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

Pour the boiling water in the pot into the wooden basin to cool.

The freshly cooked vermicelli is still quite hot, so let it cool down for a while.

Xia Qingyue picked up the willow branches on the table, which she had specially brought back in the afternoon.

The branch is slightly thicker than chopsticks. Break it into appropriate lengths. Select one end and use the tip of a dagger to scrape out the plant fibers to form a small brush similar to a hair brush.

This is the ancient version of a toothbrush. She has been using it for more than a month and has gotten used to it.

There was no toothpaste, so she used to brush her teeth with wood ash and water. She couldn't adapt if she didn't brush her teeth every morning and evening.

Recently, she recalled the traditional toothpaste she had seen in a video in her previous life, and tried to replicate it after dinner.

The vermicelli was still a little hot, so she ate the kangbing first.

It wasn’t as crispy at night, but it tasted better than at noon, she showed off with a snap.

Heihei beside him was also enjoying his boiled vermicelli and boiled eggs.

She added a spoonful and a half of basil sauce to the vermicelli. It was spicy and she started sweating after a few bites. She fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan while eating.

At the end of the meal, she also ate some black bubbles and wild strawberries. She originally wanted to save them for the rabbits, but the weather was hot and she couldn't keep them as they were already showing signs of going bad.

The black bubble tastes sour and sweet, similar to the prickly bubble. There is also a yellow bubble.

Some wild strawberries are white, while others are white with a hint of red. They taste refreshing and a bit like ice cream.

Eating fruits in summer is a real enjoyment. While eating the black-soaked wild strawberries, she thought of the seedless watermelon that had been chilled in the refrigerator in her previous life. She wished she could hold half a watermelon in her hand and eat it with a spoon.

The thought of watermelon made her saliva flow, and she grabbed a handful of wild strawberries and stuffed them into her mouth, chewing them hard.

After eating, most of my clothes were wet from the heat, and I could smell the sweat on my body when I started to move.

She frowned in disdain, eager to take a shower, but the work was not yet done.

While washing dishes, Xia Qingyue suddenly thought that she should water the vegetable garden tomorrow night. "Why not wait until daybreak to fetch water from outside and water the vegetables?"

This saves the trouble of pouring the water into a jar or bucket and then carrying the water from here to the vegetable field.

The water in the jar and bucket doesn't mean you can just leave it there and not use it. Next time when you feel tired and don't want to go out, you can use this water to water the vegetables and just take a day off. Besides, it's not good to leave this water for too long.

She thought this was feasible and made the decision immediately.

After cleaning up the kitchen, the bath water in the basin was still a little hot, so I made the toothpaste first.

The materials needed are honey, dried mint, dried bamboo leaves, and wood ash.

Put dried mint and dried bamboo leaves into a mortar and crush them into fine powder, mix them with wood ash, and finally add honey and stir well.

The finished product is sticky and light dark green in color.

Using salt to make toothpaste would be a better choice, but she felt that she was not yet that extravagant. Refined salt was hard to come by, so she should just focus on eating it first.

It was time to brush her teeth after dinner, so she used a willow toothbrush with some toothpaste to brush her teeth. The feeling in her mouth was a little sweet and a little cool, and the feeling was better than she had imagined.

After brushing, your mouth feels cool and refreshed. When you exhale into your palms, there is no strange smell, but a light minty scent and the sweet taste of honey.

Carrying water in the afternoon was considered completing today's exercise. She felt sore and weak all over, especially her hands and feet. She couldn't lift them to a certain height.

There will be no night training tonight.

When the water in the basin cooled to a suitable temperature, she put some tea seed powder into the water and rubbed it into bubbles, then applied it to Heihei's body and scrubbed it, including his back, abdomen, limbs, and tail, without missing any part.

After scrubbing, use another half basin of cool water to rinse off the foam.

After washing, Heihei ran to a certain distance, shook his head and whole body to shake out the water.

After Heihei finished washing, Xia Qingyue started to wash herself, wiping her whole body with cool water, and finally rinsed her feet with her hands.

"Come on, Heihei, go back to the house and sleep."

After a tiring day, she slept particularly soundly that night.

The next day, before it was fully light, Xia Qingyue, who was aching all over, got up with her strong willpower.

Without her calling him, Heihei got up on his own and followed her.

She went out carrying the wooden barrel on a shoulder pole.

At this time, the moon is still there and there are still twinkling stars in the sky. The light is not as dim as at night, but it is not very bright either. You can see objects roughly nearby, but objects far away are blurry.

There is a gentle breeze in the forest in the morning light, which is cool and comfortable to blow. The leaves rub against each other and make rustling sounds, and the birds sing and the insects chirp, interweaving the simplest and most beautiful music from nature.

The towering mountains in the distance stood out in the dim dawn with solemn and majestic outlines, and the trees were hazy, and at first glance, they looked like demons with bared fangs and claws.

If it weren't for Heihei's company, Xia Qingyue wouldn't dare go out alone in such an environment.

She carried a shoulder pole and went back to the tiankeng to water the vegetables. The round trip was not short, and it took at least ten minutes to fetch water and then return to the stream.

After carrying the load four times in one breath, she was so exhausted that she found a big rock by the stream and sat on it. Her legs were shaking like sieves, and they were still shaking when she pressed them with her hands.

It was already dawn, a red sun was rising slowly, the sky was dyed with a warm orange glow, and the brilliant light gradually permeated the whole world.

Xia Qingyue sat on a rock, quietly watching the beautiful sunrise, she was fascinated.

This was the first time she had seen the sunrise outside since she traveled through time. It was so spectacular, beautiful, poetic and picturesque, and intoxicating.

Heihei lay beside her, enjoying the cool breeze, his eyelids opening and closing, and he dozed off.

Suddenly, Heihei's eyelids, which were about to close, opened wide, and he stood up suddenly, looking in a certain direction vigilantly.

Xia Qingyue heard the sound of people talking and footsteps. Judging from the sound, there were many people coming. She immediately stood up, picked up the wooden barrel and carrying pole, and waved to Heihei.

The man and the dog hid behind a nearby slope.

Just as they hid, someone came up from the path behind them.

A male voice sounded: "Mom, there is a place over there where you can sit down. Rest for a while."

"We've only been walking for a while and we've stopped to rest again. What if the good position over there is taken by someone else?" There was a hint of fatigue in the old voice.

"Don't worry, we can just spend some money to take care of it when the time comes. Your health is the most important thing."

As they were talking, they came to a few dozen meters in front of the slope where Xia Qingyue was.

There were more than ten people coming, including an old lady, two couples, four young boys and girls in their teens, two men carrying large and small bags on their backs, and eight women.

Two women took out soft silk from their bags, folded it, and placed it on each stone.

First, the two men from the two couples, who called each other elder brother and younger brother, helped an old lady to sit on one of the most comfortable stones that was neither too high nor too steep.

The two brothers sat down next, followed by the two young boys.

Finally, the two women of the two couples, who called each other sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law, and the two young girls sat down.

The remaining two men and eight women sat casually on the ground or on the grass.

Everyone looked haggard and exhausted.

From the way these people were dressed, their words, actions, and demeanor, Xia Qingyue could immediately tell their identities and status.