At noon, the two of them made do with a meal in the woods.
It's said to be a compromise, but it's not a compromise at all.
Lin Momo took out her camping gear from her spatial storage: a folding table and two chairs.
Although there wasn't much food on the table, it was enough to make anyone's mouth water.
A plate of thickly sliced braised beef that looks very appetizing, two bowls of beef bone soup sprinkled with bright green coriander, a small basket of golden and crispy layered pancakes, and some pickled vegetables to cleanse the palate.
This is also the level of food the two usually eat.
Both she and Shi Guang were at the age where they were still growing and practicing martial arts every day, so Lin Momo paid extra attention to their meals.
They don't overeat; their staple food consists mainly of nutritious whole grains, supplemented by vegetables and fruits, and every meal includes a meat dish.
The two of them really put in a lot of effort today, making sure there was plenty of meat, filling a whole plate.
Even if you have to do physical labor all afternoon, you don't have to worry about not being able to digest too much meat.
The two enjoyed a hot meal as if they were camping in the wild, and then strolled through the woods, picking wild dates, chestnuts, and other mountain produce.
Upon returning, Lin quietly retrieved a hammock and tied it to a tree along with Shi Guang.
The two of them huddled together, covered with a thick blanket, and took a nap.
It wasn't until 1:30 p.m. that the two stretched and got back to work.
They work like it's a game.
But by the end of the day, the two had cut down a total of twenty-three large trees, each over twenty years old.
Oh, the tree that Lin silently felled only had eight growth rings on its stump, so it wasn't among the twenty-three trees.
That means Shi Guang alone felled twenty-three trees; he was a terrifying tree killer.
"MoMo, hurry up and put the tree away, it's getting dark and we should go home!"
Lin Mo was surprised for a moment, and then, urged by time, she put the pillar-like pieces of wood into her space, and also took away the cleared tree crowns and side branches.
By the time we got back to the valley, it was completely dark.
As soon as she returned, Lin Momo waved her hand and scattered the wood that had been squeezed into the space onto the open ground in the fenced yard, thinking that she should let it dry first.
After a day of felling trees, the two were exhausted and went to bed early that night.
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The next day, the young couple left the valley together again.
This time, we're not going to gather firewood, but to collect wild produce from the same grove we went to yesterday.
Yesterday, while taking a walk after dinner, Lin Momo saw many intact chestnuts, wild dates, walnuts and other mountain produce lying on the ground, and felt it was a pity to let them rot like that.
These are all foods that can save lives.
Knowing that natural disasters and famine were imminent, Lin Momo felt that not picking up the loot would be a crime.
Although Shiguang didn't fully understand her mindset, he still supported her suggestion.
So the two decided to set aside a day specifically for collecting mountain produce.
However, it seems that coming here today was definitely the right decision.
Seeing its two owners bending over, searching for edible wild fruits among the withered branches and leaves, the dog barked twice and then ran away with a look of disgust.
It ate its fill of these things during its time as a stray, and now just looking at them makes it feel nauseous.
It's silly, it wants to eat meat.
Since the owner of the pheasants in the valley won't let us catch them, we'll just catch them in this forest.
This is a favorite spot for pheasants.
Today I'm going to show my owner what I'm capable of.
In the tranquil woods, the clucking of roosters soon broke the silence, along with the crunching of dry leaves...
Before long, Benben, who had gone out hunting, came back to his owner, Lin Momo, with a grayish pheasant in his beak, showing off.
Lin Momo, who was bending down to pick up mountain produce, had just filled the bottom of the bamboo cage when she looked up and saw a plump pheasant placed right in front of her, and her face lit up with joy:
"Wow! Silly, you caught a pheasant so quickly! Not bad, not bad, Silly is great, we'll have meat for dinner tonight."
Upon hearing that there would be meat for dinner, Benben's mouth watered with excitement.
"This little guy isn't very big, but I didn't expect him to be such a good hunter!" Shi Guang also came over to admire Benben's spoils.
After handing the game over to its owner, Benben wagged its tail and happily ran off to hunt deep in the forest.
The day was spent collecting mountain produce and receiving surprises from Benben.
Because they were going to stew chicken for dinner, Lin Momo and Shiguang came back at 3 p.m. to prepare dinner.
Benben caught five pheasants today, and Lin Momo plans to cook them all at once.
As the saying goes, even building a wall involves moving earth.
Since we've already started cooking, we might as well cook everything. We can store the extras in our storage space while they're still hot, so we'll have ready-made chicken to eat next time.
save trouble!
This time, the task of killing the chicken was taken over by Shi Guang without hesitation.
Before Lin Momo could make any arrangements, he took a kitchen knife from the kitchen and walked towards the pheasants whose legs were tied in the yard.
Lin Momo came over carrying a bowl, and asked with a deliberately amused smile, "You've probably never done this before, have you? Do you even know how to kill a chicken?"
Shi Guang grabbed a chicken wing with one hand, looked up at her with a smile and said, "What's so difficult about this? You go and do your thing, I'll take care of this."
"Save the chicken blood for me, okay?" Lin Momo also felt that killing a chicken was a small matter that was not difficult for him. He smiled, put the bowl on the ground, and got up to prepare hot water for scalding the chicken.
After Shi Guang cleaned the five chickens, Lin Momo prepared the side dishes, ingredients, and casserole for stewing the chicken, and lit the small charcoal stove.
Shi Guang carried a wooden basin into the kitchen and asked with a smile, "Mo Mo, what are you planning to do with these five chickens?"
Benben, who was craving meat, wagged his tail and followed into the kitchen.
"How about making a spicy pheasant stew with mushrooms and a clear stewed chicken with chestnuts?" Lin Momo placed the large earthenware pot filled with water on the small stove.
"Okay, I'll start the fire for you." Shi Guang placed the wooden basin on the cutting board and sat down under the stove to start the fire.
Lin Momo first blanched the five pheasants to remove the fishy smell, and then took them out for later use.
First, put the two whole pheasants into a clay pot and simmer them over low heat.
Then ladle the water out of the pot and wash it clean.
After the pot has dried out, add rapeseed oil, stir-fry the chicken pieces first, then add scallions, ginger, dried chili peppers and spices, then add a spoonful of soybean paste. Stir-fry until fragrant, then add light soy sauce and a little dark soy sauce for color.
Once the chicken has browned, add enough hot water to cover it, then add the soaked matsutake mushrooms, cover the pot, and start simmering.
The rest is up to time.
Pheasant meat is especially tough; it needs to be stewed for a long time before it becomes chewable.
After being stir-fried, the kitchen was already filled with an enticing aroma of meat.
Lin Momo really missed the potatoes that were especially delicious after the stewed chicken had absorbed all the broth, so she washed a few more potatoes, cut them into chunks, and added them to the stew when the chicken was almost done.
If you put them in too early, the potatoes will melt in the pot and become impossible to scoop out, which also affects the appetite visually.
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