Chapter 152 Snow
I don’t know if it’s because I’m tired from playing outside all day, but today the steamed buns, pickled vegetables and dried fish taste particularly delicious.
After feeding all the animals at home, they washed up and went to bed.
Although people in the south don’t scrub their bodies, they still have the habit of taking a bath every other day, or at most every two days, even in winter.
Before falling asleep, Zhao Yeqing muttered in a daze, "It's too cold to take a shower today. It would be nice if I could take a hot spring bath."
The next morning.
She woke up from the cold.
There is no one around anymore.
The fireplace was already filled with firewood and was burning brightly.
She thought Mu Xi was going to make breakfast, so she stayed in bed for a while, but her body still didn't warm up, so she climbed out of bed reluctantly.
I sat in front of the fireplace, warmed my hands and feet, and my boots, then changed my clothes and went out.
There was no sign of Mu Xi in the kitchen, but the fire was already lit on the stove. She opened the lid of the pot, revealing cooked vegetable porridge.
I didn’t know where the person had gone. I couldn’t find him inside or outside the house, and Xiaohong was not in the stable either.
Guessing that Mu Xi was out for a ride or looking for something, she was no longer in a hurry. Zhao Yeqing sat in the kitchen, took a bowl of porridge, blew it cool, and ate it slowly.
Mu Xi appeared at the door only after finishing breakfast.
He reworked the large wooden board that had been temporarily nailed to haul hay and nailed two sled-like rails underneath.
The board was made of the wood he had chopped.
"What are you going to do?"
Zhao Yeqing thought about what he said yesterday, "Build a refrigerator?"
Mu Xi shook his head, "Didn't you say last night that it was too cold to take a bath? There are no hot springs left. I plan to make a wooden barrel so you can take a bath in it."
She then recalled what she had said casually last night. Seeing that he was so concerned, she smiled and leaned over to kiss him. Her little hand slipped into his palm, and her fingers clasped together.
"How come you're so nice?"
I took his hand and walked to the kitchen, and pressed him on the bench, "Let's warm up the fire first. I'll go tie Xiaohong to the stable."
Xiaohong is not afraid of the cold. The current temperature of minus ten degrees is nothing to it. After going out for a walk, it seems to be in much better spirits.
Zhao Yeqing led it to the stable, but it stood there unwilling to move. Zhao Yeqing promised, "Tomorrow, I'll take you out to play again tomorrow!"
After much persuasion, we finally invited it back.
When she closed the stable door with too much force, a piece of snow fell on her head, stunning her.
The noise startled Mu Xi. He rushed out of the kitchen and came to her side. When he saw the snow above her head and the debris on the ground, he understood what was going on.
"Go inside first."
The snow had already frozen very hard, but luckily the snow that fell was relatively small and on the edge, not the hardest kind, and the snow pieces were not big either.
There was a swelling on her head, so Mu Xi took some medicated oil and rubbed it on her. "I'll go clear the snow off the roof in a bit."
The snow on the roof is indeed a major hidden danger. If it is too heavy, the house may easily collapse.
Neither of them had experience living in this kind of weather environment, so it was inevitable that they would accidentally ignore the danger of the roof.
The pain on Zhao Yeqing's head dissipated a little. "I remember seeing this before. When the weather alternates between hot and cold, the snow on the roof melts and freezes into icicles, which are even more dangerous when falling down."
The two had originally planned that one would make the wooden barrel while the other would deal with the kudzu root powder that had been soaked yesterday, but now they decided that the most urgent task was to clear the snow off the roof first.
The snow in the yard had not been dealt with before, so this is a good opportunity to clean it out, to prevent it from piling up too much and becoming ice everywhere in the yard once it melts.
Mu Xi took a ladder and started cleaning the roof with a long stick. Zhao Yeqing found a shovel and started clearing the snow outside the yard.
There are many newly built houses in the house now. In addition to the original sheep pen, there are also horse stables, chicken coops, cattle pens and rabbit pens.
As the yard gets bigger, it becomes harder to clean.
I had just cleaned less than half of the front yard and I had to sit down and rest.
Watching Mu Xi use a long stick to remove the snow from the roof.
The snow is quite hard, so you have to poke a crack with a stick first, and then the snow will break into large clumps.
Then use a stick to pull it off in chunks, it looks quite relaxing.
The snow fell on the ground she had just shoveled...
Well, the pressure that was just released came back instantly.
After Zhao Yeqing had rested enough, he stood up and planned to shovel the snow out of the yard first, and then clean the inside after Mu Xi finished the roof.
Mu Xi cleared the snow off the roof piece by piece and then came over to take over her job.
"I'll deal with the snow, and you deal with the kudzu root. It needs to settle again, so we need to do it sooner rather than later."
She thought she could do it in the evening, but the shovel had already been taken away by Mu Xi.
Pueraria root powder does need to be washed and settled a second time.
She walked to the big vat and opened the lid. The water inside, which was originally white with yellow, had turned into a turbid light yellow.
Zhao Yeqing took the ladle and scooped out all the water in the jar.
When the yellow water inside is emptied, the white sediment inside will be revealed.
Zhao Yeqing turned on the faucet and refilled it with water.
He took a bamboo stick two fingers thick, washed the dust off it, and inserted it into the jar, stirring the white sediment at the bottom and mixing it with the water.
The water in the jar gradually turned grayish white, and she put down the bamboo stick.
By the time it settles tomorrow, the Pueraria powder will be mostly ready.
Zhao Yeqing took a smoked chicken off the stove, put it in water to soak, and planned to make soup with fresh kudzu root later.
Mu Xi had already cleared the snow in the front yard, but he didn't plan to clean the rabbit pen. Just leaving it covered with snow would keep it warmer than without any snow.
The plastic shed where she originally grew vegetables has been removed, and the plastic sheets have been recycled without being wasted.
Zhao Yeqing thought that there wasn't much to eat in this weather, and the few pea tips planted in the house were not enough.
She looked at the brick kiln next to her and wondered whether she should make a few more pots and grow more vegetables.
You can't go out to look for snow vegetable every day, because there will come a time when they are all gone.
Zhao Yeqing walked into the kitchen and saw Mu Xi shoveling snow outside the window.
She discussed the feasibility with him while cooking, "I mainly want to eat some fresh green leafy vegetables, otherwise my stomach will be upset."
Mu Xi: "I remember there are spinach seeds in the bag. They should still be able to survive in this temperature."
Zhao Yeqing knew that the plant could be grown, but he had to dig the clay for the pots, which was really troublesome.
Mu Xi thought for a moment, "Last time you made a clay basin that you didn't use, didn't you? If it's not enough, you can nail one out of wood to make do. Wooden basins won't get moldy easily in this season."
It's not impossible. Zhao Yeqing chopped the smoked chicken into pieces and was about to ask if he should stew one more to give to the dog as a snack later.
When I looked up, I saw an animal tail sticking out from behind the bathroom behind Mu Xi.
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