Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Something unpleasant happened yesterday, and Lu Changge doesn't plan to go out these two days.
Of course, there are still many things that need him to do at home.
Lu Changge started today's sign-in first, and harvested two catties of rice, a three-catty pumpkin, and a bunch of bananas.
The reward is still not much new, it just has a bunch of bananas that he hasn't found in this world yet.
For breakfast today, Lu Changge plans to make steamed buns with two flavors, salty shrimp stuffing and pumpkin stuffing.
Half of the prawns I bought yesterday were left. Remove the head, chop the shells, and then add homemade five-spice powder and mix well.
Next up is the pumpkin filling.
Take a quarter of the pumpkin, peel and slice it and steam it until cooked. After taking it out, add a few spoonfuls of sugar and grind it into pumpkin puree.
Then start making the bun skin.
Add water to the flour and knead it into a dough, and put it aside to wake up for a while.
Taking advantage of this time, Lu Changge took the milk basin to milk the milk.
The temperature is high now, so it doesn't take long to wake up.
After a while, Lu Changge came back with fresh goat milk, poured the milk into a milk jug, and set it on fire to boil.
[Niteng, come and watch the fire. ]
Erto: "..."
Although it is not afraid of fire and lightning, but the instinct of fear of fire is still there, okay?
[Here we come! ]
The dough is almost ready, knead it a few times to expel the air inside, and Lu Changge starts to make the buns.
The buns he makes are the size of Xiaolongbao, and the speed is very fast, one every few seconds, it seems that practice makes perfect.
In fact, Lu Changge didn't know how to cook very much before, and the taste of the food he cooked was not very good, at most it could fill his stomach.
Today's cooking skills have been learned and explored for two years, and I don't know how many ingredients have been destroyed.
There are two cages of Xiaolongbao, one for each flavor, and each cage has about ten.
Then wrap normal-sized steamed buns, eight each with shrimp stuffing and pumpkin stuffing.
For the remaining pumpkin filling, Lu Changge added some flour and kneaded it into a ball.
Then I asked the system for a pumpkin mold and made five small pumpkins for Xiaotuanzi.
After wrapping it, it started to steam. By the way, I washed four eggs and put them in to cook.
There are more than a dozen chickens in the family, which can produce more than ten eggs a day at most, and at least six or seven eggs.
Even if you eat four of them every morning, you still have leftovers.
There is already a basket of eggs in the warehouse.
It is still up to Erto to add fuel to the fire.
There are buns, goat milk, and eggs, and rice porridge is left.
Lu Changge cleaned the other pot, put water and rice washed twice into it, covered the pot and started cooking.
It is still handed over to Erto to add firewood to the fire.
Erto: "..."
This is too much!
When the breakfast is ready, just wait for it to be cooked.
It was still early, and Lu Changge fed the chicken and sheep again.
In the hot sun for several days, the water evaporates quickly, and the vegetables in the vegetable field must be watered in time.
There are also a few acres of land at home.
Because the rice was grown in the past three years, and the rice bought back from time to time, the warehouse of their family is almost full now.
So this year, Lu Changge tried to grow some other storable food.
For example, sweet potatoes and potatoes are planted on almost two acres.
Half an acre of taro and Chinese cabbage were also planted.
There are also half an acre of white radish.
White radish can be used to make pickled radish, which is suitable for dinner and can be stored for a long time.
The rest of the land is still rice.
Of course, these are hired people to plant.
After all, Lu Changge wants to enjoy the joy of harvesting the land, not the hard work.
The harvest time of white radish is affected by the variety and sowing time.
This year's white radish, Lu Changge planted it in April, and now it's June, just in time for harvesting.
The matter of stockpiling grain can be done slowly. Lu Changge plans to find some time in the next few days and hire a few people to collect the white radish.
When he came back after watering the vegetable field, Xiaotuanzi had already woken up and was in the kitchen.
Standing outside, Lu Changge could hear him talking to Erto.
He put down the bucket and went into the kitchen. When he went in, Erto was helping Xiaotuanzi to tie his hair.
There are two small flower buds on the top of the head, and a few small pink flowers are inserted on it.
"Daddy! Is the dumpling good-looking?" Xiaotuanzi raised his head to look at his dad, blinking his eyes expectantly.
"Good looking, where's your mother?"
Hearing his father praised him for his good looks, Xiaotuanzi was very happy, "Father Mu is sleeping!"
"Daddy, Xiangxiang! What is it?" Xiaotuanzi pointed to the cauldron and asked again, he could already smell the fragrance.
"The little bun I made for you, go see if your mother is awake."
"it is good!"
When Xiaotuanzi ran into the house, Su Qingyun was already up and was about to go out.
"Father Mu, Daddy made some small bags!"
"Really? I need to eat more of that dumpling later." Su Qingyun smiled.
"Okay, you'll have a big belly!" Xiaotuanzi patted his stomach and said with his head raised.
After Su Qingyun rinsed her teeth and washed her face, Lu Changge just brought out breakfast.
Two cages of small buns were placed in front of the father and son, and two cages of big buns were placed next to Lu Changge.
A can of goat's milk, and a pot of soft and thick rice porridge exuding a faint fragrance of rice.
By the way, there are five small pumpkins specially made for dumplings.
"Wow!"
Seeing the small and exquisite little pumpkin, Xiao Tuanzi was immediately attracted.
"Daddy! This is good news!"
"Ah."
Lu Changge was busy serving porridge and goat milk for the father and son, so he responded casually.
"I left some shrimp yesterday. This is filled with shrimp meat. Try it." Lu Changge said, and put two small buns filled with shrimp meat for his daughter-in-law.
Su Qingyun took a sip of the porridge before picking up a bun, and her eyes lit up instantly after she took a bite.
"good to eat."
Hearing what he said, the corners of Lu Changge's lips curled up slightly, and he picked another pumpkin filling for him.
For the dumpling, he also gave him two of each kind.
The cub may have inherited his father's big appetite. At only two years old, he eats more than his peers.
Four small buns, one boiled egg, plus five small pumpkins and a bowl of goat's milk, just enough to eat.
The one with the smallest appetite in the family belongs to Su Qingyun.
A bowl of rice porridge and an egg can be full.
It may be that after pregnancy, the baby in the stomach needs nutrition, so now I can still eat two or three small buns.
Of course, if you eat less, you will get hungry sooner, so you have to keep something to eat from time to time.
Lu Changge eats very fast, a big bun can be finished in two bites, slow down and finish in three bites at most.
A bowl of porridge, just a few sips and it's over.
Su Qingyun had just finished half a bowl of porridge and half an egg, Lu Changge had almost finished a basket of steamed buns and had three bowls of porridge.
Su Qingyun was used to the speed at which men ate.
It was Xiaotuanzi, who always looked at him with admiration every time he saw his father eating a lot.
He even threatened to eat a lot of food like his father.
This time is no exception.
"Daddy is so annoying! Awesome!" Xiaotuanzi gave Daddy two thumbs up.
"Tuanzi must be like Daddy!" As Tuanzi said, Xiaopang picked up the bowl with his hands, buried his face in the bowl and began to drink the porridge.
When he raised his head, his nose and mouth were stained everywhere, and his little face was dirty.
"It's over! Are you tired of the dumplings?"
"Excellent." Lu Changge nodded.
"The dumplings are awesome." Su Qingyun praised with a smile.
Dahei Erhei, who was having breakfast at the side, also raised his head and gave two "barks" to express his agreement.
It didn't take long for breakfast. Just as the family of three was about to finish eating, the village chief's voice came from outside.
"Lu Orion! Is Lu Orion at home?"
Su Qingyun also heard it, and immediately remembered the matter of kicking out the two sisters of the Lin family last night.
He subconsciously looked at Lu Changge, his eyebrows frowned slightly, "Sir, is it because the village chief came last night..."
"It's okay, I'll go out and have a look." Lu Changge just finished his last mouthful of porridge.
Put down the bowl and stand up, and at the same time remind your daughter-in-law: "You sit, I will clean up when I come back."
Su Qingyun sat on the sidelines and watched the dumpling peel the eggs. The eggs were pitted and pitted.
"Tuanzi, do you need Father Mu's help?"
"No, Wokuoyi..." Xiaotuanzi lowered his head, held his breath, and carefully peeled off the last bit of eggshell.
"Okay!"
Finally peeled off, Xiaotuanzi smiled and bit off half of it with one bite.
After the dumplings finished eating the eggs and the last bit of porridge in the bowl, Lu Changge just came back.
The expression on the man's face was exactly the same as before he went out, Su Qingyun couldn't see his emotions.
"Master, what did the village head tell you?"
"It's nothing, it's just that this year's grain in the village is going to be sold to the grain store in the town."
Lu Changge buys some grain from the village every year, led by the village chief, and the price is one or two copper coins cheaper than the grain shop.
This cooperation lasted for two years.
But the village chief came over just now and said that he wanted to sell the surplus grain this year to the grain store in the town, so he would not sell it to him.
"Ah?" Su Qingyun was stunned, and then blamed herself: "Is...is it because of last night?"
His husband has a big appetite, and the rice is consumed very quickly.
The few mu of land planted by the family, after deducting the tax to be paid, the remaining grain is just enough for a year.
However, his husband likes to hoard food, so he buys some from the village every year.
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing the remorse on his face, Lu Changge flicked his forehead lightly.
"Even if he doesn't say it, I don't plan to buy it in the village this year."
Knowing that drought and locust plagues are coming soon, Lu Changge didn't plan to buy in the village.
He also reminded the village chief just now, asking him to remind the villagers to save some grain this year and not sell it out.
However, seeing the suspicion and indifference in the village chief's eyes, Lu Changge didn't say anything more.
Anyway, he has said everything that should be said, and it is the village head's business whether he listens or not.
[System, when did the locust plague start? ]
[After a month of drought, the locust plague first appeared, and the real outbreak occurred in mid-July. ]
The system checked the drought story book world and found the answer.
Fortunately, it seems that there is no need to sell.
This place is planted in two seasons. In the first season, seedlings are planted in April, and they can be harvested in mid-July.
The outbreak of the locust plague and the harvest of rice are both in mid-July, so if you rush to harvest early, you will not suffer heavy losses.
[System, how long will the drought last? ]
[Almost a year. ]
[The flood is also a year? ]
[No, the flood lasted for three months. If it was a year, would humans still be alive? ]
[Does the plague appear everywhere? ] Lu Changge asked again.
[Basically, it first appeared in the imperial city and a few cities near the imperial city, and then spread to other places. ]
"Daughter-in-law..." Lu Changge suddenly said.
"Huh? What's the matter?" Su Qingyun raised her head subconsciously when she heard Xianggong calling him, and asked with a blank face.
"After you give birth to Xiaobao, let's leave here." Lu Changge squatted in the sink to wash his clothes without looking back.
His daughter-in-law is now three months pregnant and will give birth in seven months at most.
I left after confinement, just before the flood started.
"Why do you suddenly want to leave?" Su Qingyun was puzzled.
"I don't like to stay in one place for too long."
"Okay." Su Qingyun didn't ask him why, and nodded in response.
"Daughter-in-law, do you want to eat pickled radish?"
"Think!" Su Qingyun's eyes lit up when she heard it, "Can the white radishes in the field be harvested?!"
Last year, Lu Changge bought a basket of white radishes and came back, thinking about making something for dinner.
The one who ate the most was Su Qingyun.
Therefore, their family planted half an acre of white radish this year.
"Yes, I'll collect it in a few days and make some jars of pickled radishes."
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