Chapter 150 Snowberry

The snow stopped and the sun came out.

The sunlight shines on the snow, the temperature is not high, but the snow on the ground is like a huge reflector. If you look at it for a few minutes longer, your eyes will unconsciously shed tears.

Mu Xi opened the backpack that he hadn't used for a long time and took out two pairs of sunglasses. He had kept them in his backpack when the weather was hot and the sun was too strong. It was inconvenient to carry them with him when he was working and he rarely used them, but now they came in handy.

The two put on sunglasses, fed the horses, cows, sheep, chickens and rabbits, and planned to go out for a walk. They took the dog and leopard with them as they hadn't gone out to play for a long time.

The snow outside had become hard, and it felt like big rocks when I knocked on it with my hands.

Mu Xi took out the sled he had made two days ago and placed it on the snow outside.

The snow nowadays won’t collapse unless you stomp on it hard.

There was a rope tied to the sled. Zhao Yeqing first called Dahuang over and put the rope on it.

When a few puppies saw their mother wearing the new toy, they hurried over and stuck out their tongues at her feet to show that they wanted some too.

The rope is tied into a noose and tied around the dog's body, and the position and knot are adjusted so that they don't feel strangled by the tension.

Mu Xi fed the dogs with dried meat, and tied towels around Zhao Yeqing's knees and elbows for fear that the sled would overturn.

Her eyes sparkled with excitement. After making sure everything was OK, she said to Da Huang, "Da Huang! Go!"

"Woof!"

Seeing Dahuang running forward, a few puppies also rushed forward with their tongues hanging out.

The sled was suddenly pulled forward and she quickly grabbed the handrails on both sides to steady herself.

After the panic subsided, she realized that the sled was being pulled forward steadily!

She cheered excitedly, "Big Yellow, Little Yellow, Little Flower, Little Black! You guys are awesome!"

"Wow~Faster!"

It is necessary to name and praise each one of them!

It was the first time that Huhu and Xuebing saw such a thing, so they started running after the sled.

The leopard was very fast and soon caught up with the sled.

The huge, uninhabited meadow was covered with thick snow. Four dogs were pulling a cheering girl on a sled, and two leopards were running beside them.

I originally thought that the dog might not be able to pull the cart, but unexpectedly, not only was there no problem at all, but it also ran very fast.

The cold wind kept pouring into Zhao Yeqing's cheering mouth. After a belly full of cold wind, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and stopped the dog from running wildly.

I called them several times before they were willing to stop.

After several failed attempts to turn the sled around, Zhao Yeqing got out of the car and manually turned the sled and the dog towards home before getting back on the car.

"Ahem... Da Huang, go home!"

Mu Xi was waiting there, feeling a little worried. He looked at the time, thinking that if the man didn't come back in a few minutes, he would go out to look for him.

Don't run too fast and rush straight into the woods.

Fortunately, I saw him coming back after a while.

Mu Xi used dried meat to make the dogs stop in front of him, and reached out to help Zhao Yeqing down from the sled.

"What took you so long?"

“Ahem…” She was shouting so much that her face was frozen and her throat was a little hoarse from the wind. “We’re having so much fun. If we run any further, we’ll end up deep in the meadow.”

He went into the house, poured her a cup of hot water and handed it to her. After drinking it, her throat felt better.

She couldn't help but push Mu Xi to sit on it, "Try it now, it's so addictive!"

Several dogs still wanted to run away. They usually went out to herd sheep every day and ran happily on the meadow. But now they have been lying at home for more than ten days, and they had long wanted to run out.

Mu Xi was quite heavy, and he was afraid that the dogs wouldn't be able to pull him. Unexpectedly, before he could sit firmly, the dogs rushed out and almost threw him out of the car.

After coming back from a walk, the dogs finally had their fill. When they returned to the kitchen, Zhao Yeqing had already poured warm water for them and prepared some dried meat.

Mu Xi seemed to be unsatisfied, squatting in front of the sled and gesturing,

"There is still room for improvement on this car. The bottom can be made wider. If there is time, the bottom slide rail can be changed to wooden ones. The weight can be better. Otherwise, it always feels like it will split when sitting on it. The rope cover can also be changed to wide leather, so that it will not be uncomfortable to put it on them."

Zhao Yeqing nodded in agreement, "You can also sew some old cotton wool on the inner layer so that your ribs don't hurt."

Since it didn't snow today, there was no restriction on the dogs going out, so the two packed up their things and planned to go find some green leafy vegetables that they had been craving for.

The two had a clear goal. There were almost no wild vegetables in this season, and the easiest one to find was snow mustard.

We didn’t see any last time we went to cut bamboo, so this time we went to the back mountain and looked near the pine forest.

The snow in the pine forest was not very deep. As we went down the mountain, where there were fewer trees to block the snow, it gradually reached above our ankles.

The snow here is shielded by vegetation and is not exposed to the wind and sun too much, so it does not become very hard and easily collapses when stepped on.

It was not until they were almost out of the pine forest that they saw a little green on the ground.

Mu Xi had been to this area before. When he was picking water pepper flowers, there was a stream nearby.

The stream is no longer flowing now. It is probably frozen somewhere upstream.

After clearing away the snow on top, the snow lettuce underneath appeared.

Although it is a plant of the cruciferous family, the leaves of snow cabbage look a bit like vegetables of the Asteraceae family, a combination of Chinese cabbage and bitter chrysanthemum.

The leaves are still emerald green. It is said that in the north, the leaves of snow holly will turn purple-red in autumn and winter, so it is called snow holly. She has indeed never seen it.

This vegetable will not wither in winter, it will just stop growing. She searched along the patch of snow lettuce to areas with denser vegetation.

Most of the vegetation has withered, but their own withered branches and leaves cover the vegetation that can overwinter and keep them warm.

Zhao Yeqing found a dozen fresh and green snow lettuce under a withered vine.

There is a water source nearby, so the snow vegetable has fewer fibers and remains crisp and tender. You can smell a fragrance when you dig it out.

The advantage of going into the mountains during this season is that the snakes are hibernating, so you don't have to worry about suddenly encountering a pair of vertical pupils when searching on the ground.

The shadow left by the snake that fell under the big tree behind the outer wall of her yard is still vivid in her mind.

Zhao Yeqing dug out all the Chinese snow lettuce from under a patch of vegetation. Just as he was about to get up, he found a vine among the withered vegetation that looked very familiar.

She pulled out the vine. There was a hint of green in the withered yellow of the vine, and there were small white hairs on the leaves.

This is?

Zhao Yeqing discovered that the vine had not broken yet, so he pulled the vine and followed the direction to find the root system of the plant.

She put the mustard greens into a basket and used a small hoe to dig up the snow covering them.

Dig down along the soil at the roots of the plant, and after only a few centimeters, the huge rhizome will appear before your eyes!