Chapter 183 Leaky Air
I made a fluffy little rabbit fur ball.
There was already a nail on the wall of the east room. Just tie one end of the yarn to the nail and let the pom-pom hang naturally down to the side of the wall.
"Tie Dan'er, come here!"
I beckoned Tiedan to look over and stroked the fluffy ball with my hand. The fluffy little ball swayed back and forth by the wall, and Tiedan was immediately attracted.
A round kitten sat beside a sphere, its little head swaying from side to side with the sphere, occasionally pawing at it with its tiny paws—it was incredibly cute.
But the peaceful days didn't last long before Xiao Gua, the third party, and the fourth party were also attracted.
The dogs also shook their heads and swayed along with the ball, but no matter how they swayed, they had a silly and silly vibe, and were not as cute as the kittens.
Before I could even finish mentally ranting about how the dogs looked, they started moving again.
Little Gua slammed its mouth against the wall, pinned the fur ball down, and wouldn't let go, pulling it backward with its rear end sticking out.
Afraid that the little goat would chew up the pom-pom I had just made, I quickly called out to stop it: "Little goat! Get off me!"
When I called out to Xiaogua, he immediately let go of his mouth, and the fluffy ball bounced back onto the wall.
The three and four dogs swarmed forward, lunging at the wall to grab the ball, and Tie Dan's small figure was instantly swallowed up by the dogs.
Once I calmed down, I finally saw Tie Dan. The poor little thing was almost flattened by Xiao Si's claws.
They quickly rushed forward to rescue Tiedan, placed him on the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), and began to sternly reprimand and discipline the dogs.
Besides Xiaodi, the other three dogs were squatting by the wall with their heads drooping, wagging their tails with half-closed eyes. Seeing them like this made my heart soften.
What bad intentions could a puppy possibly have? It just wanted to play with a ball of fur.
Pull the pom-pom off the yarn and throw it on the ground, and the dogs become happy again, chasing after it and playing a game of tag.
But after only a few games, the dogs started causing trouble again. Because the east room doesn't have enough space to move around, they knocked over a lot of newly sprouted vegetables while fighting over the pom-pom.
It seems we can't let the dogs romp around in the east room anymore, otherwise we won't be able to get any fresh vegetables in the entire Arctic region.
I slept soundly through the night, and was awakened in the morning by the howling wind outside.
I groggily put on my cotton coat, walked to the window and looked out. The wind was strong today, and some dry grass and leaves were even floating in the air.
The house itself wasn't affected much. Although the temperature inside was much cooler than at night, the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) was still warm, and you wouldn't feel cold even if you wore a cotton coat.
I just don't know if the pigsty and the wolf's den will be drafty.
He quickly put on his cotton-padded coat and trousers, fully armed with a hat, scarf, gloves, and mask, took a deep breath, and headed outside.
Even when fully covered up, the biting cold wind can still seep into your face through the gaps in your hat and mask.
The cool breeze felt like steel needles pricking my face. Without hesitation, I hurried toward the pigsty.
Stepping into the pigsty, the temperature was two degrees lower than yesterday, and you could feel the cool breeze seeping in through the cracks in the pigsty door.
The gap in the door was intentionally left, thinking it would be good as a ventilation opening, but today the wind is blowing directly through the gap, making the temperature in the pigsty drop quite a bit.
They quickly found some tattered curtains they had picked up in town, wrapped them tightly around the door, and nailed them in to secure them.
After wrapping it up, close the door completely. This time it's really airtight. Let's try it like this first and see if the animals will lack oxygen. If not, then keep it like this.
I closed the pigpen door tightly, quickly lit the stove and firebox, and only left after the pigpen was warm.
I opened the gate to check the cave dwelling. The wolves hadn't come out much today. The temperature inside the cave was quite nice, but the wolves were lying further inside than usual, probably because the entrance was drafty.
Find a sturdy stick in the woodpile, break it in half, return to the windshield, and use an axe to chop a point out of each section.
He took two wooden sticks and walked to the entrance of the cave dwelling. He cleared away the surrounding straw and smashed the axe hard into the left and right sides above the cave dwelling.
Go back inside and find the last cotton curtain. Cut the opening wider with a knife and hang it at the entrance of the cave.
Although it couldn't completely block the entrance to the cave dwelling, it did cover most of it, blocking out most of the cold air.
If the straw is used to cover the entrance of the cave again, and a corner of the curtain is pulled out, the cave will remain warm if the wolves only enter and exit through this corner.
The entire process was witnessed by a pack of wolves, who stared at me with wide-eyed amazement, probably completely baffled as to what I was doing.
It's okay if they don't know what I'm doing; the little wolves will eventually realize that they're warmer after I do it.
It was getting late, so I hurried back inside to light the stove and feed the pigs, chickens, and rabbits.
After a flurry of activity, I checked the time and it was 11:05.
By the time I finished everything, it was almost noon before I could even have breakfast.
The kittens and puppies looked at me with pitiful expressions, still starving with me.
Thinking that the wolves in the caves outside hadn't come out either, he guessed they would also go hungry in this terrible weather.
Take a small piece of pork fat from the refrigerator, cut it into slices, throw it into a large iron pot and fry it to render the lard. Add some chopped green onions and sauté until fragrant. Pour water into the pot and start boiling.
Cut half a pumpkin and a potato into chunks and throw them into the pot.
Once the water in the pot boils, crack in two eggs, add half a bowl of noodle soup, stir well, cover the pot, and simmer.
This pot of dumpling soup had hardly any seasonings, and even looked a bit like pig swill.
However, since it contains pork, pumpkin, and eggs—three foods that cats and dogs love—it probably won't taste too bad.
Once the dumpling soup in the pot is cooked, stir it a few times and serve a large bowl to the dog and kitten first.
Find the large basin you used to feed the wolves and pour in all the remaining dumpling soup from the pot.
Once the dumpling soup had cooled down a bit and was no longer too hot to handle, I first shared it with the cats and dogs in the house, and they really enjoyed it.
I'm relieved that the people in the house like it.
Wearing gloves, I carried a large basin of dumpling soup outside the straw pile. It was extremely cold outside, and even the slightly cooled dumpling soup was steaming with thick white vapor.
I lifted a corner of the cotton curtain at the cave dwelling: "Dinner's ready!"
Sang Biao, the mother wolf, and their cubs can understand my commands. When they hear me say it's time to eat, they reflexively run out and wait.
At Sang Biao's signal, the wolf king slowly walked forward and began to eat. After the wolf king finished eating, the wolf cubs waiting at the door buried their heads in the large basin and began to feast.
Seeing the wolf cubs eating so happily, the other wolf members came out and joined in the meal.
This large bowl was probably not enough for the wolf; it ate about 70-80% of its fill, and then the bowl was completely empty.
The wolves licked their lips, seemingly still wanting more, and when they saw I wasn't feeding them anymore, they slowly crawled back into their cave.
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