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

As temperatures continue to rise, families need to prepare more.

The first solution is for rice fields and corn fields, especially for rice. Sustaining high temperature for too long may cause the rice ears to not even grow in the later period.

The next morning, before five o'clock, Zhao Yeqing got up.

The sun hasn't come out yet, so water the vegetable fields first, and then add water to the rice fields and corn fields.

Yesterday I picked Chinese cabbage and re-sowed vegetable seeds in the ground. Whether they can grow in this weather depends on luck.

The dried peaches and pumpkin seeds were quickly put in. The pumpkin seeds were packed in bags. The dried peaches were sprinkled with a layer of white frosting and packed in plastic jars with lids.

Last night, the two little leopards drank milk with minced meat for the first time, and this morning they immediately expressed their disgust at milk without minced meat.

It wasn't that she was stingy and didn't want to part with the meat, but she just wanted to observe the situation and give them extra food if there were no problems.

As soon as Zhao Yeqing finished feeding the two little ones, Mu Xi got up and the first thing he did when he came downstairs was to take a shower.

It was so hot today that she was sweating even when she turned on the fan. Mu Xi probably couldn't sleep well all night.

I simply made a bowl of noodles and put up the awning after eating.

Mu Xi went to chop bamboo while she cut thatch nearby.

The blades of thatch were sharp, so she had to wear protective gloves. She hadn't worn these for a long time, and since her hands started to get calluses, she didn't pay much attention to them.

But thatch is different. Even though the leaves are thin, the angle is just right. When you cut it, you can see the bones deeply, and the wound is very itchy.

Walking in the direction of Yegrape, there is thatch all the way. The way to cut thatch is to grab a handful of thatch from the top of the root, and then use a sickle to cut off the root.

The thatch was thick, and she was still worried about snakes and insects. She took a wooden stick and beat it back and forth in the grass. She waited for a while before taking action with confidence.

The tall and dense thatch was gradually cut down, and Zhao Yeqing discovered a wild fruit tree deep in the grass.

The more she looked at it, the more familiar it became. The fruit was emerald green, about the same size and shape as a kiwi fruit, somewhat like a wild pear in the mountains.

Zhao Yeqing reached out to pick one and tried to smell it. The moment the branch and the fruit separated, a white milk-like liquid gushes out from the fracture at the top of the fruit.

Her memory came back to her in an instant, and she broke it open with force. It was full of small particles, like a fruit filled with sesame seeds. These particles also tasted like sesame seeds. Her family members called this fruit jelly fruit, and its scientific name is Xue. Li.

These small particles can make springy jelly.

She hadn't eaten it for many, many years. After all, a bag of jelly powder only cost one or two yuan, and no one would think about spending time and energy to make it.

There was a lot of thatch and I didn’t have a basket on my back, so I had to carry the thatch back first and then pick it home later.

It took three trips to move the thatch. On the last trip, I didn't forget to carry a basket and pick all the fruits.

Mu Xi had already carried the bamboo back and was cutting it up. The piles he had driven with the remaining wood yesterday were still a bit short, so he had to use bamboo to make up for them.

The two people discussed that it would be more convenient to use a removable cap. If the temperature can be lowered at the back, it would be best to keep the crops in full sunlight.

Zhao Yeqing suggested, "To cap the top, use a rope threaded through the middle of the bamboo slices. When not in use, roll it up like a mat."

Mu Xi had no objection, but it was a laborious task, and it was difficult to thread the rope with gloves on. He was afraid that her hands would be pricked by the bamboo thorns, so he brought it to him and did it himself.

His hands were covered with thick calluses, and the bamboo thorns could not penetrate them.

Zhao Yeqing took over his job of chopping bamboo slices. The two pieces of land were quite large, and even if the bamboo slices were sparsely threaded, a lot of them would be needed.

One person splits bamboo and the other weaves bamboo curtains. They worked from eight o'clock in the morning to two o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhao Yeqing's fingers couldn't straighten when he was chopping bamboo, and his fingers kept holding the hatchet.

I hurriedly carried the sun and went out, spread the bamboo curtain and then covered it with thatch. After finishing, I ran home without looking back.

Within ten minutes of being out, all the exposed skin was red and burning.

It's hot and I have to work hard. I'm sweating profusely and have no appetite at all.

But people who don't eat are even more unable to hold on, so Zhao Yeqing made himself and Mu Xi a glass of honey water with several ice cubes in it.

The two of them sat on a bench and blew on the fan for a while. After the body temperature dropped a little and the ice cubes in the cup melted more than half, they picked up the water cup and drank water.

Zhao Yeqing drank ice-cold honey water, his eyes straightened, "This weather is really not something people can tolerate."

She missed the air conditioner so much.

Mu Xi pulled the warm towel around his neck to wipe away the sweat that had overflowed from his forehead. "Wait a minute. If the temperature continues, I will find a way to go to a nearby village to find supplies."

If the high temperature continues, it means that all the vegetables and grains they grow will stop growing and die. Most of the plants in the mountains will also die one after another in this unsuitable environment.

Her inventory is not enough to last for long. If she harvests sweet potatoes and potatoes in advance, she will run out of food even if she lasts for a few months.

But even if a large amount of materials is found, the manpower cannot transport them all back.

If the climate really reaches this point, some things will no longer be controllable by humans.

Zhao Yeqing drank the ice-cold honey water in the cup in one breath, "We will go together then."

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From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the sun is extremely fierce. The brightness of the sun is so high that it is almost impossible to look directly at it. You will feel dizzy after just staring for two seconds.

Unable to go out and having no appetite, Zhao Yeqing thought of the jelly fruits she had picked when cutting thatch, and asked Mu Xi to help her cut the fruits in half and dig out all the particles inside.

Some particles will clump together and need to be broken up by hand. After breaking up, spread them all flat on the dustpan.

It still needed to be dried in the sun. Zhao Yeqing carried the dustpan under the eaves, stood at the intersection of shadow and sunlight, and gently pushed the dustpan out.

She wouldn't be happy to touch this sunshine any more.

It couldn't be left in the sun for a long time. It would definitely take half a day in the sun on weekdays, but it only took ten minutes. If it took any longer, she would be afraid that these small particles would be carbonized by the sun.

After drying, take it in, wrap it with gauze, take out a large shallow plate, like a serving tray, put a thin layer of water in it, put the gauze filled with particles in it and rub it vigorously.

The water gradually penetrated into the gauze, and under Zhao Yeqing's constant rubbing, translucent liquid gradually precipitated.

After everything is rubbed, you have to filter it again with gauze, pour the liquid in the tray into the gauze, grab the gauze with your hands and roll it from top to bottom, squeeze out the liquid in the gauze, and get a full bowl.

A pale pink viscous liquid, the color and texture of which are like a bowl of freshly prepared lotus root starch.

Pour the liquid back to the tray, spread it lightly on the bottom of the plate, wait for it to cool and solidify, and then you can eat it.