Stocking up in space: surviving in a world of crisis

Chapter 265 Chapter 265 Extreme Cold 11
Ye Fu still has more than [-] catties of the March wheat seeds cultivated in the safe zone. She plans to take them out and plant them when she goes to the northwest. Although the taste of this kind of wheat is mediocre, it has a large yield and a short growth cycle.

In the house, Qi Yuan and Wu Pei were digging out the charcoal from the kang, and the ash was also shoveled out, mixed with animal feces, and sprinkled directly into the vegetable field.

The snow has stopped for the past two days, and there is sunshine every day, but the temperature is still [-] degrees, and it has not dropped.

Because of the low temperature, the clothes can’t be washed, and the clothes will freeze soon after washing. The bathtub has already been made, polished very smooth, and can be taken away when leaving.

There is bone soup stewed in the big iron pot in the kitchen, and the aroma can be smelled outside the yard. After the snow stops, everyone often rides up the mountain to hunt and chop firewood. However, there are fewer prey in the nearby forests. Under the circumstances, they all came back empty-handed.

After the sun came out, some ducks appeared in the sky. They were snow-white and very big. This is a kind of snow duck that can live at minus [-] or [-] degrees. Ye Fu planned to catch some alive and asked Jiang Rong to go with them. Make traps.

Broken rice is placed in the trap, and when the ducks fly in, as long as they step on the wooden board inside the trap, the net on it will fall down and tighten, trapping the duck firmly in the net.

Early the next morning, Jiang Rong went out to check the results. When he came back, he carried four snow ducks, and the ducks yelled "quack quack quack".

"There seems to be no room in the yard for ducks."

"It's okay, it can be put in the sheep pen, and it can be raised with the sheep. After some training, they will fly out by themselves to look for food, and they will fly back by themselves at night."

Jiang Rong is very confident in his ability to tame, and he doesn't know how he trains. In less than a day, the ducks become very docile. Wherever Jiang Rong goes, the ducks will follow him, twisting and turning. , very cute.

The traps outside have not been dismantled. Snow ducks are fooled every day because of their greedy mouth. The feathers of snow ducks are very warm and thick. All have certain experience.

"Ye Fu, the duck has laid eggs."

Fang Wei and Wenwen ran into the house with a duck egg, handed the warm duck egg to Ye Fu, Ye Fu touched it, the snow duck egg was about the size of three eggs, and the color was emerald green.

"Sister Xiaoye, it's time to hatch duck eggs."

"Save it first, and then we will hatch together when we reach thirty."

"I mentioned a snow duck just now and estimated its weight. It should weigh more than ten catties. It's too heavy. Can you take them with us when we leave?"

There was a snow duck that was seriously injured before, so it was stewed by Ye Fu. The snow duck tasted better than ordinary ducks, the meat quality was very good, and it was not bad at all.

"It should be fine, but you can just bring two."

Now everyone has more and more belongings, and the number of argali has exceeded [-].

"The sun is out. It is estimated that in two months, the snow will melt."

"Although the sun is out, the temperature has not changed, and the wind is very strong. Even if the snow stops, it is still dangerous to go on the road."

Ye Fu is not in a hurry to hurry, her sixth sense tells her that now is not the best time to start.

In the afternoon, the people who went out to cut firewood came back on horseback. Ye Fu put on a winter hat and went to the greenhouse to check the temperature inside. She pulled out another bunch of vegetables and walked slowly back to the courtyard.

There was a beef leg roasting in the oven, and the aroma was coming out, Ye Fu took out a bag of cornmeal from the container, intending to steam a pot of steamed buns.

Now everyone basically only eats pasta or rice once a week. In order to get rid of the tiredness, Ye Fu plans to make another seaweed soup.

Eating meat every day made her gain a lot of weight.

Seeing that she was going to cook, Fang Wei immediately came to work, cooking snow water, baking firewood, washing pots, the two of them were busy in an orderly manner.

And the person who went out to cut the branches also came back, and Ye Fu saw that Jiang Rong was still carrying two half-dead snow ducks in his hands.

"The sun is so dazzling, there is no temperature at all, but it feels colder." Qi Yuan shook off the snow from his hat, squatted by the firepit and started to warm up, and other people also surrounded him.

Liu Zhang glanced outside, "The snow is the coldest when it melts, and it is estimated that the snow will start to melt after a while."

Wan Tao took out the beef leg, brushed a layer of oil on it, and continued to put it back to roast.

"Ah."

"I feel like I'm going to catch a cold, everyone stay away from me, don't get infected, Ah Choo."

As soon as Fang Ming finished speaking, the person sitting next to him immediately moved away. Fang Wei took out a box of cold medicine, which was brought back when Ye Fu and Jiang Rong went to Country W last time. He sniffed and continued to sneeze.

"These two ducks were stoned to death by Jiang Rong, do you want to eat them tonight?"

Ye Fu shook his head, "Eat beef leg tonight, take care of the duck, and stew duck soup tomorrow."

The steamed corn bread has been pinched, put it in the steamer, and steam it directly on the fire pit.

Add the toasted chai, and after [-] minutes, the aroma of steamed buns will come out from the round hole of the steamer lid.

Fang Wei cooked a vegetable, set the table, lifted the beef leg out and put it in the middle, and it was time for dinner.

"Who doesn't have a knife?"

"My dagger is broken."

Liu Zhang gave Wu Pei a small dagger, and everyone had already started eating. They cut off the meat from the beef leg with a dagger or a small knife, and ate it with the buns.

"I still have to eat rice and pasta. If you eat meat alone, no matter how delicious it is, you will get tired of it. Eating rice and pasta will give you strength and hunger."

The steamed buns were so sweet that Wenwen could eat three of them, and everyone started chatting about how they went to the mountains today.

"Except for the occasional snow duck or two, there are no other prey."

"It must be hiding in the cave, and it will come out when the snow melts."

"Cut firewood and branches if there is no prey. Anyway, we don't lack meat now, so there is no need to take this risk."

Everyone said they had their own reasons, Ye Fu lowered his head to eat, poured a cup of hot water and went back to the house after eating, it was not her job to wash the dishes.

After cleaning the nest for the bean sprouts and feeding them broken rice and water, Ye Fu lay down on the bed.

Next door, Fang Wei was still learning how to crochet a sweater. She might have failed again, and she kept moaning.

When Jiang Rong entered the room, Ye Fu stared at the roof in a daze.

Jiang Rong didn't speak, and lay down to accompany her in a daze. The wind was howling outside, and Ye Fu felt drowsy.

Wan Tao was talking outside, and he suggested making a few carriage boxes out of wood, so that when he left, he would not need to sit on horseback and bump around.

Ye Fu felt that what he said was very reasonable.

"The stove in the toilet has gone out, I have to add firewood quickly, my butt almost froze." Qi Yuan shrank his neck and rushed out of the toilet.

(End of this chapter)