Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

Xu Yuan was also surprised when he heard this.

This man is really thoughtful. No wonder he felt like he had forgotten something.

The two stones in the kitchen had been moved to the fish grill by myself.

"Thank you." Xu Yuan brought two bowls of water and handed them to them, while Ben was still thinking about carrying the bundle of bamboo back to the kitchen.

Gu Qinghan stopped him and said, "Xuyuan, you go ahead and do your thing. I'll help you. I can't eat your snails for free."

Having said that, Xu Yuan couldn't refuse and just let him go.

"Sister Xuyuan, let me help you too. How do we do this?"

Guozi and many others were still carefully holding stones and hitting the pointed parts of the snails.

"Well, you just watch from the sidelines. Didn't you see they smashed so much?"

Xu Zhi used the back of a kitchen knife to skillfully hit the sharp corner, while Xu Yuan used the back of a hatchet. This knife was dangerous, so Xu Yuan did not dare let the two kids touch it and asked them to hit it with stones instead.

"Want to smash off this sharp corner? No problem. I can hit it accurately every time." Gu Qingming picked up the stone aside, rolled up his sleeves, scooped out a snail with his little hand, and smashed it down.

"Sister Xuyuan, is this right?" Gu Qingming handed the smashed snails to Xuyuan.

"Great, that's right, the boy is quite talented." Xu Yuan praised sincerely.

"We can too, big sister, let's see if this is the case."

"Yes, you guys are great too, that's it, just control your strength a little bit, don't smash it."

"understood."

On Gu Qinghan's side, he used a chisel to chisel out two holes in two bamboos of the same size and length, lit a fire, and roasted the joints of the bamboos over the fire. He bent them into curved pieces while they were still hot, and assembled them together with small bamboos that had been chopped nearby. He also cut a gap in the middle of the two bamboos so that the bamboo strips could be inserted.

Gu Qinghan carefully manipulated the bamboo strips to prevent the thorns from pricking his fingers, and soon he had made a bamboo stool.

He repeated the steps and soon finished eating three small bamboo stools. Gu Qinghan stopped working, stood up, brushed off the bamboo chips on his body, put out the fire, and piled the remaining bamboo neatly aside.

Take the prepared stool into the kitchen.

"Wow, the stools made by Brother Gu are so beautiful. I want to sit on one." Xu Xuan smashed some snails and got his clothes wet. Xu Yuan didn't let Xu Xuan do anything else. He was just making trouble and asked him to sit aside and watch.

Xu Yuan looked at the bamboo stool that Gu Qinghan handed over and couldn't help but be amazed.

"Gu Qinghan, I didn't realize you had this skill, it's really good."

"Of course, my elder brother knows everything." Gu Qingming echoed.

"You're too kind. I just do it a lot at home, so I'm very skilled at it."

"Have you finished the snails? Let me help you."

It was a blessing to have someone to help. Xu Yuan demonstrated it quickly. Fortunately, Gu Qinghan brought a hatchet. It was much faster to hit it with the back of the hatchet.

Seeing that they were almost done, Xuyuan stopped and said, "Xiaozhi, let them do it. Let's boil the water."

Xu Yuan cleaned the pot, poured some water into it, poured in some of the prepared snails, and covered it with a wooden lid.

Xu Zhi began to add firewood and pushed it in with a fire poker. From time to time, he glanced at Gu Qinghan who was helping on the side, and then looked at his elder sister.

She couldn't blame herself for not looking at many men, but Brother Gu was really handsome, hardworking, and he looked more and more like a perfect match for her elder sister. Xu Zhi recognized from the bottom of her heart that Gu Qinghan was her future brother-in-law. Seeing the two of them not making any progress, she felt very anxious.

What are you thinking about? Why are you so anxious?

I heard from Aunt Li that Brother Gu is going to be an official in the future and he definitely won't be interested in a country girl.

Ugh.

Xu Zhi used a fire poker to turn over the firewood in the stove, puzzled. Why did Brother Gu catch fish every day and send them to us? Was it really just because the village chief was taking extra care of our family and Brother Gu really loved eating fish?

"Xiaozhi, your fire stick is on fire. How come you found a new fire stick?"

Xu Zhi came back to his senses and said, "No, sister, stop teasing me." He quickly took out the fire stick and stomped it out with his foot.

White smoke rose from the edge of the pot and there was a gurgling sound inside.

Xuyuan took a piece of white cloth, covered the wooden board, and then uncovered it.

He stirred it with a spoon, took a wooden basin, scooped it up and put it into the basin.

The pot was not big, and it didn't take long to finish talking. Xu Yuan scooped some clean water into the wooden basin, rinsed the water and put it back into the basin.

"Gu Qinghan, are you done over there?" Xu Yuan couldn't leave, so he could only shout.

"It's almost done, just wait a moment." Gu Qinghan was busy cracking snail heads.

Gu Qingming and many others nearby had already stopped working. They were just trying to do something new, but now they were tired of it and were cleaning the floor nearby.

Guozi's hand speed was not fast enough at first, for fear of smashing the snails to pieces, but now he has gradually gotten the hang of it.

"Xiaozhi, don't put the firewood yet, I'll go over and help."

Xuyuan came over, looked at the few snails in the bucket, rolled up his sleeves and started to help.

There was a pile of inedible snails on the ground, which Xu Yuan and Gu Qingming swept onto the shovel. "Wait, where did you two throw these things?" Xu Yuan didn't want to have to deal with any more cleaning.

"Sister, Brother Qingming dug a hole in the vegetable garden. Let's put it together and bury it later."

"Great, well done." Xu Yuan immediately praised and was very pleased.

With the help of Xuyuan, the remaining snail heads were processed.

It’s really troublesome. Xu Yuan thinks that maybe it’s enough to do it just once for the sake of trying it out. This thing is very tiring.

Looking at this grown man huddled on a stool, picking things one by one without a word of complaint.

This man is honest. Delicious food should be eaten by these people.

Xu Yuan cleaned the pot, poured water into it again, put the snails into the cold water, and Xu Zhi added firewood to add fuel to the fire.

Xuyuan started to prepare some seasonings, but there were no fresh peppers left, only dried ones.

But the dried chilies were not strong enough, so I could only pick some wild chilies from the fields there. Unexpectedly, there were several fragrant Chinese medicinal herbs and seasonings, also known as Basil, nearby.

I made a lot of money and also earned 200 points.

The addition of basil really makes the snail dish even better.

The fragrance of basil can also repel mosquitoes. As a medicinal material, it also has the effects of dispelling wind and swelling, relieving blood stasis and relieving pain, and promoting blood circulation and menstruation. It is really a must-have medicine for home. It can be eaten and can also cure diseases. I also picked a plant and planted it in the vegetable garden.

After a while, the blanched snails were picked up, poured into a basin, washed, and placed in a vine basket with the previous snails to dry.

Chop the chili peppers and put them aside, cut some ginger and put them aside, and put the basil into the bowl like a wishing treasure.

I took out the oil can. The oil can that I had saved by living frugally was starting to run out. It seemed that I would have to buy some more fat meat for frying oil when I sent Yazi to the county town tomorrow.

After cleaning the pot again, he said, "It's time to start stir-frying. Xiaozhi, turn up the heat and be ready to cover your nose."

"Yeah." After Xu Yuan finished his wish, he looked down at the place where the firewood was placed and saw a different person.

Gu Qinghan took Xu Zhi's fire stick, sat aside in a proper manner, and added firewood.

Seeing Xu Yuan's puzzled look, he couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "I have nothing to do, so I'll help you light the fire."