in just over two months.

The manure that had been accumulated for more than half a year was almost used up at once, and the rest was not fermented.

Now that the demand is high, it seems that the manure fermentation equipment has to be upgraded.