After the drainage ditch was repaired, Ye Feng looked around the yard and felt that the huge yard was a bit empty. Then he remembered that there seemed to be a spring on the hill behind the house. He could find something to draw water over and make a small pond or a swimming pool.
By then, I can soak in the yard, which will keep the benefits within the family. I can feast my eyes and avoid exposing Jiang Yixue and Jiang Yuxin's private parts.
Taking advantage of the good weather these days and the fact that the ground has not yet frozen solid, it is a good time to work.
However, the key to repairing the pond lies in the condition of the spring in the back mountain, so after cleaning up the drainage ditch, Ye Feng went to the back mountain.
His memory was indeed correct. There was indeed a spring with countless bubbles in the back mountain, and the flowing spring water had accumulated into a small pool.
If you look closely, there are some small fish and shrimps in the pond, but Ye Feng feels that these fish and shrimps seem to be a little different from those in Yuan Lake. Their scales look finer and their bodies are translucent.
These are things he had never noticed when he was a child.
"It turns out to be a cold spring..."
Reaching out his hand into the water, Ye Feng couldn't help but feel happy when he felt the slightly warm water, yet as smooth as oil.
The so-called cold spring is another kind of spring different from hot springs. It is a carbonated spring with clear and transparent water and a water temperature between 18 and 20 degrees. What's more peculiar is that this kind of cold spring is mixed with bubbles and looks like soda.
According to the "Heart Sutra of the God of Medicine", cold spring water can activate the body, enhance the liver's detoxification ability, and improve immunity. Especially for women, it can delay aging and nourish the skin, and the effect is better than hot springs.
I didn’t expect there would be such a treasure right next to my house!
Ye Feng couldn't help but feel ecstatic. This cold spring was a rare good thing, and the water in the cold spring was not as cold as the lake water.
After confirming the hot spring issue, Ye Feng went back and talked to Jiang Yixue, and then prepared to start construction.
As soon as they heard that Ye Feng was going to dig a swimming pool, Jiang Yixue and Jiang Yuxin became excited. One of them planned the drawings, and the other arranged the scenery. They said that they wanted to make an antique Chinese-style swimming pool instead of the square Western-style swimming pool.
Ye Feng was not interested in these things. After Jiang Yixue took out the drawings, he started digging the pit.
In the time it took to eat a meal, Ye Feng dug a pit in the yard that was about one and a half meters deep and four meters long and wide.
Digging a water hole was an easy task for Ye Feng, but it exhausted Banyi'er and his wife. The two big idiots carried out basket after basket of soil. In the end, they were so tired that their legs trembled when they walked, but they still risked their lives for a bite to eat.
It was Aunt Xiulian who came over and saw this scene before forcing Ye Feng to stop this act of "abuse" of animals. While massaging the bellies of the two fools, she asked Su Xiaoqin to go home and get half a basket of eggs.
The two guys just lay on the ground. Aunt Xiulian cracked an egg and they opened their mouths to drink.
In just a few minutes, half a basket of eggs was eaten by these two foodies.
But they were still not satisfied. They stared at the basket for a long time. When they saw that Aunt Xiulian had no intention of giving them any more, they used their heads to push the basket upside down, and then circled around Aunt Xiulian. Aunt Xiulian was so angry that she kicked her a few times before they finally calmed down.
After the pit was completed, Ye Feng gave Li Qiang a cigarette and asked him to help him pull back a cart of pebbles from the beach of Yuan Lake.
After the stones were brought back, the pebbles were spread flat on the bottom of the pit, and large stones were used to build a gentle slope around it for water to flow into the water. Then, cement and pebbles were used to seal the seams, and a crescent-shaped pond was formed.
Just wait until the cement is dry, then bring the cold spring water over, and then catch some of the small fish living in the cold spring and throw them into the swimming pool. In this way, you can enjoy authentic fish therapy.
This busy work lasted for two days, and by counting the time, it was already the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month.
In the north, how can we celebrate the New Year without eating dumplings
In order to let Jiang Yixue and Jiang Yuxin taste the authentic mountain village New Year flavor, Ye Feng took Xiaobai into the mountains.
They went into the mountains empty-handed, and when they came back, Xiaobai was holding a basket of wild rabbits, and Ye Feng was carrying a wild boar on his shoulders.
Since the wild boars came, there was naturally wild boar meat and cabbage stuffing; Aunt Xiulian also brought some pickled sauerkraut, so there was pork and sauerkraut stuffing; Ye Feng went to the city to buy some beef and made some beef and radish stuffing.
After preparing the three kinds of fillings, Ye Feng started to busy himself with directing water to the pool, and asked Jiang Yixue and Jiang Yuxin to make dumplings.
He thought that since Jiang Yixue could cook, this should not be a difficult task. But who would have thought that when he just built a frame with bamboo tubes and led the cold spring water into the swimming pool, he was dumbfounded when he returned to the house and took a look.
Jiang Yixue and Jiang Yuxin had flour all over their heads and faces. If it weren't for their eyes and mouths, one would have thought there were two snowmen in the house.
That would be fine, but the dumplings made by these two aunts are neither flat nor round, and they look weird.
This kind of dumplings not only look bad, but they also fall apart as soon as they are put into the pot and can only be eaten as soup noodles.
"Chinese New Year is always my busiest time. Aunt Wang has already made the dumplings, so I've never learned how to make them." Jiang Yixue said a little embarrassedly when she saw Ye Feng's eyes.
Jiang Yuxin rolled her eyes but said nothing. It seemed like this little girl had never learned this before.
"Okay, let me teach you..." Ye Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head, ready to take action himself.
"Let me do it!"
But before he could do anything, Bai Wu's voice came from outside the door. Turning back, he saw Bai Wu and Liu Yiyi walking into the yard with piles of homemade food. When they saw the situation in the house, they laughed out loud.
Before Ye Feng could say hello, Bai Wu rolled up her sleeves, washed her hands, kneaded the dough again, and started rolling out dumpling leaves, teaching Jiang Yixue and Jiang Yuxin how to make dumplings.
However, although she taught Jiang Yixue and Jiang Yuxin, the dumplings they made could not compare with Bai Wu's.
Each dumpling made by Bai Wu is small and exquisite, standing pretty on the plate, looking like a beauty.
Not only that, Bai Wu also makes dumplings in many different shapes, including ingot-shaped ones and small fish-shaped ones. And no matter which kind, they are all vivid and look like works of art, making people reluctant to put them into the pot.
Bai Wu's skillful movements and the mature charm revealed in her every move made Ye Feng stare at her intently.
"Sister Bai, I think you should stay and celebrate the New Year. It will be more fun with more of us!"
After wrapping two large pots of stuffing, Jiang Yixue let out a long sigh, stretched her body, and said sincerely to Bai Wu.
(End of this chapter)