Chapter 94 Taro Harvest
As the taro emerges from the ground, the burrowing pig uses its skills to dig the taro out of the ground along the ridges of the field.
The digging rats were like chicken blood, drilling countless holes in the underground part of the taro and bamboo fields. The taro that was fortunately not rolled out by the big-tailed yak's skills also had its roots cut off to facilitate digging and picking.
Qiao Xi called out to the golden macaques in the distance to come over for help, and soon they came running out from the dimly lit forest, calling their friends.
"Golden Kiwi, we are going to harvest taro! Get started!" As soon as Qiao Xi gave the order, the entire farm was busy harvesting.
I don’t know if it’s because Josh took good care of them, or for some other reason, but these taro are unusually large, and there are quite a few of them.
If it were someone else, they would definitely worry that these extra-large taro would be difficult to sell, and even if they were put into the shipping boxes, the price would not be good.
However, Qiao Xi already had an idea, so he was not worried that the big taro would not be able to sell.
"Remember to classify the golden macaques, and put the big taro over here." Qiao Xi divided them into areas.
She also carried a basket and tried her best to pick up taro. Once the basket was full, she put it into the space backpack to avoid running back and forth and wasting time.
More than twenty golden macaques plus Qiao Xi picked up all the taro in the field before the sun set. It really shows that there is strength in numbers.
However, Qiao Xi and the others who were picking taro didn't have to spend much effort. At most, their waists were sore from bending over. The little guys in the digging team were really exhausted.
Qiao Xi looked at the digging pigs slumped in front of the farm hut, squatted down and rubbed their heads, "Thank you, digging pigs, you did a great job today. What do you want to eat for dinner? I'll make you a delicious meal with sweet and soft taro, okay?"
"Hmph!" Okay, okay, I want to eat two big plates!
"Hmph~" I'm going to eat until I can't eat anymore!
"Hmph~" I want to eat a lot too!
Speaking of food, the three little pigs instantly perked up. Their legs and waists no longer hurt. They happily got up, wagging their tails and acting coquettishly towards Josh.
"Okay, okay, I will definitely make a lot so that every one of you can have a full stomach and go to sleep." Josh smiled and agreed to all their requests.
"Now, let me go in and take a look at those tired big rats, okay?" Josh asked with a smile.
Unlike the burrowing pig, the burrowing rat actually digs in the soil all day long. Although it has skills, it still has to dig by itself, so it naturally puts in a lot of effort.
In the short time that Josh had been working, they had already huddled in their nest and started to sleep.
The burrowing pigs were blocking Qiao Xi's way. She patted the pigs on their fleshy backs and stepped over the pigpen fence with a smile.
Five burrowing rats were sleeping on the ground, sprawled out, and Josh didn't have the heart to disturb them.
Only after checking that there were no signs of injury on the big rat's limbs and claws did she feel at ease to go out. After all, it had been digging for a whole day and she was afraid that its limbs might be injured.
In fact, Josh was just overthinking it. In the wild, burrowing rats dig much more in a day. It's just that they haven't dug at a high intensity for a long time, and their bodies can't keep up. They will be guaranteed to be full of energy after a good sleep.
Okay, now that they are all fine, we can start preparing tonight's dinner.
With such a good harvest of taro, Qiao Xi planned to cook some taro tonight.
Take out the big taro, wash them in clean water and put them aside.
"Zhong-Zhong, can you help me peel and cut these taro?"
"Quack~" Of course!
After being upgraded to a high-level magical beast, the skill level of the Brown-headed Vulture has been greatly improved. Now, no matter what request Josh makes, there is nothing he cannot complete.
As a small tornado blew past, the skins of the taro were all blown away. The sharp wind blade was more than enough to cut off these things.
The smooth taro was first split into two, and then quickly cut into small pieces by the invisible wind blade.
In just a short while, all the tasks that originally required Josh to work very hard to complete were finished in an instant.
"Thank you, Zongzong. You go and play first. Don't forget to come back for dinner later." The Brown-headed Vulture now lives in the Glimmering Forest and rarely returns to its little nest in the attic.
The space collision stopped and started from time to time. I don’t know when the space tide that Ticha mentioned will take away those secret spaces in the Glimmering Forest, or whether it will take root here directly. I don’t understand.
Occasionally, powerful alien beasts would take advantage of the days when the space stone's energy was insufficient to drill out from the space cracks and cause trouble. The Brown-headed Vulture would take on this responsibility and guard the location of the space cracks firmly.
I spend less time on the farm.
Taking out the big pot specially used for making fish balls, Qiao Xi put all the chopped taro in and added water to boil. There were too many animals, so it was impossible to make them too delicate. Qiao Xi could only try his best to ensure the taste was good.
After lighting the fire, Qiao Xi stood in front of the big pot, stirring it from time to time to prevent the fire from sticking to the pot. The taro and bamboo shoots were soft, glutinous and sweet, and they were very delicious when eaten alone.
Qiao Xi used a spatula to mash the taro until it was cooked through, then he picked up a piece to taste it. It had a delicate and sweet texture, and the core was not soaked by water vapor and still had a crunchy feel. It was delicious.
The water was slowly boiled dry. Qiao Xi crushed all the taro with a spatula and fried it into taro paste in the pot. He brought a few full milk jugs and poured the jumping lamb milk into them to increase the energy and taste.
Once the jumping lamb's milk is added, the originally dry taro paste in the pot becomes moist and thick. Then a large jar of slender-legged bee honey reserved for the farm's own use is taken out and all poured in. Instantly, the aroma of milk mixed with the fragrance of honey and flowers, and the sweet fragrance of taro, forming a perfect dessert.
The sweet taste even attracted a few white velvet bumblebees.
However, after Josh gave it to them to try, they said they couldn't eat it. Although it was fragrant, the taro in it was not suitable for them.
Well, Josh suspected that they might not be able to eat taro, so he could only let them smell it.
There was still some moisture in the taro paste in the pot. Qiao Xi turned off the fire and used the residual heat from the bottom of the pot to slowly dry the taro paste.
After putting the still burning charcoal branches into the bread oven to preheat, Josh turned to the kitchen and found a large pot of fermented wheat flour that he had prepared earlier.
Qiao Xi kneaded out the wheat flour, added new wheat flour and mixed it together, kneading it into long strips, circles and cakes and letting it sit for a while.
After eating it for so long, Josh discovered that the wheat noodles from this alien world were very different from the wheat noodles he had eaten before. They fermented faster and were not easy to deteriorate.
Fortunately, he had bought enough wheat noodles before. Josh took great pains to move a whole bag of wheat noodles from the storage room. There were many elves eating tonight, and he couldn't let any of them go without a meal.
After all the dough had risen, Josh could finally send the dough into the bread oven.
(End of this chapter)
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