Chapter 22 I also want fame
Li Zhe looked at the last empty jar and said, "I think we still have quite a few pheasant eggs we picked up earlier. How about we pickle some more?"
Shi Luo: "Okay, how do you pickle that thing?"
Li Zhe: "Just dissolve the salt in boiling water, stir it well, let it cool, pour it into the jar, then put the pheasant eggs in, finally add some white wine, and then add water to seal the jar."
Xie Chen washed his hands, checked the time, and said, "It's still early. The salted egg method is simple and requires boiling water. Let's go back to the house and pickle our own. After we're done, let's have lunch and rest for a while before heading up the mountain. Although we have almost enough firewood, the more the better."
"Okay, then I'll go back to the house first. Just call me when you go up the mountain." Shi Luo said and went into the house.
After entering the house, I closed the door and marinated the pheasant eggs. I was too lazy to cook, so I just poured water into the pot and started to boil water. I used too much water today and there was no water left in the thermos.
After seeing the fire in the stove burning, he turned around and entered the space, took out a steak, a bowl of pasta, and a bottle of fat house happy water, and started eating.
I haven't eaten Western food for a long time, and it's rare that I miss it a little. After eating, I washed the plates and left the space.
Seeing that the water had boiled, I filled the thermos and kettle and climbed onto the kang, planning to take a nap.
After sleeping for about an hour, I heard Xie Chen calling me to get up quickly.
Shi Luo put on his backpack, slung over his water bottle, rubbed his eyes with his hands and went out.
Li Zhe and the other man waited for Shi Luo to lock the door before walking up the mountain together.
That afternoon, the three people gained nothing except enough firewood.
As it got dark, the three men carried the last two bundles of firewood down the mountain.
"It's getting dark earlier and earlier now. It's not even 5:10 yet." Li Zhe shone the flashlight on the ground in front of him.
Shi Luo also held a flashlight, "There's nothing I can do. It's too late to light it up now. You'll get used to it later."
Xie Chen: "What's the big deal about the night being long? It's getting colder at night, don't you feel it?"
"Yes, I was supposed to sleep at the end of the kang yesterday, but it got cold in the middle of the night, so I slept at the head of the kang."
Shi Luo was still very afraid of the cold, and he thought that if it was particularly cold in the future, he would go into the space to sleep. The temperature of the bedroom in the space was constant, always staying at around 20 degrees.
Li Zhe scratched his head and said, "I didn't. I felt quite warm all night."
Xie Chen rolled his eyes. "That's because I was worried you'd be cold, so I put a stick of firewood under the kang in the middle of the night. Shi Luo, you can also put some firewood in the room. If you feel cold, add a stick. Anyway, you have enough firewood. If you're short of firewood, you can use mine and Li Zhe's."
"Yes, the two of us definitely picked up more than you alone," Li Zhe said generously.
"Okay, if I don't need enough, I will definitely ask you."
Shi Luo didn't think he would be short of firewood. After all, in his first life, he thought he would have to survive for a long time in the apocalypse, and he was worried that there would be no water, electricity, or gas in the apocalypse. So he stored a lot of coal and firewood in the space, including honeycomb coal, coal balls, and coal powder.
I can say that I will never lack this kind of heating device in my life.
Shi Luo returned to the house and was too lazy to cook, so he just made some millet porridge. He also took out two hot meat buns and a can of olive paste from the space and had that as dinner.
After eating, I put the remaining olive paste into the space. There was still a lot of porridge left, so I didn't care. I covered the pot and went to wash up. As for the porridge in the pot, I could add some firewood to heat it up and have it for breakfast tomorrow.
Shi Luo climbed onto the kang and took out a novel to read to kill time. He had only read two or three pages when he heard someone knocking on the door. He listened carefully and it was not his door, but the door of Xie Chen and his family next door.
Shi Luo, thinking that he must go and see the excitement, quickly got off the kang, quietly opened the door a crack, and looked sideways to the next room.
Seeing Su Niannian standing in front of Xie Chen's door, Shi Luo became more energetic.
Oh my, I haven’t seen Su Niannian for a while and I almost forgot about this female supporting role.
Xie Chen should have opened the door. Shi Luo saw Su Niannian tuck the hair behind her ear and said in a gentle and artificial voice, "Xie Zhiqing, I haven't been in good health recently and I don't have any sugar coupons. I heard that you seem to have some, so I wanted to see if you could lend me some brown sugar."
Xie Chen: "No."
Ah, the male protagonist is so cold, but Su Niannian borrowed brown sugar because she was having her period. I remember it was mentioned in the book that Su Niannian would have a stomachache when she was having her period. In the previous life when Xie Chen had not been reborn, Su Niannian borrowed brown sugar from Xie Chen almost every month.
Before meeting Xu Jing, Xie Chen would lend Su Niannian any money he had. Although Su Niannian never paid it back, Xie Chen thought it was not easy for a girl to go to the countryside alone.
So there was no need to force Su Niannian to return it. Su Niannian always thought that Xie Chen was interested in her because Xie Chen always lent her brown sugar.
But after Xie Chen met Xu Jing, he never lent brown sugar to Su Niannian again.
After Xie Chen fell in love with Xu Jing, he basically gave all his brown sugar to Xu Jing.
It was also because of this incident that Su Niannian hated Xu Jing even more. Later, when Xu Jing and Xie Chen fell in love, Su Niannian always felt that Xu Jing was shameless and seduced Xie Chen away from her.
"Xie Zhiqing, I'm really not feeling well. I'll definitely return the brown sugar I bought you in a few days."
It was too dark, and Shi Luo couldn't see Su Niannian's expression, but he could imagine that Su Niannian's expression must be the kind of pitiful look that she was trying hard to hold back her tears, as if she had been bullied but had to be strong alone.
"If you don't want to lend it to me, go back now. Don't knock on my door for no reason in the future, especially at this time of night. I still need your reputation even if you don't want it."
When Shi Luo was sighing that Xie Chen was such a cruel man, he heard a snap, and the door next door was closed.
Shi Luo didn't want Su Niannian to notice that he was looking for him, so he quickly closed the door gently.
But things often go against one's wishes. Shi Luo had just taken two steps into the house when he heard another knock on the door. He was sure that this time it was his own door that was being knocked.
There was no other way, Shi Luo could only walk to the door and open it.
Sure enough, Su Niannian was standing at the door, and her expression was just as I imagined, trying hard to hold back tears and being bullied but still looking very strong.
Shi Luo didn't wait for Su Niannian to speak and quickly said, "I won't lend it to you either. I don't have enough brown sugar for myself. Please leave now and don't knock on my door in the future. I also want a good reputation. Goodbye."
After saying that, without waiting for Su Niannian to react, he quickly closed the door with a bang. In fact, Luo really didn't care about a little brown sugar, but it would be bad if Su Niannian pestered him because of a little brown sugar and thought he was interested in her too.
Besides, Su Niannian and Xie Chen in the book never returned the brown sugar they borrowed, and they kept borrowing it shamelessly. If I lend it to her this time, I'm not sure if she will continue to borrow from me in the future. I don't want to be a sucker.
Shi Luo closed the door and didn't care whether Su Niannian had left or not. He went straight into the warm bed and started reading the novel he hadn't finished.
When I got tired of reading, I put the novel into my space and snuggled up in bed to sleep.
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