Chapter 96 Heavy Rain

The sky was gloomy from noon to evening and it didn't rain.

When it gets dark, I can't tell whether it's dark or just cloudy.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Huhu and Xuebing returned home on time.

Not long after the two entered the house, with a flash of light in the sky, rain began to pour down from the sky.

Zhao Yeqing pushed the door open, and the heat around her body was instantly dispersed by the moist air that rushed in. She shivered unexpectedly.

Since he was unable to go grazing today, Zhao Yeqing walked into the hay room, held a handful of hay, walked along the eaves to the sheep pen, and threw the hay in.

When the strong wind blew before, the flock of sheep were so scared that they hid in the corner. Now that the temperature has dropped, they are taking a nap comfortably again.

Zhao Yeqing stood under the eaves, stretched out his hand to catch the rain, and felt the coolness slipping through his fingers.

The eaves were extended by a section of tree bark so that rain would not fall and splash onto the house.

Mu Xi poked his head out from the kitchen and said, "It's time to eat."

The sky is unusually dark today.

The whole family, two people, two leopards, and four dogs, were all in the kitchen together.

For the first time, the fire in the fire pit did not go out after cooking because of the hot weather.

Dinner was also simple, spicy rabbit hotpot with water spinach.

There are only two packets of hot pot base, and I have never been willing to eat it.

Today, the wind blew and the bag of base material hanging on the wall fell down, hit the ground and made a hole.

The butter that should have solidified melted in the hot weather and overflowed from the opening, making Zhao Yeqing very distressed.

The rabbit meat is tender and delicate, with little fat but not at all dry. Cut it into small pieces and blanch it in a pot of boiling red oil.

After waiting for a while, the pink rabbit meat turned white. Zhao Yeqing decisively picked up the chopsticks, blew on it, and put it into his mouth.

The spiciness of the spicy hot pot and the sweetness of the rabbit meat are intertwined together in a wonderful harmony.

The greedy dogs were drooling.

Zhao Yeqing took a bowl and poured some water into it, rinsed the rabbit meat in the water, and fed a piece to each dog.

There is no more food to eat.

There was already boiled rabbit meat in the food bowls of several dogs, so they couldn't compete with her for it.

Huhu and Xuebing filled their stomachs outside and just gnawed on the bones from time to time as if they were grinding their teeth.

By the firelight, everyone ate their own meal.

The bark on the top inevitably has some cracks, and just after we finished our meal, I noticed a leak in the corner of the kitchen.

When the two moved in, they planned to repair the house first, but since it didn't rain and there was no wind on the meadow, they were busy with other things and didn't pay any attention to it.

Now I can only use a basin to collect water in the corner.

Fortunately, the most important bedrooms and hay houses did not leak.

Mu Xi didn't expect the rain to be so heavy. He originally thought of using tree bark to block it first and then repair the house tomorrow.

But given the current situation, I shouldn’t have been reluctant to give up the plastic tarpaulin.

Occasional flashes of light in the sky allowed them to glimpse the strange clouds, which were so thick that they seemed to be touching the ground.

Now I don’t dare to climb up to cover the roof anymore, it’s too dangerous.

Just in case, it is better to pile all the hay together and cover it with plastic tarpaulin. If the hay room unfortunately leaks, the loss can be minimized.

Zhao Yeqing thought she would not be able to sleep tonight, but the rare coolness and the sound of rain made her fall asleep in just five minutes after lying down.

In the dream, I was lying in an air-conditioned rental house and eating chilled watermelon.

When I woke up in the morning, I could still taste the sweetness of watermelon in my mouth.

Zhao Yeqing stood up and looked out the window at the heavy rain that had not stopped yet, and secretly vowed...

I will definitely be able to grow watermelons successfully next year!

She got out of bed quietly, and Mu Xi, who was sleeping in a sleeping bag diagonally opposite her, was still awakened suddenly.

I just opened my eyes and my voice was still a little hoarse.

"What time is it?"

Zhao Yeqing guessed that he was afraid of accidents last night, so he stayed up all night, and said softly,

"It's still early, just after five o'clock, you can sleep a little longer."

Mu Xi shook his head to get rid of the sleepiness, rubbed his face with his hands, and crawled out of the sleeping bag.

Zhao Yeqing opened the door. The heavy rain had washed away some of the soil in the yard, and the roots of the grass on the ground were exposed.

The clouds in the sky are still frighteningly thick. It seems I can’t go out to check the traps today.

Usually there are several traps. If one prey is caught, I eat it fresh. If two are caught, I eat one and smoke the other.

There are now several cured chickens and rabbits hanging above the fire pit in the kitchen.

Zhao Yeqing took out a handful of beans from the jar and soaked them in water.

Mu Xi came in from outside, wearing the straw raincoat and bamboo hat that originally belonged to the owner of the house. His trouser legs and the ends of his hair were still slightly wet from the rain.

He brought in a large bucket of water, and when the two had washed up, he rushed out again, grabbing the private chat.

The chickens and rabbits have not been fed yet.

The chickens were fed corn grits and rice found in the villagers' homes, and the rabbits could only eat the grass left over from yesterday's silage.

Fortunately, a drainage ditch was dug yesterday, and the water in the yard and the vegetable garden flowed along the ditch to the low-lying areas.

Zhao Yeqing walked into the hay house. Perhaps because the original owner was also worried that the hay would get wet by the rain, this house was relatively not that shabby. After being washed by last night's heavy rain, there was no leakage at all.

She actually breathed a sigh of relief.

The rain doesn't look like it's going to stop any time soon. If the hay gets wet and can't be dried, it will go moldy and all their work for nearly a month will be in vain.

Zhao Yeqing opened the wool bags piled in the corner and checked for bugs or mold.

There were some small bugs in a bag of cashmere, and they laid eggs inside the cashmere. Zhao Yeqing dug out the whole thing and threw it away.

If everything else is fine, reseal and save.

She didn't plan to feed the sheep with the fresh grass she had saved yesterday. She didn't know when the rain would stop, so it would be safer to keep it for feeding the rabbits just in case.

She missed the carrots in her home cellar so much that neither the rabbit nor the people could eat a single bite before they left their homeland.

Zhao Yeqing found a bag of the earliest silage, opened the bag, and the sour aroma of lactic acid bacteria fermentation came out.

Empty half of the silage in the bag and mix it with hay in a ratio of six to four.

Carry the bucket of feed and go out to feed the sheep.

When the plastic film covering the sheep pen was lifted, a bleating sound was heard.

Zhao Yeqing poured the feed from the feed bucket into the trough, and the sheep almost fell on her face.

Her foot slipped and she nearly fell backwards. She was so angry that she wanted to put the bucket on the sheep's head.

Remembering the appearance of the goat, Zhao Yeqing squatted down and saw that it was a ram. He sneered.

I'll eat you next time.

After finishing their work, the two sat at the door and looked at the heavy rain outside, feeling unusually bored.

Zhao Yeqing told Mu Xi about what the stupid sheep had done, and then looked at the vast grassland in front of him under the rain.

"There's water here, can we go back?"