Chapter 48: Baking Pot Cakes and Building Cellars
Among the “Ten Weird Things in Shaanxi Province”, there is one called “The baked steamed bun is like a pot lid”, which refers to the pot-baked bun.
“Dry, crispy, white and fragrant”, it can be eaten in many ways, but it is also very delicious if cooked.
When it was time for dinner, Li Xiang took out three pot cakes and cut them into small pieces, which could also be broken by hand, depending on personal preference.
Boil water, pour the soaked black fungus and day lily into the pot and cook them, then add the chopped Guokui, beat two eggs, sprinkle with pepper, salt and chopped green onions, and simmer for a while.
While Li Xiang was boiling the Guokui, his grandmother picked up a Guokui with tongs, put it into the stove and slowly roasted it over the charcoal fire, turning it over while roasting. The sesame seeds on the surface of the Guokui sizzled and the aroma filled the air.
Grandma knew that Li Xiang cooked the pot cake to cater to his own taste, but her eldest grandson would definitely prefer roasted ones.
"Grandma, the cooked Guokui is ready." Li Xiang served a bowl of cooked Guokui to his grandma.
Grandma smiled and said, "Your baked pot cake is ready too!"
"Thank you, grandma." Li Xiang took the baked Guokui and went to get a small dish of chili sauce. He tore off a piece of the fragrant and hot Guokui with his hands and dipped it in the chili sauce. It was crispy, spicy and fragrant, simply delicious.
Li Xiang thought that if he had time, he could learn to make Guokui. After all, it was not easy to go to the market in the village. In the end of the world, this kind of Guokui would be easier to get than compressed biscuits.
Because compressed biscuits are produced on assembly lines in workshops, and at the end of the world, industry is in decline, there are only a few factories left, and factories require more energy, so their cost is far less than that of pot-cakes.
Li Xiang felt that eating with just the dipping sauce was not satisfying enough, so he poured all the hot sauce in the dish onto the Guokui and tore off a small piece of the Guokui to smear it on. Suddenly, a gust of north wind blew, bringing a chill. Li Xiang looked at the sky and saw that it was gloomy.
"About twenty days later, there will be an unprecedented heavy snowfall." Long-lost memories emerged from Li Xiang's mind, and he murmured softly.
At the time, this heavy snow was thought to be accidental, as heavy snow was rare in the southern region. But who could have expected that from then on, the weather would become colder and colder every year, and there would be more extreme weather.
Now that I think about it, “God” had reminded us of this ten years before the end of the world, but no one took it seriously.
Even if someone was alert, they would only think that it was the reappearance of the Little Ice Age during the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty survived the Little Ice Age, so why should modern society be afraid? Even a big ice age can be survived by modern society.
Only Li Xiang knew that it was not the Little Ice Age or the Great Ice Age, but... "the sky is falling", a real "sky falling", unprecedented, endless darkness, extreme low temperatures, plants unable to photosynthesize... and a large number of ferocious mutant creatures.
That is not simply the "polar night" of the North and South Poles, but a "cold eternal night" that will "exterminate all ordinary creatures."
Fortunately, "God" finally has a trace of "mercy". There are fifty great ways, forty-nine are derived from heaven, and the "missing one" is life.
When God closes a door, he also opens a small window. Human beings also have nuclear energy, electricity and "fire".
The energy of the universe is conserved. Although the sun has "extinguished" and turned into a lighter red giant star, and is covered by endless black fog, part of its heat has come to the earth in another form along with the powerful demon...
Li Xiang thought back to his past life and couldn't help but shudder. Even in the "gone one", it was still an extremely cruel world.
Fortunately, he still has ten full years to prepare.
Li Xiang shook his head, pulled himself together and returned to reality.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. It is most important to live well every day. Many things cannot be rushed. Because there is no point in rushing. He cannot fight against the might of nature on his own.
After eating the baked pot cake, Li Xiang decided to build a cellar to hide the sweet potatoes. When the heavy snow came, the sweet potatoes would probably freeze.
Then the house also needs to be reinforced. In addition, he looked at the simple bamboo kitchen that he had built earlier. This kitchen is only suitable for use in spring, summer and autumn. It will be drafty in winter, so he plans to rebuild a warm and sturdy kitchen before the heavy snow.
Now that I have money, it only takes a few days to build a kitchen.
The cellar can not only store sweet potatoes, but also other agricultural products, such as potatoes, taro, corn, etc.
Although Li Xiang has never dug a cellar in this life, he was best at "digging holes" in his previous life when he was trying to survive in the apocalypse. The surface of the earth was so cold at the end of the world that the surviving humans naturally moved underground.
Li Xiang is an expert in building underground shelters and once served as a technical advisor to some bases.
He thought about it for a moment and thought that since he was going to build a cellar, why not build it under the kitchen so that it would be convenient to take food.
"Looks like I have to plan it carefully. My previous life's 'hole-drilling' specialty, here I come!"
Li Xiang returned to the bedroom, found a few pieces of blank paper, a pencil, an eraser, and a triangle ruler, then went to the pavilion in the backyard and began to seriously design the drawings at his desk.
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I didn’t want to mention “the end of the world” now because it would be a spoiler, and since there are still ten years to go.
But some people always think that I will write it according to the simple "dark night". How is it possible? The "eternal night" in this book is very complicated and cruel, so cruel that only tens of millions of people are left out of the population of 10 billion. If it is a simple dark night, shouldn't the population increase? Because at night, there is nothing to do but do that.
In these ten years, the first few years must have been mainly about "enjoying rural life and improving extraordinary strength." If the end of the world is written immediately, the system can be prepared a month or a few days in advance.
(End of this chapter)
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