Chapter 158 Blizzard
She had already chopped up a fish and fed it to the dog, but Mu Xi didn't come in.
When I walked out to the yard, I saw him assembling a box with the leftover wood from making the bathtub.
"It takes a long time to make a refrigerator out of pure ice, so I'll make one out of wood first."
Some wood must be left for Zhao Yeqing to make a planting box. There is not much wood left, only enough to make a wooden box about 50 centimeters long, wide and high.
Make a lid on the top that can be opened and closed, and place it outdoors to store food. Make a lock on the lid so you don't have to worry about animals stealing food.
It's safer than just hanging on the eaves.
Zhao Yeqing was very confused about whether the black carp he caught should be boiled fish or pickled fish tonight.
"We have sauerkraut and vermicelli at home. You like to eat these two together, right? Eat the sauerkraut first this time, and boiled fish next time."
Seeing that she was really conflicted, Mu Xi simply helped her make a decision.
"Also, you have to put your favorite bean sprouts in the boiled fish. I don't have any right now, so you can sprout some first."
Yes! Bean sprouts!
Zhao Yeqing suddenly realized how could she have forgotten this.
There are mung beans at home, but she doesn't like bean sprouts. She always feels that the taste of eating a hard bean suddenly after eating fresh bean sprouts is very strange.
It was only five o'clock in the afternoon. The two of them had gone fishing on the lake at noon and had not eaten lunch, so they were a little hungry now.
The wooden boards had already been processed, so Mu Xi only needed to hammer nails between the boards to connect them, and a relatively rough wooden box would be made.
He put all the fish into the box and covered it. "I'll go cook. You can soak the beans first."
Zhao Yeqing responded and took out a basket from the tool shed. It was originally used to hold some miscellaneous small things. Those things were all made of wood or rattan, and now they were a little moldy.
There was nothing practical inside, so she buried all the little things next to the original owner's grave.
This empty small basket is perfect for growing bean sprouts.
I chose this because the material will not mold. This was bought by the original owner. It is made of plastic and looks like the square basket used by fruit stores to transport fruits. It has many small holes.
The size is only as big as an A4 paper.
Zhao Yeqing found an unused towel, washed it and placed it in the basin. He did not completely wring out the water in the towel, and then put the mung beans in it and wrapped them with the towel.
Add some warm water until it barely covers half of the towel.
The mung beans need to be soaked for half a day.
Mu Xi had already placed pots on two stoves, and oil was burning in one pot, ready to fry small fish and crucian carp.
On the chopping board are the processed small fish and crucian carp, which have been marinated with salt and wine and can be thrown into the oil for frying when it is hot.
Fish that is not coated with flour will not be greasy when fried, and the fish bones can be fried until crispy.
In another pot, ginger, garlic and peppercorns have been sautéed. Throw the sauerkraut in and stir-fry until fragrant. Open the thermos and pour the hot water into the pot.
The black carp was sliced into fish fillets, coated with starch and ready to be put into the pot.
Zhao Yeqing couldn't stand the smell from the kitchen as he hadn't eaten lunch, so he went to the yard to get some fresh air.
There are some unused wooden boards on the ground, which will be used as planting pots.
Zhao Yeqing pieced the wooden boards together by himself, and while Mu Xi was finishing the meal, he had also made the planting pot.
While the mung beans were soaking, she turned out the spinach seeds and soaked them in the basin together.
The kitchen was filled with a strong aroma, and Mu Xi took out the rice wine from the room.
"I think the alcohol in this wine is a few degrees strong now. Can you handle it?"
Zhao Yeqing was a little hesitant when she heard this. She really wasn't very good at drinking. When she went to a party before, her classmates from Sichuan Province teased her, saying that she could get drunk even by drinking fermented glutinous rice juice.
"A small one first."
A little drink can soothe your mood.
Drinking is secondary, the main purpose is to eat fish.
The fried fish is sprinkled with red chili powder, which looks appetizing.
She ate one fish after another. Mu Xi laughed and said, "You are not eating food with wine, the wine is just a foil."
She did not refute, but concentrated on eating, slurping up the last mouthful of vermicelli in the bowl. The vermicelli was coated with the broth of the sauerkraut fish, which was sour and appetizing.
The tender texture of the black carp made her more determined to eat boiled fish.
It would be so delicious to eat spicy boiled fish in such a cold day.
The two discussed going again tomorrow.
But when I woke up in the morning, snowflakes started falling outside again.
The snow is dry snow. It doesn't mean you can't go out in the snow, but you can't catch fish if you go out.
The weather was bad, the fish were not active, and we could only watch the snow on the lake.
I had been planning to wait until the snow stopped the day after tomorrow before going, but I didn't expect that the snow would not stop once it started, and it kept getting heavier.
"It's been raining for three days. Why do I feel like this isn't a good omen?"
Zhao Yeqing stood by the window and looked out. Snowflakes were falling densely from the sky and visibility had dropped to about three meters.
The sky became increasingly gloomy. It was originally just snowing, but then the wind slowly began to blow.
One day, two days, and a week passed, but the snow still didn't stop.
The north wind was blowing, and the wind blew in through the gaps in the windows, making some sharp whistling sounds like howling.
The glass windows in the house were brought back from the village, so they are not so tightly fitted. The gaps are filled with cement, so it is inevitable that there are some gaps.
It's okay when there is no strong wind normally, but when the wind blows hard you can hear strange wailing.
It sounds creepy at night.
It was not much better during the day. It was very inconvenient for the two of them to go out to cook or go to the toilet. When they opened the door, the wind would blow in directly, taking away all the warmth in the room.
It was even more troublesome when getting up in the morning. It snowed so heavily that the door was piled up with snow every morning, making it difficult to push the door open. The first thing Mu Xi did in the morning was to clear the snow at the door.
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Zhao Yeqing poured hot water into their cups, and a cool breeze rushed in from behind him.
It was Mu Xi who pushed the door open, brushed off the snowflakes on his head and body, changed his shoes, walked over, took the hot water handed to him by Zhao Yeqing, and drank it before speaking.
"The cattle are fine, no problem. The sheep are not so good. They are not as cold-resistant as the cattle. I have refilled their fodder, so there shouldn't be any problem."
He finished the hot water in the cup and finally warmed up. "There's a charcoal basin outside the chicken coop, and straw is laid out in the stable. Don't worry about the rabbits, they'll huddle together to keep warm."
Zhao Yeqing nodded.
The temperature outside has reached minus twenty degrees these past two days. It has dropped ten degrees in just one week.
It's like this here, I wonder how cold it is in the northern cities.
The weather changed so much, but the radio never turned on again, which made her feel a little depressed these days.
Come to think of it, the fox that used to come out at night and hide during the day recently frequently came to steal food during the day. It was probably because it noticed that the temperature was about to drop and that was why it was acting so abnormally.
It was clearly daytime, but outside it was as gloomy as if it was about to fall at night, and there was a faint purple light flashing between the clouds in the sky...
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