0p0 Chapter 159 Making Fried Noodles
Chapter 159 Making Fried Noodles
Compared to the tiankeng, the Li family shelter is much smaller. The space is small, and rain leaks into the open-air cave, making it very humid.
While they were talking, the three of them turned the corner.
Just as she walked over, the scene in front of her eyes darkened and Xia Qingyue exclaimed in surprise. She looked up and saw no raindrops falling. The open-air cave entrance was blocked by a conical bamboo raft, which protected the area under her feet like a roof.
Taking advantage of the geographical location, bamboo rafts are built on the edge of the mountain. The bamboos are broken open one by one, and the middle nodes are cut off. The green side faces down, and the broken light yellow side faces up, forming a shape similar to tiles. Rainwater drips onto the bamboo tiles, from high to low, and finally flows into a circle of canals dug below.
The water from the canal eventually flows to several drainage outlets in the mountain.
After building an eaves to protect the house from rain, the Li family found some wood and built a ten-square-meter wooden house. Tables, chairs, benches and other furniture were placed on the open space next to it.
Her eyes lit up. "Not bad. It won't get wet in the rain, but it's a little damp."
“Yes, it’s good not to get wet in the rain. We used large bamboos to build the raft, and placed them in staggered positions, making two layers. You can’t see anything from the outside, so it’s pretty good.” Chen Yuzhen said with a smile, her satisfaction visible to the naked eye.
Xia Qingyue walked around and took a look. After improvements, the Li family shelter became much better. As long as the disaster was not particularly serious, there would be no problem for them to live here.
Soon, lunch was ready and we went back to the cave outside to eat. There was meat, vegetables, soup and white rice.
Finished the lunch happily.
After dinner, Li Weikang and the other three young men washed the dishes and cleaned up, while the rest of the people sat around the table and chatted.
The Li family members were very sad. They had just moved down the mountain and were living a stable life for a short time, but they never expected to have to move back to the mountain to live.
As they chatted, Li Benfu asked about Han Zhibai's situation, "I wonder how the child is doing?"
Xia Qingyue thought of the valley that seemed like a fairyland on earth. It would be a lie to say she was not envious. She could see that Li Benfu asked this out of concern as an elder for the younger.
"He knows the mountain better than we do and is very capable, so he should be doing OK."
After chatting for a while, Xia Qingyue said she wanted to go back.
Li Benfu nodded to Chen Yuzhen.
Chen Yuzhen pulled Xia Qingyue into the wooden house.
"Qingyue, this is the money you gave us before. We didn't buy the grain, and this is not a small amount. There are many people in our family, and we can't guarantee that someone will lose it or something will happen one day. It's safest to keep the money in your own hands. You should keep it well, as you will have many places to spend money in the future."
"Auntie, thank you for your troubles recently." She took the money.
Chen Yuzhen patted Xia Qingyue's hand, eyes full of worry, "It's a pity that we didn't get the grain yet. I just hope the rain disaster will end soon. There was a drought last year, and it's the same this year... Alas..."
The two held hands and chatted for a while.
Li Weikang and the other three young men offered to walk Xia Qingyue part of the way, and they walked to the old place to say goodbye.
After watching Xia Qingyue leave, Chen Youmao said, "Since we're out now, shall we go to Fang's house?"
Li Weisheng looked at Chen Youmao steadily, his eyes as sharp as a knife.
Chen Youmao's scalp tingled when he was stared at, and his eyes became more and more unsure.
Suddenly, the atmosphere became tense and it was so quiet that only the sound of falling rain could be heard.
Li Weikang stood between the two brothers. He raised his hand and patted Chen Youmao on the shoulder. "You can go and see it, but you should know the rest by yourself. Let's go together."
It's easier to be cautious when there are many people around, but it's easier to get carried away when you're alone.
Over there, Xia Qingyue was walking back, picking all the wild vegetables and mushrooms she saw along the way, and she would not be coming out for the time being.
When she got to the stream, she collected the three fish cages in two trips.
When I got home, I washed my shower and hair with hot water and put on dry clothes. I felt so comfortable.
After taking a shower and cleaning her body, she went to bed to read a book, and then fell asleep after her hair was dry.
When she woke up, the room was pitch black. She blinked her eyes, her mind was confused, and she had no idea where she was or what time it was.
For a moment, she felt confused and self-doubting, until she touched the warm quilt and remembered everything.
I was surprised how fast time flies.
After a good sleep, she felt full of energy. She got up, stretched herself, and fell asleep in her little nest.
She lit the oil lamp and walked out of the room holding it.
My stomach is growling. I'm hungry.
The sound of the rain made her subconsciously look in the direction of the sinkhole. She thought, it would be great if the rain could turn into money. It would keep raining and she would keep picking up the money below. She didn't know how great it would be.
Thinking about this, I laughed to myself.
She lit pine needles in the stove to start a fire with firewood, and boiled hot water in the pot. She didn't plan to cook rice in the evening, but wanted to change the taste and make a new food.
She ran to the utility room and took out black beans and sesame seeds, washed them clean, and used a colander to remove excess water. She first poured the sesame seeds into an oil- and water-free pot and stir-fried them over low heat. At first, a lot of hot air would come out of the pot, which was water vapor, but it would disappear later.
Pour the fried sesame seeds into a bowl, then fry the black beans.
Black beans are big and take a long time to fry. She is very patient and stir-fries them over and over with a spatula until they change color and are cooked.
While they are still hot, put the fried sesame seeds and black beans into a mortar and crush them in batches several times until they become powder. The finer the better.
After tinkering with it, she waved her sore hands and took a break.
Finally, pour the flour into the pan and fry it until it turns yellow.
Mix the three kinds of powder together to make black bean and sesame fried powder. Just pour boiling water into it and eat it. You can add salt or sugar to make it sweet or salty.
The main focus is convenience, and the key is that it is good for women's health and can improve their skin and hair.
It would be a bit monotonous to eat this alone in the evening. There were big fish in the wooden basin. She picked out one weighing more than two kilograms, killed it, sliced it into fish fillets, and made sauerkraut fish.
Fry the fish bones in a pan until they turn brown, then pour in hot water and boil until the soup turns milky white. Add sauerkraut and sour peppers and simmer over low heat until the flavor comes out. Remove the fish bones and add the fish fillets over low heat.
The big bowl of pickled fish smelled so fragrant that her stomach growled as she sniffed the aroma.
Even Heihei smelled the fragrance and ran out of the room.
"Heihei, you are eating boiled fish and eggs."
She ate while sitting at the table, and Heihei ate while standing at the table.
She added a little salt to the fried noodles and made it into a bowl of dark, thick batter. I took a bite and it tasted okay, with a strong sesame flavor.
The pickled fish is as delicious as I imagined. She has been eating fish almost every day recently. She loves fish and never gets tired of it.
"The river near Han Zhibai's home is so big, the river fish resources must be more abundant. I wonder what happened to him.
It's so perfect there, he must be living a good life."
When Xia Qingyue thought about how good his living environment was and how well he was living, she felt relieved and inexplicably at peace.