Chapter 340 Lost and Found
The rabbits brought back from hunting naturally became dog food for the dogs. The rabbit meat tasted good in the first two days, but after eating it for a few more meals, I felt too sick of it, so I just fed it all to the dogs.
The drying racks in the yard were also full of rabbit skins of various colors. When Zhao Yeqing returned home and looked at the neatly hung rabbit skins, he praised Mu Xi generously: "Not bad, now your skinning skills are getting better and better."
The rabbit hair is intact and the tanned fur is very soft. It seems that I can make a lot of new scarves and new gloves in winter.
Mu Xi led Xiao Hong into the yard and said with a smile, "Thanks to you for bringing back so many rabbits from hunting, I have improved my skills. But if you continue to practice like this, I'm afraid Xiao Hong will be the first one to be unable to bear it."
Zhao Yeqing turned around to look at Xiaohong. Xiaohong has become visibly thinner recently. One winter when she first entered the basement, she couldn't eat anything and was really thin. Later, after she adapted to the new environment, she started to eat a lot and gained a lot of weight again.
After running for a while, Xiaohong's body lines became very beautiful, and she finally looked like she did when she was first picked up.
"Then I won't go out these few days. I'll transplant the vegetable seedlings at home first, so they can rest for a few days."
The greenhouse in the yard has been tidied up by Mu Xi. After the rice seedlings were moved away, the entire land was re-fertilized and ready for planting.
The average temperature now is around 12 degrees, so fruit and vegetable seedlings can grow normally without lighting. Lighting is likely to cause the seedlings that have just grown out to grow too tall.
But Zhao Yeqing also wanted to raise the temperature in the greenhouse to prevent the seedlings from getting sick at this time.
The two spent a whole day planting commonly eaten fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, loofahs, cucumbers, beans, etc. As usual, they also planted garlic, basil and other herb vegetables around them to help repel insects.
If there is still some space left, evenly sprinkle some leafy vegetable seeds.
In this weather, we open the shed during the day to let them receive natural sunlight, and cover the plastic shed at night to keep them warm.
As he didn't want to use lights for fear of the plants growing too tall, Zhao Yeqing chose to place carbon blocks in the greenhouse.
When a charcoal basin is lit in the greenhouse, its continuous burning will release a large amount of carbon monoxide. Zhao Yeqing burns the charcoal until it is red hot, and then places pieces of it in various places in the greenhouse, waiting for the charcoal to go out.
It does not need to burn continuously, it just needs to burn for a short period of time and then gradually go out. Before it goes out, it will release all its heat to raise the temperature in the greenhouse.
There is no problem with this method except that it wastes some charcoal. He couldn't bear to use it in winter, but now it is spring and the remaining charcoal is not needed, so it can be used here.
Mu Xi checked the firewood reserves at home. "There are no wild animals nearby now. We have explored the grasslands recently. I plan to go to the forest to chop some firewood."
Neither of them had checked the areas near the pine forest and the birch forest. In the past, there were sometimes more animals near the pine forest. However, due to a landslide, there had been no animals near the birch forest for a long time.
"I'll go with you. Which forest do you want to go to?"
The pine forest is a little further away, and the birch forest is closer.
"Let's go to the birch forest."
In the past, they would cut down the trees and leave them there to dry, then chop them into small pieces and take them home for use.
The advantage of doing this is that it doesn't take much effort. You can just cut down a few trees, let them fall on the ground, and then wait for them to dry out after a while, then cut them into small firewood and take them back.
The disadvantage is that it is very time-consuming. It takes anywhere from half a year to a year for the trees to dry. That time is shortened significantly because the summer sun is too hot.
But now we are short of firewood at home, so we can only chop down the tree into firewood, take it home and dry it by the fire.
If you want to chop fresh trees into firewood, you have to use more force and it is more tiring, but there is no other way now.
It's not impossible to pick up dry branches. Now the floor heating in the house has been turned off. Close the ash cover on top and start the fireplace again.
For example, you can burn it whenever you want, and there is no need to keep it burning all the time to maintain heat like floor heating.
But small branches cannot be used as firewood for the fireplace because they are too easy to burn.
After the two men arrived at the birch forest, the first thing they did was to check the situation inside the forest to see if there were any signs of animal activity nearby. After all, cutting down trees made quite a lot of noise, and if they attracted any, something bad would happen if they were not prepared.
Maybe the closer you get to the birch forest, the cooler it becomes, and some of the sunlight is blocked, so the grass here doesn't grow as lush as on the grassland.
The birch tree still stood upright with its thick, straight white trunk, and new leaves gradually began to emerge on the bare crown. There were also some bushes growing at the junction of the forest and the meadow.
These bushes grow leaves much faster than the birch trees next to them. The upper half of the bushes are dead, and only the lower half near the roots is still alive, already covered with densely packed green leaves.
Zhao Yeqing cut off the dry branches and leaves on the upper part of the tree to give it more sunlight.
The trees above our heads were still trying hard to grow leaves, so the sunlight was less blocked, and patches of sunlight were scattered through the branches into the forest. The vines and grass sprouts on the ground...all kinds of plants were desperately rushing upwards, pushing away the dead branches and leaves covering their heads, intending to compete for this hard-earned warmth.
Zhao Yeqing looked around to see if there were any trees broken by the heavy snow, so as to save the trouble of cutting them down.
"Come and have a look."
Mu Xi's voice interrupted her actions and called her over.
Zhao Yeqing knew what he had discovered. He walked over and followed Mu Xi's gaze and saw a large black object.
It was the Chaga that she had forgotten about before!
Last time it was less than the size of a fist, but this one is obviously as big as two open palms!
She quickly raised her eyes and looked the tree up and down, "Isn't this the same tree as last time?"
"No, the last time it was the one next to it. This one should have grown this winter."
This Chaga mushroom has obviously grown mature and exudes a faint woody scent. Zhao Yeqing will not wait any longer this time. He directly pinches the Chaga mushroom and slowly cuts it along the bottom with a knife.
Something that can prevent and fight cancer, lower blood lipids and blood pressure, and improve immunity is the best health product for them at this time when there is a shortage of medical care and medicine.
This flower is so big, it can last you a long time if you take it home to make tea.
The Chaga mushrooms are still well preserved, and the leaves of the nearby low shrubs show no signs of being eaten. It seems that no animals have ever set foot in this forest.
After Zhao Yeqing confirmed that it was safe and obtained some Chaga, she enthusiastically searched around for edible game while cutting trees in Muxi.
Getting something back always makes people feel good.
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