Chapter 362 Check-in
The two moved some of their furniture upstairs, including a wardrobe, bed, desk and chair.
Some decorations that were originally placed on the first floor were also moved to the second floor.
But it still looks a bit empty, and the first floor has also become empty. The dogs are very happy because they have a bigger area to play.
The two of them stayed on the second floor for a few days and found that it was indeed much better than the first floor. It was not so humid. They turned on the air conditioner for a while every day and the whole house was relatively dry.
The premise is that the window cannot be opened.
The humidity outside was still quite high. When the two of them moved in on the first day, they accidentally opened the window for a while and discovered that there was already a layer of moisture on the tile floor.
Zhao Yeqing placed a wicker basket in the corner of the room, which contained a basket of charcoal to help dehumidify.
The floor in the house was wiped clean and was much easier to maintain after laying the tiles. Some places broke when the tiles were pried open, so the gaps were filled with cement.
Although the floor looked a bit uneven, with many crooked gaps that looked like irregular marble patterns, the two of them carefully polished each gap with sandpaper, so they wouldn't feel uncomfortable standing barefoot on the floor in the house.
Zhao Yeqing had just moved to the second floor. Everything seemed new to him and he wiped away the dust in every corner carefully.
Although life is not always smooth sailing, the two of them still try their best to live a good life every day, and she likes this feeling.
From the balcony on the second floor, you can see the entire backyard of the house, and you can also see the newly planted bamboo outside over the courtyard wall.
The bamboo has a strong ability to adapt. It is now growing well and has grown a lot of branches and leaves. It is about 50 meters away from the courtyard wall. As long as the bamboo forest is not allowed to grow towards the house, the branches and leaves will not reach the yard.
The bedroom on the second floor also has a window facing the front yard. From here you can directly see the grain field outside the front yard. Mu Xi is squatting next to the snail pond picking snails.
When he walked into the yard, he looked up and saw Zhao Yeqing behind the second-floor window, smiling and waving at him.
He also pulled up the corners of his mouth unconsciously, his eyes were full of light that he didn't even realize, and he raised his voice and shouted, "Come down and eat."
There are almost too many snails in the snail pond these days. I picked up a small basin of snails from the pond yesterday, and picked up another small basin today after soaking them in water and spitting out the sand.
Mu Xi soaked the ones she had picked up today in clean water, took out the one that had already spit out the sand yesterday, cleaned it, and cut off the tail. Seeing Zhao Yeqing coming in, she said to her, "I'll fry a pot of snails for fun. Go and help me pick some basil leaves."
Zhao Yeqing walked to the side of the greenhouse in the courtyard, pulled out a few purple basil leaves, and pulled out a few false beech leaves, washed them and gave them to Mu Xi, "It will be more fragrant if you fry them together."
This time, fermented chopped peppers and sour bamboo shoots are also added to the stir-fry. First, fry the snails until the moisture is dry, then spread the snails to the sides of the pot, pour oil in the middle again, and when the oil is hot, put the chopped peppers and cut sour bamboo shoots into the hot oil and stir-fry until fragrant.
After stir-frying for two minutes, add the snails around it, pour a small bowl of boiling water on it, add seasonings, and cover with a lid.
When you open the lid of the pot, the whole house is filled with the fresh fragrance of snails and the sour and spicy aroma of pickled bamboo shoots and chopped peppers. Just the smell makes you drool.
The taste reminded Zhao Yeqing of the spicy and sour rabbit with fresh pepper that they had made the year before. It was a dish based on the original rabbit with fresh pepper, but they added chopped peppers and pickled vegetables such as sour bamboo shoots and leeks.
Zhao Yeqing ate the snails, feeling the strong and overbearing sour and spicy taste, and said with some nostalgia:
"I thought I would never eat rabbit again, but I didn't expect to feel like eating rabbit again after such a short while. I'll go to the meadow and hunt two rabbits."
It was noon when Zhao Yeqing changed her clothes and went out. She went out on a horse, while Mu Xi was weeding in the fields at home.
In addition to weeding, we also need to add more drainage ditches between each grain field. The humidity is high and it rains every day. Under such circumstances, the newly grown crops are prone to root rot.
In addition to increasing drainage, you should also drill several holes in the soil near the plants to help with ventilation.
Every now and then, when he saw beautiful moss growing on the ground, he would carefully shovel up a whole piece of moss, fill a small ceramic pot with soil and place the moss on top to make a small moss potted plant.
Mu Xi discovered that Zhao Yeqing quite liked this kind of potted plant recently, so she could take it to the second floor as decoration for her.
The climate this year is good compared to the previous two years. It is not cold, nor very hot, and the temperature is normal. There is no feeling of living day by day like a year as in previous years.
Before we know it, it’s already the end of October and November is almost here.
During this period, the temperature at noon only dropped from 36 or 37 degrees to 34 or 35 degrees. The tillering period of the newly planted corn and wheat has passed, and the rape flowers are gradually withering and preparing to produce rapeseed.
The rapeseed output this year is definitely higher than last year, so we will have to find some time to squeeze the rapeseed oil after a while.
Speaking of oil pressing, Mu Xi suddenly remembered that more than a year had passed since the last time he went to Yunwu Mountain to pick tea fruits and came back to press oil. He used the little tea dregs to wash Zhao Yeqing's hair, but it had been used up long ago.
This year, Zhao Yeqing used a folk recipe passed down from a nearby ethnic minority called the Yao people to wash his hair. The girls in that area are famous for their beautiful hair. The longest hair is so long that it drags on the ground. It is black, straight and shiny.
The folk remedy is to use rice water to wash your hair, but this rice water is not ordinary rice water. Instead, a large pot of rice water is filled in a pot and then placed on the edge of the fire to roast.
The heat will cause the rice water to continue to ferment. The fermented rice water can then be scooped out and used to wash your hair, and the consumed part will be replenished with new rice water.
Repeat this cycle to ensure that the rice water in the pot is a mixture of new and old water, which continues to ferment, just like the old braising sauce left over from some time-honored stewed food shops. The longer it is kept, the more fragrant and thicker it becomes, and the better the effect.
It just doesn't produce much bubbles, and is not as good as using tea leaves for washing. Moreover, no matter how good something is, its effect will decrease over time. It is best to use two or three things alternately.
But now there is a big boss waiting on the road leading down the mountain to the pine forest. If you want to go, you must find another road outside its territory to get to the foot of the mountain and enter Yunwu Mountain.
I was thinking about things in my mind while working with my hands, and before I knew it, I had finished the work. I looked at my watch and it was already 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Logically speaking, with Zhao Yeqing's current skills, it should not be a problem for him to hunt two rabbits in more than an hour, but he has been gone for almost three hours and has not returned yet.
He walked to the fish pond to wash off the mud on the soles of his shoes, picked up the walkie-talkie and was about to ask about Zhao Yeqing's situation, but the walkie-talkie in his hand spoke first.
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