An orphan girl from a farming family: Everyday farming in the mountains during natural disasters

A river crab, also known as a hairy crab, was caught by her by pinching its shell. It was green in color, hard in texture, had a pair of small eyes, and long hairy crab teeth on its sides.

"Wow, it's quite big."

She weighed it and estimated it to be two hundred grams.

She put the hairy crab into the basket and continued to move stones. There were crayfish and crabs hiding under the stone. The crayfish reacted quickly and ran away leaving a shadow. She reached out and grabbed the crab. This one was bigger, probably weighing about 250 grams.

Catching crabs is addictive, especially since there are so many rocks here and the crabs are large and clumsy.

Few people would set foot in such deep mountains and forests, so the fish, shrimps and crabs in the stream have a good living environment and grow well.

Xia Qingyue couldn't help herself and caught five crabs in one go, enough for tonight's meal. It was not good to eat too much at once as they were cold in nature.

Thinking that she would go to the pine forest again, she used a basket to catch the crabs and river shrimps upside down at a place on the bank of the stream where there was a little water, and placed heavy stones on top to hold them down.

She walked forward with the basket on her back. After more than ten minutes, she saw a pine forest with cypress trees in between.

Walking into the pine forest, you can hear the occasional drop of water falling, the rain on the leaves has not yet dried, and the ethereal sound of birds singing can be heard.

Stepping on the soft and moist rotten leaves, Xia Qingyue glanced at the ground, fearing that there were snakes or insects hiding underneath. She picked up a wooden stick and dug up the rotten leaves casually. Unexpectedly, she dug up a Matsutake mushroom that had just emerged from the ground.

She smiled, squatted down, and gently picked up the Matsutake mushrooms, smelling a special fragrance.

Matsutake mushroom is a rare mushroom with delicious taste.

She continued searching with the stick in hand.

"Woof woof woof!" Heihei stood aside and raised his head towards her.

She ran over and found that Heihei had found a few Matsutake mushrooms not far away.

"Wow, Heihei, you're awesome. I'll reward you with a delicious meal tonight!"

She picked the matsutake mushrooms one by one.

The black nose is very sensitive. With its guidance, Xia Qingyue can always find the Matsutake mushrooms accurately. After a while, she has picked most of them in the backpack.

Time passed quickly. The light in the pine forest was dim. It was okay when looking at nearby things, but once you looked at the distance for too long, Xia Qingyue always felt that there was something in the dark watching her, which made her feel creepy.

She ran to cut some cypress leaves with a sickle and filled a basket with them. "Heihei, let's go back."

I hurried back to the place where the crabs were trapped, caught them and put them back into the basket, then covered them with a few large leaves to prevent them from escaping.

The fish cages had not been collected yet, and by the time they were collected, it was already dark. She returned to the tiankeng with the two heavy fish cages and a full harvest.

The first thing to do is to collect the things that are drying under the sinkhole to prevent them from getting wet if it rains at night.

After drying for another day, the bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus and water celery vegetables will be completely dry.

The chicken mushrooms need to be dried in the sun for a few more days.

The bracken had not been processed yet, so she washed the rice and cooked it, then boiled a large pot of water to blanch the bracken.

While waiting for the water to boil, she dealt with the fish cage.

When he poured the first basket, the wooden basin was filled to the brim with big and small fish and shrimps, jumping everywhere alive. Heihei picked up a few small fish and ate them.

There were two big fish weighing three pounds in the basin, a grass carp and a silver carp.

There are several fish that are longer than chopsticks.

There are more small fish and shrimps.

Normally, such a basin of fish and shrimp is enough to feed the chickens, ducks and Heihei for two days. Today she had a good harvest, so she used this basin to feed them, and poured the remaining fish and shrimp in the fish cage into a large wooden basin.

When the water in the pot boils, put the bracken in and boil it for a while, then take it out and soak it in a wooden barrel filled with water. When the sun comes out tomorrow, take it out to dry.

As night fell, it began to drizzle and a cold wind blew.

The fire burning in the stove dispelled the surrounding darkness. Under the warm yellow light, Xia Qingyue put the processed crabs on wooden sticks and roasted them over the fire, turning the shells red.

Her dinner consisted of rice, and the leftovers from lunch: stir-fried pork belly with chicken mushrooms, and grilled crabs and river shrimps.

She didn't catch many crickets and it was troublesome to clean them, so she didn't want them and threw them back into the stream.

When the grilled crabs were at the right temperature, she used her hands to pry open the shells, revealing the snow-white crab meat and yellow roe.

It tastes so fresh and tender when you take a bite.

She really didn't expect that such a small crab could have so much meat. She couldn't stop eating after the first bite. She ate several crabs in one breath and still felt unsatisfied.

The grilled river shrimps have no seasoning, and what you can taste is their freshness, slightly salty and sweet, and the meat is chewy.

I ate the leftovers with rice and was about 70% full.

She never eats much in the evening.

After eating and drinking, she washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen.

The fire in the stove was burning brightly. She used the wood she found in the utility room to form an X shape, and used an axe to hit it and insert it into the compacted ground four or five meters away from the stove, one on each side, to build a simple rack. She pierced the marinated meat onto two thick wooden sticks and placed the sticks on the rack.

A small fire started under the rack, burning cypress branches. The fire died down and there was smoke.

The bacon was hung in a safe area above the fire so it wouldn't get cooked, and she put extra cypress leaves on top to cover it, letting it burn slowly and smoke.

It rained all night.

When she woke up in the morning, the rain had stopped and Xia Qingyue went to see how the smoked bacon was doing.

After smoking for a whole night, the color of the pickled meat turned a little yellow. The fire was still there, emitting a red flame. She added some cypress leaves to cover it.

As it was just getting light, Xia Qingyue ran in circles around the part of the pit that was not wet by the rain. She ran for half an hour, took a short rest, and then continued to practice Ba Duan Jin.

Starting today, she plans to exercise morning and evening to improve her physical fitness, firstly to strengthen her resistance and prevent colds, and secondly to increase her physical strength so that she can protect herself when encountering danger.

This is her plan: in the morning, which is the time of the day when she is in the best mental state, she would run, practice Ba Duan Jin, and shoot slingshot. After a busy day, in the evening, when she is tired, she would do horse stance for half an hour and do half an hour of aerobic exercise.

After playing with the slingshot, it was almost eight o'clock in the morning and the sky was bright. Xia Qingyue was sweating. She was very tired at the beginning of the practice. She sat down to rest, her legs were sore and trembling.

The chickens and ducks were crying out of hunger, so she sat down for a while to chop reed shoots and mix them with rice bran to feed the chickens and ducks.

A day's plan begins in the morning. Xia Qingyue wanted to prepare a hearty breakfast, so she cooked a pot of millet porridge, beat two eggs into the flour, and mixed with chopped green onions and salt.

Grease the iron pan with lard, leaving a thin layer of oil, and fry a shovel of batter into a round pancake with a crispy crust and the aroma of green onions.

Fry a plate of scallion pancakes, fry a silver carp in the oil at the bottom of the pot, sauté the scallions, ginger and dried chilies, add salt and soy sauce, a circle of rice wine on the edge of the pot, pour in an appropriate amount of water and simmer until the flavor is absorbed, and a dish of braised fish is ready.

After breakfast, the sun came out and she stood at the bottom of the pit and looked up. There was blue sky and white clouds.

She was debating whether or not to take the bamboo shoots and bamboo fungus out to dry in the sun.

After washing the dishes, she made a decisive decision and took them out to dry!

She doesn't like to hesitate or waste time when doing things. She just does it. Even if the result is not satisfactory, she will not blame herself. Things in the world are unpredictable, and one cannot always take the blame on herself. If she can learn from her mistakes and gain growth experience, it is also a great gain.

Of course, when you realize that you have made a mistake, you should reflect on yourself before moving on from it, so as to avoid making the same mistake next time.