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

The steps for raising rice seedlings are cumbersome. After manual threshing, several processes are required.

The first step is to dry the seeds. Fortunately, the weather has been sunny recently. The rice seeds need to be dried in the sun for two days.

Solar energy enables rice seeds to absorb more oxygen, awakens the seeds to germinate more easily, and eliminates germs on the surface of the seeds.

Afraid that the chickens would eat the rice seeds without paying attention, Zhao Yeqing put the rice seeds in a dustpan and placed them on the second floor terrace to dry, turning them over from time to time to ensure that the rice seeds could dry evenly.

During the two days of drying, the two of them also reclaimed the cornfield.

Corn likes fertilizer, and the weather has been very hot recently. The homemade organic fertilizer in her previous compost bucket has been completely decomposed, and it can be sprinkled on the ground as base fertilizer before corn is sown.

Corn needs to be soaked in warm water before sowing. Zhao Yeqing soaked the corn seeds in water for two days. The seeds were saturated with water, and a small bud emerged from each seed.

The cornfield was divided into ridges and ridges, and Mu Xi dug small holes in them, five or six centimeters deep, every thirty centimeters.

Zhao Yeqing put corn seeds into these small pits, and Mu Xi followed behind to bury the soil.

The corn is sown and the rice seeds are dried.

I saw my grandma planting a few corns behind the house before. Zhao Yeqing had no idea about rice cultivation and could only rely on Mu Xi.

Their family's fields had been cultivated by others before, not the Mu family's. When he was in junior high school, Mu Xi helped his family plant seedlings and cut rice.

Like most seeds before sowing, rice seeds also need to be soaked in water, except that other seeds are raised in water. After the rice seeds are soaked in water, they need to be fished out before the seedlings can continue.

Mu Xi added hot water to the cold water in the basin and kept testing the temperature with his hands. He said that the temperature was around 30 to 35 degrees, which was most suitable for the rice seeds to absorb water.

After the water temperature is suitable, put the rice seeds in. It will take one to two days to soak in the water. During this period, you have to turn and change the water from time to time.

Seeing her confusion, Mu Xi explained, "It is best to keep the rice seeds soaked in water at a temperature of 30 degrees. If you don't turn the water and change the water, it will easily produce alcohol without oxygen, and the rice seeds will not germinate."

I don't know how serious it is.

The anaerobic respiration of seeds produces alcohol, which really touches on her blind spot of knowledge. She has never heard of paying attention to this in vegetable seed seedling cultivation.

There was basically nothing to do before the rice was sown. Zhao Yeqing and Mu Xi discussed whether to re-enclose the wall.

"The weather is changeable now. After surrounding the removed wall, it is best to protect the shed in advance." Mu Xi raised his eyes and looked at the radio.

Zhao Yeqing also agreed. There was a notice on the radio this morning, which was an official red warning for high temperatures.

That means it’s confirmed that the temperature in the city is now at least 40 degrees Celsius.

Now that we have decided to re-enclose the fence and build protection for the greenhouse, we might as well enclose the two newly reclaimed fields together.

This will require cutting down some more trees.

Mu Xi was responsible for cutting down the tree, and Zhao Yeqing was responsible for sawing off the excess branches.

In order to reduce the amount of wood used, Mu Xi proposed to peel off the bark of chopped trees to build protection for the greenhouse.

The bark is relatively light and waterproof enough. It can be peeled off when not in use and will not affect the light. The shelf under the bark is stronger and there will be no problem with bearing the load.

Zhao Yeqing thought this idea was perfect. When sawing the branches, he was careful not to damage the bark of the trunk.

The freshly cut tree is still very moist and the bark is tightly attached to it. To peel it off, you need to cut a line with a knife and then tap it little by little with a chisel and hammer.

When Mu Xi cut down the trees he needed, Zhao Yeqing had already peeled off the first piece of bark. The tree with the bark peeled off was then given to Mu Xi to cut into wooden boards.

The amount of the wall project was not large, it was just the wooden planks needed for two newly reclaimed lands, and it was completed in a day's work.

To protect the greenhouse, you need to build a frame first. Find the main frame of the wooden frame with suitable length and thickness from the sawn branches of the fir tree. Insert thick enough wooden sticks at the four corners of each piece of land to serve as the main beams.

Fortunately, she has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder. When she cultivated her vegetable garden, the vegetable plots were all standard square shapes. Now it is much easier to set up shelves.

The main square wooden frame needs to be nailed with multiple horizontal bars to place the bark on for support to ensure load-bearing.

The heights of the shelves in different areas are also different. The highest one in the climbing area is nearly two meters. The rhizome area and the leafy vegetable area are very short, only fifty or sixty centimeters. In order to facilitate picking, the upper crossbars are not nailed. It is usually kept in the tool room and put up with the bark when needed.

Zhao Yeqing obviously found that he has become darker recently. The ultraviolet rays are really too strong. Even if the sun sets at about six o'clock now, his arms will be red after going out to work for a while.

I can only pour spring water on it to cool it down, but I don't know if it can be saved.

The high-temperature work put a heavy strain on her body. She felt a little top-heavy these past two days and wanted to replenish some energy. She thought that the osmanthus honey she had made before was forgotten in the corner, so she quickly took it out of the cupboard to take a look.

The glass jar, which was originally a layer of white sugar and a layer of osmanthus, is now full of golden color. After the sugar melts and mixes with the osmanthus, it turns into a beautiful golden color, like honey, which is slightly shiny when shaken gently.

Zhao Yeqing scooped a spoonful into each of their glasses, dissolved it with water, and then added ice cubes.

The moment I took the ice water into my mouth on a hot day, a strong scent of osmanthus exploded in my mouth, accompanied by a hint of sweetness, and my pores were suddenly opened.

Mu Xi said he would like another drink.

Zhao Yeqing made him another drink, and then drank it himself. After drinking it, he smashed it into his mouth and decided to wait for the golden autumn osmanthus to bloom. He must get a few more bottles. The osmanthus at that time will be the real best.

After drinking the sweet-scented osmanthus honey water, the heat in their bodies was soothed by both of them, and they began to plan the next arrangements.

The rice can't be sown yet, so Mu Xi plans to go up the mountain first to see if there are any bodies at the electric tower location mentioned earlier.

Mu Xi decided not to ride a bicycle in order to save electricity and planned to walk on the mountainous road, while Zhao Yeqing took care of the vegetable garden at home.

Watching Mu Xi go out, she always felt that there was something she hadn't told him yet, but she couldn't remember what it was, so she left it alone.

After the rain, a lot of weeds grew in the vegetable garden. Zhao Yeqing carried a basket on his back and went to the nearby forest to pick up dead leaves.

The dead leaves of the fir trees pricked his hands, so Zhao Yeqing walked a little further and picked them up under a few maple trees.

I picked up a basket full and returned home, spreading it on the ground in the vegetable garden.

Covering the ground with dead leaves in the vegetable garden can not only improve the soil by waiting for the dead leaves to turn into organic fertilizer, but also inhibit the growth of weeds underneath, and it can also retain water and retain moisture, killing three birds with one stone.

The mother rabbit and the cubs at home were ready to be moved back to the rabbit pen. Zhao Yeqing was afraid that the little rabbit would not get used to leaving the carton, so he simply cut a hole in the carton and put it in the rabbit pen, letting the mother rabbit decide where the children would live.

In just a few days, white or gray down has appeared on the little rabbit's body.