Chapter 93 Moon
Just as Mu Xi said, after hearing the gunshots, the jackals have not appeared for more than half a month.
The two men stayed at home for a few days, and after making sure it was safe, they began to mow the lawn in full swing.
For more than half a month, in addition to collecting prey from traps and maintaining them every day, I also had to go to the mountains to chop wood, take care of the grass circle, and take care of the vegetable garden...
After finishing the daily chores, the rest of the time is spent mowing the lawn.
A total of nearly 3,000 kilograms of forage grass was harvested.
The thing that meadows have the most is land. Spread the grass flat on the ground to dry and turn it over once a day.
Zhao Yeqing calculated the time and felt that the bag of silage used in the experiment should be ready to be unpacked.
If successful, the grass cut today will no longer need to be made into hay, and you can start making silage in large quantities.
Mu Xi walked into the hay room and rolled out the silage wrapped in a large black bag from the corner.
Because it is compacted so tightly, the whole bag of feed looks like a round, thickened version of a large tire.
Zhao Yeqing opened the seal on top and a sour fragrance wafted into his nose.
I reached in, grabbed a handful and rubbed it. The grass particles, which were originally rough and brittle, have now become very soft, like new grass grown in spring.
There was no loss of moisture at all. She spread out the feed and took out the feed in the middle and at the bottom to check one by one.
No mold, no white hair, and no bugs.
Zhao Yeqing narrowed his eyes with a smile, picked up the silage and looked up, saying, "Success!"
Mu Xi was infected by her appearance and couldn't help laughing, "Yeah, it worked."
With silage, the sheep will no longer have to worry about having nothing to feed this winter.
From today on, all the cut grass must be chopped and made into silage.
The two are even busier than before. Compared to hay, silage requires more processes - chopping, pressing, bagging, and sealing.
Mu Xi pulled a cart out to cut grass every day, while Zhao Yeqing processed the fresh grass he brought back at home.
Each batch of packaged silage is marked with a date to avoid taking the wrong feed that has not been fermented. Once opened, harmful bacteria will enter and the feed will become moldy and spoil.
Each bag of silage weighs about 80 kilograms and is mixed with hay for feeding. One bag is roughly two days' worth of food for the sheep.
In fact, according to what the book said, they only had about ten sheep, so the silage could be piled together, covered and fermented, which was simpler and faster.
The fermentation of packaged silage is time-consuming and laborious, but the good thing is that it is not affected by weather factors. The situation is special now and the weather is very unpredictable, so we still have to ensure that everything is foolproof.
She could only repeat the actions of cutting grass and baling.
After being fodder for a week, Zhao Yeqing felt like he was about to become fodder.
The whole body smells like grass.
Whenever they pass by the sheepfold, they all want to pounce on it and give it a lick.
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December 11, 3033
Zhao Yeqing got up and said that he really didn't want to make feed anymore today.
Volunteered to go to the trap and get today's prey.
Mu Xi gave her the gun to carry on her back, just in case, and asked Huhu and Xuebing, who had not gone out hunting yet, to go with her.
Some of the previous traps have been destroyed, and some have been placed for too long and can no longer catch prey. There are now three new traps.
Zhao Yeqing checked one by one. He got nothing at the first place, a pheasant at the second place, and nothing at the third place.
But it was obvious that the third trap had been triggered, and there were pheasant feathers on it!
This place is at the junction of the forest and the meadow. There was originally a water source and there was once cultivated land nearby.
They guessed that it was a field planted with wheat or barley.
That's why they set traps nearby. If there were any animals that used to come and steal food, they would be caught in the traps.
Zhao Yeqing discovered that the soil on the ground showed signs of being dragged, and a piece of thatch nearby had also fallen down. Walking in the direction of the fallen thatch, he saw spots of blood on a lot of the thatch.
Their traps are small and cannot catch large animals.
The traces of fallen thatch and dragging on the ground looked like they were left by a large animal that had fallen and was being dragged away.
How to explain the disappearance of pheasants from her traps?
This is not the first time that prey has been stolen from this trap, and no traces were found before.
Zhao Yeqing guessed that the traces left behind this time were either because a wild beast came to eat the pheasant in her trap, and the mantis was catching the cicada while the oriole was waiting behind.
Or maybe there were wild beasts fighting nearby, and the winner took her chicken.
Zhao Yeqing rearranged the trap, grabbed Huhu and Xuebing who were trying to follow the blood trail, and turned back home.
Life was already difficult enough, and now someone came to steal her chicken.
Zhao Yeqing returned home and called Mu Xi.
She was going to dig a big trap nearby to see who the thief was.
Many animals in the mountains have strong athletic abilities, and wild animals are very good at survival, such as Huhu and Xuebing.
Now he can jump over her head.
So she has to dig the hole deep enough.
Mu Xi always responded to her sudden whims, but he would say a few more words before taking action.
"Don't come to see this trap alone next time."
If it is a social animal, if one falls in, there is no guarantee that the others will linger nearby.
Zhao Yeqing's main point was to listen to the advice and promise it, and only then did Mu Xi start digging.
A pit more than two meters deep was dug, covered with tree branches and then a layer of leaves.
Zhao Yeqing waited patiently for three days, but found nothing every time he went.
But the prey in the trap still disappeared.
Before dawn on the fourth day, she dragged Mu Xi to wait on a small hill where they could see the trap.
Wild animals have a very sensitive sense of smell. It's because the weather is abnormal now, with the sun shining brightly for several months but no wind. Otherwise, they would have to choose the wind direction.
The wind direction is wrong, the animal can smell it from such a distance.
The two looked at the moon and waited for the unexpected guests to arrive.
The high altitude makes the moon appear larger and the shadows on it clearer.
It seems that everyone heard a different version of the story when they were young. Some said that the shadow above was the shape of a rabbit, while others said it was the toad palace.
The version that she and Mu Xi had heard since childhood was very rich, with the shadows divided into palaces, rabbits, people and a lush osmanthus tree.
Zhao Yeqing reminisced about the stories that his grandmother used to tell them.
Mu Xi thought of something and smiled playfully.
"I remember someone, when he was a child, wrapped in a bed sheet and said he was the fairy Chang'e..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhao Yeqing covered his mouth with his hand.
"Stop talking!" Her toes almost dug through the ground.
Mu Xi blinked and moved his gaze down to the little hand covering his mouth.
After Zhao Yeqing felt embarrassed, he realized that his palms were soft and hot.
He pulled his hand away as if he had been electrocuted.
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