Chapter 58: Downfall
The scenery of the North, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow...
It's snowing heavily in the north, the cold air is moving southward, and the temperature is dropping sharply in the south. It feels like winter. In many places, people have taken out their long-lost sweaters.
The weather forecast also mentioned that there will be light snowfall in the next few days, and there is a small probability of heavy snowfall in some areas. However, weather experts interpret that it may be short-lived and the coverage will not be too wide.
When Li Xiang met people in the village, he would occasionally mention it, but unfortunately, no one believed it. He said no more.
Weather forecasts are not inaccurate, but are timely. Today's weather forecasts are basically updated in real time. To be precise, it is updated three times a day, at 6 a.m., 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The weather displayed is often different throughout the day.
For example, it shows heavy rain in the morning, but it shows cloudy weather at noon. Sometimes it shows a typhoon, but the typhoon suddenly stops coming. This is a normal phenomenon. Because "the sky is unpredictable".
Yunnan Province, Coffee Resort Hotel, He Zhixiang put on one more piece of clothing than usual. After all, he is older than when he was younger. He sat on the balcony of the most luxurious suite in the resort hotel, feeling the cool breeze and watching Looking at the distant mountain scenery, I suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Isn't what Brother Li Xiang said true?"
"No matter what, I would rather believe in something than something that doesn't exist. Brother Li Xiang should still be reliable."
He pondered for a moment, then resolutely picked up the phone and called his assistant: "Inform the supervisor and above to come to the No. 1 conference room for a meeting to discuss the cold protection and overwintering of coffee trees."
The people below received the notice and looked at each other, wondering what the boss was up to. Our Yunnan Province has spring-like weather all year round, so what can we do to prevent the cold? Do you need to dress the coffee tree specifically?
That's a lot of work, but since the boss informed them, they had no choice but to rush over. Although they didn't agree with it in their hearts, they still worked hard to make suggestions and came up with many practical and effective plans.
For example, cover the ground with plant ash and film, apply fertilizer to increase cold resistance, wrap film and straw rope around trees, and build strong sheds for some seedlings.
Stack 3-5 smoke piles evenly per acre, compact them firmly, and light them when needed to raise the ground and ambient temperature by smoking.
etc.
He Zhixiang is also a resolute person. He immediately assigns tasks on the spot. What do you do? Everyone takes action urgently.
Three days later, the weather forecast warned that the cold air this time was beyond expectations, and that heavy snowfall in the southern region could reach a blizzard. According to weather experts, it was very likely to be a once-in-a-decade level.
As soon as the news came out, not only were everyone not afraid, but they were even more excited.
Let me go, there is heavy snow, it only happens once in ten years!
"Haha, my down jacket can finally come in handy!"
“Looking forward to it.”
"Snowball fights, making snowmen, here I come!"
"It happens once in ten years, it's so rare. There may be a small amount of disasters, and life may be affected, but it's only for two or three days, and it's worth it compared to enjoying the rare snow scene!"
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When reporters interviewed weather experts, weather experts also reassured everyone not to worry too much.
Li Xiang burns charcoal in the backyard. Because making tea around a stove or making a small hot pot on a small red clay stove on the table requires charcoal. If you burn firewood directly, there will be more smoke and ashes.
He makes bamboo charcoal and fir charcoal, especially fir charcoal, which is not only resistant to burning but also has very little ash.
Charcoal burning is actually very simple and has no technical content. Li Xiang was also familiar with this. He picked an open and flat site in the backyard away from the house. He also cleaned up some weeds and dead branches and leaves around it. Then he dug a large circular pit with a depth of about one meter with a shovel. The soil that came out formed a wind-proof earth wall on the windward side.
A small pile of dry firewood was lit at the bottom of the pit to keep the fire going, and sawed bamboo and fir sticks were thrown in. When the bamboo and fir wood strips are almost charred, water them directly to extinguish them. Simple and crude.
But this is indeed the most economical way to make charcoal. When Li Xiang was a child, he often saw his grandmother doing this. At that time, my grandma made very little charcoal. She didn't even dig a pit. She just took it out of the stove, threw it into a dilapidated bucket outside, drowned it, and then took it out to dry.
Of course, there are many other methods for burning charcoal, such as the carbonization furnace method, the earth kiln method, the iron can method, etc., which are all a bit troublesome.
Although Li Xiang's method caused some losses and some parts were not completely charred and needed to be cut off, he prepared enough raw materials and worked for several hours. After careful selection, he harvested about two hundred kilograms of charcoal.
He will further wash the bamboo charcoal and charcoal with water to remove excess dust and impurities, dry them and store them in the woodshed.
Seeing that the heavy snow was approaching, Li Xiang went to the county town to do one last material purchase. As the weather got colder, many vegetables could be left outside without worrying about spoilage, so he bought more this time. Including fish that I didn’t buy before.
Cats at home are indispensable for this. In addition, he also plans to make fish balls.
Compared with meatballs, fish balls are lighter and have a more delicate texture.
The "hundred flavors" of Sichuan cuisine are not just spicy, but also sour, numbing, etc. The combination of these flavors creates many wonderful flavors. Chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns alone can be used to create more than ten kinds of complex spicy flavors: spicy, sour, spicy, sour, sweet, spicy...
The so-called "Sweet, salty, sour, soft, crispy, spicy, bitter and fragrant, with all ten flavors, this is the authentic Sichuan cuisine."
The reason why Sichuan cuisine can have such a variety of flavors is that sugar plays a key role in it.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
Yes, sugar is basically used in Sichuan cuisine, but not as much as in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.
Therefore, the daily consumption of rock sugar and white granulated sugar in Li Xiang's house is still a bit large. This time he purchased another twenty kilograms of rock sugar and thirty kilograms of white granulated sugar.
Some dishes, such as braised pork, use rock sugar to stir-fry the color and taste better than using white sugar.
……
"Oh oh oh~"
The big rooster with red crown and colorful feathers crows on time every day and never slacks off. Li Xiang is awakened by this mean chicken and gets up to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, I went and piles of white snow fell on my house.
Downfall.
It rained so thickly overnight.
Even though Li Xiang had been "informed" for a long time, he was still shocked.
In his previous life, he lived in a big city at this time. In big cities, car exhaust and various heat radiations caused the temperature to be higher than in rural areas, and the snow was not as heavy.
"The super heavy snow is really coming, and it's coming as expected, so the apocalypse can't escape." Li Xiang sighed with emotion, started to clear the snow at the door using his breathing method.
So it makes sense to say that the door opens inwards.
If the door opens outward, I probably won't be able to open it today, and I'll have to climb out of the window.
The barking of Dahuang Erhuang came from the backyard. It seemed to be very urgent and the sound was "muffled". It was very strange. Li Xiang walked towards the back door.
Opening the back door, fortunately, because there is a corridor connecting it, only a small amount of snow drifts in. Not far away, in the backyard, where can you see the dog shed?
(End of chapter)