Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Lin Xia ran all the way holding the half-dead chicken, but she didn't rush home. There was only an empty kitchen at home and she couldn't do anything!

We had promised before that we would go find Saibala after catching the game, but Lin Xia can’t do it at the moment. Since Saibala doesn’t know how to do it and Dart is not good at it, we’ll give up this one too!

Lin Xia decided to go find Huo An. The chicken was not dead yet, so she wanted to see if he had any ideas.

Huo An...

Looking at the extremely miserable chicken in front of him, Huo An looked at Lin Xia speechlessly!

"What do you want to do?" Huo An asked cautiously.

Lin Xia: "Didn't you say you collect all kinds of weird things here? I brought them to you, didn't I? I'm being nice to you!"

Huo An: "Thank you!"

Huo An looked at the chicken carefully. From the scattered feathers left on it, he could tell that when the chicken was alive, no, it was not dead yet. When it was healthy before, it was a very beautiful big rooster. But now~

Huo An: "Your chicken has no other use except eating it! If it is healthy, you can sell it to cockfighting enthusiasts, or collect its most beautiful tail feathers and use them to make handicrafts. But now, tell me, what else can you do with it?"

Huo An was very angry. He was buying valuable goods, not junk!

Lin Xia...

"Then can you roast chicken?" Lin Xia asked cautiously, "I don't mind roasting it either!"

Huo An: "I'm not a cook!"

Lin Xia lowered her head in disappointment. It was so hard to get such a fat chicken!

"But," Huo An continued, "you're lucky. Although I'm not a chef, I can cook! Why don't you stay and have dinner with us today?"

Lin Xia was immediately overjoyed after hearing this, and agreed promptly, and contributed all the fungus, mushrooms, etc. that he had picked.

Huo An looked at it and said unhappily, "It's ok if it's wood ear, but what about mushrooms? Who do you want to poison?"

Lin Xia was sad: "Are these mushrooms inedible?"

Huo An: "What do you think? In Mineral Town, except for a few kinds of mushrooms that are abundant in autumn, the mushrooms that appear in other seasons cannot be eaten. Otherwise, why does Zack only harvest bamboo shoots in spring!"

Huo An gave Lin Xia a look that said "you are too naive", then went to find Zack to deal with the pheasant and fungus, and asked Lin Xia to go to the beach again to see if he could catch some fish and add more dishes. It was rare to have pheasant, so let's just have a good meal!

Lin Xia had no choice but to go to the beach with her fishing rod to fish. People who can’t cook have no status.

Lin Xia cast the rod several times but only caught a few small fish. The beginner fishing rod was really not easy to use, and it occasionally hooked on tree branches and empty cans.

Alas, people don’t care about the environment at all. They throw everything into the sea. When I think about our originally beautiful world, which is now unavailable to people due to pollution and war, I realize how important it is to protect the environment!

Lin Xia stopped fishing and started searching along the beach to see if there was any garbage or discarded items. She picked them up and prepared to throw them into the trash can in the square.

The residents of Mineral Town are very protective of the environment. Some of the garbage that Lin Xia picked up were washed here from across the ocean. Some of the packaging and empty bottles were things that Lin Xia had never seen in the town. Some branches and leaves were also washed ashore by the waves, so Lin Xia picked them up as well.

The time was almost up, Lin Xia carried the garbage she had picked up to the trash can in the corner of the square and threw them in one by one. At this moment, she suddenly found that there seemed to be something behind the street lamp next to the trash can. She walked over to check and found a black round stone in the corner.

Pick it up and observe carefully, it looks like a piece of jade. Then the game interface shows: Real jade. Good things will happen if you collect 9 pieces!

Lin Xia...

This is the real jade. When I exchanged the gifts at the horse racing festival, I saw the real jade, but there was only a list and I had never seen the real thing. It seems that the real jade needs to be collected. I still need to exchange the jade for the next horse racing.

"Lin Xia~It's time to eat!" Zack's voice came at this time!

"Here it comes~" Lin Xia put away the Jade of Truth and quickly ran to the cabin. The world is so big, but it is not as important as eating!

Lin Xia quickly ran back to the cabin, drooling as she looked at the table of delicacies. In the middle of the small square table was Huo An's clay pot chicken, which he had made using his own secret recipe. It was a large pot, and in addition to the chicken, there was also a dish of salad cucumber, a plate of pickled radish, and some fungus that was stewed in the clay pot chicken. An additional dish was also fried. In addition to the chicken and fungus, the clay pot chicken also had potatoes and peppers stewed together, which was particularly fragrant! As for the few small fish that Lin Xia had caught, since they were too small, Huo Zhen Chef An didn't hesitate to cook them all and released them all.

Huo An is truly a treasure!

Lin Xia and Zack ate most of the dishes on the table, but Huo An ate conservatively. According to him, the ingredients were insufficient, so these things were just enough to get by!

Seeing his proud look, Lin Xia and Zach admired him very much. This dish was already cooked quite well, but in Huo An's case, it was not up to standard.

Lin Xia hurriedly asked Huo An, this dish is already delicious, is there any other ingredients missing?

Huo An gave Lin Xia a look of contempt: "The authentic clay pot chicken needs to be cooked in a special pot. First, clean the chicken and marinate it. When frying, fry the spices first, then stir-fry the chicken over high heat. Add cooking wine at the same time to fry out the moisture in the chicken. After the chicken changes color, add onions, ginger, garlic and red pepper, and then fry to bring out the fragrance of the auxiliary ingredients.

Then add appropriate amount of soybean paste, oyster sauce, light soy sauce and dark soy sauce, stir-fry until the chicken pieces are evenly colored, add mushrooms and black fungus, pour in a little hot water to equalize the ingredients, then add sugar and salt to season, cover the pot and simmer on low heat.

The most important thing is to make small pancakes and stick them to the edge of the iron pot while stewing. When the chicken is done, the pancakes are done too. Finally, sprinkle with diced green and red peppers and coriander and serve the pot together. Everyone eats the meat and pancakes with the pot. This is the authentic earthen pot chicken!"

Huo An looked at Lin Xia and Zach, who looked like they had never seen the world, and continued to look down on them: "Look at this dish. How many ingredients are missing? This is not clay pot chicken. This is just an ordinary braised chicken."

Lin Xia immediately expressed her loyalty: "Huo An, your cooking skills are amazing. When my chickens are grown, I will bring them to you. If you need any ingredients, tell me and I will try my best to find them!"

"Yes, Huo An." Zach was not far behind and said, "I can also go find any spices and seasonings you need. If our town doesn't have them, I can ask people over the sea to collect them. As for the iron pot, see if there are any for sale outside. If not, we can just ask Cebala to make it! I believe he will definitely be willing to do it for the sake of delicious food."

Seeing how much Lin Xia and Zach cared about it, Huo An said proudly, "Okay! I'll do it for you again when there's a suitable opportunity in the future!"

All three of them were very happy and satisfied with the meal!