Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

Chapter 168 Hairy Beech

When the weather is hot, it is autumn and winter, and when the weather is cold, it is spring and summer. Will the hot and cold seasons be reversed in the future?

When Mu Xi came back, Zhao Yeqing's small ditch had not yet been dug.

Because the road to clear the snow is not wide, the small ditch next to it had to be dug to be smaller.

When he entered the yard, what he saw was Zhao Yeqing's back, squatting on the ground and digging bit by bit with a small shovel.

In a trance, I seemed to see Zhao Yeqing as a child, digging in the ground with a shovel and playing house.

Mu Xi put down the firewood rack behind him and walked over, squatting next to her, "What do you mean, today I will play dad and you will play mom?"

Zhao Yeqing looked at him inexplicably, and when he saw his eyes pointing at the small shovel in her hand and digging out dirt from the ground, she realized what she was doing.

"No, I play the father and you play the son."

Maybe life is a bit boring, but the battle between father and son lasted for half an hour and there was still no winner.

Mu Xi had already washed his hands and was about to finish the dishes Zhao Yeqing ordered last night.

Last night she said she wanted to eat the steak that Tom and Jerry, cats and mice and dogs fought and deceived over.

Mu Xi looked confused. Zhao Yeqing finally took out a pen and paper and drew what the steak looked like. Only then did he remember what it was.

That is, a large piece of beef tendon is split horizontally, and there is a round bone in the middle, which is the cross section of the beef leg bone.

He got up in the morning and defrosted the beef tendon, and it was only a little soft on the surface.

I had no choice but to find a new saw blade from the tool room and put it on the saw, and sawed off a large piece of steak.

The cross-section of the whole beef tendon is a large piece of meat about 40 centimeters long and 30 centimeters wide. Mu Xi placed a grilling net on the tripod.

This grilling net was made casually when roasting palm fruits. Later it was re-reinforced and enlarged for roasting lamb chops, but it still could not completely accommodate the whole steak.

There was still a little bit of the edge of the steak sticking out.

The exposed part was adjusted by Mu Xi, exposing the edge with white grease. This part hung down slightly and was roasted golden by the open fire.

Until now, this cow has been fed no other medicine except anti-worm medicine. The feed it eats every day is all natural and pollution-free. Mu Xi did not grill the steak until it was fully cooked. He took a knife over it when it was about 70%. Divided into small pieces.

The meat inside is still pink, so you can eat it directly, or if you want it to be more cooked, cut it and flip it on the grill for a few minutes and it will become fully cooked.

Zhao Yeqing can't eat food that's too raw, but it's still okay if it's seven years old.

Although it is grass-fed beef, it is not old. It is medium-ripe and has just the right softness and hardness. Only pepper and salt are added to the beef, and you can taste the slightest milky flavor in the meat.

"It would be better if there was butter!"

After finishing her steak, she went to inspect the pregnant cows and sheep.

The cow is still the same as before, not much has changed in just a few days.

The sheep has changed, its belly is more pregnant, and nienie has become bulging. She remembers the book saying that this sheep will start lactating before giving birth.

But you can't milk the goat at this time. Expressing the milk early may cause the lamb to have no milk to drink after birth.

For the pregnant sheep, Zhao Yeqing not only took special care of the feeding of fodder, but also did not forget to supplement the salt.

The water in the sink is changed several times a day to ensure it does not freeze.

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After letting go of the birch tree, the two found another hardwood—hairy beech—down the mountain.

The hairy beech tree is tall and has a very wide crown. I originally planned to cut down one tree, but now it is enough to just cut down part of the branched trunks of several trees.

The branched trunks are as thick as thighs, and the hardwoods burn for a long time, so the number required will be much less than the previous pine trees.

Although hairy beech is a hard wood, it is easy to split.

Zhao Yeqing looked at the red wood and cursed this kind of division in his heart.

Softwood is not necessarily soft, and hardwood is not necessarily hard. The division of soft and hard is based on density.

This hairy beech is very wear-resistant, but it is also very easy to split.

The cut down beech trees were cut into sections and transported back, and they had to be placed on the kang by the fire until all the moisture was dried before they could be taken back to the room and burned in the fireplace.

Now the rooms are still made of pine wood, and the twigs collected are used for cooking.

A lot of hairy beech trees were chopped back, and those as thick as calves and arms were used as firewood reserves, while those as thick as thighs were placed in the yard.

Mu Xi had been thinking about cutting down trees and replacing the bamboo at the bottom of the sled with wood, which would be more stable.

The remaining wood can also be stored first and replenished when something is missing.

Originally, when the bamboo was used as the slide rail under the sleigh, it was roasted with fire and the front was slightly curved.

But now it is made of wood. The wood of this hairy beech is hard but has very little elasticity. If you want to bend this kind of wood, you need to blast it with water vapor.

That requires high-pressure water vapor to do, so he didn't bother and just made it straight and smooth.

It just expands the contact area of ​​the slide rail a little, so it can stay on the snow more stably.

Zhao Yeqing spoke highly of the improved version of the sled 2.0.

"I think this change is huge for us. It not only improves the aesthetics, but also enhances the durability. It is very suitable for you to ride out and pick some snow red when you come back."

As soon as Mu Xi finished building the sleigh, he was pushed out by Zhao Yeqing to dig wild vegetables.

There is no way, the sauerkraut at home is almost finished.

Xuelihong is eaten as a vegetable and has a medium taste. It can be turned into sauerkraut and upgraded to medium-to-high quality.

There are still a lot of pea seeds. After Zhao Yeqing cut off the tips of the peas from an unknown wave, he dug out the pea roots that had been harvested and could no longer grow, added some fertilizer to the soil, and planted another wave of peas. .

After watering the pot thoroughly, wait another seven days and the pot will be lush again.

She looked up over the top of the peas and looked out the window, which faced the rabbit pen and the woodshed.

Next to the woodshed is the tombstone of the original owner.

She suddenly remembered that she had killed the cow before, and the two of them had also fished out a piece of braised beef and placed it in front of the original owner's tomb as a memorial, but it seemed that they had forgotten to bring it in.

Zhao Yeqing walked out of the room, put the pea tips in his hand in the kitchen, and walked to the back of the house.

Sure enough, the braised beef was not taken back.

Because the bowl with the braised beef was still in front of the tomb, but the braised beef in the bowl was missing.

Zhao Yeqing's first reaction was to rule out animals at home.

It is impossible for Rhubarb and the others to eat the food in front of their original owner's tomb, and neither Guohuang nor Xuebing like to eat food that is cooked and spiced.

But there are no footprints around here...

It wasn't until she knelt down that she saw a circular hole dug out by something unknown on the side of the snow next to the tomb!