Defeat natural disasters with farming

Ye Yu took a section of sausage from the eaves and sliced ​​it with a razor blade. The fat inside the sausage was snow white, and the lean meat was brick red, and the red and white alternated like marble patterns.

After Ye Mu took it, she patted Ye Yu's shoulder first, and then stir-fried the sausage slices and dried bamboo shoots together, and then added onion, garlic, and chili flakes. After cooking, there was a choking smell coming from the stove. come out.

Seeing this, Ye Yu coughed twice, and slightly opened the door of the kitchen.

"Brother Bao, go to the cellar and get the red beans." At this time, Mother Ye ordered him.

"Okay." Ye Yu replied.

He trotted to the backyard with the basket on his shoulders, lifted the cellar door and fixed it, and waited for the air to circulate before stepping down the steps.

As soon as you enter, you can feel that the temperature inside is much lower than the outside world, cold and dry.

In fact, the area of ​​the cellar is not small, but it is full. There are more than a dozen wooden boxes against the wall, and each box contains two or three sacks of grain, vegetables and fruits. There are many five-story wooden shelves in the middle. All kinds of dry goods are complete.

Ye Yu's nose was always haunted by a stale smell. He frowned slightly and found a small bag of red beans from the wooden shelf, put them in the basket, then rummaged through them again, and took out a bundle of long cowpeas from the wooden box.

This is the first time for them to grow cowpeas, and they have harvested quite a lot. In addition to the stir-fried and capers made a few days ago, there are still four bundles left.

He returned to the ground with these two things, closed the cellar door and went back to the kitchen.

At this time, Mother Ye had finished frying the sausages, and the choking smell had disappeared after the room was ventilated.

Mother Ye saw Ye Yu holding a pumpkin in her hands and asked him, "Want to eat fried cowpea?"

Ye Yu put all the things on the table, "I remember that there are not many capers left at home, why don't we soak some more to eat with porridge."

"Let me see." Ye Mu bent down and picked up the clay pot containing capers and shook it. There was only the sound of clear water hitting the wall, so she said, "It's really gone, let's soak some more."

Strictly speaking, capers are not pickles, but kimchi, which has a lower salt content and is said to be healthier than pickles, but Ye Yu thinks that they are actually the same, as long as they are not eaten as a meal, there is no difference.

Ye Yu pinched off the heads and tails of the long cowpeas, washed them and put them in a ventilated place to dry. This is because the cowpeas used to make capers should not carry a little water, or they would be easily broken.

Their family ate red bean rice for lunch. There was a little sugar in the rice, which tasted sweet, and it was served with fried sausage with sliced ​​bamboo shoots. They ate all the rice in one pot.

While eating, there was a loud wind outside, Ye Yu raised his eyes to look out the window again, and he saw a thin layer of white snowflakes had accumulated on the ground.

Snowing.

Mother Ye also said, "It's finally snowing."

Father Ye put down the bowl when he heard the words, "It's going to be cold, I'm afraid this winter will be very difficult."

The weather in recent years has been too extreme. Either the sun is scorching all year round, and the temperature never drops below [-] degrees, or the temperature is as low as freezing, and minus [-] degrees is commonplace.

"Let's be colder if it's colder. There will always be a good harvest next year if there is a layer of snow covering the field." Ye's mother is not too worried about what Ye's father said. How cold can it be, no matter how bad the situation is? Bad but this year.

In fact, the agricultural proverb "auspicious snow heralds a good year" has a scientific basis. The first winter is cold, and the thick layer of snow covers the farmland, which can keep the soil warm. When the snow melts in the next spring, the snow will flow in The soil is more conducive to spring plowing and sowing.

When the snow melts for the second time, the soil temperature will drop sharply. At this time, the pests in the field will be frozen to death due to the low temperature, reducing the probability of pests.

Father Ye thought about it, but it is true, the people in their village are hardly afraid of the cold, a little colder is fine.

At this moment, the snow outside the window was falling more and more heavily, falling on the window lattice like flying butterflies, and in Ye Yu's eyes, the treetops in the yard reflected a little silver light.

"Brother Bao!" Mother Ye called him twice, and when he responded, she asked, "Are you cold?"

Ye Yu shook her head and said, "It's not cold."

He squeezed the long cowpea that was dried in the shade, "It's already dry, why don't we soak it quickly."

Mother Ye said yes, and then took out two clay pots, both of which had been scalded with hot water and dried in the sun.

Ye Yu rolled up his sleeves and set up a pot to boil water. He put ginger slices, dried chilies, star anise cinnamon and other spices in it. The capers soaked in such ingredients will taste better.

After the material water is cooled, pour it into the earthenware pot, the height must submerge the long cowpea inside, and then add an appropriate amount of salt to seal the seal. The seal needs to be tightly wrapped with a piece of cloth, and finally tied with hemp rope.

"Okay," Mother Ye said, "Maybe soak for about half a month."

In addition to soaking capers, cucumbers, cabbage and radishes at home can also be soaked in the same way, and the taste is also very good.

Therefore, Ye Yu's house often had a faint sour smell, until the mint they planted in broken clay pots began to emit fragrance, the mint fragrance gradually replaced the sour smell.

Originally, Ye Yu thought that it was snowing heavily outside and nothing would happen in the village, but he had just brewed a cup of Pu'er and was about to watch the snow and have a snack with tea when he heard someone knocking at the door.

Father Ye put down the pottery bowl in his hand and went to open the door.

Tang Youyan, the husband of Peach Blossom, was outside the door. He carried a bamboo basket on his back, and immediately took out the things in the bamboo basket after entering the door.

"We went to Jingshan a while ago, and saw a strange scene on the mountain. There were a few blisters, and the water was hot. You see, I didn't pay attention, and my hand got scalded." Tang Youyan stretched out his hand and gave it to him. They look.

Ye Yu took a look, and there was indeed a yellowish blister on his finger.

As for the water paozi, it should be a geothermal hot spring, right?

Jingshan is where Uncle Xing and his village used to be. It is much larger than Songshan, and the products on the mountain are even richer. Therefore, the hunting team led by Uncle Xing and the others went down that mountain to explore the way. Of course, since the snow fell, they I never went there again.

Tang Youyan took out a plant with purple-brown oblong spikelets, "There is a low-lying valley there. After we went down, we found many unknown plants growing in it. I thought some of them might be useful, so I picked them." Come back some time."

"Especially this one, it looks like rice." He raised his hand and said.

Ye Yu took the plant from him, looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly a name popped up in his mind, glutinous rice.

He rubbed open the husk inside the tassel, and soon a slightly flattened oblong rice grain appeared in front of his eyes, with a translucent milky white surface.

"This is Jiangmi." Ye Yu said firmly.

Jiangmi is glutinous rice, but they generally call it Jiangmi.

Hearing his words, Tang Youyan's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "Is it the kind of glutinous rice that can be made into glutinous rice balls or zongzi?"

Tang Youyan is actually a southerner, his name is Nuomi.

Ye Yu nodded, "That's right."

He asked again, "How much of this kind of rice is there?"

Tang Youyan thought for a while and replied: "This kind of rice grows in about half of the valley, and it is estimated to be as big as half an acre of field?"

This amount is quite a lot, thinking of this, Ye Yu couldn't wait to stand up and said, "Take me to see."

Mother Ye frowned to stop him, "It's still snowing outside, let's wait until the snow stops."

Father Ye also said: "It's not safe to go into the mountains at this time, you just stay at home."

Ye Yu knew it was not safe, but he was worried that if he went there late, the snow would cause the ears of glutinous rice to drop.

But he turned to think that they are not short of food now, even if there is more glutinous rice, it is just one more type of food, and it would be a pity not to have it. The big deal is that they collected seeds this year and planted themselves next year.

At the same time, Tang Youyan said, "Don't rush there, the temperature in that valley is quite high, so it doesn't matter if you wait for a while."

In this case, they can wait for the snow to stop before going.

Originally, Ye Yu was looking forward to the snow, but now he is thinking about when the snow will stop.

However, the sky did not fulfill the wishes of the people. After seven days, it was still snowing heavily outside, and it was even getting bigger and bigger. The thick snow on the ground had begun to hinder people's actions.

Ye Yu closed the door and sighed deeply, his face was aching from the cold wind in just a short while.

"Why are you sighing?" Mother Ye is still knitting sweaters. There are three people in the family, and each person has to knit a sweater and woolen pants. Even if Ye Yu can help her separate the threads, it will take a lot of time. Fortunately, some small ones, Mrs. Ye helped them knit woolen socks and the like.

Ye Yu said, "The snow is getting heavier."

"No, I can't stop recently." Ye Mu said: "You just stay at home."

"I'm at home right now." Ye Yu said.

"Doctor Chen has checked your pulse, but don't take it seriously when you feel better." Ye Mu nodded his forehead.

Dr. Chen checks his pulse every half a month, and Ye Yu's pulse is normal recently.

"Don't worry, I was just excited at the time, and I definitely put my health first." Ye Yu comforted her.

He can understand his mother's thoughts, the mother is worried when her son travels thousands of miles, and the mother naturally hopes that her child can live a safe life.

"It would be great if this is the case." Mother Ye put down the half-knit sweater in her hand, and poured him a bowl of red dates and ginger tea.

The reddish tea is served in a simple tea bowl, showing a different kind of beauty.

Ye Yu lowered his head and took a sip. The scalding tea slipped down his throat, and his whole body became hot instantly. The red dates were sun-dried, cut into slices and placed in the teapot, and the ginger slices were also sliced. The tea tasted hot and spicy.

He was just halfway through drinking when he heard the sound of a door being pushed outside.

As soon as he looked up, he saw someone walking in wearing a black cloak with silver threads.

"Ayu." He took off his cloak and called out.

"Brother Xu!" Ye Yu almost dropped the tea bowl in his hand to the ground, and he hurried forward two steps.

"Wait." Chu Xufeng said: "I'm too cold, warm up before you come here."

Upon hearing this, Ye Yu poured another cup of red dates and ginger tea and handed it to him.

Chu Xufeng took the tea bowl to warm his hands, then sat on the chair and felt the temperature in the room, "It seems that the floor heating is quite successful."

The room is warm and comfortable. Compared with the kang, the temperature is more balanced. There will be no such situation that the place where the kang bed is placed is hot and other places are cool.

"That is, you have to trust me." Ye Yu said.

Mother Ye asked Chu Xufeng, "Have you eaten yet? I'll get you a bowl of noodles."

Before he could answer, Mother Ye hurried into the kitchen.

After Ye Mu left, Ye Yu thought for a while and asked, "How is General Chu's condition?"

Chu Xufeng took a sip of tea and replied: "I'm fine now, it's an old disease left over from the past few years, an old problem on my legs."

After he finished speaking, his expression suddenly became serious, "On the way to Jingbian City, the land becomes more desolate and sparsely populated as you go north. If there are still a few villages on the road where you can stay, then this time we will be able to stay here." When people pass by again, there is no one in these villages."

Ye Yu was silent for a while after listening to his words, and then said, "Maybe they couldn't survive and fled to the south."

This possibility is better than if they didn't survive the natural disaster.

Chu Xufeng saw that he was a little depressed, and said, "But there is another news. Someone in the capital rebuilt the city and named it Wangsi City. They said that the city attracted many refugees from surrounding areas."

"I guess some people may have defected to Wangsi City. After all, in today's world, we can only survive if we stick together."

"Wangsi City." Ye Yu muttered a few words. Wangsi was an ancient ceremony for offering sacrifices to the land gods of mountains and rivers.

"Yeah, we have to find time to go there." Chu Xufeng said, "We can't be limited to this place."

When they were talking about Wangsi City, Mother Ye came over with a pot of noodles.

"Don't talk for now, let's eat something warm."

She put down the pot and greeted again: "Brother Bao, come and help me get the bowl and chopsticks."

Ye Yu stood up and replied, "Here we are."

Mother Ye made a pot of noodles in pork bone soup. She also fried the sausages she made earlier and served them with tomato sauce on a ceramic plate. Another small plate contained some dried radish and capers.

"We ate together, so we don't need to cook at night." Mother Ye said.

The pork bone was boiled on the stove all afternoon, the whole thing was cooked through, the bone marrow inside was diffused in the soup, it only needed a little salt as a seasoning to make it delicious, and two small green vegetables were specially blanched on the side.

Mother Ye cut the egg in half and handed it to them.

"Eat quickly."

After eating, Mother Ye said: "Brother Xu, you will live here tonight. Your house has been unoccupied for a few days, so it may be dirty, and it will take time to burn the kang."

"It just so happens that the quilt in your room has also been dried, and you can cover it when you take it out later."

Chu Xufeng said gratefully, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

"What's the trouble? Brother Bao, take him to wash up and rest quickly. I look at him and his face is pale."

Mother Ye was right. Although Chu Xufeng was originally pale, that whiteness was a healthy whiteness. Now his brows and eyes were faintly tired, revealing an unhealthy paleness.

Ye Yu was distressed and worried, and hurriedly took him to rest.