Because apart from putting in a lot of effort when building thatched huts and clearing land, they usually just watered plants and did nothing else.
But it gave them many surprises. For example, the radishes were so white and plump, and most importantly, they weren't hollow!
The taste is also very good, much better than what you can buy in the market.
When they used to come to the mountains, they would eat roasted meat. Although roasted meat is delicious, it gets greasy if you eat too much of it.
(If they dared to tell others they were tired of eating meat, they'd probably get a beating, but that's exactly what happened.)
But it was different when we went up the mountain again. We ate a few bites of meat and a few bites of vegetables. It was so refreshing!
So as soon as the exam was over, they were all eager to go home.
Now their thatched huts are no longer empty, especially the kitchen, which is hung with a lot of smoked meat and sausages.
These are all done when I come here every week, and the materials are provided by Big White and Little White.
So their temporary lodgings were incredibly well-stocked with vegetables, meat, rice, and noodles.
If others knew this, they would probably be extremely envious.
But no one dared to come into this deep mountain, and Liu Shile had planted her thorny roses nearby long ago.
Its vitality is very strong. Although it is far from the land, it has been protecting this land in a subtle way.
It eats plenty of blood on the farm, grows very quickly, has a particularly well-developed root system, and can even move on its own.
So even though it was winter and not on a farm, it was still growing well because there was plenty of flavor.
Because she was worried that the thorn rose had too big an appetite, she would release a batch of farm animals into the mountains regularly.
She raised many rabbits, which are animals with a very high reproductive rate, but she couldn't eat them all by herself, so she released them into the mountains.
If they're lucky, they might live a long time; if they're unlucky, then it's a tragedy.
Today, Liu Shile and her team's task is to harvest radishes. The radishes in the field are not considered high-yielding, but there are quite a few in this small plot.
These radishes are almost all the same size, each weighing about 2 pounds, and if all of them are collected, they will probably weigh 1,000 pounds.
Radish leaves can be used as livestock feed, but unfortunately, they are not available here.
Therefore, the only options are to air-dry it to turn it into wood ash for fertilizing the land, or to find a way to compost it into plant fertilizer.
None of them had much farm experience, so they handled the radish leaves rather casually.
Peeling radishes is not a difficult task for them, who are strong.
To avoid backaches after the harvest, they even sat on small stools in the field to pull radishes.
"Lele, what are we going to do with all these radishes?" Wang Guangying looked at the radishes scattered on the ground with some worry.
Although it's said that you should eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer, eating radishes every day, at every meal, isn't a good idea.
Besides, they can't openly take these radishes home.
We've already planted these, so we can't let them rot. They're good for making dried radish, but we don't have enough chili peppers.
She didn't think the radishes would survive, since they were planted a bit late, but in fact they not only survived, but were also very productive.
Liu Shile didn't know much about how to eat radishes, so after thinking for a moment she said, "We can dry them into radish chips and then add chili peppers when we have them later."
"Hmm, we can also pickle radishes with that. We should be able to divide the kimchi jars we brought with us into separate jars now."
Thinking of this, she scratched her head again, "How about we build another fence and catch some pheasants and rabbits to raise?"
The group was stunned by what they heard; they genuinely hadn't expected that it could be done this way.
Raising wild chickens and rabbits deep in the mountains? Aren't you afraid they'll just eat them?
Liu Shihua was stunned for a moment, but quickly came to her senses and nodded, saying, "We can give it a try. Anyway, Da Bai and Xiao Bai listen to you, so maybe they won't bite us?"
His tone was still full of uncertainty. Although the big white dogs don't bite, hunting is an instinct, right?
If they can be controlled, then they've probably become sentient, right?
However, this is actually a good thing, at least it can help protect the pheasants and rabbits, right?
After spending several months together, Liu Shihua developed a good impression of Da Bai and Xiao Bai; aside from anything else, they were simply well-behaved.
In my sister's words, they have a kind of cute-fierce feeling.
In the past few months, they have also helped them with a lot of work and hunted a lot of prey for them to eat. They are really hardworking and well-behaved.
Liu Shihua thought that even the hunting dogs at Grandpa Xu's house on the back street were not as capable and obedient as Da Bai and Xiao Bai!
Wang Guangjie nodded. Catching pheasants and rabbits wasn't difficult for Lele, as long as she was willing.
Although it's winter and they rarely appear, she can catch them if she wants to.
With so many radishes and radish leaves left here, they'll probably just rot if they're not used up.
So he strongly supports raising some, so that they can have meat to eat without hunting in the future, which sounds wonderful.
Therefore, he nodded and said, "We can give it a try; there's no harm in doing so."
Liu Shile immediately put down the tedious work in her hands with a smile and said, "Okay, you guys carry on with your work, I'll go catch some pheasants and wild rabbits!"
After saying that, he didn't stay any longer and turned to run into the mountains further away, without even taking Big White and Little White with him.
Without her, Da Bai and Xiao Bai didn't go with her and worked very diligently and honestly.
With a gentle tug, the claws grasped the radish leaves and lifted the radish up cleanly and efficiently.
Compared to the others, these two little ones worked much faster.
Of course, they didn't see it as work; they just thought it was quite fun.
Especially after Liu Shile left, they were like wild horses, throwing the radishes far away.
If they hadn't used less force, these radishes would probably have been smashed to pieces.
Even so, Wang Guangying was heartbroken, thinking, "What if he gets hurt?"
These two little devils are really naughty; they start causing trouble as soon as Lele isn't around!
But she didn't dare to say anything. Although she could pet the two little ones now, if she dared to be mean to them, they would only be more aggressive than her.
"Big White, Little White, don't throw the radishes around. If the radishes are damaged, they won't keep well. Be good, okay?"
She didn't dare to say it, but that didn't mean Liu Shihua didn't dare to say it either; after all, he was Liu Shile's older brother.
Furthermore, Liu Shihua's tone wasn't harsh; it sounded like he was coaxing a little child, so Da Bai and Xiao Bai weren't bothered by it, they just glanced at him.
Then, he behaved himself, but only for a short while before reverting to his old ways.
So Liu Shihua had to remind them once again.
Liu Shile didn't run all over the mountains looking for pheasants or rabbits at all; she had plenty of those on her farm, and she could just get some to take out later.
Actually, she has a lot of chili peppers in her warehouse, fresh ones, dried chili peppers, chili powder, and so on.
But she can't easily sell it. However, next year she can set aside a piece of land specifically for growing various kinds of chili peppers.
She likes spicy food, though not to the point of being addicted to it, but not far off, so she grows quite a lot of it.
The peppers brought up the mountain were dried peppers that Grandma Wang had grown in her yard and couldn't finish eating; she didn't buy much.
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