Chapter 68 Refreshing Delicacies
After the dog finished eating, I started eating too.
First, tear the scallions and cilantro into small pieces, mix them with some sauce and place them at the bottom of a bowl, then cover them with piping hot rice.
After pressing the rice down with a rice paddle, wait quietly for a few minutes.
A few minutes later, scoop a spoonful of bibimbap sauce onto the rice.
Pick up the chopped scallions and cilantro from the bottom and mix them well with the rice and rice seasoning.
As you stir, the hot rice brings out the full aroma of the scallions and cilantro.
After stirring well, the bright green scallions and cilantro have turned dark green from the scalding and softly blend into the rice.
The beef and shiitake mushroom pieces from the bibimbap sauce are also mixed in.
I scooped out a big spoonful and put it directly into my mouth.
The sauce is rich and flavorful, the scallions and cilantro are crisp and fragrant, and the beef cubes are also delicious.
This is my favorite scallion rice from when I was a kid.
When I was little, whenever I caught a cold or got sick, my mom would make me rice with scallions.
Later, when I was living on my own, I basically ate out, so I never ate out again.
Eating it again today brought back so many memories, and it was absolutely delicious.
After eating, I took out some frozen plums from the refrigerator and returned to the dark room.
I lay on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), and placed the kang table in the inner part of the room. On it was a plate of chilled plums, which I could reach with one hand.
I enjoyed the cool breeze from the basement while eating icy cold plums.
I could no longer feel any heat, and my heart gradually calmed down.
Several dogs were playing and laughing on the narrow floor, but some of them couldn't move around freely.
However, they are also clever; they know it's hot outside, so they prefer to stay in a small space rather than go out.
I have always strictly forbidden them from going to the basement, and Little Digua is very well-behaved. He knows he can't go there and never goes down.
Now that I think about it, I suddenly feel sorry for them because they are so sensible.
I've now cleared out the basement, making a large open space.
With enough space, I'm no longer afraid they'll damage my things.
If the temperature gets too high in a few days, I'll take them to the basement.
I lay in the dark room for an afternoon, and it gradually got dark.
Once the outdoor temperature dropped a bit, I prepared to go out again.
It was too dark at night for me to be alone, so I brought Xiaodi and Xiaogua with me.
They took six buckets to the well, filled them with water, put them on a cart, and hauled them to the vegetable garden.
Take a water ladle and pour water little by little into each vegetable seedling.
The two little ones were bored at home all day, and now that the outdoor temperature isn't too hot, they ran around happily, sniffing and looking around everywhere.
When I pulled the cart back to get more water, the two dogs followed me back.
After making three trips back and forth and watering each seedling, I went home with peace of mind.
Normally, I don't need to water them every day, but the temperature has been too high lately, so I just want to water them more often to cool them down and help them survive.
Logically, 9:00 PM is my bedtime, but because I stayed up late last night, I woke up late today and am actually quite energetic.
But I'm not in a hurry.
Since we have to water the vegetable garden every night and can't do much during the day, then a schedule of sleeping during the day and being active at night is not impossible.
It's hot now and I don't have much of an appetite; I can't eat stewed or stir-fried dishes.
So I decided to make myself a few refreshing side dishes and put them in the refrigerator to eat slowly.
Long nights can be quite boring, so I turn on a TV series and cook some side dishes while watching it.
First, I'll go to the gate of the yard and pick a handful of small red chilies. I just scattered them randomly when I planted mint, and now they've grown into a huge patch.
Go to the basement and get some dried kelp, dried cucumber, and dried radish, then soak them in water.
Mix the dried chili powder, sesame seeds and salt evenly.
Heat some oil in an electric rice cooker and pour it over the chili oil to make a big bowl of chili oil.
Cut the bird's eye chili into small rings, slice the garlic, and chop the scallions and cilantro into small pieces.
Boil a large pot of water, wait until the kelp is cleaned, put it in the water and boil it briefly, then take it out and cut it into small diamond-shaped pieces.
After draining the water, add light soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, oyster sauce, plenty of sliced garlic and chopped chili peppers.
After mixing well, take a bite. The smooth and crisp texture is filled with sweet, sour and spicy flavors, making it rich and refreshing.
Sweet and spicy seaweed is my favorite cold dish. I can easily eat two bowls of rice with this side dish.
I mixed a small bowl of sweet and spicy seaweed, covered it with plastic wrap, and put it in the refrigerator.
After soaking and rinsing the dried cucumbers and radishes, cut them into small pieces.
Add chopped green onions, cilantro, garlic, and two tablespoons of chili oil, sesame oil, sugar, and vinegar. Mix well.
After mixing, I took a small bite. It was spicy, numbing, and fragrant. The dried radish was a bit hard and very crunchy, and the spiciness of the radish was long gone. The dried cucumber was just crunchy and had a slight cucumber fragrance. Each one was delicious in its own way.
Cover this small bowl of pickled vegetables with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator.
The refrigerator can easily hold these two bowls of pickled vegetables. Besides the pickled vegetables, there are only some frozen plums and crabapples.
After doing all that, I washed the dishes that hadn't been washed during the day, and then swept and cleaned the place thoroughly.
Doing this job during the day would kill me, but it's a bit cooler at night, so it doesn't feel that difficult.
I gave the chicks water and food, gave them a nice, dry bath, changed into a nightgown, and went back to the darkroom.
Tonight, I didn't close the wooden door to the basement; instead, I used an old wire dog cage upside down on top to prevent the puppies from falling in.
I even felt a bit cool in the middle of the night, but I slept soundly after covering myself with a summer blanket.
When I woke up the next day, it was already noon, and I couldn't wait to eat the cold dish I had made myself.
Braving the high temperature, I first steamed the rice, then continued to feed and water the chicks.
Once the rice was cooked, he took two small bowls of pickled vegetables and went back to the dark room.
Fill a large soup bowl with rice, then pour in some cold water; this is called "water rice".
A bite of pickled vegetables followed by a big gulp of rice water is refreshing, thirst-quenching, and delicious.
Eating and drinking are all taken care of; it's simply perfect.
The sweet and spicy kelp is even more flavorful now than last night. The kelp is very chewy, and you can taste the sweet and spicy flavor that has seeped into it as you chew.
Needless to say, cold radish and dried cucumber salad are crunchy and go especially well with rice.
My dog hasn't eaten meat for two days. He looks at me with great longing as I eat rice and pickles, as if I'm eating something delicious all by myself.
I held a piece of seaweed up to the noses of the two little ones and let them smell it. They turned their heads away and refused to eat it, then looked at me with eyes full of sadness.
They probably felt that their owner was no longer capable of hunting and that they would have to eat only coarse food in the future, so it's no wonder that there was some sadness in their eyes.
I don't care about any of that, as long as they know I'm not eating alone and that I'm eating the same vegetarian food, that's fine with me.
After eating, they leave the dishes in the kitchen without washing them, planning to do it later when it's cooler in the evening.
Although the dark room was cool, it was indeed a bit small, and lying there for a long time felt cramped.
I went down to the basement and used a wire fence to enclose the empty area in the middle, trying to create as much space as possible.
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