Chapter 24
After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't come up with an idea. In the end, he could only conclude that she was a great cook. Looking at the stir-fried cabbage in the pot, Qiao Sheng doubted his cooking skills and taste for the first time.
He was distracted and almost burned the bottom of the pot. He took the vegetables out and put them in a wooden plate, which was also recently made. There was no other way. He delivered vegetables to people every day, and he couldn't just throw the vegetables over. The tableware at home was about to be given away, so he was forced to learn how to make wooden plates and bowls. Other materials were scarce, but there were plenty of wooden boards. If there were any missing, he would make a colander to scoop them up for a while.
Player No. 18 is not picky about food. She eats whatever is cooked. Xia Beibei is the one who orders the dishes, so she simply lets No. 18 follow Xia Beibei's taste. She now cooks a big pot of food, takes it out of the pot and puts it on two plates. She cooks pork rib soup in a coconut bowl, one bowl for each person. Xia Beibei can make fish soup, and making pork rib soup is also a way to change her taste.
After submitting the soups and dishes for both orders, she was quite happy to get the tooth powder and brown sugar. She didn't know how No. 18 made the tooth powder, but Xia Beibei's brown sugar must have been made from sugarcane seeds, or she saw it when she was browsing the trading system.
A great senior high school student, she can make sugar, salt, and ice, she is omnipotent. Fortunately, she has not entered college yet, otherwise she would not be able to make any of these things now. Don't ask her how she knows, she is the college graduate who once learned and now knows nothing.
Her own lunch is simpler. She kept some vegetables and soup, and cooked two corns. Now there are chickens and rabbits on the boat, so she is not afraid of not finishing the food.
After lunch, she began to try to make oil lamps. Cotton can be used as the wick. First, the cotton is scattered, and then it is twisted into cotton thread. Two small iron basins are made with iron products. Coconut oil is poured into them, and then the cotton thread is soaked. Finally, one end is pulled out and placed on the edge of the small iron basin. Qiao Sheng also tried to light it, and found that there was no problem, so he extinguished it.
As for where to put the two lamps, she had also thought about it. There was a dining table on the right, so she would put one on the dining table at night, and the other on the bamboo table in the bathroom. If she needed to go to the storage room to find something, she would take the one in the bathroom.
The problem of light source was solved, and Qiao Sheng felt relieved to do other things. The radish strips that had been exposed to the sun before were now completely dry, and their freshness had increased from 10 days to 365 days. She felt much more relieved instantly. It seemed that she could plant more radishes after planting rice and wheat.
She also gave the hare some dried radish strips. The hare first sniffed it, licked it with its pink tongue, and then turned its head to nibble on the fresh radish strips that had already been eaten. Qiao Sheng could actually see a hint of disgust from the way it turned its head. Was she crazy, or was the hare a spirit? She took the
dried radish strips back in a huff, and took a bite of the side that she had just pinched. She understood. No wonder the hare was disgusted. There was no moisture at all, and it was hard. If it really nibbled on it, it would probably break its teeth.
After being licked by the rabbit, she couldn't eat it again. She glanced at the rabbit's small water bowl and stuffed the radish strips directly into it. It doesn't matter whether you want to eat it or not. If you don't eat it after it is softened, I don't care if you are pregnant or not, I will definitely make you hungry for two meals.
Ignoring the rabbit's dazed expression looking at the radish strips in the basin, Qiao Sheng moved out the stone mill again and started grinding flour. If she grinds more, she can make steamed buns or steamed dumplings in the evening.
With the experience of turning the stone mill in the morning, she tried to divert her attention this time. She would go to see the animals after grinding for a while, and then collect the fishing nets after grinding for a while. She ground it intermittently for the whole afternoon.
Not only did he grind the remaining 20 kilograms of wheat into flour, he also finished almost all the work on the boat. He changed the seawater in the filter, planted rice in the planting pots again, and took the harvested rice directly to the deck. He also surrounded it with wooden boards to prevent it from being blown away by the strong wind.
When he picked some rice leaves to feed the rabbit, he found that the radish stem soaked in water had been eaten for the most part. He took it out of the rabbit's water bowl and pinched it with his fingernails. It was indeed softened. He put the remaining half of the radish stem and the rice leaves into the rabbit's nest at the same time. The rabbit decisively chose the fresh rice leaves. Qiao Sheng smiled and touched the rabbit's ears. This is also a guy who doesn't take advantage of others.
I passed by the chicken nest on the dining table and changed the water for them, added corn crumbs, and then prepared the ingredients for the buns.
When I was looking for ingredients in the storage box next to the stove, I suddenly saw the shellfish I brought back from the island a few days ago. There were still a dozen oysters in it. I saw that the freshness was indeed not long, and it would be wasted if I didn’t eat it now. I quickly looked for the ingredients in the box that had already indicated that the freshness was very low.
The shellfish I brought back last time had to be eaten quickly. In order not to waste it, I simply made buns with them. Now it’s autumn, the weather is not too hot, and it should be no problem to eat it for one or two days. If there are really too many, I can give some to Player No. 18 and Xia Beibei. It’s a good time to try and see if I can issue a special order.
First, she pried the oysters. As expected, she was not as good as Li Mu at this job. She almost stabbed her hand with the knife several times. Fortunately, there were only a dozen oysters. After prying them open, she washed them in a basin of sea water. It was okay to wash this kind of seafood with sea water. This was what her friend who lived in a coastal city told her when she went to the seaside to travel.
This time, she didn't add water when cooking. After a while, oyster juice slowly came out. When there was no oyster juice, she had to turn it over frequently to prevent the bottom of the pot from getting stuck. When there was no oyster juice and the pot was not stuck, Qiao Sheng went to deal with other shellfish, including snails and clams. She took out what she could dig out, pried open what she could pry open, and smashed what she couldn't. Anyway, they all had to be chopped up for stuffing, so there was no need to consider the appearance.
When the oyster meat becomes smaller, turn off the heat, squeeze the oyster meat and put it into the coconut bowl. This can be cut into pieces and put into the bun filling later.
Use a piece of cotton cloth to filter the impurities in the oyster juice, then pour the filtered oyster juice back into the pot, add water, salt and brown sugar and continue to boil. The oyster juice I boiled for Li Mu before had no color at all. This time there is brown sugar, and the color should be more like the oyster sauce I bought before.
When it is simmering on low heat, Qiao Sheng took out some of the sweet potato starch left over from making sweet potato vermicelli, added water and stirred it, and poured it into the oyster juice. Then keep stirring until it becomes sticky. Pour the finished oyster sauce into a glass bottle for storage. Very good, there is one more seasoning.
For the filling, Qiao Sheng decided to use her imagination, mainly because there were too few types of vegetables. She cut half of the cabbage and took a piece of wild boar meat with some fat and some lean meat, and chopped it into the filling. Fortunately, her bamboo table was sturdy enough, and the cabbage was also chopped. If there was Chinese cabbage, it would definitely taste better than cabbage.
She also soaked a handful of sweet potato vermicelli, chopped it up after soaking, and put it into the filling bowl. Finally, she added salt to taste, mixed it well, and set it aside for later use.
The dough was kneaded in a wooden basin before she cooked the oyster sauce. She covered it with cotton cloth and put it on the stove to rise. Baozi was made of leavened dough, and dumplings were made of unleavened dough. Unfortunately, there was no yeast, so whether they could rise successfully depended on fate. Unleashed buns were not inedible, but they did not look very good. She did not mind anyway. If Xia Beibei and player No. 18 dared to mind, they would not have to trade with her in the future.
Fortunately, when she lifted the cotton cloth, it seemed to have risen. She did a good job of kneading the dough, pinching the dough, and rolling the dough. She even found a thin bamboo stick to use as a rolling pin.
When it came to making the dumplings, she was in a dilemma. She had never made dumplings at home before. The previous steps were complicated because her mother assigned her this job. She had resisted, but even Father Qiao, who was wearing the filter of a close friend, refused to eat the dumplings she made.
"Mom, you see, you didn't let me learn at first, but now I have to make them! You wait for me to learn it secretly, and sooner or later I will surprise all of you, especially my dad. You still complain, huh." Qiao Sheng tried hard to pinch the folds of the buns, mumbling and sniffing a few times.
Facts have proved that he can't do it. The first ten buns made by Qiao Sheng were simply terrible. The ones after that were a little better, but the buns had no folds. Originally, I wanted to make stuffed buns by pressing them, but I was afraid that the stuffing would leak out, so I finally decided to steam them like this. Given their current conditions, they should be happy to have buns to eat.
When the buns came out of the oven, Qiao Sheng was very pleased. They were white and plump, with no wrinkles. Some of the bigger ones were put upside down by her, and looked like big steamed buns.
He took 20 buns, opened the trading system, and issued an order. Ten were designated for player No. 66 Xia Beibei. When he was exchanging something for something, Qiao Sheng was stunned for a moment. The thing couldn't be too good, as it would seem like he was asking someone for something, but it couldn't be too bad either.
After thinking it over, he decided to take 10 pieces of iron products. This thing can be caught in the sea with a colander. Xia Beibei's koi can be caught easily, and he can use it too.
The order for player No. 18 was not a problem. She knew Xia Beibei, but she was sorry that she didn't know him. She didn't need to be so cautious when asking for things. If the other party didn't accept it, she could just withdraw the order.
Ten buns and a watermelon in exchange for a bar of soap. These things were consumables, and she didn't know how to make them herself. Of course, the more the better. She also wanted tooth powder, but considering that the other party had just exchanged a box, she didn't know if he was rich, so she decided to go with the soap.
As soon as the order was released, Xia Beibei had already completed the transaction. She even suspected that this little girl had been hanging out in the trading system.
The girl actually gave her fifty pieces of iron products. She was really impressed by her. She had made delicious food for her to try. She probably thought Qiao Sheng really needed it.
As for giving more, the number of trading items on the order was actually the lower limit of the transaction for the person who accepted the order. If you want to give more, you can. In other words, if the publisher requires ten pieces of iron products, the other party must put at least ten pieces, or even more. Qiao Sheng knew this. She always put more things in the previous transaction. She
put the iron products into the storage box helplessly. Xia Beibei, this little girl, it seems that she will have to think of her when there are delicious things in the future.
However, there has been no movement on the order from player No. 18. Qiao Sheng thought he didn't pay attention and was ready to cancel the order if the other party didn't trade again tomorrow night.
After closing the trading system, I moved two bamboo chairs to the bow, and placed a storage box in front of them. On one bamboo chair was a small iron basin with a few steamed buns in it. Qiao Sheng sat on another bamboo chair, with his legs on the storage box, holding a water bottle in one hand and a steamed bun in the other. He felt the sea breeze and watched the sunset. He thought the scenery was beautiful, except that it lacked a little vinegar!