0p0 Chapter 214 Her guess
Chapter 214 Her guess
That night, Xia Qingyue had finished her bath and gone back to her room to sleep. Han Zhibai held an oil lamp and came to the medicine cabinet in the utility room to find the seven kinds of medicinal materials needed to make the seven-grain white medicine powder.
Take a certain proportion of Bombyx Batryticatus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Angelica dahurica, Bletilla striata, Poria cocos, White Peony Root, Aconitum carmichaelii, and Bletilla striata, crush them into powder one by one, and then mix them together.
After making the powder, he went to the study, took out a book by candlelight that recorded the recipe for a skin-nourishing cream for women, and copied the recipe onto a piece of paper.
early morning.
The valley was filled with misty white fog, and everything in sight was white, like a huge white gauze covering the surroundings.
Drops of dew condensed on the grass and trees. When the wind blew, the water droplets fell straight down, and the color of the wet soil below deepened and became darker.
After washing up, Xia Qingyue came out from the small side door of the kitchen. As soon as she came out, she felt the coolness coming towards her. She sniffed, crossed her hands and touched her arms, and a layer of goose bumps appeared on her arms under her clothes.
rustling—
There was a rustling sound of leaves rustling in the wind from the bamboo forest below the poultry house. Some withered yellow leaves and brown, dry bamboo leaves floated in the wind and passed by her eyes.
"It's so foggy today that I can't even see what's happening in the yard." She rubbed her hands and touched the jade bracelet, which felt warm. She lowered her eyes and smiled, then pulled down her sleeve to cover it.
It was so cold that she ran back to the kitchen and closed the door to block out the cold air outside.
"Come over and warm yourself by the fire. It gets colder on the mountain than down there, and it's colder there too."
Han Zhibai was making breakfast. A pot of red bean porridge was bubbling in the back stove.
The iron pot in the front stove was cooking with a lid on. When it was almost done, he opened the lid and hot steam with bursts of sour and spicy aroma wafted out.
In the swirling smoke, Xia Qingyue saw a large bowl of red stuff in the pot.
"Oh, it's chopped pepper!" She smelled a faint fishy aroma, "It's chopped pepper fish head!"
While having dinner last night, she remembered that the chopped peppers she had cooked for a few days were ready to eat and could be used to make chopped pepper fish head.
Unexpectedly, he remembered what she said casually and arranged it for her the next day.
Put the prepared chopped pepper fish head on the stove and cover it with a large bowl upside down to prevent the heat from dissipating.
Finally he stir-fried a dish of cabbage.
After breakfast was ready, Xia Qingyue came to serve the dishes, including chopped pepper fish head, a plate of scallion egg pancakes piled a little high, a small bowl of spicy dried cucumber pickles, and a vegetarian dish.
She set the dishes and chopsticks on the dining table in the main room, and Han Zhibai, who had washed his hands, came over.
The two sat down to eat breakfast together.
Heihei and Xiaobai slept side by side in the nest in the main room. They had been sleeping in this nest since she moved to the valley.
The weather has been cold recently, and they spend most of their time lying down to sleep. If they hadn't eaten the same amount as usual, Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai would have worried that they were sick.
Seeing Xia Qingyue holding a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, staring at Heihei and Xiaobai, Han Zhibai said, "There are fish and eggs steaming in the pot. You can eat them when they wake up."
"Hmm." She blew on the porridge in the bowl, used the chopsticks in her hand to scrape the porridge that cooled down faster on the edge of the bowl and took a bite, then picked up a piece of chopped pepper fish head with chopsticks and placed it in front of her.
The delicious taste is released in your mouth, the fish meat is tender and tasty, the taste is fresh and spicy, and it is very appetizing.
It was so delicious that her face was all smiles and her eyes narrowed into tiny slits.
Han Zhibai, who was sitting opposite her, was stunned and stared at her in a daze. Her every smile and lively and playful face was reflected in his smiling eyes.
After breakfast, the two of them washed the dishes and cleaned up together. Just as they were done, the two little ones woke up and started to circle around them.
She brought out steamed fish and eggs for them to eat.
The two little ones ate with gusto.
"Heihei, you seem to have gained a little weight." She said, looking at Heihei's slightly drooping belly.
Look at Xiaobai again, Xiaobai's belly seems to be bigger and fatter.
Hey, wait!
She narrowed her eyes and looked serious.
She suddenly realized a problem, that is, they had lived in the valley for some time, and the two little ones usually spent a lot of time together and got along well, which was equivalent to a married couple in the human world.
Could they have babies?
Han Zhibai, who had gone to take Xiao Hei to the front yard, came back and saw Xia Qingyue staring at Xiao Bai's belly, frowning and shaking her head from time to time.
Seeing him come back, she told him her guess.
"Let me take a look." He squatted down beside Xiaobai who was eating, stretched out a hand and gently touched its belly, "I don't think she's pregnant. Let's pay more attention to her during this period."
"Hmm!" She looked at Xiao Hei, who was lying beside Xiao Bai after eating, with clear eyes, slightly opened mouth, staring at her with a smile on his face, and she couldn't help thinking, you kid looks stupid, have you finally come to your senses, have you done anything to Xiao Bai.
There was a lot of fog today, and the two were worried about getting lost, so they decided to wait until the fog cleared a little before going out.
Taking advantage of this free time, Han Zhibai went to the utility room to find the duck down he had collected this year.
He had collected duck down in the past, mainly by washing, drying and sewing it with cloth to use for heating fruit trees and poultry. It was not until recently when she told him that duck down could also be used to make clothes and bedding for people, and that it had excellent warmth retention, that he realized it had these wonderful uses.
Looking at the twelve sacks of duck down, Xia Qingyue was stunned. "There are so many. I can make several sets of clothes, vests, quilts and shoes. There is still plenty left!"
He smiled and said, "I saw that the duck down pants made by Auntie are light and warm. We will use them to make everything we wear this winter!"
That would be extremely good!
At noon, the fog had not dissipated much, so they simply went to the fields to harvest peanuts.
The amount of peanuts he grows here is more than twice as much as that she grows there.
There has been a lot of rain this year, so crops were planted later than usual and are not in season. The harvest will probably not be as good as in previous years when crops were planted in the same season, but if they are not planted, there will be nothing.
I pulled out a peanut plant and found that the roots were covered with peanuts of varying sizes, all covered in moist soil.
Xia Qingyue picked apart and ate a few peanuts, then fed Han Zhibai a small handful. The fresh taste was crisp, slightly sweet and had a rich aroma.
Throw the pulled peanuts on the ground and dry them in the sun later. If the weather is good later, drag the peanuts down from the field, which makes it easier to carry them back.
At the end of Chenshi, most of the fog had dissipated, and they took Xiaohei, Heihei and Xiaobai to the tiankeng.
Even though there was still some fog in the forest and visibility was not very good, the two little ones, who were familiar with the terrain, sniffed the smells and successfully arrived at the tiankeng.
When we arrived, the clouds had cleared and the sun was bright and warm.
The camellia trees beside the vegetable pond had not been taken care of for some time, and many weeds as tall as people's calves had grown there.
The interior of the tiankeng has become more lush and green, and it looks vibrant everywhere, but it lacks the atmosphere of human life.
Looking around, Xia Qingyue felt a little lost. Soon, she adjusted her mood, put her hands on her hips, and looked up at the mouth of the tiankeng. "Let's harvest the peanuts and mung beans first. The weather is good, so we can put them on the ground to dry."
Han Zhibai thought so too and nodded.
After agreeing on what to do, the two set out on a journey to harvest vegetables.
Since they only had to pull out the vegetables, they worked for about an hour. All the peanuts were pulled out and half of the mung beans were pulled out. It was already a few minutes after noon and they were all hungry, so they decided to eat lunch before continuing to work.
In the morning, Han Zhibai made some more scallion egg pancakes and wrapped them in large washed leaves. He also brought some dried persimmons, ten chicken and duck eggs, a dried fish and a handful of dried shrimps.
The pots, pans, and firewood in the tiankeng are all there.
The two came to the kitchen.
"Qingyue, sit down and drink some water and eat some dried fruit. I'll go make lunch."
Han Zhibai placed the food he brought on the dining table.
She pulled his sleeve and asked him to sit down, "You should sit down and rest for a while, there is no rush."
They drank the cold boiled water they brought in bamboo tubes and ate dried fruits while looking around at the plants and trees in the sinkhole.
After filling his stomach with some snacks, Han Zhibai rolled up his sleeves and went to make lunch.
Beat the eggs in a large bowl, add water and mix well, chop the air-dried fish into pieces and place them on a plate, put the scallion egg pancakes on another plate, put a grate in a hot iron pan with water, and steam them.
During the steaming process, he did not rest. He washed and drained the cabbage that was going to be used for the soup, and washed all the used knives, chopping boards and colanders.
Xia Qingyue entered the cave and went to each room to pack up things. Some of the things could be taken back to the valley this time.