Chapter 38 After the Rain
Fortunately, the warmth and humor at the end of the movie calmed Zhao Yeqing's emotions.
This is the charm of animated films, its tear-jerking moments are heartwarming, and its humor is not based on tragedy. Zhao Yeqing doesn't like the idea that the core of comedy is tragedy, as it seems like simply putting the shackles of reality on happiness to elevate its level.
When Huhu saw the villain appear, he seemed a little excited. His body was arched, and Mu Xi took him into his arms to smooth down his ruffled hair.
Xuebing called to Zhao Yeqing in a baby voice. She hugged Xuebing in her arms with red eyes and wiped all her tears on its body.
In the end, Zhao Yeqing couldn't withstand the power of his biological clock and fell asleep at three in the morning.
When I woke up, I was lying on the bench, covered with that thin coat.
The wooden bench was a bit hard, and her body was stiff as she slept. She got up, twisted her neck, and opened the door.
The rain outside has stopped, and the morning sunshine is shining through the woods again. I can smell the scent of green grass and rotting wood, which is unique to the mountains after the rain.
The humidity in the air was very high, and I could feel the slight moisture on my skin when I waved my arms a few times.
The yard was filled with leaves and branches that were blown into it by the storm and have been neatly cleaned up and piled in the corner.
There were also broken tiles all over the floor in the corner.
Zhao Yeqing sighed softly for the tiles that had suffered so much.
She went back upstairs to wash up and found that the terrace on the second floor had also been cleaned. She began to patrol the terrace while brushing her teeth. Mu Xi was setting up the greenhouse that had been blown down in the vegetable garden.
She quickly went back to the bathroom, washed up, changed her shoes and clothes, and ran to help Mu Xi.
"How is my greenhouse? Is it seriously damaged?"
"You call this a greenhouse?" Mu Xi broke off the broken bamboo strips. "It's not serious. The wooden boards on top were not broken by the hail. Only the wind can't break the plastic film."
"Why isn't it a greenhouse?" Zhao Yeqing retorted, patting the tent cloth, "You should show the least respect to your bread and butter."
Fortunately, they were in the middle of a woods, and the wind was mostly blocked by the surrounding trees. Otherwise, with the wind volume last night, even if they didn't break through, they would probably be blown away.
The broken bamboo strips in the greenhouse needed to be re-nailed, which was not a big problem. However, the flowers of several pepper and tomato plants were blown off, and some immature fruits also fell to the ground, which made Zhao Yeqing heartbroken.
She held the largest tomato in her hand. It was already as big as the palm of her hand and had not yet turned red. The fruit was round and plump, with no navel rot. It was obviously a good tomato.
But now it is still green and was blown to the ground.
With tears in her eyes, Zhao Yeqing took it to the kitchen, sliced it and fried it.
The flesh of unripe tomatoes is hard and crisp, and when sliced and fried, it tastes like chayote, except that it tastes sour, but has a rich aroma.
White porridge with stir-fried green tomatoes and the stir-fried sauerkraut with minced meat that she had been longing for for a long time.
After eating, she strongly requested to go cut bamboo together.
Mu Xi agreed. She handed him the key to the tricycle, got in the car and set off.
Before the car had driven five meters away, Mu Xi got out of the car, and Zhao Yeqing drove slowly behind, while Mu Xi cleared the road in front.
Broken branches of fir trees lay across the path. They were fresh branches broken off by hail, with sharp fir leaves on them.
Mu Xi didn't wear gloves, so she inevitably got a few small cuts on her hands. Zhao Yeqing said she would go back and get the gloves to clean them, but Mu Xi stopped her.
"By the time you run to and from home, my wound will be healed."
Arrived at the bamboo forest.
The benefits of having a strong laborer at home are very obvious. Zhao Yeqing usually comes to chop a bamboo as big as a bowl, which takes six or seven minutes, and he has to take a break after chopping one. Mu Xi takes the knife and chops left and right, and kicks the bamboo and it falls.
The whole process takes less than three minutes.
Zhao Yeqing was very envious. She reflected that she had neglected exercise in her daily life. If girls really exercise, their strength will not be less than that of boys.
She couldn't help Mu Xi much in cutting bamboo, so she jumped out of the car and walked around nearby to see if she could find some wild vegetables.
Some wild vegetables only appear after rain. If the weather is clear and they are exposed to the sun for two days, they will become old and can only be picked and eaten after rain.
She said something to Mu Xi and walked away to look for it. She couldn't find it in the bamboo forest. Except for mushrooms like bamboo fungus that grow specifically in bamboo forests, other plants, including wildly growing weeds, rarely survive in the bamboo forest. This is because the seemingly independent bamboos actually have connected roots underneath, and the intertwined roots occupy every inch of land under the bamboo forest.
In the shaded area under the tree, Zhao Yeqing found a small piece of rain-green. This is a wild vegetable that has demanding growing conditions. It will sprout only after the rain, but it doesn’t like to be exposed to the rain, so it will grow in places shaded by trees.
The leaves of the rain-green are round and thick, as if they have absorbed the moisture of a rain, and they taste crispy and sweet. If you look at them again after two days, the leaves will become thinner, old and astringent and inedible.
The texture of rain-green grass used in cold dishes is somewhat similar to that of ice grass, but its taste is more refreshing and sweet.
There are not many of them. Each tree is only about eight or nine centimeters tall. They are very small, and you can only get a small handful after picking them from a patch.
After searching for two or three more places, he finally got enough for one meal. Mu Xi had already driven the car to a small road near her.
"What good stuff did you find that makes you laugh like that?"
Zhao Yeqing held up the Yu Houqing in his hand and showed it to him.
She didn't say it. In fact, she was not happy because of the wild vegetable. It was just that after she talked about it last night, she was inexplicably in a happy mood today.
After returning home, Mu Xi put on gloves and chopped bamboo strips, while Zhao Yeqing mourned for the insulation layer he had just made for the greenhouse yesterday.
Some of the places that have not fallen down are still fine. Although they were a little wet by the rain that blew in, they can still be used after the sun comes out and dries. The places that have fallen down have been soaked by the rain.
Fortunately, she had the foresight to dig a drainage ditch next to the vegetable garden in advance, so there was no water accumulation in the land.
Zhao Yeqing was sorting out the damaged leafy vegetables in the vegetable garden. These were the worst hit, with shallow roots and thin leaves.
On the contrary, the rhizome area has the best growth. The greenhouse here is not erected, but plastic cloth is spread on the ground, with only some space supported by wooden sticks. The surrounding area is pressed tightly by stones and there is no damage.
The sun has risen directly overhead. There were violent storms yesterday, but today there is not a single cloud in the sky, and there is not even a breeze.
What does it mean when the sun comes out brightly and there is no wind after the rain?
It's a big steamer.
Zhao Yeqing wiped the big beads of sweat that had already blurred her eyes. She closed her eyes tightly, then opened them again, squinting at the sun above her head.
It's so suffocating.
The air was so hot that it seemed to become somewhat sticky...
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