Chapter 89 Sowing Pasture

Purslane tastes a little bit sour, so Mu Xi added a little sugar when seasoning it to neutralize the sourness, making it taste very refreshing.

After the two of them had eaten, they set aside a few pieces of the remaining meat in the pot to feed the porridge and snow cakes, and crushed the rest, poured it with the remaining rice along with the soup, mixed it evenly, and fed it to the dog.

In rural areas, people feed dogs casually. Dogs eat whatever people eat.

After the toilets were built, the bathrooms were not built yet.

The smell in the toilet in summer is more or less unavoidable, so both of them decided to take an open-air shower behind the house.

There are probably more mosquitoes at home because we raise sheep. Even if we clean the sheep pen every day, we still can't avoid them.

Zhao Yeqing was particularly attracted to mosquitoes. Even if he lit some insect repellent grass next to him when he took a shower, the smoke made his eyes uncomfortable and he still got a few lumps on his body.

Building a bathroom is imminent.

The next day.

Zhao Yeqing took the wire to build a grass circle, while Mu Xi went to chop wood.

In addition to being surrounded by wire, the grass garden also needs to be sown with grass seeds, fertilized and maintained within the enclosed area.

Zhao Yeqing selected several types of forage grass seeds and tried sowing them in different areas.

The originally enclosed area only needs maintenance and no special sowing is required.

She planned to sow three types of grass seeds in the three areas she fenced off today.

Considering that there are only two of them in the family with labor force, it is definitely not realistic to turn over the soil for planting. The notes also say that the seeds can be sown directly on the grass.

There will definitely be some impact on the harvest, but this is the most appropriate method at present.

Zhao Yeqing picked a piece of land and evenly sprinkled the alfalfa seeds in the bag on it.

This piece of land had been grazed by Huang before, and most of the grass on it had been eaten by the sheep.

Sheep eat grass by rolling the grass into their mouths with their tongues. The sheep cannot eat the short grass that grows on the grassland because they cannot roll it up with their tongues. Therefore, even though the area has been grazed, there are still a lot of grass and grass roots underground.

Zhao Yeqing tried to spread the seeds as evenly as possible so that the grass would have enough space to grow.

After sowing the seeds, she stepped on them to allow them to sink into the ground.

There is relatively sufficient groundwater in this place, and the land has not dried up into sand. As long as the experiment here is successful, maybe when they return home, they will be able to grow forage grass in the meadow near the bayberry trees.

The other two fields were planted with ryegrass and sorghum respectively.

Ryegrass is like dwarf wheat and will produce ears when it grows up. Sorghum grows taller. According to breeding books, this grass looks like corn stalks when it grows up but has not yet produced corn.

They are all relatively high-yielding forage grasses.

The alfalfa and sorghum selected by Zhao Yeqing are both relatively hardy and resistant to drought and high temperatures. Except for the ryegrass which is a little more delicate and requires artificial watering, more fertilizer is also needed.

There is no shortage of fertilizer. As long as there are sheep, there will be endless fertilizer.

Unfortunately, when I went to the village before, all the livestock there were either dead or run away.

Otherwise, she might even raise pigs and cattle.

It was almost noon when Zhao Yeqing returned home after finishing sowing the grass.

Mu Xi hasn't come back yet.

There is no electricity here, so we have to chop wood and saw boards manually, which takes exponentially more time.

Zhao Yeqing baked a few pancakes at home, ate two to fill his stomach, put the rest in a bowl, and went to the woods to deliver it to Mu Xi.

Before we even entered the woods, we heard the sound of sawing wood.

When I got closer, I saw that Mu Xi had already cut down two large trees, removed all the branches, and sawed them into logs.

Zhao Yeqing asked him to go to a water source to wash his hands first, "eat your meal first, then do it."

Mu Xi put down the saw in his hand, wiped the sweat off his face, washed his hands and face before coming back.

He took the bowl from Zhao Yeqing, sat down, grabbed a piece of cake, and took a bite. "I found a mud pit over there. It's made of red mud."

Black soil is fertile and rare in the mountains and forests of the south. Yellow soil will almost turn into crumbs if squeezed in this weather. Only red soil has the best viscosity.

Last night when they were talking about building a bathroom today, Mu Xi said that after chopping the wood, they would dig a hole near the water source to see where there was red soil.

With red clay, you can make a brick stove.

Zhao Yeqing stretched his head and looked into the woods: "Where did the pit come from?"

Generally speaking, red soil is at least ten centimeters underground and can only be seen after digging.

Mu Xi: "It's only about ten meters away. It's the mud pit where the wild boar rolled out. It looks like it's been there for a while."

Wild boars roll in mud pits mostly to cool down, so there must be water in it.

It's been dry for so long now, the wild boars should not come here anymore.

Zhao Yeqing stood up and said, "I'll go back and get the basket."

When she got the basket, she thought about digging some soil first.

Mu Xi held her back and said, "The soil is too heavy and the location is on a slope. You take these wood flowers back and I will deal with them after I finish the work on hand."

Zhao Yeqing couldn't resist him, so he put down the basket and filled it with wood flowers. After filling it, most of the basket was still empty.

This thing is not heavy to carry, and Zhao Yeqing did not waste space. He planned to pack more leaves back and burn some wood ash to make some cement.

Maybe they can even upgrade their weapons and build a brick house.

When she returned home with the basket on her back, Dahuang had already gone out. Not only were the sheep in the sheepfold missing, but the three puppies were also nowhere to be seen.

Zhao Yeqing was slightly surprised. This was the first time that Da Huang took the three cubs out.

Xiaohua’s leg injury cannot be healed. The tooth marks on it are not big and look like they were bitten by a fox.

They have been in the meadow for several days and have not seen any foxes yet, but they still have to be on guard.

We still have so many chickens at home.

Huhu and Xuebing cannot be relied upon. They have been having fun outside recently and always come back very late at night.

If no one is at home during the day, the chickens cannot be allowed to roam free, and a chicken coop must be set up as soon as possible.

Zhao Yeqing went out to count them worriedly, and fortunately the numbers matched.

There are only one male and two female chickens left at home.

They were about to have the chance to eat chicken freely, but when the weather got hot, most of the dead and injured had nothing to eat.

Zhao Yeqing looked at the chickens expectantly. These seeded players who could survive the high temperature might have evolved invisibly.

The eggs laid may hatch into species that can withstand high temperatures.

People always have to find some hope for themselves.

Having gained nothing from the trap this morning, Zhao Yeqing decided to just make do with some instant noodles tonight.

I had two eggs and a few vegetable leaves in the morning, so I had both meat and vegetables.

The leaves have to be picked outside.

She was also worried about the grass she had sown in the morning, fearing that birds would fly down and eat the seeds.

Take a look at the grass circle and dig some wild vegetables.

Walk to the top of a nearby hill and look down. Standing high you can see everything and save you from running around.

Only after she saw no birds in the several grass circles did she feel relieved and went down the hill to look for wild vegetables.

Look along the side of the mountain. The sunlight is blocked by the mountain top for a few hours, so it is quite cool.