Chapter 140 Bamboo Leaves



The weather was very cold, so Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi went outside.

A bonfire was lit outside, and the two sat in front of it, with the starry sky above their heads and endless snow all around.

The dogs were sleeping not far from the bonfire, and their snoring accompanied by the crackling of the bonfire sounded very healing.

Xia Lunong took a deep breath of the cool air and looked at the starry sky above her head. "I feel that our life is pretty good now."

Kong Zhi said, "It's good to have you. Are you hungry? I'll fry a fish for you."

Xia Lunong ate silently. He was really a little hungry, mainly because it consumed too much energy to transform into a human form, and it seemed that all the food he ate at night had been digested.

Seeing him like this, Kong Zhi went to the giant fish frozen next to him and cut off a large piece of fish meat.

After the fish is cut, put it directly into the iron pot, put the iron pot on the campfire, pour in a small amount of oil, raise the iron pot and fry slowly.

The hot oil in the pot emits tiny bubbles, the fish is fried to a crispy brown, and soon it emits a fragrance.

Xia Lunong leaned over to take a look, and took over the iron pot, "Let me do it." Kong

Zhi said, "Then I'll go grind some pepper powder."

The pepper grains come from summer pepper, which is fragrant and spicy. When paired with their chili powder, the taste is absolutely amazing.

Xia Lunong fried the fish on both sides until it was crispy, poured in the pepper powder and chili powder, and then added salt, and a simple midnight snack was ready.

The dogs couldn't sleep because of the fragrance, looked up at them, and cried "嘤嘤" and acted coquettishly.

Xia Lunong thought they would come up to beg for food, so she planned to make an extra portion. Unexpectedly, after the dogs finished barking, they ran upwind and lay down to continue sleeping.

Xia Lunong's eyes were full of surprise.

Kong Zhi took a look and said, "This dog has already understood human nature."

Xia Lunong retracted and sat back on the small stool, sighing, "This is really not easy."

It is not easy for people to learn to restrain themselves, and it is even more difficult for small animals to learn.

Perhaps it is because they have learned that they can survive in this chaotic world.

After Xia Lunong and Kong Zhi shared a midnight snack, they felt warm in their stomachs.

He yawned, wrapped his down jacket tightly, leaned on Kong Zhi, and kept watch while thinking.

Kong Zhi moved his long legs and let him lie down, "Take a nap if you're sleepy."

"Not that sleepy." Xia Lunong said, "I was thinking, why don't I just make the bamboo grow now. If I make the bamboo grow now, I can concentrate on working during the day."

"The weather is so cold, can bamboo still grow?"

"In theory, there is no problem. Bamboo is evergreen all the year round. Can't we still see bamboo on the road?" Xia Lunong said, "Besides, the bamboo now is much tougher than before the disaster."

Kong Zhi looked at him, "Why don't we give it a try?"

"Then I'll try." Xia Lunong stood up, "I'll go back to the car to get the bamboo seeds."

The bamboo seeds that Xia Lunong used to make the bamboo grow were from the bamboo he had made before. They were large in size, full and uniform in color, and full of vitality.

Xia Lunong was afraid that the temperature in the snow would be too low, so he chose a location near the campfire, where there was no snow and no fire, dug a hole, buried the bamboo seed, and began to stimulate the birth. Xia

Lunong's superpowers are now somewhat materialized. Every time he uses his superpowers, something seeps out.

This feeling is particularly real, and the control is also particularly obvious.

Xia Lunong soon felt that his control over his superpowers had improved again.

The superpowers seeped out of his body little by little like drops of water, and fell squarely on the bamboo seed.

The bamboo seed quickly took root and sprouted, pushing up the soil above to form a small mound, and then the tender green leaves poked out, swaying in the cold wind.

Xia Lunong was not in a hurry, and used his special ability little by little, hoping that the bamboo would grow as thick as possible and the space inside would be as large as possible.

I don't know if it's because there is space inside the bamboo, but this time the bamboo grew particularly slowly.

Xia Lunong started planting bamboo at 3:30 in the morning, and by 6:30 in the morning, when Xia Huoqu and the others woke up, the bamboo was only as high as his knees.

As soon as Xia Huoqu came out, he saw sweat on Xia Lunong's forehead and she looked a little anxious. He walked up to her and asked, "Why did you start planting bamboos last night?"

"I thought of planting them early and seeing how big they can grow, so that we can have a reference for today's catch."

Yan Xinian looked at the swollen and thickened bamboos, then at Xia Lunong who looked tired but excited, and said, "Don't force yourself, Xiao Nong. We'll do what we can. Your health is more important, and you don't need this one storage bamboo."

Xia Lunong's eyes were bright, "I'll try."

Yan Xinian patted him on the shoulder lightly, "Let's go pull the nets first."

They threw all the fishing nets into the river yesterday evening. Today they had to pull the nets up quickly and cast the second and third rounds later.

Kong Zhi said, "Brother Huoqu, you stay here to watch over Xiao Nong, I'll go and pull the nets."

Xia Huoqu said to him, "You stay here, and fry some fish for breakfast. When one of us is tired, we'll let you go."

Kong Zhi nodded, "Then you go, I'll stay here."

The dogs had heard that they were going to pull the nets, and they were so excited that their tails were wagging wildly, and they ran back and forth barking.

When Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian were pulling the nets, the dogs were right beside them, holding the ropes and pulling the nets with them.

It had been so long since the disaster, and no one had come to fish in this river for a long time. The fish in the river were big and fat, and they were not wary of the fishing nets.

Every net they pulled up was filled with fish and shrimps.

There are many kinds of fish and shrimp in the river. They pulled up a net with fish, shrimp, and big crabs.

Yan Xinian picked up the fish and shrimp from the bottom while muttering, "Three crabs, we are in for a treat today."

Xia Huoqu looked at him, "Be careful, don't get pinched."

"You're kidding, with my hand speed, how could I get pinched by a crab--" Yan Xinian said as he picked up a crab. Before he finished speaking, he suddenly shouted, "Ouch!"

Xia Huoqu stood up immediately, not caring about the fish under his hand, and immediately went to check on him, "What's wrong?"

Yan Xinian stretched out his slender hand, placed it in front of Xia Huoqu, and smiled, "I was just kidding you."

Xia Huoqu had a cold face and kicked him in the butt, "Don't make such a boring joke."

Yan Xinian was kicked but not angry. He smiled and said, "Relax, don't be so tense."

Xia Lunong, who was far away, was so startled by Yan Xinian's shout that his subordinates almost ignored their superpowers. After seeing Yan Xinian being kicked by his brother, he realized what happened. He retracted his head and whispered, "Brother Xinian is so brave."

Kong Zhi also saw it, "You brought this upon yourself."

Xia Lunong sat back on the stool and steadily transferred superpowers into the bamboo.

The cross-section of the bamboo had grown to the thickness of a badminton racket, and the space inside seemed to be expanding to its limit. It was already quite strenuous for him to stimulate it.

He felt that it was almost enough, and slowly transferred superpowers to guide it to grow upwards.

The bamboo slowly grew upwards, one bamboo section after another.

When it grew to the ninth bamboo section, Xia Lunong felt that her special power was almost exhausted and could not supply the next bamboo section. She simply stopped and only allowed the space inside the bamboo to expand without growing upwards.

The leaves of the bamboo slowly turned yellow and fell, fluttering in the cold wind.

Kong Zhi picked up a leaf that floated to him, sniffed it gently, and said, "This leaf smells good."

Xia Lunong was touched by his words, "Do you think it smells good?"

Kong Zhi directly put the bamboo leaf in his hand to his nose, "Smell it."

Xia Lunong sniffed it and felt the fragrance of bamboo leaves. An idea suddenly occurred to him and asked, "What do you think about us collecting these bamboo leaves to make tea?"

Kong Zhi smiled, "Other people choose young bamboo leaves to make tea, why do we choose old and withered bamboo leaves instead?"

"What's wrong with old bamboo leaves? There are more flavorful substances accumulated in them!" Xia Lunong said, "I'll try it first. They are all things grown with supernatural powers. Maybe they really have some effect."

Kong Zhi thought about it and said, "We will know when we make tea now."

The two picked up a dozen bamboo leaves, washed them, put them in the pot, and boiled them with water.

The water in the pot boiled quickly, and the bamboo leaves sank and floated in the pot, dyeing the boiled water light yellow, and a faint bamboo fragrance floated out.

Xia Lunong scooped a cup first, blew it, and took a sip of tea.

The newly brewed bamboo leaf tea was clear, sweet, slightly bitter, and full of the fragrance of bamboo. After swallowing it into the stomach, I felt my head clearer.

Xia Lunong held the cup up to his eyes and said, "It tastes very good."

"You're not lying to me?" Kong Zhi took his hand, lowered his head and took a sip, savoring it carefully.

Xia Lunong looked at him, "How is it?"

Kong Zhi said, "It tastes better than most of the teas I've ever tasted."

"Most of the teas, I think it's the best tea I've ever tasted." Xia Lunong took another sip and felt his lungs moistened.

Kong Zhi smiled and didn't remind him about the honeysuckle tea.

Bamboo leaf tea tastes good, but it's still a little inferior to honeysuckle tea.

Yan Xinian and Xia Huoqu were collecting the net along the river and had already walked a hundred meters away.

Xia Lunong called out to them, "Brother, have you put away the nets? We have made some delicious bamboo tea!!!"

Yan Xinian replied, "Very soon! Has the bamboo grown?"

Xia Lunong said, "Yes, it has grown very thick! The space inside the bamboo is much larger than last time."

Yan Xinian said, "Then you wait there for a while, we will throw the nets back into the water and come back!"

The two sides finished the difficult conversation in the snow and wind.

Xia Lunong continued to make tea, and together with Kong Zhi, they picked all the bamboo leaves and began to saw the bamboo with a saw.

Only the bamboo that has been sawed off can be guaranteed not to crack and can all be made into space bamboo tubes.


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