Chapter 429: Firewood-cooked Rice



Yunwen returned to the house, dusted herself off, and was particularly happy to see that I had gotten up. She said, "Oh, I didn't expect that Miss Su's magic medicine was so effective. You really woke up today."

"Miss Su?" I asked.

I looked at Yunwen in confusion, then at Lingshang, and they both laughed. Yunwen said, "You spent a whole night with her, going through fire and water, but you didn't even ask her name."

I was stunned. Could it be the girl with the flower fragrance?

"Is it the girl with the scent of flowers? I asked her, but she kept avoiding my questions, so I never knew. It's not my fault," I said.

"Her name is Su Yuexi. I heard that she is the medium of the mountain god here. There is also a saying that she is the adopted daughter of the mountain god. She can control the wind and carry things and has the ability to communicate with spirits. I couldn't tell you her name before, and she didn't want to tell you because she had to get the consent of the mountain god here before she could tell you. When she came yesterday, she said that the mountain god had agreed to let her tell you, so I dare to tell you now." Ling Shang said.

"The daughter of the mountain god? She... Oh my god, I actually spent a night with the daughter of a god, and I didn't even know it. I'm so stupid. But based on her abilities, I guessed that she must be an important person. At least I didn't disrespect her and leave a bad impression on her. By the way, how is she? Was she injured when she came?" I asked.

"It seems that he has some internal injuries, but I hurriedly came to deliver medicine and left. I didn't observe him much." Ling Shang said.

So that's how it is. The internal injuries should have been caused by Shi Ke. Since she has a way to cure me with certain herbs, she must have a way to cure herself, so I don't need to worry too much.

Afterwards, we chatted about some other things, mainly asking Yunwen. After this war, it must have had a great impact on the hyena people and everyone else. In addition, winter was approaching, and the dens they had worked so hard to build were destroyed. The sheep were of no use this time, but after the textile machines were completed, they would be of great use, because they would have to start making woolen textiles in batches to keep out the cold.

Yunwen summed up. At present, the houses were severely damaged and many of the city walls had collapsed. Only with the help of the ant reinforcements, the labor force was increased. It would take at least a week to recover. In addition, the loss of this hyena population was as high as six or seven, and the casualties of the mermaids were also serious, with thirteen deaths and many injuries. The rat people adopted guerrilla warfare, and the death toll was the least, only one.

As a result, there are only thirty-six hyenas, big and small, in total, and there are only about nineteen laborers left, and some are injured and unable to move. It can be said that the losses are heavy. Although they have won, they are still defeated. Many caves have been collapsed by the dragon's tail, and those iron furnaces have to be rebuilt. This also affects the business. In addition, the mermaids, the largest customer group, may not come to trade for a while, so the winter food storage may become the next problem.

It's already difficult to lead such a group of subjects through the cold winter, and now it's getting worse and worse, with emergencies everywhere, which makes me worried.

Fortunately, Yunwen has recently helped coordinate and adjust, and has restored productivity as quickly as possible. Therefore, things are now turning around a bit. What I can do now is to stop the loss and take it one step at a time. I will make some plans after I return to work tomorrow.

After talking about these, we talked about Song Bailu. There were many speculations. Some said she went to the castle area, and some said she went to the earthen tower. But everyone agreed that let her do whatever she wants. We have done our best and cannot indulge her any longer. So the final conclusion about her problem was, let her do whatever she wants.

After talking about all this, my stomach growled, the two girls laughed, and Yunwen also said, "To celebrate your recovery from a long illness, I will give you a good nourishment tonight."

"That's great!" I said quickly. I was in need of a big boost.

In order to please Yunwen, the evil dragon went to the mountains and killed a cow. When I came back two days ago, I saw the meat soup of that country in the pot. It was made with the ingredients that the guy brought back. Therefore, there was a lot of raw beef in the backyard. However, the beef was fishy and it would definitely stink if the whole thing was piled up for a long time.

This still needs to be dealt with, but Song Bailu, who is the most capable worker, has left, so I can't do it tonight. I have to wait until tomorrow when I can call a few hyena people to come with me to personally dig up the ingredients, marinate them with fine salt, and air-dry them.

I helped to use a knife to cut a lot of meat. Yunwen took it and put it on an iron plate. She got an iron basket and put a lot of charcoal in it. She put the iron plate on the iron basket, added some fish oil, put it on the iron plate, and fanned the charcoal fire repeatedly. After a while, the iron plate made a crackling sound. Yunwen put two thick and large pieces of beef on it and fried them.

When the blood color of the meat began to fade and it began to feel cooked, she sprinkled dry ingredients and salt on it, and it immediately gave off a fragrant smell. Of course, her stove was not idle either. In the past two days, she should have taken the rice exchanged from the rat people and brought a few female hyena people with her. She used the rice pounding method to pound out a lot of shelled rice grains, poured the rice grains as high as a finger joint into a stainless steel bowl, poured in spring water, more than one-third of the water, cooked it over a low fire, covered it with a lid, and simmered the rice.

Before long, the delicious smell of rice filled the room, making Lingchang salivate.

Both sides were working at the same time, and it obviously took more time for the rice to be cooked, so she mainly focused on cooking and frying the beef, paying more attention to this side. When the beef was about 60% to 70% cooked, she scooped it up with a spatula and placed it on a silver plate. Then she washed the iron plate with clean water and started to make some iron plate dishes using the same method again.

Potatoes, wild vegetables, mountain mushrooms, etc. are all fried and roasted in this way. The aroma is really fragrant. In addition, she also added some wild pepper. The spicy taste combined with the aroma of frying and roasting exudes a new taste stimulation. My mouth is already watering before I even eat it.

This soup cannot be made tonight, so Yunwen specially brewed a pot of medicinal tea. Firstly, it was to nourish me, and secondly, she was afraid that this meal would be too dry and needed something to moisten my mouth.

I want to say that although Yunwen's cooking skills are not as good as Bailu's, she is simple and unpretentious, does not show off, and cooks seriously and steadily. The plating is also better than Bailu's. After all, she is a girl who pursues art, and some of her little thoughts are indeed surprising.

The beef was specially cut with a silver fork and a silver knife to make it easier for me to eat. Then, after the other vegetarian dishes were cooked, they were scooped out and put into another silver plate for Lingshang to eat. Lingshang is a cultivator and cannot eat meat. We have to take care of her, especially Yunwen, who is her little fan girl, so of course we will think of her specially.

When all the dishes were almost served, a small bowl of cold-mixed black fungus was served. The rice was almost ready by then, so Yunwen went over and opened the lid of the pot. It was obviously cooked through. She found an iron bowl and took out three bowls, one for each person. Then we sat at the table and ate the Chinese set meal with rice and side dishes.

The combination of meat and vegetables, the firewood rice is delicious, and the rice is stewed with natural mountain spring water, which gives it a faint crisp and sweet taste. It can be said to be an excellent meal. I hurriedly took two mouthfuls of rice, picked up some potatoes to chew, and picked up a piece of small steak to eat. For a moment, I felt like crying because it was so delicious, not only because I was hungry and my appetite was satisfied, but also because this meal was so hard to come by and it was so delicious. It felt more like home than what my mother cooked. For a moment, tears really welled up in my eyes.

"Zhou Bo, what's wrong? Is it not to your liking?" Yunwen asked in a panic.

I quickly shook my head and said, "Of course not. I was just moved when I thought that this was a meal that Zhou Bo's wife cooked for me. I gave it an evaluation of the first meal of my wedding. It was extremely perfect."

Yunwen couldn't help but blush and covered her mouth with her hands, feeling embarrassed.

Ling Shang laughed at the side and said, "You are not ashamed."

Having said that, I still have to satisfy my empty stomach, so I eat bite after bite, too lazy to explain. With each bite of rice and each bite of vegetable, my heart is filled with endless satisfaction.

After we finished eating, Yunwen served me another bowl. We finished all the dishes she cooked without leaving any, and they tasted so delicious.

But after we finished eating, we had to face a problem. Seeing that they seemed to have that intention, I, as a man, raised the question first: "Speaking of the newlyweds, should we complete the incomplete ceremony?"


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