Why didn't anyone tell me this is a parallel world?

When she saw the oasis again, Xia Liuying wasn't surprised at all.

This oasis is much larger and healthier than the last one I saw. When I look closer, I can see that the water in the lake inside the oasis is crystal clear and very beautiful.

Xiaodai also became excited and rushed into the woods to look for food.

Xia Liuying didn't stop it and let it go. After all, it would know it was back when it called out.

There are still many animals by the water.

But maybe the lake was big enough and the animals were far apart from each other, so once the summer fireflies passed by, they easily occupied a space.

Xia Liuying hadn't washed for half a month. Even though she could continue to endure it, she looked at the extremely clear and cool lake water in front of her.

I couldn't help but want to take a bath.

However, Xia Liuying still released the desert lizard first, and then turned back to prepare for a bath. Not only a bath, but also changing and washing the clothes on her body.

The nunchaku once again took on the responsibility of a clothes drying rack. We arrived here quite early today, just at noon, when the sun was shining brightly. The clothes would be dry in a short while, without the need for fireflies to make a fire.

Feeling a rare lightness in her body, Xia Liuying took a nap in the tent before she heard Xiaodai's footsteps coming out of the woods.

Xiaodai didn't go to the tent to bother Xia Liuying. He lay beside the lake drinking water with a very relaxed expression.

It probably lived a similar life when it followed a herd of wild camels. Xia Liuying felt a little envious for some reason.

When will human life be so carefree?

Although there was still time to travel, Xia Liuying decided to spend another night in the oasis. So after waking up from a nap, Xia Liuying, who had nothing to do, ran into the woods to "explore".

Or maybe it would be more appropriate to call it treasure hunting.

Not long after entering the woods, Xia Liuying saw a kind of edible small wild fruit growing in a large cluster. The number was surprisingly large. It was the right time for the fruit to ripen, so she quickly collected a small basin of them.

After sending him back to the tent and coming out again, Xia Liuying saw another kind of nut growing on a tree not far away. It was not yet mature, but half green and unripe. However, it was still edible, so Xia Liuying picked a lot of them.

After searching for a long time in the grass, Xia Liuying actually found two familiar wild vegetables. One tasted bitter but was said to have nutritional value. It was often dried and soaked in water to drink, which was similar to tea.

Another kind of wild vegetable has a crisp taste and is often used as a dip for pickles or mixed with cold dishes. Summer fireflies are not spared and are picked up.

After washing the bitter wild vegetables for drinking, Xia Liuying placed them next to the tent to dry. She asked Xiaodai to help watch them and prevent other animals from getting close to eat them. It was not known whether Xiaodai listened to her or not, as he stretched his head and picked up a bitter wild vegetable.

After chewing for a long time, he suddenly froze and looked like he wanted to spit it out, but after a pause, Xiaodai swallowed it... Food cannot be wasted.

Then he turned his head away and no longer looked at the pile of bitter wild vegetables that Xia Liuying had dried on the ground. He even rubbed Xia Liuying as if to comfort her, wondering what had stimulated her to eat such things.

Xia Liuying didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Then when I returned to the woods, I found another nest of bird eggs on a tree. They were only half the size of chicken eggs, but there were quite a lot of them, dozens of them.

Xia Liuying didn't recognize what kind of bird eggs they were, and didn't dare to take them away directly. She looked for other plants on the spot while guarding the bird's nest to see when the mother bird and father bird would come back.

Xia Liuying didn't have to wait long. Soon the two birds that were not protected by the law flew back one after another. Xia Liuying breathed a sigh of relief and took the two birds with her. Finally, she had a staple food for dinner.

The last beggar bird was too simple, so this time Xia Liuying plans to make a deluxe version.

First drain the blood, then pluck out all the feathers and other things, leaving nothing behind, then hollow out the abdomen, clean out all the dirt, and add seasonings to marinate.

Stuff some wild fruits collected by Xia Liuying in the afternoon into its belly to increase the flavor, brush a layer of oil on the outside, and finally wrap it with wild vegetable leaves collected in the afternoon, and finally cover it with a layer of fresh soil.

This is the complete recipe of beggar's chicken.

Since there was plenty of time, Xia Liuying fried the half-cooked nuts she had picked in a pan. Although the taste was not very good after frying, it was still okay to eat them as melon seeds in her spare time.

It takes quite a while to cook the beggar's chicken underground. After frying the nuts, Xia Liuying couldn't sit still, so she picked some wild vegetables and made a dish of scrambled eggs with them.

I originally wanted to make a bird egg pancake, but after beating dozens of bird eggs, I could only make one bowl.

If you add too little flour, the dish won’t be tasty enough. If you add too much flour, it will lose the taste of bird eggs and won’t be much different from a plain flour pancake. It might as well be used for cooking.

After stir-frying the vegetables, you can use the remaining wild vegetables to cook a pot of wild vegetable soup and just add some salt to season it.

There were some wild fruits left, so Xia Liuying washed them and prepared to eat them as after-meal fruit.

Once all these things are prepared, the beggars under the fire can be eaten.

Xia Liuying put all the food together and was surprised to find that today's meal was unexpectedly rich.

There were two beggar birds. When they cracked open the burning block of earth outside and peeled off the wrinkled wild vegetable leaves, the faint sweet aroma of wild fruits emanated from inside.

The incredibly tender bird meat exuded a moist luster, and when Xia Liuying picked it up, a stream of sweet water from the melted wild fruit mixed with oil and water dripped down.

Because it has been marinated in advance, there is no need to dip it in anything else, and the bird meat itself is full of flavor.

There was a plate of fried wild vegetables with bird eggs. The wild vegetables were fried at just the right temperature, cooked but not overcooked. They were crispy and colorful when placed on the plate.

The color of bird eggs is not as golden as chicken eggs. It is a light golden color with a slight whitish tint. When paired with wild vegetables, the color is eye-catching. The taste is a little fishy, ​​but the fragrance itself is enough to cover up this flaw, and Xia Liuying doesn't mind at all.

The wild vegetable soup tasted a little bland, and seemed to have only a little more color than pure water, just like the free mung bean soup in the school cafeteria, which was dyed a transparent color.

But when eaten together, the light wild vegetable soup is just enough to alleviate the slightly greasy taste of other foods.

As for the staple food, it was the leftover pancakes. With so many dishes pairing it with the pancakes, which had already become a little boring, became delicious again.

Whether you tear off the bird meat and roll it in a pancake, or eat a bite of the pancake with a bite of wild vegetables and bird eggs, or simply soak the pancake in wild vegetable soup to soften it, the taste is quite good.

After your stomach is full, sit by the clear oasis lake under the bright night sky, grab a handful of wild fruits, and enjoy the beautiful night view while digesting the food.

There was also a wild camel accompanying them.