Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 111 Picking Hawthorns

When I got home, it was still early. I had been away from home for two or three days, so I quickly tidied up the house.

We didn't bring our dogs with us when we went to the county town this time. We blocked the passage to the backyard before we left, otherwise the chickens, ducks and geese in the backyard would have been eaten by them.

Lu Chuan went to the backyard to feed the chickens, ducks and geese and cleaned the pens. Xu Han cleaned the front yard. No one had taken care of them in the past few days and the yard was in a mess.

After cleaning, Xu Han went to the backyard and picked vegetables from the garden.

There are no vegetables left in the vegetable garden now, and cucumbers, beans and the like have all withered.

After Xu Han picked the vegetables, she and Lu Chuan pulled out the vegetables in the garden and turned the soil over.

After all the trouble, the sky turned dark. Maybe it was because the temperature was not too cold in the past two days at the foot of the mountain, but when I came back today, I could clearly feel that it was colder at night.

It's already October, so you should collect all the things that need to be collected during this time, so that they won't get frozen.

The two of them went into the kitchen together and started cooking dinner.

"I haven't eaten noodles for a long time. Let's have chicken soup and vegetable noodles tonight!" Xu Han suggested.

"Sure! This is convenient and saves trouble." Lu Chuan also agreed.

Xu Han took out the chicken soup from the space, rolled some noodles, took out some green vegetables, and started to cook. It was very simple and was done in a moment.

The two chatted while eating noodles. Xu Han said, "Let's go pick hawthorns tomorrow! The weather is getting colder and colder, and it will be frosty soon."

"Okay, you can pick more of this. Aren't you going to use hawthorns to make something delicious?"

"Yes! We can make candied haws, hawthorn cakes, and other delicious things! Pick more, there is still a lot of open space in the space!"

"Okay, let's start picking them tomorrow."

"By the way, the purchased grain has not been taken out yet! I put the grain in the cellar. These are unprocessed and can be kept in the cellar for two to three years!" Xu Han said again.

"Then I'll go with you after dinner."

After that, the two of them continued to eat. After finishing the meal, Lu Chuan washed the dishes and Xu Han cleaned the table. After everything was done, the two of them went to the cellar together.

I sorted and organized the things in the cellar, and put the items that were used frequently aside, leaving some space inside empty for storing food.

Fortunately, the cellar that was dug was big enough to store a lot of things, otherwise it would not be able to hold so much food.

After putting all the food in place, there was still a lot of space left, so Xu Han took out some vegetables and other food that could be kept outside and did not need to be kept fresh.

Free up some space inside and leave some room for transporting things.

When coming out, Xu Han took out some flour and vegetables that would be used daily and put them directly in the warehouse. Everything that would be used daily could be taken directly from the warehouse, which made it more convenient for the two of them to use.

After packing everything up, it was already late, so I washed up and went to rest.

The next day, after getting up and having breakfast, Lu Chuan and Xu Han took the dogs out.

After being locked up at home for several days, the dogs started running around like crazy as soon as they came out.

First, they came to the hawthorn tree near their home. Xu Han picked one and tasted it. It was very sour, but no longer astringent, so she could start picking.

So Lu Chuan climbed up the tree and began to shake the hawthorn tree.

Xu Han took out the oilcloth and spread it underneath, so that he could just cover it up later.

Hawthorn fruits are bright red and look very beautiful, but they are all wild and don’t grow particularly big. However, although they are not big, you can still pick a lot from one tree.

After the oilcloth was laid out, Lu Chuan began to shake the hawthorn tree. The fully ripe hawthorns fell down with a slight shake.

The red hawthorn berries that were originally hanging fell down in an instant, and along with them fell the hawthorn leaves. In a short while, there were no more hawthorn berries on the tree.

The two of them began to roll up the oilcloth and pour the hawthorns into the backpack.

Ye Zi will wait until she gets home to slowly pick them out, and also pick up the hawthorn fruits that have fallen to other places after being shaken.

Be a little careful when picking them. Pick out the bad fruits that mature and fall prematurely, so as to avoid them being put in and infecting other hawthorn fruits.

After picking up these, the two continued walking forward to the next hawthorn tree.

The hawthorn trees were scattered and not easy to pick, so most of the time was wasted on the road.

If I come across suitable medicinal herbs on the way to picking hawthorns, I will dig them up.

Now that we've come all this way and walked so far, we can't go back empty-handed!

In the afternoon, the two began to walk home. It was getting dark soon, and there was less and less time to work during the day. They did not pick many hawthorns all day.

On the way back, Lu Chuan said, "Why don't we stay at home tomorrow night? It gets dark early now, and we didn't pick much today. It's such a waste of time."

"Okay! But it's hard for the chickens, ducks and geese at home. They've been hungry and thin for a while."

"Then let them out when you leave tomorrow and open the door to the pen. Keep them in the backyard! Then use bamboo to enclose a larger area, put the chickens, ducks, geese and earthworms together, and add more water."

"That's fine. There are still a lot of bamboo branches outside the yard! We can use them to block it and make a simpler circle."

After finalizing the plan, the two of them quickly rushed home, taking advantage of the sky to finish it in a short while.

After arriving home, Lu Chuan began to bury bamboos in the soil in a row, directly dividing the backyard into two. These bamboos were used for support. Then he used a longer bamboo to tie it horizontally in the middle, and tied a few more bamboos to fix it.

When they were halfway through the work, it was completely dark. Xu Han took out torches and lit a few more, fixing them for lighting.

Bring in some more bamboo branches and corn stalks to surround the area, making sure the chickens, ducks and geese don't run out.

One side is surrounded by bamboo, and the other three sides are surrounded by walls.

This way, the space becomes much larger, and the doors of the pen are all open. When it rains, you can go back to the pen to hide from the rain and eat a buffet by yourself. It's really nice!

After everything was done, it was already late, so Xu Han took out the food from the space. After the two of them finished dinner, Xu Han began to prepare things that would be needed for going into the mountains tomorrow.

Lu Chuan was preparing tools that might be used and placed them all in the space for future use.

After cleaning up, it was already past nine o'clock. After washing up, another day had passed.

Have a good night's sleep...