Chapter 102 Finding a Way Down the Mountain

After adjusting her balance, she walked back holding the fish in the plastic bag in her right hand and holding the reins in her left hand.

The plastic bag was leaking a little, and by the time I got home, the water was almost gone.

Zhao Yeqing quickly fetched some water and put the fish in to raise them.

The weather isn’t so hot recently, so if you didn’t finish the food from last night, you can still continue eating it today.

Then make some fried fish and stir-fried mushrooms.

Zhao Yeqing wanted to show Mu Xi his harvest today, but no one was seen at home.

After putting the fish in the kitchen, wash your hands and return to the room.

There was a note on the table.

It is said that a person's handwriting reflects his character, but Mu Xi's handwriting is not very similar to his personality.

Zhao Yeqing would complain every time he saw it, wondering how could that person, with such a cocky personality, write such subtle and soft words.

'Go out to cut hay and come back in the evening.'

Zhao Yeqing put the note in his notebook and didn't think about going out to look for him again.

I might as well cook the meal at home first. Given the weather now, the food won’t go bad easily.

A new stove has been put into use in the kitchen. It is made of red bricks and is somewhat similar to the one made of fired bricks outside.

It’s amazing that the quality of this brick is pretty good. It rained so heavily for nearly a month, but it didn’t crack at all.

Zhao Yeqing poured the small fish out of the basket, cut open the fish bodies, removed the internal organs, and coated them with batter.

The batter is made of salt, eggs and flour, sprinkled with a little pepper.

Most of the oil brought back from the mountain was rapeseed oil, which was very fragrant when used for cooking, but she didn't like using rapeseed oil for frying things.

I chose the peanut oil which was only a small pot left.

I found a smallest milk pan, poured the oil into it and heated it up, then put the fish in and fry them.

The batter is not very thick, just a thin layer, so that the fried fish is crispy enough, and the fish meat and bones are crispy, not soft.

After the small fish were fried, Zhao Yeqing ate one to satisfy his craving before removing the oil pan, covering it with a lid and taking it out again for frying next time.

There is a basket of mushrooms, and I am sure I won’t be able to finish them today.

Zhao Yeqing took out one third and cut it into thin slices.

Although puffballs are edible fungi, they have to be fried before they can be eaten. They cannot be eaten raw.

Zhao Yeqing went to the bamboo seedling pot, pulled out a garlic and cut it into slices, then put enough oil in the pot, heated it up, and poured the garlic and mushrooms in to stir-fry.

The newly built stove is not as low as the fire pit on the ground, so it is less strenuous to cook.

Zhao Yeqing used the fire pit to steam rice and the stove to cook.

By the time the mushrooms are out of the pot, the rice is almost ready.

She pulled out two pieces of red-hot firewood from the fire pit, turned down the heat, and slowly simmered the rice over low heat.

After finishing the meal, I looked at the time and it was only four o'clock.

Zhao Yeqing took some grass from Xiaohong's ration and used it to feed the rabbits.

There are two female rabbits in the house who are pregnant. According to calculations, they will give birth in a few days.

After two litters of rabbits were born, the original rabbit nest was probably a bit small.

Zhao Yeqing thought, he might as well make a big one this time.

Since the meadow was large enough, she decided to make a big rabbit pen.

When rabbits are first caught and raised, they are kept in wooden cages and they want to run outside every day.

In the middle of the night you could hear them scratching and biting the wooden boards.

I have raised it for two months now, and it has completely adapted to life in captivity. When I open the rabbit cage to feed it, it waits obediently for food.

She had seen free-range rabbits before and now wanted to give it a try.

There are other wild animals on the grassland, and it is not safe to raise them in a large area. Zhao Yeqing thought, so he fenced off a large area next to his home to raise them.

The soil at the selected location should be relatively firm, and the location should not be in a low-lying area. The closer the distance, the better.

Zhao Yeqing chose a location on the west side of his home, where there was frequent activity, the soil was more firmly trampled, and it was convenient for feeding and caring for the animals as it was close by.

I took out a shovel from the tool shed, marked out the boundaries, and started digging the foundation of the fence with the shovel.

She planned to use bamboo for the fence, but she didn't know if she could still find bamboo after the landslide.

The fence is square and covers an area of ​​nearly 35 square meters.

The deeper the foundation, the less likely it is to collapse.

Zhao Yeqing had only dug the foundations of two walls when Mu Xi came back.

When people came back, they ate first. She washed her hands and told Mu Xi her thoughts while eating.

Mu Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "The bamboo can definitely be found, but now we have to look behind the mountain."

They had never been to the back of the mountain. Zhao Yeqing thought for a moment and said,

"The original road down the mountain has collapsed. We have to find a way down the mountain to take a look anyway. Why don't we find the way first? Maybe we will encounter it?"

The direction of the back mountain was where the hyenas had disappeared before, and she thought it would be best to avoid it if possible.

Mu Xi nodded, "Okay, let's go tomorrow?"

"good!"

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After they finished their meal, they dug the foundation before dark.

The next morning.

The two packed up their things and set out to find a way down the mountain.

There must be more than one way down the mountain, the one they took. In just half a year, other roads would certainly not be abandoned so quickly.

Huhu and Xuebing followed him out, running and jumping in front, and when they found a place like an intersection, they stopped and meowed.

After trying three wrong intersections, I finally found the right route.

Although it was not completely deserted, the weeds on the road had covered the surface of the shoes.

Mu Xi was clearing the road ahead with ease. This time there were more broken branches on the road than before, so it was not easy to clean up.

Fortunately, not long after we walked down the mountain, we saw bamboo.

The two thought that since they were already here, they might as well clear the way before going back.

But I was slapped in the face by reality.

There were so many roadblocks that there was even a whole tree that fell down and blocked the road.

According to the predicted distance, the place where they were going down the mountain was facing the village. The trees along the way were broken or fallen, and there were also small-scale landslides.

I don’t know what the village has become.

By the time the two of them got down the mountain, it was almost dark.

When Zhao Yeqing saw the scene in front of him, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

The reason for crying is that more than half of the village was buried by the landslide, and the reason for laughing is that there are still a few families that were not affected.

Including the one they lived in before.

The two of them spent the night in this room, planning to take away all the supplies that could be moved back early in the morning.

The labor force of two people is still relatively limited.

I stuffed my backpack as hard as I could, but I only took a small amount of food and consumables.

As Zhao Yeqing stuffed the food in his mouth, he kept muttering, "Rice, beans, corn, seasonings... Oh, and a comb. Take it back to comb Xiaohong's hair."

Mu Xi also packed a few clothes in his backpack. "The weather is changeable. It's not that hot now. Maybe winter is coming soon."

Zhao Yeqing agreed with this statement deeply. She had suffered enough from the weather.

After finishing, she looked at the remaining large quilt.

"Do you want to take this back too? You don't have a quilt yet."

After saying that, I remembered that Mu Xi still sleeps in a sleeping bag on the floor every day.

Zhao Yeqing felt that he was a little wronged, and said, "How about I make a bed for you."

Mu Xi glanced at Zhao Yeqing and then looked away.

"Forget it, the room is too small to fit two beds."