Chapter 39: Arranging the Greenhouse
In such an environment, every inch of skin on my body is sweating.
The sweat beads that appeared were immediately evaporated by the sun. Without wind, the disappearing sweat beads did not make her feel a bit cool.
On the contrary, after the moisture in the sweat evaporated from her skin, the remaining salt and oil made her whole body sticky and uncomfortable.
Pick out the edible leaves of the leafy vegetables that were hit or blown off. As for the surviving vegetables, cover them with a new layer of soil to bury the roots that were blown out by the strong wind.
Fortunately, the leafy vegetables are lettuce, spinach and Chinese cabbage, which are easy to grow, so she doesn't feel so distressed.
The peppers and okra in the fruit and vegetable area and the beans, bitter gourd and cucumber in the vine area are not so insignificant.
The flowers of the okra will be pollinated in the next few days and will enter the fruit-swelling period. Several plants have been left bare by the wind. The peppers have already had some fruits, but a few were blown off. I picked them all up and took them back. I will need to add some calcium, magnesium, boron and wind element fertilizers later so that they can bloom and bear fruit normally in the future.
The latter's vine area had already begun to bear fruit, and many tender beans were blown to the ground, along with a tiny cucumber with flowers and thorns on top.
Zhao Yeqing picked up the cucumber, which was only the length of a finger. It was probably still very bitter. He took it back to feed the rabbits to see if they would eat it.
I had planted watermelons and strawberries in the fruit area before. Although the watermelons grew a little slowly, at least they were still alive. But the strawberries were not doing so. After the seedlings were transplanted, the temperature began to rise and the seedlings almost stopped growing. After last night's heavy rain, the leaves began to wilt.
Zhao Yeqing didn't plan to save them anymore and just pulled them all out. Plants after rain are most likely to have problems and if they get sick they may become contagious.
Special attention should be paid to cucumbers and tomatoes. After Zhao Yeqing mixed calcium, magnesium and boron at home, he also prepared Qingkulike, which he sprayed on the leaves after sunset to prevent bacterial wilt.
After the rain, bacterial wilt is more prevalent. If you don't prevent it, once you get it, it will be a death sentence. There is no cure and it can also be spread through the soil.
After she finished doing all this, she saw Mu Xi still chopping bamboo strips, and there was already a pile of them at his feet.
“Do you need so many?”
Mu Xi drove the person squatting next to him back into the house. "I'll get some more. The shelf in your shed is not stable enough. Add a few more layers to reinforce it. Your face is red, which is abnormal. Go back and have some herbal tea and rest for a while. Be careful of heat stroke."
Zhao Yeqing washed his face obediently. He felt refreshed after the cool spring water splashed on his face.
Seeing that it was still early, she put the picked vegetable leaves into the kitchen and also picked some chili peppers.
It was not yet time to prepare dinner, so she walked out of the kitchen and closed the door.
After the rain last night, the rack for smoking wild boar meat was moved into the kitchen. Now it is no different from a sauna. It is useless to open the window because there is not a breath of wind.
Zhao Yeqing drank a bowl of herbal tea and poured another bowl for Mu Xi, who was chopping bamboo strips under the eaves in the yard.
Mu Xi drank it all in one gulp and handed the bowl back to her.
Zhao Yeqing thought about tonight's dishes, "Should we keep the rabbit skin? I'm not very good at handling it."
Mu Xi didn't stop working. "I'm not very professional, but I know a little bit. Don't worry about it. I'll fix it in a while."
Today the chirping of insects in the woods is louder than usual, with the calls of several unknown insects mixed together, one after another.
Zhao Yeqing went back to her room and took a shower. She planned to take another shower after finishing dinner later. In this weather, taking a shower as many times as possible was never too much.
The spring water in the mountains is icy cold, but it is not so cold by the time it is transported home through pipes. She is thinking of taking a bath in the pond in a few days. Just thinking about it makes her feel refreshed.
When he returned downstairs, Mu Xi had already nailed down the shed outside, the rabbit skins had been peeled off, and some remaining bamboo strips were piled behind the tool shed, which could be replaced directly if they were damaged later.
Mu Xi returned home and took out a bag of transparent crystal particles, poured some into a basin, and dissolved them with water.
"alum?"
Mu Xi nodded and soaked the washed rabbit skin in it.
"You have this thing at home?" Zhao Yeqing was a little curious. She had never really come into contact with this thing, but had only heard of its name.
This thing is used for blood testing.
"My grandfather used to buy it for foot bathing. It can kill bacteria."
"So you're using this to soak the rabbit skin, is it also for sterilization?"
"Not exactly." Mu Xi took the salt jar again and scooped two spoonfuls of salt into the mixture. "It can dissolve the fat and muscle tissue on top. It needs to be soaked for more than ten hours. After it softens, scrape it off and then tan it."
Mu Xi pointed to the rabbit meat that had been chopped into small pieces in the bowl and said, "The cuts have been made and the meat has been marinated. I'll just fry it in a pan later. You can go to sleep first."
Zhao Yeqing was a little sleepy. She didn't sleep well last night, but Mu Xi probably slept even worse, as she was lying on the bench.
She drove Mu Xi out of the house and said, "Go back and take a shower. You smell of sweat. I'll call you when the meal is ready."
Mu Xi really didn't sleep well last night. Whenever there was thunder outside, Zhao Yeqing's sleeping body would tremble involuntarily.
The girl didn't sleep well. From time to time, a few vague words came out of her mouth. It was hard to hear clearly, but from her frowning brows, it could be judged that it was not a good dream.
He stayed by the side until almost dawn, and only took a nap for more than two hours after the rain stopped.
After taking a shower, I went back to the living room and waited. The fan was squeaking and I couldn’t help falling asleep.
When he woke up, the food was already on the table, including leftover minced meat and sauerkraut, stir-fried vegetables, cold-mixed rain greens, and diced rabbit with fresh peppers.
Zhao Yeqing dozed off in the chair, his head nodding.
The time between them was quite long, long enough for her to grow up, learn to cook so many dishes, and form thin calluses on her white fingers.
Maybe because Mu Xi stared at him for too long, Zhao Yeqing opened his eyes in a daze.
"Why didn't you call me when you woke up?"
"I called you, but you didn't wake up. You were like a pig." Mu Xi lied with his eyes open.
"How is that possible?" Zhao Yeqing was very confident in his current vigilance. "Nonsense, eat your meal."
The aroma of the fresh pepper and rabbit on the table went straight into my nose. Mu Xi had no habit of not eating onions, ginger and garlic, and neither did Zhao Yeqing.
This dish of diced rabbit with fresh peppers has plenty of young ginger, garlic and Sichuan peppercorns that are sautéed in oil. The Sichuan peppercorns are the green Sichuan peppercorns that Mu Xi picked. They are wild and very fragrant, and they grow in small clusters so they won't fall apart when fried, preventing them from being hidden in the meat and being accidentally bitten.
Unfortunately, there are not enough peppers. The string peppers are not very spicy and are mostly fragrant. There should be more peppers than rabbit meat so that they will be fresh and fragrant enough after stir-frying.
But it doesn’t matter. She hasn’t eaten such heavy food for a long time and still looks very satisfied while eating.
It’s just that spicy food is too spicy. The chili peppers grown at home are spicier. Zhao Yeqing wiped her tears while eating.
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