Defeat natural disasters with farming

There is a half-acre of glutinous rice, and a group of seven or eight people started harvesting the rice with sickles in their hands. They have no conditions to shell it for the time being, so they have to tie the rice with vines first, and wait for a few days to go home before proceeding to the next step. step.

It took them two full days to harvest the rice. Ye Yu tied up the remaining rice, then stood up, looking at the densely packed golden piles of rice, he couldn't help showing a smile.

This is the joy of harvest.

At this moment, Ye Hai came over to greet Ye Yu and said, "After you pack up, come and soak in the pool."

The so-called soaking in the pool means soaking in hot springs. The group of them would go in for a soak every night these days. Ye Yu felt quite relieved, and he didn't know if it was his illusion. Every time he went to bed after taking a bath, he would sleep better. Practical.

"Immediately." Ye Yu responded.

He then patted the tassels off his hands, walked to the shed humming, put the towels and changed clothes he brought into the basket, and asked Chu Xufeng to go to the hot spring together.

The two of them chose a small pool. Ye Yu held his breath and put his feet in. The temperature in the pool was indeed a bit high, so hot that he suddenly retracted his feet. Just touching them, his feet began to turn red.

Seeing this, Chu Xufeng patted the stones on the edge of the pool, "Come on, sit here for a while, and soak in after you get used to it."

The surface of the pool is oval, surrounded by smooth pebbles, warm, and quite comfortable after sitting down.

The steaming hot air blew towards them, making Ye Yu's cheeks flushed.

"The temperature here is very high, but it's actually not suitable for living." Ye Yu said as if chatting.

Chu Xufeng nodded, "That's right."

This valley is warm and warm, but it is too humid, and it is estimated that people will not be used to it if they live here.

Ye Yu put his feet into the pool while chatting, and when he got used to the temperature of the water, he took off his clothes and slid in, the scalding water instantly submerged his chest.

His whole body was burned red, Ye Yu panted and sat down on a big rock at the bottom of the pool, blinking his eyes, even the tears were scorched out.

Chu Xufeng was not like him, his face didn't change at all when he sat down, Ye Yu was also puzzled, obviously Chu Xufeng's skin color was similar to his, but how could there be such a big difference.

"Squeeze it." Hearing Chu Xufeng speak, Ye Yu realized that he had actually expressed the question in his heart.

But pinching is okay. Ye Yu blinked and put his hand on Chu Xufeng's arm. It was smooth and powerful. It looked thin, but the bones were covered with a layer of muscle, and the lines were extremely smooth.

After Ye Yu let go, he pinched his arm again, and the gap between the two made him feel jealous.

"It's not that I haven't exercised, why the gap is still so big."

He also practiced with Chu Xufeng for a few years. Although it wasn't that kind of hard training, he persisted despite the severe winter and heat, but the effect was not very obvious, but the thin muscle lines were exercised.

Chu Xufeng said: "You have such a body, it is not easy to keep healthy. In the future, I will teach you a set of suitable martial arts. Practice all year round to strengthen your body."

Probably similar to Taijiquan, Ye Yu thought after hearing what he said, he was still looking forward to it.

After the two of them were soaked thoroughly, Ye Yu took out a pack of saponin powder and began to take a bath. The saponin powder was mixed with some mint powder, which smelled particularly refreshing, and the whole body felt much lighter after washing.

At this moment, out of the corner of Ye Yu's eyes, Ye Yu suddenly saw something falling from the sky. He took a closer look and found that it was a small snowflake floating up. Although the snowflake hadn't fallen into the pool, it was heated by the steaming heat. , but at the same time it also brings a little bit of coolness to them.

He breathed a sigh of relief, leaning against the stone wall to enjoy the rare scenery.

About two quarters of an hour later, Chu Xufeng patted Ye Yu on the shoulder and said, "I'm going to faint after soaking again."

Ye Yu nodded, changed into clean clothes, then put away the dirty clothes, thinking about going to the stream to wash later.

As soon as they came out of the pool, Ye Yu saw Tang Youyan holding a basket in his hand.

"Found what? So happy."

Hearing Ye Yu's question, Tang Youyan put the basket in front of his eyes, and happily replied, "There are blue fruits here."

Inside was a half-basket of small fruits that were as long as the index finger. The whole body was indigo blue, similar in color to blueberries.

Ye Yu took one and put it in his mouth. It tasted similar to blueberries, but sweeter.

Everyone quickly finished eating them. At this time, Ye Hai said: "It may be because the temperature is relatively high. There are many fresh fruits here that have just ripened. Why don't we pick them and take them back."

Almost everyone agreed with this proposal, most of them wanted to pick fruits to eat, but Ye Yu was the same as them but different, he wanted to go around the whole valley to see if there was anything else that could be eaten.

So after eating the fruit, before it was time to eat, they set off with the things they needed, and the station was guarded by Dr. Chen and a villager who had been bitten by a poisonous insect.

There was a clump of blue fruits closest to where they were stationed, whether they were ripe or not, they picked them off, followed by blueberries, sorghum berries, vitex and lantern fruits, etc., which were full of There are three big baskets.

Just as Ye Yu was about to stop, he saw some yellow fruits hanging on the trees at the edge of the valley. He was curious for a moment, so he told Chu Xufeng, and the two went over to have a look together.

The closer you get, the clearer the fruit in your sight. It is a bluish-yellow oval fruit with slightly pointed sides and rough skin.

At this time, a name immediately appeared in Ye Yu's mind, Lemon.

Excited and surprised at the same time, he couldn't help but walked two steps quickly to the tree, looked up at this luxuriant fruit tree, and didn't know how long it had grown here, with luxuriant branches and leaves, some of the fruits had already fallen on the ground The ground was pitted and pitted with birds and squirrels.

"This is?" Chu Xufeng followed up and asked suspiciously.

Ye Yu came back to his senses and replied: "It can be called a lemon, or a lemon fruit or a mother fruit. It tastes very sour and cannot be eaten raw, but it is very suitable as a seasoning or soaked in water. Especially Soaked in water, brewed with honey tastes particularly good, sour and sweet, drink a cup every morning to relieve cough and stimulate appetite."

It was not Chu Xufeng who spoke next, but Ye Hai later, "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and pick it up, I guess it can fill the remaining few baskets."

As soon as they said to do it, the others put down the baskets on their backs and started picking lemons one after another.

Ye Yu was a little thankful that they brought a few scissors, which made it easier to cut.

He taught them while pruning: "Remember to leave some branches and leaves when pruning."

In the end, the tip of Ye Yu's nose was filled with the fresh scent of lemon peel.

When they were happy to pick, suddenly there was the sound of branches rubbing against each other, and the sound of four extremely heavy breathing.

At this time, everyone stopped their movements in unison, no one dared to speak, and the outside world was so quiet that it was as if a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

A drop of sweat fell from Ye Yu's forehead, and it landed on the ground with a "click". Logically speaking, such a sound should not be loud, but it sounded like thunder to Ye Yu's ears.

Because four brown bears suddenly appeared in front of them. The front one was three meters long and should be a female bear. Behind it were three cubs whose body was only half its length.

The group of them were directly exposed to the sight of the four brown bears, but for some reason the female bear didn't look at them, but stood up, grabbed the raspberry on the bush with her mouth, and dragged it to the three cubs.

The cubs huddled close together, and we ate raspberries one bite at a time.

The sweat on Ye Yu's face slowly came out, and he didn't know how to react for a while, and Chu Xufeng beside him was already tense at this moment, looking down at the shadows of the four brown bears on the ground, once they moved, He will roll away with Ye Yu.

Fortunately, they were lucky. The mother bear turned away after eating the raspberries with her cubs.

Ye Yu watched them go away, and it wasn't until Chu Xufeng called his name that he realized that he had been holding his breath and was almost suffocated to death.

Chu Xufeng patted him on the shoulder lightly, "It's all right, relax."

Only then did Ye Yu exhale, panting, "I was scared to death."

Ye Hai shuddered and asked, "Did they not see us?"

Tang Youyan shook his head, "It's impossible not to see us, I guess I'm too lazy to talk about it."

In any case, this is a good thing. If they really want to face an adult female bear with cubs, they may really be unable to fight, and they may even lose their lives.

After this incident, even though there were still many lemons on the tree, they did not dare to pick them any more, and ran to the camp with baskets on their backs. Seeing their distressed appearance, Dr. Chen couldn't help asking in amazement: "What's wrong?"

Ye Hai mopped the sweat and said truthfully: "I met a bear, this valley is really not safe, we have to leave early tomorrow morning."

Doctor Chen's expression froze, and he agreed: "It's better to go back to the village early."

After resting for a while, Ye Hai and Tang Youyan couldn't stay idle, and they discussed going out again.

"Let's go to the trap we laid before and take a look. If there is a deer, we will bring it back. We just have a good meal."

The ending of this sentence is getting lower and lower, because the two of them have already run ten meters away.

Ye Yu didn't care about them, and only concentrated on picking up the things picked in the past two days. Besides all kinds of fruits, there were also mushrooms and wild vegetables. I couldn't take these with me, so I might as well eat them quickly.

Dr. Chen was also processing medicinal materials beside him. They were notoginseng, which they picked in the valley.

Panax notoginseng is a kind of hemostatic medicine, which is ground into powder and applied to bleeding wounds. It can dissipate blood stasis and stop bleeding, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is an indispensable medicinal material in today's situation.

After Ye Yu washed the wild vegetables, he began to watch Dr. Chen's movements, and then thought of the medicinal materials grown in their village, which are rare and mostly common, such as astragalus and angelica. The former can treat weak spleen and stomach, and the latter can Promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation is a commonly used medicinal material for women.

Now that there is Panax notoginseng, as long as it can be successfully planted in the village, those villagers who go hunting in the mountains will have the right medicine for their injuries.

Water was bubbling and gurgling on the stove, and the camp was quiet for years.

When Ye Hai and the others came back, they didn't have a deer in their hands, but five slender mandarin fishes in a basket on their backs.

Ye Yu asked suspiciously, "How did you catch the fish?"

"No prey fell into the trap. We thought there were fish in the stream, so we decided to catch a few. The fish in this stream are especially easy to catch. They are all dumbfounded. Once you lower the net, you can catch one." Tang Youyan replied .

The mandarin fish is tender and tender, and it is actually the most suitable for steaming, but now they don't have the conditions for steaming, so Ye Yu made grilled fish.

The kitchen knife patted the mandarin fish, then turned the fish over and patted it again. After the operation, Ye Yu slid the back of the knife across the fish, and the scales glistened and fell off.

"Brother Xu, bring me a lemon." Ye Yu couldn't pull out his hand at this time, so he asked Chu Xufeng to help, "Cut it in half and squeeze the juice on the fish."

Chu Xufeng did as he said, and squeezed the lemon juice a little harder, and the juice dripped on the cleaned and gutted fish.

A branch passes through the mandarin fish's mouth, and the other end emerges from the fish's tail.

In addition to the lemon juice to remove the fishy smell, Ye Yu also sprinkled some salt on the mandarin fish. He didn't put chili powder this time. The mandarin fish tastes delicious, and the chili powder will destroy the taste of the fish itself.

The aroma of the mandarin fish that was gradually roasting made everyone salivate and looked at Ye Yu eagerly.

"Try it, is it mild?" Ye Yu handed over a grilled fish.

They quickly ate a piece of fish, and the fish was so full that they didn't even have time to say anything, so they could only nod their heads in response.

In the end, Chu Xufeng replied, "Just right."

Ye Yu only roasted two, and was dragged by Ye Hai and the others to eat fish.

"Don't bother with baking, go and eat, we'll do the rest." Ye Hai said.

Ye Yu took a fish and sat aside. Since he was asked to rest, he would rest. Thinking of this, he took a bite of the grilled fish. The mandarin fish is tender and delicious, but the one dripped with lemon juice is even more delicious. Mandarin fish has few spines and lots of meat. There is only one main spine in the middle and the large spines arranged regularly around it, which are easy to pick out, unlike the small and thin spines that you have to spit out after eating, and you have to worry about swallowing Have you spit out the thorns from the fish in the belly, and will it stab your throat?

Five fish is obviously not enough for big eaters like them. The staple food is actually sweet potatoes and corn brought from the village. They are buried in the fire, and when they are taken out again, the skin is burnt black and the inside is sweet. These two are the last one. The harvested ones are originally sweeter than the previous ones, but they are even sweeter after roasting.

After eating, there is another pot of wild vegetable soup to drink.

After drinking, Ye Hai sprinkled realgar powder around the camp to prevent snakes, rats and ants.

After he came back, Ye Yu said, "Get up early tomorrow and go back to the village. Be careful during the night watch tonight. If there is any movement, you have to wake up."

Uncle Xing was originally not in charge of the night watch today, but he was worried that the three of Ye Hai were inexperienced and that he would get lost in the middle of the night, so he took over the job of the night watch himself.