Chapter 2143 Cooking
Yin Huo was eating porridge. When he met their eyes, he couldn't help but pause and asked, "You guys want to eat too?"
Everyone shook their heads, and Bai Shan said, "You and Mr. can eat it, we'll eat dry food."
In fact, Liu Huan wanted to eat it, and he didn’t understand why they didn’t cook more. He thought so in his heart, so he asked.
Manbao looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle and said sadly, "Because you brought too much luggage, there is not enough space in the car to store the charcoal."
Liu Huan: "...So there's not enough charcoal?"
Bai Shan glanced at him and said, "There's not enough space."
They brought too much luggage. After all, if they wanted to live comfortably, they had to bring a lot of things, and they also brought so many books.
Although they couldn't hold too much charcoal, they could still make a fire when they stopped at night by just finding firewood.
General Nie asked two scouts to go ahead and find a place to stay for the night in advance.
On the other side of a forest there was a swamp with several pools of water that were relatively clear. They left the official road and did not enter the forest, but camped on the edge.
They didn't bring many tents, so they set up all of them. Mr. Zhuang and the two travelers shared one, Yin Huo and the other four squeezed into one, Man Bao and Zhou Liru slept in another, and the carriages surrounded the tents in the middle.
The guards separated, some went to collect firewood, some went to fetch water, and some prepared to cook.
Manbao and the others looked around and found that there were too many people and basically they didn't need to do anything themselves, so they made an excuse to pick up firewood and then slipped into the woods to play.
Daji followed behind as usual.
Koko scanned carefully and helped Manbao find three plants that had not been included. One of them was a very tall tree, so tall that she couldn't even break off a branch to include it.
She looked up at the tall tree that seemed to be piercing through the clouds, and rubbed her neck as she looked back. "It's too high. I don't have the courage to climb it."
Bai Shan also swallowed and nodded, "It is very high, I don't dare to climb it."
Koko: ...
Manbao lowered his head and began to search the ground. "Doesn't this tree bear fruit?"
The last two travelers were invited over. Traveler Wei also looked up for a long time, his eyes full of confusion. "Sir, isn't this a locust tree?"
Manbao was puzzled, "Does the locust tree look like this?"
Bai Erlang had already shouted, "It's not like we haven't seen locust trees before, but they don't look like this."
Wei Xingren laughed and said, "This is also a locust tree. It seems to be called Robinia pseudoacacia here. It grows very tall. People in Xiazhou seem to like to cut it down to build houses. It also makes good furniture."
Manbao asked him hopefully, "Can you climb a tree?"
Wei Xingren: "...Your Excellency is joking. I can't climb trees."
Bai Shanze stroked his chin and asked, "Are there any trees like this further north?"
It's strange that there is only this one tree in this forest. Shouldn't there be more?
I don't know how this one grew.
Wei Xingren said, "There should be some, but the further north we go, the fewer trees there are. Once we leave this grassland, we will cross the Great Wall. After that, we will enter the desert, and there will be even fewer trees."
This is the value of having pedestrians following. Not only are they proficient in various languages on the grassland and desert, they also know the way. Both of them have been on business trips, but so far, the one accompanying Zhou Man is the longest and longest one.
Manbao nodded, and after weighing the pros and cons, he said to Keke, "Let's go forward first. If we can't find any shorter ones, we'll come back and try to climb up and pick one for you."
Otherwise, she would have to cut down the whole tree, so that it wouldn't be noticeable if she took away a branch.
But what is the reason for cutting down trees?
Manbao was already thinking about it. Well, should he make a bookshelf and give it to Brother Yang?
Bai Shan was also thinking about what reason he should use to cut down the tree if he couldn't find another locust tree after returning. Well, maybe give it as a gift to Brother Yang?
What to give?
Bai Shan stared at the tree in front of him and thought, what can it do, a carriage?
The big tree standing in front of them had no idea that they were plotting against it, and it gently shook its branches in the breeze, but because it was too tall, only a rustling sound was made, and they couldn't see it unless they looked up hard.
The two passersby waited for a moment, and then saw that they were just looking around the tree. It seemed that they had no other important questions. They looked at each other and couldn't help but ask Manbao, "Master Zhou, could this tree be a medicinal herb?"
Isn’t this medicinal material too big?
Manbao stroked his chin and thought, "Maybe it really is a medicinal herb. Well, if I come across it again in the future, I'll study it. If I don't, I'll just chop it down when I come back."
Everyone: ...
Yin Huo turned around and said, "I think I smell something."
Liu Huan was stunned for a moment, then immediately followed, "I'll go back and take a look too."
Bai Shan also took Man Bao's hand and said, "Let's go. It should be time to eat soon."
Zhou Liru fell behind and couldn't help but move forward to smell the trunk. After looking forward, she reached out and peeled off a piece of bark when no one was paying attention. Then she caught up with the tree. Why had she never seen in any book that Robinia can be used as medicine?
So a few people who said they were going to collect firewood went in empty-handed, and finally came out with two blades of grass.
Few people paid much attention to the grass that Manbao dug, because the carriage behind was filled with all kinds of flowers and plants that Zhou Man had dug along the way. Most of them were dried and collected as medicinal herbs by her, and a small number were discarded by her. It seemed that they did not grow to her liking and were not qualified as medicinal herbs.
There were three fires next to the tent. The sheep they hunted in the morning was sorted out and divided into three parts, which were now strung together and hung on the fires. In addition, there was a large pot hanging there with something boiling in it.
Inside were the shaved sheep bones, which had been boiled for about three quarters of an hour and were emitting a fragrant aroma. The servants opened the box of ingredients and selected a lot of things to add in.
The rice is already cooked. We consume a lot of food when we are away from home, so we should still eat rice and noodles.
Everyone took their own bowls and chopsticks to serve the rice and started eating.
Mr. Zhuang was drinking his soup when he saw them coming out and asked, "What's in the woods?"
Manbao said, "There are no rabbits."
Mr. Zhuang said with a hint of regret, "I heard there are a lot of rabbits on the grassland."
Bai Shan: "Sir, it's spring now, and rabbits are not fat."
"This sheep isn't fat, why are you willing to hunt it?"
Bai Shan had no choice but to promise: "Okay, let's look for rabbits tomorrow. If there are any, we'll catch two for you, sir."
Mr. Zhuang was finally satisfied, but still felt a little regretful. "The rabbit meat cooked by your sister-in-law is still the best. It is fried very well."
Manbao thinks so too.
Rabbit meat is tender. Mr. Zhuang has been thinking about it ever since he had a taste of it once. Unfortunately, the meat can only be fried. Roasting and marinating it are both tough and hard on the teeth, so he doesn't like it.
Because Mr. Zhuang liked it, the next day the three of them rode horses on the grassland together, hoping to find some rabbits. However, perhaps because they were too close to the official road, there were no rabbits anywhere they went.
good evening
(End of this chapter)
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