Lu Chuan was so angry that he wanted to grab a stick and teach this naughty fellow a lesson.
Lu Chuan ultimately did not make a move and followed Xu Han into the room.
"I'm going to take a shower first. You rest for a while! We can eat after you shower. In this weather, you feel sticky all over if you move around too much." Xu Han said, then took her change of clothes and left the room.
"Let me carry the water in for you first!" Lu Chuan followed suit, carrying the hot water that had been drying in the yard into the bathroom.
After Xu Han finished taking a bath, Lu Chuan had already processed the bamboo he had brought back that day.
They sawed it into small sections one by one, and made a lot at once. Not only that, Xu Han also saw that the basket was also full of bamboo tubes that had already been cut.
"Why did you bring so many? I thought it was just those bamboo poles you were holding!"
“That bamboo grove is quite far from here, and I thought it would spoil easily, so I brought a little more.”
“They are indeed prone to breaking. You're very thoughtful. Let's put these unwanted ones in the storage room for now! They'll be easier to find next time we need them,” Xu Han said.
After Lu Chuan left, Xu Han sat down where Lu Chuan had just cut the bamboo section and started making some small bamboo skewers. These would be inserted into the bamboo tubes when making popsicles, making them easier to eat and preventing her hands from getting sticky.
After preparing a small handful, Xu Han went to the backyard to clean the bamboo tubes, then added some jam and chopped fruit pieces to make popsicles in different flavors.
There was also yogurt in the space, so Xu Han made a few fruit yogurt flavored ice creams as well.
After everything was ready, Lu Chuan had also taken a shower and washed both of their clothes.
Since the weather got warmer, I've been washing my clothes with the water from my shower and then rinsing them with clean water.
It saved a little water, but more importantly, I was all sweaty. If I left the clothes to wash tomorrow, they would have to sit overnight and turn sour, and the smell would be awful...
The two of them put the popsicles they made into the water tank together before returning to their room to eat dinner.
“The garlic outside has already grown garlic scapes. I’ll dig them up tomorrow morning!” Xu Han said.
“Okay, do you need me to stay home and help?” Lu Chuan asked.
"No need, just do what you always have. I can manage this myself."
"Okay! I'll come back early tomorrow to water the plants. After we harvest the garlic and onions, there will be less land that needs watering, which will make things easier. Thank you for your hard work, my wife." After saying that, Lu Chuan picked up a piece of chicken and put it in Xu Han's bowl.
"Should we plant anything else in the empty spaces left by the peas and broad beans? Vegetables won't grow well in this weather, we can't just leave them lying fallow! There's still some water left to irrigate the land!" Xu Han asked again.
"It should be summer planting season, but look how fast the water level in the stream outside is dropping, and the weather is so hot right now, I guess there won't be any water soon."
If you want to plant some, plant less corn! But it definitely won't yield many. Look, the corn and soybeans we planted in the spring aren't growing very well."
"Then let's not plant any more! We'll only harvest a few pounds of grain even if we water it every day. It'll be even hotter in the summer, and the river water will definitely evaporate even faster. I need to take advantage of the water now and wash everything that needs washing first," Xu Han said after thinking for a while.
“Okay, then we won’t plant any more. We’ll go to the county town in a few days to see how things are down the mountain. I wonder if there’s still water in the river,” Lu Chuan said.
"Even if there is water, it probably won't be much. We live deep in the mountains, there are water sources nearby, and so many big trees provide shelter. If the water level has dropped so much, I'm afraid the situation down the mountain will be even worse than here."
"Let's focus on living our own lives first! Once we're done with this busy period, we'll go down the mountain to visit other places. We can't completely isolate ourselves from the world."
"Okay! I'll tidy up the house for the next couple of days, and then we'll go take a look in a few days."
After Xu Han finished speaking, the two stopped talking about it. After dinner, it was already late, so they tidied up and went to bed.
The next day, Lu Chuan went hunting in the mountains again. After Xu Han finished breakfast, she went to the wasteland before sunrise to start her work for the day.
This morning we need to harvest all the garlic scapes that have already sprouted.
Harvesting garlic scapes is simple. Xu Han used a large embroidery needle with a corn stalk threaded through it to make a simple tool specifically for pulling out garlic scapes.
Use a needle to cut from the top of the garlic clove directly to the bottom, then break off the garlic scape and pull it out.
When garlic sprouts have grown their scapes, press them down onto the ground. This prevents nutrients from flowing upwards and instead nourishes the garlic bulbs below, allowing them to grow larger.
This job looks simple and is easy to do, but it's quite hard on your back, as you have to bend over and lower your head the whole time, which is quite tiring.
At first, Xu Han's speed was not fast, but after she got the hang of it, her speed increased significantly.
Finally, before 11 o'clock, Xu Han finished harvesting all the garlic scapes. She returned home, took out a frozen popsicle from the bathroom, ate one, and felt like she had come back to life.
At noon, I took out a bowl of cold noodles from my storage space, ate it quickly, and then went for a nap.
I slept until 3 p.m. before slowly waking up. I had been bending over all morning and was very tired. I didn't want to move at all.
But there was still so much work to do! Reluctantly, I had to overcome my fear and slowly get out of bed.
He took out a half-eaten watermelon from his spatial storage to replenish his energy, and then went to the wasteland after finishing it.
Step on all the onions planted before the New Year, one by one, so that the bulbs underneath can grow better, just like with garlic.
This was relatively simple, and it didn't take long to finish. Then Xu Han went to the waterfall to fetch water.
I watered the vegetables at home first, and just as I finished watering the vegetable garden, I was about to water the wasteland outside when I saw Lu Chuan dragging a wild boar over.
"What a huge wild boar! How did you catch it?" Xu Han asked excitedly.
"It was a lucky day. When I found it, the wild boar was entangled in dead vines and struggling! So it was a perfect opportunity for me," Lu Chuan said with a grin.
"You'd better go back and deal with it quickly! It's hot now, don't let it stink any further."
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