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

Until the end of the New Year, there was still no movement in the sky.

Zhao Yeqing took out the precious green leafy vegetables that he was going to eat today in the planting basement. The most valuable time for green leafy vegetables every year was during the New Year.

Seeing Mu Xi coming back from outside, he shook his head at her, meaning that nothing happened today.

Zhao Yeqing washed the fresh green vegetables one by one, "Don't worry. If you don't find it, you might have given up on us, but it may be due to this period of time. After all, the villains are also celebrating the New Year."

Who works overtime during the Chinese New Year? In the past, when I was a social animal, I didn't have to act like a cow or a horse, but now there are no rules. Even a pony boy has to have more than ten days of paid annual leave, right?

"It makes sense." Mu Xi was convinced, but he still couldn't really feel at ease because he couldn't see him.

After entering the kitchen, the heat from the stew pot made the temperature inside the room much higher than outside. He took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair, rolled up the sleeves of the sweater inside and went to help.

Zhao Yeqing handed him the washed vegetables and said, "Just put it in the basket. We'll cook it later when the soup is almost ready."

He pulled the towel he used to wipe his hands and wiped off the water droplets left on his hands after washing the dishes, and glanced out the window.

The temperature this year is relatively low, and the view from the kitchen to the backyard is no longer as green as it was two years ago. The weeds in the corners have become withered and yellow, and even the banana leaves have a faint yellow tint.

The wisteria that covered the supports is now bare and has no green leaves. It will have to wait for the spring breeze to wake up.

Only the leaves of the two citrus trees were still shiny green, but the leaves had fallen a lot. They looked a bit like Zaoba people who had been working for five or six years, and they were strangely sparse.

It's a bit like her in those years.

The yard does not look as lively as spring and summer. After the north wind blows, the cold wind slips in through the cracks in the windows that are opened for ventilation. Together with the sound of bamboo leaves rustling outside, it shows the unique desolation of winter.

She turned back to look at Mu Xi, as if she hadn't seen any hair loss since this man came back. It dawned on her when she thought that he said he opened his own B&B.

Sure enough, people who don’t work can still protect their hair.

When the weather is hot, Mu Xi always cuts his hair short and medium-sized. His facial lines are clear and his facial features are three-dimensional, which is very suitable for medium-sized hair. It looks refreshing and easy to take care of.

Now that the weather has gotten colder, he will grow his hair a little longer. The longest hair on his forehead just reaches his eyebrows. After his forehead is covered, his whole person looks softer.

She inserted her fingers into Mu Xi's hair. They said people with soft hair have good tempers. Mu Xi's hair was soft when he was a child. At that time, she scoffed at this statement, but now she thinks it makes some sense.

Mu Xi felt Zhao Yeqing raise his hand to brush his hair. The hand that was peeling the radish did not stop, but his head naturally tilted in her direction.

Well, he does have a good temper.

Originally he planned to eat beef brisket stewed with white radish in the evening, but Zhao Yeqing wanted something sour and sweet, so he changed it to tomato stewed beef brisket.

There are no fresh tomatoes this season. I don’t know why, but the tomatoes transplanted to the basement a few years ago cannot bear fruit normally. Even if they are pollinated after flowering, the fruits they produce are deformed or have navel rot.

Fortunately, before transplanting in winter, the two picked all the tomatoes on the branches, put some of them in the freezer, and made some into canned tomato sauce. They still have the taste of fresh tomatoes when they are preserved.

What is stewed in the pot is tomato beef brisket. Instead of using a pressure cooker, a casserole is used. It takes a long time. It is estimated that it will take an hour before the meal can be started.

And the radish that was originally taken out from the cellar to stew beef brisket became tonight's soup.

Cut it into slices and soak it in water. Once the beef brisket is stewed, add it to the water and cook. Add a spoonful of salt and a handful of chopped green onions to make a sweet and greasy radish soup.

The fresh milk squeezed out today is still sitting in the yard. There is too much to put in the refrigerator. The outdoor temperature is about 10 degrees during the day and 5 to 6 degrees at night. It will not deteriorate if left outside for a day and night. .

Zhao Yeqing scooped out two gourds and boiled them. After boiling, he put them back outside. He planned to make panna cotta later tonight. The prepared panna cotta was kept in the refrigerator and could be eaten as a dessert for several days.

Serve it in a thick square glass bowl, a big bowlful. For two people, have it as a dessert after the meal or boil a bowl of hot brown sugar water. Scoop a big spoonful of custard into the bowl, chop it into small pieces with a spoon. Add a tablespoon of boiled honey red beans and it becomes a bowl of winter warming dessert.

It was already the seventh day of the first lunar month when this big bowl of milk jelly was finished.

Mu Xi and Zhao Yeqing took care of the cellar in the morning, taking out the sweet potatoes that were about to sprout and cutting them into pieces to make pig food. It was only in the afternoon that he remembered to go to the watchtower to check on the situation.

Climbing up the small bamboo platform, the expression on Mu Xi's face changed and his brows furrowed slightly. He still didn't see the helicopter, but he saw the abnormal shape of white clouds.

There was some fog this morning, and the cloud pressure was low. The altitude here is high, and there are often clouds that seem to be within reach. You can't touch them, but they feel very close.

Today is the same situation, but the clouds above Yunwu Mountain seem to have been hit by something. There are cracks on the sides of the full white clouds, which is very abrupt at first glance.

It's a bit far away, further than Yunwu Mountain. Mu Xi only saw it with a telescope. No wonder he didn't hear the sound of the helicopter.

He stayed up there for half an hour and still didn't get off. It was already five o'clock now. It gets dark early in winter now, and it would be dark in another hour. If the helicopter wanted to return, it would choose to go back now.

Sure enough, after waiting for another ten minutes, he used the telescope to see a small dot rising in the distance behind Yunwu Mountain, flying straight to the right. Mu Xi adjusted the telescope to the highest magnification, and visually measured the distance of the helicopter's position. The meadow can be more than 200 kilometers long.

It was unclear whether it was the helicopter that came last time. After all, it was just a handheld telescope. Even if the magnification was large enough, it would still become grainy and blurry.

The colors are similar, both are black.

Before Mu Xi came down from the watchtower, he pointed the surveillance camera in the direction where he saw the helicopter.

The helicopter is too far away, and the surveillance camera will most likely not be able to capture it, but at least we can see if they are approaching this way.