Searching for food through the beast world

Triumphant return

With a happy mood, I packed a small bag of gypsum powder and went home.Ding Xiao is now full of fantasies about becoming a landlord.

Dozens of mu of fertile land, a small two-story building, a fish pond the size of two or three mu of land, and cages of poultry and livestock!It's really cool to think about it, not to mention that it is really possible to come true!

In his previous life, Ding Xiao never thought of owning his own land.He only hopes that he can open a ready-made clothing store, sell the clothes he designs, and make tailor-made clothes for customers.Then make money to support dad.So in this life, there is hope to become a landowner, and they should still be in another world, at least they are the first landlord in Tianhe Village. This is really a gratifying thing!

Although the sacrificial priest said that he could not tell his father and father, Ding Xiao still planned to make a tofu banquet the next day on the grounds that he had found an important ingredient "gypsum powder". The main banquet object was the sacrificial priest.And this time, Uncle Ge Zhong also went to the encirclement and suppression team, and it would definitely be more lively for the priest to eat alone every day than with three members of his own family.Ding Xiao will never admit that this is a kind of bribery, absolutely not!

To make some tofu, gypsum and soybeans are not enough.There is also the necessary auxiliary equipment, that is, the mold.

My father's hands-on ability is super strong, but Ding Xiao is reluctant to let He's father, who patrols from morning to night, work on this all night.So after he discussed with his father, the father and son decided to ask Peng Jia for help.Anyway, making tofu this time is also indispensable for the village head.

Although Pengjia is currently on night shift to lead patrols every day, the energy of the male is absolutely strong.If it is not in poor health, generally sleeping for two or three hours a day is enough.So the village head, who had already slept enough in the morning, received a request from his younger sister-in-law and future daughter-in-law, and immediately used the wood Kun saved at home to make four large molds about one meter square and one foot thick.Ding Xiao felt that the scale was really huge. Could it be that he wants to open a tofu shop in the future?

The mold was made quite smoothly, and the young man on one side also learned his father's working procedures and made two small molds the size of washbasins for Ding Xiao with leftover materials.This made Xiaoxiao very happy.It's not because there are two more small molds, but because he can be sure that Cang Juvenile's hands-on ability will never be inferior to his elder brother.In time, I will definitely become a handicraft master!Maybe there will be many things in the future that I can ask this child to help.Uh...of course when Kun is not around.

After learning that tomorrow dinner can go to the second uncle's house to eat the food made by Brother Xiaoxiao, Xiao Miaomiao was very happy. She took the animal skin hat with folded ears made for herself by Ding Xiaotou two days ago and the even Pointing to the glove, wandering around Xiaoxiao.It made Ding Xiaozhi dizzy. "Miao Miao, don't turn around, I'm already confused by your turn."

Miao Miao stopped in her tracks and pulled Xiaoxiao's finger: "Brother Xiaoxiao, can I make popsicles for Miao Miao tomorrow? Okay? Okay?"

Ding Xiao patted Miaomiao's head: "Okay. There will definitely be popsicles tomorrow." However, Kun is not here, Dad has no time, and it is absolutely impossible to eat snow cypress fruit.Just sugar popsicles, let’s fool the kids first, anyway, the kids here don’t have much to eat, and they don’t have much to pursue.sweat.

Ding Xiao soaked two cans of soybeans that night.Of course, there are only a quarter of soybeans in each tank, and more water.However, these beans can probably weigh six to seven catties. After soaking and adding water to grind the soybean milk, the amount is already quite considerable.And after finishing this time, half of the bag of soybeans was left.It seems that after Kun comes back to make another meal, he will have to harvest next year before eating again.

After dinner, Ding Xiao snuggled under the blanket and carefully read the book "Teach You to Make Home Cooking" to find inspiration for the tofu feast.As a result, I fell asleep watching it.

When he woke up the next day, he found a heating body beside him. "Kun? When did you come back?!" Seeing the big guy staring at him, Xiaoxiao immediately opened his eyes wide.

Kun hugged Xiaoxiao's waist tightly, and instead of answering the question, he kissed her directly.From the forehead to the tip of the nose, from the forehead to the lips, from the outside of the lips to the inside of the lips.In short, Brother Kun kissed very carefully.It wasn't until Xiaoxiao kicked his leg unsteadily that he reluctantly let go.

Ding Xiao took two deep breaths: "I told you, don't... just kiss without asking. Almost suffocate me!" It's always good to be prepared for this thing!

Kun had a faint smile on his face, but he could see that he was both happy and excited: "I miss you. I just want to kiss you."

Ding Xiao was joked by him. "When did you come back?"

Kun replied: "I went back to the village in the middle of the night yesterday. I saw that you didn't lock the door, so you came in." At first, he was still thinking that if Xiaoxiao locked the door, he would go home and sleep, and come back in the morning.As a result, the door opened as soon as I pushed it, and my partner was still sleeping so soundly that I didn't even wake up when I climbed into bed and got under the covers.

"Ah, by the way! Are you injured? Are you injured? Are all the jackals eliminated? How many are there? Also, are you sure you eliminated them all? Will there be any left behind? ?” After asking several questions in one breath, Ding Xiao also heaved a sigh of relief after he finished speaking, as expected, he was still very worried.

Kun put his arms around him and smiled, and put it close to his partner's ear and replied: "I'm not injured, a few people were scratched a little bit, but it's okay, the priest brought us medicine, and it was treated at that time, all of them were skin trauma. We hunted a total of 43 jackals, which is a huge group. Fortunately, we found them in time, otherwise it would be a big trouble. If they attack small villages, the people in small villages will definitely suffer losses. Although we Not sure if there are any jackals left in this group, but even if there are some escaped, there is no danger, they dare not break into the village alone."

Hearing the number of 43, Ding Xiao was shocked. "Why are there so many? Didn't you say there are at most 30?"

Kun touched Xiaoxiao's hair: "That's just my estimate, because the most I've seen before is more than 30. Now this time is the most. But it's a good thing to have a large number, and everyone can get more Some. When hunting jackals, we also hunted other things and brought back a lot of food."

The two villages distributed the 43 jackals according to their numbers.Because of the large number of people in Tianhe Village, thirty jackals were taken away.Basically, three people share a leopard's meat, not too much, but better than nothing.The main reason is that so many males came and went together, which frightened many beasts that did not enter hibernation or enter the valley of death, and then appeared in the sight of the males out of order.The result is naturally being hunted.So basically everyone has a catch or two of prey.Moreover, Kun also collected many snow cypress fruits for Ding Xiao, as well as a small bundle of hard-to-find white branches.

Kun sent the jackal's meat and a full-grown one-horned ox back to his home.Xiaoxiao left a multi-horned deer that has just grown up and the meat quality is in its prime.And he still remembered that at this time, the antlers of the multi-horned deer were called antlers. Both the priest and Xiaoxiao said that this thing was a tonic, very good and precious.

What makes Ding Xiao happiest is that with the Sheba fruit, Xiao Miaomiao doesn't have to be wronged to eat sugar popsicles.As for Baizhi, he was very curious.It's clear that it's dark and not autumn, but it's called Baizhi.But after Kun peeled off the outer skin of the white branch, and the white branch flesh like snow was exposed inside, he understood.Sure enough, even though the orcs' names were not as good as their own, they must have a reason.

Baizhi is a single-stem plant with the thickness of a rolling pin. It has no leaves and does not bloom. As for winter, it will grow in places with water, and if it is not pulled out together with the roots, it cannot be stored. It will not be eaten for an hour at that time. After that, the branches inside will all turn black and bitter.But if the root is pulled out, it can be stored for about ten days.Ding Xiao took a bite of the white branch, which was completely different from the hard texture he had imagined.The taste of this thing is very crisp, but you can only chew the juice of the twig, and the dregs left in your mouth have to be spit out, just like eating sugarcane.As for the taste, it's not bad.But Ding Xiao thinks it is not as delicious as sherbet fruit.

The result of Tianyan's observation on the white branch is that it is cold in nature, sweet and non-toxic, and can help digestion.Then there are no hints.fair enough.Squeeze him into juice after a while, and have a glass for each person after eating, it seems not bad~!

He Adie still has to insist on leading the team today, but he can come back earlier.

After Kun sent the things back to his home, he went straight to the village.There will be a small ceremony at noon, in order to welcome the warriors who return in triumph and destroy the wild beasts for the safety of the villagers.Although the priest went up to pray for the warriors, the village chief went up to say some words of encouragement to the big guys, and then each of them shared a prey tooth, the ceremony was considered over.

Regarding this, Ding Xiao lacked interest.What he wants to do most today is to make a tofu feast and give Kun a chance!Of course, Kun is back, and Uncle Ge Zhong is back, and the number of tofu feasts is about to increase.You can make so much tofu, so let’s find it all with meat.In terms of the way these orcs do things, people who come to eat will never be empty-handed!

After washing the soaked soybeans, Qiong, Ding Xiao and his son began to grind the soybean milk.

"Smile, the pancakes you made with bean dregs were delicious last time, do you still make them today?" Recalling the fragrant and crispy bean dregs pancakes she ate last time, Joan's hands moved significantly faster.

Okara is naturally one of the important raw materials in the tofu feast.Ding Xiao doesn't plan to just make small bean dreg pancakes today. "Come on, I want to make meatballs with bean dregs and stir-fry meat. They are all good. Dad, next spring, I will plant all these soybeans in the ground, and we will also use them in our yard. Plant them, so that in autumn, there will be more soybeans to eat!"

Joan nodded with a smile: "If these things can be grown, there will be more food in winter in the future, and no one will go hungry anymore."

"Yes. In my hometown, there are many people who specialize in farming and raising animals. They provide people with a source of food. Because there are very few wild animals in our area, and wild animals in the forest are not allowed to be hunted. The meat we eat is all raised by humans.”

Joan thought about it, and then laughed: "So we can do it here. And the bow and arrow you mentioned before, if it is made, we half-orcs can also hunt some bigger beasts. Well, in the future Life will definitely get better and better, smile, these are all thanks to you!"

Ding Xiao scooped a spoonful of soybeans into Mopan's eyes, then scratched his head: "What, I'm just telling what I've seen. And we also have a commonly used medicinal material and vegetable here, and Kun said it's like The Snake Clan and the Violent Bear Clan also have animals. I just think that if they can harvest a lot of food and vegetables and raise a lot of animals, Dad and Kun won’t have to go on adventures in the forest all the time.”

Joan touched the top of his son's head: "Actually, for the males of all tribes, hunting is the most basic and necessary thing to do. Even if we have these animals as backup food, they will still go hunting in the forest every day. It is the honor and duty of a male to catch delicious food for his family with his own hands. Smile, you haven’t seen a male hunt, have you? If you have seen it, you will know that when they hunt in the shape of a beast, it is incomparable to any tool. So bows and arrows will only be the hunting tools of our orcs, just like hunting forks."

Ding Xiao understood this very well.For these big guys, hunting is the belief and foundation of survival.Moreover, these males have huge appetites. These easy-to-raise livestock and poultry are actually difficult to satisfy the right amount, and they are really a spare food.But for small animal-shaped tribes like the Bobcats and Nine-tails, bows and arrows and animal husbandry may better meet their daily needs.It's just that planting is the most important thing anyway.Because the storage of food is definitely easier than meat, and it can also fill the stomach more, which can reduce the pressure on males to some extent.In fact, Ding Xiao found that when eating these starchy staple foods, males always eat less than eating meat alone.This is certainly not because they prefer to eat meat, but the two types of food make them feel full differently.Or maybe the digestive system of orcs is very different from that of modern humans?

After confessing to his father that he had never ordered tofu, Ding Xiao opened his heart and made the worst plan, first made a small pot of soy milk to try.

Mix the gypsum powder into a slurry, and then pour it into the boiled soybean milk little by little. After stirring evenly, the soybean milk will start to coagulate after a while.Probably because the amount of gypsum is relatively small, this small pot of soy milk has become a tender tofu brain.

Ding Xiao is full of confidence in the success of tofu brain.Then he took a deep breath and began to order the cans of soy milk.

The "tofu" last time should actually be soy milk jelly. Although the jelly root and soy milk also reacted, there is still a big difference in the body, at least there is no way to heat it for a long time.This time, Joan saw that the soy milk changed in a short time.I have to use surprise to describe his mood and expression at this moment. He can't wait for the next work. "Smile, what are you going to do next?"

After the soymilk coagulates successfully, the following work must be to pack and press.The mold and linen that have been washed in advance will come in handy at this time.

The mold is composed of three parts.The bottom support below is a piece of wood larger than the frame, the top is the wooden frame, and the top is a wooden board smaller than the wooden frame.After the burlap is soaked, put it inside, leaving enough size to wrap the tofu.Because the mold is larger, the linen needed is even larger.Fortunately, people in the orc world don't know how to cut clothes in pieces, and the orcs are all tall, so each roll of cloth has a large area, so there is no need to use grass to sew.

After laying the linen, Ding Xiao started to put the bean curd into the mold, that is, on the linen, with a large flat wooden spoon that Peng Jia made yesterday.When it is two or three centimeters away from the wooden frame, spread the sackcloth to cover the tofu brain, then press on a small wooden board, and finally put a clay pot filled with water on it as a stone for pressing.The next thing to do is wait for the tofu to take shape.

Because the molds made by Pengjia are too big, there is not enough soy milk to fit four molds. After two molds are placed, there is not enough leftover to fill the other two.Ding Xiao had an idea, and decided to make the rest of the dried tofu, which happened to be less and pressed for a longer time!

After finishing the work on the tofu side, Ding Xiao hurriedly looked at the tofu nao that he ordered earlier.The temperature around the stove did not cool the tofu nao, and now is a good time to eat.

Scooped out two bowls, chopped some green onions, poured some chili oil and soy sauce, and put on the olives and vegetables that I have been reluctant to eat. A bowl of spicy salted tofu nao is ready to eat.When Xiao Miaomiao comes after a while, it's better to put sherbet fruit juice on her and make it sweet, she must like this kind of taste more.