Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 450 Tree Root Landscaping

The first step to enjoying life is to change your existing environment.

The courtyard had been roughly renovated two years ago, but it is not very elegant yet and there are still many things that need to be added.

Next, Xu Han planned to add some interesting plants and decorations to the yard to make this small mountain courtyard more lively.

So for the next period of time, in addition to taking care of the fields and raising chickens and ducks, the few of them spent some time at home studying various tree roots.

The first thing made is of course the table. This is the simplest. You only need to cut a large flat surface from a large tree root, cut the rest of the bottom flat, and retain the original edges and corners. After polishing it smooth, apply a layer of tung oil.

After the table was finished, I made a few stools. As I made more and more, I became more and more adept at it and my work speed increased a lot.

The four of them worked together and finished a large table and six benches in less than a month.

In addition, we also made tables and chairs specifically for playing chess.

As for the others, as long as they had time, a few people would get together to study. The final result was that within half a year, the house was filled with many various things made of tree roots. Each one had a strange shape and its own characteristics.

Of course, these are all things of the past. Right now, everyone is immersed in making various things with tree roots, and they are not neglecting the work in the fields.

The crops planted this year are similar to those planted last year, and the acreage is the same, but when planting each crop, the plots of land are deliberately changed to avoid poor growth of the same crop.

After the good harvests in the past two years, the family has much more food than before. Now we no longer have to worry about running out of food. On the contrary, we even have some left over.

Xu Han put the leftover food into the space to prevent it from being infested with insects and wasted.

When there is more food in the later period, Xu Han plans to sell part of it. Although food is very precious in this era, the family cannot store too much food. Not only can they not store it, but they can also not eat it all.

There should be peace and prosperity for a long time in the future, with no disasters, no wars, and no need to store too much food at home.

However, after this lesson, my family will always store enough food for the family to eat for two years every year, in case of any emergencies where we would not be able to buy food even if we wanted to.

For many years afterwards, Xu Han still kept this habit, selling old grain after harvesting new grain, and did so every year without fail.

That morning, after Xu Han finished her breakfast, she went to the orchard with Lu Chuan to feed the chickens as usual. The couple walked one after the other, chatting from time to time.

Xu Han said, "The soybeans and corn that I planted some time ago have sprouted one after another, but it looks like they haven't sprouted all together. It would be great if there could be a heavy rain at this time."

Lu Chuan thought for a moment and said, "It really hasn't rained for several days, about ten days! If it doesn't rain in the next two days, we'll have to water the corn."

"Yes, the weather is so hot, I have to water the plants, otherwise the seedlings won't grow. Let's wait and see, I don't want to water them, there are so many fields, watering them all would be exhausting."

"Well, if you can't get out, just wait for the rain to replenish the seedlings, it's the same thing."

Xu Han continued, "The seedlings have sprouted, and the grass in the ground has also sprouted. Wait until they grow bigger and then pull them all out. Otherwise, they will take away all the nutrients in the soil, and the crops will not grow well."

"Don't worry. The weeds are still small and hard to pull out. When they grow bigger in a few days, we can take advantage of the cool morning and evening time and work together to pull them out quickly."

"Well, when the time comes, our whole family will go out and pull it out quickly."

As they were talking, they walked to the chicken coop. After Xu Han went in, she first looked around the fruit trees in the orchard. Seeing that the fruits on the trees were growing well, she felt relieved.

At this season, many fruits in the orchard are almost edible, but be careful not to get pests at this time. It seems that you need to be more careful in the near future and take preventive measures if possible.

Xu Han was strolling in the orchard when she picked a peach that had changed color. She took it aside, washed it, and took a bite to taste it.

I spit it out right after I put it in my mouth: Hiss, it looks red but still quite sour, not tasty at all. I took a bite and spit it out, then threw it to the chicken in the chicken coop.

After Xu Han walked around, Lu Chuan had already fed all the chickens and ducks. After picking up the eggs, the two went back together.

After nearly a year, a lot of eggs have accumulated in the space, and they cannot be eaten up at all.

It seems that we need to find a way to consume these eggs as soon as possible.

However, the county town has not yet returned to normal, so it will take a while for the products to be sold.

Fortunately, Xu Han had the space to cheat, otherwise these eggs would have been wasted.

Xu Han put today's eggs into the space, and the two of them went into the kitchen together to prepare today's breakfast. They hadn't eaten omelets for a long time, so they decided to make some omelets for breakfast.

It is definitely not enough to eat only egg pancakes for breakfast, so Xu Han cooked some white rice porridge and paired it with the pickled cucumbers that she had just made some time ago. It was delicious and went well with rice.

After breakfast, Lu Chuan took the two children to study in Grandpa Zhao's room in the backyard, while Xu Han continued to take time to make some cloth shoes and sweatshirts for summer wear.

The Taoist priest and Lu Chuan will definitely go into the mountains to hunt again in a while, so these things must be prepared in advance, otherwise it will be troublesome if they don’t have them when they suddenly need to wear them.

So Xu Han hurried to prepare during this period of time, otherwise when the work in the fields became busy in a few days, she would not have time to do it.

Xu Han had just been doing needlework for a while when she heard Ze'er's wailing coming from the backyard again. Thinking that he must have been beaten by his father for being naughty again, Xu Han shook her head and didn't intend to get up to see.

It was so terrible that Xu Han was afraid that she would not be able to control herself and beat him up. Forget it, she decided not to make things more difficult for herself. Xu Han still wanted to live a few more years!

The secret to longevity is to mind your own business and to get angry less often.

Xu Han stayed in the main room and didn't go out, but that didn't mean Ze'er wouldn't come over to complain. Not long after, Ze'er came running over from the backyard, tears in his eyes, his shoulders shaking from crying, and he looked at his mother aggrievedly.

When Xu Han saw Ze'er coming, she didn't react much. She just raised her eyelids, but continued to do her own thing without stopping her hands.

Ze'er pursed his lips but said nothing in the end, as if he just remembered that his mother would not stand on his side and he might even get a beating if he told her.

After standing in the room for a while, Ze'er ran away, covering his butt. As a result, he studied hard for the whole morning, fearing that his butt would be injured again.