Defeat natural disasters with farming

Taking a bath in winter is actually a bit of a hassle. Farmers may not be able to take a bath once a month. The Ye family loves cleanliness, and they wash it once every half a month. In summer, they will be more diligent. Men with strong firepower can even use cold water sooner or later. Rush once each.

Although it is really not easy to take a bath in winter, it is not so difficult as long as you burn the kang. The bathtub is made of wood and can completely hold a person. Pour the boiled water into it, mix it with cold water, etc. When the temperature is just right, you can start washing.

The burning kang and steam warmed the room together. Ye Yu wanted to wash it by herself, but Ye Mu was worried and stayed in the room.

"How did this happen?" Ye Mu saw sharply that there were two red spots on Ye Yu's shoulders on the left and right, one of which was slightly torn, and she immediately touched it with distress.

Ye Yu took a breath, thought for a while and said, "It seems to be worn by the belt of the back basket."

He felt a little pain before, but it didn't hurt so much after changing the position. Now that he thinks about it, it may be because the straps of the back basket are made of wicker, so the force-bearing area is small, and the shoulders have been worn down.

Mother Ye was angry and distressed, "Why didn't you tell me sooner if you were uncomfortable? This wound is all broken."

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly ran to the side of the kang cabinet, and found a small porcelain bottle from inside, which contained a kind of ointment, which was made of oil mixed with some Chinese herbal medicine, which was regarded as a panacea ointment in the farmhouse.

When the fingers are chapped in winter, just apply a thick layer, and the next day will be almost healed, or if you are injured, you can also apply a layer to the wound. The effect is not known how good it is, but there is indeed a psychological comfort.

Ye Yu shrank his head, he already felt his mother was a little angry, so he should stand obediently in the bucket.

Mother Ye twisted a pinch of saponin powder and sprinkled it on Ye Yu's head. Although her mouth was angry, she gently rubbed his hair with her fingertips.

"If you feel uncomfortable in the future, you must tell me, don't be brave, you are only so young now, you should wait until you grow up to be sensible."

There was a hint of sadness in her tone.

Hearing these words, Ye Yu felt more and more guilty. He always felt that according to his inner age, he was already an adult, but he never thought that in the eyes of his parents, he was just a five-year-old child.

"I will never try to be brave again." Ye Yu promised, childhood is only such a short period of time, in that case, why don't he truly treat himself as a child and enjoy his childhood again.

Mother Ye first washed off the soap locust powder, wrapped Ye Yu in a cotton towel and dried him, then applied the ointment on his shoulders, and finally took the newly made thick cotton coat for him to put on, "Okay, hurry up!" Go to the kang to dry your hair."

Immediately afterwards, she hugged Ye Yu's changed clothes and left in a hurry. These dirty clothes can be soaked in water mixed with saponin powder first, and it will be easier to wash them the next day.

As soon as Ye Yu wiped his hair half dry, Mother Ye came back with a cup in her hand. She stuffed the cup into Ye Yu's hand, then took the cotton towel to help him dry his hair.

"Drink a cup of honey water to warm your body before going to bed. Tonight, my mother and I will sleep in the same bed. I think it will snow in the middle of the night."

Ye Yu nodded obediently. As soon as he took in the hot honey water, his body instantly warmed up. After drinking a cup of honey water, he began to feel drowsy, but for the sake of his teeth, he brushed his teeth before getting on the kang.

In the middle of the night, Ye Yu vaguely saw a faint light, a figure sitting on a stool, the light seemed to be a kerosene lamp in the room, but because he was too tired, he was not awakened.

until the next day.

As soon as he woke up, he felt an abnormal chill around his body. The warm kang under his body was against the cold air in the room, which made him shiver involuntarily.

Ye Yu took a deep breath, tried to sit up but failed, he paused and then lay down again, it may be that the excessive exercise yesterday caused the accumulation of lactic acid in his limbs, now everywhere is sore, especially the redness and swelling on the shoulder Where it is, it is even more painful.

He moved like a snail, and didn't stop until he saw a pannier next to the bed. The shoulder straps of the pannier were sewn with a piece of cloth, which seemed to be cut from his childhood clothes.

He also thought of the light he saw dimly in the middle of the night last night. It turned out that his mother had turned it on for him.

Ye Yu sniffed, his eyes were sore, and he almost shed tears. He lay on the bed thinking wildly for a while before wiping his eyes, sat up and put on his clothes.

It's really quiet all around.

When he opened the door and a snowflake fell on his face, he realized that it was snowing outside, and his eyes were all white.

Goose feather heavy snow.

This word was the first thing that flashed in Ye Yu's mind. It was a veritable goose feather snow. Staring directly at the snow for a long time would even give people the illusion of snow blindness.

"Brother Bao, you are awake, go to the main room, the whole family is there."

Mrs. Ye came from the backyard while patting the snow off her body. She just went to feed the livestock and had to make sure that the straw would keep them warm so that the chickens and ducks would not freeze to death.

Because the weather is cold, the family must often burn the kang to keep the temperature. In order not to waste the firewood they cut, the family will gather in one room during the day, so that only one kang is used for burning.

In the main room, seeing Ye Yu approaching, Mother Ye quickly put down the chestnut thorns in her hand, and went to the kitchen to bring a bowl of porridge, a plate of stick noodle cakes, and a white water egg, served with salty dried radish. good smell.

"Why don't you sleep anymore? Brother He and the others haven't woken up yet."

Ye Yu sat down obediently, "If you wake up, you won't be able to sleep."

He looked around and found that there were only a few people in the room, so he asked, "Where are Grandpa and Uncle?"

"They went outside to shovel snow."

The snow that has just fallen has not been frozen hard, so it is best to create a road at this time, or else it will be impossible to shovel it at night, and the snow on the roof must be smashed down quickly. It's not that snow has collapsed the eaves.

Ye Yu groaned, finished her breakfast in twos and twos, then jumped down, moved a stool and sat next to his mother to help her peel chestnut thorns.

The method of peeling chestnut thorns is actually quite simple, just be careful not to get stuck in your hands. Ye Yu pressed one side of the thorns with one foot, and then stepped on the other side of the thorns with the other foot. The chubby chestnut will roll out of the thorn ball.

All the chestnuts are thrown in one basket, and the thorn shells don’t need to be thrown away. It is also very useful. Not only can boiling water drink it to treat whooping cough and excessive phlegm, it can even be ground into powder to stop bleeding.

Compared with chestnuts, pine cones are much easier to obtain. As long as the scales are opened and tapped with a wooden stick, almost all the pine nuts will fall off.

Xiaomi was also chasing its tail in circles in the main room, and ran to Ye Yu's feet from time to time and whimpered twice. At this time, Ye Yu would free a hand to touch its back.

A puppy's undercoat is very soft to the touch.

After Ye Yu finished touching, Xiaomi jumped into the nest contentedly.

They were halfway through packing, and Ye He and the others got up one after another. They were very excited when they saw the white snow all over the yard.

"When the river is frozen in a few days, then you can skate on the ice." Ye He said cheerfully, "You can also play snowball fights, it's fun."

Aunt Ye glared at him, "I know how to play all day long, don't even think about going out in such a cold day. What if I get sick from the cold?"

Ye He didn't dare to refute, so he could only shrink his neck.But he thinks he is physically strong and won't get sick even if he goes out to play.

At this moment, Old Man Ye and Old Man Ye pushed open the door of the main room and came in, bringing in a gust of cold wind.

The old lady Ye asked without stopping, "Why are you so slow?"

"My father and I also shoveled the snow from the livestock sheds, and piled them in the corners to build a snow house. The snow house keeps warm, and the chickens and ducks will not freeze to death."

After Ye Laoer finished answering, he put aside the brooms the two of them used for sweeping snow, rubbed their hands together and sat on the kang to warm themselves up by the fire, and then drank a sip of warm tea.

Old man Ye picked up the cigarette stick from the table and took a sip, "Auspicious snow heralds a good year, I hope next year's harvest will be better than this year's."

Their family has a total of 35 mu of land, which can be called a middle peasant in today's situation. Of the 35 mu of land, ten acres are planted with wheat, ten acres are planted with corn, five acres are planted with potatoes, and five acres are planted with rice. sweet potatoes, and the remaining five acres are planted with soybeans.

Among them, after the wheat is harvested, another crop of sweet potatoes can be replanted. Although the output is not much, it can increase the ration after all.

Mrs. Ye also said: "I hope so."

The biggest expectation of farmers every year is nothing but a bumper harvest.

The family sat in the main room and chatted while packing up the mountain goods brought back yesterday. The time passed quickly.

Ye Yu took the time to stretch, then turned around and saw the lamb tripe on the side. This thing is difficult to clean. It needs to be soaked in salt and white vinegar, and then scrubbed carefully to remove the mucus on the surface.

The washed lamb tripe is blanched in a pot with oily green onion and ginger. It should be paired with green and red peppers, but they don’t have green peppers in their hands now, so they replaced them with fungus and yellow mushrooms picked yesterday, and then served with peppers , After stir-frying, it is a particularly delicious appetizer.

The mouthfeel is both tough and crunchy, very chewy, and the slightly spicy taste is very appetizing.

This is what their family ate at noon. Even the lotus, who can't eat spicy food, couldn't help poking his chopsticks on the stir-fried lamb belly, drooling while eating.

After eating, my whole body was warmed up by the heat.

Recently, the family has eaten well, and everyone has gained weight visible to the naked eye, and their complexions are also much ruddy.

In the afternoon, the snow had not stopped, and the heavy snow had already accumulated on the ground to the depth of the calf. When I looked up, the surrounding area was completely white, and I couldn't see any other colors.

After finishing the last bit of pine cones, Mrs. Ye breathed warmly into her hands, and then said, "Let's keep some chestnuts and pine nuts, and put the rest in the cellar."

There are two cellars in their house. One was built a long time ago and holds sacks of grain, wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc. Whenever she sees these, Mrs. Ye smiles on her face. In her eyes, these are not only food, but also the life of her family.

The other one was newly built, and it contained cabbage, carrots, beans, white radishes, and various mountain products.

The author says:

There is a bye in the biweekly list, and there is a high probability that QAQ will be reversed;

I will save money in advance for the next farming book!