Long Story Short, I’m Living in the Mountains: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 9] by Asagi

Author:Asagi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, slice of life, monster taming, adult protagonist, lighthearted, talking animals, slow life, modern day, farming
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

7. A New Problem: Dealing with Humidity During the Rainy Season

Modern humans were blessed to be able to count on dehumidifiers and dryers to help us get through the rainy season. Technology is incredible!

Most older houses were made of wood, so I wondered how people back in the day had dealt with humidity. I asked Yumoto-san and Aikawa-san—apparently, they’d used charcoal. Maybe I should start cultivating the habit of looking things up myself before they get fed up with my questions.

Aikawa-san had repaired the charcoal kiln that had been in his house and was using it. A smart choice—there’s no shortage of wood here, after all. I decided to ask the former village head who used to live on my mountain if my home had a charcoal kiln. He told me there was one, but it had been left unused for some time. With Old Man Yumoto’s assistance in cleaning and repairing the kiln, I succeeded in making charcoal. It was a lot of work, and it took more than a week, but I was able to make a sizable amount. I shared some with the Yumotos and their neighbors, who were quite content with the gift; there were a lot of uses for charcoal. I was glad to be of use, and I decided to do this again next time I made charcoal. (This was still in May.)

I’d also asked about other effective methods for dealing with the humidity. One solution was to simply pluck weeds and mow the grass around the house, which apparently made a big difference. My face went pale when I heard that from Aikawa-san—I had actually been planting white clover around my home! I’d heard that it was good food for the chickens, so I’d pulled out a cluster by the roots that’d been growing near the fields and had replanted it near the house. White clover was pretty resilient, and you didn’t even need to divide the roots—you could just cut off a piece, plant it, and it would still grow.

I thought a house surrounded by flowers would look like something from a fairytale. I’d been completely unaware of what I was actually doing.

“Tasty!”

“Tasty!”

Well, at least Tama and Yuma were happy about it. I hadn’t planted any right by the front door, but all the chickens had to do was go outside, and there was food all around them. At first, when I’d been planting it, Tama hadn’t known what I’d been doing. She’d pecked at me.

“Ouch! Hey, I’m planting food for you guys around the house, so don’t interrupt,” I’d chided her, and she’d started pacing about. Heh, I can tell from the way she’s walking that she’s pretty excited. They’re so easy to figure out.

“Don’t touch it for at least a week or so, got it?” I’d told the chickens, and they’d seemed to heed my warning—they had just loitered around for a while. The clovers had taken root after just a week, so they really were pretty resilient plants. This had all happened in late April.

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