Rebirth in Another World: Beginning of the Orcs

Chapter 23:

When Li Xia woke up, it was almost noon.He squinted his eyes, a little dazed and at a loss.Li Xia felt pain from head to toe.Sore throat, arm pain, back pain, back pain, leg pain, muscle pain, and somewhere else, it was burning pain.Wearing a new animal fur coat, Li Xia stretched out his hand and touched it behind him. It was dry, and Ernst should have cleaned it for himself.

"I've done it." Li Xia murmured, his voice was squeezed out from his dry to smoldering throat, and the pitch changed drastically, as if it had been sanded and hoarse.He couldn't believe what he was doing.The scenes of last night flashed in my mind like a movie, Ernst's firm and loving eyes, his arms tightly wrapped around himself, and the sweat that gathered on the tip of his chin when he was in love...Damn it Yes, how could he be so attractive, Li Xia couldn't help but clenched his fists and hammered the rattan mat under his body.The physical discomfort did not affect the field of vision. Turning his eyes to look around, Li Xia couldn't help feeling dissatisfied. He was already like this. Where did that guy Ernst go!According to novels, shouldn't you see the other party staring at you attentively and asking for warmth as soon as you open your eyes?

Just when Li Xia was lying on the bed immobile and thinking wildly, Ernst arrived in time with a suitable temperature broth, which not only moistened Li Xia's thirsty throat, but also saved himself from being labeled as a scumbag.

Being held in Ernst's arms, Li Xia gulped down the broth in Ernst's hand. "What did you do just now?" The tone of the question was a bit off-putting, mixed with deep dissatisfaction and grievance.It's not that he has the right to be arrogant after doing it, but after everything happened, whether he had a first night plot or for some other reason, he relied on Ernst even more.And it was this kind of dependence that made him worry about gains and losses when he just woke up and didn't see the Ernst people, and he was extremely anxious.As if aware of the accusation in his tone, Li Xia was annoyed for a moment, and the broth was finished, Li Xia simply turned his back on the bed and did not look at Ernst.

Ernst put the empty bowl on the wooden pier at the head of the bed, and watched Lixia turn over and lie down facing the wall after letting go, pursing his lips obviously because he didn't want to talk to him, this kind of Lixia is rare, usually It doesn't mean that such a Lixia is not good. Although they love each other, there is still an inexplicable barrier between them; It made Ernst feel that he was really cute, as if all the barriers were removed in an instant.It is the most proud thing for an orc to make his female rely on admiration wholeheartedly.Ernst felt the love and pity in his heart gushing out of his chest as if it was about to become real.

Ernst went directly to the bed and sat down, picked up Lixia and held him in his arms to massage the tense muscles in his waist. "Seeing that you are making broth for you before you wake up, I think you must be very hungry when you wake up." While speaking, the breath sprayed into Li Xia's ears, even if he was still a little bit wronged and dissatisfied just now, he was still in such an intimate posture and gentle gesture. The words dissipated completely.

Feeling comfortable being massaged by big hands, Li Xia couldn't help feeling a little drowsy, but immediately opened his eyes wide again. "Ernst, hurry up, I forgot about the tofu, let's go and see the results yesterday." After sleeping all night, I don't know if the tofu is ready.Knowing that he was not feeling well, Li Xia didn't act hypocritical, and let Ernst carry him outside directly.

Because of the hollow stripes deliberately cut out at the bottom of the wooden frame, the water in the tofu flower in the rattan net is completely drained. At a glance, you can find that the wooden board pressing the stone has sunk a certain height.Waiting for Ernst to remove the slate and wood boards, Li Xia couldn't wait to rush up and open the rattan net bag. "Ah!" Li Xia was stunned for a moment.

Ernst had never seen tofu before, so naturally he didn't know whether the things he made were good or bad, but when he saw Li Xia stunned Ernst, he went up to comfort Li Xia, "Li Xia, it doesn't matter if it's broken this time, we'll make it next time." Do it again." Li Xia didn't listen to what Ernst said, but looked at the rattan net bag in a stupid way, and there was a light yellow sheet in the rattan net, because he didn't calculate the time. Press the tofu into dried tofu...

Ernst looked at his partner who buried his face in his waist, put his hands around him and did not let go, and his shoulders were still trembling, and his heart ached instantly. Did he cry because the tofu was spoiled?Ernst felt that he hated this thing called tofu, if it wasn't for his baby, he wouldn't cry.When he was about to say something to comfort him, he saw Li Xia looking at him with a smile on his face. "Ernst, I'll give you the dried tofu~"

The moment Lixia saw the tofu turned into dried tofu, Lixia was embarrassed, a little dumbfounded, as if a villain was roaring deep in his heart, where is the agreed tofu? !At this time, Li Xia was very fortunate that Ernst didn't know what tofu was, otherwise he would be ashamed.The appearance of dried tofu is enough to show that the process of making tofu is correct.Although it is a pity that there is no tender tofu to eat, the dried tofu is also good, and the homemade fried tofu, stewed tofu, and diced dried tofu are also delicious.There are also bean dregs that have been filtered before making tofu, which can also be fried and eaten as pancakes or boiled into balls.Li Xia calculated in his mind how to eat the dried tofu, and he was quite satisfied. As for the tofu, since it was considered a success this time, he just made it again later.

The temporary stove where the can of soybeans were steamed before was extinguished in the middle of the night because the primer was burned out, which happened to save the effort of artificially extinguishing the fire.Sitting under the shed, Li Xia directed Ernst to pour the soybeans into the big wooden basin. The steamed soybeans were white and fat, and there was no wrinkle after soaking and steaming. abnormal.Lixia asked Ernst to add flour and wheat bran into the basin. Stirring was no problem for the orcs, so they stirred these materials evenly and thoroughly in three or two strokes.

The most important thing in making soy sauce is the weather. Do TV commercials say "dry it for 180 days"? The materials are evenly spread to diffuse water vapor and then fermented in the sun. It is the rainy season. If you put them outside directly, not only will you not be able to make koji, but these things will stink directly due to humidity.Therefore, the work of making koji and drying soy sauce was carried out directly in Lixia Space.

The second production of tofu, because Ernst participated in the whole production process of the previous one, naturally Li Xia would not be required to take part in it, and he could handle it by himself.Fortunately, the quantity of soybeans produced by the space can keep up with the consumption.After Ernst turned around and soaked soybeans to make tofu, Li Xia thought about what to eat today.In the morning, he and Ernst drank broth. In the eyes of Li Xia, who had eaten buns, fried dough sticks, soy milk, and flatbreads for a diversified breakfast, such a small amount of broth was not a meal at all.Looking at the whole piece of dried tofu on the dining table, Li Xia decided to use it for surgery.

Wash the cucumbers and tomatoes. Lixia divides the dried tofu into smaller pieces. This time, one piece is enough. It is impossible to eat a large piece of dried tofu at one time. It is better to put all the rest on the stew and eat it as you like. good.Take a piece of dried tofu and slightly blanch it with water to remove the beany smell, then cut it into thin slices, cut the cucumber into the same thin slices, put the two ingredients into a plate, mix well with appropriate amount of sugar and salt, and scoop Lixia in a shallow clay pot for cooking Put a little oil, put in dried chilies after the oil is hot, and pour the oil directly on the mixed dried bean curd and melon slices, then take a lemon from the space and sprinkle lemon juice on it, a simple dish The refreshing cold dishes are done.

After mixing a plate of tomatoes with grated sugar residue, Lixia stewed another jar of braised pork. What was different from the last time was that Lixia added dried tofu to it this time.If you want to make marinated meat or something delicious, it is necessary to have a full range of seasonings, but Lixia has nothing but salt, sugar, garlic and ginger, so it is said that you want dried tofu, in fact, you can only add dried tofu Stew in the meat, so that at least some meat flavor can be absorbed.

There was half a pot of bean dregs filtered out the day before, and Lixia mixed the accumulated soy milk with flour, and cracked an egg that Ernst took out of Gulu's nest early in the morning.Lixia didn't harden the noodles, but instead made a thick batter. In order to strengthen the batter, he also put a proper amount of salt in it.

Li Xia took a piece of beef from a small bull and chopped it into fine pieces, then chopped some celery and minced ginger into it, and added salt and sugar to make the stuffing.Heat the slate on the stove and spread oil on it, use a wooden spoon to spread a spoonful of bean dregs batter evenly into an appropriate size, spread some meat filling on it, then scoop a spoonful of batter to cover the meat filling, let the upper and lower sides close, Fry the side facing the slate and turn it over before frying. When both sides of the bean dregs cake are golden, they can be out of the pan.

When Ernst returned after soaking the beans and grinding the pulp, all he saw was a table of meals and his partner who was looking at him with a smile.

Needless to say, the sweet and sour tomatoes and crisp cucumbers, the red braised pork with oily luster makes people drool. It should be the dried tofu that Li Xia mentioned.There is also the pancake baked into golden yellow. Ever since Ernst ate Lixia Nong's otherworldly version of Roujiamo, he has become more fond of this type of pasta.Looking at the crispy and scabbed pancakes in front of me is even more interesting.

Taking advantage of Ernst's sitting time, Li Xia handed over a cake, but Ernst didn't take it, so Li Xia took a big bite out of his hand.The skin is crispy on the outside, but the inside has a chewy texture that is different from that of pure noodle cakes. It is soft and delicious with a tangy bean aroma, chewing and mixing with the fillings, not to mention how beautiful it is.

"Lixia, what is this made of? It's delicious." Ernst asked while eating, picked up Lixia from the stump chair and put it on his lap, not forgetting to take Lixia's hand to pass the cake to Lixia's mouth.

"Ok dregs." Li Xia leaned against Ernst's arms in a comfortable position. Last night and the cooking just now, he could hardly stand up right now.

"Soy bean dregs?" Ernst raised his voice, "I thought it would be useless after making soy milk. I originally said to see if I could feed it to the gulu bird. Lixia, I'm making soy milk and bean dregs today, and I'll do the same when I'm done. Right. I like this."

"Okay." Li Xia looked at Ernst and narrowed his eyes with a smile.

As for the dried tofu, it was white and refreshing, and the stewed one was even more chewy. The salt, sugar and meat flavor evenly penetrated into it, and Ernst felt more comfortable eating one piece at a time.Dried tofu is so delicious, so tofu must not be wrong, it is better to make it quickly.