Because of the school construction,

Several villages started to get busy early after the New Year.

A part of the labor force was busy pouring water into the rice fields to soften the soil and make it looser so that subsequent farming operations could proceed more smoothly.

A part of the labor force began to cultivate the land in the rice fields with abundant water resources, plowing the fields and then leveling the land. After the seedlings were grown, they could start spring planting.

There are also some people who are more experienced in building houses...

They all went to Yanshan Brigade to help build a new school.

therefore,

The members, who originally had some free time after the New Year, are now busy as hell.

........

Because Mr. Sheng and Mr. Shen donated money to the village to build a school.

The villagers' attitude towards Sheng Zhiyi and Mu Yunxi became more enthusiastic and kind than before.

Most villagers would take the initiative to greet them warmly when they met them.

Even those who are usually not good at speaking will smile and nod at them when they meet them.

Not to mention the children...

Whenever they meet each other, they will sweetly call each other brother or sister.

Mu Yunxi and Sheng Zhiyi suddenly felt that they were respected wherever they went.

.......

The weather is gradually getting warmer.

Wild vegetables on the mountain also began to emerge.

Shepherd's purse...purslane...amaranthus...fern...dandelion...prickly ash...dandelion...all grow in the wind.

Whenever Mu Yunxi has nothing to do, she likes to go to the back mountain to pick some wild vegetables.

This is the time when wild vegetables are at their freshest.

Picking a handful of wild vegetables and taking them home to make cold dishes, or to cook soup, or to make dumplings, are all good choices.

The weather has been good these days, and the bamboo shoots halfway up the mountain have sprouted.

Some have already broken through the ground, revealing their pointed heads.

I believe that in a few days, they will be able to go to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots.

The villagers in Yanshan Village don't like to eat bamboo shoots.

Because this thing lacks oil and water, it doesn't taste good when fried.

Moreover, if you eat too much of this thing, you will get stomach upset and it won’t satisfy your hunger.

Not long after eating, I felt hungry.

We had to eat the food stored at home sparingly, and the hunger that eating bamboo shoots brought us... was simply unbearable.

So, in the area of ​​Yanshan Village.

Bamboo shoots can be said to be one of the wild vegetables that are less popular.

In this place with abundant resources, everyone has more choices.

Except for a few villagers who only like the smell of bamboo shoots...

Other villagers are rarely willing to go to the mountains or rivers to dig bamboo shoots to eat.

Thinking of the large bamboo forest on the back mountain...

And the bamboo shoots that popped up one after another...

Mu Yunxi felt that it was a shame to waste these bamboo shoots that were everywhere in the mountains and no one cared about them.

After thinking about it for a while, an idea suddenly popped up in my mind...

------She can build a clay oven behind the new house!

With the earthen oven, she can dig up a large number of bamboo shoots from the back mountain.

Then roast them into dried bamboo shoots so that you can eat bamboo shoots all year round.

Braised pork with dried bamboo shoots, fried bacon with dried bamboo shoots, spicy and sour dried bamboo shoots... These dishes are good to go with rice when you eat them occasionally to change the taste.

and,

With the earthen oven...she can not only bake dried bamboo shoots...

You can also roast mushrooms, wild mushrooms, sweet potatoes... chestnuts... cakes, etc... That's fine too!

The thought of all the delicious food that can be made in a clay oven...

Mu Yunxi immediately decided to build an earthen oven by herself.

She immediately found her boyfriend and told him her idea...

Without a doubt, Sheng Zhiyi immediately offered to help build the oven.

Both of them are action-oriented.

There happened to be some bricks left at home from building a house.

The two went to the river and dug up several large lumps of sticky soil.

I also picked up a few handfuls of dry straw and took them back.

The straw mixed with the soil can make the oven stronger.

The two of them prepared the materials, and Mu Yunxi was in the corner behind the yard, following the pattern she had in mind...

First, carefully build a rough square frame with bricks.

This is the skeleton of the earthen oven, so it must be built firmly.

Then add water to the soil with straw and mix it evenly, then fill it into the gaps between the bricks little by little.

Use your hands to compact it while filling, so that the oven will be stronger and more durable.