It was still early in the morning, and no one had anything else urgent to do.
Thinking about taking a bath, Xu Lai said to Xu Haiguo, "Dad, the power is out now, and the water heater can't be used. How about we build a new bathroom in the space and move the electric water heater from my room into it?"
I've been using a gas stove to heat water for showers lately, which is not only inconvenient but also wastes gas.
"Okay, we have some leftover materials from when we repaired the toilet. Leave it to me!"
Xu Haiguo agreed to his daughter's request without hesitation.
"I'll go take a look too!"
Xu Jiangming, who had just thrown the cut hay into the sheepfold, heard his nephew and granddaughter's words and followed behind his nephew with his hands behind his back.
Xu Lai knew that her second great-uncle was really too busy to stay at home.
Xu Haiguo and Xu Jiangming were busy with the bathroom, Xu Chao was in charge of looking after the house outside the space, and Song Qiu'e was checking all the grains and vegetables she had previously stored in the space warehouse.
After telling her father about the restroom, Xu Lai also stepped into the space warehouse.
"Thankfully, there are no rats or bugs in the space to ruin our stored food!"
After carefully checking it over, Song Qiu'e said happily.
Xu Lai also walked to the other side and squatted down next to the two large piles of dry sand. He reached into each pile and pulled out a potato and a radish to examine them.
"The potatoes and radishes preserved in this dry sand are also very good!"
More than a month has passed since the torrential rain disaster. Apart from the potatoes, carrots, radishes, and radishes buried in the dry sand, all the vegetables they had stockpiled had long been consumed by the family.
They bought seeds for all kinds of radishes, and they'll keep the radishes in the sand for eating, but they plan to keep the potatoes for seed.
Once this season's crops on the land in the space are ripe and harvested, Xu Lai plans to have her family plant potatoes for the next crop.
Fortunately, the various vegetables they had planted in their garden when the unknown virus struck were slowly becoming edible.
"Mom, let's make some radish balls in the space today!"
Thinking about radishes, Xu Lai suddenly craved fragrant fried radish balls.
"Okay, the eggplants and chives in the garden are ready to eat. Let's fry some chive pancakes and eggplant sandwiches!"
Song Qiu'e thought that the braised beef, braised pig's head, sausages and other cooked foods that she had made and frozen in the freezer had all been eaten, so she agreed.
Before the torrential rain disaster, her job was to ensure her family was well-fed and cared for; she was the most skilled at arranging meals for her family.
The mother and daughter acted immediately.
Xu Lai took a basket to the vegetable garden to pick the freshest vegetables: palm-sized eggplants, tender green cucumbers, bright red tomatoes, lush green water spinach, green and red peppers, arm-length cowpeas, and okra with an abundance of fruit.
Xu Lai picked two large baskets full of fresh vegetables.
When she finished picking, she saw the golden pumpkin flowers blooming on the nearby fence and picked a large handful of them as well.
Coat pumpkin blossoms with batter and deep-fry them in hot oil. They're fragrant, crispy, and delicious—just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
Meat is essential for making these delicious dishes, so Song Qiu'e took out some frozen pork, fish, and other meats from the freezer to thaw.
Next, take out all the necessary seasonings, and then start using a meat grinder to grind the meat, season the meat, chop the fish, etc.
After the materials were prepared, they started a fire in the kitchen next to the well to heat the oil.
The stainless steel stove was heated by wood firewood, and Xu Lai was in charge of tending the fire.
After the oil was heated, Song Qiu'e began frying.
In one morning, the mother and daughter fried two large basins of radish balls, one basin of eggplant sandwiches, half a basin of chive boxes, half a basin of pumpkin blossoms, and two basins of savory fried fish pieces.
Even Xu Jiangming and his nephew, who were busy setting up the restrooms on the other side, couldn't resist the aroma emanating from here and insisted on coming over to try it several times.
After frying these items, Song Qiu'e poured the hot oil from the pot into a clean stainless steel basin.
In this environment, the oil cannot be wasted; it must be saved for further cooking.
Using the remaining oil in the pan, Song Qiu'e stir-fried some water spinach with garlic and then made a pot of refreshing porridge.
Xu Lai also made a cold dish of spicy and sour okra.
A sumptuous lunch was thus prepared.
Xu Lai filled a plate with each of the various fried dishes and placed it on the table next to her. Then she left the space and brought her younger brother, Xu Chao, in.
"It smells so good!"
As soon as the foodie Xu Chao entered the space, he took two deep breaths through his nose.
When he reached the dining table under the pavilion, he saw bowls of delicious food on the cabinet next to the stove, and immediately reached out and took a fried radish ball and put it in his mouth.
"As expected of my mom and sister, their skills are truly exceptional. This is so delicious!"
Praise poured out of Xu Chao's mouth like it was free, making Song Qiu'e beam with joy.
Xu Lai couldn't help but roll her eyes at her younger brother and said, "You're so good with words! Go and call Uncle and Dad over for dinner!"
Forced by his older sister's power, Xu Chao listened to her instructions and, without saying a word, walked towards his second uncle and father.
"We have plenty of snacks to go with our drinks today, let's have a couple of drinks, just the two of us!"
Xu Jiangming and his nephew Xu Haiguo washed their hands and faces by the well, and then, smelling the aroma of the food, they couldn't wait to walk to the dining table.
"Okay, let's have a couple of drinks then!"
Upon hearing his second uncle's suggestion, Xu Haiguo, who was sitting at the dining table, immediately stood up and went to the warehouse to fetch a bottle of good wine.
Alcohol is a valuable commodity in the apocalypse, so Xu Lai put all of her father's wine collection into her spatial storage.
In addition, when she was stockpiling goods, she also bought a lot of inexpensive small bottles of liquor wholesale.
They'll definitely fetch a high price in the apocalypse.
Xu Haiguo and his nephew ate snacks and drank wine, while Xu Lai, her mother, and her younger brother also sat around the table eating.
The fried radish balls are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. With one bite, you can taste the rich flavor of meat and the sweet taste of radish.
The golden-brown fried pumpkin blossoms are incredibly crispy with every bite, and you can even taste the delicate fragrance of the pumpkin blossoms when you savor them.
After a satisfying meal, Xu Jiangming and Xu Haiguo continued building the bathroom in the space.
Xu Chao washes the dishes.
Xu Lai and her mother divided out some of each food item, including the warm fried radish balls, into food bags, and then packaged the rest into individual bags and placed them in the freezer.
From now on, you can take it whenever you want.
"These will be given to Grandpa Xiao and the others to try later!" Song Qiu'e said as she packed up.
Once outside the space, the task of delivering food to Grandpa Xiao's house next door fell to Xu Lai.
After Xu Lai knocked on her neighbor's door, the person who opened it was none other than Old Master Xiao, who looked rather bored.
"Grandpa Xiao, these are radish balls, eggplant sandwiches, fish pieces, and chive boxes that my mom fried this morning. She asked me to bring them over for you, Brother Xiao, and Sister Qingya to try!"
Xu Lai didn't go inside; instead, she politely handed a bag of food to Grandpa Xiao.
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