Chapter 3 Hurricane Season 03 Garlic Roasted Eggplant, Strange Visitor. ……
The grassland is vast and boundless, spreading a golden desolate land.
One man, one rabbit, stop after every step.
The terrifying green eyes swept over Jiang Runnian's vulnerable little body, and the giant rabbit suddenly jumped in front of her in two steps and lowered its worthless head.
"You want me to ride on it?" Jiang Ruonian tilted his head, pointed at himself, and said sheepishly, "This... is not good."
Giant Rabbit: “…”
You said it was not good, but your legs had already crossed over and you unconsciously uttered "Gee", did you know?
This is Jiang Runian’s first time riding a rabbit!
Even though my butt hurt and my head was a little dizzy from jumping, it was faster than her legs! I could go back and plant a few more carrots, and maybe I could use the giant rabbit to fetch water, which would be much more efficient than her using a small kettle every time!
Moreover, the giant rabbit was very familiar with this grassland. It did not return in a straight line, but took a detour along the edge of the sparsely covered area with dead grass. In this way, it could avoid being attacked by other mutants and could also help Jiang Runnian unlock a wider map by accident!
At this moment, an unlocked lock flashed on the map——[1% Exploration Reward: 1 bag of grass seeds]
Are there rewards for map exploration?
Judging from the situation, there is a high probability that the rewards will be items related to the terrain.
In other words, if she wants to complete the game seriously, she can't just stick to a certain path. Since she came here, the game has been encouraging and guiding her to go out of the inn and explore the map. Perhaps the higher the degree of exploration, the richer the rewards will be.
Jiang Runian looked down at the frail little body... Well, let’s talk about it later.
She casually scattered grass seeds around the inn, coaxed him with a few words, and then went straight to her beloved Tianzige.
Back at Qingshan Inn, the farmland was just seconds away from being harvested.
Jiang Runian breathed a sigh of relief. Thanks to the giant rabbit, he returned just in time.
After watering eight crops at once, the moisture column on the information immediately rose by 50 points, but it did not go straight to the upper limit like my mood. Dewdrops also appeared on the leaves of the crops, making them look very fresh and tender.
Looking at the last pepper plant with zero water content, Jiang Runian weighed the remaining half pot and did not continue watering. Since peppers were not particularly needed at the moment, he decided to leave a little more water for himself.
She and the giant rabbit squatted at the edge of the field, watching the countdown reach zero.
Finally—"Puff, puff, puff!"
There was another louder burst of sound, and in the gray field, eight crops stood up in a row. Their fruits were ten times larger than normal, and they seemed top-heavy and swaying.
Jiang Ruunian reached out and touched them, and they turned into a white light and were put into his bag.
[Items obtained: Potatoes x6, Potato Seeds x4, Carrots x3, Carrot Seeds x2...]
The only pepper plant that did not receive water only yielded one, but like the other crops, it dropped two seeds.
Just set up a control group.
It seems that water and yield are linked, and improving mood can make them produce more seeds.
Jiang Runian handed over a carrot and fed it to the giant rabbit. Although the number was small, the size was large, and the giant rabbit was very satisfied with the carrot, waving its ears happily.
Jiang Ruonian picked up the hoe and planted the second batch of seeds.
After the first batch of crops were harvested, the fertility of the soil in the field grid also increased, although it was only 10 points, which was better than nothing. If you really want to enrich the soil quickly, you still have to rely on special fertilizers.
The food in her hand was enough to last for a while, so Jiang Runian only used sweet words to coax them and did not water them. As long as there were enough seeds, she and the rabbits would not be afraid of starving.
Jiang Runian walked to the red brick stove and placed today's bumper harvest one by one.
Salt, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, onion, garlic, chili, potatoes, and eggplants are enough for her to eat for a few days, but she needs to draw a few more pots of water.
Jiang Runian searched everywhere in the inn today, but did not find any sharp tools, let alone weapons.
Unable to cut vegetables, she had to find another way.
Fortunately, although there is no kitchen knife, there are still basic pots, pans, and utensils.
Jiang Runian took out the rapeseed flowers from her bag, shook them in the pot, and sifted out a small pot of rapeseed. She picked out 90% of the mixed chaff, stuffed the hay she brought back into the stove, and lit it with a flint. The rapeseed became crispy after being stir-fried in the iron pot for a while. After crushing it with the bottom of a bowl, she put it in a wooden basin and steamed it in the pot until the rapeseed became a soft black cake.
The next step required brute force. Jiang Ruonian curved his eyes, showed a carrot as thick as a thigh, and waved to the giant rabbit: "Rabbit, do you still want to eat?"
A carrot and the giant rabbit will do the hard work for me for eighteen minutes.
The poor working rabbit was played around by Jiang Runian. It happily ate carrots while crushing rapeseed with gravel. The mutant creature may not be smart, but it is very strong. The second batch of crops has not grown yet, but the giant rabbit has already squeezed out a small pot of rapeseed oil.
The system was shocked: [Host, you can even do this?! ]
Jiang Ruonian took a sip of rapeseed oil and smiled proudly: "What's that? When other kids were still drinking milk, I already knew how to stew braised pig's trotters!"
Time was short, so she couldn't strictly follow the traditional method of extracting oil. She could only hastily make a small pot of oil as quickly as possible, just enough for use.
With the all-important oil, the rest is much easier.
Jiang Runian fanned the stove fire again, threw an eggplant in with its skin and stem still attached, took it out immediately when the skin became charred and wrinkled, broke the most wrinkled side of the skin with chopsticks, put it into the iron pan, poured a layer of oil on it and continued to fry it.
After crushing three cloves of garlic and half a red pepper, and sprinkling some salt and soy sauce on them, the eggplants were already soft and tasty. She still felt it was not enough, so she used wooden chopsticks to scrape off the juicy eggplant flesh to let the aroma seep into it.
When the eggplant changed slightly from green to white, Jiang Ruonian picked it up with a spatula, and the whole eggplant skin with the juicy eggplant flesh fell into the plate.
Although the seasoning is not complete, it is not bad at all with the garlic and chili as the base.
"Hot, hot, hot!" Jiang Ruonian carried her precious brunch through his sleeves and sat down in the lobby. "Oh, I miss the cool dining table at Qingshan Sect. The dishes were always the perfect temperature when I ate them."
But in which world are the people of Qingshan Sect floating at this moment...
Jiang Runian had been busy all morning, and she devoured the simple version of garlic roasted eggplant in no time. Although she was weak, she ate a lot. She ate most of the eggplant, which was as thick as three people's arms, in just a few chopsticks like a glutton.
Suddenly, someone called out from outside the door: "Is anyone in the inn? Please open the door and let me hide. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda!"
Jiang Runian: “…”
She had only been here for a few hours and was not yet ready to open the business.
After all, finding people is more important to her than the construction and upgrading that the system has always emphasized. Once she opens her business, she will face various situations, and no one knows whether it is good or bad.
For example, now.
In this remote place, someone suddenly shouted for help. If she opened the door, she might get burned; if she didn't, she might kill a life.
The afterglow fell on the backyard. The sky was bright and the wind was calm. It was a rare peaceful day.
Jiang Ruinian did not move, but also raised his voice and asked: "There is no wind here, and there is no strange thing. Is the guest in any danger?"
"Zombies! There are mutant zombies in the forest!" The rough male voice trembled, and he knocked on the door harder. "I'm from the 'Dark Hunter Base' in the east. This is my nameplate!"
After that, a badge was stuffed in from the crack of the door, engraved with the pattern of the Dark Hunter Base and the player's information.
Name: Song Chi
Position: Captain of Reconnaissance Team 1
After a year of natural disasters in four seasons, the collapsed social system is slowly being rebuilt, and players have spontaneously formed survivor bases to restrain each other.
In the doomsday game, everyone knows that the only person they can trust is themselves, and Song Chi is no exception. As the backbone of the base reconnaissance team, he is known for his covert actions. If he was not desperate, he would never have so easily revealed his identity and showed his nameplate.
He knew that there must be something fishy about the inn with closed doors in this deserted place, and he also knew that the players in the inn did not trust him either.
But now there are wolves in front and tigers behind, he can only choose a relatively safe path.
Jiang Runian checked the nameplate over and over again, looking confused.
...She thought that she had just arrived and had no idea what this Dark Hunter Base was.
However, although this hand-carved badge was crudely made, it was made of metal. In the end times, metal was considered a very precious material, and no one would be so idle as to use it to make a fake nameplate and deceive her small inn.
Jiang Ruunian opened the door a crack and let Song Chi in.
Out of inertia, Song Chi pounced directly onto the only dining table in the lobby, and his nose twitched involuntarily like a dog.
Jiang Runian: “…”
You can save people, but you can’t eat for free!
She sat down leisurely and continued eating as if no one was around.
Song Chi's Adam's apple rolled and his saliva kept pouring out.
With the globalization of data, the creatures on the blue planet have stopped growing normally, and have either become extinct or mutated. Most players eat and use items exchanged in the game store. To put it bluntly, they are just eating a string of data, and there is no real taste at all.
And the innkeeper in front of me was actually eating a plate of garlic roasted eggplant that I had never seen in the game before! !
The aroma of rapeseed oil permeates every fiber, and the slightly browned soft and glutinous eggplant flesh is wrapped in spicy garlic paste, exuding a fragrance that is simply irresistible!
"Boss, where did you get your ingredients from? Is that okay to ask?"
"You all went to the waste city to pick up the ingredients?"
"Yes, the base regularly sends out adventure teams to search the abandoned city. Although it is a high-risk zombie area, there are still usable supplies in many abandoned stores." Song Chi stared at the roasted eggplant, as if looking at plums to quench thirst, "But recently the supplies have begun to expire. Even if we live a rough life, we dare not eat everything. I see that you are new, can you give me some advice?"
Jiang Ruonian said nonchalantly: "Oh, I planted it."
"What about the oil?"
"Oh, I squeezed it."
Song Chi: ???
Did you do everything yourself, from the oil to the ingredients?! If this were put on the market, it would be sold at a sky-high price!
But it has been a year. If this innkeeper is really that amazing, his reputation should have spread far and wide even in the remote border of District 8.
Song Chi was cautious and asked tentatively, "Boss, my reconnaissance team got separated yesterday, and today I was chased by two mutant zombies in the forest. I'm so hungry. Can I buy a meal from you?"
When it comes to food, Jiang Runian never hesitates.
"cannot."
“…”
Song Chi continued to coax him: "How about this, Boss? Let me have a good meal, and when I return to the base, I will ask the Adventure Team to help you clear out the two mutant zombies in the forest. How about that?"
Jiang Runian remained indifferent.
Her inn was invulnerable to weapons and poisons, and even if the forest mutated, it couldn't hurt her. Besides, who knew how many words he said could be believed?
"I've seen tens of thousands of mutants, but I've never seen anything like this! One of them had a glowing charm on its face, and the other held a glowing sword. They chased me like a ghost, from one end of the forest to the other, and I couldn't get rid of them! All my arrows broke, and I couldn't even hit their health bars!"
…
…………
Wait a moment.
One is making talismans and the other is playing with swords?
This configuration seems a bit familiar.
At this moment, the door of the inn was knocked again.
Song Chi quickly leaned over, took out an iron axe from his bag, and secretly opened the window to take a look.
He was so frightened that his face turned pale. "Damn it! Did these two mutant zombies cast a curse on me? How could they follow me here?" He trembled all over and asked in a low voice, "Boss, is your protective shield reliable?"
As he was speaking, there was another round of violent pounding outside the door.
A faint blinding light shone through the crack in the door. It was probably the glowing talisman and sword from Song Chi's mouth. The blade of the sword was stabbing straight at the face of the person in the room.
Along with it, there was a hoarse roar as if struck by thunder.
"Junior sister! Don't hide in there and keep silent. I know you are at home!"
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