Chapter 479 Reconstruction
Covering yourself with a blanket and sleeping at night is the best way to reduce fever without taking any medicine.
Mu Xi's fever was not high. When he took his temperature before going to bed, it was only 38 degrees.
Zhao Yeqing was a little worried, so he got up in the middle of the night and tiptoed upstairs to check if his fever was too high.
When he walked to the bed, he found that his head was covered with sweat, which was frozen by the cold air. Zhao Yeqing hurriedly took a towel to wipe his sweat.
There's no need to measure it, it must be a high fever.
There was some strong liquor at home, so I poured some out and wiped his chest, arms, and soles of his feet...
When it was almost morning and he saw his breathing gradually calm down, Zhao Yeqing went downstairs to sleep in a daze.
When Mu Xi woke up, he smelled a faint smell of alcohol in the room. He slept too deeply last night, and reality and dreams were mixed together. He even thought he was dreaming.
But there are also benefits to sleeping deeply. I estimated that my fever reached 39 degrees last night. When I woke up, I felt like nothing happened, except for a little tiredness after the illness.
Zhao Yeqing had dark circles under his eyes and was very envious of Mu Xi's physical fitness.
Fortunately, the virus was not transmitted to Zhao Yeqing. One of them had not slept well, and the other had just recovered from a serious illness. After breakfast, Zhao Yeqing went back to her small bed on the floor to catch up on her sleep.
Mu Xi changed all the bedding upstairs. The sheets, quilts and pillows were all covered with sweat from last night.
I just threw the bedding into the washing machine and the noon sun came out. It was a good time to take out the quilt and dry it in the sun.
There is no quilt on the bed now. It has been replaced with the mattress that was brought back from the tourist area. The two of them also rebuilt the bed frame, reinforced it with several pieces of wood, and added support pillars underneath.
Zhao Yeqing felt that a few beams would be enough. Mu Xi looked at Zhao Yeqing meaningfully.
"Not quite."
Okay.
At twelve o'clock noon, Zhao Yeqing, who had been catching up on his sleep, woke up. Mu Xi, who had been basking in the sun outside for a while, felt lazy all over. After the two of them ate something, Zhao Yeqing was dragged by Mu Xi to take a walk outside.
"Today the sun is shining and there is no wind. It's good for your health to get some sun."
At first Zhao Yeqing was a little reluctant. He was groggy and sore all over after just waking up. After being dragged out into the sun, the warm sunlight on his body made him feel even more sore.
After walking for more than ten minutes, I slowly regained my energy.
The two climbed up a gentle slope and sat on the top of the hill looking at the vast meadow in front of them.
The meadow is different this winter. In the past, winters were cold, and by this time of year there was not much grass left on the meadow. The short turf had just withered when it was trampled into the mud. Looking around, the meadow was covered with exposed yellow soil.
In the winter of the past two years, the meadow was still green, and the temperature was above 20 degrees. People who were not familiar with it could hardly notice the difference between winter and summer.
This year is different. Zhao Yeqing has not seen the normal winter meadow before the ground cracked, but she guessed that it should be similar to now, with yellow and green grass mixed together, some deep and some light, and a small herd of deer eating in the distance.
The sunlight was neither hot nor glaring, but rather soft, as if it had been shining through a layer of milky white gauze onto the meadow. The fresh scent of grass and trees penetrated into her nostrils, calm and gentle, causing the spirit she had just perked up to gradually wane.
Zhao Yeqing half-closed his eyes and yawned again, his arms hanging on Mu Xi's shoulders, half of his body weight hanging on him.
"I can't walk at all."
Mu Xi, who had just recovered from a serious illness, hugged someone and carried a load for a kilometer back home. Zhao Yeqing woke up as soon as she got home. There was no sunlight indoors and the temperature was a little lower than outdoors. She shivered from the sudden cold.
Mu Xi felt that he had fully recovered. The original tiredness in his body was restored to its former vitality after the passive exercise just now.
"Do you want to sleep a little longer? I'm going to go out and check on the charcoal kiln."
The charcoal has been in the brick kiln for three days, and today we can open it to see the results.
Zhao Yeqing didn't feel tired anymore. He didn't want Mu Xi to do so much work right after recovering from his illness, so he hurried over to help.
The soil that sealed the opening and the cellar door was pulled aside, and now the light was able to penetrate in. One could clearly see the completely carbonized black charcoal inside, which still carried a lingering warmth.
Mu Xi used a long-handled iron shovel to shovel out the charcoal. Zhao Yeqing grabbed a piece. The temperature was not hot. He looked at it over and over again and found that it was well carbonized with almost no charcoal heads.
"This is much faster than the earthen kiln. It takes the same three days, but one furnace of this thing can equal three or four times of work in the previous earthen kiln."
Mu Xi didn't expect it to be so successful. "You must have a way. Burn it this time. According to the current temperature, it should be enough for us to use for three years."
The charcoal was shoveled into a sack and the two men carried it to the breeding basement.
By the way, check if there is any water seepage in the small tunnel that was dug earlier.
If you walk forward with your back bent, you will be out of the tunnel in less than ten minutes. There is no water seepage along the way. At most, you can smell the slightly moist soil in the middle section, and the exposed skin can feel a slight coolness.
The two walked back, and when they were one-third of the way there, Zhao Yeqing suddenly stopped.
This is the point where they encountered groundwater and had to turn a corner.
"What's wrong?" Mu Xi heard the footsteps behind him pause and turned around to ask.
Zhao Yeqing looked past Mu Xi and looked forward from the entrance of the basement. She would lose sight at this turn, and she had an idea -
"How about we change our thinking?"
The two returned to the room, and Zhao Yeqing handed her newly drawn blueprint to Mu Xi. After she explained her idea clearly, Mu Xi looked at her with surprise.
"I didn't realize you had these two skills."
The tunnel reconstruction plan was launched. This project was larger than the previous one where the two of them dug the entire tunnel, and it took an extra half month to complete.
The temperature during this period has become very stable, with the lowest temperature reaching about 11 degrees. Zhao Yeqing estimates that the temperature will not go any lower. According to the solar terms, it is already snowing heavily. Even if the temperature drops further, it will be after the Lesser Cold and the Greater Cold.
The cow gave birth to a calf successfully, another girl, strong and healthy.
The two of them successfully drank soothing hot milk in this chilly winter.
Zhao Yeqing stretched out his slightly red tongue and licked off the white milk on the edge of his mouth. Thinking of the renovated tunnel, his eyes were filled with a somewhat incongruous excitement.
"This time, I will sharpen my spear until it can cut through iron like mud!"
Stab the guys who shot their tires to pieces.
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