Chapter 100: It's extremely hot, looking for stones and digging lotus roots
Five o'clock in the morning.
Jiang Xian woke up with beads of sweat on his forehead. Gu Luan beside him was not sleeping very soundly either.
Jiang Xian lifted the quilt and went to add water to the air-conditioning fan.
Wait until the temperature in the RV drops again before making breakfast.
Gu Luan smelled the fragrance of breakfast and woke up in a daze.
She lifted the quilt and got out of bed in her short-sleeved nightgown.
With the help of air conditioning and air-conditioning fans, the temperature in the RV is over 30 degrees.
Gu Luan did not add any more ice cubes in the RV.
She and Jiang Xian have to live in extreme heat and cannot hide in an air-conditioned room just to enjoy themselves.
They have to let their bodies acclimate to the extreme heat little by little, so the temperature in the RV cannot be too low.
Breakfast was vegetable porridge, a basket of meat buns, and a plate of kimchi.
Gu Luan only ate a bowl of vegetable porridge and half a plate of kimchi.
As for the meat buns, I didn’t eat a single bite because I had no appetite.
Jiang Xian didn't eat as much as usual, but he still finished the breakfast left by Gu Luan.
After dinner, they changed into sun-protective clothing and applied sunscreen.
While the sun is still up and the temperature is not too high, let’s start looking for lotus roots and black stones.
It was still dark outside, and Gu Luan and Jiang Xian walked towards the abandoned pond.
As soon as I got out of the RV, I was hit by a wave of hot air.
It was already over 40 degrees outside early in the morning, so today was definitely hotter than yesterday.
This temperature is really uncomfortable.
There was still half a pond of water in the abandoned pond, and Gu Luan collected the water in the pond into the space.
After the water was collected, only silt and some rotten lotus leaves were left in the entire pond.
What was surprising was that there were actually dozens of kilograms of fish of various sizes jumping in the mud.
Most of them are carp and silver carp, and there are also some crucian carp.
Maybe because it is wild, it is not very big.
Jiang Xian couldn't help Gu Luan find the black stone, so he could only divide the work with Gu Luan.
He wanted to see if he could dig up lotus roots.
Gu Luan walked down to the pond wearing rain boots.
As he walked, he collected small fish and shrimps, and looked for stones following his senses.
The black stone is obviously under the mud, so the sensitivity is a little worse.
Fortunately, the sensitivity is much greater than when there was ice.
The closer he got to the stone, the more Gu Luan could sense the fluctuations.
When she reached the pond in the center, space was beating violently in her mind.
Gu Luan bent down with joy, reached her white and tender hands into the mud, and felt around carefully.
She didn't touch the black stone, but instead touched the lotus root growing in the mud.
Gu Luan also dug out the lotus root.
The white and plump part of lotus root is pleasing to the eye.
Gu Luan threw the lotus root into a corner of the space and began to bend down and grope again.
After she dug out a few more lotus roots, she finally felt an uneven stone.
At this time, the space was not just fluctuating, it was shaking violently.
Holding the stone, Gu Luan exerted slight force and lifted it up from under the mud.
The entire stone may have been in the mud for too long, and its original appearance cannot be seen at all.
Despite this, Gu Luan still knew that the stone itself was black.
There is no point in thinking about anything else. Just throw the stone into the space first and let it upgrade.
The stone disappeared from his hand, and Gu Luan happily began to dig lotus roots.
Maybe he was lucky today. Gu Luan could touch the lotus root just by bending down and feeling around.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the sun slowly rose and the temperature soared to fifty degrees.
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian had no way to dig lotus roots anymore, so they walked out of the pond.
When leaving, Gu Luan released the pond water stored in the space and waited for it to flood the entire pond.
If she didn't release the water, the pond would surely dry up at night.
By then, you can forget about digging up the lotus roots buried under the mud.
She also wanted to dig more lotus roots, after all, there were not many lotus roots in the space.
Gu Luan and Jiang Xian left the pond and walked towards the RV covered in mud.
The RV was parked under several lush trees.
The shade of the leaves makes it much cooler than being exposed to the sun.
Gu Luan took off her dirty sun-protection jacket and her muddy rain boots.
Jiang Xian was beside her and took off his sun protection jacket and rain boots.
After working for two hours, the two were covered in sweat and their faces were covered in mud.
After looking at each other, Gu Luan and Jiang Xian couldn't help laughing out loud.
They are in such a mess, there is not a single clean place.
"Go take a shower first, I'll wash your clothes and shoes."
Jiang Xian picked up the sun protection clothes and asked Gu Luan to wash herself quickly.
"Okay, I'll be out soon."
Gu Luan couldn't stand the stench of mud on her body, so she got in the car to take a shower.
When she came out of the shower, Jiang Xian had already washed the sun-protection clothing and rain boots and hung them under the tree trunk.
Gu Luan asked Jiang Xian to take a shower.
She sat in the RV, enjoying the air conditioning and eating ice jelly with smoothies.
Brown sugar jelly with fermented glutinous rice, small glutinous rice balls, hawthorn and dried grapes is simply a delicious dish.
The ice jelly she was eating was bought from a small stall.
I remember I bought dozens of copies from more than ten stalls nearby.
All together, there are several hundred copies.
A few hundred servings is not a lot, so it seems like I should make some, because it’s refreshing and delicious.
Jiang Xian came out of the shower and Gu Luan asked him to eat a bowl of ice jelly.
After they finished eating the ice jelly, Gu Luan pulled him to make ice jelly again.
Ice jelly can be made using bagged ice jelly powder.
Gu Luan didn’t like the taste of ice jelly powder, so she bought some ice jelly seeds online to make ice jelly.
The method is very simple, just let a bucket of boiled water sit.
Put the ice powder seeds in gauze and soak them in boiled water for 30 minutes.
Then add lime water into boiled water and stir well, then slowly rub the ice powder seeds until bubbles come out.
Gu Luan gave the task of kneading to Jiang Xian.
I started making another kind of jelly that I love to eat in summer.
Jelly is made with pea flour. Gu Luan had made it once before and was quite skilled at it.
Add the right amount of pea flour, the right amount of water and stir well, put water in the pot...
Finally, pour into molds and refrigerate.
The refrigerator in the RV is not very big.
In order to freeze the ice jelly and jelly, Gu Luan took out another large freezer.
Freeze the prepared jelly and ice jelly in the freezer.
After freezing the ice jelly, Gu Luan and Jiang Xian continued to prepare the ingredients for the two snacks.
Jiang Xian had never eaten ice jelly, so Gu Luan asked him to prepare the ingredients for the jelly, including chili peppers, onions and garlic.
As for other seasonings, they are ready-made and do not need to be prepared.
Gu Luan was boiling brown sugar water on the side.
She has all the ingredients needed for ice jelly, such as hawthorn, so that people can eat ice jelly to cool down when it is extremely hot.
After spending quite a while, she and Jiang Xian made a hundred bowls of ice jelly and a hundred bowls of spicy jelly.
At noon, the two of them ate crayfish and jelly. Fearing that their stomachs could not take it, they each also drank a bowl of millet porridge with red dates.
Gu Luan took a bite of the jelly and it was really delicious.
The aroma and spiciness of the chili pepper is completely integrated into the jelly, and it is perfectly matched with various seasonings. You can never get enough of it.
"Don't just eat the jelly, try the shrimp I peeled for you."
Jiang Xian was peeling shrimps for Gu Luan while wearing disposable gloves. The bowl in front of Gu Luan was already full of shrimps he had peeled.
Gu Luan picked up a piece of jelly and handed it to him. Jiang Xian smiled and opened his mouth to eat it.
“Do you have a feeling that you are not in the end of the world, but traveling?”
Gu Luan was joking about Jiang Xian, but his eyes were outside the RV.
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