Beginning Backpack [Farming]

Shen Huaijin cut off all the remaining soybeans the next day, and spread them out one by one in the hot sun.

The yellow stems and seedlings occupy a large open space, and the yellow-brown pods are gradually curled up and wrinkled under the sun.

When the seams are cracked in the sun, the beans can be officially threshed.

Shen Huaijin couldn't handle it all by herself, so she invited acquaintances to help.Everyone grabbed a handful of bean seedlings and beat them on the ground one by one.After being exposed to the sun, the stems and seedlings are very dry and brittle, and they crackle when they hit the ground. After threshing, they are piled on the edge of the work shed, which can be used as a fire.

The bean pods were also dry and brittle, and soon they were completely cracked under the beating, and the dry and hard beans were smashed out, bouncing on the ground, like a golden rain of a good harvest.

Shen Huaijin divided the bean grains into two parts. Five baskets of them were stored for two days to grind soy milk, make tofu or grow bean sprouts, and most of the rest were dried outdoors to save seeds or Serve later.

Soybeans with high water content are easy to lose germination ability, so the drying step before storage is indispensable.However, the threshed soybeans should not be exposed to the hot sun to prevent the seed coat from breaking and affecting the storage and germination rate in the future. Shen Huaijin chose places that would not be exposed to direct sunlight, such as in the shed or under the shade of trees, and harvested them in batches. Tumble.

He raced against time, hoping to dry the beans in time before the heavy rain and store them in a dry place for later use.

As for the five baskets of beans set aside early in the morning, he first took out a small part of them, intending to distribute some fresh bean sprouts to eat.

Shen Huaijin shook off the dead leaves and dust in the soybeans with bamboo sticks, washed them with clean water, and soaked them in water. By this time the next day, they could be covered with a cloth and drenched in water to accelerate germination.

As for the remaining beans, they can be used to grind soybean milk and make tofu, but he still needs to make a stone mill in advance as a tool.

Because the rainy season was approaching, the orcs were worried that the rain would damage the city walls that were not completely dry by then, so they got off work two days in advance.As for the cement that was not used up, it was temporarily piled up in an empty room with no one there.

This gave Li Ye time to help Shen Huaijin make stone mills together.

Making a stone mill is not simply stacking two round stones together. There must be regular grooves inside the stones of the upper and lower fans. It is also required that the gap left after closing should be deeper in the middle and shallower on the outside.

Under this design, after the beans are poured from the channel opening of the upper stone mill, they will first enter the deeper gap in the middle. As the upper fan mill rotates, the beans get smaller and smaller gaps, and finally they are crushed Turn into powder and flow out from the junction of two stone mills.

They don't have electric tools, so they can only use hammers and chisels to tap out the grooves little by little. Fortunately, Li has enough strength to make this work not too difficult.

While Li was making the stone mill, Shen Huaijin took out the soaked beans and began to germinate them.

He picked out some pottery pots and plates that were damaged and not used frequently, spread two layers of soaked linen on the bottom, packed the soaked soybeans one by one, covered them with a layer of linen, and put them in a cool and ventilated place.As long as you sprinkle water every day to keep the beans moist, you can eat tender, crispy bean sprouts in about three or four days.

Seeing that Li Zheng was chiseling the grooves of the stone mill in an orderly manner, and seeing that it would be ready for use in a day or two, Shen Huaijin did the same, cleaned and soaked two baskets of beans, and planned to use them to grind soybean milk.

The golden beans are immersed in the clear water, and occasionally small transparent bubbles will appear, bringing a sense of coolness to the scorching heat.

Shen Huaijin put the barrels soaked in soybeans in a cool storage room, and took out the two tanks of fish sauce, and put them in the sun to stir and dry.The fish sauce fermented quickly in high temperature days, and Shen Huaijin estimated that it would be ready to filter and blend in a few days.

"Jin, get me a glass of water." Sitting in the shed, Li said loudly.

Shen Huaijin quickly brewed a cup of salt flower tea and brought it to him.

Li was sweating profusely, but his hands still kept moving, and the grooves of the stone mill had been repaired in sevens and eighties.

Shen Huaijin handed him the tea, "Li, you can rest for a while, I'll take it instead."

The orc shook his head, and the water droplets from the tip of his silver hair splashed down. He took the tea and drank it, waved his hand and said, "If you don't have any strength, you won't be able to cut through this stone, and it will hurt you instead. I'm very It will be over soon, don't worry."

He patted Shen Huaijin's back, a bright smile appeared on his face, a pair of green pupils shone brightly in his eyes, "Go back and rest, and make something delicious for me tonight."

Shen Huaijin couldn't resist him, and didn't want to really go to rest, so she could only find other things to do.

It just so happens that the pile of bricks and tiles needs to be placed in a good place so that the quality will not be affected by too much rain.

Shen Huaijin stored the blue bricks and black tiles he had hoarded for a long time in batches, some piled up in the corners of the shed, some in the storage room, and some piled up in the cellar, planning to start building after the rainy season house.

Moving bricks and laying tiles, he was busy until the evening before he hid most of the bricks and tiles, and a small part could only be temporarily piled up in the house.

Shen Huaijin stood up and stretched her body, moving her stiff and sore arms and legs, the joints creaked, and she immediately felt refreshed.

He rummaged through the beans that had been in the sun for a day or two, picked one up, wiped it lightly, put it in his mouth and bit it, only to hear a bang sound, and the dry and hard beans immediately cracked, indicating that the water content was not high , ready for storage.

After taking advantage of the evening wind to cool the warm beans, Shen Huaijin shook off the impurities with bamboo strips, and poured them one by one into the large rattan basket for storage.

There were ten baskets of sun-dried soybeans, and he picked them consciously when harvesting them. Among them, the plump and roundest ones were put in one basket as bean seeds, and the rest were saved for later eating.

All ten baskets of soybeans were moved into the cellar, which is warm in winter and cool in summer. As long as the ventilation is done regularly, the soybeans can be effectively prevented from getting hot and rotten in this hot day.

The night in the hot season came late, and they finished their work before slowly preparing dinner.

Shen Huaijin was cooking, and Li was in charge of helping. There was a sound of ping-ping-pong-pong from the outdoor stove, and bursts of fragrance permeated the air. The smell made people's appetite greatly increased.

Today I eat fried crispy fish, roasted pork with taro and radish rib soup. As usual, I have sweet potatoes as the staple food.

Shen Huaijin was [-]% full after eating, and then drank a bowl of warm and delicious soup. After the meal, there was a rare purple berry to relieve the greasy, not to mention how satisfied.

Riding on the evening breeze, the two comfortably narrowed their eyes and looked at each other.

Every household on the other side of the stream lit up smoke, and the smell of smoke and food spread. Members of the Omori tribe were invited to eat together, and the Asian beasts who had been busy all day in front of the loom were finally willing to rest. The cubs were running and playing around in the square, and the three little beasts chased after them, roaring excitedly.

Shen Huaijin raised the corners of her lips in satisfaction, and there was no trace of haze in her clear eyes, full of comfort and contentment.

He is already used to this way of life. No matter how busy or tired he is during the day, he always has a warm dinner with his loved one. Watching the smoke and sunset, this warm feeling has left a warm mark on his heart. .

On the second day, the stone mill was finished and the beans were almost soaked.

The two of them carefully cleaned the two stone mills, and closed them together. After making sure that the stone mills could rotate normally, they officially began to grind soybean milk.

Shen Huaijin took a large jar and put it at the exit of the stone mill to hold the bean juice that would be ground at that time.

The two cooperated, and Shen Huaijin put the softened beans from the mouth of the stone mill, and Li began to turn the stone mill.When grinding beans, pour in an appropriate amount of water so that the bean juice can flow out evenly.

Turning the stone mill is not immediate, and after a while, bright yellow bean juice emerges from the cracks in the stone mill.The juice mixed with bean dregs slowly flowed down, gathered together, and fell into the large jar from the passage.The bean juice gathered more and more, filling up the entire jar. Seeing this, Shen Huaijin quickly took a new collecting device and put it on top.

The volume of the two baskets of beans should not be underestimated. When they collected the eighth can of bean juice, the large container was exhausted. The two had no choice but to suspend the work of grinding beans and process the ground bean juice first.

The collected bean juice is still mixed with fragments and bean dregs. After filtering it twice with a clean cloth, the pure bean juice is squeezed out. As for the remaining bean dregs, there is no need to throw them away, as they can be eaten as coarse grain cakes.

Shen Huaijin poured an appropriate amount of water into the pot, and put the filtered soy milk in the pot to cook. When the soy milk bubbled white, skim it off. Two or three times in a row, it was ready to come out of the pot.

After it is out of the pan, add a little sugar to the soy milk, and drink it when it cools down.

Shen Huaijin scooped up a cup of warm soy milk and took a sip expectantly.The milky white soy milk is creamy in the mouth, with the fragrance of beans and a slight sweetness.

"Good drink!"

Shen Huaijin stared at Li in surprise, his honey-colored pupils gleamed with light, and there was still a ring of light-colored foam on his lips, not the usual stable appearance, but rather like those mischievous kids.

The emotions of happiness and satisfaction were transmitted to Li's body, his heart swelled and swelled, overflowing with joy and sweetness, enveloping himself like a ball of flame.

He took another cup of soy milk and drank it down, only to stop the restlessness all over his body, but the love in his heart was surging.

"How is it?" Shen Huaijin waited for his evaluation.

With a hoarse voice, "It's delicious and sweet."

"Sweet?" The man was full of doubts, and he drank two more sips of soy milk before talking to himself: "I didn't add much sugar."

The orc coughed lightly, and changed the subject: "How can we finish drinking so much soy milk? Do you want to give some to others? And these bean dregs, should we eat it ourselves or feed it to the livestock?"

Shen Huaijin's focus was successfully shifted. He looked at the pot of soy milk that had already been cooked and the remaining seven cans of soy milk, and said, "Make another pot of soy milk, let's share one point with our friends, and save the remaining six cans for everyone." Let’s make tofu tomorrow. As for the bean dregs, how about fried bean dregs omelets as the main course of the evening?”

"Okay, do as you say."

The two did the same thing and cooked another pot of soy milk.Afterwards, Shen Huaijin took out the bean dregs that had just been cleaned up, mixed them with wild bird eggs, chopped green onion and a proper amount of salt, put them on a thinly oiled pan, spread them out and bake them until both sides were golden.

There was a lot of bean dregs left, and the made bean dregs omelets filled several pots, and Shen Huaijin and Li were busy until sunset.

The two roughly divided the bean dregs omelette and soy milk, and then brought them to the other side of the stream for everyone to share, especially to send some to friends who had helped threshing soybeans before.

The orcs of the Dasen Tribe were very curious when they saw them bringing things over, but the members of the Dahe Tribe were used to this kind of battle, knowing that Jin made some delicious food for them to taste, they all cheered.

While accepting their thanks, Shen Huaijin shared the food with everyone with a smile, and finally took the barbecue that everyone gave back, and returned to her hut with Li.

A simple dinner has been set up on the stone table, including bean dregs omelette, green leafy grass egg soup, a few side dishes, and freshly roasted animal meat, all ready to go.

After washing their hands, the two of them sat down. Shen Huaijin picked out a large piece of yellow-flavored bean dregs omelet, wrapped it with slices of grilled meat and diced radish, and took a big bite.

The grilled meat is oily, the diced radish is crispy, the bean dregs cake is soft, and the onion and egg are fragrant. It has a unique flavor when rolled together.

Shen Huaijin swallowed the food after savoring it carefully, and then took a sip of chilled soy milk, and sighed comfortably.

"This is life."

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