Chapter 145 Little Snow Lamb's Long-Horned Clover Salad, Clover Cold Dish...
Although Shu Xin dissuaded Xi from cooking the nut candy into the mutton soup, she was unaware that the flower fairies had similar ideas and had even begun to act on them.
As the sun rises, bright sunlight filters through the gaps in the branches and leaves, spilling onto the small triangular wooden cabin on the treehouse terrace. It then shines through the strawberry glass frame of the cabin's windows, creating a small carpet of light in front of Linlinte's bed.
The little flower fairy stretched, jumped off the bed, and trotted to the wardrobe, ready to go out.
She took out a small magic cloak, carefully draped it over her shoulders, smoothed out the wrinkles, tied the ties, then took out the special children's version of the magic wand distributed to the Snow Sheep Squad, wiped it carefully, put it in the inner pocket of the cloak, and was ready to go out.
However, before going out, she had to have a hearty breakfast. Her father had already started cooking soup. Linlin could smell the sweet aroma of nuts and candies filling the house. She flew to the dining room on the first floor and saw her third brother setting the table with bowls and plates.
Pepper saw her younger sister coming downstairs and said with a smile, "Dad made sweet soup today using the nut candy that Linlin got! Linlin is so amazing!"
Linlin proudly raised her head: "I'll be bringing back nut candy today too!"
"Then Linlin will have to work hard today!" Dad smiled as he walked out of the kitchen, carrying a full pot of soup. The aroma of nuts and the sweetness of sugar in the air grew stronger.
After boiling the spring water in the Sun Spring over high heat, add an appropriate amount of acorn powder and cook until the soup is slightly viscous and has a distinct acorn aroma. Then, turn the heat to medium and crush palm-sized pieces of nut sugar into small pieces. Add these pieces to the acorn powder soup and turn the heat to low while stirring evenly until the nut sugar pieces are completely dissolved and have a distinct nut aroma. A pot of fragrant and sweet nut and acorn powder soup is now ready.
Watching eagerly as her father ladled sweet soup into her little bowl, Linlin impatiently reached out and took it. She blew on the rising steam, carefully scooped only a shallow amount of soup from the surface with the spoon, blew on it several more times, and finally put it in her mouth. After savoring it, the little flower fairy happily squinted her eyes: "So sweet~"
The fourth and fifth brothers also came out of the kitchen, one carrying acorn bread and the other carrying green leaf salad.
"Don't just drink the soup, Linlinte, there's also acorn bread," the fourth brother said.
“And clover salad—no picky eating allowed,” the fifth brother added.
The acorn bread was picked up by Sensent early in the morning from the bakery. Since it was for the whole family, he took the biggest acorn bread.
Because the Flower Fairy eats three meals a day, the flower fairies also followed her example and tried to prepare meals for themselves in the morning, noon and night. After learning this, the Flower Fairy specially improved the bread workshop and adjusted the size of the bread produced. The giant bread that Sensen brought home can feed the whole family for a day.
Sensent had already cut the breakfast portions in the kitchen. He placed a wooden plate with a stack of bread slices on the table, watched his sister take a slice of bread, and then sat back down in his seat. He picked up the sweet soup in front of him, blew on it, and took a small sip—it was indeed very sweet.
“Clover salad, Linlinte,” Lorotte repeated once more.
The little flower fairy reluctantly extended her fork, picked up a green leaf from her small wooden plate, and then put the fork down. Reluctantly, Lorot picked up her salad, took her tiny fork, and scooped a large clover salad directly into her wooden plate.
"...This is too much, Fifth Brother!" Linlinte's hair was practically standing on end.
Fifth Brother glanced at her and reminded her, "You didn't eat a single leaf all day yesterday."
Linlin remained silent and angrily took a big gulp of sweet soup.
She really didn't like the texture of this leafy green vegetable. It smelled very fresh and tasted crisp and juicy, but it tasted a bit bitter. Except for her fifth brother, no one liked this leafy green salad!
Lorot really loves leafy green salads; to be precise, he loves all leafy greens.
However, if the caravan that bought the grass seeds hadn't told everyone that this clover was edible, probably no flower fairy would have been willing to go and collect the seeds. At least, Rolot wouldn't have gone, since all the clover he had seen was poisonous.
Having confirmed that this variety of clover was edible, Lorot received the seeds and spent some time clearing a small plot of land to sow them. When the sprouts appeared, he tried picking some and making a clover salad. To his surprise, it tasted quite good. Although it had a slight bitterness, the rich aroma and tender texture completely made up for that slight imperfection!
When the Flower Fairy saw the clover growing in the field, she was very happy. After she accelerated the growth of a patch of clover and obtained the seeds, she arranged for many flower fairies to cultivate the fields and plant this clover on a large scale. Lorot thought to himself that the Flower Fairy seemed to really like the taste of this clover!
Linlinte ultimately chose to put the clover salad into the acorn bread and ate it in big bites.
After eating and drinking her fill, Linlinte went out with her father and brothers. Her third brother was going to the Flower Castle to serve the Flower Fairy, her fourth and fifth brothers and her father were going to work in the fields, and Linlinte was going to take care of the little snow sheep.
Waving to her family, the little flower fairy flew off with her neighbor's little friend who had flown out of the house towards the sheepfold.
With the combined care of the demons and the underage flower fairies, the little snow sheep are all very lively and healthy.
With a clean and comfortable home, plenty of nutritious food, and the natural and peaceful magical aura emanating from the little flower fairies, who all possessed spiritual magical talents, keen perception, and a strong ability to infect others with their emotions, the little snow sheep grew up steadily under the companionship of these always happy and cheerful little elves, even after losing the protection of their parents and clan.
After all the little snow lambs were weaned, the Flower Fairy also came to ask for the opinions of the underage flower fairies:
If they want to work, they can continue to take care of the little snow sheep; if they want to go home, they can go back directly and don't have to come to the sheepfold to work anymore. However, in return, they certainly can no longer receive the nut candy as their work reward, and the magic cloaks and magic wands specially made for the snow sheep team must also be returned.
The little flower fairies treasured their magic cloaks and wands more than anyone else, not to mention the nut candies they could take home to make into a sweet soup—they couldn't bear to part with any of them. "You can rest assured and leave the care of the little snow sheep to them," the little flower fairies assured them firmly.
The little snow sheep grew very quickly; in less than a month, they had grown several sizes larger, and many of them even had tiny, pointed horns sprouting from their heads.
Shu Xin had never raised sheep before and didn't know if this growth rate was normal. Considering that these were magical sheep from another world, and after confirming that the lambs were all very healthy, Shu Xin assumed that this was the normal growth rate of snow sheep.
The horned lambs became increasingly lively, frequently unleashing wind blades and throwing ice spikes. They would also butt against the sheep pen, sheep beds, sheep troughs, and even demons. If the flower fairies weren't all flying in the air, Shu Xin felt that these snow lambs with tiny horns on their heads would also butt against the flower fairies...
After the lambs grew horns, the demons' main job became repairing sheep pens, sheep beds, and feeding troughs.
Not only did the horned lambs become more restless, but the wind blades and ice spikes they unleashed also became increasingly sharp, capable of grazing the demons. Even though these minor wounds healed almost instantly, after Shu Xin reinforced the defensive runes on the magic cloaks of the underage flower fairies, she still distributed magic cloaks to the demons in the snow sheep team. The demons who were scratched or grazed by the wind blades and ice spikes could ignore it, but Shu Xin couldn't just leave them to their own devices.
After distributing cloaks to the demons, Shu Xin couldn't hold out for more than a few days under Xi's resentful gaze, so she gave him an extra cloak as well. After that, Xi, who had been too lazy to go to the training ground, started going there every day. He would even personally spar with them, showing off his magical cloak from every angle while beating the demons until they were running around in disarray. This could be considered good news, at least.
The really good news Shu Xin recently received is that the caravan brought back seeds containing clover. She had just asked the Tree of Life what other green fodder the snow sheep could be fed besides reed grass when she learned that there are many kinds of clover, and the clover that the caravan brought back as vegetable seeds is the kind that can be used as excellent forage, also known as alfalfa.
Shu Xin instructed Nono to have the flower fairies plant all the crops the caravan brought back, and naturally, the clover was also planted by the flower fairies who had planting magic talent. After receiving the news from the Tree of Life, Shu Xin went to the farmland and saw a small patch of clover with its tender leaves swaying.
Meimeilin recently started using clover in her cooking, but she mainly uses it as a condiment, like in clover and lamb soup, which is quite refreshing. She also makes clover salad and cold clover salad on its own. Shuxin's favorite is naturally the cold clover salad. The blanched clover has no bitterness at all, and Meimeilin adds plenty of salt. Whether paired with fish noodles, round slice soup, or fried fish fillets, it's very refreshing, and Shuxin enjoys it immensely.
The appearance of clover, which could be used as food for herself and as feed for sheep, delighted Shuxin.
Shu Xin immediately accelerated the ripening of the clover and planted it on a large scale. According to the information given by the Tree of Life, this clover could be harvested three times before the harvest month arrived! There are eighteen months in a year in this other world. It can be harvested three times in six months, which means it can be harvested nine times in a year!
With enough green fodder, you can raise enough snow sheep, and you can have enough mutton, cashmere, and wool. With the all-powerful Tree of Life and the skillful flower fairies, cashmere can definitely be turned into cashmere blankets and cashmere quilts, and wool can definitely be turned into wool yarn and made into wool sweaters!
The climate in the Kingdom of Garnar is relatively warm, but the fabric made from the wool of the magic sheep should have some magical properties, right? Even if the flower fairies don't need it, they can still sell it. They can skip this Wind Market, but there will be a time when they have to go next time, or the time after that.
After envisioning a bright future, Shuxin went off to raise bees with great enthusiasm.
When the cooks invented the nut candy, Shu Xin thought of making sugar. However, the sugar powder used by the cooks was made from thorn berries and palm fruits, and these two fruits could only be purchased from other territories by caravans at present.
Shu Xin had asked the Tree of Life. Both the prickly berries and the brown berries preferred environments with high temperature, high humidity, and high magic concentration. The Sinful Land, located in the northernmost part of the Garnar Plain, not only lacked the necessary climate conditions, but also had insufficient magic concentration. Even if they were planted, they would probably only grow leaves and not flower, let alone bear fruit, just like the ground grass she had planted before.
Since plants weren't an option, Shuxin naturally thought of animals, specifically bees.
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