Spirit Stone Hunter

Picking up spiritual stones in the abandoned mining area is far from easy as picking mushrooms, so in an hour, the three of them only picked up two pieces of amber that had been completely oxidized into slag, and the rest was a large box of diced yellow meat.And this harvest made Mina exhausted physically and mentally, because the two people around her were very excited, and she couldn't read what their excitement was, and she was really tired.

Back at the car, Mo Zhitian, the geological surveyor, had already started to put away the exploration equipment.And Mei Ming is also seriously using his brain to record.It appears that preliminary exploration has been completed.They can make lunch.

Today's lunch is much later than every day, it is almost two o'clock, and everyone is a little hungry.

Ma Xiaotian didn't make tomato beef either, but heated up the marching rations directly. While heating up, he said: "Let's make it at noon today. I'll make it earlier in the evening. Let's do it differently. We just I picked a lot of diced yellow meat and mushrooms. It’s delicious to stew pork at night. I also picked some yellow peppers in the morning. I tried it and it’s spicy. You can use it for stir-frying. Do you want sliced ​​meat or fatty intestines? ? Actually, I think pig heart and pig lung are also good.”

Ying Feng opened the lid of the pot and took a look at the growth rate of the marching rations, and then asked: "How many peppers are enough to fry so many things?"

Ma Xiaotian sighed: "Of course it's not enough. That's why I asked everyone to choose the same one. But it would be nice if all the offloaded goods were marinated. Mr. Huo, shall we continue to go in today?"

Huo Congting just took out the box containing the tent from the storage bag, and immediately patted the box when he heard Ma Xiaotian's question: "The tents are all taken out. We won't move the place today and tomorrow. So you have a lot of time."

Ma Xiaotian raised his arms and stretched his waist: "Great. Then I'll cook it in a while. Who's going to get the goods?"

Ying Feng replied: "I am here. Everything is packed."

Ma Xiaotian grinned: "I knew you knew how to clean up."

Ying Feng nodded: "You ask too much, so you know how to make it. Shall I cook it now?"

Ma Xiaotian looked at the time: "It's about the same. I'm making it now. It's just ready for dinner. I'll put the stove on the shelf first."

Ying Feng stopped him: "Forget it, I'll do it. Just watch what's in the pot."

Ma Xiaotian would never refuse: "That's fine. I'll adjust the spice."

Ma Xiaotian brought a lot of spices this trip.Some are processed and some are bought separately.

In fact, he didn't want to make it so troublesome at first, but when he thought that he might have picnics and barbecues every day in the wild, he couldn't help thinking about it.The bigger reason is actually that he hopes Zhan Jiu and Ying Feng can eat well, instead of only dried meat and marching rations, it would be boring to have only one good taste.Since I can't do anything by myself, a cook's duty is to do his best.

There are no off-the-shelf products for sale in the supermarket, and apart from a few specific species of exotic animals among pigs, cattle and sheep, the others are not suitable for consumption.This year they kept only saber-tooth pig offal.However, because the saber-toothed pig itself is very large, the internal organs of the two pigs are put together, and a large pot is full, and many things need to be used to remove the smell.

Boil the blood foam and oil slick with water and white wine.Zhan Jiu helped pour the unwanted and strong-smelling water at least one kilometer away.Reboil a large pot of boiling water and put in the offal, which has been washed and degreased again.Ma Xiaotian smashed the ginger he dug up this morning and put it in, cut the chili into two pieces, put them in the pot together with purple fragrant leaves, cinnamon bark, cloves, and cardamom, and poured a whole bottle of soy sauce into it.Then cover the pot.

Wait until he's done with all of this.The food for the march was also cooked.Wen Tao took two pieces of marching rations and went to Ma Xiaotian's side: "Is it okay to cook like this?"

Ma Xiaotian nodded: "That's right. Add salt after cooking. In such a big pot, only one bottle of soy sauce is definitely not salty enough, but adding salt at the end is good."

Wen Tao rubbed his nose: "That doesn't feel difficult to do."

"It's not difficult at first. But what's more difficult is cleaning the internal organs and cooking the first time to get rid of the fishy smell. You can try it when you go back. The cheapest white wine is very effective."

The two chatted about their cooking experience while eating lunch.Soon the smell of stewed pig offal came out from the gap in the pot lid.Everyone swallowed.

Ma Xiaotian hurried over to cover the pot tightly.Only one exhaust port with filtering function is left. "Sorry, I made a mistake just now and didn't cover it tightly."

Wen Tao roared: "You kid did it on purpose! Absolutely!"

In the afternoon, after everyone set up five tents, they drove the long-distance vehicle to a hidden place in the mining area, and then locked the vehicle with an encryption program.In the next few days, they will not be able to drive in the mining area, so they put them away so that they will not be too conspicuous when they enter the depths of the mining area.

According to the allocation, Zhan Jiu and Huo Congting will be on vigil tonight, but this time because the tents are all set up, Ma Xiaotian and Ying Feng can each occupy a tent.

As soon as the tent was set up, Mai Na took out a small solar-powered mill, and then called Ma Xiaotian: "Come here, take the three stones you harvested in the past two days and open it."

Ma Xiaotian didn't expect the senior sister to bring such a complete set of things, so he hurried over.Then he took out the three stones from the storage bag. "Which one to open first?"

Mina gave up the operating position. "Whatever, come by yourself, I'll see how your skills are."

Ma Xiaotian was not polite, and sat down to the side. "I'm definitely not good at appraising the spirit stone, but the polishing should be okay. Let's start with the blood amber. I want to see what it looks like."

Mai Na instructed from the side: "There is usually a very crisp weathered layer on the outside of the blood amber. You have to be careful. It is possible that there will be nothing left in the end. You must have such a psychological expectation."

Ma Xiaotian nodded: "I've heard a few words about this. I hope this is okay. Even if it's only enough for a noodle."

The senior sister and the younger brother are grinding stones over there, and the others also have their own jobs.Because An Yong and Zhao Shu were not on guard today, the hunting task was left to them.From the day after tomorrow, they will enter the depths of the mining area. They don't know whether large prey will exist, so it is good to catch more.Moreover, the water sources in the mining area are all shallow streams, which are fine for drinking and washing, but it is more troublesome to use them to dispose of prey.So before going in, these things have to be resolved first.

Ying Feng and Huo Congting patrolled around.The two chatted while checking the surroundings for signs of large and ferocious beasts.

"Senior brother, otherwise I'll keep watch with you tonight. It's not my turn if I can't keep watch." Ying Feng felt a little uncomfortable about this.Although he knew that his ability was insufficient, ordinary defense was still no problem.Everyone treated him like a child, and he was a little sad.

Huo Congting really ignored Ying Feng's mentality, so he nodded quickly: "Okay. I'll talk to Zhan Jiu when I go back. Anyway, he can keep watch alone, and Xiaotian can also accompany him." Thinking of Ma Xiaotian's nest that day He was a little envious of the way he fell asleep in Zhan Jiu's arms.On the outside, Xiaofeng of his family will definitely not be able to let go like Ma Xiaotian.After all, there is a huge difference in body size between Kui people and Ling people.Even though everyone knows that Xiaofeng's level is not high and his ability is not strong, Quebec people always worry more than others.

Ying Feng secretly exhaled. "Brother Jiu is indeed very strong." After finishing speaking, he suddenly realized that what he said seemed a bit wrong, so he added another sentence. "Brother is also very strong."

Huo Congting smiled, reached out and pulled Ying Feng's arm, and then embraced his shoulder. "Your senior brother, I am of course very strong. You have a deep understanding of this."

One sentence made Ying Feng's face turn red.Originally, he was not very talkative, that is, he talked a lot in front of Ma Xiaotian and Huo Congting, but if Huo Congting said a few more words to tease him, he immediately didn't know how to respond, and he was far behind Ma Xiaotian in this regard.Ma Xiaoer just felt that it was unreasonable to fight against Zhan Jiu all the time.Ying Feng didn't know how to speak at all. "Brother, you...you..."

Huo Congting smiled and lowered his head slightly, and kissed Ying Feng on the forehead. "Isn't my Xiaofeng already an adult? This is normal, so don't be shy. When you turn 25, we'll get married."

Suddenly speaking of marriage, Ying Feng raised his head and looked at him: "Can master have time to leave the laboratory?" He remembered the longest time in the past, the master did not return home after five years in the laboratory.This time it is still a national secret experimental project, I really don't know if there will be a chance.

"It's okay. Master won't care about this. Maybe when he has time to go home from the laboratory, he will be happier seeing his grandson." Huo Congting suddenly teased frantically.

Huo Congting had never teased him like this before, Ying Feng didn't realize it for a moment, but soon he quickened his pace subconsciously.

Huo Congting quickly took two steps, and put his arms around him again: "Are you angry with senior brother?"

Ying Feng pursed the corner of his mouth, and then said: "You were not like this before."

Huo Congting smiled: "I used to be your senior brother, but who am I now?"

It seems to be really reasonable.Ying Feng was speechless.

Huo Congting shook his head helplessly: "Silly boy, when you grow up, we are already real partners. If you are always so shy, I can't help but want to tease you more."

Ying Feng scratched his forehead.Watching those TV shows, the couple get along really lively.He reflected on whether he was too bored, then nodded: "I will try to change it."

This serious little expression made Huo Congting so cute, it's so wonderful to have such an obedient daughter-in-law!

On the camp side, the rough Xuepo stone in Ma Xiaotian's hand has been polished to its final outline.

Originally, this piece of rough stone was not big. After removing the weathered layers on the outside, there was really only a piece of finished product the size of a one-yuan coin left inside.Although the flesh was so painful, Ma Xiaotian still polished him into a small regular round cake, and punched a hole in the middle.After thoroughly cleaning the amber powder, it can be seen by lighting that this piece of blood amber is not only blood red in color and completely oxidized, but also a piece of clean water amber without impurities.Perfect condition, just a little small.

The current table mills are all equipped with polishing equipment.But amber is not hard enough, so it can only be polished by hand after rough polishing.However, the speed of manual polishing was very fast. After half an hour, a blood-red safety buckle appeared.Ma Xiaotian held it in his hand and exposed it to the sun for a while, liking it very much.Turning his head to see Zhan Jiu looking at him, he immediately stood up and jumped over. "Ninth Brother, can I give this to you!"

Zhan Jiu nodded: "Okay."

Wen Tao booed from the side: "Is it a token of love?"

Ma Xiaotian turned his head and stuck out his tongue at him, then said shamelessly: "That's right! How about it!"

This time Zhan Jiu laughed.He took the safety buckle that Ma Xiaotian stuffed, and took advantage of the situation to hold his hand in the palm of his hand. "I have nothing to give you now, but I will give you love and protection for the rest of my life."