Chapter 164: How to eat without a bowl?
Lin Xiaoyue rummaged through the ruins of the bamboo courtyard for a long time and finally found a small iron pot. Maybe because the pot was small, it was not badly damaged, but there were a lot of things pressed on it, so it was not noticed at first.
She walked to the river with the small iron pot in her hands, "Brother Liang, I found another pot that looks useful. Can you help me wash it?"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Okay, put it here. You can take the washed rice back first."
Lin Xiaoyue looked in the direction of Liang Jingyao's hand and saw a wooden barrel on the ground. "Brother Liang, where did you get your barrel?"
Liang Jingyao said helplessly: "Oh, I threw this outside when I went to water the fields, so it wasn't broken."
Lin Xiaoyue was a little surprised. She picked up the wooden barrel and said, "That's great! I'll go cook right away!"
As she spoke, Lin Xiaoyue returned to the fire, poured all the rice in the wooden barrel into the pot, and cooked it together with the sweet potatoes.
Next, because she wanted to cook another pot of meat, Lin Xiaoyue quickly started a fire with wood.
At this time, Liang Jingyao had washed everything and placed them all in a small iron pot and brought it over. "Everything is washed. I'll go get you some water."
Lin Xiaoyue handed the empty wooden barrel to Liang Jingyao and began to cut the meat. In order to reward the Cheetah Army for their help, Lin Xiaoyue cut the meat into large pieces so that everyone could enjoy eating it!
Liang Jingyao fetched some water and saw the large piece of meat. He said with satisfaction, "That's exactly the size of the meat I wanted. Yue'er always does things to my liking! I see you've cut up so many vegetables. Why don't you just stew them all in one pot tonight? It'll be more convenient for you, and there aren't many plates here to put the vegetables on."
After hearing what Liang Jingyao said, Lin Xiaoyue thought it was okay. The main reason was that the weather was cold and even if it was served on a plate, it would get cold quickly.
"Okay! Once it's cooked, I'll keep it on low heat so everyone can enjoy the hot food."
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Okay! You cook, I'll go help them."
Lin Xiaoyue was about to take something from the space. She waited until Liang Jingyao walked away, put the meat and soaked radish in first, then took out a bottle of wine from the space and poured some of it into the small iron pot to remove the fishy smell.
Soon foam started floating up. Lin Xiaoyue didn't have a spoon to skim off the foam, so she skimmed it off with a knife.
It takes a lot of time to stew meat, and vegetables will become mushy if cooked for too long, so Lin Xiaoyue planned to wait until the meat was a little softer before adding bamboo shoots and finally sweet potato leaves.
While waiting, Lin Xiaoyue was not idle. She went to the bamboo forest to pick up some broken branches to make chopsticks. She used a knife to cut them into pieces, and then used a knife to sharpen the edges. As long as they would not prick her hands, she considered the chopsticks ready.
Lin Xiaoyue looked up and saw Liang Jingyao busy at work. The area that had just been a pile of rubble had now been cleaned up. She took a handful of chopsticks to the river, washed them, and then put all the bamboo shoots in.
The aroma of meat gradually spread, and the Cheetah Army felt even hungrier after smelling it. Everyone looked towards Lin Xiaoyue from time to time.
Lin Xiaoyue felt everyone's impatient gazes, and she was also very anxious. Now the food and chopsticks for picking up the dishes were ready, and all she needed was the bowls for the rice!
What should I use to hold it? I can’t just grab it with my hands, right?
Lin Xiaoyue didn't know what to do. She walked over to Liang Jingyao and asked, "Brother Liang, what should we do if we don't have a bowl? Is there any cabbage left in the cellar? How about we use it to wrap our rice?"
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "As long as it's edible! I'll go get it from the cellar! Go back and sit down and rest for a while, I'll wash it and bring it to you."
After solving the problem of eating, Lin Xiaoyue's mood became very happy. She returned to the fire and looked at the two big iron pots. It was impossible for today's meal to be very delicious, but it was enough to fill her stomach!
She poked the meat with a bamboo chopstick and saw that it was stewed till tender. She then threw in all the sweet potato leaves and finally sprinkled some salt to season it.
At this time, Liang Jingyao had already washed five cabbages. He placed them next to Lin Xiaoyue and said, "Do you want me to help you?"
Lin Xiaoyue picked up a piece of rice and put it in her mouth, saying happily: "The rice is ready, please tell everyone to stop working and wash your hands first and eat!"
Liang Jingyao raised his head and shouted to the Cheetah Army: "Everyone, take a shower! It's time for dinner!"
Lin Xiaoyue picked two large pieces of vegetable leaves, put some rice on them first, then put two large pieces of meat and some vegetables into the meat pot on the side, and then put another layer of rice on top and wrapped it with the remaining vegetable leaves.
"Brother Liang, do you think this is okay?" Lin Xiaoyue handed the first finished product to Liang Jingyao.
Liang Jingyao took a bite and immediately gave a thumbs up, praising: "Very good! Just wrap it like this! If you don't have enough cabbage, there's more in the cellar."
Lin Xiaoyue immediately gained confidence and started wrapping the vegetables and rice much faster. By the time the Cheetah Army finished washing their hands and came over, she had already put more than a dozen in the wooden barrel.
Liang Jingyao quickly finished the rice rolls in his hand, picked up the wooden barrel and said, "Just pack them, I'll distribute the rice rolls!"
Lin Xiaoyue had no objection. She felt that her hands could not stop working. If she had to distribute the dishes and make rice, she really wouldn’t be able to take care of it!
"Okay! There are still sweet potatoes here, you can let everyone eat without worry! There will be plenty! If they want to use chopsticks, I'll put them here, you can let them take them."
Liang Jingyao nodded and said, "Well, just take your time wrapping it. If you don't have time, you can wait a while."
Lin Xiaoyue didn't even bother to raise her head. It would be too inconvenient to wrap it after dark. She lowered her head and said, "Go quickly. I know!"
Finally, before it got completely dark, Lin Xiaoyue finished wrapping all the rice and vegetables in the pot, and she also ate the rice and vegetables she made.
The taste is okay, it's good enough that it can be made under such simple conditions!
In fact, Lin Xiaoyue had never made vegetable rice rolls before she traveled through time. She only saw them on TV. Now she doesn’t care whether they are authentic or not, as long as she can fill her stomach.
Because Emperor Liang is no longer hiding anything. If he comes to see the Drunken Old Monster every few days, the Drunken Old Monster will not be able to recover from his injuries, so the most important thing is to move him here as soon as possible!
"Brother Liang, how long will it take to build the house? Should we bring the herbs back to the teahouse first?"
Liang Jingyao shook his head and said, "No need. With so many of us working in two shifts day and night, we'll be able to build it the day after tomorrow. Yue'er, let me take you back first. It's too inconvenient to sleep here, and the old drunk will be worried about you."
Lin Xiaoyue hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "It's okay to go back. I'll bring some cooking utensils tomorrow and buy some more vegetables. Eating like today is too simple."
Liang Jingyao smiled. In fact, the Cheetah Army had experienced the worst situations before. These were just a piece of cake!
"It's okay, come back when you've had enough sleep. It's okay as long as they can eat their fill! Let's go!"
Lin Xiaoyue went to the river to wash her hands, then got on the carriage. After being busy all afternoon, the carriage was shaking on the road, and Lin Xiaoyue fell into a dream in a trance.
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