From that day on, Yi Qingqing moved her daily study notes, incense making and clothes cutting into her portable space, where there was plenty of light and a more comfortable environment.

When cooking, you don’t have to worry about cooking meat too frequently and arousing suspicion.

Most meat dishes can be prepared in the portable kitchen.

Ordinary pasta, rice, and boiling water can be made on the stove in the outer room. There is less odor, and only meat is cooked here occasionally.

The quality of life has increased visibly.

But she still slept on the kang in the outer room.

This is the disadvantage of the Dali Yangyan Anshen Pills. Although it can make her fall asleep quickly, she sleeps too soundly and will only be awakened by relatively loud noises, such as a whistle, or when someone touches her.

Except for the blue brick wall on the outside, the rest of the house is not very solid.

Otherwise, Cai Chunshan would not have been able to drill a hole with an iron stick.

So it is safer to sleep on the kang outside.

The quilt on the kang outside her house was also newly made by her mother. It was soft and comfortable, and she slept well.

Upgrading her portable space has fulfilled her biggest wish in recent months.

There was such a large space left in the food room, and Yi Qingqing planned to go hunting and collect wild fruits in the back mountain after the autumn harvest, and stock up some things.

There is no end to stockpiling unless there is no more space.

A few days later, one morning, Aunt Guihua told them, "The sweet potatoes should have been harvested this morning. We will have a harvest summary meeting at noon, and we can weigh the grain in the afternoon. We need to pay the public grain tax early tomorrow, and the grain will be distributed to each family the day after tomorrow morning. So this afternoon is probably the last meal of the harvest, and the remaining grain can be used for cooking."

The other three nodded. Everyone had expected this, as they didn't dig many wild vegetables yesterday afternoon.

"We talked about stewing loaches today, but where are the loaches?" Sun Laidie inspected the cafeteria early in the morning.

"Someone has already gone to catch them. Let's prepare the wild vegetable dumplings and side dishes first, so that when the loaches arrive, we can start eating them right away," said Aunt Guihua.

"Who went to catch loaches? Why didn't I hear any news?" Sun Lai Di was confused.

"Who else could it be? Of course it must be the village scouts." Aunt Dongmei could guess the answer with just her feet. Tiger boy from Guihua's family, that boy, was so young and yet he could take on important tasks.

Yi Qingqing couldn't help laughing. Little kids really can't be underestimated.

A few people quickly completed the other preparations, and then two children came over with their heads held high and buckets in their hands.

"Here come the loaches!" He shouted loudly as he came in.

This time they accepted the organization's mission openly and honestly, and along the way they received the cordial praise and consolation from the elders in the field. This was the time when their self-confidence was swelled and they were in high spirits.

"Pour it in here," Yi Qingqing put a deep wooden basin on the ground.

The two children poured the loaches into the tank and said, "There are more at the back!"

After saying that, they ran off. They had to go back to work.

Aunt Guihua promised, through Hu Wa, all the children who participated in catching loaches that they could get the same amount of stewed loaches as adults at noon, but they had to do it quickly.

In addition to gathering his own trusted followers, Tiger Boy also cooperated with other small groups of children in the team.

It's very lively in the reed garden right now!

When the loaches arrived, Yi Qingqing and the other three brought small stools, sat in front of the basin, and began to process them.

When they saw her sprinkle some salt into the basin, the loaches became motionless, and the other three were amazed.

Yi Qingqing picked up one, cut it open with scissors, and demonstrated to them how to deal with it, clearly explaining which parts should be removed and where to start cutting for the best convenience.

"No wonder the loaches you cook are so delicious. They are so lively. We usually catch them and put them in clean water for two days to let them spit out the mud and sand, and then cook them whole. When we eat them, they always taste bitter and fishy. It turns out that they are bitten in this place."

After hearing this, Aunt Guihua and the others understood what was going on. They processed the dish more carefully, removing the bitter gallbladder, and it became delicious.

It is a little more troublesome to handle than fish, but loaches are easier to catch than river fish, especially children at home can catch them, so it is a good way to satisfy your hunger.

"Loach is very nutritious. Eating more loach is good for your health!" Yi Qingqing was not talking nonsense. Although the fat content of loach is not as high as that of fish and shrimp, it still has the effects of nourishing yin, removing dampness and replenishing qi and blood.

Supplies were scarce and we had just experienced the autumn harvest, so everyone had lost a lot of energy. Compared to other things, loach was a high-quality food that was relatively easy to obtain around Xiangshui Village, and using it could help everyone recover some of their energy.

But these may sound a bit too literary, so I'll just say it's nutritious.

Fortunately, Yi Qingqing's image as a good cook has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and Aunt Guihua, Aunt Dongmei, and even Sun Laidie believed it without hesitation.

They are familiar with the word "nutrition". Generally speaking, when we talk about nutrition, we are referring to good things like eggs and malted milk that are good for replenishing the body. Loach also has this effect, so it is really a treasure.

They all decided to catch some loaches from the reeds before they hibernate and cook them for themselves.

Before and after the autumn harvest, all those who are in charge of cooking at home are thinking every day about how to save food and nourish the labor force at home.

This news is very precious to them.

However, although loaches are good, they are difficult to handle. Even if you kill the loaches with salt in advance, it is still a time-consuming and delicate job.

The older aunts Dongmei and Guihua had already started to exercise their waists, and Sun Laidie would straighten up from time to time to relax.

The children brought several buckets of loaches one after another. They estimated the processing speed and stopped soon.

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If you bring more, we won’t be able to finish it before noon.

The children who had finished their work all held their bowls and watched them process the loaches. The clever ones even learned a few tricks and prepared to go back and tell their mothers about them.

The loaches were finally processed, and Yi Qingqing and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

"My eyes are blurry. This is more troublesome than making noodles!" Aunt Guihua was very tired.

Others weren't much better.

"This is delicious, but it's more troublesome to make than other things!" Sun Lai Di also said.

"Once you taste the bacon and loach stewed in it, I promise you won't mind the trouble," Yi Qingqing encouraged them.