Chapter 293 Years Ago
But having said that, Zhao Yeqing still didn't dare to trust the leopard that appeared on the road. It was definitely not okay to live in the same house with them. What if the leopard got stressed at night or was very hungry and wanted to eat some midnight snack, then the two of them would be in trouble.
Besides, now that the dog and the leopard have grown up, they can’t stay together in the original small compartment, as it would be too crowded.
The three leopards' den was placed in the space inside the newly built brick wall. When Zhao Yeqing went to get the curtains back, he also brought back a few quilts.
Those that look clean and new are kept for personal use, and the rest are laid in the brick wall to make a leopard's den.
Seven or eight kilograms of quilts are enough to keep you warm in this season.
The cattle and sheep were locked up in the barn, and the chickens were driven into the chicken coop before Xiaohong came back.
Mu Xi cooked the pig food and took it to the door to cool down. By the time their dinner was ready, the pig food could be poured into the trough.
Zhao Yeqing held the radish and mutton soup in his left hand and blew on it slowly to cool it down before putting it into his mouth. The chopsticks in his right hand pierced through the fried radish meatballs like bamboo sticks and skewered the meatballs.
The freshly fried radish balls are very crispy. You have to blow on them twice before you can put them into your mouth to chew. They have the sweetness of radish and are not greasy at all.
The dog was eating happily beside them. The three leopards did not need two people to feed them. They could still catch prey outside and feed themselves.
The two discussed while eating that now that the floor heating has been installed, they wanted to take advantage of the free time to till the grain field before it snows.
Plan what you want to do and spend the rest of the time enjoying the floor heating.
The weather temperature is not yet right for floor heating, so I tried it today for test purposes.
But now that it's on fire, I have to enjoy it for a night.
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As a result, because the sleeping environment was too comfortable and they had been staying in a space with a constant temperature of over 20 degrees, the two people who had originally planned to get up early in the morning to prepare the land ended up feeding the livestock and then returning to the house, and not getting out of bed until noon.
It's not because I feel it's time to get up, but because the floor heating fire has gone out because there is no more firewood.
I could only get up and prepare to prepare the land.
The land after planting sweet potatoes, beans, sesame and corn has not been tilled yet. A little care will be beneficial for next year's sowing.
Zhao Yeqing learned his lesson this year and doesn't plan to plant winter wheat and barley anymore. If the weather is bad, the harvest will be completely destroyed. Now there is enough food, so there is no need to bother.
There is also a small garden in the backyard that needs to be taken care of.
The azalea originally planted in the middle has stopped blooming. I will move it to the basement when it starts snowing. The marigolds planted next to it will also be moved to the basement.
She planted marigolds not only because they were easy to grow and durable, but also because they had the ability to repel insects.
This marigold has a somewhat stinky smell and is also called stinking chrysanthemum. Planting it behind the house can repel mosquitoes. She had planned to use it to repel mosquitoes and flies caused by raising livestock in the yard when the weather is hot.
When the weather gets cold, transplant it to the basement and plant it near tomatoes. It can also help repel nematodes on fruits and vegetables.
Now the vegetables in the basement are growing very well, but the mushroom house has shown signs of decline and the oyster mushrooms are no longer growing.
Zhao Yeqing plans to use wheat grains to preserve the fungus strains, keeping them at a temperature of around five degrees Celsius until next spring before planting.
She transferred the fungus into a glass bottle, brought it indoors and placed it there as if she was cultivating mycelium for the first time, waiting for the mycelium inside to cover the wheat grains.
Mu Xi roughly cleaned and leveled the wheat field, and when he came back he was holding a small corn in his hand.
"The corn will have to wait, but these baby corns are ready to eat."
After saying that, he opened his hands, revealing about a dozen corn shoots in his hands.
After they saved the corn for silage, they kept two rows of corn for their own consumption. Generally, only one corn would be left to grow on a corn stalk, and the rest of the immature corns would be broken off to prevent them from competing for nutrients.
The corn grown in this way will be big and full.
Zhao Yeqing also likes to eat corn shoots. She peels off the corn husks to reveal the small shoots covered with tender green corn silk.
She did not waste the corn silk, but collected it all into the bowl. The corn silk was now very fresh and tender, unlike the old and withered corn silk of mature corn.
Fresh green corn silk can also be used to fry eggs, and the corn silk water cooked with it is sweeter than the water cooked with old corn silk.
If you eat a salad at a western restaurant in the city, the price of the corn shoots alone is more expensive than the meat.
At first, she really liked this stuff, so she bought a big box of it from a group buying app. The price of ten kilograms of corn shoots shipped directly from the place of origin was not as expensive as a salad.
Zhao Yeqing kept all the corn shoots in the refrigerator, planning to fry them when he cooked dinner in the evening.
Ask Mu Xi to take a small milk pot and put it on the stove to boil water, then put the fresh corn silk into the pot to boil water.
As Mu Xi boiled water, he thought of the pasture he had just seen. "In another ten days or half a month, the second crop of pasture grass will be ready for harvest."
Zhao Yeqing blinked in daze, looked up and thought carefully, then he realized that it seemed to be true. It had been a while since the first crop of grass was harvested.
"Time flies by so fast. It's almost Chinese New Year."
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Winter comes and summer goes.
By the time most of the leaves have fallen and there are no more leaves left to be blown over to the meadow, the new year of the lunar calendar has passed and the new year of the lunar calendar is about to come.
Zhao Yeqing's plans for this New Year cannot be as simple as last year. Their lives are so good this year. They have everything they need, including food and drink.
The sense of ceremony must be established.
The two men went down the mountain and brought back all the red paper stored in the villagers' homes, and also found a bottle of ink with gold powder.
They plan to put up couplets on the doors of all their houses.
The red paper is a very large roll, and you have to cut it to the size of the Spring Festival couplets and the word "Fu" yourself.
Their calligraphy skills were equally good, but when it came time to write, they just stared at each other.
The last person took a brush and practiced on the red paper that had been discarded due to a cutting error.
Zhao Yeqing won with a slight advantage and obtained the right to write the first Spring Festival couplets in his family.
Due to his poor skills, Zhao Yeqing finally chose to paste the couplets on the door of the brick house. The upper and lower couplets each had only four characters, and the horizontal scroll also had four characters.
First line: A good harvest.
Second line: Domestic animals are thriving.
Horizontal banner: Abundance every year.
Mu Xi stood by and watched her finish writing the twelve words. He gave her a thumbs up and said, "It's reasonable and very practical."
Zhao Yeqing was also very satisfied and put the couplet aside to wait for it to dry before putting it away.
It is not time to post Spring Festival couplets yet. The best time is early in the morning on New Year’s Eve.
We have to wait a few more days.
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