Chapter 409 Gravel Road

Tonight, the two of them had dinner early and went into the house to turn off the lights.

When night falls and there is only a faint moonlight in the sky, it is the active time for most animals, and monitoring at this time is the most busy.

The two of them lit a small light in the room and drew the curtains, watching a movie while playing surveillance footage. Zhao Yeqing enlarged the surveillance footage facing the trap and turned his head to take a look from time to time.

Maybe it was because they ate too much yesterday, but the two of them waited until after one in the morning and didn’t see their target appear.

When he woke up and looked again, there was nothing there. He didn't know whether to be relieved or disappointed. Without the melon and bean paste, Zhao Yeqing was in no mood to eat the steamed buns he had prepared. He ate some leftovers from last night, lit the small red brick stove outside, and put the pig feed on it to cook.

Mu Xi had let the cattle and sheep out of the yard. Now it was safe to graze them like this, but there were also disadvantages -

There are a lot of unpleasant smells in the space inside the wall. Fortunately, the sun is still strong now. If it were a rainy day, I don’t know how smelly it would be when I go out.

Cattle and sheep are not allowed to get close to the house, so as to avoid seeing something that would be unsightly when leaving the yard.

Now that he has some free time, Zhao Yeqing thought about paving a path at the door to avoid stepping in water every time he goes out if it rains too much.

There was no need to pave the path with cement and red bricks. Zhao Yeqing asked Mu Xi to get some gravel from the stone pile where he had taken stones before. It was just outside the birch forest and could be reached by riding an electric tricycle.

Two truckloads of gravel were just enough to cover the path outside the yard, which led directly to the side of the grain field.

The path in the yard that was originally planned to be made with broken tiles has not yet been paved. It's not that there is a lack of materials, but that we are really too busy recently. We might as well wait until the kiln chickens are eaten, then dismantle the earthen kiln and pave the road, which will make it wider.

It is simple to pave the road with gravel. Just mark out the approximate range, remove the grass on the road, and then lay the gravel.

Walk back and forth a few times, and press the protruding sharp stones into the soil so that your feet won't be hurt when you walk.

It was evening again, the sun was setting, and the warm yellow sunlight was shining on the backyard. A chubby little bee was lying on the white flowers on the two citrus trees transplanted last year.

Logically speaking, the fruits should be almost ripe now, but these two trees have just started to bloom. It is not just the citrus trees. The growth patterns of many crops have shifted, with some being delayed and some advanced.

Zhao Yeqing's notebook is filled with records of the new growth patterns and habits of various crops. It is particularly important to adapt to the current time and local conditions when farming.

When electricity was not yet freely available, Zhao Yeqing used paper to record things. Later, when he was able to use computers, he made a lot of records in documents. He was still a little hesitant because they were saved locally, and if the computer broke down, everything would be lost.

But people are reluctant to use paper stationery. Before the earth cracked, the usage rate of paper stationery among modern people was not high. More data was recorded in the cloud, and there were very few paper notebooks available.

Zhao Yeqing let out a long sigh. Did he have to make paper again?

If order cannot be restored, we can't be short of paper for the rest of our lives, right?

In the past, I was too lazy to buy anything I needed. I would order takeout if possible or shop online if possible. Now, I have to start by making paper to write a few words.

Otherwise, why do we say that the environment trains people?

After Zhao Yeqing recorded the growth of the citrus trees, Mu Xi called for dinner. They should finish eating early and turn off the lights early, as they had to wait until the animal came today.