Chapter 34
The group walked along the river until evening, and it was time to eat.
These days, the Eagle Squad members look forward to dinner the most every day, which is much more exciting than eating various dry rations and emergency foods before.
"There's still some meat left, let's make some steamed buns today."
"Great!" Shaoxing Yang and Yan Hong raised their hands in agreement.
Lu Shiyu glanced at the water ball that had been placed in a net bag and hung on his backpack for a day. Now it was almost dying from severe dehydration.
"Shaoxing Yang, add some water and let it soak."
The water ball was put back into the water and slowly absorbed the water in the basin. It did not return to its original round and plump shape until it absorbed nearly half of the basin's water.
Chen Yunliang fished the water-soaked ball out of the basin and said, "Lu Shiyu, do you mind if I examine it?"
"sure."
After getting permission, Chen Yunliang took out a roll of cloth from his bag and unfolded it with a swish. Tools of various shapes were displayed. Each knife was fixed by a button on the cloth roll and could be taken at any time.
On the other side of the road, Shi Yu also started preparing for dinner.
If we braise the meat, we won’t have enough time. Last time, I roasted the chicken because I failed to predict the time required, which led to me staying up late to eat. So this time, Lu Shiyu plans to change the method so that everyone can eat faster.
First, the steamed buns, which take a long time to make, should be prepared in advance. Pour flour into a bowl, add some leftover yeast, pour warm water into it and stir with chopsticks until the flour becomes dough. In order to make the dough softer, Lu Shiyu deliberately added a little more water and poured a circle of cooking oil into the stirred dough to increase the crispness of the cake.
Next, just start kneading with your hands until all the dough is kneaded into a rough dough. Cover the lid and let the dough ferment for a few minutes. Knead the dough again briefly and the originally rough dough will become smooth. Next, cover the lid again and let the dough continue to rise.
While the dough was rising, Lu Shiyu started to prepare the meat filling. He cut all the remaining mushroom beef leg meat from yesterday into shredded meat, heated the oil and stir-fried it in a pan. After the meat changed color, he added salt, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, chili powder, cooking wine and a little cumin to season it. He stir-fried it evenly until the shredded meat turned brown and then removed it from the pan.
Open the lid and proceed to the next step when the dough has doubled in size.
Take the dough out of the bowl, rub it like clothes to expel the air inside, then roll the kneaded dough into a long strip and evenly divide it into several dough pieces.
Take a dough piece and roll it into a tapered shape with the cross section facing upwards. Using a glass jar as a rolling pin, gently roll the tapered strip until it is wide in the middle and narrow at both ends. Then, roll it from one end to the other. Place the rolled dough piece upright with the spiral pattern facing upwards and press it into a thicker pancake. Repeat the same process with the other dough pieces to make pancakes.
After preheating the iron pan, pour a little oil into it and let the oil be evenly distributed inside the pan. When you can clearly feel the heat when you put your hand close to the pan, press the dough on the pan and press it with your hand to make the dough stick to the pan surface. Wait for two minutes and then turn the dough over. At this time, you can see a layer of slightly yellowed dough on the surface. Turn it over several times to observe the condition of the dough and prevent it from getting burnt. Finally, cover the pan and simmer until the dough is slightly inflated. The steamed bun with steamed bun is done.
Use a kitchen knife to cut the side of the steamed bun, leaving half of the edge uncut, and cut the inside completely. Stuff the pre-fried meat filling into the bun. Each bun is stuffed so full that the meat filling almost falls out of the bun.
At this time, Chen Yunliang had completed the dissection. After cutting the water ball open, he carefully took out the internal organs one by one for observation. He confirmed that there was no danger in either the internal organs or the outer skin of this thing. Judging from the remaining parts in the digestive system, this thing probably survived by eating some plankton or small foods such as moss. In other words, it did not need hunting methods and naturally had not evolved any attack-related functions.
Chen Yunliang speculated that it evolved an almost completely transparent body just to avoid predators. It can be considered invisible in the water. Because it only eats a little food with little energy, it doesn't move much. It probably lies somewhere every day waiting for the small fish and shrimps that didn't see it to bump into it and then swallow it. It can be said that it lies there waiting for food to be delivered to its mouth.
As a result, we encountered them burning the lake and were forced to go ashore.
After finishing the research, Chen Yunliang looked at the water ball that was dead beyond death after he dissected it, and vaguely remembered that this thing should be Lu Shiyu's thing.
Chen Yunliang: “…”
I was so engrossed in my work that I forgot about it.
"Lu Shiyu, do you still want this thing?"
Chen Yunliang held a basin full of water, in which was a motionless transparent water ball.
"Hey? Why isn't it moving?"
"I don't know, maybe he fell asleep."
Chen Yun looked away guiltily, but fortunately Lu Shiyu didn't think much about it and accepted the explanation reluctantly.
"That's good. It saves me from having to press it."
After saying that, Lu Shiyu took the water ball out of the basin, placed it on the chopping board and began to cut it into long transparent strips.
Chen Yunliang: “?”
"What are you doing?"
"Cooking," Lu Shiyu turned around and glanced at Chen Yunliang: "Isn't this obvious?"
"..." Chen Yunliang was silent for a moment and then asked, "So you brought it with you to eat?"
"What else?" Lu Shiyu felt strange: "Why would I keep it if I'm not going to eat it? I can't be keeping it for fun."
Chen Yunliang, who really thought Lu Shiyu was a pet, said: "..."
It's a waste of worry.
Chen Yunliang, who had luckily escaped moral condemnation, was still feeling lucky in his heart, and even ignored the big problem that Lu Shiyu wanted to make the water ball into food.
After Lu Shiyu cut the water ball into strips, he discovered it was surprisingly clean. Did Chen Yunliang clean it? And why were the internal organs missing?
Lu Shiyu looked down and saw several red and yellow lumps on the ground. Could it be that she had cut them off and forgotten about them? Lu Shiyu thought carefully and could not remember when she had removed the internal organs of the water ball.
Forget it, let’s cook first.
Put chili powder, sesame seeds and five-spice powder in a bowl, pour in hot oil, then add appropriate amount of salt, sugar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce and a spoonful of vinegar. Stir the sauce evenly and pour it on the water balls cut into strips. Mix it evenly with your hands, and the simple version of the cold salad is ready.
Tang Zeyu took the steamed bun handed to him by Lu Shiyu. The bun filled with meat filling was as big as Tang Zeyu's hand. The surface of the bun had beautiful tiger skin patterns. The outer layer was fried crispy, while the inside still retained the softness of the leavened dough. It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, soaked in meat juice.
Tang Zeyu took a big bite of the steamed bun. The crispy outer skin made a crunchy sound when it entered his mouth, and the aroma of the noodles was mixed with a hint of sweetness. His mouth was instantly filled with shredded meat. The meat filling was salty, fragrant and slightly spicy, and the fat on the meat was stir-fried to release the oil. It was fat but not greasy, and lean but not dry. Paired with the chewy noodles, it neutralized the greasiness of the meat, and a hint of wheat aroma could be found in the meaty aroma, so that people would not feel sick of the meat while eating it in big mouthfuls.
Shaoxing Yang was eating with his mouth full of oil. He noticed the cold salad in the bowl and said, "Wow, Lu Shiyu, you also made cold noodles. I haven't eaten cold noodles for a long time."
"You always say you haven't eaten anything for a long time." Yan Hong took a sip of the cold dish.
It has a distinct sour and spicy taste when you first put it in your mouth, and then you can feel the refreshing elasticity of the skin. The crystal clear skin is smooth in your mouth, the sour taste of vinegar hits your taste buds directly, and the spiciness of the chili powder is more like a layered spiciness. You don’t feel anything when you first eat it, but after a while your mouth will feel like it is on fire. The two flavors are entangled together, you have me and I have you, the layered taste is so addictive that you can’t stop, and the more you eat, the more addictive it becomes.
When you are forced to sweat by the spicy food, take a bite of the steamed bun. The oily shredded meat can instantly soothe your tongue stimulated by the spicy taste. The combination of the two foods forms an unexpected balance.
Chen Yunliang looked at the "cold noodles" in the bowl and then he remembered that Lu Shiyu had said before that he wanted to use the water ball to cook. At that time, he was thinking about other things and automatically ignored this sentence. When he realized what was in the bowl, it was difficult for Chen Yunliang to treat it with the mentality of treating cold noodles.
"Chen Yunliang, why aren't you eating?" Shaoxing Yang saw that Chen Yunliang hadn't touched his chopsticks for a long time. He took a bite of his steamed bun and came over to ask, "It's delicious. Come and try it."
"Um……"
Chen Yunliang glanced at the Shaoxing Yang, whose mouth was full of oil and was eagerly waiting for him to try it. He raised his chopsticks with difficulty. The two wooden sticks seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. He slowly picked up one, bit a part and began to absorb the powder. It slid into his mouth without him noticing. Chen Yunliang felt the slippery thing sliding repeatedly in his mouth, and swallowed it after chewing it.
"How is it? It's delicious!"
"Um……"
I actually ate it, and it tasted surprisingly good.
Chen Yunliang looked at Shaoxing Yang and Yan Hong who were eating enthusiastically, but he still couldn't bear to tell them what it was.
There was too much meat filling stuffed into the steamed bun, which caused it to start falling out when the bun was halfway through being eaten. Several people had to hold the bun with their hands, and as a result, not only were their mouths covered in oil, but their hands as well.
"Water won't clean them at all," Shao Xingyang said, looking at his greasy hands. "I remember saliva can..."
Yan Hong immediately kicked him: "Can you please be more hygienic? I've never seen anyone as disgusting as you."
"I have soap in my bag, but who's going to get it in this situation?" Chen Yunliang said. "And let me add, if someone gets grease all over my bag, I'll press their head into the dirt right now."
"I have soap here, use this."
Lu Shiyu didn't know when she found a round piece of soap in her hand, nor did she know how she took the soap out of her bag.
Several people washed the grease off their hands with soap and water. Looking at their clean hands again, Chen Yunliang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Look at this!"
Shaoxing Yang rubbed his hands on the soap a few times, then he tucked his index finger and thumb together, and then separated the two fingers so that only the fingertips were still connected. A circular barrier full of rainbows appeared on his hands, and then he blew gently at the circle, and a bubble appeared.
"childish."
Chen Yunliang looked at the bubbles that floated in the air and then burst after a while, and gave way to Yu who brought him some candy.
"What do you want candy for?"
"You'll find out soon."
Add some white sugar to the basin, stir it thoroughly with soapy water, then pick up a hollow tube and a woolen glove at random, dip the tube in soapy water, and slowly blow out a round bubble.
"Wow, I didn't expect that you, Chen Yunliang, are so childish." Shaoxing Yang said.
Then Chen Yunliang put on gloves and tried to catch the falling bubble. Just when Shaoxingyang thought the bubble would burst, the bubble bounced up again the moment it touched the gloves. After falling down, it was caught and bounced up again, but it did not burst like Shaoxingyang's bubble.
"How did you do that?" Shao Xingyang curiously pulled Chen Yunliang's gloved hand over and said, "Did you secretly use some technology? Otherwise, why wouldn't your bubble burst?"
"Haha," Chen Yunliang pulled his hand back and said, "Go back and finish your compulsory education, you illiterate one."
Shaoxing Yang: “?!”
"Yanhong is discriminating against people with academic qualifications!" Shaoxing Yang hugged Yanhong, who was playing with bubbles, like a mourner, but Yanhong pushed him away mercilessly.
"Who told you not to listen carefully in school? Who can you blame?"
Lu Shiyu suddenly remembered that there was indeed such a small experiment in the compulsory education curriculum of the base, and Shaoxing Yang was probably the type of person who didn't listen at all during class.
After being rejected by Yan Hong, Shaoxing Yang started to cry again, but Chen Yunliang, who could no longer tolerate it, threw a glove on his face.
"Stop howling and play with it."
"Give me another one! I want to toss the bubble ball with two hands!"
“Tsk.”
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