Searching for food through the beast world

summer is harvest time

One of the happiest things in this world is probably to be able to sleep comfortably at home.

Although there is no hot spring, the large wooden bathtub is quite powerful.Fortunately, Ding Xiao added a small bathroom on a whim when he was building the house. Although it is only such a big place where a bathtub can be placed, there are only a few stone cabinets for toiletries besides the one standing on the side. It’s a space, but at least it’s dedicated to the house, so there’s no need to move the barrel back and forth.Moreover, the floor of the house and the lowermost layer of the wall below are inlaid with stones, and the bottom is waterproofed. The work of washing the wooden barrels can be done directly in the house.Of course.Every now and then, I still have to take it outside to bask in the sun. There is no "glass" window in this small house, and a small window for ventilation is made near the roof, which is made of a main board.

I took out the mat and shook it down twice, and spread it sideways on the kang, thinking that the first thing I should do in the past few days is to harvest the ripe things of this season, and then bring back some grass vines for my father and father. Make one up too.But what I promised Kun must be done first.

And most of the peppers are starting to turn slightly red.The ones in the field are reserved for planting, and the peppers in the yards of my home and Abba’s house can be used to make chili sauce and pickled peppers.Everyone enjoyed the oil-consuming chili beef tonight, and Cang seemed to like this dish very much.Next year, the land will belong to me, and I must plant an acre of chili peppers.But it's better to get a few more acres of land, there are really too many things I want to plant.It's just...how should I speak?

If pickles and pickles are to be pickled, green vegetables should be picked more now.Although the green vegetables in this season are not as thick as in autumn, they are crisp and tender in texture, and they must taste good when made into kimchi.I have long wanted to make the flavored cabbage written in that cookbook, so I can take this opportunity to try it.If it is delicious, it must be marinated more during the autumn harvest.

Those cumin plants that were planted have already grown, and they are currently blooming, and they are growing very well.It is estimated that the fennel in the wild is now a good time to eat the stems and leaves, and suddenly I am greedy for dumplings stuffed with fennel.But there is no more flour, so I can only use rice flour if I want to make it, so stop wasting food.Let's honestly wait until we stock up on rice noodles next year.

Just when Ding Xiao's mind was full of doing this and that, Kun came back after taking a cold shower. "There is still tea in the pot, do you want to pour a bowl and put it on the kang table?"

Ding Xiao nodded quickly: "I was about to drink water, but I forgot after thinking about it!"

Watching his partner drink a large bowl of water in one go, Kun reached out and touched Xiaoxiao's stomach. "I didn't eat less today, isn't it uncomfortable?"

Ding Xiao shook his head: "It's okay, it won't be too uncomfortable if you don't eat so much meat. By the way, are you going to patrol tomorrow?"

Kun shook his head: "I just came back, and it will take two days to go on patrol, but I'm going to hunt tomorrow. Didn't you say you'd make air-dried meat on the way? I'm going to bring back some more. The dried meat you smoked is very delicious. You What do you want me to do?"

"It's about asking you to go to Uncle Huadi to order clay pots. There are many fruits that are just in season. If you want to make fruit wine, you have to prepare things now. I guess, Jing and Lvxi will also If you want to make fruit wine, it's better to order a jar earlier, lest Uncle Huadi can't make it."

"Second uncle and I can do it too, but not as well as Uncle Huadi. But the size you want is quite big, so I guess you can't do it yourself. Do we want twenty first?"

Ding Xiao thought about it for a while, then nodded: "Then let's get fifteen big wines first, and five smaller ones for me to pickle. That's enough, let's rest quickly. My aunt just said to take me to see your aunt tomorrow, I don't even know what to bring. She doesn't want to see my dad so much." Of course, I don't want to see her either.Although there is no direct conflict, Ding Xiao really can't like his partner, this aunt, because of the many understandings on the side.If it wasn't for my aunt who wanted to take me there, I wouldn't have thought about it at all.Pregnancy is indeed the biggest thing in the world of beasts. In fact, in my own capacity, it is not very good not to go.But seeing myself... the other party's mood won't be good, right?

"My aunt doesn't speak well, so don't talk to her. It's better to go and have a look, so as not to be chewed by her. Otherwise, I will go with you and grandma." To be honest, Kun is still very worried about this matter.

Ding Xiao quickly shook his head: "Farewell. I'll just go there for a face-to-face interview. I don't have anything to say if my aunt is here. I just have to bring something with me. It's not good to go empty-handed."

After Kun arranged the pillows, she lay down with a smile on her arms and said, "She doesn't need anything, so it doesn't matter what she takes." Anyway, with my aunt's temper, she won't say she likes anything no matter how good it is.Instead of being wronged and smiling, I might as well take something casually.

Leaning on Kun's arm, Ding Xiao turned over. "Otherwise, I'll take twenty eggs over there? I think Dad has saved a lot. In my hometown, many pregnant women really brought eggs." (What year are you talking about, baby paper! )

Kun immediately objected: "There are only more than 30 in total, no need to send her off. I will prepare it for you tomorrow morning, don't think about it, go to sleep."

When Ding Xiao saw the gift prepared by Kun the next day, he felt both satisfied and entangled.

This shrimp weighs about three catties, and there are two carp at least seven or eight catties.He must be satisfied when the gift given here is definitely high-end.But he was very confused, why did Kun secretly go to the shrimp cage as soon as he came back yesterday?Do you really love shrimp that much?I really... don't understand.

But forget it, as long as you have something you can get it, just give it away.The two warmed up the leftovers from yesterday and grilled five fish for breakfast, and then went about their business.

Bringing fish and shrimp to the village chief's house to meet Liu Dai, Peng Jia smacked his lips when he saw what Xiaoxiao was carrying. "You child is really willing."

Ding Xiao smiled all over his face: "This is all from my own fish pond. Uncle always has a lot of it to eat. Especially this shrimp, Kun is the best at catching it!" Down the shrimp cage!

Peng Jia nodded in satisfaction: "Xiaoxiao is such a good boy. Go, these things are best when they are fresh."

Glancing at her partner, Liu Dai hurried out of the courtyard with a smile and ran to her sister's house.

The distance is not close, but Dante Xiao has gotten used to the life here.In other words, he woke up again in the village from the very beginning and understood what kind of world this is, so he never thought about leaving. Naturally, he wanted to integrate with this world from the heart.What's more, getting used to this kind of thing can be developed in a few days, not to mention that he has lived here for almost a year.His body has been modified by stones, and he has been working hard every day for exercise. It took him nearly an hour to walk from the upper village to the lower village.

Well, Aunt Liu Dai can walk as fast as a female, why can't he, a young half-orc, not be able to walk? !

Fortunately, this gift-giving trip did not suffer any setbacks or unhappiness, and sending things out makes people feel good.But Ding Xiao felt that the eyes that looked at him shallowly were not so kind, probably because of the relationship between the eldest aunt and the uncle Jin Fang, and she didn't have any chance to express her displeasure.What's more, those shrimps and fishes are good for pregnant women, and not everyone can catch a lot of them at once, especially those shrimps weighing more than three catties, in Tianhe Village, they are irresistible to anyone. temptation.

So, this guy Kun, sometimes he really knows how to behave!

After parting from Liu Dai near the altar in Shangcun, Ding Xiao hurried back to Abba's house.Seeing that Dad was feeding the chickens in front of the coop, he approached with a smile. "Father, I'm back!"

Qiong was worried about her son here just now, so she was afraid that Qian would say something unpleasant and smile and couldn't help but reply.Seeing his son so happy now, it should be that nothing happened. "Is there anything wrong?"

Ding Xiao shook his head: "It's all right, little uncle is at home. Dad, let's dig some green vegetables in the woods and come back later. I want to try to make two pots of pickled vegetables. There is also the one I told you about yesterday Red sticky fruit, you have to pick it quickly."

Joan poured all the chicken food in the basin into the coop and clapped her hands. "Alright, let's go see Mr. Wen tomorrow. But Jing and the others came over just now and said they didn't find you when they got home. You should call them, those children miss you."

Ding Xiao immediately narrowed his eyes: "We are good brothers! Then I'll call them, let's eat in the woods at noon. Uh... can we catch prey? Or just catch fish and eat?"

Joan smiled: "The prey can still be caught. You guys can also practice your hands. Using a hunting fork to poke fish can also improve your eyesight and accuracy. It is also a good choice. Anyway, don't worry about what you eat. But you have to bring It's a thing about the guy who puts things on, especially the hunting fork. By the way, I have all the snake repellent on me."

"Okay! Then I'll go and come back!"

Ding Xiao realized that a lot of things had happened when he was away from home for such a long time after meeting Jing Luxi and the others.

Du met a male from another village at the market, and they are currently in love, and they were taken to each other's village to play in the past two days, so they are not in the village.Qi is now about to "probate" this guy, Gray Tiger.But the fastest person is still Ming, taking advantage of the time when he can't go to class, he hangs around Si all day long, and before that, he has severed the relationship between the father-in-law and the brother-in-law, and now he has embraced the beauty and is building a new house up.

So now Ding Xiao, Jing, Luxi, Cai and Dongyi have to go to the location of Ming's new house to find Si, and then when they leave the village, they can meet the cub Qi who is guaranteed to follow Gray Tiger. up.

Unexpectedly, everyone's spring came in midsummer, Ding Xiao was deeply moved.I really missed how much fun to watch! (your state of mind!)

"Cai, how are you doing lately?" Ding Xiao looked at Cai, who had obviously become a little rounder, and felt very happy.Many people say that people who are nourished by love will be more beautiful, and now it is really incredible.Originally, Cai's appearance was more feminine and beautiful, and she also had a more feminine temperament. Now that she is in such a happy mood and her self-confidence has doubled, it is indeed quite dazzling.

Cai immediately replied: "It's pretty good. It's just that there are too many people ordering clothes, and I'm a little busy. But the word you said is... yes, it's called enrichment. Yiquan doesn't let me make clothes at home every day. Yes. By the way, I also made you two summer clothes, and I will fetch them for you. Take the basket and hunting fork by the way."

Ding Xiao immediately nodded and thanked: "Thank you so much! I won't be polite to you, but you must have good luck today!"

Hearing the words "youkoufu", Jing immediately came over with a smile on his face: "Smile, I knew you would have delicious food when you come back. Let me tell you, the few of us are bored without you here." , nothing new.”

Luxi complained: "Are you thinking about the delicious food made by Xiaoxiao? There are also fresh things, and the freshest thing for you is to eat!"

Jing pouted: "Then what's the matter?! I'm telling the truth. It's like you didn't eat when there was something delicious."

Ding Xiao quickly waved his hands: "You two can do it. When you are grown up, you will be arguing like little cubs. I have brought my things, and I have to go home to get my things before I leave."

A group of people left the village and rushed to the safe zone, and when they passed the village entrance and wanted to drag Qi away, Gray Tiger also specifically told Qi to be more careful and not to act alone.

Watching this scene, a group of people secretly snickered.It made Qi's whole face red, but his eyes were shining brightly, and he looked in a super good mood.Although shy, but very generous.This made Ding Xiao have to admire, Qi, this kid, is really rare to be active and bold when it comes to pursuing a partner!Looking at Gray Tiger again, it is true that such a partner is needed to match, anyway, the two of them must be in love with each other now.Really nice.Although he didn't witness this brief process, at least Kun can definitely stop being so narrow-minded.

Into the woods.Everyone chose the most familiar place today.

First of all, green vegetables and white beans must be dug, followed by other things.White beans are something that can be harvested twice a year, because not everyone likes to eat them and can cook well, so there are plenty of resources, and no one will grab them.But Ding Xiao appreciates this state very much, otherwise, if these yams, white beans, sweet potatoes and so on are all planted in the field to ensure a harvest, then it will take a lot of land.In fact, the males who can eat the most are only more interested in these "non-staple foods" that have been carefully adjusted to taste.

The green vegetables picked now are intended to be used for making pickles and kimchi.So the quantity does not need to be too much, especially for the flavored green vegetables, he plans to make two to try the taste first.Hot and sour kimchi can be made a few more.In short, picking ten is almost the same.Fortunately, green vegetables are not the best season for harvesting.The weight is only about half of what it was during the autumn harvest, otherwise he would definitely not be able to carry it.Even so, he just picked two first, and planned to eat them with cold salad later.

In the safe area, there were not many raspberry vines. This time, a group of them came out, except for Cai, they were all "novices" learning to hunt, so Joan didn't dare to take them too far.It is active in the woods not far from the river.Anyway, there are a lot of ingredients here, but it's a pity that there is no raspberry vine.

In this season, prey and fruits are plentiful, and most orc families don't often come to prepare dishes.People only store food until winter comes.On this point, Joan has a different idea from everyone else. He has always been used to having some stocks in his warehouse.So compared to other villagers, he knows where there are more plant foods.

Ding Xiao is also very familiar with familiar areas.For example, where the number of pearl fruit is the largest, where the green and red fruit trees are the most dense, and so on.There are also some things that he has been thinking about before, and now he can finally start picking them, so naturally he must not let them go.

Put some fennel stems and leaves that have not bloomed. Although you can't make stuffing for the time being, scrambled eggs with fennel leaves are also delicious.Just to make this dish, he took five eggs from home.Although the size of the egg is really small, it is enough to taste the taste.

He cut two handfuls of cress, which probably weighed eight or nine catties.He intends to make this leaf into a pickle. It is simple and convenient and can be enjoyed as a dish in a day. It is very good with meat and rice.The stalks of celery are used to make pickles. Although they are also a kind of pickles, they can be stored for several months.The current cress is very tender and has a strong fragrance. It must be much better than cooking after more than a month.Of course, the reason why he uses cutting instead of pulling is to allow the roots to continue to grow, but when he digs out the roots in autumn, not only will there be relatively tender new celery to eat, but also celery roots can be brought Make pickles.Ding Xiao still hasn't forgotten that in the vegetable market near his home, there is a stall selling pickled vegetables and celery root is very popular.The special fragrance is still fresh in my memory, but occasionally I feel a little awkward when I encounter too old "firewood" in it.

"Smile, there are piles of mushrooms by the river, come and see if you can eat them!" Standing by the river, Dong Yi was about to stand in the shallow water to practice stabbing fish, but when he arrived at the bank, he saw a clump of mushrooms.It seems that the round mushroom caps are very rare.He couldn't help calling Ding Xiao.There is no way, in the hearts of these people, it is right to ask Ding Xiao something, as long as it is about food, Xiaoxiao knows everything!

So to a certain extent, the sixth sense of these half-orc cubs is quite good.

But Ding Xiao went over to take a look, and immediately told the excited student Dong Yi: "This is not edible, but it can be used as medicine. Hurry up and take it off and dry it, and it can't be used if it grows black." Although it looks ordinary The white grass mushrooms are almost the same, and the eyes of the sky show that this thing is slightly poisonous, so it must not be easy to eat a large amount at one time.However, this mushroom has the effect of removing sores and relieving mosquito bites, it is definitely a good thing!