Although the discovery of the mulberry tree was very exciting, it is not yet the season for raising silkworms. We will have to wait until next spring when the silkworms hatch.
Xing Tu and Guo Zifeng, who discovered the mulberry tree, were more concerned about the condition of the white tea.
The white tea here is somewhat different from the real white tea, so they need to do some research.
Tea is classified according to its processing method. Currently, the six major tea categories are generally recognized: black tea, green tea, dark tea, yellow tea, white tea, and oolong tea.
Many teas have "white tea" in their names, such as Snow Mountain White Tea and Anji White Tea, but most of these are actually green teas. Only Fuding and Zhenghe are truly white tea producing areas.
After being examined by Xing Tu, this piece of white tea was confirmed to be Fuding white tea, which is quite different from the actual Fuding white tea.
They can enjoy this tea next year during the Qingming Festival.
The Indian Mountains are actually a treasure trove, because they are already quite high and due to climate conflicts, you can find mountain products of almost every climate type.
They also found many edible plants in the Indian mountains, including the leaves of the Chinese tallow tree (which can be used to make black rice), watermelon, and later broccoli.
Now, their green plants are slowly expanding, so Chen Yang has not introduced them from reality, as planting from seeds is too time-consuming.
This time, he brought a multi-functional electronic scale from real life. It's very accurate, can time, switch units, and perform ratio conversions. The scale costs nearly ten thousand yuan and can connect to a mobile phone via Bluetooth, so it's quite useful.
The biggest function of this scale is that it can be used as a food scale for summer. Cakes still need a relatively accurate scale to ensure the consistency of their taste.
People don't use it often, but they do use it occasionally. Hong Gui uses it to weigh the ironware he makes, and Li Su'er sometimes uses it to weigh the tea leaves when she's brewing tea. Sometimes, they just use it for timing.
It's just a small thing, and it doesn't change everyone's lives much, but it's these little changes that make the Xindu Camp a better place.
It snowed again in the micro-world, and it was a heavy snow. In just two hours, everything in front of us was covered in a blanket of white.
The heavy snow came so suddenly that even Ding Qihan hadn't predicted it. He was so engrossed in the calculations and deductions of the theoretical model that he became somewhat careless.
"This snow may last a long time."
After observing carefully for a long time, Ding Qihan said seriously.
“Planting within the camp is impossible, but we don’t need to worry about the western border river. We need to make preparations for the island in the middle of the lake in advance. Some animals are not very resistant to cold.”
Most of what they planted has already been harvested, so there's no need to worry. If there is prolonged snowfall, it will accumulate and actually help them preserve their food, as the snow is a natural refrigerator.
However, not all animals are strong enough to withstand the cold.
There's not much to worry about with the animals in the camp having shelters, but the semi-free-range animals on the island in the middle of the lake are a bit of a concern.
With such heavy snow, the island in the middle of the lake inevitably experienced a significant drop in temperature, but its winter protection measures were inadequate. The space with roofs and walls was too small to accommodate so many animals.
Building temporary housing is definitely not an option now, so they can only find a natural shelter and then build some artificial shelters for protection against the cold.
Chen Yang, Wang Bing, Zhang Jian, and several others rushed over to help. Within two days, they built a sheltered shed in an evergreen forest, covering it with dry grass and binding it tightly with vines.
The shed was built quite high, about five meters tall, but fortunately, they had built ladders when they constructed the house. These ladders came in handy now. A roof frame was built between the trees, which acted as load-bearing pillars. The tree canopies and branches also helped to hold back a lot of snow, preventing the shed from collapsing.
They also divided the bottom into several areas, otherwise it would be easy for problems to arise if too many different kinds of animals were concentrated together.
This forest is right next to several meadows, so animals can go out to forage and then come back on their own. There is no snow in the forest, and because there are many animals and the trees are dense, the temperature is also better.
In this harsh winter, it's impossible for the animals to find food on their own. In the past few days, the others have been helping to collect animal feed, hay, and leaves to prevent the animals from starving to death during the winter.
The snow had already fallen quite thickly on the two buildings where the roof was being constructed.
Hong Gui didn't help these two days; instead, he was busy building something, but he didn't answer when asked.
The camp was well-prepared for the cold, and the newly built woodshed was packed full, so getting through the winter would not be a problem. The barn was also full of hay and other feed, so the poultry and livestock did not have to worry about food for the winter.
However, the plants in the time acceleration zone still froze to death, and some plants that could have survived the winter could not withstand the sudden blizzard.
Of the three large camps, the West Boundary River camp was the most comfortable. Although it still snowed at night, there was no snow accumulation. The desert has a large temperature difference between day and night, but it is also very dry with insufficient moisture; it's considered a blessing if it snows even a little.
Chen Yang planned that everyone could go to the West for vacation in batches, where the temperature would definitely be very comfortable, it would be like a miniature Sanya.
The snow was still falling when Hong Gui found Chen Yang and Guo Zifeng, asking them to help him forge something. Upon learning what Hong Gui wanted to forge, Chen Yang and Guo Zifeng immediately joined in the forging process.
Although the others were curious, the three of them tacitly kept quiet, only telling them that they might be surprised and to wait.
The snow on the ground is getting thicker every day. During this time, the number of people in the micro-realm has increased, mostly relatives and friends of existing people, especially the elderly. They are more willing to give opportunities to the younger generation. For example, Chen Yang's parents gave their spots to Chen Yang's twin cousins. It's time for the twins to follow in Chen Yang's footsteps.
Chen Yang's grandmother also entered the Micro Realm. Originally, Chen Yang did not plan to let his grandmother enter the Micro Realm because the old lady already had her own friends in the countryside, was well-off and very happy. In addition, she was old and would find it difficult to adapt to a sudden change of environment, so there was no need for her to come in.
However, now that he has spiritual energy, Chen Yang still let his grandmother in, because it's good for her health.
The old lady was very happy after she came in. She would chat with Li Su'er and Chen Liu every day. Mo Xi was also not spared and was occasionally pulled aside by Grandma Chen Yang for a heart-to-heart talk.
Grandma Chen Yang was brought into the Micro World by Chen Yang using his own quota. In addition, he also brought over an eleven-year-old friend from Chen Liucai's class, which lowered the average age of the Micro World residents and also raised their average IQ.
The temperature in the micro-world this year is much lower than last year, so the road between the island in the middle of the lake and the campsite has been cut off because the lake has frozen over. At first, there were only some floating ice floes, and then the entire lake surface was covered with a thin layer of ice.
With this thin layer of ice, the path between the campsite and the island in the middle of the lake is cut off.
However, Chen Yang is an exception; he can run directly on the ice, many times faster than rowing. This is much easier than skimming across water.
Then, the ice on the lake became thicker and thicker, thick enough to walk on. The path between the island in the middle of the lake and the campsite was open again, and even more convenient, though a bit slippery.
"If only we had roller skates right now," Tang Jiaqi remarked sincerely.
Then she saw Chen Yang, Guo Zifeng, and Hong Gui carrying more than a dozen pairs of roller skates.
(End of this chapter)
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