Chapter 23 Seafood
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She Ning's eyes lit up. She rolled up her sleeves and moved the floor tile with her bare hands. As the tile was moved, a square hole appeared in front of her.
Below the cave entrance was a wooden ladder, with a rope tied to the top of the ladder. The rope was connected to a wooden basket below, presumably used by the forestry soldiers to move things down.
Turning around and closing the door, She Ning arrived at the cave entrance and, using the cloak to float, leaped down.
The cellar was poorly lit and dark. She closed her eyes and opened them again, waiting for her eyes to adjust to the environment before lighting a candle on one of the walls.
The cellar was about half the size of the room above, with four large rows of wooden crates arranged along the innermost wall, totaling as many as 20.
The box was piled high with all sorts of precious and rare artifacts. Compared to the items in her system's storage compartment, the sheer number of them was nothing.
In less than two years, they have plundered so much. No, we don’t know if they had already transported some of it away before. Perhaps what remains is just the tip of the iceberg.
Looking at the bronze ram head statue buried underneath, and thinking of the ram and beast heads that are still missing in later generations, She Ning wished he could kill all those people. It was because of these greedy and unfilial descendants that a large number of cultural relics in China were scattered abroad and could not return home.
Since the 1980s, the third wave of cultural relics loss has been triggered by illegal excavation and smuggling. The first two waves were foreign invasions from 1840 to 1924 and from the 1930s to the 1940s.
The port city was an important transit point for cultural relics smuggling during the third wave of cultural relic loss.
If She Ning hadn't discovered this, she might have actually succeeded. After all, their place wasn't far from Hong Kong. It only took 3 hours by train to reach Kowloon. If they had gotten off the train and taken a boat across the river, the time would have been even shorter.
The system storage compartment purchased with 5 points is fantastic. It's much larger than the system's default 3m*3m compartment, measuring 10m*10m, which is even bigger than the house She Ning currently lives in.
After putting all the wooden crates into the storage compartments, the cellar instantly became empty. Looking at the cellar where nothing was left, She Ning nodded in satisfaction.
Tomorrow is the weekend, and the scrap yard will be closed. According to She Ning's observations, Lin Yejun has a strong obsession with following the rules of get off work hours. He will not arrive a minute early or leave a minute late, and it is even more impossible for him to come and work overtime on the weekend.
But just to be on the safe side, She Ning still decided to use her transformation skills to create an illusion.
The Versatile Gloves have zero usable uses as displayed in the system. She Ning has discovered the Dwarf Hammer's function: it can forge various weapons and has a certain chance of being enhanced.
If you forge the Hundred-Change Gloves with the Dwarf Hammer, wouldn't you get a new Hundred-Change Gloves, and maybe even have the chance to empower it?
She Ning asked the system about this idea.
system:? ? ?
Is this even possible?
"Why not? How can the shapeshifting glove not be considered a weapon?" She Ning argued, trying to convey her point of view. "The shapeshifting glove is a shapeshifting weapon, and shapeshifting weapons and weapons are related as one and the other."
"Therefore, shape-shifting gloves can also be considered weapons," She Ning said decisively.
The system, caught up in She Ning's trap, fell silent for a while. It seemed that what she said made sense, but something still felt off.
"System, you're not trying to renege on your promise, are you?" She Ning teased, mimicking She Ni's tone. "No way, no way, is there really a system trying to cheat?"
system:……
"The Dwarf's Hammer can be used with the Ever-Changing Gloves." After coldly uttering these words, the system disappeared.
Ever since she successfully negotiated the price with him, he felt that there were some strange things in his system. The system, which had retreated deep into She Ning's mind, silently opened the antivirus program and cleaned itself up again and again.
Unaware of the system's operation, She Ning, after receiving a positive response, unhesitatingly used the last forging opportunity of the Dwarf Hammer on the Ever-Changing Gloves.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the forging of the Ever-Changing Gloves and obtaining the rare empowerment: Permanent."
!!! !!! !
Good heavens, what did she see?!
On the system screen, the word "Permanent" next to "Rare Empowerment" flashed with golden light, instantly overshadowing all the other floating black text. This was a powerful alliance between the dwarves and the witches.
Overjoyed, She Ning suppressed her excitement and clicked on the annotation.
Versatile Gloves
Note: Forged jointly by dwarves and witches, it can transform into anything, with 100% visual/tactile similarity.
Number of uses: Unlimited/Permanent
(The transformed objects can coexist, and can be transformed individually or in large numbers.)
After the upgrade, let's put it this way, the Ever-Changing Gloves have gained two new functions: not only is there no limit to the number of transformations, but even if someone touches it, the realism is still 100%, which avoids the situation where the previous "Bombing Boy" was afraid of being touched and exposed.
She Ning transformed the entire cellar into a way that she had never been down there, then returned to her room and covered the cellar entrance with floor tiles.
The next step is to wait patiently for the rabbit to run into the tree stump, and then catch them all in one fell swoop.
After putting the dwarf hammer, which had served its purpose and become an ordinary hammer, back into the system's storage slot, She Ning touched the crossbow on the interface. It was cold and hard, a feeling of security that cold weapons brought.
After leaving the scrap metal recycling station, She Ning went to the police station in secret before returning home.
When she got home, She Hongmei wasn't there; She Ni was outside playing with her friends.
"Nini, where did Mom go?" Standing at the gate of the yard, She Ning asked She Ni, who was not far away.
She Ni was waiting for her partner to finish the last square when she heard her sister call her. She told her partner and then ran over quickly. Each of her two little braids had a small butterfly hair clip attached to it, and the butterfly wings fluttered slightly in the air, making her look lively and cute.
"Sister, you're back! Mom went to another Aunt Guan's house." She ran up to her, looked up, and said to She Ning with a pure smile on her face.
They were both Aunt Guan, so she couldn't tell them apart. She referred to Guan Xiuhua as another Aunt Guan, while Guan Xiuli was the Aunt Guan next door.
After a period of rest, her face became much fairer and more tender, and she also had some baby fat that was typical of childhood. Because of exercise, her face was rosy and her forehead was covered in fine sweat.
The evenings in mid-April were still a bit chilly. Worried that she might catch a cold if she didn't wipe her sweat, She Ning took out a small handkerchief from her pocket and wiped the sweat from her forehead. Then she gave her another small handkerchief to put on the back of her clothes.
She Ni closed her eyes and obediently let her wipe her sweat, then let her put the towel away.
"Go have fun. Come back for dinner later." After doing everything, She Ning patted her hand and told her to continue playing.
She Ni glanced at her friends who were still waiting for her to play together, then at She Ning. She knew that She Ning wanted to help her start the fire, but didn't want to stand her friends up. She Ning gave her a push: "Go ahead, don't keep them waiting. I'll give you a day off. I'll start the fire today."
She Ni frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Sister, then, I'll help you tomorrow."
Seeing her conflicted expression, She Ning bent down to look her in the eye, then patted her head and said gently, "Okay, I'll leave the fire-starting to you tomorrow."
Children are always worried that they can't help with household chores, and they are always looking for opportunities to help out. When they have free time, they worry that they are useless. But at this age, she doesn't need to be so sensible.
She Ning straightened up, and in the distance, butterflies fluttered their wings, smiling happily in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Turning around and entering the room, She Ning first went to the west wing room, where Old Mrs. She was awake.
"Ah Ning, help me out to sit down," she said.
"Grandma, sit here, I'll go cook some rice first." She helped her out and sat her down under the peach tree. She then made her a cup of malted milk powder and placed it on the stone table.
Grandma She sat on a bamboo rattan chair with a backrest that had been specially made for her. She placed her cane on one side of the stone table, and her fingers, which had regained much of their mobility, clenched into fists and then relaxed.
"Your mom picked a lot of green beans this afternoon. Bring some over and I'll help you pick some." Looking at her thin, bony fingers, she pinched her index finger and thumb together. At her last check-up, the doctor suggested she exercise more to promote functional recovery. That's good; picking vegetables is good exercise at the same time.
Grandma She said with a smile, "I'll just stir-fry some cured pork and green beans tonight."
She Ning naturally agreed, took a small bundle of long green beans from the kitchen and placed it on the table for her to easily reach, and then brought her a bamboo basket and placed it on her lap to hold the prepared green bean segments.
After finishing everything, She Ning hummed a song as she returned to the kitchen. It felt great to feel like everyone was working hard and striving for progress.
During the time She Hongmei was setting up her stall in town, the ingredients in her kitchen began to diversify. The ingredients changed every week, and today she even had a small basket of swimming crabs and a small bag of scallops and abalone.
April is the best time to eat swimming crabs. The large female crabs are full of crab roe and have a delicate texture. Simply put ginger slices at the bottom and steam them for a delicious dish.
After steaming the blue crabs, She Ning poured out the scallops that had been soaked in lightly salted water for 2 hours. She then inserted a knife along the seam of the scallops and gently pried them open with her wrist.
After removing the black viscera and dark parts, She Ning cleaned the scallops thoroughly, leaving only the snow-white and plump scallop meat on the entire shell. She planned to make a dish of steamed scallops with garlic and vermicelli that everyone loves.
As for abalone, its meat is incredibly tender and has a smooth and delicate texture; she plans to use it to make soup.
Combine chicken, red dates, goji berries, and ginger slices, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for one and a half hours. Finally, add salt to taste. This soup is fresh, fragrant, and delicious, nourishes blood and qi, and can relieve cold hands and feet.
This is best suited to their family's current situation.
While the soup was still simmering, She Ning washed the green beans that Grandma She had picked, cut a piece of cured meat from under the eaves, washed it, steamed it once, and then sliced it for later use.
Heat oil in a pan, add green beans and stir-fry over medium heat until they wrinkle and turn yellow. Remove the green beans from the pan. Then stir-fry the cured pork over medium heat until it is about 70% cooked. Add garlic, dried chili pepper pieces, and the stir-fried green beans, and stir-fry together. After a minute or two, add a little sugar and salt to taste.
The fragrant and spicy stir-fried cured pork with green beans is ready.
The stir-fried cured pork has a unique meaty aroma that can be smelled from far outside the yard.
"Sister, it smells so good!" She Ni said, leaning against the door frame, swallowing hard. Behind her was a string of little ones who were also swallowing hard.
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