Beginning Backpack [Farming]

As everyone expected, newborns came to the River Tribe one after another.

By nature, the cubs here don't like to cry, if Shen Huaijin didn't hear the good news again and again, they might not be able to realize it by themselves.

No matter how fast the cubs grow, they are all toothless when they are born, so they can only drink animal milk to supplement their nutrition within one or two months.Fortunately, Li had caught two lactating female hirsute animals in advance, plus some animal milk from the batch raised by Shen Huaijin, which could finally meet the needs of the cubs.

Shen Huaijin's own hairy cubs are also growing fast, and are no longer as easily disturbed as they were when they were born. For convenience, he asked Li to remove the bamboo boards separating each other, so that the cubs can contact each other.

"In a few days, when the cubs are able to digest the fodder, we will isolate them from the mother and wean them quickly, so that the two mothers can be slaughtered earlier." Shen Huaijin frowned and looked at the animals in the animal enclosure. A large group of hairy beasts, said to Li, and he muttered, "This is too much. After a while, the cubs will grow up, and they will not be able to squeeze in."

"It can't be squeezed" is just Shen Huaijin's exaggeration, but the average occupied space is too small for the multi-haired beasts who originally lived in the wild. Even Shen Huaijin would occasionally take them out to graze.

"It's just a little bit sad these few days." Li comforted, "I'll just clean the animal enclosure more diligently, and it won't mess up there."

Shen Huaijin felt a little overwhelmed at the thought of that smell, he patted Li on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Is there any way?" Li shrugged, indifferently said, "Anyway, there seems to be nothing else to be busy with during this time except building the wall."

"It's nothing..." Shen Huaijin was thinking, and suddenly he felt blessed, "By the way, I was going to make wine, but I was interrupted by Yan. It just so happens that the weather is hot these two days, and the fermentation of glutinous rice is also suitable. Li, let's find time to make wine. Brew."

"Okay, let's just go for today, I just happen to have nothing to do in the morning."

Shen Huaijin shook her head, with remorse on her face, "The glutinous rice used for wine making has to be soaked in advance. It takes about a day, and today is too late."

"It's okay." Li rubbed Shen Huaijin's head, and helped him tie up his long black hair, "Let's take out the glutinous rice and soak it, and we will start brewing it when I come back from building the wall tomorrow. Jin, How much glutinous rice do we need?"

Shen Huaijin pondered for a moment, "I don't know if it can be done, so let's make three baskets first. Li, you just move three...no, four baskets, and there is one basket of glutinous rice that can be steamed and used directly to make glutinous rice cakes. "

Because the harvest of glutinous rice last year was not too much, Shen Huaijin will not bring everyone to make wine for the time being. Anyway, he will make a wave of wine first to test the water.

Hearing this, Li Ji went to the cellar to move glutinous rice.The four baskets of glutinous rice were neither too much nor too little, and the two of them spent a lot of time washing all the glutinous rice three times before soaking them in cold water.

The next day, Shen Huaijin went to the field during the day to teach everyone how to stack potato seedlings. In the evening, he fried meat with fresh bamboo shoots and stewed a soup.

The glutinous rice cakes were steamed before being pounded, so after Shen Huaijin and Li poured out the water for soaking the rice, they didn't need to separate them for different purposes, they cleaned them together and steamed them in batches.

Shen Huaijin also went to the house to fetch the liqueur koji fermented a few days ago.

After the winemaking plan was interrupted, Shen Huaijin first put them in a ventilated and dry place to dry in the shade, and then took advantage of the sunny weather to dry them for a while, and then stored them after they were completely dry.Today's Quwan looks a bit brittle, with mycelium entangled on it, Shen Huaijin was extra careful when holding it, and did not dare to use force.

The first batch of steamed glutinous rice was vacated on a clean sackcloth, and Shen Huaijin rinsed it with cold water to cool down the temperature of the glutinous rice so as not to scald the bacteria.

Repeating this operation, two pots of glutinous rice can be mixed in one pot.Shen Huaijin put the two pots of glutinous rice in water to cool, then poured them into the jar, and crushed the three balls of music, so that the granules, powder and mycelia evenly fell on the cooked glutinous rice, and then mixed them well.

After mixing Qu Wan, he suddenly thought, "Li, help me get the dried peach blossoms that An sent two days ago, and pour some into it."

Hearing this, the silver-haired orc got up immediately, and when he came back, he still had a pot in his hand, and he sprinkled some dried peach blossoms into the jar that Shen Huaijin was stirring.

"Will there be a peach blossom scent after putting dried peach blossoms?" Li asked curiously.

"I don't know either." Shen Huaijin replied casually, "There should be some. Anyway, it's our first brewing, so we're not afraid to try it."

He evenly mixed the koji, dried peach blossoms and cooked glutinous rice together, pressed the glutinous rice flat and pressed it tightly, dug a small hole in the middle, covered it with a lid, sealed it for storage, and moved it to a thatched cottage to wait for fermentation .

According to the current temperature, the clear liquid can be squeezed out within ten days at most.

The other tank was also processed in the same way. As for the remaining cooked glutinous rice, it was naturally used to pound it into glutinous rice cakes and eat it.

The remaining glutinous rice had been kept in the pot, so the temperature was still very high. Shen Huaijin took a small piece to eat before pouring them into a clean mortar.

Although this glutinous rice is steamed in water, but because it has been soaked for a day in advance, it tastes distinct and soft. After chewing for a long time, it feels sweet in the mouth.

Shen Huaijin stuffed a large piece of glutinous rice into Li Ye, and then poured the glutinous rice into the mortar while it was still hot, and asked Li to be in charge of pounding it.Shen Huaijin cooperated with him tacitly, and squeezed the smashed glutinous rice back together in the gap between the beating sounds of "dong", "dong", and "dong".

The glutinous rice needs to be smashed while it is still hot, so their actions are very fast.Although it takes a lot of work, the loose glutinous rice is quickly pounded into a large ball that is soft and pliable without visible grains.

At this time, the glutinous rice cake was still warm, so Shen Huaijin divided it into two halves. One half was made into small balls and small round cakes, wrapped in soybean flour and eaten directly, and the other half was intended to be fried and eaten with sugar sauce .

Shen Huaijin first directly pinched a few small balls, wrapped them in soybean flour and put them in his mouth. It tasted very fragrant, soft and sweet.

Li Ye curiously took a ball and tasted it, chewing and saying, "It's quite soft, but not too sweet, and it tastes good."

"Let's eat it differently." Shen Huaijin said, got up to get a knife, dipped the surface of the knife in water, and cut the pressed glutinous rice cakes into strips one by one.

"... cut into pieces and eat?"

"What?" Shen Huaijin gave a sharp glance speechlessly, "You are too unimaginative, I'm going to fry it."

The orc felt "wrong" and silently went to the side to light a fire.

After the oil was hot, Shen Huaijin carefully poured the glutinous rice sticks into the pan, and slowly fried them over a low heat until both sides were golden. After taking them out, drain some of the oil, and the deep-fried glutinous rice cakes that were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside were finished.

He also boiled some thick soup with brown sugar and poured it on some of the deep-fried glutinous rice cakes, and sprinkled some licorice powder on the others.

After taking a sip of the latter, he said bluntly, "This is not bad."

Shen Huaijin took advantage of the opportunity to pick up the deep-fried glutinous rice cake topped with brown sugar, and took two bites.The deep-fried glutinous rice cakes are not as pure and soft as before. Its skin is crispy, and the sound of biting into it is crisp and attractive, but the inside is soft and soft, with the fragrance and sweetness of glutinous rice.

The night was getting dark, and the two shared simple and delicious food under the dim light, waiting for the time and temperature to brew a pot of fine wine.

作者有话要说：感谢在2021-03-2723:07:00~2021-03-2802:03:15期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: Yu Ziqing 1;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!