Chapter 389 Kitchen-Hardcover Edition
However, after all the manure was piled in, the originally planned width of more than one meter left almost no space for walking.
You can barely pass through by leaning sideways, but if you are not careful you will hit the manure pile.
In the end, the original width of more than one meter was widened by one meter, and the length was also extended by one meter, becoming a shed of three and a half meters by two and a half meters.
Now the manure that originally seemed quite a lot suddenly became much smaller visually, occupying only a small half of the space in the enlarged fermentation shed.
The height is slightly higher than the wall, which is just the right height for Mu Xi to not need to lower his head. After all, he is basically the one doing the manure work.
Zhao Yeqing has been taking care of the crops in the grain fields these two days. It has hardly rained in the past half month, and two people have to water the crops manually. The good thing is that there are not as many weeds as before.
Beans love water and are more resistant to waterlogging than crops like wheat. This year's crops will be much easier to care for. After this period, if nothing unexpected happens, there will be more rainy seasons and the yield should be considerable.
Xiaohong picked up and ate some of the weeds that were previously piled on the edge of the field, and the rest was almost turning into hay.
Zhao Yeqing was a little disappointed. If it could rain during this period, not only would the hay rot and grow small straw mushrooms, but the beans in the field would also save the effort of watering.
This rain doesn't come when we want it to, but keeps falling when we don't want it to.
The bottom of the newly dug lotus pond has been dried up. The lotus seeds have grown into seedlings in the past few days and they can soon be transplanted into the pond. Now the soil at the bottom of the pond is dry and hard, so we have to put some water to soften the soil.
You can't raise fish or snails in the lotus pond, so Mu Xi went to the lake again and got some spring shrimp seedlings to put into the pond.
The shrimp fry that were put in the fish pond before were all eaten by the fish. Now that we have this lotus pond, it is a good opportunity to revisit the previous plan of raising shrimps. I am so happy to think about the pond full of delicious little shrimps when summer comes.
Zhao Yeqing became very greedy as he thought about it. There were still quite a few dried shrimps left from the shrimps he caught last year. After putting a small frying pan on the induction cooker, he put the dried shrimps mixed with batter into the pan and spread them into dried shrimp cakes.
In terms of freshness and sweetness, it is certainly not as good as the fried shrimp cakes made from fresh shrimps, but the dried shrimps have a mellow aroma that fresh shrimps do not have.
When Zhao Yeqing was looking for dried shrimps, she found that many of the dried mushrooms that were dried last year had become damp. She threw the bag of dried mushrooms directly to Mu Xi and asked him to take it to the drying room to dry it again.
The moisture remaining in the mushrooms cannot be removed without strong sunlight. Now the sun is hanging in the sky every day, but the heat is still warm. Only simple and rough drying can remove the moisture.
The shrimp fry had been kept in the water tank at home for two days, but perhaps because they could not adapt to the non-living water environment, they were already half dead.
Zhao Yeqing hurriedly took a long bamboo pole, went to the edge of the lotus pond, and poked the bottom with the pole to confirm that the mud inside had softened. It was a bit difficult to pull up the bamboo pole, so he let Mu Xi take the lotus seeds that had sprouted and jump to the bottom of the pond to plant them.
Plant lotus seeds and fill the water tank. The half-dead shrimp seedlings in the water tank will be alive and kicking in just half a day once they are poured into the lotus pond.
The lotus pond has running water. There is a hole for the water to flow, and the bamboo waterway above it drips water continuously.
The water flow is not strong. If it is less, it will just be drops. If it is more, it will become the current thin stream.
Zhao Yeqing stood beside the pool and surrounded it with discarded red bricks. He sealed the gaps between the bricks with yellow mud to reduce the possibility of water overflowing during subsequent rains and causing the surrounding area to become too muddy.
It will take another two days before the kitchen at home can be used normally, but the toilet can be used, after all, I only go in for a few minutes and come out, and I don’t walk back and forth often.
The bathroom was completed first. Zhao Yeqing also added a brazier inside to speed up drying, hoping to take a hot bath with tap water as soon as possible.
Mu Xi also replaced the windows in the kitchen, bathroom and toilet with new ones. The original old wooden windows were no longer suitable for the current weather.
The original windows only had glass windows. When the weather was hot, they couldn't be opened or closed. If they were not opened, there was no ventilation and the room was very stuffy. If they were opened, there were no screens and mosquitoes would fly in.
The kitchen needs ventilation to disperse the oil smoke, the water vapor in the bathroom also needs to go out, and the toilet is even more so. You always have to get rid of the smell when you go to the toilet, otherwise it will be a torture to go to the toilet because it is stuffy and smelly.
Taking advantage of the free time now, Mu Xi simply made a major renovation and replaced all the windows with windows with screens, which look pleasing to the eye with the light-colored tiles.
By the time all the windows were finished, all the tiles in the house had dried.
The two of them were busy moving the stainless steel cabinets they had brought back to the kitchen. Mu Xiduo went to the tourist area and brought back a set of dining tables and chairs from the restaurant.
You can't have a brand new kitchen with an old dining table.
In addition to the cabinets, there is also a rack for small appliances, on which are placed ovens, blenders, rice cookers, etc.
The previous miscellaneous items were put into the cupboard. After everything was organized, the two found that the finished wall shelves were of no use at all, so they simply nailed them inside the brick wall space.
It is located above the washing machine and can be used to place items such as laundry detergent.
Because the toilet, bathroom and kitchen are all in a small bungalow on the first floor, the disadvantages of the first floor are not only the many insects, but also the poor lighting.
In order to block the rain carried by the wind, the eaves of the house will extend outward for a certain distance, which blocks nearly half of the light in the house.
The toilet and bathroom are small, so the poor lighting can be compensated by a light bulb.
The kitchen is a little larger, so Zhao Yeqing specially installed a lighting lamp right above the workbench to facilitate cooking.
After everything was ready, the two stood at the door and looked at the newly renovated kitchen, then went to the bathroom and toilet for a round.
Zhao Yeqing was so excited that he wanted to take two or three baths on the spot.
First, turn on the water heater, fill the water tank of the water heater, and then turn off the heater to avoid electric shock when using water.
I heard from the aunties who lived in the community at that time that there were some unlucky people in the community who were electrocuted to death while taking a bath because the electric water heater did not turn off the power.
In the past, they used gas water heaters, and they had never heard of the water being lost after taking a shower. But now they can’t use gas, so they can only be careful and turn off the electricity before using water.
When the hot water was ready, the moment Zhao Yeqing turned on the faucet in the kitchen, there was only one word in his mind...
Cool!
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