Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

It has been a long time since I had potato noodles. We both sweated profusely while eating this lunch. It was so enjoyable.

Especially Lu Chuan, he ate up everything that was left and didn't even eat much of the leavened oil cake.

The two dogs, Black Wind and Black Spot, were so anxious that they were running around in circles. In the end, they only got black steamed buns soaked in the remaining potato flour soup!

After lunch, the two of them went about their own business. When the sun was about to set, Xu Han put away the mushrooms that were drying, and Lu Chuan also took in the clothes that he had washed that morning.

I went to the backyard to feed the chickens and ducks, cleaned the chicken coop and duck coop, and poured the poop directly into the pile of soil used to feed the earthworms. This is a recycling method and no waste at all.

After finishing all these, I went back to the kitchen to start making dinner for today!

The food at noon was too spicy, so I had a light meal at night. I cooked some white flour paste and put corn and rice in it. Xu Han liked it the most.

Then take out the eggs and steam an egg custard. Heat up the steamed buns at the same time. Another simple meal.

After a dreamless night, the next morning, after Xu Han finished her breakfast, she put Lu Chuan's lunch in the pot. She just needed to heat it up and eat it at noon!

He turned around and called Heifeng and Heidian and went out. When he met Lu Chuan at the door, Lu Chuan gave him some worried instructions.

He lowered his head and told Heifeng and Heidian that they must not stay too far away from Xu Han. The two dogs seemed to understand and barked in response, which made Xu Han laugh a lot.

Xu Han came to the bamboo forest. Perhaps because it had just rained, the bamboo shoots had grown very big.

He put down the backpack and started digging bamboo shoots. Since the shoots of this variety were very large, Xu Han still had a hard time digging them.

When digging spring bamboo shoots, choose those that have just emerged a little bit and whose tips are still tender yellow. Such bamboo shoots are not old, but just the right size. If the tips turn green, they are generally old.

Although Xu Han had experience in digging winter bamboo shoots before, she didn't dig much in the whole morning. It might be because she hadn't done any hard work in a long time. After digging for a while, she couldn't dig anymore because she was too tired.

First, take the bamboo shoots out of the space, peel the bamboo shoots while taking a rest. Use a machete to peel the bamboo shoots from one side, and then use the knife to peel off the bamboo shoots directly.

Xu Han was also very good at this process. After all, she had peeled a lot of winter bamboo shoots before and had some experience.

The only difference is that winter bamboo shoots are smaller, but spring bamboo shoots are very large. After peeling them, I continue to dig spring bamboo shoots.

Xu Han worked alone, working for a while and resting for a while. In one day, he dug more than 800 kilograms of bamboo shoots.

After returning home, Xu Han was so tired that she didn't want to move at all. She didn't even have dinner. She just took a shower and went to bed.

The next morning, Lu Chuan went with Xu Han to dig bamboo shoots. It was too much for one person to do it! It had just rained, and there were a lot of bamboo shoots. So Lu Chuan stopped working for a few days and helped Xu Han dig bamboo shoots.

When Lu Chuan heard Xu Han asking him for help, he happily agreed!

The two came to the bamboo forest together, Lu Chuan was responsible for digging bamboo shoots, and Xu Han was responsible for peeling them.

Lu Chuan hoeed one after another without even taking a breath. This time it was Xu Han's turn to envy Lu Chuan's strength.

As expected, there is still a huge disparity in power between men and women!

They dug for six days in a row, digging about 2000 kilograms a day. There were not many bamboo shoots left on the mountain. The next time they dug bamboo shoots, they would have to wait until it rained.

Lu Chuan returned to his original job and started to reclaim land.

Xu Han cleaned up the crowded space and started cooking and drying bamboo shoots.

The two of them returned to their own busy state.

This time it took five consecutive days to cook all the bamboo shoots in the space.

After drying, it weighs about 1800 kilograms.

Early that morning, the two came to the backyard and cut the sweet potato vines that had been cut before again.

Lu Chuan had already prepared the ridges yesterday and will continue planting sweet potatoes today.

He cut a basket of vines first, and Lu Chuan took them to plant first. Xu Han stayed in the backyard and continued to cut the sweet potato vines until he had finished cutting them all before he got up and went to the wasteland.

I saw Lu Chuan continuing to plant sweet potatoes next to the place where he had planted sweet potatoes before.

Xu Han came to the sweet potato field and cut off the newly grown sweet potato vines so that she could plant them next to them later.

This time, we cut more sweet potato vines than last time, so we can plant them on the newly opened wasteland!

After two days of busy planting, I finally finished planting the remaining corn and sweet potatoes.

A total of 13 mu of wasteland was reclaimed, of which three mu of beans, three mu of corn, one mu of potatoes, and six mu of sweet potatoes were planted! On the opposite slope of the pumpkin field, pumpkins and winter melons were also planted!

They have been busy for half a month. During this period, the two of them have not stopped for a moment. When they have time, they even water the vegetables in the backyard.

The pumpkins and winter melons in the wasteland outside also need to be watered. Before the sweet potatoes take root, they also need to be watered to keep the soil moist.

Fortunately, potatoes, beans and the like do not require watering.

Otherwise I would be really exhausted.

After planting the crops in the field, the two could finally take a breath!

It's already early April. The family isn't so busy anymore. After two days of rest, Lu Chuan plans to go hunting in the mountains again!

Xu Han needs to take care of the vegetable garden and housework at home, so she won't be too tired.

Early that morning, Lu Chuan went into the mountains to repair the traps he had dug earlier. After Xu Han got up, she had breakfast and went to the backyard to feed the chickens and ducks.

I went back into the room and took out the quilt to dry it in the sun, and changed the sheets, as well as the dirty clothes and shoes that I had taken off. I took them all to the backyard to wash and brush them.

Before they knew it, it was noon again. Lu Chuan was not coming back for lunch today, so Xu Han cooked dumplings for herself.

After eating, I started to clean the house again. It has been a long time since I last cleaned it carefully.

Usually I just cleaned it briefly, wiped the table, mopped the floor, and didn't do a very thorough job.

This time the cleaning was much faster than last time because it was well maintained and there wasn't much dust.

After cleaning the house, I turned to clean the kitchen. The kitchen is a place with a lot of grease. If it is not cleaned frequently, grease will easily accumulate.

Fortunately, I usually clean up after cooking, so it is not too difficult to tidy up. I just need to rinse the chopping board, bowls and chopsticks I usually use with hot water.

After cleaning up, the sun had already set, but Lu Chuan still hadn't come back, so I couldn't help feeling worried.

I went outside to look around the yard, but didn't see anyone, so I turned and went into the kitchen to start cooking dinner.

I took out the peppers and made some scrambled eggs with peppers. I don’t know if the hens are well fed, but they eat earthworms every day.

Since the weather has warmed up, we can harvest five eggs almost every day, and now we have nearly 60 eggs in the space.

I will take some time tomorrow to pickle the eggs, so that I can have an extra dish to go with breakfast and dinner.

Then cook a bowl of rice porridge and dinner is ready.

When Xu Han was about to go out again, Lu Chuan finally came back!