Spring planting and autumn harvest, daily life. There are no imperial relatives. The space is used for hoarding items and storing things.
Xu Han woke up to find herself transmigrated to an al...
What's more, Xu Han is a foodie, otherwise how could she cook so many dishes!
You can't let your stomach suffer! When I was working in the modern world, all the meager earnings I made went straight into my stomach.
He often goes out to eat with a few close friends. Under Xu Han's influence, Lu Chuan, who used to be indifferent to food, has also become picky.
Having gotten used to Xu Han's cooking, I never felt that the food was very good when I was hunting in the mountains or selling game in the county town!
It has no flavor; eating is just about filling your stomach and keeping yourself from going hungry. But eating Xu Han's food makes me feel like I'm enjoying myself.
After eating, they felt the weather was a bit hot and it was going to rain, so the two of them brought everything in the yard into the house to avoid having to get up and collect things if it rained in the middle of the night.
After everything was put away, Lu Chuan washed the dishes and clothes, while Xu Han sat in the yard, enjoying the cool air and peeling corn.
First, peel off all the corn leaves, leaving only the corn cob. Then peel off some fresh corn kernels. However, fresh corn kernels are not so easy to peel. When peeling the kernels, they are easy to break and the kernels will break, making a mess of corn juice.
Therefore, you must be very careful when peeling corn kernels, and do not use too much force to avoid breaking the kernels.
After Lu Chuan finished washing up, he came to help, and the two of them worked until about ten o'clock as usual before going to rest.
Over the past six months, both of them have developed the habit of staying up late.
For people in ancient times, it was considered late to sleep, but for Xu Han, a modern person, 10 o'clock was the perfect time to play. In modern times, it's probably rare for anyone to go to bed before 10 o'clock!
As expected, Xu Han heard thunder in the middle of the night, followed by a violent storm.
Xu Han thought to herself, "Great! I don't have to water the vegetables anymore." Then she turned over, snuggled into Lu Chuan's arms, and fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up the next morning, the heavy rain had stopped and the sun was slowly rising.
It was another sunny day. If it weren't for the branches and leaves blown into the yard and the ground wet from the rain, it would have been as if the heavy rain of the night had never come.
After the heavy rain, the harvest from the traps should be even better. Lu Chuan continued hunting, while Xu Han continued to implement yesterday's plan.
While the sun is shining, take out the dried cucumbers and dried potatoes to dry in the sun, and store the dried green beans in the cellar.
After finishing that, I went to the kitchen to prepare to dry the sweet potato stems.
First, wash the sweet potato stems (after removing the leaves) in clean water, then blanch them briefly in boiling water until softened.
After blanching, rinse the sweet potato stems in cold water repeatedly until the water is no longer hot, then take them out and let them dry.
After repeating this process several times, I finally finished processing all the sweet potato stems I had picked yesterday.
The two of them picked a lot of sweet potato stems yesterday! But Xu Han kept thinking about the four years of natural disasters and the war that followed, and whether they would be able to grow anything at all! She was afraid that in the end, they still wouldn't have enough to eat.
After all the dried vegetables in the yard are harvested, I plan to dry more vegetables. After all, dried vegetables are easy to preserve, so even if we can't finish them all, it won't be too wasteful. It's just a little more work.
It's better to put in some effort than to have no food at all!
After finishing with the sweet potato stems, Xu Han found a shady and breezy spot and started picking soybean pods.
She plucked the soybean pods directly and put them into a bamboo basket. After picking a portion, Xu Han brought over a wooden basin and began shelling the soybeans.
Simply peel the beans directly from the whole bean, put the peeled beans into a wooden basin, and store them in a storage space after all the beans have been peeled.
Peeling corn kernels, picking bean pods, and shelling beans are all quite troublesome and can't be done in a short time. It's best to do them slowly during lunch break and in the evening when you have some free time!
After her lunch break, Xu Han closed the courtyard gate, took the wooden bucket, and went out.
We plan to catch more snails while they are at their plumpest and most delicious. We both love snails, so we'll collect a lot and store them in our space to enjoy slowly.
It's a great snack when you're bored! It's spicy and delicious!
Xu Han arrived at the spot where Lu Chuan had taken her last time. She rolled up her trousers, took off her shoes, and waded into the river.
The snails in the river are just like they were a few days ago, so densely packed that you don't need to look for them; they're easy to find.
Xu Han collected six wooden buckets of snails and went home, mainly because she didn't have enough basins at home to let the snails expel the mud.
It's currently the busy time for drying vegetables, so we can't use all the wooden buckets and basins to let the snails spit out the mud; that would be too time-consuming.
When I got home, I went to the backyard and simply scrubbed the snails to remove the mud. Then, just like last time, I added water, oil, and salt, and left the rest to time.
You only need to change the water frequently, soak the snails for two days, and then go back to collect them. Store up a lot, because by this time next year, the river will probably be dry, and you might not be able to catch snails anymore.
After everything was set up, Lu Chuan returned. Today's harvest was quite good. Because it had rained last night, there were many prey in the traps.
Today we hunted seven rabbits, five pheasants, and two roe deer.
Then Xu Han helped Lu Chuan prepare the wild game for the day, and also took out the game that hadn't been prepared yesterday from the storage space and processed it as well.
Processing the prey after each hunt is quite troublesome, so Lu Chuan only starts processing them all at once after accumulating a certain number.
Lu Chuan skinned the rabbit, while Xu Han went to boil water to remove the chicken feathers later.
After Lu Chuan slaughtered the chicken, Xu Han poured hot water over its body, making sure to scald every part so that it would be hot enough to remove the feathers later.
After the chicken was poached, Xu Han started plucking the feathers. The feathers were easy to pluck; they came off easily after poaching.
After plucking all the chicken feathers, you need to gut the chicken and process the giblets.
The two worked until dark before they finished processing all the prey.
For dinner, I'll make a spicy chicken giblet dish. After cleaning the chicken giblets, heat oil in a wok, stir-fry the giblets, add some chili peppers and garlic sprouts, stir-fry again, season with salt, and it's ready to serve.
Next, let's make a cold sweet potato stem salad. Blanch the sweet potato stems, rinse them in cold water, cut them into appropriately sized pieces, add garlic juice, mix well, and it's done.
Finally, take out the chicken soup from the space, and then it's time to eat.
Today's staple food is mixed grain rice, which is made up of rice, black rice, purple rice, buckwheat rice, oat rice, and so on.
This is what's left over from the kitchen! We hadn't eaten it all until today.