Chapter 164 Thanks
"Oh, right, the base commander lives in his office."
The young boy named Arno answered me.
Seeing that I was still confused, he continued to explain: "I heard that the base commander never got married in his life. After his parents passed away, he lived alone. After the Bai Town base was established, he put a bed in his office and usually lived there."
After hearing what Arno said, my doubts were cleared up. In the future, when my dog has puppies, I must give two to the farm manager.
Residents began to arrive one after another, drank the medicine and porridge, and expressed their gratitude to me.
But their attitude was nothing like the enthusiasm I showed when I fired the gun to drive the others away; their faces showed more or less numbness or sadness.
I know the reason; this terrible infectious disease must have taken away their loved ones again.
A total of 24 people came to collect the medicine, and some of them took the medicine home to give to their relatives.
He mixed all the remaining medicinal herbs in the plastic bag together and placed them in the base chief's office.
He was instructed to cook a large pot of it the next day and distribute it to the residents in three meals.
I've just recovered from a serious illness, and I've already made two trips to the Baizhen base. Now that everyone's condition has stabilized, it's time to go back and get some rest.
After saying goodbye to Brother Liu, Sister-in-law Liu, and Taozi, I drove home.
I must say goodbye to them every time I leave. There are too many unexpected situations that have occurred since the apocalypse, and I never know which meeting will be my last.
It wasn't dark when I got home. The livestock have been suffering lately, going hungry and full without proper care.
Today I boiled a pot of water, added cornmeal and bran, and fed the pigs, chickens, and ducks a good meal. I also cut some fresh wild grass for the rabbits.
Dogs, come drink fish soup with me. I also want to have some fish soup to nourish myself.
Too lazy to go fishing, I took Xiaogua to the pond. Xiaogua dove in and soon came out with a big fish in his mouth.
Bring the big fish home, gut it, and simmer it in a pot.
After simmering for more than an hour, the fish soup turned milky white, and the aroma of fresh fish soup filled the entire room.
I ladled myself a big bowl of fish soup and then picked out some tender fish meat to put in.
The remaining fish and fish broth were mixed with rice and fed to the dog and cat.
This kitten has suffered a lot following me around.
My dog used to always eat good food with me, but ever since Tiedan came to my house, either I'm sick or I'm running off to the Baizhen base, so Tiedan is either hungry or full, which is really pitiful.
The tender fish meat, after removing all the bones, is mixed with rice and fed to the soft-boiled Tie Dan.
Little Iron Egg was so excited by the aroma that he used his claws to eat the whole small bowl in no time.
After dinner, I finally had some time to rest properly.
Cut open a chilled watermelon, put on the TV series "Empresses in the Palace," and eat the red flesh with a spoon while watching the beautiful Empress Zhen Huan.
It was a rare treat not to have to get up early, so I slept in comfortably the next day before finally getting out of bed.
After putting the chickens and ducks in the enclosure and carefully feeding the pigs and rabbits, it's time for me to tend to my vegetable garden.
We haven't weeded for many days, and some weeds have already grown in the vegetable garden.
However, the long-handled hoe is very efficient, and the weeds were cleared away in no time.
Go for a walk in the mountains and see if any new plants have matured during the time you haven't been observing them properly.
There were none in the area ahead, but as we walked towards the back of the mountain, we unexpectedly discovered a patch of wild roses.
I still remember the soap and shampoo made from unknown wildflower petals last year.
Hurry home and grab a bamboo basket to pick all the wild rose petals.
Some of the petals were dried in the yard to make dried flowers, while the rest were prepared to be boiled into rose jam.
Anyway, I use a similar method for all kinds of things: add white sugar and rock sugar to a pot, add water to dissolve, add fresh rose petals and simmer together until it becomes a rose-red flower jam, then turn off the heat and serve.
The rose petal jam has a strong rose flavor; it would be wonderfully fragrant if you brewed it directly into tea.
However, I have another purpose for making rose jam; I plan to make some flower cakes.
I just said I was going to rest for two days, so today's exercise is over. I'll make flower cakes tomorrow.
In the afternoon, besides lying down and sleeping, I would eat watermelon and watch TV series. It felt like I had returned to the feeling of lying down and relaxing back then.
On the morning of the second day, they added some firewood to the stove to start preheating.
Pour boiling water into the flour and knead it into a soft dough. Then add sugar and lard and knead it evenly into an oily dough.
Add a large amount of lard to the remaining flour, in a ratio of 2:1, and knead evenly into a dough. This is the oil-based pastry.
Roll the dough into a round sheet, place the oil paste in the middle and wrap it up, then roll it into a flatbread.
Tear the dough into small pieces, fill the center of each piece with flower jam, shape them into round cakes, and place them on a baking tray.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, then it's ready to come out.
When you break the freshly baked flower cake in half, you can see that the dough has become several crispy layers, similar to the texture of a mille-feuille cookie.
It's filled with a bright pink floral sauce and smells sweet and fragrant.
Having not eaten sweets for a long time, I couldn't wait to take a bite. The pastry was crispy, and the filling had a sweet floral aroma. If you chewed carefully, you could also taste the crunchy petal texture.
When I was in college, there was a dessert shop that made absolutely amazing flower cakes. I would buy one for breakfast almost every day.
Now I feel even happier being able to eat the flower cakes I made myself.
Several dogs squatted on the ground, staring intently at the flower cakes. The kitten wobbled up to the dogs' heads and stood on them, trying to pounce on me for the flower cakes.
I also know that these flower cakes are made with lard, so they must smell really good to cats and dogs. I peeled off the outer layer of the flower cakes and fed them to each dog and cat. Then I put the remaining flower filling into my mouth, and the sweet floral aroma instantly overwhelmed my taste buds.
Pack the remaining flower cakes in a sealed bag and store them in the refrigerator's crisper drawer. You can take them out and eat them whenever you want.
For the next few days, I diligently fed the livestock and cats and dogs, trying my best to make up for the weight they had lost.
Once I had fully recovered my strength and was preparing to go to the White Town base again, the people from the White Town base actually arrived.
Hearing the sound of a car at the door, he took his crossbow and went to the door, where he saw the base elder, Brother Liu, Sister-in-law Liu, and Taozi arriving together.
I opened the door, and Brother Liu and Taozi got into the truck bed. The two of them worked together to lift a whole pig off the truck.
When I saw this slaughtered and processed pig, my eyes widened.
"This, this..."
Seeing my surprised expression, Old Zhang from the base said, "The pigs we all pooled together were to thank you for saving our lives!"
"That's too much! It can't be a whole pig!"
I still can't accept the fact that everyone gave me a whole pig.
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