Soothed by the music, Xia Lunong slept well that night. When he woke up the next morning, he was refreshed and had become normal again.

He got dressed and yawned as he went out to make breakfast. His brother and his friends had already gotten up and fetched water, preparing to go out.

The first time Xia Lunong saw his brother, he raised his hand and said, "Brother, I know I was wrong. I will definitely not get drunk again next time."

His brother looked at him for a long time, pointed his finger at him in a warning, meaning to be careful.

Xia Lunong smiled apologetically, walked forward and pushed his brother's shoulder, "What did we eat this morning? How about noodles? Pure handmade ramen, boil some lamb bone soup as the soup base, scald a handful of green vegetables while cooking the noodles, and then cut a dozen slices of roasted lamb and put them on top, and pour pure handmade soy sauce and chili on it..."

Xia Lunong described it vividly in his brother's ear, and his brother was really tempted.

At the end, his brother patted his shoulder helplessly, "Go and do it."

"Okay, I'll let Kong Zhi help me, he's strong and can knead the dough more vigorously, hehehe."

Xia Lunong and his friends are all beastmen, they eat a lot, even though there are a lot of reserves at home, now they are almost eaten up.

Xia Lunong scooped out the white flour from the cupboard and checked the white rice, eggs and other things beside.

The white rice was the most left, and there were only a few eggs. In addition, the common seasonings such as oil, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, etc. were almost used up, and they had to exchange them in time.

Xia Lunong thought about the house and found that there were not many things that could be sent for exchange. It seemed that they had to go out and search in time.

Xia Lunong talked about this with Kong Zhi while kneading the dough.

Kong Zhi said, "I need rice seeds and fish fry in my fields, and I need to exchange them for supplies."

"Oh, if you calculate it this way, there are loopholes everywhere." Xia Lunong lowered her head and calculated, "According to our current income, it would be more appropriate to reduce our living standards by two levels."

Their rich food is well-known throughout the base. Even Lao Liu, who is the best in business, dare not eat so much.

Xia Lunong reflected seriously and found that lowering the living standard is not the best choice.

They are all doing heavy work. For example, his brother and his ex-brother go to build a hydropower station during the day. They are busy from morning to night, moving and lifting. Even if they don't use the beast form, it is still a lot of consumption all day long.

Kong Zhi is better. Next, he will reclaim land to plant rice, which is also a very tiring job.

If you save on food, you don't have enough energy, and you will waste your energy.

Xia Lunong didn't want to see the skinny brother when he just woke up.

Besides, food can be saved, but life in this era is so poor that it is even difficult for people to find the fun of life. If the desire for food is eliminated, life will be much more boring.

Xia Lunong sighed silently, closed the cabinet, and boiled the bone soup according to the plan.

The sheep bones were shaved off last night, and there were shredded meat on them.

Xia Lunong used a hatchet to cut the bones into two parts, washed them slightly, put them in the pot and boiled them on high heat. When it was almost done, turn to high heat, and the aroma of meat soup soon floated out of the pot.

After Kong Zhi finished pulling the noodles, Xia Lunong took out the bone soup, and boiled water in another pot. When the water boiled, put the noodles in, and when the noodles were almost cooked, put the leeks in.

When they were all cooked, they were picked up and the bone soup was poured into the bowl. In a moment, the light brown soup, the light yellow noodles, and the emerald green chives were all spread in the large noodle bowl.

Xia Lunong thought for a moment, took out four more eggs, and continued to cook them with the soup in the pot.

After the eggs were cooked, they were taken out, peeled and cut into two halves, and each bowl of noodles had two halves. The brown mutton was spread next to the noodles, and a spoonful of soy sauce and chili was added on top.

The results of the busy morning soon showed up.

Kong Zhi and Xia Lunong carried the noodles out one bowl at a time, and took out the vinegar.

Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian went to the hydropower station to work early in the morning, and they had not returned when the noodles were ready.

Xia Lunong was about to call someone, and when he walked out of the house, he saw his brother and his brother Xinian walking along the path from a distance.

A few minutes later, the two groups met.

Xia Lunong narrowed his eyes and said, "I was just about to call you."

Yan Xinian smiled, "No need to call, we have been smelling the fragrance all morning, and when the fragrance stops, we know that your meal is ready."

Xia Lunong raised his eyebrows slightly.

Yan Xinian smiled and patted his shoulder, "It's true. Everyone at the hydropower station was just guessing what was cooked this morning. I guess there must be mutton?"

"Of course, we didn't finish the mutton last night."

Yan Xinian smiled, "Then let me guess again, there will be leeks?"

"Yes."

"Let me think, mutton, leeks, what else? It seems there are also peppers?"

"Yeah."

Yan Xinian became hungrier and hungrier. At the end of his guess, he simply walked on his long legs, turned around, and entered the living room, "Okay, okay, stop guessing, let's have breakfast first--"

Before he finished speaking, he saw four large bowls of noodles on the table, "Wow, this morning is really rich."

Xia Lunong explained, "It's not easy to get mutton, we have to cook two good meals, don't let the mutton go to waste."

"That's right." Yan Xinian praised, "It smells good."

Xia Lunong smiled, "You guys are tired from working at the hydropower station, eat well and replenish yourself."

Yan Xinian gave him a thumbs up.

Several people sat down to eat noodles.

This morning's noodles were particularly crispy and smooth. Several people ate half a bowl in one breath, and the regret in their hearts was slightly relieved.

Xia Lunong asked, "Brother Xinian, when can your work at the hydropower station be completed? Let's go out to collect supplies. The oil and noodles at home are almost gone."

Yan Xinian calculated in his mind, "At least four or five days, let's set it five days later, then go out and try your luck and see if you can bring something back."

Xia Lunong nodded. Everything about him was normal, but his luck was particularly good. It would definitely be right to go out and try his luck.

Xia Huo said: "We have collected from all nearby places. Now the outside of Xiaopianshan is all sea, and there is nowhere to go. This time we can go farther to collect, go northeast, and take a look at Nha Thanh to see if we can exchange for anything good."

Their base is actually not that big.

Yan Xinian was too lazy to recruit new members, and the atmosphere of the entire base is relatively peaceful. There is no difference between those who can be beasts and those who cannot be beasts. The treatment for planting in the base and collecting supplies outside is also similar.

Some people in the base are poorer, some are richer, but overall, everyone can make a living.

This may not be the case in other bases.

Many bases have a strong competitive atmosphere and attract a lot of people.

Xia Huoqu asked, "What should we bring this time? Are we going by car?"

"We'll drive. The beast form can't carry much stuff, so it's more suitable for exploring nearby."

"That's great!"

After breakfast, Xia Lunong smiled and was a little excited.

Kong Zhi accompanied him and said nothing.

Kong Zhi's rented field has not been cleared yet, so he went to the vegetable field with Xia Lunong as usual today.

I don't know how Xia Lunong's vegetable field grows, but all the vegetables grow very well, especially the tomatoes. Each plant grows like a bush, with yellow, red, and green tomatoes all over it. There are dozens of tomatoes on any plant.

Xia Lunong took a backpack and picked red and yellow tomatoes with Kong Zhi.

The two backpacks were soon full. Xia Lunong looked at the tomatoes that were still halfway left, rubbed her itchy face and muttered, "There are too many tomatoes left."

Kong Zhi: "Yeah."

Xia Lunong turned to look at him, "Do you want to eat ketchup?"

"Not really."

"Oh." Xia Lunong turned back and continued to mutter, "Now we can't freeze-dry. It takes a lot of time and energy to dry tomatoes. It has been raining a lot recently. If we are not careful, they will be dried. It seems that it won't work. Then we can only make tomato sauce. My brothers don't like tomato sauce. They think it is too sweet..."

Kong Zhi waited for him to finish and said, "Send it to Lao Liu or Xiao Tang to exchange for supplies."

Xia Lunong sighed, "This is the only way."

Although she said so, Xia Lunong felt that tomatoes would not be popular and the things she could get in exchange would definitely be limited.

There are so many tomatoes that almost every household grows them. Why would they exchange them for supplies when they have something at home?

When the two of them took the tomatoes to find Lao Liu, Lao Liu looked a little embarrassed, "It's really not easy to change tomatoes nowadays. It's fine to get it earlier or later."

Xia Lunong handed him a dried tomato, "Our tomatoes are different. They are big and sweet. You'll know when you taste them."

Lao Liu took it and took a bite politely. The moment the rich tomato juice touched his mouth, his face changed slightly and he showed a little surprise.

Chewing the tomato in his mouth, Old Liu put the red tomato he had taken a big bite of in front of his eyes and looked at it. "Is this the seedling you exchanged from my family? How come it tastes so good? It's fragrant, sweet and sandy, and you can even eat it as a fruit."

Xia Lunong smiled, "I don't remember, I exchanged it from you or Brother Tang."

"That means you are very good at growing." Old Liu gave him a thumbs up, "How about this, five catties of tomatoes for one catty of rice?"

Xia Lunong asked, "Can I exchange it for noodles?"

"It's okay to exchange it for noodles, but it would take eight catties of tomatoes for one catty of noodles."

Xia Lunong quickly calculated in his mind that their current tomatoes are only 70 to 80 catties at most.

So many tomatoes, only 10 catties of noodles.

Xia Lunong felt sorry for his tomatoes. He thought again and again, "This won't work. There are too few. We spent so much manpower to grow tomatoes, and we also used a lot of fertilizers. Brother Liu, this really won't work."

"I know." Old Liu said, "There is no other way. Except for those single men in the collection team, no one in the base will exchange tomatoes. How about you think about it again?"

This is not negotiable.

Xia Lunong sighed and nodded, "Thank you Brother Liu, I will think about it again."