Back then, she probably just thought he was handsome, and if she had to date, she would definitely choose someone she found attractive.
Of course, she likes handsome guys.
That's why I suddenly became infatuated.
However, time has drained everyone's passion. Now, Feng Ran feels that Qi Xie is like family and friends.
We help each other when someone is in trouble. We're capable of working, and capable of living. Every day is busy, and we also have to deal with unknown risks. There's no time to think about romantic relationships.
Bai Lian?
Thinking of this, Feng Ran couldn't help but smile.
Don't think she's unaware of his ulterior motives!
He kept a close eye on Jixiang's every move. Every day, he and Liluo engaged in a battle of wits to win Jixiang's attention.
Li Luo himself probably didn't realize that what he felt most was admiration for his senior brother, not romantic love. The pale-faced man, however, was different.
His affection was palpable.
Sometimes, when Feng Ran saw the two of them alone, in that quiet and harmonious scene, her eyes would light up with little red hearts.
One was grilling corn, the other was munching on corn. Last time, the guy with the white face even asked me to grow more corn. He said he loved it…
Honestly, I've never seen him particularly enjoy eating corn when I've cooked it.
The wind returns south...
A proper CEO, now he can't even slaughter chickens and rabbits or clean their internal organs.
Sometimes, when Feng Ran saw his slender fingers handling these things, she felt guilty.
From knowing nothing at the beginning to now knowing everything perfectly.
They learn things extremely quickly and are very efficient at their work.
Honestly, I've really gained a group of good followers.
They are all top-notch workers and capable of protecting themselves.
...
After bringing the pine cones home, let them dry in the sun for about a day until all the scales have opened. Then, use a wooden stick to knock the pine cones out.
This is the method Bai Lian taught everyone; he did this job when he was a child at his maternal grandmother's house in Northeast China.
During this time, Qi Xie and the others also studied the pine nut opening device.
It simply involves bending and closing the two blades of the simple head.
I tried it out and it's quite convenient.
Two days later, every night everyone would talk to Songzi while watching old variety shows that had been cached on the tablet.
Sometimes she watches the Spring Festival Gala and various skits. Fengran is always laughing and smiling.
As soon as the first batch of pine nuts popped out, Fengran quickly stir-fried a whole pot of them—the perfect snack for binge-watching TV. Eating sunflower seeds every day gets boring.
I roasted pine nuts in three flavors this time: five-spice, original, and salt and pepper. At first, the heat was unstable, and some were burnt. But I got better at it as I roasted them.
It's a good thing, but obtaining it is too much trouble.
The weather remained hot, and after a month, the group noticed that the river was getting lower and lower. Feng Ran, worried, filled all the usable containers in her space with water, using Qi Xie's space as a substitute when there wasn't enough room.
At the same time, the wild ducks successfully hatched. During the day, Feng Nangui and his team were building a fence.
Qi Xie and Li Luo used machines to dig a large pond in the space.
A pond, fifty meters wide and fifty meters deep, was created by working day and night.
They dug for a full ten days!
According to Qi Xie's visual estimation, the pond is at least thirty or forty meters deep.
There's no way around it; Qi Xie might raise other things in the future. We can already see fish ponds and seafood ponds.
How can we store water if we don't dig deeper this time?
The bottom of the deep pond was filled with reeds that everyone had cut. Letting water in would help purify some of the muddy water.
The next day, Qi Xie sat by the river outside and started collecting water by putting his hand into the water.
It wasn't until after 10 p.m. that the water tank was full, and at the same time, the few remaining rivers in the area near my home had dried up.
Fish that were jumping and wriggling in the silt at the bottom of the river also surfaced.
The group discussed it that night and decided to go to bed early and get up early, and start catching fish the next day!
Huge grass carp, common carp, snakehead fish, and some other fish I couldn't name—they were all caught.
This time, everyone just threw them onto the land in Qi Xie's space.
After catching all the fish, I plan to dry them into dried fish or marinate them and store them in a space for future use as grilled fish.
"A snake!" Feng Ran had been about to catch a small fish, but in the blink of an eye, the fish were gone, and something slippery suddenly touched her hand. Isn't that terrifying!
What's scarier than rats and snakes?
“That’s an eel,” Feng Nangui said.
"How did you know!" Feng Ran clearly didn't believe that a big CEO could know what an eel was.
"I've eaten it."
...Okay. She's narrow-minded.
"Let's use a net to scoop it up." Last night, the group specially made a large net from their old, tattered fishing nets.
The wire is wound into a net, which is then sewn into a cloth bag. A handle is added, and that's it. The net is quite deep, and the opening is quite large. An adult can fit inside.
Feng Nangui vigorously scooped the net through the silt, then moved forward another half meter before scooping it up.
The net was full of loaches and a few thick eels!
"So many. Keep scooping."
They scooped up several more nets; there were so many loaches! It was a plague.
At the same moment, Qi Xie and the others also used their hands to scoop up large fish from the mud, throwing them one by one onto the ground in the space. The group worked together quite well.
For lunch, we had braised catfish.
It has few thorns and tender meat.
For dinner, we had boiled sliced pork. The grass carp weighed about seven or eight pounds, and the sliced pork was incredibly delicious in the boiled fish dish!
Starting the next day, the group began catching fish and loaches along the river. The entire Xingan Mountains basin has a vast number of these, and the group couldn't possibly catch them all.
Feng Ran couldn't help but think how wonderful it would be if Wang San San's family were there. They could surely catch a lot of fish, loaches, and eels, and then satisfy their basic needs.
Then things didn't go as planned.
Today, Fengran and Jixiang have started another round of harvesting.
This time, Feng Ran didn't pull all the seedlings out. Instead, she and Ji Xiang harvested them directly in the space, leaving the seedlings in the space to absorb the nutrients.
The corn cobs were peeled off with the husks on. It was Jixiang's favorite, so this task was assigned to him.
She doesn't like walking around in cornfields at all.
Feng Ran went to pick a big pumpkin.
This time, I threw all the pumpkins I had stored in the space into the yard so that the others and weeds could turn them into fodder.
Pumpkin seeds were simply thrown into a corner of the field. These were mainly used to feed animals.
Chickens love to eat it.
Rabbits also quite like eating it raw; it's sweet and delicious.
Watermelons are everyone's favorite, so they are neatly stacked in plastic baskets.
Fengran lost patience with the potatoes and taro. She had Jixiang drive the tiller, turning over the soil row by row, uprooting the vines along with the potatoes and taro.
Discard the shredded parts. Donate them to the online space.
They also harvested half of the yield.
After the land was plowed this time, Fengran decided to plant rice directly.
Plant them all. We have plenty of food in this space now. We can store more rice, and their machinery is excellent, making harvesting easy.
They're having a wonderful time here.
Life outside is incredibly miserable!
Calling it a living hell is no exaggeration!
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