Searching for food through the beast world

Pickles and "hidden weapons"

In the next few days, Kun and Adie He really spent in the atmosphere of brewing wine.

I thought that I would be fine if I sealed all the wine jars for those close to me, but a new job came again.First of all, the house Mingxin built decided to be a kang like Kun's house, so Brother Kun had to do technical guidance.And Si especially likes the windows of Xiaoxiao's house, but now there is no place to get so much shellac, so the two decided to use wooden panels as window sashes first. Anyway, in summer, opening it during the day will also brighten the room.So the work of making windows and door leaves still needs to be guided by Brother Kun.The point is that this requirement is not unique to Ming.

Kun's daily life has become increasingly busy since he has been doing technical work for a few days.So the job of pickling vegetables could not be counted on him at all.

Fortunately, Si is very sensible, knowing that building a new house takes up Kun's time, so she volunteered to help Xiaoxiao with her work.As a result, he became obsessed with harvesting.It's just that after picking the peppers, my fingers are burning and sore.

The harvested chili peppers are of great use.He made half of it into two jars of pickled peppers, and the other half into garlic chili sauce.But for the sake of looking good, the peppers used in the garlic chili sauce are all red.At this time, the chili meat still has some thickness, and the spicy flavor still has the unique fragrance of chili peppers, and this fragrance will change after the chili peppers are fully grown and dried.

Making garlic chili sauce is much more painful than making sansho pickles.First of all, the job of chopping peppers made Ding Xiao "cry" for a while.Last year, I only ate dried red peppers. Although the spiciness is enough, no one would use too much dried red peppers in one go. It is nothing more than adding some spices when making dishes and barbecue sauces.And that ten spiciness can make the whole bowl of meat sauce full of flavor.Now that he had chopped fresh peppers like this, he really realized that the peppers were extraordinarily hot, and it was no wonder that his hands ached after picking them.

Luxi was wrapping garlic on the side, and there was already a large bowl full, but it was still a long way from the amount Ding Xiao had set for him.Jing was grinding ginger mud on the side. Although he was not happy with the hot taste, but seeing Ding Xiao's snot and tears coming out, he became calmer.The few remaining people wash the jars, and those who chop green vegetables cut green vegetables.In short, these guys in the yard were chatting while working, and they were very happy.

Ding Xiao has never been stingy with the people around him who are generous.Just like making this garlic chili sauce and making pickled green vegetables, I teach everyone the steps while making it.He was only careful about soaking sansan pepper, although he wasn't sure if anyone would like it, but it was true that he liked it himself.

Ding Xiao is more confident about this green vegetable.There are more ingredients written in the book, so it is destined that the taste will not be too bad.

In addition to the onion, ginger, garlic, and pepper aniseed, the book also says to use cinnamon bark, but now Ding Xiao can't find this thing, so he uses Jun bark instead.It doesn't matter if there is no MSG, and it doesn't matter if you don't let it go.The rest is salt and sugar. When the cabbage is dehydrated and marinated, lake salt is used, and a smaller amount can be saved.When he was actually marinating with the raw materials, he switched to using vegetable salt. Of course, this is for better taste. After all, vegetable salt is used to have a clear fragrance, and lake salt has already imparted a base flavor to the vegetables before.Add apples and pears for flavor.With so many ingredients to match these green vegetables, it can't be unpalatable even if you think about it!

Because pickled green vegetables are experimental products, and it is written in the book that they need to be marinated for four or five days before they can be eaten, so Ding Xiao promised that everyone will open the altar in five days, and if they are delicious, everyone will share them equally.Then go on to do more.Of course, the garlic chili sauce can be eaten after it is cooled.It's just because the quantity made is not as much as pickled green vegetables, and the peppers are all grown by Xiaoxiao himself, and they are not grown in the territory of the Mavericks. Everyone just tasted it wisely. No one accepted Xiaoxiao's gift.

But for the taste of garlic chili sauce, everyone is salivating.Although it is really spicy, it is very appetizing and refreshing.Ding Xiao can also see that everyone loves hot sauce, but there is no way, even he doesn't want to pick and eat the hot peppers in the experimental field at all.First of all, half of them belong to the village department, and the remaining half has to be kept for good quality, so that the seeds can be planted next year.What's more, dried chilies are easier to store, and this year's garlic chili sauce may be all there is. "After the peppers in the field are grown, there will be a lot of seeds. At that time, the village department will definitely distribute them to each family. Although it may not be too many, it must be enough to plant in your own yard. In the future There are more seeds every year, so there is no need to only have a little bit like now."

This is a wonderful dream for everyone.The key is that there are not only peppers in the field, but also many other things.Thinking of all kinds of delicacies that Xiaoxiao once tasted here, everyone is eager to try, wishing to devote themselves to farming now.

After finishing the pickling, Ding Xiao and Father Joan went to see Mr. Wen.

Although Ding Xiao came back to see Mr. Wen with a pack of dried clams and a few fish.But Wen also knew that the village department was going to make fruit wine, Xiaoxiao was so capable, he was also happy as a master, as for learning art, there was no need to worry too much, there was plenty of time.

This time when he came to hear that Mr. Wen was going to hand over his skill of throwing bone nails to himself, Ding Xiao stood up excitedly.You know, every Chinese man has a martial arts dream in his heart.Although it is very powerful to use a hunting fork or something, something similar to a hidden weapon like a bone nail is more attractive.And just looking at Mr. Wen's kung fu of nailing the strip-headed snake to death with a bone nail, Ding Xiao can be sure that if he practices well, he can use this to hunt some small prey, and dangerous objects like snakes can also be eliminated in advance. , There is no need for melee combat at all.

Now that we talked about bone nails, Papa Joan discussed with Mr. Wen about the bow and arrow that Xiaoxiao said before.

At this moment, Ding Xiao was already playing with the set of bone nails given to him by Mr. Wen, and did not participate in the conversation between the two elders at all.What Wen gave to Ding Xiao was a set of newly polished bone nails. There were twenty nails in a pack. Because they were made of different animal bones, they were different in length and thickness.And precisely because of the difference, each bone nail has a slight difference in throwing force, which is a test of one's skill.

Seeing that Mr. Wen and Dad were having a heated discussion, Ding Xiao secretly left the house, found a wooden block in the yard and tried a few times.What I thought was good, but this small bone nail is not as easy to control as my previous set of plastic darts.To be precise, this kind of bone nail is more like a super-sized needle, and it is really difficult to master the accuracy.After ten shots, only one nail was driven into the wooden pier, and the position was far from the destination he wanted to hit.

Just when Ding Xiao was about to throw out the remaining ten to find his feelings, Father Joan called him into the room.

Mr. Wen asked directly: "Xiaoxiao, can you still remember what the strings of bows and arrows are made of?"

Ding Xiao thought for a while: "It seems that animal tendons can be used, but I don't understand how to make animal tendons very strong and elastic." As for bowstrings like metal, it is absolutely impossible to make them here.

After hearing this, Mr. Wen nodded: "If it's animal tendons, you can indeed try it. How about it, Jue and I will try it out in the next two days. When it's ready, ask you father and son to come over and try it. If it's done, I also plan to take these children to learn, it is easier than bone nails."

"Originally, He Ye and I wanted to try it, but we put it on hold because there were too many things to do. You are the best in our village in handling animal hides and tendons. I believe this bow can definitely be made."

Ding Xiao also agrees: "I believe that Mr. Wen can do it! Then I will learn this kung fu after a while?" In fact, I don't have time recently!Seeing that some summer foods are about to be out of season.

Mr. Wen was puzzled: "Kung fu? You mean bone nails?"

Ding Xiao nodded: "Yes. In my hometown, kung fu means being able to do something very powerful." It seems... Hu explained it, but it feels almost enough.

Wen smiled: "You child, what's so great about this. In fact, you just need to find out the feeling and practice more. This bow and arrow is very useful for us half-orcs, so I will make this first. You must be very busy recently, right?"

Ding Xiao scratched his head: "Hey, I saw it. There are indeed a lot of things to pick. By the way, we pickled green vegetables yesterday, and we will bring some for you to try when we are successful."

"Then I won't be polite to you. But when picking things in the forest, you should always pay attention to the situation around you. Don't forget what I taught you."

"Don't worry, I will never do something like that last time!" Sure enough, everyone still values ​​their previous convictions very much!inner cow.

There are more and more pots and jars in the house. Ding Xiao saw that the lower floor of the warehouse was full of all kinds of containers, and he was both satisfied and embarrassed.In fact, there are only two jars of pickled peppers, two jars of pickled green vegetables, and one jar of salted celery, and the rest are boiled fruit oil.

As long as you think about the need to pickle more pickled vegetables, kimchi and spicy vegetables at the end of autumn, as well as the absolutely indispensable amount of sauerkraut, it seems that there is no need to worry about this winter's dishes.There are those white beans in the vegetable cellar, and I will dig yams after a while, as well as rice nuts and pumpkins that can be distributed at least about a thousand catties. My winter grains are simply abundant!Oh, by the way, this still doesn't count the pheasants sent by my father, the two wild geese, the litter of rabbits I got, and the two curly sheep that Kun caught.

There are plenty of things, so you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, but Ding Xiao feels that he suddenly has a symptom of collecting, as long as he sees mature things that can be stored, he can't help but bring them back.Fortunately, Kun has been busy these days, so he was able to follow Dad to the safe zone on the day the market opened.

Although Mr. Wen didn't teach how to throw the bone nail, he did explain the basics to Ding Xiao.To put it bluntly, there are no secret formulas to follow for this thing. It is Wen's proficiency that eventually becomes an instinctive movement. He taught Ding Xiao that he was nothing more than talking about his experience and methods of exerting force.Really want to comprehend or have to rely on oneself.

Ding Xiao asked Kun to get a wooden board in his yard, on which circles were drawn with charcoal sticks.In any case, accuracy is the most important thing, and before accuracy, it is even more important to apply force to the bone nail.

Kun thought it was interesting and tried it a few times, and only one or two times out of ten were inaccurate.What's important is that every time you throw the nail, the depth of the bone nail into the board is objective, but Ding Xiao can't do it, he can nail two or three millimeters at most.Even if this kind of strength is accurately directed into the animal's eyes, it will not kill the animal.

Kun said: "You have to eat more meat to be strong."

Ding Xiao retorted: "Which day did I not eat meat? Besides, I just started practicing, how can I compare with you, a child prodigy who is born with supernatural power?!"

Kun rubbed his partner's face with a smile: "Xiaoxiao is right, it's my problem."

Ding Xiao snorted: "It's good to admit your mistakes, get up, and I'll continue to practice! I think, this thing is really better to fly so that it's easier to control, it's too small, and it feels too difficult to control."

Kun asked Xiaoxiao what the flying knife was in detail.He even asked the question "How can a knife fly?" in a serious manner.While laughing, Ding Xiao took out a pen and paper and drew the simplest shape of a flying knife.

Then Kun used the animal bones in his family's collection to quickly make a throwing knife that was only as long as Ding Xiao's palm, and even the ring on the back was polished.And the sharpness of the blade is also impressive. After all, in the world of beasts, most hunting forks are made of animal bones, and the orcs are very good at grinding animal bones.

Ding Xiao made two gestures with the throwing knife, and it was easier to control it because he got bigger.Although it is not very accurate, but based on the standard of three meters, he can nail at least one centimeter into the wooden board now.This depth is indeed far from enough, but Ding Xiao is more confident than the bone nail, but the flying knife is too conspicuous without the bone nail to carry.Fortunately, this is not really a hidden weapon, and I am not going to be an assassin, and there is no local saying that it is not allowed to carry "controlled" knives.Get a dart bag on your waist or legs, it should be very exciting to think about it!

"Kun, you said that I told Mr. Wen that I wanted to practice this throwing knife, would he not be happy?" He also likes bone nails, but after all, it is not a day's work.Mr. Wen is over 300 years old this year. He has been practicing since he was in his 20s. It takes hundreds of years to practice to achieve what he can do. It is impossible for him to get started quickly.As for the flying knife, it is more practical. In fact, if it is made of iron, the weight will more than double, and the same force is thrown, but the effect is more than doubled.

Kun continued to use animal bones to make throwing knives, while shaking his head: "Mr. Wen just wants you to have more self-protection skills. This bone nail is very useful against approaching snakes and poisonous insects. But eyes and vigilance are the most important. You It’s okay to want to use this throwing knife, maybe Mr. Wen will also like flying knives. If this is strong, prey as big as a six-toed badger can be killed.” Of course, the premise is that the strength is enough to drive the flying knife into the animal’s skull In general, the prey that half-orcs can catch is generally difficult to attack the heart.

Weighing the flying knife in his hand, Ding Xiao wondered for a while, and then made up his mind: "Then I will go to Mr. Wen now and tell him that I want to practice flying knife!"

Kun nodded with a smile: "Go by yourself. Mr. Wen will be happy."

Ding Xiao put his hips on his hips: "Of course I will go by myself! I still have to show off to my father. By the way, didn't you say that tonight the official establishment of our village motorcade will be celebrated by the village department? Is it a bonfire feast?"

Kun replied: "Well. I have prepared the meat to be grilled, just bring some pepper sauce."

Hearing the word "sauce", Ding Xiao clapped his hands: "I almost forgot, anyway, I'm going to Mr. Wen's house, I'm going to make a bowl of spicy beef sauce for Mr. Wen to take." I pulled some peanuts in the field yesterday Come up, refer to the ingredient list written by Laoganma, and make a jar of spicy beef sauce.The result is less peanuts and peppers, and more diced beef.However, the peanut flavor here is very strong, and the chili is also very spicy, so there is absolutely no picky taste.Since it was made, Kun has been placed in the very center of the cabinet like a baby.

However, with such a "baby" thing, Kun did not show a "stingy" attitude at all this time, and even went to the field with a smile to break a few sticks of tender corn. "This long beard is sticky, and it is very sweet when it is tender."

Looking at the long-bearded stick that grows and bears fruit in a few months like a balloon, Ding Xiao once again sighed with emotion in his heart. "I didn't expect this thing to grow so fast. I thought it would take two years to bear fruit." At least the kenaf flower tree has not shown signs of blooming so far, but it has grown taller than myself.

Kun said with a smile: "The rice nut trees we sowed have grown, and now they can reach your waist height. It is estimated that they will bear fruit next year. But this year we still have to go outside to harvest."

Hearing that those rice nut trees have grown so tall, Ding Xiao suddenly became interested: "Will you take me to see it tomorrow? By the way, dig lotus roots."

Kun immediately agreed: "Okay. Call Shangfeng and Muwa to have dinner together."

In fact, Ding Xiao knew very well in his heart that what his black tiger meant was: there are many people...it's easy to work.