Chapter 83 Baking Bread and Picking Wild Vegetables
After a busy day until late at night, the situation at the abandoned gas station finally settled down.
This place is rarely visited, so there are not many zombies. After a little cleaning, it becomes a safe temporary camp.
Ping'an helped Nanxing, whose hands and feet were weak and his face was pale, out of the temporary operating room. The unlucky guy's wound had been sutured, and whether he could survive depended on his fate.
"Lily, are you okay?" Ke'er walked over with one arm hanging, looking at Nanxing who looked pale and asked with concern.
"It's okay. It's just our first time, and I'm a little...uncomfortable." Nanxing smiled weakly and leaned on Ping'an.
"Good job." John and Grandma Zhang walked out of the operating room tiredly and praised Nanxing.
Although Nanxing looks miserable now, she performed very well during the operation and did not hold them back.
The unlucky guy wasn't the only one who needed surgery; several of them stayed in the RV the entire day.
"Mother-in-law Lily, drink quickly." Changsheng came trotting over with two bowls of broth. They both hadn't eaten for a whole day and had no time to eat. They could only find time to stuff themselves with two candies and chocolates.
Nanxing took the bowl and looked at the broth without moving, "..."
She couldn't drink much.
Of course, she was pretending.
"What's wrong?" Ping'an asked in confusion. The broth smelled so good.
"Nothing." Nan Xing shook his head, closed his eyes and drank the broth in one gulp. He almost vomited, but he forced himself to suppress it.
"By the way, Sister Ke'er, what are we going to do next...?" Nanxing looked at Ke'er and asked.
As soon as this was mentioned, Ke'er's face immediately turned cold, not towards Nanxing, but towards the guy who lured the zombies here.
The gang of criminals in Moonlight Prison.
"It's them?!" Nan Xing was shocked after hearing Ke'er's explanation. "Why would they do this? Didn't we have any arguments?"
"Who knows." Ke'er sneered. Of course they would not let those scums go so easily, but there was no need to tell Nanxing these days.
"Have a good rest, we will set off on time in two days." said Kuer.
"Yeah. Okay." After Kou'er said that, Nanxing obeyed obediently.
After drinking some broth, her strength recovered a little, at least she was not as weak as before, and she returned to the car carrying a bag of Noda Nana.
There were a lot of Noda Seven growing behind the gas station, but there were too many survivors, so Nanxing used his connections to get five kilograms of leaves and roots.
Panax notoginseng leaves can be eaten cold, and as for Arisaema root, it is prepared to be dried, ground into powder and stored.
This area is lush with vegetation and grows a lot of wild vegetables. Nanxing plans to collect some and store them in dried form tomorrow morning.
After a simple dinner, Nanxing went back to bed to rest.
…
At exactly twelve o'clock in the morning, Nan Xing had just fallen asleep when he heard a mechanical sound.
"The natural disaster has been loaded and will be officially launched on the 34th of the game."
Nanxing, who had her eyes closed, was no longer sleepy all of a sudden. It was a natural disaster.
The natural disaster will begin tomorrow.
Nanxing had no way to deal with the natural disaster and could only passively accept it.
A light sigh came from the RV. Nanxing wrapped himself tightly in the quilt and forced himself to fall asleep.
…
Day 33 of the game.
Nanxing was tired after a long day yesterday. When she woke up, it was already past ten o'clock. She yawned lazily, brushed her teeth, washed her face and ate as usual.
Nanxing plans to dig wild vegetables today and then bake some bread.
She planned to make toast, and she had all the high-gluten flour, milk, eggs, yeast, sugar, salt, and butter in Nanxing's RV.
Stir all the ingredients except butter into flocs, knead into dough, and add softened butter after a rough film is formed.
Without a blender, Nanxing had to do it manually. She made a lot at one time, about enough for ten large toasts.
After kneading the dough until a thin glove film can be pulled out, roll the dough into a ball and place it in a large container and seal it for fermentation.
Fermentation takes about an hour, so Nanxing took the shopping cart and went to the woods behind the gas station.
There were already quite a few people in the woods looking for edible food.
Nanxing doesn't know many wild vegetables, just dandelions, leeks, shepherd's purse, purslane, etc.
There should be a lot of gray vegetables in this forest. Nanxing saw several of them yesterday.
There are many varieties of gray-gray vegetables. The one that Nanxing saw had upright and thick stems with ridges and green or purple-red stripes, many branches, and the branches slanted upward or spread out.
She was quite familiar with it, having picked it when she was young.
Most of the residents of Dusk Town do not have the habit of eating wild vegetables. As yellow people, the Lin Wen family is born with this talent and habit.
Picking wild vegetables and fruits every season can save them a lot of food expenses.
There are many wild vegetables in spring, and they are fresh and delicious. They taste especially good when cooked casually.
As soon as Nanxing entered the woods, she saw a dandelion, shepherd's purse, and...
"Sister." A child tugged at Nanxing's clothes and looked at her timidly.
"What's wrong, little sister?" Nanxing lowered her voice, her expression gentle and a smile on her face.
Her looks were deceptive, and the child mustered up the courage to speak out her request.
"Sister...can you, can you teach me to recognize this dish?" The child's voice gradually weakened, and her request seemed a bit unreasonable.
"It's okay if you can't."
"Of course." Nanxing touched the little girl's head and smiled.
"Really? Really?"
"Yeah." Nanxing nodded and started teaching her how to identify edible wild vegetables.
"This is called gray-gray vegetable. The tender leaves and rhizomes are the most delicious. Pick them like this." Nanxing taught the little girl gently and softly how to identify and pick them.
The survivors nearby also pricked up their ears and listened carefully. Although they all thought the girl was a little silly for teaching others how to identify edible food, this did not stop them from secretly learning from her.
Nanxing smiled when she saw their actions, raised her voice, and told the survivors everything she knew without holding back.
"Thank you, sister!" The little girl thanked Nanxing with a blushing face, holding a handful of wild vegetables in her hand.
Nanxing's cart was already filled with various wild vegetables, some of which she picked herself, and some of which were given to her by some survivors as a token of gratitude.
"It's okay, sister will go back first, you do your best."
It's almost time to go back and bake bread.
"Uh-huh!"
Nanxing waved at her and dragged the bulging shopping cart back to the RV.
The dough in the container had fermented to twice its original size. Nanxing washed his hands and poked a hole in the dough. It did not shrink and became a honeycomb shape.
It fermented very well.
Nanxing smiled.
(End of this chapter)
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