Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

Bear meat is rough in texture, so stewing it is not a one-and-a-half-hour thing, so you can use this time to add another dish.

Put all the beef balls into the pot and take them out after they are cooked. When you want to eat them next time, you can put them directly into the pot and cook them.

Mu Xi opened the pot with the beef balls and put the pot of milk on the stove, "What else do you need?"

He didn't know what Zhao Yeqing was going to do. Hearing that she wanted gauze, he went to get it and spread it in the basin as she said.

He stepped aside and took out the meatballs from the pot, glancing at Zhao Yeqing from time to time to see how she was operating.

Boil the goat's milk in a pot. When the edges of the pot are slightly bubbling, add a little white vinegar to it and stir continuously with a spoon.

White vinegar will denature and coagulate the protein in the milk. It would be better if there is lemon. White vinegar has a vinegar smell and is not as refreshing as lemon.

After stirring for a while, the goat milk in the pot gradually turned into a mixture of white floc and translucent light yellow liquid. Zhao Yeqing took the pot off and placed it on the ground, putting the gauze-covered basin aside.

Pour all the goat milk that has formed into flocs, and then pick up the four corners of the gauze. There will be white floc of goat milk left in the middle of the gauze, and the liquid is filtered into the basin.

You have to hold the gauze and squeeze it to squeeze out the liquid in the floc.

It was still a little hot now. Zhao Yeqing blew and squeezed it, and the floc wrapped in gauze turned into a white solid. This is a simple version of goat cheese.

The liquid that comes out is whey.

This kind of sheep cheese is called sheep milk pancake or sheep milk tofu in Yun Province.

It is different from Tibetan milk tofu, which is mostly made of milk and is made by heating after fermentation.

It is also different from ordinary cheese, which needs to be fermented after being made.

This simple goat cheese will be drawn like the previous two when heated, but it has not been folded, so the strings will break easily.

But the milky aroma is very rich, and it can be fried or steamed.

Like the process of making tofu, white solid cheese is best pressed with heavy objects.

Zhao Yeqing completely wrapped the cheese in gauze, placed it in a bowl, and pressed a round stone on top.

The remaining whey is not wasted and can be used to make pancakes or steamed buns, which is also very nutritious.

As the staple food hadn't been made yet, Zhao Yeqing added flour to the whey, mixed it into a batter, scooped it into the heated pan, and spread it into a thin pancake.

Mu Xi opened the lid of the bear meat, and the soup inside had almost dried up.

The bear meat is a large piece marinated in sauce. Use chopsticks to poke into the meat, insert the meat and place it on the cutting board. Cut half into thin slices and half into small pieces.

Zhao Yeqing spread five or six pancakes and poured oil into the pot to heat them.

Take out the cheese from the gauze cloth. At this time, the cheese has been squeezed to a certain hardness.

Cut into thin slices with a knife and fry in oil pan until browned on both sides.

You can sprinkle it with salt or sugar.

Zhao Yeqing thought that with so many things happening today, he might as well sprinkle some sugar and eat some sweets to relieve his mood.

Mu Xi came over with a plate of chopped bear meat. Zhao Yeqing first picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

She was mentally prepared for the roughness of the bear meat, but she didn't expect that it was still not chewy after being stewed for so long.

The taste is similar to pork liver, and somewhat like cooked beef jerky.

The meat fiber is very thick, and there is a hint of bear flavor when you taste it carefully.

It’s not unpalatable, but it’s definitely not as delicious as beef and mutton.

Zhao Yeqing took the pancake in his hand, put the sliced ​​bear meat into the pancake, rolled it up and ate it.

Sliced ​​bear meat is better, thinner and less rough.

After eating, Mu Xi went to the yard to deal with the remaining blood stains to avoid attracting other animals.

Zhao Yeqing boiled a large pot of water, and the two of them took a bath, completely relaxing their tense emotions, and then slept well.

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From that day on, the two of them would see some animals they had never seen before on the meadow from time to time.

For example, there was a herd of deer by the lake before, and then a group of white-lipped deer appeared near my home.

The leading deer of the white-lipped deer has large antlers and the fur around its mouth is snow-white.

Maybe it's because the pasture is relatively close to home. Even though most of the pasture is frozen, the deer are not picky at times like this and will still eat it if they dig through the snow.

Deer's knees are relatively small, and they will stand still when they see them from a distance. As long as they move a little, the deer will be frightened and run away.

Zhao Yeqing would stay indoors most of the time. When the deer saw no one around, they would wander to the door of her house, and she would secretly look out the window.

Occasionally, you can hear the sound of deer croaking on the meadow. People say it is the hoo yo deer croaking, but in fact it sounds more like the rumbling deer croaking, similar to an ethereal whistle.

As the temperature rises, the snow begins to melt slightly, but it is not melted by the temperature, but by the wind.

The deer still haven't left the meadow.

Zhao Yeqing drank a bowl of goat's milk liqueur eggs in the house and looked at the deer wandering by outside.

"What temperature is it today?"

Mu Xi lowered his eyes and looked at his watch, "It's minus ten degrees indoors."

Aren’t these deer going back to the snowy mountains?

After the deer left the house, the two of them walked out.

The weather was good during this period. In order to avoid encountering incidents similar to brown bears again, Mu Xi would ride on Xiaohong to patrol the area from time to time.

No traces of large beasts were found. There were many animal footprints by the lake. I couldn't tell which animal they were, or there were some of them all.

But there shouldn't be many large animals.

There can't be only one bear on the snow-capped mountains, but you don't know how many bears can escape from an avalanche.

Even if they run out, they may not come to their side. After all, the meadow area is so big.

After confirming that it was safe, the two packed up their things, picked up fishing gear, and prepared to cut through the ice for fishing again.

There may be a potential threat on the meadow now. The two caught two big fish and a small basket of small fish and hurried home.

In this weather, there is no need to kill fish. The fish that has frozen hard after landing are directly chopped off the heads and tails and filleted.

From the beginning of winter to the end of winter, Zhao Yeqing finally got his wish to eat spicy boiled fish.

When a ladle of hot oil was poured on the boiled fish with chopped green onions, minced garlic, Sichuan pepper noodles and chili noodles, Zhao Yeqing's unsatisfied tears almost flowed from the corners of his mouth.

After a meal of boiled fish, the remaining soup base was reserved for cooking noodles the next day.

The main reason is that I don’t want to part with the chili pepper in it.

One winter hasn't even ended yet, and her chili stock is already running low.

Mainly because the weather is cold, so I like to eat some chili to warm up.

At night, Zhao Yeqing rummaged through the inventory.

Mu Xi waited in the room for a while, but he didn't see her coming back. He was about to go out to look for her when he saw her walking in with a wine jar in her arms.

This wine jar contains highland barley wine brewed by the original owner.