Chapter 10 Cleaning Up
Qiao Xi got up early, put in the wild vegetable buns made with wheat flour last night, and took the big-tailed yak to the giant lemon orchard to start renovating the orchard.
Dead branches and miscellaneous trees, cut down, affecting traffic, cut down, messy and disorderly, cut down.
Qiao Xi carried all the chopped dead branches and wood outside the orchard, spread them out, let them dry in the sun, and then gathered them together in the evening and burned them.
Fortunately, it was a sunny day today. The warm sunshine dried the dew on Qiao Xi's body. She took a deep breath and really wanted to lie down in the sun.
I shook my head and encouraged myself in my heart, Josh, Josh, keep up the good work.
When I was hungry, I took out the wild vegetable bag and ate a few bites. When I was thirsty, I searched for some small fruits to eat.
Some tree roots were deep and difficult to dig, so the big-tailed yaks turned the soil for her and pulled up the tree stumps. Some branches were tough and difficult to cut, so the big-tailed yaks froze them and Josh broke them with a hit using an axe.
The man and the cow have a tacit understanding and work together very well.
In the evening, Josh used a rake to gather the dead branches and wood scattered on the ground and lit a fire. Josh was very cautious and the fire was far away from the forest.
With the big-tailed yaks around, there is no need to worry about the mountain being burned down.
However, when the fire started burning, Qiao Xi was still a little nervous. It was not for any other reason, but his mind was full of thoughts about the country’s security slogan in his previous life: If you set fire to the mountain, you will spend the rest of your life in jail.
Qiao Xi was so upset that he didn't dare to relax at all. He waited until midnight to see the fire was completely out before going back to rest.
After burning for half a day, Qiao Xi's little face was roasted red, and the big-tailed yak ran away, as if the snow mountain yak was dying of heat.
We also had dinner by the fire. We picked out a few large potatoes and threw them in through the ashes. We roasted them for a while, and when they were almost cooked, we picked them out with branches.
Tearing off the charred outer skin, the golden flesh was revealed, and a unique aroma made Josh's stomach growl.
Qiao Xi didn't care about it. He found a clean place and sat down cross-legged.
I dug out the chili sauce that I had left behind at some unknown time, smeared it on the potatoes, and had a delicious meal with some bitter candies.
The skin of the roasted potatoes was black, and the places where Josh's hands touched were also stained black. When Josh returned to the cabin to wash his face, he found that his face was as black as a little cat. Looking at himself in the mirror, Josh laughed out loud.
Are you tired? Of course you are tired. But compared to the past, when he worked 996 hours a day and worked for himself, Qiao Xi still feels that it is better now. He is free and does not have to restrain himself. He can lie down when he is tired and sleep when he is sleepy.
After a tiring day, Josh lay down and fell asleep immediately.
Wake up to another day full of energy and refreshment.
Although it's spring, Josh still plans to prune the branches and leaves.
Qiao Xi had already cut down all the trees that he didn't plan to keep yesterday. They were too thick and it would be a waste of time to cut them all down in a short time. Qiao Xi also asked the big-tailed yak to freeze them and wait until they died before cutting them down.
After finding the large shears for thinning out the branches and seedlings and making the necessary preparations, Josh was ready to set off.
But before setting off, Qiao Xi went to the cowshed to get the milk from the big-tailed yak, boiled it, and then let it cool.
I don’t know if it was because the long journey was too tiring, but the milk production of the big-tailed yaks dropped sharply and we haven’t received milk for a long time.
Last night, when the big-tailed yak was swinging its tail back to the cowshed, Qiao Xi discovered that it was swollen. It might be because it had eaten and drank well in the past two days, which replenished its weight.
Qiao Xi put the milking pot in the cowshed, and the big-tailed yak would stand over it to be milked.
You know, when Josh and the big-tailed yak just woke up, they were not particularly familiar with each other. When it asked Josh to milk it, Josh tried hard to recall the milking scenes he had seen on TV before and milked it manually.
The big-tailed yak was so frightened that it almost kicked Qiao Xi away with its hoof.
The milk pot fruit, the fruit of a strange magic fruit tree, can help farmers collect milk. It will automatically absorb part of the energy to maintain its own activity.
The pod at the bottom will swell up after the liquid flows in, which can store milk and also have a preliminary preservation effect.
Even the big-tailed yak, a mountain cow, knew this, but Qiao Xi didn't know it.
At that time, the man and the cow looked at each other in bewilderment, and it was only then that the country bumpkin Qiao Xi realized how wrong he was.
Later, she went down the mountain and bought a few milk bottles, which she used alternately for the big-tailed yaks, and sold the excess milk to save money.
However, no matter how good a milk jug is, it can only be used for a month or so. After a long time, its activity will disappear and it needs to be replaced with a new one.
Josh bought a few when he went to the free market and they came in handy.
Covering the milk with a net, Josh packed up and set off.
The saplings growing randomly on the tree stump, snap, the forked branches, snap, the branches that are too high will make it difficult to pick the fruits in the future, snap.
After Qiao Xi cut the trees in a rush, large tracts of fruit trees became shorter. Those that were out of reach were frozen by big-tailed yaks.
As I was cutting the fruits, I saw a rock mouse coming out of the orchard, holding a bitter candy in its little paws.
I haven't seen the little squirrel for several days. He has become a lot plumper.
Josh climbed up the trunk to make it easier to prune and saw it from a distance.
Kongyanshu has been living like a fish in water these days.
Ever since the farmer and the big cow came, it no longer encountered any falcons that would eat mice or any giant squirrels that would steal its food on the farm.
It knew the reason, they were all afraid of this human.
But I'm not afraid, the empty rock mouse smiled secretly, because it felt that it had shown its face in front of Josh and was a neighbor recognized by Josh.
Much better than them.
So it gradually became bolder and dared to eat in the open air these days.
The rock mouse happily chewed the bitter candy and looked up. It seemed that there was a person standing on a branch in the distance, staring at it.
“Squeak~”
The rat was so scared! The rock rat quickly dropped the fruit in its claws and hid in the bushes.
It didn't feel at ease until it ran to its little nest outside.
Shu Shu was indeed very timid, and Josh couldn't help but laugh when he saw him.
Seeing it disappear in a flash, Josh continued to prune the branches. Not long after, Josh saw a familiar little figure emerging from the grass again.
Acting sneakily as if no one can see you.
After thinking calmly in the cave for a while, Kong Yanshu felt that the figure seemed to be the farmer, the girl named Qiao Xi.
It felt like nothing was chasing it, so it encouraged itself and came out of the hole again.
Seeing that Josh was still there, trimming the branches, Kong Yanshu bravely took out another bitter candy from the space and held it in his arms.
Running to the tree that Josh was climbing, the little squirrel stood up and squeaked twice at Josh, saying, "This is for you, farmer."
As he spoke, he lifted the fruit up with his two little paws.
Qiao Xi couldn't help but laugh, jumped down from the tree, squatted in front of the empty rock mouse, and caught the small bitter candy with both hands.
"Thank you, lovely rock mouse."
I met a drunkard tonight. It was so annoying. I hate people who ruin my mood.
(End of this chapter)
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