Elven settlers

Chapter 354

There are a lot of oak trees growing in Rock's ranch, so in line with the principle of local materials, he has often used oak since he started reclamation.

Now, as time went by, Rock became more and more fond of the oak tree species, because it was so useful.

Not only is the canopy wide and flat, which can provide very good natural shelter, but also the wood is hard, and it can also burn very high-quality charcoal.

Another point that is very satisfying to Rock is that in the process of participating in the production of some foods, the woody aroma of oak is very strong, which can add a very good flavor to the food.

So this time to make bacon, Rock also chose fresh oak branches and leaves as the wood for smoking.

Oak had never failed him when it came to making food.

After being busy for most of the morning, all ten bacon racks finally started working normally, which allowed Rock to take a breather.

With his hands on his hips, he looked at the ten bacon racks billowing with white smoke, and decided to take this time to see how the hay he had dried two days ago was doing.

"Hei Lujia, stay here and watch. If the smoke is low, add charcoal or oak branches. I'll come back later."

After a few words of advice to Helujia, Rock rode on the geranium and ran towards the place where the hay was dried.

Burning charcoal and bacon are both Hei Lujia's specialties, so Rock is very relieved to entrust these bacon racks to his care.

The place where the hay is dried is at the southwest end of the pasture, not very far from the camp, and the geraniums arrived after a while.

The weather in the past two days has been very good, and every day is cloudless and sunny, so the haystacks stacked by Rock and Queen Nidowang Nido before are all drying step by step. The color has started to turn yellow.

At this moment, quite a few Bobo and Bibi birds were pecking at the grass seeds inside the haystacks. When they saw Rock and Geranium rushing over, they immediately flapped their wings and flew away.

Rock didn't care about this. Although most of the nutrients in the pasture are concentrated in the grass seeds, the Mali sheep and the velvet sheep mainly eat the stems and leaves of the pasture, so it's okay for birds to eat some grass seeds. nothing.

Rock checked a few haystacks at random and found that they were all dry and well. Judging by the situation, they could be baled tomorrow.

"The hay should be enough for the sheep to consume in winter, but to be on the safe side, maybe I should collect some other food for them."

After checking the drying of the hay, Rock sat back on Geranium's back and walked back slowly with it.

It was his impromptu idea to collect some other food for the flock. Since it was the first time to raise shepherd elves for the winter, he wondered whether the Mare sheep and wool sheep could survive this winter safely by eating only hay. Not particularly confident.

However, what kind of food to reserve specifically, Rock has not yet decided.

After returning to the temporary bacon place by the river bank, Rock stopped running around and concentrated on smoking bacon.

Although making bacon requires attention to fireworks from time to time, adding or subtracting charcoal and fresh branches depending on the situation, there is also a lot of idle time in the middle.

Rock, who was a bit restless, planned to refine the fat of two Scarlet Horn Deer and three long-haired pigs during this period of time.

I am still looking forward to the oily rock. Whether it is deer tail oil or lard, it is a kind of animal fat that is very delicious, or it may be very delicious.

He couldn't wait to pick the side dishes from the vegetable garden, and prepared the ingredients for the oil.

At this moment, Rock discovered a not serious but very important problem, that is, he ran out of salt.

There is no need to add salt to refine deer tail oil and lard, but if you want the refined oil to be preserved for a long time without deterioration, you need to add some salt to the oil.

Except for the tails of the two frightened-horned deer, the three long-haired pigs had grown a lot of fat, and the oil produced obviously couldn't be consumed in a short time.

So if Rock doesn't want to cause waste, it's better to find a way to solve the salt problem.

"It's just where do I get some salt."

Looking at the empty salt jar, Rock rubbed the stubble on his chin and thought about it.

The location of his ranch is relatively remote, and he cannot walk two steps to the store to buy salt.

At the current speed of Geranium, it would take eight or nine hours to go to Sunshine Town at the fastest, which is obviously unrealistic.

But going to the store to buy salt is the only way Rock can think of to get salt. He is just a novice rancher who has been working for more than half a year, not a chemist. It is obviously embarrassing for him to rub salt out of thin air.

"Why don't you go to Kawa's house to borrow some? Forget it, I'll check the information and talk about it."

Rock didn't particularly want to go to Kawa's house to borrow salt. First, it was far away, and second, the family didn't usually have too much food like salt. If he borrowed less, it might not be enough.

So he was going to check the information that Ruy helped to download on the computer first, to see if there was a simple way to make salt quickly.

It's a pity that the result still disappoints Roque. Rui's information does contain content about salt production, but it doesn't meet Roque's current conditions.

Just when he was about to close the computer and go to Kawa's house to borrow salt, suddenly the last item of the document opened on the screen gave him a hint of inspiration.

"Huh?! Sea water drying salt, right! Why do I always think about some chemical reaction, survival in the wilderness, but forget the easiest one."

Rock suddenly had a feeling that something was going on, he realized that he was stuck in a fixed mindset just now, and instead ignored the simplest way.

But this can't be entirely to blame for Rock's slow reaction, because if he wants to go to the bay south of the ranch to collect seawater, he still has a very terrifying existence to face.

"It's because of that guy that I always subconsciously don't think about the marine resources in the south of the ranch. Do you want to go? There should be natural sea salt that can be collected directly. That's a good thing."

Rock thought he would have to struggle a bit before he could make up his mind, after all, the giant living in the bay had shown its strength in front of him several times.

But to Rock's own surprise, he only thought for a moment in his mind before he had already made up his mind.

"Strange, what did I eat recently, why am I so bold. But it doesn't matter, I will steal this salt no matter what!"

Rock swung his fist vigorously, pumping loudly for himself.

"Gamma!"

The geranium on the side was infected by him, and raised her neck confidently to respond to him loudly.

"come on!"

"Gamma!"

"come on! Come on!"

"Ga, ga, ga, ya!"

After encouraging each other, Rock and Geranium picked up patches of woods on the pasture, and sneaked towards the bay in the south of the pasture.

　There is only one update today, I was eating with my brother, drank some wine and got dizzy ()
　　
　
(End of this chapter)