When Xu Han came to the main room after finishing the meal and saw Lu Chuan drinking water, she asked him with a smug look, as if she wanted to take credit.
"Look how useful all those honeysuckle flowers I picked are! Now, do you still find picking them troublesome?"
"Thanks to my wife's honeysuckle, otherwise I would still be drinking plain water every day when I go hunting!"
You know what, honeysuckle is really a great thing. I've been drinking honeysuckle tea every day since the height of summer, and I haven't had any heatstroke this year!
Xu Han also said, "Let's see if we can still pick them next year. If we can, we'll pick more and store them. The weather will be hotter during the drought, making it easier to get heatstroke."
“We should still be able to pick some. The humidity in the mountains is higher than outside, and the drought shouldn’t be too severe when the honeysuckle is in bloom! Let’s go to the mountains to look for some next year,” Lu Chuan replied.
Xu Han suddenly remembered that mint could also be used to make tea to cool off in the summer, so she asked Lu Chuan...
Have you ever seen mint? It can help cool you down in the summer, but I haven't seen it near my home. I wonder if it grows anywhere else?
What is mint?
"How should I put it? It smells cool and refreshing, and it's green. It usually grows near water."
After thinking for a moment, Lu Chuan replied, "I think I've seen it before, when I was hunting in the mountains and resting by a stream."
Black Wind gave me these leaves before; they smell cool. This must be the mint you're talking about!
"Where is it? Is it far? Take me to see it tomorrow!"
"Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow, but it's a bit far, it'll probably take an hour and a half to walk there!"
"It's alright, we'll get up early tomorrow and set off before the sun gets too strong. I can manage!"
So the two of them happily decided to go to the stream the next day to see if there really was mint.
After lunch, the two went for a nap...
When I woke up from my afternoon nap, Lu Chuan was no longer home; he must have gone to chop wood.
Xu Han tidied up and went to the woods as well. In just one morning, Lu Chuan had cut down a lot of tree branches, and the scattered pieces were everywhere, probably because he hadn't had time to tidy them up yet.
Seeing this, Xu Han picked it up and put it into her spatial storage. So, one person chopped the pieces while the other picked them up.
Once the space was full, Xu Han took the branches home and placed them in the open space outside the yard. She let them dry first, and then stacked them into a firewood pile.
Lu Chuan only cut down small miscellaneous trees or large branches. He didn't cut down any very thick trees. Small branches are thinner, dry faster, and are easier to burn.
The two worked until it got dark before getting up to go home.
Back home, Lu Chuan cleaned the chicken and duck coop, while Xu Han started preparing dinner.
Tonight I'm planning to make braised chicken with edamame, a dish that Xu Han especially loves. The edamame in particular is so delicious!
First, cut the chicken into small pieces and rinse it repeatedly to remove the blood. Then, heat oil in a wok, put the chicken in the wok and stir-fry until the meat is firm. Add scallions, ginger, and garlic and continue to stir-fry. Then add dried chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns.
Add water until it's level with the chicken, add seasonings, and simmer for 15 minutes. Then add an appropriate amount of edamame and continue simmering for a while to let the edamame absorb the flavor. Finally, add chopped green and red bell peppers, stir-fry evenly, and it's ready to serve.
Then we can have a cucumber salad and then we can start eating. It's too hot to make soup, we'll just have some drinks with it later.
Today's main dish was white rice with brown rice added.
Paired with the tea eggs boiled in the morning, it makes for a hearty meal.
Xu Han first took out a tea egg, peeled off the outer skin, and saw a very beautiful pattern, just like marble, which was particularly beautiful.
I tried it, and the flavor was just right; it had soaked in the marinade perfectly.
I've been eating boiled eggs lately, and it's been a long time since I've had tea eggs. They're especially delicious, with soft, fragrant, and flavorful yolks.
She peeled two and gave one to Heifeng and one to Heidian, then gave one to Lu Chuan and put the rest into her spatial storage.
It will easily spoil if it's not kept in a warm place.
After dinner, Xu Han continued shelling corn kernels, while Lu Chuan sharpened the sickle he had recently bought.
If there is mint available tomorrow, we should harvest more, even though it's already mid-July and the mint harvesting season is over.
The best time to harvest is between June and July, so that another crop can be harvested in October.
Fortunately, it's only mid-July, so it shouldn't be too late. However, when we harvest the second crop in October, there definitely won't be as much as this time.
Let's go look for it first! We don't even know if there's any mint! But judging from Lu Chuan's description, it's probably quite likely! We should make sure we have all the necessary tools ready.
The two of them went to bed early today, because they need to get up very early tomorrow, otherwise it will be too hot at noon and they won't be able to do much work.
The next morning, before dawn, the two got up and set off.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, the sky began to lighten slightly.
They walked without stopping until Xu Han was in despair and was about to stop and rest when she finally heard Lu Chuan say that they were almost there.
Upon hearing this, Xu Han stopped resting and continued walking. After about five or six minutes, she finally arrived at the place Lu Chuan had mentioned.
Following the direction Lu Chuan was pointing, Xu Han saw a patch of mint. To prevent herself from seeing things, she quickly ran over, looked at it, and then plucked a leaf to smell it.
"That's right, it's mint! Lu Chuan, we found mint, and it's such a big patch of mint!"
Xu Han excitedly grabbed Lu Chuan's arm and shook it, then put the mint in her hand to Lu Chuan's nose and smelled it.
Lu Chuan also exclaimed in surprise, "So this is mint! There's a huge patch of it!"
Mint is a perennial plant that can reproduce quickly as long as it has roots, and it reproduces very fast.
Every year when it is harvested, as long as the root system is not damaged, it will sprout new branches on its own.
The two first drank some water and rested for a while before getting down to harvesting mint.
Harvesting mint is simple, just like cutting grass. Hold the mint stem with one hand and cut it with a sickle with the other, repeating this process.
By noon, all the mint had been harvested. Xu Han stored all the mint in her spatial storage.
Lu Chuan led Xu Han to a shady, breezy spot to escape the sun.
The two first took out the food from their space and started eating lunch. After finishing, they took out a sheet and spread it on the clean, smooth floor before taking a nap.
When she woke up, the sun wasn't so bright anymore. Lu Chuan was hunting nearby, while Xu Han followed behind him, looking around aimlessly.
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