Two male rabbits and two female rabbits also gave birth to a litter of baby rabbits one after another.
One litter had three pups, and another litter had seven.
Two of the three baby rabbits in the litter died due to a lack of experience in raising them.
At her and her brother's request, another fully grown rabbit was made into a spicy rabbit dish and ended up in the family's stomachs.
The other seven baby rabbits are only three months old; they're still a long way off. They can be eaten after another two to three months.
Two sheep in the pen are still in estrus and will probably be pregnant soon.
Looking at the two sheep eating sweet potato vines in the space, Xu Lai thought of the delicious roasted lamb skewers.
Since Xu Haiguo wasn't home at noon, Song Qiu'e wasn't in a great mood to cook, so she just stir-fried a few simple dishes and served them with rice for the family.
Having come up with the idea of ​​exchanging sweet potato seedlings and sweet potatoes for work points, everyone started preparing to dig sweet potatoes after lunch.
Sweet potatoes and potatoes are both high-yield crops, but sweet potatoes are somewhat different from potatoes.
For example, sweet potatoes and potatoes are now ready for harvest.
The sweet potato vines remained lush and green, while the potato vines had turned yellow and brittle, withering away day by day.
Looking at the acre and a half of sweet potatoes, even the youngest Xu Chao kept exclaiming, "Sweet potatoes are really a wonderful thing!"
Take sweet potato vines for example; you can enjoy delicious stir-fried sweet potato tips as soon as the vines start growing.
As they grow older, not only can people eat stir-fried sweet potato vines, but they can also pick the vines to feed chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, and sheep.
Sweet potatoes grown in the soil are sweet and delicious. They can be boiled, stir-fried, or made into delicious fried sweet potato balls and roasted sweet potatoes.
Xu Lai plans to take a few kilograms of sweet potato seedlings and sweet potatoes to the government supermarket this afternoon to try her luck.
Before Xu Jiangming and Xu Chao dug up the sweet potatoes with hoes, Xu Lai and Song Qiu'e carefully cut the sweet potato vines at an angle with scissors and set them aside.
"That's all the sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes we'll bring today!"
Seeing that the two items were almost ready, Xu Lai first went to the well to fetch some water and sprinkled it on the sweet potato vines.
Then I went to the space warehouse and got a piece of insulation cotton, and carefully wrapped the water-sprinkled sweet potato vines.
A temperature of 40 degrees Celsius will not have a significant impact on sweet potatoes in a short period of time; you can simply pack them in a burlap sack.
Having done all that, Xu Lai took the two items out of the space.
Xu Jiangming was worried about his granddaughter going out alone and wanted to go with her.
However, Xu Lai refused: "Second Uncle, there are soldiers patrolling everywhere outside, and I'm carrying a gun. I can go by myself!"
The weather was just too hot, and she was worried that her second great-uncle, being so old, might suffer heatstroke on the way, which would be disastrous!
"Alright then, I'll dig sweet potatoes in the space this afternoon, and Xiao Chao can come with you!"
Xu Chao was still a teenager, and no matter how hot it was outside, it couldn't stop him from wanting to go to the supermarket.
Since the torrential rain disaster, in order to train her younger brother's ability to cope with external dangers, she would take him with her whenever she went out.
She was overjoyed that her younger brother volunteered to come along, since he would have an extra help carrying things.
Grandpa Xu was going to dig potatoes in the space, and Xu Chao was going out with Xu Lai. Someone also needed to stay at the house outside the space to prevent anyone from coming to look for them or missing the latest information from the outside world.
When Xu Lai and Xu Chao left the space with sweet potato seedlings and sweet potatoes, they also brought Song Qiu'e with them.
"Let's try connecting the air conditioner to the solar panel first!"
Upon entering the living room, Xu Lai noticed the solar panels on the balcony and remembered that she hadn't tested the air conditioner yet.
Because of the prolonged rain, Xu Lai and his team covered the outdoor unit of the air conditioner, the wall-mounted unit indoors, and the floor-standing unit in the living room with tarpaulins.
To save electricity, we decided to use the air conditioner in Xu Lai's room when powering the air conditioner at home.
In other words, Xu Lai's room was designated as an air-conditioned room.
The main reason is that Xu Lai's room air conditioner is 1.5 horsepower, which is not as power-consuming as the living room air conditioner.
Secondly, Xu Lai's room was the most spacious bedroom, and at night, there was extra space to make beds on the floor, allowing all five family members to rest and enjoy the air conditioning in this room.
"This air conditioning feels so comfortable!"
Ten minutes after the air conditioner in Xu Lai's room was turned on, the room became very cool.
Xu Chao leaned back in his sister's office chair, enjoying the cool air from the air conditioner, and sighed with satisfaction.
Hearing her brother's words, Xu Lai couldn't help but laugh and roll her eyes at him: "Of course it's comfortable. Right now, we're probably the only family in this neighborhood that can have air conditioning!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Chao hurriedly went to Xu Lai's side, grabbed her arm, and pretended to be coquettish, saying, "Isn't this all thanks to my sister!"
"Hey, get out of the way! That's so cheesy!"
Xu Lai pretended to look disgusted and pushed away her younger brother who was trying to be affectionate with her.
Watching the siblings playfully bickering, Song Qiu'e couldn't help but laugh and scold, "How old are you two? Why are you still fighting like this!"
After confirming that the solar power system and the air conditioner in the house were working properly, Xu Lai and Xu Chao put on sun protection clothes and sun hats, and set off carrying bundles of sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes.
"Aren't these the Xu siblings? Are you taking things and heading out?"
"What are those two packages you two are carrying? Why are they wrapped up so tightly?"
As they went down the stairs and out of the community gate, Xu Lai and her siblings ran into several acquaintances, all of whom were curious about what the two siblings were carrying.
This is exactly the effect Xu Lai wanted!
If no one asks, how can they tell others that these are sweet potato vines and sweet potatoes that their family worked so hard to grow? How can they let everyone know that the Xu family is going to take these things to the government supermarket to exchange for work points?
If the family has something that can be exchanged for work points, why would family members need to brave the high temperatures to go out and work and risk their lives to earn work points?
"Your family is really amazing! You managed to grow something like this even when there was a severe drought and lack of sunlight!"
All the acquaintances they encountered showed admiration for Xu Lai and her brother.
In the long-term absence of sunshine and with humidity almost always at 100%, the things they tried to grow either rotted or simply failed to grow at all.
Some people even couldn't help but ask Xu Lai and her brother, "How did you solve the lighting problem before?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Lai and her younger brother Xu Chao exchanged a glance and directly refused, saying, "This is a secret!"
However, the sun is already up and there is plenty of sunshine. Some resourceful people have tried to get some vegetable seeds and have started planting vegetables.
Seeing that the siblings were unwilling to reveal any more information, they didn't pay too much attention.
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