There was also someone selling vermicelli; I ordered 100 jin (50 catties). Well, it's basically just cabbage and vermicelli stewed with meat, which is alright.

Other games like "ants climbing a tree" are, to be honest, things I don't know how to do.

I saw a store selling hot pot base, so I went over and bought some. I don't eat spicy food much, so I bought the mild version.

But even this mildly spicy hot pot base is quite spicy; one pot of hot pot base can be used several times.

I bought this mainly to stir-fry chicken, because I think the chicken cooked this way tastes pretty good.

I walked around looking for things, buying whatever I needed. Finally, I heard about a tomato vendor, but after glancing at it, I didn't buy any. They weren't very tasty; I prefer all-natural tomatoes.

Since returning to my hometown to take care of my parents, I usually grow my own vegetables and don't go out to buy them much. I only go out to buy meat and things like that. For example, the tomatoes I just saw, I plant a few in my yard. They produce a lot of fruit, so it doesn't interfere with our food supply.

This whole trip cost me 10,000 yuan in the end.

I just saw a shop selling charcoal next to the hot pot base shop; I can go and buy some.

I'll need it for barbecues or grilled meats later, so I got right to it and bought two truckloads of charcoal in half a day.

I don't know how to barbecue, but grilling meat isn't difficult, and sometimes when I have free time, I enjoy eating grilled meat somewhere.

Meanwhile, there were several households selling free-range chickens on the north side of the town, so I bought nine hens and one rooster. I also noticed they were raising ducks and geese, so I bought ten of each, nine hens and one rooster.

The charcoal and these chickens, ducks and geese cost ten thousand yuan.

I care a lot about chickens, ducks, and geese. After all, they not only provide meat but also a steady supply of eggs, so we can eat them anytime. As long as we raise them well, we won't run out of food.

I got back around 4 or 5 p.m., but there were a lot of packages to deliver today, so I had to make a few more trips.

Almost everything I ordered online has arrived. Once I get home, I have to sort it out quickly, putting this here and that there. I can't just sit idle!

Although I had already planned what to do on the way home, no matter how late I got home, nothing was more important than eating. So I still insisted on taking out the iron pot stewed goose, putting it in the pot and stewing a bowl, which was enough for one meal.

After finishing my meal, I was unpacking packages in my online space. As I picked up these items, I realized that I didn't necessarily have to buy them.

But I'm also worried that I won't have it when the time comes, and it would be awkward if I didn't have it when I actually needed it.

That is to say, many of the things I ordered online in the last two days have been delivered a little slower.

Even though it's just these packages, I'll have to make three trips a day for the next few days to pick them all up.

Also, during these three days, I went to the neighboring county and bought 10,000 yuan worth of honeycomb briquettes. Combined with the charcoal I bought, the woodshed still had some spare space, so I moved all the farm tools and other items from the yard into the woodshed.

After three busy days, I finally finished tidying up everything that I hadn't been able to tidy up recently.

At least we don't have to go out anymore. Although that's what I say, we still have to go out, but there's no need to rush, right? The key is that the remaining things are really dispensable.

During this time, everything in the space was tidied up neatly. The main room was furnished with a passageway that was only one meter wide, leading to the bedroom and study.

The rest of the shelves were filled with rice and flour on the two shelves near the north wall; another row of them held miscellaneous grains; and oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and various sugars, dried goods, and seasonings were neatly arranged on the shelves near the southwest and southeast corners.

There's no other way but to put it here; there's really no room anywhere else.

The bedroom, except for the area from the entrance to the north wall, is a full 8 square meters and is packed with things. Near the southwest corner, there are several large boxes containing toiletries, toilet paper, and the like.

The warehouse connected to the kitchen is where items that need to be kept fresh for a long time are stored; the row against the north wall is for meat.

Near the east wall is a row of earthenware jars used to hold chicken, duck, and goose eggs.

The food placed near the west wall was all cooked food, including dishes ordered from restaurants, steamed buns, and boiled eggs and goose eggs.

Fish and shrimp were placed near the south wall.

As for the two rows of fruit in the middle, the fruit trees in the space can be placed there when they bear fruit, otherwise there's nowhere to put them!

The kitchen is now full of shelves. The top two shelves of the row of shelves near the north wall are filled with pots. It's like one big pot with several smaller pots inside, and there are two whole rows of them.

There used to be a cupboard in the northeast corner, but now it has been moved two meters south and a shelf has been placed there. The top two rows are filled with clay pots.

In the middle was a square table, near the corner, with three large vats placed in the empty space under the shelf.

The idea here is to make extra soup and add it whenever possible, so that it can be drunk anytime instead of having to specifically look for an opportunity to make it.

I'm preparing this because I'm afraid that if the apocalypse really comes, the risk of hiding at home and making soup is too great. After all, no matter what kind of soup it is, the smell can still travel a long way, so wouldn't that expose me?

Because the large pot didn't have a lid, I specially bought several matching large pot lids. After cooking the soup, I just put it in the pot and then put the lid on it when it's done, and there won't be any problems.

There are two honeycomb briquette stoves on the south side, which I bought yesterday at the market. Each stove has a pot on it.

I bought this stove for convenience. Putting everything else aside, these two earthen stoves in the space require dry firewood when needed, which is not easy to obtain. Even if they were easy, I wouldn't have planned to prepare any.

There's nowhere to put it now; the land in this space is for growing things, not for storing firewood.

Actually, the food cooked on a traditional earthen stove with firewood still tastes the best. But nowadays everyone is focused on environmental protection, and also because cooking with gas is faster, so people don't use it much anymore.

After finishing cleaning up, seeing that it wasn't even noon yet, I took out the remaining duck eggs and made salted duck eggs, which is actually very simple.

You will need duck eggs, white vinegar, salt, bay leaves, star anise, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger slices, and white wine. Prepare an appropriate amount of duck eggs, pour in water and white vinegar and soak for 5 minutes. Then use a steel wool or shoe brush to scrub off the dirt on the surface of the duck eggs. The white vinegar can soften the dirt on the surface of the duck eggs, making them easier to scrub after soaking.

Rinse the cleaned duck eggs again in clean water to remove bacteria, as this will prevent spoilage during pickling. After cleaning, place the duck eggs in a well-ventilated container and sun-dry them for a day. Avoid placing them in direct sunlight, as the spring temperature is just right. In summer, when the sun is very strong, you can air-dry them instead of sun-drying them, as improper sun-drying can easily spoil the eggs.

First, prepare some spices: 2 bay leaves, 2 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick, a small handful of Sichuan peppercorns, and 3 slices of ginger. Add water to a pot, then add salt and the prepared spices. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. After boiling, turn off the heat and let the broth cool naturally. (The ratio of water to salt is 5:1; 1000ml of water is approximately the ratio for 10-15 duck eggs.) Prepare some high-proof liquor in a small bowl. After the duck eggs have dried, roll them in the liquor to coat the surface. Then, place them in a clean, dry jar. The liquor will help the salt penetrate the duck eggs more quickly.

Pour the completely cooled marinade into a jar, seal it tightly, and marinate in a cool, ventilated place for one month.

After cleaning up, just wait for the jar to dry. While waiting, I went to the courtyard in the space. It's not finished cleaning up yet.

The fruit trees arrived, but before they were planted, we chased the chickens, ducks, and geese out and planted the trees.

Planting trees is actually very simple. Just dig a hole, put the sapling in it, bury it, and then water it frequently. It will definitely survive.

After everything was done, the chickens, ducks, and geese were herded into the coop. Two hours had passed by then, and it was past mealtime.

Even if it's past mealtime, we still have to water the fruit trees first. Besides, the well isn't far away, so we can just make a few trips to fetch water to water the trees.

After we finish these tasks, we can go eat, and then continue working.

Eat first, then pickle the duck eggs.

Then came the task of cutting the irrigation ditch. The bricks, cement, sand, and other materials I bought a couple of days ago were right there. It cost me three thousand yuan for just these few items!

Then we got right to work. It was actually quite simple. We didn’t need to build a very wide ditch; about 20 centimeters would be enough.

First, build a water trough next to the well. It doesn't need to be very big; 1 meter long, 1 meter wide, and 0.8 meters high is enough. The trough should be half a meter deep.

Along the water trough, build an east-west water channel. The bricks and stones on the north side do not need to be left with gaps; they can be directly smoothed with cement. On the east-west channel on the south side, leave a few gaps. The gaps do not need to be too big; half a brick width is enough. The purpose of doing this is to allow direct irrigation.

Then build a north-south oriented path, not very wide, just half a brick wide, all the way to the chicken coop. Dig a small pond there, half a meter long, wide, and high, so you can fetch water to feed the chickens, ducks, and geese.

You could actually skip that and just draw water from the well to feed the chickens, ducks, and geese, but isn't that just lazy? This method is so much more convenient!

Although cutting the irrigation canal seems simple, it's actually quite tiring to do; it's difficult, but not impossible.

Although I've never built one myself, I've seen how my father did it before and thought it was quite fun. But when it comes to me, it's always wrong, or something just won't work.

Fortunately, they managed to build the two irrigation canals in half an afternoon.

However, it cannot be used now; it must be dried before use, otherwise it will break.

After finishing all that, it was already past five or six in the afternoon.