Chapter 335 Spring Fishing

In recent years, the two have been persistent in sowing grass seeds on the meadow in order to make the grass on the meadow more lush. Since last year, they have discovered that some of the grass varieties they sowed appeared outside the grass circle.

This also means that the efforts made by the two before were effective.

The seeds of grass sown in the hay circle or the seeds of grass left in the two people's pasture were carried to other places by the wind or animal fur, where they took root and grew.

Although some of these forage grass varieties are introduced from abroad and are not native species, they will not inhibit the growth of other plants, are not toxic, and are not invasive alien species. Spreading them on meadows will definitely be beneficial to herbivores.

The impact on other plants in the meadow will also be minimal.

When Zhao Yeqing went out to sow seeds, he also brought Xiaohong out with him, put a saddle on it, and planned to ride it for a run.

If we were to say which animal was the most depressed after being cooped up in the basement, it would probably be Xiaohong. After being released, its rough and dull horse mane became smooth.

Zhao Yeqing climbed onto the horse and placed the grass seeds and farm tools he had prepared on the horse's back. "I'll go first with the things, and you can just follow behind."

After saying that, she squeezed her legs against the horse's belly. Xiao Hong couldn't wait any longer, so she raised her hooves and ran forward after receiving the signal.

Riding a horse in this weather is definitely a pleasure, basking in the warm sunshine, feeling the wind passing by your ears, and the rhythm of your body rising and falling with the frequency of the horse.

When I rode my horse onto the meadow, even if the animals around me heard the noise, they were not afraid of me like they were of the car. They just watched from a distance and didn't seem to want to run away.

Only when you get close will the animals slowly move aside.

Zhao Yeqing pulled the reins and stopped next to the pasture and food on the meadow. He dismounted and threw everything on the ground. He touched Xiaohong's neck and motioned for it to go play by itself.

Xiaohong snorted and walked away, but she didn't go far away. She was just a few hundred meters away, slowly walking and eating grass.

Zhao Yeqing turned around and looked at these plots of land. The weeds growing on them were not as many as those growing on the sides. They were growing scattered and not densely.

The two did not plan to take care of it too carefully. They just turned it over slightly and sprinkled grass seeds on it as usual.

By the time Mu Xi arrived, Zhao Yeqing had already started working.

When the two of them were using these plots of land before, because the weather was too hot, they brought water from a nearby stream to cool the surrounding land. After the thaw during this period, a lot of water accumulated nearby, and the soil was not dry, so it was easy to cultivate, but it was a little muddy to step on.

The two of them roughly turned over the soil, and it took them more than an hour to finish processing the four pieces. They then planted the pasture grass outside. In order to make it better adapt to the natural environment, the two of them did not even spread fertilizer. They directly scattered the grass seeds on the ground and went to the meadow to continue sowing seeds in each grass circle.

The grass circle is different from those pieces of land. The grass inside is even more lush than the land next to it.

Perhaps because it was surrounded by wire fences, the grass here was eaten the last, so there might be a lot of grass seeds left in the field from previous pastures. Several grass circles didn't even need two people to sow seeds again.

The time spent was much shorter than the two had estimated. Before returning home, Mu Xi still had time to go back to those plots of land and seal the water channels nearby to prevent the land from being flooded due to excessive humidity.

As for the water source from the fish pond at home, the two of them waited until the stream became a little calmer and the water quality became clearer before opening the water outlet and setting up the bamboo waterway.

"It will probably take another ten days or so for the rice seedlings to mature, so let's catch some fish in the next few days."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xi calmly looked up at Zhao Yeqing's expression. His eyes were slightly curved and sparkling, with a slight curve at the corners of his mouth. His eyes were looking upwards, as if he was thinking about something.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Yeqing would always look serious when making plans, and would arrange the next things clearly and carefully. Even if he said he wanted to catch fish, he would also say the number and species of fish he wanted to catch, and whether to fish by fishing or netting.

Now that she didn't say anything except that she wanted to catch fish, Mu Xi was sure that she was craving for fish.

"What kind of fish do you want to catch?"

"Naked carp, grass carp is also fine."

"good."

Mu Xi already had a rough answer in his mind at this time. Naked carp can be braised or steamed, but Zhao Yeqing also mentioned grass carp.

Grass carp has a strong fishy smell and many bones, so Zhao Yeqing usually wouldn't want to eat it. But since she said grass carp was fine, it meant that she wanted to eat fish fillets.

It's either boiled fish or pickled fish.

Before going out, the two had to repair the fishing rods and fishing nets they made last year.

After taking out all the tools, Zhao Yeqing finally thought about what kind of fish to raise this year.

"Judging from the current temperature rise, the weather should gradually warm up in a while. When the water temperature warms up, we can raise some perch. Compared with grass carp, carp and perch are more delicious."

Bass is a warm-water fish, so Zhao Yeqing's idea is not impossible to implement. However, the lake has only thawed recently, and the temperature has just warmed up a little, so it is probably not easy to catch bass.

"Then get some naked carp first. The number of grass carp has decreased, and the bones are too much to eat."

This time when the two went to the lake, they didn't dare to push the bamboo raft into the water and row to the center of the lake as they did before. In the temperature of minus 70 degrees Celsius, they didn't know if the bamboo raft would suddenly collapse after being frozen on the meadow for so long.

Anyway, the weather is good now, so the two of them went fishing by the lake. They both have some free time before the rice is planted.

There is actually not much vegetation around the lake. Apart from a small amount of reeds and some water-loving flowers, the grass does not move towards this side, and the river beach is mostly sand and gravel.

The stones in some places are relatively large, about the size of eggs. Zhao Yeqing would always avoid these places and go to the area with more fine sand nearby before lying down to avoid hurting his butt.

Thinking back to when they first saw the lake, it was like a sapphire mirror, with snow-capped mountains in the distance, which truly amazed the two of them.

At that time, there would be eagles flying in the sky, sometimes hovering overhead, looking sharply at the water birds and wild ducks below who were feasting on fish.

Now half of Xuefeng Mountain has collapsed. The original snow-covered mountaintop is gone, as if it was cut in half. Only the bare halfway point and the mountain below are left. Not to mention the birds, there are few sparrows this year, and only recently have we gradually heard a few bird calls. I don't know when it will return to its previous state.

Zhao Yeqing was sighing with emotion and almost fell asleep in the warm breeze. The warm spring sun was really too comfortable. When her eyelids were almost stuck together, the fishing rod in her hand finally moved.