Although it was summer, it rained for a long time, and the daily temperature was only 18 or 19 degrees Celsius.
These chickens won't spoil even if you leave them out for another day or two.
At this time, any food containing meat was extremely precious.
The two families divided the spoils of war—thirty-eight chickens and two hundred and twenty eggs—evenly, including chicken blood and innards.
Xu Jia's father, Song Qiu'e, and Xu Jiangming turned on the gas that night and burned off the fine feathers on the nineteen chickens.
Then I plan to stew one tomorrow, freeze ten, braise three, and marinate the remaining five to make spicy chicken.
Chicken blood can be stored directly in the refrigerator, and chicken giblets have also been thoroughly cleaned.
By the time I finished, it was already midnight.
"Sigh, there's a power outage outside. We need to get Lai Lai to put these things that need freezing in the freezer as soon as possible!"
After taking care of these matters, Song Qiu'e rubbed her aching lower back and said.
After washing his hands, Xu Jiangming immediately replied, "The child is tired after a long day. Let him go to bed after he wakes up tomorrow morning!"
Xiao Rui and Li Qingya of the Xiao family knew absolutely nothing about handling meat.
Xiao Shan, who is good at cooking, felt sorry for his son and daughter-in-law who had been working hard all day and told them to rest. He then used fire to singe off the fine feathers from the nineteen chickens that were allocated to his family.
During the power outage, his refrigerator also stopped working, so he had to keep one fresh chicken and rub the rest with salt to make preserved chicken.
However, the humidity in the air is particularly high right now, so the chicken needs to be slowly roasted over a fire for a while after it's marinated.
The five of us were exhausted after a long day out yesterday, and slept until eight or nine o'clock the next day.
The next day at noon, the kitchens of the Xu and Xiao families, who were neighbors, were filled with steaming aromas.
The fragrance was even carried by the wind to the homes of two families at the other end of the corridor.
The people from both families even went out specifically to smell the aroma of the meat.
Xu Lai's family was doing alright. Although they hadn't eaten fresh meat for the past two months, they had a lot of meat stored in the freezer in their space, so they could have a hearty meal every few days.
The situation was different for the Xiao family. Since the outbreak of the unknown virus, the best meal they had was the one they ate at the Xu family's house after the two old men recognized each other.
Secondly, a couple of days ago, the Xu family sent over several fried items.
So when Li Qingya drank the rich and fragrant potato and chicken soup that her father-in-law had stewed for lunch, she instantly felt that this was the most delicious food in the world.
After lunch, Xu Lai asked her younger brother to call the Xiao family of three over so that the two families could share the oil they had salvaged the day before.
Six barrels of diesel, five barrels of fuel oil, and four barrels of 95-octane gasoline—how should they be divided?
Xiao Rui from the Xiao family spoke up directly: "Xu Lai found a speedboat yesterday and needs diesel fuel. We'll leave the diesel fuel to Xu Lai, and split the rest between our two families."
"This division is acceptable!"
Xiao Shan and Li Qingya nodded in support after hearing Xiao Rui's words.
These six barrels of diesel oil account for half of all the oil!
Although the Xiao family didn't have the equipment to use diesel fuel, they could still make a fortune by selling it or exchanging it for other supplies at this time.
They ultimately did not do so, and the Xu family took note of the Xiao family's reaction.
The Xiao family is not one to take advantage of others; the two families can indeed cooperate in the long term.
But the Xu family wasn't one to take advantage of others.
Xu Lai took the initiative and said, "I'll keep the six barrels of diesel, we'll keep one barrel of fuel oil, you can have the other four, and each of us will have two barrels of gasoline!"
Fuel oil can be used for cooking, but their family didn't actually need it for cooking; Xu Lai kept it for other purposes.
But the Xiao family seemed to be running low on gas for cooking. The four barrels of fuel left for them would last them a long time.
"Oh dear, only two people from our family went out yesterday, and they even rode in your rubber boat and speedboat. We were already lucky to get the chicken and eggs split evenly, so we feel really bad..."
Li Qingya felt quite embarrassed after hearing Xu Lai's words.
"What's there to be embarrassed about? Why should our two families be so calculating? Speaking of which, I still owe Sergeant Xiao my life!"
Xu Jiangming will cherish the life-saving grace that Xiao Shan once gave him for the rest of his life.
So when he heard what Sergeant Xiao's daughter-in-law said, he immediately came out to refute her.
"Don't talk about fate anymore! Don't mention these things again!"
Xiao Shan once saved his subordinate's life with one ear, and he has never regretted it because he felt it was his responsibility.
Those were his comrades-in-arms who fought alongside him against enemies from other countries. This kind of feeling is pure and shouldn't be mixed in with anything else.
After sorting through these items, Xu Lai thought of the three gas cylinders she had collected from the kitchen of the Wangtaishan Farmhouse yesterday.
She went to her kitchen, took out two gas cylinders, and gave them to her neighbor, the Xiao family.
The Xiao family now has enough fuel to last for several months if they use it sparingly, and they also have chicken and eggs at home. The family instantly felt half of the pressure they were under.
So I happily invited the Xu family of five to have dinner at their house today.
Since I don't have to cook dinner, I have more free time in the afternoon.
After feeding the poultry and livestock in the space, Xu Lai and the others left the space and continued their training.
In addition to strength training, Xu Lai and her brother also practiced grappling techniques.
Xu Lai is fast and her moves are clean and efficient.
Xu Chao was stronger, but during their exchange, he seemed afraid of hurting his sister, and his attacks were always hesitant and timid.
"Xiao Chao, your moves must be quick, ruthless, and accurate. You are facing an enemy who wants to take your life, not your family!"
Xu Lai gave her younger brother a serious reminder.
In the subsequent apocalypse, in order to survive, the evil in human nature was fully unleashed.
Even a seemingly innocent child can kill you if you're not careful.
Therefore, we must not have the slightest sympathy when dealing with enemies.
After sparring for more than an hour, both siblings were exhausted and covered in sweat.
Xu Lai took a shower in her spatial dimension, then turned on her computer and started looking through the information about fuel that she had downloaded.
After some research, I checked the time and it was already 5 p.m.
It gets dark early in this kind of weather. Thinking about having dinner at Grandpa Xiao's house that evening, Xu Lai turned off her computer and left the space.
Since she couldn't go to her neighbor's house for dinner empty-handed, Song Qiu'e packed a bottle each of the pickled cabbage she had made using the space's resources and the pickled radishes she had made before.
There were also some fried fish pieces from last time; there was only one bowl left, so I brought that along too.
With chicken and eggs in hand, and rice in hand, Xiao Shan, who knew how to cook, began to put his skills to use.
For breakfast, I made braised chicken, hot and sour shredded potatoes, radish and chicken soup, cold seaweed salad, and steamed egg with minced meat.
Of course, the minced meat used is ground chicken.
There's also a refreshing and appetizing dish of spicy and sour chicken giblets.
They also re-fried the fried fish pieces that Song Qiu'e had brought.
Six hot dishes, one cold dish, and two small plates of pickled vegetables brought by Song Qiu'e made up a large table full of food.
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