When the snow fell and winter really came, Song Shiyue and the others had made various efforts to survive the winter safely, and it was finally time to test the results.
Several bedrooms were built with kangs, and all the houses had stone walls and thick mud mixed with hay on the outside, even the houses outside the camp for geese and sheep were no exception.
There was a lot of rain before the fishing stopped until the snow officially fell. The flagstone road that was paved when the camp was first remodeled showed its benefits, which formed a sharp contrast with the unpaved muddy ground next to it. It's just that the distance between the houses is quite short, and it's a bit troublesome to have to hold an umbrella when going back and forth. After the rain stopped, Song Shiyue, who was chopping firewood and pulling grass during the day, stayed up for two days and inserted wooden pillars on both sides of the stone road. The stone road in the camp has been upgraded to a promenade that is not afraid of rain and snow when walking.
When the weather is fine, there is nothing to show, but when the snow falls later, no matter it is the light snow that drifts or the heavy snow that falls, people come and go around the camp to eat and bathe, which is as convenient as when it is sunny. The benefits of Song Shiyue's hard work in front of the snowy day were not in vain.
In addition to the promenade, Song Shiyue built a simple firewood house at the corner of the camp before winter. The firewood and forage that had been cut down and collected in batches in the previous month were piled up one after another. When it snowed, it was already full. The remaining firewood that had no place to put it was stuffed into the kitchen and the outer room where the water was boiled in the bathroom.
Except for using some surrounding wood when they first came to the camp, Song Shiyue and the others consciously collected these from places far away from the camp. The reserves at this time are supposed to be enough for the winter, but if the winter of Wilderness Star is extraordinarily long, the resources left around the camp will be enough for them to last for a while without having to travel far.
At the very beginning, there was a litter of gray hares near the team camp. The small rabbits grew into big rabbits, and more than half of the female rabbits carried cubs. And the white rabbit caught later was a female rabbit with cubs, and had already given birth to two litters by winter. The most powerful ones are the geese, which have a large number of bases. Although they no longer recognize the eggs that were brooding in the wild at first, the ones that came to give birth have already hatched more than 20 goslings. Although counting the number of hatched eggs, the proportion of hatched goslings is still a bit small, but the number has surpassed those big geese brought back by Song Shiyue. On the one hand, there are too many goose eggs to eat after marinating, and on the other hand, goose meat that can be obtained by breaking some eggs, which is quite a good deal. There is no hope for chickens that only have hens, and duck eggs that have nests but fail to hatch. I don’t know if the male duck is not good enough. The reproduction speed of sheep is not as fast as that of rabbits and poultry, but they still add a member before winter, which is still a member of the small number of goats. Counting the other ones, they are likely to be born in winter as well.
It was because of the birth of these cubs that Song Shiyue specially strengthened several houses for raising poultry and livestock, and filled the houses with fodder to make nests, and there was a thick layer of mud mixed with hay outside the houses. Looking back, if it really doesn't work, it's not impossible to build a house and set up a kang for the sake of the little ones.
The fish raised in the small pond of the duck house were caught long before the river water froze, and they were put in several newly made large stone tanks, and raised in the kitchen where the fire was burned every day until it was colder. , Move to each bedroom to occupy a corner.
The dried vegetables and dried fruits that should be dried have been dried and sealed. With enough salt, a lot of salted fish and salted goose eggs have also been salted. Fortunately, the potatoes in the field were picked out two days before the snow fell. There is not enough time to grow up. The potatoes are a little small, most of them are only half the size of Song Shiyue's fist, and some of them grow well, but they are only the size of a fist.
The eight packs of long-sprouted potatoes that Song Shiyue brought back from the old castle back then were only planted with six packs just in case. The small potatoes dug up now are a little small, but there are always about twelve or three packs of collected ones, which can be regarded as a double achievement.
The whole camp is full of people with no serious planting experience. It is already a success to grow inedible germinated potatoes into edible ordinary potatoes, and there is no need for a good harvest. Now the doubled potatoes are simply a surprise.
The potatoes in the field were not all harvested, Song Shiyue was cruel, and confiscated two or three potato plants, preparing to observe and observe in winter to see what would happen if the field was reserved for the winter. Will it rot, stop growing, or grow slowly but survive the winter. This year is the first time to plant, and there is not much food in the camp, so it is better to be conservative and harvest first. However, with the observation data, in the next winter, we can consider it more rationally and comprehensively.
Although Song Shiyue carried the main beam for the construction of the camp, everything was discussed, and it was decided by everyone to keep these few potatoes.
The few people on Wilderness Star are still planning and working hard for the next winter, and even how many winters thereafter, while the audience outside who knew the return date was both relieved and sad.
From anxiously urging the government of the main star of Mingtan to determine the duration of the aftermath of the wilderness star every day, to now feeling a little sad and disappointed because their efforts and plans for the future will eventually fail, such a change... how did it happen...
The industrious and lucky people stockpiled food early, and when the severe cold came, they burned the kang, stewed the meat, and began to nest warmly for the winter.
But the hard-working but unfortunate people and the lazy and unfortunate people can only rely on eating bark grass root worms, wrapping in wet quilts and dusty tent cloths to move forward in the snow.
After the snow, the road is more difficult to walk. Although the snow was not heavy, it still half-covered the dried weeds, and even made the bugs that were occasionally seen a few times in the autumn almost disappear. They returned to the route preset by the program group, so it was... nothing.
They had to stop, having passed the bear camp, and decided to take a risk and bet that now that the snow had fallen, the bears would be hibernating too.
In fact, it's not that they want to block, it's really reached the point where they can't do without gambling, and they will starve to death if they don't gamble.
Mu Xingzhou never thought that he would return to the food reserve base of the two bears, but this was the only place they knew where they could get a bite of food.
When they came back, they were dizzy with hunger, almost to the point where they could hardly bear the blanket and tent skin.
It's just that, whether it's warm bedding or tent skin to block the snow, as long as they lose it, they will freeze to death before starving to death. So... I can only support it with difficulty.
Fortunately, the field mouse field was found, and the bear was not there.
Crazy... Dig.
Branches, sticks, stones, hands...
The bag that used to hold the tent that was recovered from the previous abandoned camp finally came into use.
Hay seeds, hay leaves, oddly dry plants, and the occasional one hiding dried soybean pods is a hit.
Mu Xingzhou and Wang Daming, who were extremely hungry, stuffed their mouths while digging and digging. There were voles running away in a hurry, and the dug holes were empty...
At this time, they were not as good as the two bears who knew how to dig a hole and leave a little food for burial.
Stuffing several handfuls of grain mixed with soil and snow into his mouth, Wang Daming tore off the tent skin covering his body on the bedding while chewing, and pounced on the field mouse that had just escaped from the hole.
Under the skin of the wide tent was a twisting, squeaking bump. Wang Daming threw himself on it, and shouted at Mu Xingzhou who was still digging a hole not far away: "Hit it with a stone!"
Mu Xingzhou and Wang Daming dare not stay for a long time, but they are too greedy for this land.
A ransack.
A struggle for survival.
With the disappearance of the two of them, most of the bag of rat food and a few field mice were left behind, which was a piece of land that had been dug and pitted, and it was estimated that it could no longer be used as a granary for storage.
While digging and eating, the two who were already half full couldn't believe that things could be so lucky and smooth.
Mu Xingzhou felt that his choice was correct.
That's right, I was punished for leaving by mistake. Now I choose to return to her no matter how difficult it is, even God is helping me.
It can only be said that fortunately Mu Xingzhou and Wang Daming didn't get along very well. If he had spoken his mind, the Mu family, which had already fallen to the bottom, would face another round of heavy losses.
It is difficult for the two of them to deviate from the preset route of the program group and then go back in the environment where the snow has already fallen.
Fortunately, there was no bear threat this time. They made a lot of marks on the road. Although it took a little longer to go back and forth, they finally returned to the preset route of the program group with their things without any danger.
There is meat, there is a pot, there are scissors, just... no lighter...
No matter how cold it was before, the two of them couldn't get out of the fire. In order to have a bite of cooked meat, they made the greatest efforts since entering Wilderness Star.
The scissors scraped dry sawdust from the wooden furniture in the house little by little, and picked out smaller pieces of wood that were still dry from the collapsed and smashed furniture.
Even Wang Daming and Mu Xingzhou didn't take turns taking turns to start the fire, which lasted for more than half the night.
Towards dawn, they finally ate voles.
There is no seasoning, just cook the whole vole that has been peeled and gutted in melted snow water, add a handful of grass seeds that have been mixed together a long time ago, and dried unknown plants or weeds, just eat it like this down.
If the two of them hadn't taken two pots to divide the contents of the pot early, even if the skin was scalded, they would have grabbed it to their mouths immediately.
They hadn't eaten hot food for two months, and even after blowing and blowing on the first bite, it was still almost scalding, making them doubt their lives.
The taste is weird, but they think, very very very delicious.
Wang Daming ate a few mouthfuls, couldn't help crying, and Mu Xingzhou couldn't help but turn red.
They finally began to live like human beings, but they didn't know if they could be like human beings again after today.
A large pot of strange soup was shared between the two.
The fire that was finally built, the two of them really wished they could lift it up and take it away.
However... no.
Even if they can carry a pot, carry the flames, and keep adding firewood to move forward.
But what to do with the falling snow, what to do with the weight...
All they could take with them was some hot water to pour into the kettle.
It's just that they don't know, and they have to be grateful that Song Shiyue brought too many things back then. They already took several water bottles for everyone, and they couldn't take these smashed and deflated ones, so they could get some hot water. s things.
A lot of voles were boiled in the pot while there was a fire, and they were placed in some flat and notched boxes. Wang Daming changed another bedding and tore a piece of tent cloth again, and the two started on the road again.
I just hope they can move faster, this half bag of rat food plus a few voles can make them last to the castle... just fine.
However, ideas are good and there is always hope.
The reality is...