Chapter 460 Lotus Root Powder
However, this machine can only process a limited amount of lotus roots at a time, and the engine will overheat after running it several times, so it has to stop and rest for twenty minutes before it can be used again.
Zhao Yeqing planned to use the most primitive method to process the more than 100 kilograms of lotus roots. He would first cut a part of the lotus roots into slices, then put them into the large stone mortar that was used to make rice cakes, and then pound them into a paste with the thick wooden stick.
Each time you cut the lotus root, you can only cut a part of it first. Otherwise, if you cut all of it first, the lotus root slices at the back will have oxidized and turned black before the front ones are mashed into a paste.
The juicer is not idle either and can help a little. Electrical appliances need to be used a lot. If they are left there for a long time without being used, they will break down.
The lotus roots that had been squeezed into puree and the lotus roots that had been pounded into minced meat by Zhao Yeqing were placed in the largest piece of gauze, and then the full gauze bag was placed in a small bucket filled with clean water.
Use your hands to rub the wrapped gauze continuously to wash out the starch in the lotus root paste, and finally you will get a large bucket of milky white water.
The rest is up to time to settle. Zhao Yeqing couldn't move any more after moving 30 kilograms, so he planned to leave the rest for tomorrow.
Pour the lotus root residue that has been cleaned of starch into an aluminum pot, and then it can be used to cook into pig feed.
It is really convenient to have pigs. They can eat all the things that dogs, cows, and sheep cannot eat. However, after they eat too much and too diverse food, their feces are difficult to handle because the water content is too high.
Zhao Yeqing returned to his room to rest. With a pen and paper in his hand, he casually designed a layout of the pipes in his home.
She wanted to re-lay pipes under the pigpen to connect to the septic tank. She had this idea before, but it was too troublesome, so she just left it alone. If she didn't plant anything in the fall this year, she would have half a year of free time with nothing to do.
What she wants to plant the most at the moment is cotton, but it is best to plant it in spring. The second half of the year will probably be relatively idle if she doesn’t find something to do for herself.
It was almost night when Mu Xi pushed open the gate. Zhao Yeqing had been waiting for a long time and was getting impatient. He was not far from the path going down the mountain, so he should have been back a long time ago, but he had been gone for so long.
When Mu Xi got home, his whole body was covered with grass clippings, but his helmet was still clean.
"What happened? Did you encounter something else?"
Mu Xi took off his helmet, which was soaked dark with sweat, and his hair was covered with crystal reflections.
He nodded and said, "I saw one. It was a chimpanzee, right where the monkey was before."
Zhao Yeqing was confused: "What is that?"
Mu Xi couldn't help laughing when he saw her expression. He probably had the same expression when he saw it. "I didn't hear any monkey calls or see any monkeys when I passed by the place where the monkeys were before. I was still confused at the time. Just when I was about to get closer to the peach tree, I saw a big one lying on the branch..."
The chimpanzee was dark in color and was not conspicuous lying on the branch under the shade of the tree. If it had not moved, Mu Xi would have really ignored it. He almost stepped into its territory. He quickly retracted his foot and slipped away quietly, going to the osmanthus tree first.
I was a little scared when I approached the osmanthus tree. I squatted in the grass to observe and threw a few stones under the tree. I made sure there was no movement around before I walked over.
After collecting a bag of osmanthus flowers, I remembered the tree full of peaches I saw just now. After hesitating for a while, I decided to go and take another look.
He walked to the place where he had found the chimpanzee before. It was still squatting in the dense grass. The chimpanzee was no longer there. He did not dare to move. He waited for ten minutes before slowly moving out.
When they arrived under the peach tree, they used a long wooden stick that had been prepared in advance to knock down all the peaches on the branches that were closest to the ground.
The flesh of the peach is crispy even when ripe, and the skin will not be damaged even if it falls on the ground covered with fallen leaves.
Mu Xi didn't dare to stay any longer. He took off his clothes, packed his things and turned to leave.
Just as he was about to step out of this area, he suddenly heard a long howl from behind him. A very penetrating cry passed through the tree trunks and reached behind him in an instant.
Mu Xi fired without thinking, and after firing, he turned around and ran up the mountain without caring whether he hit the target or not.
The gorilla behind him chased him to the small intersection. When he reached the intersection, he rode away on his bike. The last time he looked back, he saw the gorilla with its mouth open, shaking its body unwillingly, and finally it went back down the mountain.
He didn't dare take off his helmet the whole way, for fear that the gorilla would catch up and throw a stone at him. After getting on the bike, he had no time to care about the helmet, and after a whole day of stuffiness, the inside of the helmet was soaked with sweat.
Zhao Yeqing was even more confused: "Where do chimpanzees come from in our country? Aren't those things from Africa?"
yes...
There were no gorillas in the nature reserve where Mu Xi lived before, nor were there any near Meishan. When he saw such a large black monkey, he subconsciously thought it was a gorilla. Only after he said this did he remember that he had not looked closely at the monkey's face.
A black, slightly larger monkey...
Zhao Yeqing hesitated and asked, "Could it be a gibbon?"
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The only big black monkey in China should be the gibbon. If it is really a gibbon, there may not be only black ones in the mountains. There are many species of gibbons in China. Among the 20 species of gibbons in the world, six are in China.
It's not impossible that it was a gorilla that escaped from a zoo.
Mu Xi put down the basket behind him, which contained scattered osmanthus flowers and peaches buried in the osmanthus flowers.
They ran too fast on the road and the things that were originally bundled were scattered in the basket. Mu Xi picked out the peaches, and Zhao Yeqing took the basket to the kitchen and poured all the osmanthus flowers in it into a small basin. They will wash them and dry them in the sun tomorrow.
I can't wash it tonight. There's no sun and if I wash it, the osmanthus flowers won't dry and will stink tomorrow.
The fragrance of osmanthus filled the entire kitchen. Although the flowers were only a tiny bit big, their fragrance could beat most other flowers.
There were also a few osmanthus branches full of flowers in the backpack, which Mu Xi picked for Zhao Yeqing to put in a vase.
Just like every time he went out, he would pick flowers and bring them back for her.
"There are not enough flowers on it. Maybe they fell off accidentally while I was running. I'll fold you a better-looking one next time."
Zhao Yeqing held the cinnamon twig and shook his head, "That's good."
This thing can smell good for a long time. Even if the osmanthus flowers on it are dry, it will not affect its fragrance. Instead, it will have a smoky floral aroma, which is very special.
The peaches were washed and placed in the fruit basket. After dinner, Mu Xi peeled a peach and handed it to Zhao Yeqing. After she finished eating, she was about to throw away the core when she was stopped by Mu Xi.
Zhao Yeqing was surprised: "Do you still want to plant it?" How many years will it take for this thing to grow?
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