Chapter 147 Plum Blossom
Mu Xi tied her shoelaces and said, "Stand up and walk a few steps."
The rabbit fur in the shoes is specially selected. It is made from fur of rabbits that are less than one year old. It is not too thick but still warm.
"It's not uncomfortable, it's soft."
Mu Xi helped her sit on the bench and took off her boots again. "Go and warm your feet first. Put your shoes by the fireplace and put them on after they are warm."
It was a special period when it snowed, but fortunately her dysmenorrhea was less severe and ended in three days, unlike her best friend who had to take painkillers to save her life during her period, which lasted for a week.
Zhao Yeqing sat in a rocking chair to warm her feet, and picked up a scarf to continue knitting. The scarf was just long enough to wrap around her neck twice, and she would almost finish it today.
It's getting dark.
Mu Xi came to call Zhao Yeqing to eat, and she put the knitted scarf on him.
The white scarf made the man's features look gentle, and her eyes sparkled in the flickering firelight.
“It’s really beautiful~”
Mu Xi took off the scarf, folded it and put it in the cabinet, "Put it there first, in case it gets dirty."
The cuffs of his leather boots were facing the fireplace, and now they were warm inside.
I put on my shoes and walked into the kitchen. There was a pot bubbling with spicy soup. It smelled very spicy with enough pepper added.
There was no dried black fungus at home, so Mu Xi found some dried lichens in the bag of dried mushrooms, which he soaked and put into the soup.
Hu La Tang is made by kneading the dough and then thickening it with water containing starch. The resulting soup is very thick.
I ate the spicy soup with the same highland barley cake as last night. I took a sip of soup and a bite of cake. The cake has big pores, so it absorbs the soup when you put it in.
By the end of the meal, beads of sweat appeared on the tip of her nose and she felt relaxed all over.
She included Hu La Tang in her winter menu and drank it for three consecutive days until the special period ended.
After getting rid of the pain in his waist, Zhao Yeqing felt like he was alive again.
The room occasionally needs to be ventilated by opening the window, and the moment she opened it, snowflakes floated in.
It started snowing two days after my period, and the snow outside was already up to my knees.
As soon as Zhao Yeqing's menstrual period is over, she goes to check on the wheat seedlings in the wheat field.
The snow on the road was so thick that the journey to the wheat field, which would have taken more than ten minutes, took almost an hour.
When we arrived at the wheat field, we saw that the wheat seedlings were covered with snow.
This made her breathe a sigh of relief.
Recently, it has been snowing and windy, and she was worried that the wheat would be frozen to death. Now she sees that the wheat seedlings are covered with snow, which actually resists the attack of the cold air and plays a role in keeping warm.
As the saying goes, "If you cover yourself with three layers of quilts in winter, you will sleep on steamed buns next year."
The accumulated snow blocks the cold air and absorbs heat when the sun comes out, which is then transferred to the wheat seedlings underneath.
When the snow melts due to heat, the snow water will irrigate the wheat fields and increase the moisture of the soil.
The water from the melted snow contains nitrogen compounds, which is equivalent to a disguised form of fertilizer and can save a lot of sheep poop.
The only disadvantage is that the soil becomes warmer, and insects underneath will hide and overwinter.
However, it will be colder when the snow melts than when it snows. In order to melt, the accumulated snow must absorb heat. The soil will then cool down rapidly and the pests hiding in it will be frozen to death.
Zhao Yeqing touched the tall wheat seedlings that had not been completely covered, and couldn't help but sigh.
Nature has evolved such a perfect ecosystem if its rules had not been forcibly broken by humans.
The cold ball of snow on her cheek interrupted her thoughts.
Zhao Yeqing turned her gaze back and saw Mu Xi holding a snowball in his hand and poking it against her cheek. The coldness made her squint her eyes.
She squatted down, quickly picked up a snowball and threw it at her. Mu Xi dodged by turning sideways, took two steps in front of her, and the small snowball hit her on the head.
The advantage of her long legs was revealed. The snow that reached her calves was like nothing to Mu Xi. She reached out and brushed off the snow on her head, looking at Mu Xi who had retreated three meters away.
"Don't move!"
Mu Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How can there be someone like you? Can't you afford to play?"
"in spite of."
She swaggered over holding a snowball, and when Mu Xi tried to move, she was stopped immediately, "I told you not to move."
He raised his hands helplessly and stood there in surrender, lowering his head, "Go ahead and smash it."
The snowball did not fall on his head. Zhao Yeqing quickly opened his collar and threw a small snowball in his hand into the snow.
When the snowball got into his clothes, it was squeezed and dispersed. Feeling cold, Mu Xi quickly shook his clothes to shake the snowball out.
He shook off the snow from his clothes and stuffed the clothes back in. When Mu Xi looked up again, Zhao Yeqing had already climbed to the top of the hill.
Standing on a high place and looking at the meadow, it is all white all around, and the accumulated snow reflects star-like luster under the sun.
She looked at the white snow with a smile and said, "Let's go back and make a sled."
She had always wanted to go to the north to play in the snow during the winter, ski and see ice sculptures, but she didn't expect that before she could go, she had already realized it in another way.
It was really inconvenient to go out on such a snowy day. It was difficult to walk. It took them nearly an hour to get home.
What Zhao Yeqing wanted was a sled. The material used for sliding on the snow had to be smooth enough. The most convenient material to obtain was bamboo, but he didn't know if it could bear the weight.
If you want to cut bamboo, you have to go down the mountain.
There were leaves blocking the view overhead, and the snow in the mountains was much thinner than that on the meadow.
Most of the colors in the mountains and forests are covered with white snow, and only some evergreen trees are dotted with green, making the mountains in winter seem less bleak.
The two walked towards the small bamboo forest, and when they were almost there they noticed a hint of red in the snow.
It is a wild plum tree. The trunk of the plum tree is darker than that of other trees. The inky black trunk stands windingly in the white snow, and is covered with rose-red flowers.
In the cold winter when everything is quiet, it appears unique and independent.
"The plum blossoms are blooming next to the bamboo forest..." Zhao Yeqing walked forward and lowered the branch, and the very subtle cold fragrance of the plum blossoms lingered at the tip of his nose, "The three friends of winter are only one short of being complete."
This plum tree is lush and flourishing. Mu Xi looked at the numerous flowers on it and said, "If you like it, pick one and take it back."
Then he remembered something, "Didn't you say you wanted to drink tea a few days ago? Dried plum blossoms have a slightly bitter taste when brewed into tea, but the aftertaste is gone, and the aroma is pretty good."
The original plan to cut bamboo together turned into one person cutting bamboo and the other picking plum blossoms.
Zhao Yeqing picked flowers that were about to bloom. The fragrance of these flowers was full but had not yet dispersed. After drying, they were soaked in hot water and would bloom in the cup.
They didn't expect to get an unexpected gain when they went out. Apart from the hatchet and the gun, the two men didn't even have a basket to carry their things.
Zhao Yeqing could only take it off and put it in his clothes, and be very careful on the way home.
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