Beginning Backpack [Farming]

It took the tribe a day and a half to collect a large potato field, and of course the results were quite fruitful. The baskets full of potatoes were very eye-catching next to each other, and they were waiting to be distributed in two days.

Thanks to the weather and the diligent efforts of the tribe members to turn over the millet in a short time, the rice is almost sun-dried.

In the afterglow of the setting sun before the plain, the rice fields everywhere exude a warm golden light.

With a stern shout, everyone picked up brooms and gathered the rice on the ground together, then took a dustpan to scoop up a big handful, and carefully poured them into rattan baskets.

The grains rustle down, like a continuous golden drizzle, piles of rice piled up in the basket, steaming a fresh and warm rice fragrance under the residual sunlight.

This fragrance of rice also entered the dreamland of everyone.

After the rice was put away, the square became vacant and could be used to dry soybeans. By the way, everyone cut down the soybean seedlings from that small field for Shen Huaijin, and spent most of the day throwing out all the soybeans .

The output of soybeans is the same as last year. There are [-] baskets, plus those left over after harvesting in the middle of the year, there are [-] baskets in total.These are more than enough for cooking, growing bean sprouts, grinding soy milk or making tofu on weekdays, and there is still a lot left over for making soy sauce or bean paste.

Taking advantage of the last few good weather, Shen Huaijin also dried out the newly harvested beans to reduce the moisture content of the soybeans for easier storage.

He had just laid out the soybeans when An Bian and some sub-beasts came over with baskets of grain on their backs.Seeing this, Shen Huaijin hurried forward to help unload the things.

An loosened his sore shoulders, and said with a smile, "Jin, this time the tribe distributed a lot of food."

Seeing the rattan baskets piled up almost half of the yard, Shen Huaijin was also a little surprised, "This is too much."

"That's not all." An said: "The new batch of sweet potato vermicelli is still being made, and I'll send it to you when it's ready."

The tribe harvested a batch of sweet potatoes a few days ago, and at that time, a good part of vermicelli was made and distributed to each member.Shen Huaijin and Li Gong were divided into twelve baskets. The two ate and drank and had occasional dinners together. Now there are only six baskets left. Originally, they were worried that there would not be enough for this cold season, and they had to rely on potato flour to replace them.Unexpectedly, the output of wild sweet potatoes is strong enough, and there is still a batch available for consumption.

Shen Huaijin looked at the grain in the basket, a little curious, "An, what are the distributions?"

An took the note to compare, pointed to one and read one, "30 baskets of non-glutinous rice, 20 baskets of potatoes, 10 baskets of glutinous rice, 10 baskets of sweet potatoes, 5 baskets of radishes, 4 baskets of taro, and three baskets of dried mushrooms and half a basket chestnut."

Shen Huaijin scanned back and forth several times, it was true.

An stuffed the note back into his pocket, and added: "There should be a few baskets of sweet potato vermicelli and potato vermicelli. I don't know the exact number."

"It's already a lot." Shen Huaijin sighed, and then realized something, "By the way, Ann, we can replace some of the potato vermicelli and sweet potato vermicelli allocated to us with starch. I want to keep it for myself to make other food."

"Okay." Ann agreed quickly, "I'll remind them, how about keeping half of it?"

Shen Huaijin nodded, very satisfied.

An originally wanted everyone to help Shen Huaijin move things into the house or cellar, but Shen Huaijin declined.

He saw that everyone didn't seem to be at leisure, so he said softly: "Ann, it's important that you all keep busy with your own affairs. I'll let Li come back and take care of it."

An hesitated for a moment, thinking that it would take time to dry the vermicelli after they were scalded, so she followed Shen Huaijin's advice and led everyone back.

After Shen Huaijin watched the sub-beasts leave, she turned her head to look at half of the courtyard which was full of piles.

He knew early on that this year's harvest would definitely not be small, but when so many baskets of grain were placed in front of him, the impact was still great.

Shen Huaijin paced back and forth, appreciating carefully, and stood still for a long time, sighing, "Satisfied."

After being satisfied, naturally, we can't forget the partners who are still working hard.

He tidied up the yard a little bit, and moved the ones that could be moved into the kitchen or the cellar, and those that could not be moved or those that did not need to be moved were temporarily put in the yard, waiting to be dealt with.After tidying up like this, the courtyard became much cleaner and tidy.

Shen Huaijin clapped her hands and went out of the yard to help on the other side.

The square was bustling with activity, and everyone had an orderly division of labor. Seeing that Shen Huaijin wanted to help, he refused with a smile, "Jin, let's do this trivial matter. You can go to rest."

Shen Huaijin didn't listen, she picked a random position and took the top, making everyone feel helpless, so she had to laugh and continue to work.

While waiting for the slurry to settle, there was nothing anyone could do. An suddenly thought, "Jin, we probably haven't dug up all the lotus roots in the lake. Do you want to dig up the rest?"

After he reminded, Shen Huaijin also had some impressions.At that time, due to the limited space in the rattan basket, they actually only dug a small half of the lotus root in the lotus, and did not go further.

"Okay!" He agreed, "Anyway, if you are idle now, you are idle."

An asked, "Jin, do you want to go with us?"

Shen Huaijin originally planned to agree, but after thinking about it, the family hadn't eaten side dishes for several days, and today I got so many fresh radishes, which are just right for pickling. After pondering for a few seconds, she still refused, "Forget it, I still have some things to do at home, you go by yourself."

Ann sighed with some regret.

"Don't be unhappy." Shen Huaijin smiled, and added: "Dig more lotus roots today, and I will teach you how to make lotus root powder. It's a completely different taste."

After hearing this, An's interest was revived, and without further entanglement, she greeted the sub-beasts, took rattan baskets and set off in groups.

Shen Huaijin also went back to her own courtyard, and when she opened the courtyard door, she saw a stern face coming out of the room covered in water vapor, even if she changed into a suit of clothes, she couldn't resist the outrageous murderous aura all over her body.

Shen Huaijin was taken aback, "What's wrong?"

Seeing the person coming, the ferocity of the silver-haired orc dissipated a little. He strode forward and grabbed Shen Huaijin's waist, lowering his head and sniffing at the other's black hair.

It took a long time before he said in a hoarse voice: "It's nothing, I encountered a group of fierce beasts during the inspection."

It is self-evident what it means for a ferocious beast from the depths of the wild beast jungle to appear in this time period and within this range.

Shen Huaijin pursed her lips, buried her head in Li's arms, and smelled the clear water vapor and the faint smell of blood.

The smell of blood, the smell of blood...

Shen Huaijin realized something, he suddenly raised his head, "An and the others just came out of the valley!"

Li took him back into his arms, stroked his shoulders, and said softly, "It's okay, it's okay, we came back only after confirming that the area around the valley is absolutely safe.

Only then did Shen Huaijin feel relieved.

"The strength is just like that, and it will be torn apart in two or three strokes." As he spoke, his stern voice carried a hint of distress, "It's just that all of our clothes were ruined, so we orcs had to sneak back to the valley .”

After being teased by him, Shen Huaijin burst out laughing, and his anxiety dissipated a lot. He raised his head and fixedly met those green pupils. Thousands of words came to his mouth and were swallowed again. Finally, he said seriously :"I trust you."

The silver-haired orc lowered his head and kissed him on the brow, "I believe in you too."

The two hugged each other for a long time, before Shen Huaijin felt a little embarrassed after realizing it, and broke away slightly.

"Don't think about it, the most important thing is to live every day well." He said: "Come on, pick some pickled radishes with me, and you can rely on them for porridge in the cold season."

Li chuckled, picked up the radish in the corner, and went into the kitchen with Shen Huaijin, and settled down to peel and cut the radish into strips and pickle it.

Speechless to each other, enjoying the tranquility of this moment.

Shen Huaijin stopped after soaking three big pots of radish sticks, and put the remaining two radishes by the stove, thinking, "Save it for stewing soup at night."

Standing behind him, Li blinked and reminded softly, "The Asian beasts are back."

Shen Huaijin's eyes lit up, "I must have brought back a lot of lotus roots!" He tidied up the stove casually, pulled it up and was about to go out, "Come on, let's go and have a look together."

After leaving the yard, I really saw An and the others walking back with a full rattan basket on their backs.

Seeing Shen Huaijin coming out, An's group raised their arms high and greeted, "Jin, we brought back a lot of lotus roots!"

Seeing their lively appearance, Shen Huaijin's heart was completely relieved.

He let out a long breath, and replied loudly: "I'm coming!" After speaking, he dragged Li and trotted to the other side.

The sub-beasts also came to the square one after another, and poured out the contents of the basket one by one, and also dropped some lotus roots with wet mud from the bottom of the lake all over the ground.

Shen Huaijin asked everyone to pick out thick lotus roots and rinse them at the mouth of the water channel, explaining in a rambling manner, "This kind of thick lotus root has a higher starch content, and more lotus root powder can be filtered out."

After the silt has been washed away, the lotus pedicles are removed from the lotus root joints, mashed and refined, and filtered repeatedly until the lotus root slurry in the lotus root dregs is washed as much as possible, and then the slurry is left to stand and wait for precipitation. The approach makes no difference.

Shen Huaijin couldn't help admiring while washing the lotus root dregs: "An, the lotus root you picked is really good, I think it can wash out a lot of powder."

The lotus root is wild, and the size is unknown before it is dug out. An is somewhat confused about what to praise. Although Shen Huaijin is gentle with others, she does not have the habit of praising others regardless of whether they are green or red.

He looked at Li who was working silently beside him, raised his eyebrows, and asked questions with his eyes.The latter just shook his head with a cold face and didn't say much.

An had no choice but to hide her doubts in her heart.

Shen Huaijin didn't know the undercurrent was surging between them, after putting all the oars and water away, she patiently waited for the next day.

After standing for one night, the slurry water is completely separated. Everyone pours out the upper layer of water, removes the wet sediment at the bottom, wraps it in three layers of gauze and filters it again, and then puts it in the sun to dry.

When lotus root starch loses moisture and breaks into powder, the bad season comes quietly.

作者有话要说：感谢在2021-04-2821:38:36~2021-04-2823:54:41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 of irrigation nutrient solution: 2 bottle of Jingxi;

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