The next day, when I got home from school, I found that Mr. Qiu had indeed slaughtered the rabbit and chopped it into small pieces. Because it was hot, he put the basin containing the rabbit meat in water to keep it cool.
Qiu's mother didn't do it in advance, probably because she wanted to let her do it freely.
Qiu Yuling first went to the backyard to pick vegetables and prepared various ingredients. She blanched the onions and ginger, fried the chili peppers, star anise, and peppercorns until the moisture was dry, and then added some of Qiu's father's liquor to stir-fry them. Then she added salt and soy sauce to stir-fry, added water to stew, and then Qiu Yuling went to see her rabbit skin.
She found her usual wooden block to flatten the skin, and scraped off the oil film and remaining meat bit by bit. This process was still very laborious. Fortunately, although she was small, she still had some strength. Otherwise, she would have to wait for Mr. Qiu to get off work and work late into the night.
In fact, she could spend some points to get it done in the system mall with one click, but she didn't rely on it much except for exchanging supplies. In one's life, some things can be covered up temporarily, but not forever.
Rather than being treated as a monster one day because of being exposed, it is better to grow your skills bit by bit.
Before getting the book back from the purchasing station, she had thought about exchanging it at the mall, but she found that the mall charged exorbitant prices for any commodity other than those for daily necessities. So she gave up the idea and lived her life step by step in a down-to-earth manner.
Although she was busy with her work, she had to keep an eye on the pot from time to time. When she saw that the food was almost done, Qiu Yuling took out a large piece of firewood and buried it in the stove ash. She covered the peeled potatoes and radishes on top and continued to simmer on low heat.
After a break and a shovel, a small rabbit skin is almost cleaned. It still needs to be washed, which is also a big project.
Qiu Yuling didn't rush to start. She could handle any job, but washing clothes made her hands hurt and couldn't get them clean. She was ready for it. She decided to wait until her parents came back and try her idea to see if it would work.
Soak the rabbit skin back in the soapnut water first. Qiu Yuling sees that the time is almost up, sprinkles it with chopped green onions and garlic sprouts, turns off the heat and covers the pot.
In another stove, thick porridge was cooking in a large earthenware pot, with two layers of steamed buns in steamed buns on top.
There was also a pot of cold wild vegetables. Qiu Yuling brought it to the table, set the table with the dishes and chopsticks, picked up the book, and waited for the people who had finished work to come in.
The seasonings were all very simple, but the food on the table was truly a delicacy. The Qiu family members who came home from work gathered around the table and ate with great praise.
Even Qiu's mother had to say that her little girl, despite being so small, was really good at cooking.
After Mr. Qiu wiped his mouth, Qiu Yuling couldn't wait to pull him aside and tell him her needs. She needed to tie a rope on a sturdy beam, with the lower end of the rope connected to a long wooden rafter as thick as an adult's arm. A wooden handle about 20 centimeters long should also be fixed on the rafter. The lowest part of the hanging rafter should not touch the bottom of the tank below.
Mr. Qiu, who is very good at hands-on work, said it was settled!
After putting water in the tub, Qiu Yuling tried to hold the wooden handle and rotate and shake the wooden rafter in one direction. Sure enough, the towels in the tub were stirred and began to spin, just like in a washing machine.
After Qiu's mother stood up, a handle was fixed at the height of her chest. Qiu's mother tried it and found that there was no problem with its function except that it was a waste of water and arms.
Mother Qiu felt that the father and son were simply taking off their pants to fart, which was a superfluous act. They were taking up her entire tub for nothing, and it would have been more efficient for her to wash by hand.
Qiu Yuling asked her to be patient, fished out the washed rabbit skin that had been put in later, put it into the net bag next to it, and hung it on another rope that Qiu's father had tied to the beam under the eaves.
She spun around and around, then she let go, biubiubiu, and countless splashes of water were thrown out. Mother Qiu, who couldn't dodge in time, really didn't want to spoil her daughter anymore, so she raised her hand and slapped Qiu Yuling and chased after her.
"Mom, Mom, listen to me. That was an accident. This is a temporary place. If you need it, you can move it to the backyard and it won't splash anyone. You can scoop out the used water and use it to water the ground."
Qiu Yuling hid behind her eldest and third brothers, and with her flexible movements, she managed to escape the disaster.
After operating the simple spin dryer twice, there was very little water left on the rabbit skin, and it was much cleaner than when she wrung it out by hand.
Except for Qiu's mother who was not optimistic, Qiu's father and son all supported Qiu's younger sister's brilliant idea. The three of them worked together to place the "washing machine" in the backyard. After the two brothers went up and washed the clothes by hand for a round, Qiu's younger sister finally agreed to stop this activity.
"Big brother, third brother, what do you think about it?" Qiu Yuling excitedly asked her two brothers for their opinions after using it. She also hoped that everyone could use their brains together and come up with better suggestions.
Qiu Dashan rubbed the alopecia on his sister's head that couldn't be pressed down and said, "It works well. Yuling's brain is really good."
Qiu Yuling turned to look at her third brother again. Qiu Dashu rubbed his sore arm and said helplessly, "It works, okay? You're so smart!"
Only then did the day come to an end under the starlight, and the brothers and sisters went back to their rooms to sleep.
Qiu Yuling first went back to her farm cabin to wash up, but she didn't rush out after she was done. Raising bees was not a whim. She couldn't catch bees from outside for the time being, so she planned to purchase them directly from the mall.
A box of bees can produce 12 kilograms of honey a year, which requires 12 points. If you buy ten boxes at a time, the package price is 110 points, and you will get a beehive for free.
Qiu Yuling calculated that she would need 100 boxes at one time. She would keep them in the space first, and then try to do it outside. When the skill was mature, she would teach her big brother about it so that he could have an easier time in the future.
The beehives were placed separately at the junction of the Walking Forest and the Baba Farm. She had opened another acre of rapeseed field, and the flowers were in full bloom at the moment. There were also saxaul flowers on the other side of the Walking Forest, which was very convenient for the bees to collect nectar.
After collecting eggs, milk and goat milk, Qiu Yuling now has a large stock. She trades them almost every day. Looking at the balance in her wallet that is rising, she sighs and thinks that this is how life should be!
For the first time since she traveled through time, Qiu Yuling indulged herself in the cabin on the farm and had a deep sleep. When she opened her eyes the next day to the noise outside, she forgot where she was for a moment.
She rubbed her face and secretly warned herself that this would only be the first time and it would not happen again. The space farm had already brought her enough conveniences, and she had to be content and cautious in her current life.
After carrying her bag and coming out, Mother Qiu was surprised. "I called you many times but you didn't respond. You even thought you had gone to school when I wasn't paying attention. You even thought you asked your third brother to bring you lunch at noon."
Qiu Yuling smiled embarrassedly and made up a lie that she had a nightmare and overslept. Qiu's mother was understanding. It was common for children to be greedy for food, play and sleep. But when she did this suddenly, she thought her daughter was still a naughty child.
Qiu Yuling was indeed a little late. She grabbed the lunch box, stuffed it into her schoolbag, and ran away. It seemed that her mother Qiu shouted something from behind, but she couldn't hear it clearly.
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