Chapter 1023: Happy Rice Fish



There is a bed under the not-so-big gourd shed.

The bed is made of wood and covered with a bamboo mat made from large pieces of bamboo strips.

There was a pillow at one end and a thin quilt made of rough silk at the other.

This is where Han Cheng sleeps in Jinguan City.

On a summer night, if there is no rain, sleeping outside is the most comfortable.

It is exceptionally cool and not at all stuffy, allowing people to fully enjoy the coolness of summer nights.

Of course, there is a prerequisite that there are no mosquitoes to bother you and you can have a friendly communication with them.

Han Cheng is quite afraid of mosquitoes.

If you are bitten by this thing, your body will feel extremely itchy, and a lump will appear soon.

It will take nearly two days for it to slowly dissipate.

This feeling can really drive people crazy sometimes.

However, Han Cheng can now sleep safely outside because around his bed he has set up a mosquito net made of rough linen woven in the tribe.

This mosquito net looks a bit simple, but it is still very good to use, at least it is very effective in preventing mosquitoes. As long as you press the openings tightly, you don’t have to worry about being attacked by mosquitoes when you sleep at night.

Han Cheng sat on the bed, took off his shoes, tucked in the mosquito net, and then lay down on the wooden bed.

The bamboo mat on the wooden floor was very cool and very comfortable to lie on.

Lying on the bed and stretching lazily, Han Cheng felt relaxed all over.

After a day of hard work, the moment I lay down on the bed was so comfortable.

After lying on the bed for a while, Han Cheng reached out and pulled the thin quilt next to him, covered himself with it, and looked up with his eyes open.

The faint moonlight fell between the gourd leaves, leaving spots of white.

As the breeze blew, the leaves of the gourd swayed gently, and the stars that appeared from the gaps became dim.

In the distance, the sound of night patrols beating gongs could be heard, mixed with the barking of dogs.

These sounds seemed clear and distant in the night, as if they were also soaked in the cool and clear night.

The gourds hanging from the gourd shed swayed slowly in the breeze, looking like wooden wind chimes.

Gradually, everything in front of me became blurry, and the sounds coming from afar became more distant...

Time passes quietly while I am sleeping.

The big rooster in the tribe raised its head and crowed, waking Han Chengzi from his deep sleep.

Daylight filtered through the gaps between the gourd leaves and the gourds.

The dark, early morning sky, and the dusk and moonlit sky are generally quiet and charming.

When autumn comes, there is more dew.

The gourd leaves are covered with tiny water droplets, making them look lush and green.

The surrounding land also appears to be relatively damp.

However, the area under the gourd shed was very dry and not wet by dew.

This is because the dew that falls at night is blocked by the dense gourd leaves.

This is why Han Cheng placed his bed under the gourd shed and slept there.

Not only can you enjoy the coolness under it during the day, but you can also sleep under it at night and it can effectively block the dew and prevent it from getting your bed and head wet...

As the weather brightened, Jinguan City in the Qingque tribe became busy and lively.

The main laborers in the tribe, without having eaten, took the sickles they had sharpened before going to bed last night, went to the fields, and continued to harvest rice...

Time passed, and as time passed, the rice fields were harvested and transported to the threshing ground under the hard work of the people of the Qingque tribe.

Here in the threshing ground, a field of rice is drying in the sun.

The extremely hot autumn sun and the occasional wind quickly take away the moisture from the rice.

In the afternoon, someone with experience in threshing came in according to Han Cheng's previous arrangement. He harnessed the ox to the stone roller, tied a hammer made of stone to the back of the roller, and started threshing the field.

Driven by the thresher, the huge ox pulled the stone roller and the stone shovel behind it, turning in circles on the rice.

We press one circle after another, trying to ensure that no place is missed.

As the stone roller turned and the stone axe slid past, plump rice grains fell from it.

Because there are rice straws laid on top, a certain amount of pressure can be relieved. In addition, the threshing floor is also made of soil, which can effectively protect the rice grains from being crushed by stone rollers and stone hammers.

The stone roller was made by some stonemason skills who came to Jinguan City after arriving here, using hammers and chisels.

These stone rollers are much larger than those in the Qingque main tribe and the Tongshan residential area.

This is because the main forces pulling the rollers in the main tribe are donkeys and deer.

Here in Jinguan City, there are a large number of cattle available for driving, obtained from the Red Tiger Tribe and the hunchback primitive people.

It is just like the saying "Adults eat big steamed buns, and children eat small Wangzai steamed buns." The strong animals also need to pull big stones and big axe.

With a large stone roller, a large hammer, and stronger oxen, the efficiency of the threshing floor will naturally be much higher.

The field was set when the sun was still about halfway above the ground.

Some people who were busy at the scene first used wooden forks to pick up the rice stalks that were flattened by the stone roller and piled them aside.

Later, they used wooden rakes and other tools to remove some of the remaining longer rice stalks.

Then they began to 'clean up the field' using wooden shovels, large brooms and upside-down rakes.

The so-called "gathering the field" refers to gathering together the fruits that have been crushed by the stone roller, as well as the fruit shells and other things that are mixed together and spread on the threshing field.

After the field is gathered, winnowing begins.

It's okay today, there's a slight breeze, which is just the right opportunity to winnow the grain.

By winnowing and using wind power, the mixed rice and rice chaff are separated.

There are some dirty grains that are difficult to clean up, which can be cleaned up using things like winnowing baskets and bamboo sieves.

The people on the threshing ground were cleaning up the crops. Han Cheng put down his sickle and walked over from the paddy field.

"Take some of the rice harvested today, pound it into rice, and steam it to eat in the evening!"

Han Cheng came over and looked at the rice that these people had collected for a while, and then said to the people in the tribe with a smile.

"Let's get some people to catch more fish from the rice fields.

At night, I boiled fish soup and poured it over rice to eat!

Han Cheng swallowed his saliva and added to everyone again.

After hearing Han Cheng say this, the people here suddenly became excited.

The deliciousness of the dried rice was something that only a small number of people who arrived early had tasted. It was truly a delicacy that was truly enjoyable.

The large number of people who came later had never eaten rice before.

However, just because they have never eaten it doesn't mean they don't know how delicious dried rice is.

Because there are often people who have eaten it and can't help but tell others how delicious the rice is when they are taking care of the rice or seeing the rice.

Over time, these people in the tribe basically knew that the fields were planted with rice.

Rice is a very delicious food, especially when it is made into the food called "dry rice", it tastes even better.

That's why he became so excited after hearing Han Cheng say this.

Seeing them happy, Han Cheng was also happy. He swallowed his saliva without leaving a trace while the people in the tribe were not paying attention.

In later generations, although he was a northerner, he still ate rice.

Rice and rice tea are the two most commonly eaten foods made with rice.

Especially when there are no pasta products such as steamed buns and noodles, rice will naturally become his staple food.

Although the tribe had obtained rice before, Han Cheng was reluctant to eat most of it because he wanted to keep most of it for planting. As a result, he especially wanted to have a meal of rice now.

It was a lie to tell the people in the tribe that it was a celebration and a reward. The main reason was that he was just greedy.

After arranging people to pound the newly harvested rice, Han Cheng immediately returned to the rice fields and called on the half-grown children in the tribe to catch fish in the harvested rice fields.

Compared to helping with rice harvesting, the children in the tribe’s favorite thing to do is actually catching fish in the rice fields.

Before, because I had serious work to do, I could only catch fish for a while when I had time. I also had to worry about being blamed by the adults in the tribe, which was not satisfying at all.

However, it was different when the Son of God came over and called out. This thing that had to be done secretly before immediately became open and aboveboard. They could catch as many people as they wanted without having to worry about anyone coming to blame them!

That is why, after being greeted by Han Cheng, the children around suddenly became excited.

They shouted excitedly and ran towards the harvested rice fields. Then, like a group of ducks that had just seen the water, they fluttered into the rice fields and started catching fish.

The water in the rice fields is very shallow because a lot of water had been added before.

There are a lot of fish in it, so it’s not too difficult to catch them.

After a short while, some people had already reaped the rewards.

Looking at these children coming to the shore excitedly with fish in their hands, Han Cheng couldn't help but smile.

If he wasn't so old, he would definitely participate in this event!

The people of the Qingque tribe who were harvesting rice in other nearby rice fields would turn their heads and straighten their backs from time to time, looking over here with smiles in their eyes.

After watching for a while, they would bend down again and continue harvesting rice with more energy than before.

Han Cheng called some people who usually cleaned fish, and asked them to squat by the canal and directly clean the fish caught by the children in the tribe.

After cleaning a basin, he and another person carried the fish directly back to the tribe.

He's going to cook today!

After returning to the tribe, they washed the fish again with water and then chopped them into pieces with a knife.

Add some wine and sprinkle some salt in it. Grab some pepper shells, rub them hard with your hands, and sprinkle them on top.

Then add some vinegar into it, stir it, and marinate it.

It won’t work without pickling.

First, pickling can remove the fishy smell.

Secondly, the fish will be chewier if it is marinated before eating.

After this batch of fish was processed, someone came over carrying a large jar of pounded rice.

Han Cheng personally demonstrated to them how to wash rice.

The whitish rice water was not wasted and was poured directly into the large vat by Han Cheng.

Rice water is a good thing. It has a very good cleaning effect. Whether it is used for washing dishes or washing hair, the effect is very good.

Especially for washing hair, the hair feels much more comfortable after washing than after washing with soap in the tribe!

After washing the new rice, Han Cheng put it into a clay pot, added water, covered it with a lid, and started someone to light a fire and steam it.

After he had finished processing these, someone came back carrying a basin of processed fish.

Han Cheng did not do it himself this time. Instead, he asked the people who often cooked in the kitchen and had seen him demonstrate before to follow his method.

He then started to make fish soup with the fish that had been marinated for a while.

Someone is cooking the pot, so Han Cheng doesn't need to worry about it.

After asking someone to boil the pot, he dug out a piece of ginger from the pile of sand in the corner of the kitchen.

This ginger was obtained when we went to the Red Tiger Tribe before.

After returning, most of Han Chengdu's bodies were buried in the vegetable garden next to the tribe.

A small portion was left in the kitchen, covered with sand, and kept for normal consumption.

At the critical moment of cooking fish, he would certainly not forget ginger, a good thing for removing fishy smell and enhancing flavor.

Cut the washed ginger into large ginger slices. The large ceramic pot has also been heated.

Use a spoon to scoop some animal fat from the oil can next to you and put it in. After a while, the oil will be heated.

Han Cheng first put the ginger slices in it and fried it with a little oil, then poured a pot of marinated fish fillets into the pot.

When the hot oil meets the fish pieces that still have some water in them, there will be a sizzling sound and white smoke will rise up.

However, because the tribe still used clay pots, and the thermal conductivity of clay pots was slow, only the initial noise was loud.

After that it didn’t work.

After frying the fish for a while, Han Cheng scooped up clean water from the well with a ladle, added it into the earthenware pot, and then covered it with a lid and boiled it.

After doing all this, he went to the vegetable garden outside and pulled a lot of green onions. He peeled them, washed them, and cut them into chopped green onions for later use...


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