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

Mu Xi was a little in a hurry as he ate the meal.

Not only did he have to hold down Mudou, who wanted to jump on the table at any time, but he also had to pass paper to Zhao Yeqing.

"Put less chili next time."

Zhao Yeqing wiped his nose and tears and shook his head, "No."

Fortunately, the rice has already cooled down, so eating it with spicy vegetables will not make it spicier.

Zhao Yeqing was a little worried when he thought about the food stored in the rice vat, "There is not much rice left. In the future, we will really have to rely on sweet potatoes every meal."

Thinking about it, the rabbit in my mouth doesn't smell that good anymore.

"I went to my grandma's fields at the bottom of the mountain before. Do you still remember? They were the fields contracted to others. I thought that if someone else planted them, I could harvest some of the ready-made crops, but there were all the fields in them. No, there are probably a few roots that have sprouted on their own, I don’t know if I can save the seeds and plant them myself.”

Mu Xi put a piece of rabbit leg meat into her bowl, "I'll go take a look tomorrow. If it can be planted, I'll cut it back and plant it in a field next to it. If it doesn't work, it's okay. The potatoes can be used to make potato vermicelli, don't you like it too? ."

Potato vermicelli was indeed a path she had never imagined. Zhao Yeqing, who was still sad about not having rice just now, now had his mind occupied by the spicy and sour potato vermicelli casserole, and started eating rabbit happily.

Not sure if he was stimulated by the rabbit meat, from the corner of his eye, Zhao Yeqing happened to see the female rabbit in the box motionless, her body trembling a little, and her breathing rising and falling rapidly.

"Is this about to give birth?" Zhao Yeqing opened his eyes wide and spat out the rabbit bones in his mouth.

"It's time to give birth."

Rabbits have some warning signs before giving birth. In addition to the galactorrhea seen two days ago, there are also nest-making behaviors.

They would pile the grass they eat aside to make a warm nest and wait for the baby to be born. They would also use their mouths to pull rabbit fur from their bodies and spread it inside.

Zhao Yeqing had never seen a rabbit give birth to cubs before, so he was so curious that his chewing speed slowed down.

Mu Xi tapped her bowl lightly, "Eat first."

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The process of giving birth to a rabbit can take anywhere from one to two days.

At night, Mu Xi took the two leopard cubs home, fearing to scare the mother rabbit giving birth.

The next day, Zhao Yeqing originally planned to go down the mountain with Mu Xi to see the rice fields, but he didn't go. He didn't want to miss the birth of rabbits at home. The female rabbit had already given birth to two in the evening.

Let Guohuo and Xuebing play with them instead of letting them stay at home. Mu Xi said that the mother rabbit may eat her own cubs if she is frightened during the birth process, and may also eat her own cubs when she is undernourished.

The shock was visible to the naked eye on Zhao Yeqing's face.

Tiger poison does not eat its seeds, this rabbit is more ruthless than the tiger.

Not long after Mu Xi left, the third little rabbit was born. The red meat ball was hairless and its body was slightly undulating. Zhao Yeqing did not dare to touch it.

When Mu Xi came back, there were five rabbit cubs in the nest, and the mother rabbit had not yet finished giving birth.

Mu Xi took a look and said, "There are basically five to eight babies in a litter. If there are eight babies, it will still be a while before they are born. Don't wait stupidly."

Zhao Yeqing felt the same, "Is there a harvest? Can the rice seeds be saved?"

"Yes, but not many, just a few ears." Mu Xi did not cut the rice back, and the grains were not yet full of pulp. He had to wait a few more days, "Don't you want the soybeans?"

Zhao Yeqing was confused, "What soybeans?"

Mu Xi was speechless, "Didn't you notice that there is a field next to you that is full of soybeans?"

Zhao Yeqing recalled that there seemed to be many small plants in a field, but there were no beans at that time. She did not know that they were soybeans.

She knew that some people would rotate soybeans in the land after planting rice, wheat and corn. Because the nutrients of the land are limited, over-cultivation will lead to the loss or unevenness of nutrients in the soil. Soybean rotation will not cause such problems. In this case, because there are rhizobia bacteria in the roots of soybeans, they can make the soil more fertile.

Plants need nitrogen, but they cannot absorb nitrogen from the air and there is less nitrogen in the soil. Planting soybeans can increase the nitrogen content in the soil.

She understood the truth, but she had never seen what ungrown soybeans looked like.

"It will take some time for the soybeans in that field to mature, and then we can grind the soybean milk. My old hand-milled stone mill is still there."

Zhao Yeqing thinks it's very good. She loves summer iced soy milk and iced bean curd, both sweet, salty and spicy.

Although there are only a few ears of rice, if all the seeds are saved and planted successfully, about one hundred kilograms of rice can be grown.

As long as you plant it once, you won’t have to worry about it later.

I don’t know how long it will take to restore order, but I always leave more rice seeds every time I plant to be prepared.

Mu Xi suggested that the wooden piles on the ground where trees were cut outside should be dug out and turned into rice fields. First, it would be close and second, it would be flat enough.

Before Mu Xi came back, Zhao Yeqing had been holding on to Sisi's fantasy. He never thought that the chaos outside would be like that. He thought about changing the environment in the mountain as little as possible. After all, everyone is responsible for the current situation.

But now the situation has changed. Although she still doesn't want to cut and slash, she has to protect herself first. It's not safe under the mountain. If the ground cracks spread, there will be no harvest.

The two planned the scope of paddy field reclamation.

The area left by the tree felling was not large or small, about half an acre. All the stumps were cleared out and then plowed deeply to dig out the roots. The amount of work was not ordinary.

After all, neither of them had the right tools. The ancients relied on oxen to plow the fields, not to mention they didn't even have a rake.

Fortunately, only two people can't eat a lot of rice. If they eat it alternately with potatoes and sweet potatoes, a small area of ​​​​rice field is enough, ensuring a harvest of 200 kilograms of rice every season.

Mu Xi marked an area of ​​seventy square meters. Zhao Yeqing thought the size was quite appropriate. In fact, sixty square meters was probably enough. Plant the extra if you can, and leave it empty if you can't.

Instead of rice, corn can be grown on the land next to it. It is simpler than rice and does not require deep plowing.

Both of them have a non-procrastinating temperament and just do what they say.

Removing the stump was the first step. Zhao Yeqing dragged the generator to the place and plugged in the power cord of the chainsaw.

The only advantage of the recent strong sunshine is that the power is abundant and can be replenished at any time.

First, use a power saw to cut the stump as short as possible, and dig out the soil around the stump.

They chose a place with the least density of tree stumps. There were only three tree stumps in the area of ​​70 square meters.

Mu Xi used a chainsaw while Zhao Yeqing was digging the soil beside him.

Guomu and Xuebing scratched the ground with their claws as if they wanted to help.

Zhao Yeqing was amused, "You are not dogs, you are cats. Do you have a clearer self-awareness?"

While digging the soil, Zhao Yeqing talked to Mu Xi about the wild boar he saw that night and how he cut pine oil to light the torch.

Mu Xi looked at her as if she were a fool, "The pine forest is to the north. Why don't you ride a bicycle on the mountain ring road to the top of the mountain and then walk a short distance?"

Zhao Yeqing felt like she was being struck by lightning, and she felt like a fool.