Chapter 91: Jackal
The sound is like a whistle, and the attack is aimed at the rear half of the enemy, who live in a group.
It looks like both a wolf and a fox.
Mu Xi thought about it and came up with a result.
"It's a jackal."
The jackal among wolves, tigers and leopards.
Mu Xi looked at the blood on Xue Bing's body and said, "This is not entirely from Xue Bing. It may be that these two attacked a lone jackal and were besieged by the jackal pack."
I won’t necessarily lose in a one-on-one fight, but there are more than ten of them.
Zhao Yeqing was so angry that he wanted to beat up these two little leopards for daring to provoke him.
Fortunately, the two were little leopards and were faster than jackals, otherwise they would have died outside today.
Seeing Xuebing's pitiful appearance, Zhao Yeqing turned around, grabbed Huhu, and patted it on the butt.
The two waited until almost five o'clock, when it was almost dawn, and went to bed to catch up on some sleep after confirming that there was no danger.
The little leopard had a strong recovery ability, and within two or three days, most of its wounds had healed.
Zhao Yeqing hardly went out in the past few days. Except for going out to replenish water for the pasture, he stayed at home every day to watch over it.
The jackal is a smart, cunning and united animal, combining most of the advantages of wolves and foxes. She was afraid that her family would be wiped out when she was not at home.
Mu Xi has been very careful when going out recently. Whenever he is far away from home, he always carries a gun.
Because he was worried about Zhao Yeqing being alone at home, Mu Xi would never go out for more than an hour each time.
It took two or three days to gradually transport the mud needed to make red bricks back.
One brick mold is missing.
Mu Xi carved one using the remaining wood.
Zhao Yeqing dug a hole in the middle of the red mud pile, added water into it, and stirred it with a wooden stick for a while.
After the ratio of water and soil was adjusted, Zhao Yeqing took off his shoes and stepped on it to mix the water and soil thoroughly.
The soil mixed with mountain spring water was icy cool, and the wonderful touch made her feel so comfortable that she got goose bumps as soon as she stepped on it.
If she had to choose a job to do in the summer, she would choose working in the mud without hesitation.
After mixing the mud, Zhao Yeqing reluctantly put on his shoes and took the red brick mold to make bricks.
A rectangular mold with a hollow middle and two handles on both sides for easy picking.
All you need to do is fill the red mud into the rectangular hole in the middle, compact it and then demould it, and a brick is ready.
Red clay is sticky, so before using it, Zhao Yeqing soaked the mold in water soaked with wood ash so that the red clay would not stick to the mold and be difficult to demold.
When pouring the red bricks, Zhao Yeqing also sprinkled some wood ash on the ground, just like sprinkling flour when making pastries, to prevent the red bricks from sticking to the ground.
While Zhao Yeqing was making bricks, Mu Xi made a mold. The two of them worked together to pour the mold. After a whole day, the yard was covered with red mud bricks.
Red mud bricks need to be placed in a shaded place in the sun to dry. Dry one side first, and then stand them up after they are slightly shaped. The red bricks will be dried in two days.
While waiting for the red bricks, Mu Xi went out again dragging the cart.
They have one more thing that needs to be done quickly.
It is November now, and although the weather is still hot, it may get cold at any time. We need to collect enough grass before it gets cold.
It takes a long time to dry the grass to make it into hay, to ensure that all the moisture and insects in the grass disappear so that it can be best stored.
In addition to making hay, they also plan to make silage.
Silage is much more palatable than hay.
After fermentation, the grass becomes silage, which can keep most of its original taste fresh and juicy. The slight sourness can stimulate the appetite of sheep. The more they eat, the stronger they will grow. It is also convenient to store.
According to the notes, it can be stored for more than two years.
But those were all previous notes. In recent years, the original owner had grown old and no longer made silage. He only used hay to feed the sheep, and the sheep did not gain much meat after the winter.
Although they both have no experience, they are still young and strong, so they will always try out any good ideas.
It takes more than a month to ferment silage, which is not a very long time. They had no experience as it was their first time, so in order to have a higher tolerance rate, they tried making a few bags in batches.
The pasture in the pasture originally included awnless brome which was suitable for silage.
The awnless brome has produced ears and seeds on its own, and now it has grown into a large and lush area, overflowing the grass circle.
Mu Xi used a sickle to cut from the edge to the middle. The ones in the middle were a little old, while the ones in the outer circle were still in the heading stage and were relatively fresh.
To make silage, you need grass with a higher sugar content. The principle is to ferment lactic acid bacteria.
Lactic acid bacteria plus awnless brome.
Zhao Yeqing put down the notes in his hand.
Isn’t this the yogurt-flavored cereal that sheep eat?
Being angry means another day of living worse than an animal.
After Mu Xi pulled the grass back, he called Zhao Yeqing out to deal with it quickly.
It should be prepared when it is freshest to ensure the moisture of the forage.
To make silage, the grass needs to be chopped up first.
Zhao Yeqing found a large chopper from the tool shed and chopped the bundles of hay under the chopper.
Mu Xi grabbed a handful of chopped grass and squeezed it in his hand. It was moist but not dripping, which was the best state.
There were large blue and black bags in the hay room, into which he loaded the chopped hay.
You have to stop after filling it ten centimeters, press down hard with your hands, and try to squeeze out as much air as possible to make the grass inside firmer.
According to the description in the breeding books, large-scale silage is crushed back and forth by the wheels of a cart. They first tried to make a bag, but they could only press it as hard as they could with their hands.
Put one layer in and press it down again until the bag is almost full, then seal the bag with the compacted grass.
The fermentation of lactic acid bacteria needs to be carried out in an anaerobic environment, and all harmful bacteria will die in an anaerobic environment.
The fermentation temperature is below 37 degrees. The two men carried the hay to a shady corner of the hay house that was not exposed to the sun.
The weather is hot now, and this small bag of feed will probably be almost fermented in about twenty days.
After two days of hard work, the silage was prepared and the red bricks were dried.
Today's red bricks can be used directly, but they are not very durable and are best calcined once.
Mu Xi planned to build a stove more than one meter high with red bricks, and then put the red bricks in to burn. In this way, when the red bricks inside were burned, the red bricks used to build the stove could also be burned.
Build the lower fire chamber layer first.
Arrange three bricks vertically in a row at the bottom, and then thicken the top with two layers of bricks. In this way, three rows are arranged in this way. After the roof is completed, build another identical layer on top.
In this way, there are two parallel holes in the middle for storing firewood.
The upper part of the stove is relatively high and needs to be balanced.
Mu Xi took the unused soil from digging the toilet septic tank, poured water on it, and made it into mud to fix the bricks.
This kind of mud is certainly not as strong as wood ash cement, but since this stove is built outdoors and used as a brick kiln, it is not so particular.
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