On the day Longhu Mountain entered the micro-realm, something of moderate importance also happened within the micro-realm.
That means they finally succeeded in making soy sauce.
After they found soybeans, they experimented countless times and finally produced a qualified soy sauce.
It's not particularly outstanding, just a passable soy sauce, with all the essential flavors. But compared to those soy sauce workshops with hundreds of years of history, it's like the difference between a roadside tea bag costing a dozen yuan and their ancient tree tea.
Even so, everyone was very happy, because soy sauce is one of the souls of Chinese cuisine.
They already have all the basic necessities: firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. Wheat is considered a staple food, as it holds a very high status. The same goes for corn; their corn cultivation is getting better and better, and it would definitely be considered an excellent variety in reality.
Now that they have soy sauce, it's time to start preparing to make vinegar. Actually, they have all the ingredients for vinegar making, but no one has really researched it. There are many materials to choose from now on; although they can't make rice vinegar because they don't have rice, there are other types of vinegar to choose from.
Li Ye volunteered to study the vinegar-making process.
“I also want to be able to do something.” That’s what Li Ye said.
Li Ye came in with Hou Yu, and she did all her work by following Hou Yu's lead. Whatever Hou Yu did, she did too. This was the first time she had put forward her own ideas, which surprised everyone.
Because Li Ye was too naive and shy, she was always the object of special care by most of the people in the Micro Realm. Regardless of gender, they would take care of her.
Li Ye herself had noticed the problem, but she hadn't said anything about it.
She doesn't want to always be taken care of by others, and she also hopes to do something to help others. She actually really likes sour foods, and she often adds a little vinegar to her noodles when she eats out.
Hou Yu was very excited about Li Ye's decision; Li Ye had finally taken a step forward.
He is incredibly happy now. His more than ten years of waiting have been well worth it. Although this waiting cannot be measured in monetary terms, he just feels it was worth it.
Li Ye's obedience is exemplary. Although he is a bit too reserved, Li Ye is actually very smart.
Since getting married, Li Ye has become aware of her role as a wife. She takes the initiative to learn some cooking skills, and quietly prepares shoes and clothes for Hou Yu while he goes to work. When he comes back, she has already cleaned the house and waits for him to eat together without saying a word.
Sometimes, when the two of them logged out of the micro-world, it was still past midnight. She would get up and make Hou Yu a bowl of noodles, then sit in front of him and watch him eat, taking a couple of bites herself. Hou Yu was so happy that he almost cried.
Although he complained that his wife was a jealous woman, his bright and happy smile betrayed him.
After ten years of unwavering dedication and silent nurturing, his efforts have finally blossomed and borne fruit. How could he not be happy?
Hou Yu was very supportive of Li Ye learning to brew vinegar. Even though the Micro World game kept him extremely busy, he still decided to take half a day each week to drive Li Ye to an ancient vinegar-brewing workshop in a neighboring city to learn, and also learn some himself, so that he could help Li Ye a little in the Micro World.
Chinese culture is profound and extensive; soy sauce and vinegar are just one aspect of its culinary culture, and there is much more for them to study.
The micro-world encompasses most of the typical climates found in reality, and travel between them is very convenient, so what can be done in reality can generally also be done in the micro-world.
While modern industry has brought convenience and met the needs of a growing population and an increasingly fast pace of life, some traditional methods can bring a greater sense of happiness.
Seeing oil flowing from the oil press, stacking thin sheets of paper during papermaking, or opening a wine barrel and feeling the aroma fill the air – these are moments of happiness that are hard to experience in real life, much happier than receiving a package.
Chen Yang also ended his semi-vacation and helped the camp start building several houses.
During winter, house construction may temporarily stop, and the focus shifts to making furniture, as a house without furniture is certainly not enough.
However, material gathering must continue unless heavy snow closes the roads. Building a camp is always a material-constrained endeavor; stockpiling materials during winter will significantly speed up construction once temperatures rise.
Before the temperature drops to a point where it becomes inconvenient to go out to work, they are thinking of at least building one wall.
The camp is now taking shape. Once the roads and walls are built, the buildings inside will gradually be completed.
The interior is mostly residential buildings, which all the newly joined residents are helping to build. Everyone is very dedicated, as they naturally want to be attentive to the place where they will live in the future. If the micro-world can continue indefinitely, this could be a house they live in for a lifetime, so they have to take care of it.
However, given the current rate of population growth in the Microverse, there are more than enough houses available.
Because many members of the community bring their relatives to join the micro-world, they basically live together. It's no problem for a whole family to live in one house. The size of each house varies. Families of two or three people live in a smaller house, while families with both young and old live in a larger house.
Currently, the houses built in the micro-world are all single-story, with very few two-story buildings.
It takes about three people a month to build a house. However, given the current population of the Micro Realm, there are generally about ten people building houses and about twenty people building camps every day, while the others are doing their own jobs.
With Chen Yang joining, efficiency has increased significantly; he's truly doing the work of a dozen others.
While it takes two or three people to move stones with all their might, he can easily lift them by himself and stack them together. He is faster than everyone else combined.
Later, everyone got smarter and handed over any work that required physical strength to Chen Yang, while they did the work that required more skill.
Chen Yang's speed in technical tasks was about the same as theirs, so division of labor and cooperation was the best approach.
Building a stone wall, for example, involves piling up large stones and wedging them with smaller ones; this requires some skill. Otherwise, even a slight bump can cause it to collapse, and in unstable areas, they need to be compacted with soil to hold it together.
After working as a bricklayer all day, Chen Yang returned to the camp, slept until he naturally woke up, practiced a set of punches in the slightly chilly morning, and then exited the micro-world.
When he exited the micro-world, it was almost eight o'clock in the real world. When he walked out of the room, there were people everywhere in the square performing various skills, which were dazzling to behold.
When Chen Yang arrived, some people had already finished and were gathered in twos and threes discussing martial arts. Few martial artists have the habit of sleeping in late.
"Oh, sleeping well, huh?" A somewhat grating voice came from beside me.
Chen Yang looked up and saw it was Xiang Ba again. How could this guy be so persistent?
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