After listening to the Taoist priest for a long time, the two roughly understood what to do next.
Xu Han and Lu Chuan simply replied softly, "We understand."
Then the three of them stopped talking. When they got to the waterfall, they filled the water tank with water and poured some into the reservoir. Since they were already there, they figured they might as well add water along the way!
Since they had plenty of time today, the three of them decided not to go back for another nap and simply finish their work before heading back.
Although it was midday, there was still water flowing around the waterfall, so apart from feeling a bit sunny, it wasn't too hot.
The three of them filled the reservoir with water, and after refilling it, they headed home.
After the three of them finished watering all the chili peppers in their house, they also watered the sweet potato field.
After the locusts ate all the sweet potato leaves and stems last time, tender new leaves sprouted from the roots, and now they are just the right time to eat them.
When there are no more green vegetables to eat, pick some to take home and stir-fry, or make a cold salad.
Because the sweet potatoes had sprouted new leaves again, Lu Chuan and Xu Han didn't rush to dig them up. They decided to let the leaves grow first, and the sweet potatoes in the ground could grow a little bigger. They would dig them up when the season came.
When Xu Han and the other two returned home, Yunhua was already up. Seeing them, she quickly asked, "Where did you three go? I didn't see you when I woke up!"
"Do you know where we're going? You're sleeping like a log, you won't even wake up with all this noise," the Taoist priest said irritably.
Yunhua silently scratched his head, wondering what he had done to offend his master. He had only asked one extra question.
Xu Han and Lu Chuan sat in the chairs, watching Yun Hua's embarrassed expression, wanting to laugh but not daring to.
A little while later, Grandpa Zhao and Zhao Yunyun also got up. The group washed their faces and then took their tools to go hunting in the deep mountains.
Since it was already afternoon, the group didn't venture deeper into the area, but instead searched for prey near their homes.
The Taoist priest and Yunhua were incredibly accurate with their arrows. As soon as they spotted their target, they would immediately fire their bows and arrows, and almost none of their prey escaped after being spotted.
Lu Chuan was extremely envious of the two men's archery skills. Not only were they good at archery, but their senses were also exceptionally sharp. Lu Chuan felt that he was utterly inferior to them.
While feeling inferior to others, I also fully unleashed my potential, working together with the dogs to achieve quite good results.
The three of them went hunting in front, while Xu Han followed behind Grandpa Zhao and Zhao Yunyun, looking down to search for any surviving herbs. If they found any, they would dig them up immediately and process them when they got home.
It's very convenient; you can just take it out and use it when you need it.
As expected, different people go into the mountains with different goals; it's good to have a large group of people, as they can do all sorts of things.
There were hunters, herb gatherers, and Xu Han herself was gathering herbs and searching for edible things.
Now that the locust plague has passed for quite some time, many leaves in the valley have sprouted new buds, and new weeds are gradually growing near the water source.
Currently, everything is developing in a positive direction. The deep mountains are slowly starting to show signs of life, unlike when the locust plague first struck, when everything was extremely desolate...
The group didn't start their journey home until after sunset.
During their journey, Xu Han suggested, "We hunted a lot of wild game today, let's have a barbecue tonight! It'll be more fun with more people."
"Okay! Okay! Sister Xu Han's cooking is so delicious, her grilled food must taste amazing too!" Zhao Yunyun said happily, jumping up and down.
"Sure, sure, but what is barbecue? Is it the same as roast chicken?" Yunhua asked.
The others also looked at Xu Han with curiosity. Xu Han said, "This is a way of eating that Lu Chuan and I came up with when we had nothing to do in the summer. It involves skewering meat or vegetables with bamboo sticks and then slowly grilling them over charcoal."
The grilled food has a charcoal aroma, which makes it especially delicious. Adding some secret barbecue seasoning makes it even better.
“Alright, we’ll have barbecue tonight. Let’s see what barbecue is like,” the Taoist priest decided.
The others naturally had no objections either. Xu Han's cooking was so delicious, they believed the barbecue would taste great too!
As a result, everyone was even more excited about tonight's dinner.
Upon arriving home, everyone split up to prepare the game and process the herbs. However, there were only a few herbs, so it wasn't much work and they could finish processing them quickly.
Of course, there's also the task of going to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients for tonight's barbecue.
Xu Han and Zhao Yunyun went into the kitchen together. They were having a barbecue tonight, and there would be a lot of people and a lot of food, so they would try to prepare as much as possible!
The two of them need to first clean the side dishes they need, chop the ones that need to be chopped, and marinate the ones that need to be marinated.
After preparing the herbs, Grandpa Zhao went to help whittle bamboo skewers so that he could use them to skewer the meat later.
"Honey, let me chop this chicken for you! Tell me how to cut it?" Lu Chuan asked as he carried the pheasant over.
"Have you all finished? How did you do it so quickly!" Xu Han asked.
"Not yet! The Taoist priest went to the river to catch fish. I've already cleaned the chicken we'll be having for dinner tonight. Yunhua is skinning the rabbit! It'll be ready soon."
“Then you go and process the game! Give me the chicken, I can cut it myself. There’s nothing else to process here.” Xu Han said, taking the pheasant from Lu Chuan’s hand.
Then cut the pheasant meat into small pieces, and chop the wings and legs into larger pieces so that you can roast a whole leg and eat it later.
After slicing, marinate it with honey sauce; it will taste even better when baked later.
After marinating the meat, Xu Han went to the storeroom to get out the thin iron skewers that she had previously asked the blacksmith to make. However, there weren't enough iron skewers, so she could only use them to skewer some meats that were difficult to cook, to prevent the bamboo skewers from breaking.
After Grandpa Zhao shaved the bamboo skewers, Xu Han and Zhao Yunyun started skewering the food.
"Lu Chuan, come and light the grill first, then we can start grilling in a bit," Xu Han called out.
"Okay, I'll get right to it!" Lu Chuan said, putting down the pheasant in his hand and starting the stove.
Just as Lu Chuan lit the stove, the Taoist priest came in carrying a bucket of water.
Zhao Yunyun asked, "Taoist Master, did you catch any fish?"
The Taoist priest boasted, "Isn't that a must? With my skills, how could I not catch fish?"
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