Chapter 76 Nomad Base
Will you hear hallucinations when you drink too much? Qi Huan pulled his ears, doubting what he had just heard.
Looking at Jiufang Yu’s serious expression, this is definitely not what he is talking about.
He was still trying to manually remove the illusion, but the little white ball was very active, and couldn't wait to rush over, excitedly hugged the beauty's lips and kissed her. The beauty said she wanted to kiss, and the beauty must be feeling unwell again.
A dazzling white light burst out in Qi Huan's mind. After a few seconds, his body swayed and he fell headfirst. Jiufang Yu quickly protected his forehead and avoided the tragedy of being injured.
Is the reaction so big? Jiufang Yu gently put the person on the back of the seat and sighed helplessly. When Qi Huan fainted, Jiujiu also disappeared, but in the last two seconds, he did vaguely feel the relaxation of his spiritual picture being nourished and soothed, even more comfortable than when he received the spiritual combing of the guide before.
Jiu Fangyu opened his personal terminal and sent a message to Qiu Ran, "Analyze the several sets of data that were just sent from my and Qi Huan's collectors immediately."
[Already doing it.] Almost the next second, the reply came back.
Jiufang Yu thought for a moment, and then opened another dialog box. [Send someone from the Qi family to investigate in detail, focusing on three aspects: 1. The current specific situation of the Qi family, especially the personnel and financial situation; 2. Find evidence against the head of the family and key figures, the bigger the better; 3. Check their connection with Feixing, such as whether they are paying special attention to certain information, or whether they have friends, business contacts, etc.]
[What, your friend named Qi is planning to stage a prince's return to the palace to fight for the family property? ]
[No, he has no interest in the Qi family's people or money, and he doesn't plan to recognize them.]
【Then why are you still going through all this trouble? 】
[Be prepared.] Qi Huan has no interest in the Qi family, but that doesn't mean the Qi family has no interest in Qi Huan. Jiufang Yu's eyes darkened. The person who was watching Qi Huan outside the window before had never been found. Later, Shen Ye and his team investigated Jiufang Kuang and several suspects but found nothing. Now it seems that maybe they were looking in the wrong direction, and the source might be the Qi family.
[Okay, the one who pays is the boss, I will do whatever you tell me to do.]
When Qi Huan opened his eyes again, he had returned to his room in the starship. The sky outside the window was already bright, and the starship had already set off to the next target observation point.
Did you drink too much last night and pass out?
Qi Huan rubbed his head and sat up, feeling as if he had drunk too much. He only vaguely remembered having a beautiful dream. In the dream, Jiufang Yu asked him very seriously and politely that he wanted to kiss him.
"That's a nice thought." Qi Huan laughed and hit his forehead, then got up and washed.
Qi Huan walked to the multi-purpose hall in the middle of the starship, and saw the owner, Diwuyuan and others gathered around the L-shaped bar, looking at him eagerly. The guards and two medical team members at the dining table were already drinking nutrient supplements, and their eyes became eager again when they saw Qi Huan.
"Sorry, I got up late." Qi Huan explained to everyone embarrassedly.
"If you don't get up, I'm going to starve to death." Diwuyuan lay on the bar, pretending to bite the bar counter.
"Then why didn't you call me? Are you just waiting?" Qi Huan tied an apron on and started to work quickly. When I made wontons last night, there was a little extra meat filling, so I added some jelly to make dumplings, fried dough sticks, cooked vegetable porridge, and added a salted egg.
"Do you think we don't want to? It's because someone doesn't allow us to order." The owner rolled his eyes to the sky.
"That's right, the behavior of a bully." Diwuyuan agreed with gritted teeth.
Qi Huan smiled and opened the dough mixer without saying anything. The only person on the entire starship who could make a big and a small person so "united against the enemy" and "endure in silence" was Jiufang Yu.
Jiufang Yu was so busy that he didn't come out to eat until almost noon. Qi Huan had no choice but to carry the tray of steamed buns and vegetable porridge left for him. When he saw him answer the door, he raised the tray in his hand and said, "Your brunch."
"Thank you." Jiufang Yu took the tray and stepped aside to let Qi Huan into the room.
He put the dinner plate on the coffee table beside the bed, walked back to the desk, picked up a stack of reports there and handed them to Qi Huan.
The format was obviously produced by the medical team. Qi Huan flipped through it and took a few glances. Sure enough, it was that pile of incomprehensible charts again, and there were seven or eight of them in a row.
"Brother, can you just tell me the conclusion?" Qi Huan felt dizzy when he saw those charts. He thought that if he continued like this, he might get a rare disease like chart phobia.
"The conclusion is that the speculation direction is correct." Jiufang Yu gestured for him to turn directly to the last page and scooped a spoonful of porridge into his mouth.
Qi Huan opened the last page and read it. The general meaning was that the wine stirred with hair for a long time had more energy than ordinary wine, and it could be monitored that it had the effect of soothing and controlling the shadow of the sentinel's mental picture.
If you directly contact the 'air' with Jiujiu, the effect will be immediate. Judging from the single effect last night, the effect of the 'air' method is about five times that of the 'hair stirring' method. If the time is extended, the effect may continue to increase.
Qi Huan vaguely recalled what happened before he fainted. His cheeks instantly felt hot and his hands and feet became stiff.
"You eat first. I'm still preparing ingredients for lunch outside. I'll be out first." Qi Huan said this and rushed out of the room without caring about Jiufang Yu's answer.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the starship landed at the third target location.
The buildings here are similar to those of the destroyed Base No. 3, with double-eaved brackets, carved railings and decorated buildings, and the shadow of traditional Chinese style is everywhere.
The monitoring scan showed that there were living things in the ruins. Jiufang Yu was worried that it was the lair of some stone beasts, so he took the guards to check it out first. He planned to let the medical team and Diwuyuan officially start the work after it was cleaned up.
The medical team was busy in the laboratory, the shop owner and Senior A Luan were familiarly looking for waste stones to build a temporary long table. The only one left who was temporarily free was Diwu Yuan, who sat listlessly beside Qi Huan as he prepared the ingredients for dinner. Even the little white in his pocket looked listless.
"I see that every time he takes you out, you are always very reluctant. Why do you feel even more listless when I don't take you with me today?" Qi Huan took out the fish fillets that were marinated with salt in the morning to check for dehydration, and teased Diwuyuan.
Except for eating and being upset, the little guy always acts like an elite who thinks time is precious and cannot be wasted. In the past, even if he didn't use his triple-screen personal terminal to work, he would still play games during this free time. In short, it is rare to see him being so lazy and dazed.
"I'm a little upset." Diwuyuan pushed the teacup from his left hand to his right hand, and then poured it back from his right hand to his left hand. It was already empty, but he had no intention of adding more tea. He just fiddled with it absentmindedly.
"They are going to eliminate the danger. They are not taking you with them for your safety." Qi Huan began to stir the seasoning.
"I know, that's not why I'm upset."
"Why is that?" The Sorrows of Young Werther? Qi Huan asked.
"If you find that what you originally thought was right might be wrong, and what was originally wrong might be right, what would you do?" Diwuyuan slowed down his movements and looked at Qi Huan.
"You mean to say that you realized that you were wrong before?"
"That's about right."
"What else can we do? We should correct our mistakes and turn back in time." Qi Huan continued to add seasoning to the jar in his hand.
Seeing the little white ball trying to tangle his hair in, he habitually reached out to pull it away, but suddenly stopped when he thought of the report he had just seen in Jiufang Yu's room.
Wait, could it be that whenever Jiujiu saw him cooking, she would use her hair to stir the food, not because she was naughty and liked to mess around, nor was it a prank, but because she instinctively wanted to make his dishes more flavorful? Did I misunderstand it?
"What if this mistake brings trouble to others?" Diwuyuan's voice brought Qi Huan back to his senses.
"What kind of trouble? One in terms of time, energy, or finances? If it were me, I would probably choose to take responsibility and find a way to double compensate the other party. After all, I was the one who made the mistake first." Qi Huan looked at his little white ball guiltily. It seemed that he had wronged it in the past, and he had to compensate it well in the future.
The little white ball seemed to sense his thoughts. She rubbed Qi Huan's wrist gently with her soft cheek, tilted her head and smiled sweetly at him, trying to tell him that she didn't mind.
Diwuyuan fiddled with the cup, silent for a moment, then nodded to Qi Huan, his expression suddenly brightened, "Huanhuan, you are right, a real man should take responsibility for his actions."
"Is there anything else to eat? I'm hungry." The young master looked at Qi Huan pitifully. After he figured it out, Xiaobai in his pocket also straightened up and became very serious.
"There's still half a tray of soup dumplings left from this morning. Can you heat them up?"
"good."
"What are you doing? Why is it so complicated?" After eating two buns, Diwu Yuan became alert and looked at the jar in Qi Huan's hand curiously.
"Exquisite Peony Pickled Fish." Qi Huan smiled and continued to put the fish slices in.
This dish, like jinji[jī] yucai, is usually made with sea bass as the main ingredient. It was a famous dish that was popular on the tables of the royal family during the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties. There is even a saying that 鲊 and 鲙[kuài] were introduced to Japan from the Tang Dynasty and eventually evolved into sushi and sashimi.
The method of making 鲊 was first recorded in "Qimin Yaoshu". The general method is to use salt to remove the moisture from the fish fillets, mix rice, dogwood, orange peel, wine and other ingredients to make marinade, spread the marinade layer by layer on the fish fillets, and then press and ferment for about a month. The fish fillets will absorb the wine, sourness and spices of the fermented rice, and become extremely rich in taste. 鲊 is actually just a method of fermenting mainly salt and rice. Not only fish fillets, but also bamboo shoots, clams, shrimps, meat and other ingredients can actually be made into '鲊'.
In the Tang and Song dynasties, more spices were added to the marinade, including red yeast rice, sesame oil, dill, fennel, Sichuan pepper, chopped green onion, etc. The fish marinade made in this way is not only as red as agate, but also has a rich taste of wine, sourness and other spices, making it taste even better.
"Do you want to eat tonight?" Diwuyuan's left cheek was bulging with half a steamed bun, and his eyes were shining.
"No, this needs to be pickled and fermented for a while before it can be eaten. Once it's done, I plan to use it for the live broadcast." Qi Huan continued to put the third layer of fish fillets in the jar.
"How long?"
"Two weeks or a month, it depends on the situation." It was the first time that Qi Huan used the ingredients here to make fish pickle, and he was not sure about the fermentation speed.
"Why don't you do this for your next live broadcast?" Diwuyuan shook the spoon with the dumplings in his hand, his eyebrows narrowed, "This is quick and delicious."
Xiaolongbao? Qi Huan raised his eyebrows, "I can consider it."
It is generally believed that the predecessor of Xiaolongbao is the soup dumplings in the Northern Song Dynasty and the plum blossom dumplings in Wanglou Cave recorded in "Dongjing Menghualu". After spreading and evolving in various places, it has become the Xiaolongbao with different flavors and production methods.
Wanglou is a famous restaurant in Tokyo. It is unknown what its cave plum blossom buns looked like. People in the Tang and Song dynasties liked to use flowers and fruits in dishes, so the "plum blossom" in the name may refer to the shape of the buns, the addition of plum blossoms to the filling, or both.
Qi Huan's personal opinion is different from these two speculations. He thinks that the plum blossom buns in the cave may be crucian carp mouth buns. The crucian carp mouth in the middle reveals the filling like the core of a flower, and the rounded folds on the edge are slightly raised, like plum blossom petals.
Qi Huan was about to seal the jar in his hand when Diwuyuan on the opposite side suddenly widened his eyes with a look of horror.
Qi Huan immediately realized something was wrong, and when he focused his attention, he could feel the cold and windy air behind his ears. He reached out and picked up the knife stuck on the chopping board, and chopped behind him without hesitation.
A snake as tall as a man and as thick as his arm was instantly cut into two pieces, and the ferocious snake head just slipped from beside his arm. If it was half a second later, it would probably have bitten the side of his neck.
Diwuyuan screamed and jumped onto the table. There were at least eight or nine colorful snakes on the ground, twisting and swimming, hissing and spitting out their tongues, surrounding him and Qi Huan.
Qi Huan showed no fear at all. He grabbed the eel nail and nailed the two snakes with his hands. He then used his knife to chop at the snakes nearby, and every cut drew blood.
Diwu Yuan was squatting on the table. The two red snakes raised their heads and stared at him, their eyes flashing with strange red light. Suddenly, two membrane-like wings as thin as cicada wings opened on their backs and abdomens, lifted their bodies into the air, and rushed up like lightning.
At the critical moment, Xiaobai suddenly expanded and turned into a giant paper crane, flying high with Diwuyuan. The bodies of the two red snakes crossed over the table and missed.
The next second, a golden net opened above everyone's heads, silently covering an area of about fifty meters in radius. Dozens of blood mists exploded all around, and a moment later, the ground was covered with snake corpses with rotten heads.
"Are you okay?" The shop owner ran over and anxiously grabbed Qi Huan, who was covered in blood, and looked him up and down.
"No, it's all snake blood." Qi Huan waved his hand nonchalantly. He had worked with eels, snakes, and other animals before, and his dissection skills were very skilled, so he was not afraid at all.
At this time, Xiaobai also brought the pale-faced Diwuyuan down. The owner pulled him around and looked him over again, only feeling relieved after making sure that everyone was okay.
"I'm scared to death." Diwuyuan threw himself into Qi Huan's arms and hugged his waist tightly.
"Tsk," the shop owner frowned, picked up a stick, picked up a few snakes and examined them, "Nine out of ten are poisonous snakes."
Ah Luan exchanged a glance with him and walked towards the ruins.
"Ah~~~ Throw it away quickly, throw it all away." Diwuyuan had just let go of Qi Huan when he saw the shop owner picking up a poisonous snake with red and green patterns. He was so scared that he quickly hugged Qi Huan again and buried his head.
The owner smiled and gathered the surrounding snake carcasses together. Just as he was about to throw them away, Qi Huan stopped him and said, "Senior, don't throw them away. We'll have a good dish for you tonight."
"Can this be eaten?" Diwuyuan looked at Qi Huan with a wrinkled face.
"It's edible and very delicious." Qi Huan nodded with a smile on his face.
With so many kinds of snakes, they are simply the godsend ingredients for the famous snake banquet and the Taishi Five Snake Soup.
"Are these enough? Do you want to ask A-Luan to catch some more?" Upon hearing that there was something delicious, the owner's attitude changed very quickly, and he immediately gathered all the snake corpses on the ground.
When Qi Huan first said he wanted to make a stone beast, he was still very hesitant. Now, after so many times of "tempering", he has been completely convinced by Qi Huan's words. As long as Huan Huan says it tastes good, it must be delicious, and there is no reason to miss it.
While a few people were chatting about ordering more dishes, Senior A-Luan had already strode out of the ruins carrying two figures with bruised faces and noses.
The two men had their heads hung, their clothes were tattered, their skin was extremely tanned, their bodies were extremely skinny, and their ribs were so obvious that it seemed as if they could pierce through their chests at any time.
The shop owner looked at the two people from a distance and said, "So this is a small settlement of homeless people?"
Vagrants and illegal residents? Qi Huan was stunned. Could it be that this ruin was one of the legendary vagrant bases with a mix of good and bad people?
No one knew how many illegal residents and vagrants there were on Waste Planet No. 7, and how many vagrant bases there were. Some of them were as solid as rocks, and had existed in the desert for decades. Some wandered with the wind and sand, staying in each place for a few days. Some were short-lived, trading food and beast cores with some people in the base today, and being completely trampled in the desert by stone beasts tomorrow.
Ten or so meters away, the two men were thrown into the dragnet.
They staggered a few steps and fell to the ground one after another.
The shop owner walked over and patted one of the men on the cheek with his fan. His face was smiling, but his tone was frighteningly cold. "Tell me, why did you let the snake attack us?"
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