Chapter 276 Ramie Network
Zhao Yeqing was not satisfied with the palm-sized mutton pie he had made in the morning, so he asked Mu Xi to make two more. He then added jasmine flowers picked and dried in the summer to fresh goat milk and boiled them together.
The goat milk cooked in this way will not have too much mutton smell. Let it cool down for a while while Mu Xi is making the pancakes, and then add ice cubes when you are about to go out.
He poured the chilled goat milk into the kettle and put the hot pancakes freshly baked into the lunch box. He then directed Mu Xi to carry the backpack filled with fishing gear and head towards the lake.
The two hadn't been to the lake for a long time. After every climate change, there would be a clear water level dividing line on the lake shore.
Before the hottest days of summer, I wanted to divert water from the lake to take care of the two original pastures. Later, when I went to the lake, I found that the lake water had evaporated and the water level had moved back a lot.
The water level has risen slightly now, but it has not yet reached the earliest water level.
Mu Xi carefully placed the cage under the grass by the lake, near the diversion outlet leading to the stream.
The sun was shining brightly at this moment, not too hot. There was a slight breeze blowing by the lake, bringing a slight coolness, making the reeds by the lake rustle.
This weather was really suitable for a nap. Zhao Yeqing half-lay by the lake with his eyes slightly closed, and drank a sip of homemade iced jasmine goat milk to refresh himself.
Only after Mu Xi put the cage away and walked over did he open the lunch box containing mutton pie.
This time Mu Xi made four pancakes, two for each person.
In addition to lamb, the pie also contains onions and carrots. When you take a bite, the delicious and sweet juice will overflow.
The two of them ate the delicious food, looked at the azure blue lake in front of them, and listened to the sound of plants rustling in the wind not far away. They were so quiet that they didn't say a word.
After finishing the two cakes, Zhao Yeqing stretched and said, "How many shrimps do you think we can catch with our two small baskets?"
Mu Xi looked up at the sky and thought, "This should be enough to satisfy my craving, right?"
The wild river and lake shrimps he had seen were generally one to three centimeters in size, and slightly larger, including the smallest mud shrimp, which was about five centimeters.
The shrimp reproduction rate is quite large, not to mention such a large lake.
Zhao Yeqing thought about the few chicken essence and MSG in the house, "I want to get some more to make shrimp powder."
She didn't know much about shrimps, but she had the impression that lake shrimps should have a wide range of activities, and the best way to catch them was with a net.
The most common material used to weave nets is probably nylon rope.
After careful recollection, it seems that I have never found so much nylon rope. At most, there were only one or two meters, or two or three meters removed from other things.
However, there were no nylon ropes in ancient times. It seems that they were all woven hemp ropes. They were not very durable, but at least they could be used. The two of them only used it occasionally, so it should not have much impact.
After twisting all the ramie we harvested last year into ropes, there was still a lot of it left. This stuff can be reused. The ropes are not used very often at home, so there are still a few large bundles left.
Mu Xi thought for a moment and said, "Now it's time to harvest ramie. The area of ramie has increased a lot this year. I'll harvest some for future use."
The last time the water level rose, the two men said when they passed by that they wanted to find a way to make ramie clothes. However, they later searched the tourist area several times, including looking at the houses of the indigenous herdsmen nearby, but did not find any tools for twisting yarn and weaving.
In the end, I had no choice but to give up the idea.
However, the amount used for weaving fishing nets is quite large, so it would be good to collect more. Ramie leaves can be eaten by both pigs and cows.
After returning home, Mu Xi planned to go harvest today, but Zhao Yeqing was a little resistant.
When she was harvesting ramie last year, there were a lot of caterpillars crawling on the back of the leaves of a bundle of ramie. Just one look at it gave her goose bumps all over her body.
They were the larvae of a moth that parasitized plants of the Urticaceae family. They were only as thick as the tip of a chopstick, with black and orange spots all over their bodies and covered with fluff. They hid on the back of ramie leaves. Once you turned over the leaves, you could see a large number of them wriggling behind them.
Thinking back on it now, Zhao Yeqing still feels cold all over.
However, after such high temperatures, there should not be many insects that can survive.
Mu Xi didn't say this out loud. He smiled and rubbed her head. "If you're scared, don't go. I'll move back after I've dealt with it."
Everything else is surmountable, but the thought of facing a bunch of hairy, wriggling black caterpillars...
At this moment, Zhao Yeqing suddenly felt that sometimes people don’t need to make things so difficult for themselves.
He nodded readily, "You go ahead, I'll stay at home to look after the house."
After all, there is still a lot of work to do at home.
After Mu Xi left, Zhao Yeqing went to check the eating habits of the little wild boars in the pigpen.
One and a half baskets of pig grass. I fed half of the basket when I went out at noon, and now they have eaten it all.
These wild boar cubs have only been here a few days, but they have already grown a lot of weight.
Now that the weather is still warm, rinse them with water every few days. Keeping them clean can also reduce the risk of disease.
After rinsing it, Zhao Yeqing picked up a piglet at random, weighed it up and down in his hands, and felt that it must have gained a few pounds.
If you continue following this rule, gaining 20 to 30 kilograms a month will definitely not be a problem. As your baby grows a little bigger and eats more, he will probably grow even faster.
It is already early November, and there are only about two months left until the Chinese New Year. I am afraid we won’t be able to eat pork this year, so we can only wait until next year.
The weather is still quite warm now, and I don’t know if this year’s winter will be more normal.
Zhao Yeqing pulled out the weeds growing on the unpaved ground in the yard. Now only the middle part of the front yard was paved with cement. It would be much more convenient if the entire yard was paved with cement.
It can also avoid the ground being muddy after the snow melts in winter.
We had built our house before, and we had a lot of lime left. It would take a day to dig two truckloads of lime, which was enough to pave the entire front yard, and there would be some left for later use.
Zhao Yeqing tidied up the messy things in the yard. When Mu Xi led Xiaohong to pull the cart back, she was shoveling away the moss growing on the ground in the yard.
"I thought I had nothing to do recently, so I paved the yard with cement first, so that it would be convenient for walking later."
Mu Xi was unloading the things in the car onto the ground. When he heard Zhao Yeqing talking, he stopped what he was doing, wiped the sweat off his face while listening.
After listening to it, I nodded without thinking, "Okay, I'll go dig it tomorrow."
He had this idea when the two of them built the brick wall and paved the ground inside the brick wall with cement.
But later on, they reclaimed the land and planted forage grass, and forgot about sowing grain in the autumn.
After that, he added: "And the floor heating we mentioned earlier also needs to be arranged."
Zhao Yeqing was a little confused when he heard this. They had originally planned to wait until the temperature dropped to around 10 degrees before doing it, so why did they suddenly decide to do it?
Mu Xi didn't say anything, but just pointed to the numbers on the watch and showed it to her.
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