Chapter 153 Red Tail
The tail is fluffy and red with yellow.
Zhao Yeqing made two "hissing" sounds at Mu Xi. He raised his eyes to look at her, and seeing that her gaze was focused on the back of the bathroom, he followed her gaze.
The tail was not very big and was particularly conspicuous on the snow, but it did not realize that it was exposed, and its little tail was still shaking gently.
Zhao Yeqing tiptoed out of the kitchen, picking up the bamboo stick used to stir the kudzu powder, and the two of them tiptoed to the back of the bathroom.
The animal behind obviously noticed the movement and stopped moving its tail, but did not dare to stick its head out to look.
The two men attacked from both sides and suddenly stuck their heads out.
I looked at the animal behind the bathroom and found it was a red fox with beautiful fur.
This red fox has very red fur. Although it is called a red fox, pure red fur is extremely rare. Most red foxes have a mixture of yellow and black fur.
But this red fox has bright red fur on its back and light yellow fur on its belly, which looks very beautiful in the snow.
The red fox didn't expect that it was surrounded. It froze in place and closed its eyes.
This stunned Zhao Yeqing. She looked up at Mu Xi, her eyes full of questions.
Mu Xi: “Play dead.”
This fox doesn't look very old. Although it is quite long, foxes grow very fast. This one looks like it has just reached adulthood.
Mu Xi didn't get too close. The fox was cunning. It was pretending to be dead, but if it sensed him approaching, it would jump up and give him a claw.
"I was in the reserve over there before. There are many foxes in the mountains and forests. I am quite familiar with them. This one is probably just an adult. Look at its cheeks... the whiskers have just grown out, its ears are not completely pointed yet, and its legs are not very long."
Zhao Yeqing had never seen many foxes. When he was in Meishan, he saw some in the mountains, but they would run away when he saw them from a distance. This was the first time he saw one so close.
She wanted to take a closer look and was about to squat down, but Mu Xi just tried to stop her when the fox under her feet suddenly jumped up and dashed backwards.
A red figure disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving behind a foul stench.
"Oh my gosh!" Zhao Yeqing hurriedly ran five meters away, and Mu Xi also ran over.
She almost vomited, opened her eyes wide and asked, "What does that smell like?"
How come a fox can fart even when it runs away? The crab-eating mongoose didn't fart at her last time, so how come this fox can do the same thing?
Mu Xi didn't hold his breath for a moment, frowned and took a deep breath before answering helplessly, "Guess where the body odor comes from."
He explained that when a fox runs away, it releases a foul odor like a skunk, which is secreted from the back of its body.
Zhao Yeqing calmed the nausea in his throat and said, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
“I forgot.”
I can usually see traces of foxes at home, but usually at night. I can see some reflective eyes and footprints near the chicken coop in the morning.
This is the first time I see a fox so clearly.
Foxes are usually active at night and sleep in their caves during the day.
"You're out in such a cold weather, don't you have anything to eat?"
Zhao Yeqing made a reasonable guess, and Mu Xi nodded in agreement.
"Generally speaking, even animals that can survive the winter without hibernation don't enjoy the cold and come out to play. They mostly come out to look for food."
Foxes are social animals, and a whole family lives together in the cave. It is possible that there are too many people in the family and they eat a lot, so they don't have enough food stored.
Zhao Yeqing was a little worried that these foxes would break through the defenses of the chicken coop one day and take away all her chickens.
The current temperature is around minus ten degrees Celsius, about minus eight or nine degrees Celsius during the day, and the coldest at night is minus eleven or twelve degrees Celsius.
The chickens are almost reaching their cold tolerance limit.
After this incident, the two decided to move indoors, where it was warmer. When the temperature dropped further, they could add a brazier.
They have a subtropical climate here, so it shouldn't be too cold even at the high altitude.
But this is just common sense and it is hard to say now.
The original owner's house is now mostly empty, except for storing some food and some furniture of the original owner. There are also red bricks and lime in the house, so we simply copied a chicken coop indoors.
But considering that chickens live in it, it cannot be completely sealed. Ventilation holes must be left, otherwise odors will easily occur.
After all, there was so much food in the room.
Plans always cannot keep up with changes. The originally planned wooden barrel making had to be replaced by the chicken coop after seeing the fox and thinking about the chicken coop.
Zhao Yeqing went to the kitchen to continue cooking. Mu Xi moved the red bricks to the side of the chicken coop and no longer placed them indoors. He planned to expand the chicken coop with a circle on the original site, and then put the heating brazier inside the circle.
The most important thing to consider when placing a brazier is ventilation. The chicken manure in the chicken coop will produce ammonia, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. If you don't pay attention to ventilation, the chickens can easily suffocate. In addition, the brazier produces carbon monoxide after burning, so you must pay more attention to ventilation.
Therefore, the expansion of the chicken coop must have two ventilation holes, one is the original chicken coop ventilation hole that leads directly to the outside, and the other is the outer ventilation hole.
The workload is not too great and it can be completed with just a few dozen bricks.
After the expansion of the chicken coop was completed, Mu Xi took some straw and wrapped a layer of straw around the red bricks to keep them warm, and then sealed it with plastic sheeting.
When the temperature drops, light a small brazier in the newly built outer space of the chicken coop. The temperature inside should be warmer than in the room.
Burning only wood is not very effective as it does not last long enough. Before winter, the two of them prepared everything except charcoal. They had thought of building a fireplace but it would not be used.
As the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes.
After expanding the chicken coop, Mu Xi walked into the kitchen. The soup on the stove was already cooking and rice was steaming in another pot.
He told Zhao Yeqing about the charcoal burning matter and discussed it with him.
Zhao Yeqing thought that charcoal was indeed more suitable than firewood because there would be no open flame and it could keep warm for a long time.
"Then let's go cut some firewood and burn it in the next two days. It won't snow in the next two days."
The two men agreed on the location of the charcoal kiln, and decided to locate it on a gentle slope not far from their home.
The terrain there is relatively low and there is not much vegetation. Because of the obstruction of the high hillsides, the snow is not very thick.
By the time the two of them had finished discussing it, the soup in the pot was almost done.
Zhao Yeqing brought out the steamed rice, put the pot on the stove and started cooking for the dog.
Huhu and Xuebing did not go out today and their appetite was not very good, so Zhao Yeqing asked Mu Xi to slaughter two rabbits to feed them.
The smoked chicken and kudzu root soup in the pot is creamy yellow in color, and the flavor of the smoked chicken is quite strong, completely covering up the flavor of the kudzu root.
Zhao Yeqing put the washed snow mustard greens into the pot. The soup was bubbling. When the vegetables were cooked, she pulled out the firewood and turned down the heat.
Hand the steamed, crystal clear and plump rice to Mu Xi.
"It's time for dinner."
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