Chapter 231 Epitome
Put half of the wheat in a dried glass jar, put the roots of the oyster mushrooms with a little soil on them, and then put in the other half of the wheat, so that the wheat grains fill the entire inner wall of the bottle, then cover it with a layer of sterilized gauze and finally put on the lid with a small hole drilled on it.
There are four glass jars in total, all of which contain canned foods such as canned hot sauce that they collected and saved for use after eating.
There are not only these few glass jars at home, and she doesn't feel bad about drilling holes in the lids. There are still many cans of sauces that have not been opened. The two of them were reluctant to eat them before, and now the shelf life is almost over, so they have to open them and eat them soon.
Although it is not a special sealed jar, there is no need to worry about it not being sealed tightly. The small holes left in the gauze cover are to allow the mycelium growing inside to breathe.
It can breathe as long as there is moisture. As long as there are no foreign bacteria and the temperature is suitable, the mycelium can grow if nothing goes wrong and you are lucky.
The wheat is still semi-dry, so there is no need to sprinkle water on it.
When I first thought about growing mushrooms, food was relatively scarce, but now I feel it is dispensable.
Without pressure, people will be very optimistic. Zhao Yeqing put the glass jar away and said, "Give it a try. Maybe it will work. If it doesn't, forget it. At most, we can eat some wild mushrooms."
Mu Xi laughed at her for getting a bargain and still acting cute, "Wild mushrooms that cost hundreds of yuan per pound are not as good as farmed oyster mushrooms that cost three yuan per pound?"
Zhao Yeqing said confidently, "What I plant, how can it be the same as what others plant? Comrade Mu, you still don't have enough awareness. Can you use the price to measure what I plant?"
Because the grandfathers of both families had served in the military before, they would jokingly call each other "comrade". The two of them also followed suit and called each other by the same name when they were young.
Mu Xi was amused when he heard it, "Comrade Zhao, I suspect you are playing tricks on me."
Just as Zhao Yeqing was about to retort, a loud noise startled both of them.
The rain outside had not stopped yet, and the two ran towards the door. The echo that did not dissipate allowed them to tell that the noise came from behind the mountain.
Zhao Yeqing thought of the landslide during last year's heavy rain, and his heart tightened. "I can't be so unlucky. Last year, the road back to Meishan was blocked by a landslide. This year, it's raining, so is it possible that the road we finally opened will be blocked again?"
"No." Mu Xi put on the raincoat. "This sound seems to come from farther away. I'll go and take a look."
The rain was not heavy now. Zhao Yeqing had been bored after staying at home for so long. Now that this happened, he couldn't help but feel itchy and wanted to go and see what was going on.
"I'm going too."
The two men wore straw raincoats and arrived at the pine forest. When they found nothing unusual, they continued to move forward.
I don't know how many years this raincoat has been there. Some places were eaten by insects, and the original owner must have burned it to remove the insect eggs, resulting in the uneven surface.
The one Zhao Yeqing is wearing is better, but Mu Xi's one looks shaky.
Zhao Yeqing said as he walked, "Let's make another one when the weather clears up."
The leaves in the forest were rustling as the raindrops hit them. The sound was quite loud. Mu Xi raised his voice and replied, "When I have time, I'll go find a palm tree with suitable bark."
There were palm trees where I picked oil palm fruits before. Palm trees grow at a relatively low altitude and like to bask in the sun. You definitely won’t find them in the mountains near my home.
The two were talking about the straw raincoat, but after seeing what was happening in the distance, all the words were stuck in their mouths.
Large chunks of rock were collapsing from the snowy mountain, rolling all the way down into the valley. The huge boulders were flattening trees wherever they went.
It was still far away, but the sound could be heard on the top of the hill, which showed how huge the rock and landslide was.
Mu Xi's thoughts jumped, "Could it be that the animals on the meadow didn't go back because they knew in advance that there would be a landslide?"
But this is too early to predict in advance. Could it be possible that they knew it was going to rain heavily in winter?
Zhao Yeqing pondered and guessed, "The weather over there in Blizzard should be the reason for their relocation. The earthquake after the snow melted should be the real cause of the landslide."
A heavy rain would not cause the mountain to collapse. She guessed that it was probably because there were cracks when the ground broke before, and then the earthquake occurred after the snow melted, making the soil layer even more unstable.
The heavy rain was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Zhao Yeqing felt a little emotional. After the ground cracked, she thought for a while that she was living in a dream. After gradually accepting it, she became even more in awe of nature.
Seeing this scene suddenly reminded her of what she had seen in a documentary before, which simulated the changes on Earth millions of years ago, including the extinction of animals and changes in terrain due to various natural disasters.
This mountain, which the two had been watching for more than two years, collapsed suddenly, just like a microcosm of the scene in a documentary a century before its demise.
Zhao Yeqing couldn't see clearly, so he ran to the protruding rock after walking out of the pine forest and looked down, trying to see clearly whether the huge rocks that rolled into the ravine and even startled them on the mountain on this side had any impact on the valley on this side.
They still have to go back to Meishan along the col.
In the valley, the originally clear stream has now turned into a wide river. The water level has risen visibly, and the water is turbid and turbulent. Looking from above, there is clearly a distance, but she couldn't help but feel weak under her feet.
There was another loud bang, and the mountains in the distance were still collapsing.
Zhao Yeqing initially wanted to watch the fun, but now he is a little worried.
"It's collapsed over there, nothing else will happen, right?"
Mu Xi's tone was also hesitant, "I don't think so."
When the two of them returned, they were obviously not as relaxed as when they came. They always felt that something was going to happen.
When walking out of the pine forest, Zhao Yeqing caught a glimpse of the place where ramie was harvested last year. This year it was growing better than last year and had a wider growing area.
She suddenly remembered the ramie mat she slept on when she was a child. It was the coolest mat except for the bamboo mahjong mat.
After the rain stops, if the temperature continues to rise like last year, we will still have to prepare the new mat.
Mu Xi was a little worried, "Can your skin bear it?"
The material of ramie is not like linen. Linen is softer, but not as breathable and cool as ramie.
The disadvantage of ramie is that it is relatively rough. If it is not processed by machines and is only done by hand, it will probably not be very comfortable to sleep on. After all, there is some difference between a sleeping mat and a grass mat on the ground.
Zhao Yeqing thought differently, "Difficulties can be overcome. It's a cost-free product. If our experiment succeeds, maybe we can even use ramie to make new clothes."
There is not much work to do at home now. The silo has filled up with hay, and the wheat, rice and corn have all been harvested, so the minimum food supply has been secured.
The remaining soybeans can be harvested after a few days of drying after the rain stops. It is still too early for cotton and it is not known whether rapeseed will be harvested.
It is a rare slack time during farming season.
The two of them discussed how to deal with the ramie and walked slowly towards home.
It’s not because we were leisurely that we walked slowly, but because there was too much water on the ground.
Zhao Yeqing stepped forward and a silver object suddenly jumped out from the meadow.
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