GBP Chapter 270 Another Year Has Passed
Chapter 270 Another Year Has Passed
After noon, Han Zhibai saw that Xiaobai still showed no signs of giving birth, and its condition was slightly better than last night, so he determined that this litter would only have two cubs.
He cooked food for Xiaobai and Heihei.
Now, Heihei will wait until Xiaobai finishes eating before he is willing to eat.
Han Zhibai cooked lunch and left a portion of the food and dishes in the pot for Xia Qingyue to eat when she woke up. Then he washed up and went to bed sleepily.
Xia Qingyue slept until the end of the day. She knew Han Zhibai slept late, so she did not disturb him and quietly left the room.
Come out to the main room to see Xiaobai and the puppy.
We replaced the nest with a clean one and divided it into two nests. Heihei stayed in one nest, while Xiaobai and her mother and her cubs stayed in one nest of three, to prevent Heihei from crushing the puppies.
Xiaobai is sleeping, and the little puppy is drinking milk, its pink nose moving as it sucks milk.
"So cute!" She couldn't help herself and reached out to gently touch the puppy's nose. It was a little cuddly little thing, a little longer than her palm, and very soft and cute.
After looking at them for a long time, she couldn't get tired of looking at them and started thinking about names for the two puppies.
After thinking for a while, her eyes lit up, "I figured it out!"
An hour later, Han Zhibai woke up.
Xia Qingyue excitedly said the names she had thought of for the puppies, "How about calling the eldest one Diandian and the youngest one Zhima?"
He nodded. "It sounds good!"
"Yeah, I think so too!" She smiled happily.
Twelve days later, the little sesame seeds opened their eyes one after another, their bodies grew a little taller, and they became chubby and very cute.
Xiaobai gave birth to two babies at once, so she only needed to feed two babies, which did not require so much energy. In addition, Han Zhibai and Xia Qingyue took good care of her, and her body has recovered as before.
Now that she has recovered, Xiaobai no longer has the patience to nurse or take care of the child. She always wants to go out and play, leaving the child to Heihei or Han Zhibai and others to take care of.
In mid-to-late August, it was very hot. Except for watering and fertilizing the vegetable garden in the morning and evening every day, the two of them stayed indoors for the rest of the time because it was too hot outside.
The vegetables in the vegetable garden grow well. Once they bear fruit, they are eaten faster than they grow. The fresh vegetables are very tender. Some of them are made into kimchi and sauerkraut, and some are dried to make dried goods.
At the end of the month, the weather was still hot, but windy and cloudy, with dark clouds gathering in the sky.
Han Zhibai, who has lived in Weihai for several years, had a bad feeling: "I'm afraid a storm is coming."
Storms are one of the most common natural disasters for coastal cities. Xia Qingyue said worriedly, "What should we do?"
After thinking for a moment, he said, "It has been cloudy and windy for three days. The dark clouds in the sky are getting lower and thicker day by day. I don't think this storm will end so soon.
Let’s harvest some crops from the fields.”
"it is good!"
That morning, they rushed to the fields to harvest all the seasonal vegetables such as cowpeas, peppers, eggplants, pumpkins, etc., leaving only the seedlings. If there was no big storm in the future, the seedlings would bear fruit again.
Half of the sweet potatoes and other crops have been harvested.
The rice is in its flowering stage and cannot be harvested, so we can only take a gamble and see whether the storm will come and how long it will last.
After two busy days of harvesting the crops, they were having dinner in the main room that night when they heard the sound of water drops on the roof, followed by the sound of wood breaking in the wind.
Xia Qingyue stood up and wanted to go outside to take a look, but Han Zhibai stopped her and said, "I'm going to take a look, you stay home and don't come out."
He opened the small side door of the kitchen and wanted to go out to take a look. However, as soon as the door opened, he was nearly blown down by the strong wind. Fortunately, he was quick and held onto the door frame and was able to stand firm.
With a bang, he closed the door to block out the heavy rain and wind.
The poultry room door is closed every night, so don't worry about that.
The storm lasted for eight days before gradually subsiding. During this time, they took advantage of the light rain to open a few holes in the paddy fields to prevent rainwater from flooding the rice, and they also straightened the rice that was blown down by the wind.
In mid-September, it was drizzling and the weather was cool, but the rice in the paddy fields was finally affected and two-thirds of it died. They took out the dead ones and cleaned the paddy fields.
After a day's work, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai came out of the fields barefoot and covered in mud, and were supported by the water channel to wash their feet.
Helping her wash her feet, Han Zhibai said, "Things are unpredictable. The storm came suddenly. Although we lost some food, the sea is quite hot. We can plant another batch of rice seedlings in the near future and harvest them by the end of the year."
“Yes, natural disasters are beyond human control. No one wants them to happen. But now that they have happened, instead of blaming others, we should think about how to remedy the situation.
Just like our lives, nothing is always smooth sailing, we all stumble along the way. "
She smiled and looked at him. "We brought a lot of seeds. Don't worry. We can just plant more. We also have cassava and sweet potatoes to eat."
These ideas coincide with what Han Zhibai thought.
The two smiled at each other. Behind them, there was a colorful rainbow that spanned the sky like a bridge, dazzling and brilliant.
In October, the low tide time changed to after the morning hour every day. Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai went to the sea every day. She learned how to swim after ten days.
At first, Han Zhibai led her to swim in shallow water and practice holding her breath.
By mid-November, her swimming skills had become more and more proficient. She could hold her breath for up to 40 seconds at a time. Then they dived into deeper waters together to explore the underwater world.
In the same month, at this time of year, Lianfeng Mountain is covered with dark clouds and it is so cold that you have to wear thin duck down clothes. In Wei Hai, the weather is sunny and windy and you only need to wear a long-sleeved shirt during the day. It will be a little cold in the mornings and evenings.
Xia Qingyue really likes this kind of weather.
At the end of the year, the sun is not as hot, so they built two sheds with wood and dry straw on the beach to block out the sunlight. When they have nothing to do, they lie on them, drink sweet coconut water, enjoy the breeze and watch the sea.
The little sesame seeds, which are a few months old, have round bodies like plump meat balls. They are at the age of being naughty and playful, and they follow Heihei and Xiaobai around to run and play every day.
In a blink of an eye, it was the end of December. They harvested the rice planted in September and obtained several stones of millet, as well as several stones of wheat and sweet potatoes.
After the harvest, we fertilize the land and then continue planting, so there will be no shortage of vegetables to eat throughout the winter.
It’s mid-January and the Chinese New Year is approaching.
Since there was no snow, the pork could not be frozen, so they could eat fresh pork at any time. They did not kill pigs or sheep, but only killed some chickens, ducks, rabbits and fish, and pickled them and made them into dried pork.
In addition to these, they also made other New Year's goods, such as braised meat, walnut sesame candy, dried peanuts and lychee meat candy, dried pumpkin, hawthorn cake, glutinous rice cake and other foods.
On New Year's Eve, the two got up early and went to the sea to catch fresh seafood. Today they planned to make dumplings with seafood filling.
Although it wasn't snowing and it wasn't that cold, they all wanted to eat hot pot today, so they found the shabu-shabu pot and cleaned it up.
They made some simple food for lunch and had the main meal in the evening.
In the afternoon, Xia Qingyue fried the hot pot base and made the dipping sauce, while Han Zhibai washed the vegetables and prepared the food.
After a busy hour, it was dark and they sat in the main room to prepare to enjoy the New Year's Eve dinner.
Xiaobai and the other three were already eating the seafood dumplings and eggs cooked in chicken soup and were enjoying them very much.
At the dining table, the soup in the double-boiled pot was bubbling with bubbles, and the dishes they wanted to eat were placed around it, including those that swam in the water and those that ran on the ground. The dishes were rich and varied.
In the curling hot air, Han Zhibai picked up the ceramic cup with a slightly swaying liquid in it, "Qingyue."
Xia Qingyue also raised the fruit wine made with kiwi fruit.
The two cups touched each other with a crisp sound, and they drank the glass of wine at the same time, with a look of satisfaction on their faces.
The fruit wine was sweet but not intoxicating, and she quite liked it. Han Zhibai poured her another glass.
"It's a new year again." She said with emotion, the scene of them celebrating the New Year in the valley last year was still vivid in her mind, as if it were yesterday.
Han Zhibai was also lost in memories, with a gentle smile on his lips, "The rest of our lives are long, and we will be together every year in the future. Although our days are simple and plain, we are comfortable and satisfied, which is better than anything else."
She said seriously: "Our daily lives may be similar, just like the sun and the moon rise and set every day, but I never feel bored. With the people I love by my side, I live every day with my heart. Every day is happy and blissful, and I enjoy it, leisurely and safe. The plain life is the real life!"
They smiled knowingly, with only each other in their eyes.