Chapter 119 Tobacco
His eyebrows, which were already raised and unruly, were now full of emotion and his gaze was burning.
She clutched the bed sheet tightly, her mouth opening and closing slightly, trying to speak but unable to say anything with the words stuck in her throat.
She could feel the gaze moving down, from her eyes to her lips and back up to her eyes.
The path along which his gaze moved seemed to be on fire, and finally stopped at his eyes, as if asking her if she could.
Zhao Yeqing subconsciously moved back uncomfortably. Mu Xi's upturned eyes drooped instantly, with a hint of hurt in his eyes.
"Do you dislike me?"
What? You are slandering me? Aren't you ashamed of me?
But when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say anything when she met his eyes and face.
If the atmosphere hadn't been this intense, she would have wanted to slap herself to wake herself up and stop being a face-chaser.
Zhao Yeqing retorted, "How could I have that?"
"Then prove it."
Prove what?
She got the answer from the other party's actions without asking the question.
The face of the man in front of him suddenly approached, and before Zhao Yeqing had time to close his eyes, he felt an unfamiliar warmth and softness on his lips.
An electric current instantly ran through her body, but Mu Xi did not go any deeper. The warmth disappeared as soon as he touched her, but his eyes were still fixed on hers. He just stared at her openly, and then touched her lips again and again.
The eyes that looked at each other were sparkling, like the moonlight reflected on the shimmering lake, meeting, leaving, and meeting again, as if inducing her response.
She seemed to see a hungry wolf hiding in the moonlight, and finally couldn't help showing its fangs.
The hand that was clenching the bed sheet was also clasped by a large palm. Zhao Yeqing seemed to be bewitched, and the violent heartbeat that he could hear at the beginning gradually became unclear in his ears.
Her response was like a white rabbit walking into a hungry wolf's trap. In just a moment, she felt that she was about to be devoured.
After a while, when she felt that her breath was almost taken away, the man's voice sounded vaguely, with a hint of smile,
"Idiot, take a breath."
Zhao Yeqing became angry and pushed Mu Xi away.
One of them jumped onto the bed and wrapped himself from head to toe with a quilt. The whole set of movements was done smoothly and in one go.
“Puff.”
Hearing the sound of suppressed laughter behind him, Zhao Yeqing sat up, raised the pillow in his hand and threw it at him.
Mu Xi did not dodge or evade, letting the pillow hit him and then reached out to catch it.
The curve of his mouth remained unchanged, and he was obviously in a good mood.
He put the pillow in place for her, sat on the edge of the bed, and suddenly moved his face closer to her, smiling and saying, "Tell me the truth, have you been harboring ill intentions towards me for a long time?"
Get out of here.
Mu Xi was finally kicked off the bed by Zhao Yeqing.
Zhao Yeqing was brushing his teeth, feeling that people really have many sides, like Mu Xi now.
From the moment I woke up in the morning, my expression was like the first time I ate meat paste and snow cakes.
She is the meat.
After breakfast, Zhao Yeqing took out the ramie skin soaked in the bucket.
The wound on her hand was not serious. It had scabbed over this morning and she could touch water.
Mu Xi was afraid that her newly scabbed wound would break open, so he didn't let her deal with the ramie skin.
She handed the ramie knife to Mu Xi and helped him untie the bundles of ramie skins.
The ramie knife is a semi-grooved tool made of iron, with a hollow cylinder made of tree bark. The thumb can be inserted into it to apply force, and the groove is just big enough to hold the cylinder.
Place the peeled ramie skin between the cylinder and the groove, and pull it hard. The rough layer on the surface of the ramie skin will be scraped off, leaving only the part with the longest fibers in the middle.
This middle part is used to make the rope.
Ramie fiber is the strongest among natural fibers and is very durable. It can also be used to make large traps to catch prey.
Mu Xi was dealing with the ropes at home, while Zhao Yeqing took Xiaohong and Dahuang to graze, and took the opportunity to check out the wheat and barley fields.
Zhao Yeqing took a look around and his expression was not happy. There were still aphids in the wheat field.
Now there is no insect repellent pesticide at home, and most of the village below has been buried. The supplies of the few families have been counted and no pesticides that can be used to control aphids have been found.
Black aphids were densely attached to the wheat leaves, but fortunately not many were eaten. Zhao Yeqing could only temporarily wash away the aphids with water.
But this is only a temporary solution.
After she had dealt with it, and when Xiaohong had almost finished eating, she took her back home.
After briefly explaining the situation to Mu Xi, he went into the room to look for ways to prevent and treat the disease.
The older generation does not rely too much on modern technology and still retains some methods passed down from ancient times.
Tobacco deworming.
She remembered that there was wild tobacco in the mountains, and the elderly in the village used to pick it to make cigarettes, which is also a traditional Chinese medicine.
We have to go down the mountain to look for it, Zhao Yeqing told Mu Xi, and he took his gun and went out with her.
Aphids must be controlled early, otherwise they will spread easily.
I started looking along the downhill path I found later, but I still couldn't find it after walking for an hour.
Tobacco likes warmth and sunshine to grow and cannot tolerate cold, so the two men searched along the sunny side.
The climate in the mountains is now suitable, and many plants that were thought to have dried up have actually secretly hidden their seeds in the ground. After a rain, new buds are sprouting from the ground again.
The two-month rainy season makes the forest full of vitality, and even ferns grow on the big trees.
Finally, I found tobacco near a chestnut tree with thorns all over the ground.
Tobacco leaves are very large, with a large one being as big as two palms.
The two men walked forward and picked most of the tobacco leaves they saw, leaving a few behind so that they could produce seeds and fall off and grow another leaf the next year.
Soaking tobacco leaves in water can not only prevent and control aphids, but also rice planthoppers that are easily infected by rice, thrips that are easily infected by corn, and red spider mites that can infect tomatoes and peppers.
A tobacco plant grows half a person's height. A field of tobacco leaves is packed so tightly that it fills up Mu Xi's backpack and half of Zhao Yeqing's backpack.
There was still half of the backpack left, and Zhao Yeqing cast his eyes towards the chestnut tree next to him.
Logically, chestnuts should have been out of season by now, but due to the abnormal weather, this chestnut tree was still bearing fruit in February.
But there were not many fruits on the tree, and most of the thorn balls had fallen to the ground. Zhao Yeqing found one that looked plump and stepped on it.
The plump chestnuts are revealed.
She bent down, reached out and carefully took the chestnut out of the thorn ball, bit it open with her teeth, and the golden chestnut meat inside exuded a fresh fragrance.
The fresh chestnuts were sweet and crispy. Zhao Yeqing squinted his eyes while eating them and generously handed the second chestnut in the thorn ball to Mu Xi.
Mu Xi peeled it out in two pieces and handed it to Zhao Yeqing, "You eat first, I'll go knock it down from the tree."
If chestnuts fall to the ground and are not picked up for a long time, they will become infested with insects and rot. The ones on the tree are the freshest. Picking them from the ground depends on luck.
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