Beginning Backpack [Farming]

ch80 into the cold

As the weather got colder, the milk production of the two female hairy beasts in the animal pen gradually decreased. Fortunately, Shen Huaijin had already stockpiled a large amount of milk powder, which could be used in the next year's water season.

It is not easy to make milk powder by yourself. Shen Huaijin came up with the idea of ​​making milk tofu when she was milking the cows.

Milk tofu is similar to cheese, but it is a little easier to make. Milk tofu is the essence of milk. It is not only delicious, but also rich in nutrition. It can also last for a long time after drying.

As soon as this idea came out, Shen Huaijin couldn't help but want to implement it.Now that the temperature is not warm, the fermentation of fresh milk is not as easy as before. He can only put the fresh milk that has been stored for several days in a bucket and ferment it slowly.

The fermented fresh milk will condense into lumpy curds and become viscous yoghurt. Shen Huaijin pours it into a pot to boil, and keeps stirring with a spoon.

The yogurt is gradually dehydrated, and the protein and whey are separated. The latter will be fished out and fed to the hairy beast, while the former will be kept in the pot for continuous frying.After the whey is completely drained, what is left in the pot is a soft and white milk mass.Shen Huaijin poured the milk ball into the wooden mold that Li had prepared while it was still hot.

To make milk tofu, the ratio of raw materials to finished products is about 10:1, so in the end, only two boxes of milk tofu are fried in the whole bucket of fresh milk.

Under the action of gravity, the milk tofu that was originally piled up in a ball spread out unsteadily, just piled up with wooden molds.

"How do humans eat?" Li stood aside, looking at the soft milk balls, couldn't help but want to poke them with his hands.

"Dirty." Shen Huaijin slapped his hand away immediately, and glanced at him casually, "I was lucky enough to eat it when I was working before. It was full of flavor, but I just didn't know what it tasted like when I made it."

He picked up a small piece of warm milk tofu with his chopsticks and fed it into Li's mouth. Seeing that the other person's expression had not changed, he picked up some more and put it into his own mouth.

During the production process, he specially added some sugar to it. At this time, the warm milk tofu tastes sweet and sour, with a strong frankincense.

"The taste can't be said to be unpalatable, it's just weird, I don't like it very much." Li said frankly, but after chewing for a while, his expression changed a little, "It seems that the more you chew, the more delicious it is, and it's not bad now. "

Shen Huaijin smiled triumphantly, put the two boxes of milk tofu aside, and stored them after drying.

The sun set early, and the last leaf in the valley fell silently. When he opened his eyes again, the cold wind was blowing past outside the house. Shen Huaijin didn't need to guess, but he knew that the heavy snow had quietly fallen last night.

He curled up his legs, and tucked his somewhat cold hands and feet into the soft and long abdominal hair of the giant wolf. The bursts of heat immediately made him let out a long breath of comfort.

The giant wolf beside him was awakened by his movements, and his green eyes, like a cold pool, shone faintly in the somewhat dark room.

"Cold?"

"It's okay." Even so, Shen Huaijin had a nasal voice when she spoke.

It was said that the silver wolf on the bed was gone, replaced by a strong and powerful bronze humanoid body.

Li covered Shen Huaijin's body with several thick animal skins, then put on a skin skirt and stood up.He walked to the fireplace on the other side, took Shen Huaijin's lighter, and skillfully lit a fire.

This year, they haven't stayed in the tribe for a long time since the rainy season, and the time to prepare supplies for the cold is very urgent. Fortunately, An and Lin come to help from time to time, and finally save enough firewood and charcoal before the heavy snowfall.

After the fireplace was lit, the temperature in the room gradually increased with the sound of beeping sparks.

Shen Huaijin nestled next to Li who seemed to be moving the radiator, put on the sweater as quickly as possible, and put on the animal skin pants, and then the whole person became warm.

He walked around the house a few times, and then slightly opened the window, and a gust of wind carrying snow particles came in through the gap.

Outside the window, the clouds hang down, the snow flutters like fluff, and the valley looks lifeless.

"This year's snow is really heavy." Shen Huaijin sighed.But surprisingly, he didn't feel particularly cold, which was probably the result of his body better adapting to the environment.

"It looks like it's going to rain for a long time, come back first, don't freeze."

Li walked to his side, closed the window, then held Shen Huaijin's hand, which was bluish with cold, and rubbed it from time to time to warm him up.

The weather was gloomy, and it was impossible to tell the exact time, but Shen Huaijin was really hungry.It was windy outside the house, so he couldn't go out for the time being. Fortunately, he had the foresight that the house and the storage room were connected together, so he could get food directly from the storage room.

Li brought some sweet potatoes and roasted them by the fireplace. Seeing that Shen Huaijin was really hungry, he went to fetch another jar of pickled radishes.

Shen Huaijin first ate a few diced radishes to satisfy his cravings. The pickled radish tasted crisp, sweet and sour, with a spicy taste, which made people more appetizing.

After the sweet potatoes were baked, and before they cooled down a bit, he couldn't wait to tear off the skin of the sweet potatoes that had already turned black.The heat is curling up, and the golden potato flesh is almost shedding honey, exuding a sweet aroma in the cold day.

Shen Huaijin scooped up a spoonful, blew it to cool slightly, and stuffed it into his mouth. As expected, it melted in his mouth, sweet but not greasy. The fragrance and sweetness of the potato meat permeated his mouth, and his heart immediately stabilized.

Li on the side was even more uninhibited, he was not afraid of being scalded, and he didn't need a spoon, he peeled off the potato skin and gnawed it, and solved a sweet potato in three or four strokes.

After eating sweet roasted sweet potatoes and then tasting pickled radish, it can relieve the greasy effect very well.

The two of them ate half full, and before they knew it, the snow outside the house had stopped.

Li got up and put on the animal skin vest, and said, "I'll go to the square to get the distributed animal meat."

Shen Huaijin nodded, watching the tall orc out of the house.When the door was opened, the snow scene outside the house flashed by.Shen Huaijin then stepped forward and opened the window, and the room suddenly became brighter.

He took out the wool and needles he received two days ago, and sat by the fireplace knitting a sweater, but his mind was empty.It wasn't until a faint voice came from outside the house that he came back to his senses.

Shen Huaijin looked out of the house, and saw that Li Zheng was transporting animal meat from the other side of the stream one after another. Under the extremely low temperature, the animal meat was frozen hard, and it was enough to bury it directly in the knee-high snow.

There is not only animal meat outside the house, but also the fish balls he made a day in advance, which are also frozen solid at the moment.

After Li had finished burying the animal meat, he ran to the frozen stream, cut a hole, and brought a few buckets of water back for the two of them.

Seeing that he was busy, Shen Huaijin couldn't stay alone in the house, so he put down the wool in his hand, got up and walked outside.

Although the snow had stopped, the weather was still gloomy. As soon as he went out, he felt bitingly cold, so he couldn't help wrapping his animal skin cloak tightly.

He walked to the stove, started a fire with difficulty, and boiled a pot of water.Because it was for the hairy animals, there was no need to boil the water. When it was boiling hot, he put out the fire and asked Li to carry it. The two went to the animal enclosure together.

Shen Huaijin slightly lifted the thatched wind barrier around the animal enclosure, and the hairy animals inside screamed nervously. Shen Huaijin felt relieved when he saw that they were fine and there was no ice or snow in the animal enclosure.

The water in the sink had been frozen, so Li used the freshly boiled water to melt the ice, and after mixing it was just warm water suitable for the polyhair beast to drink.

The poly-haired beasts, who had been thirsty all night, squeezed to drink water, as if the warm water made them feel happy. After drinking, they whispered to the two of them, sounding a little dependent.

"It seems that from now on, water will be boiled for the hairy beasts to drink every day. Their physique can't bear to drink ice water."

Li patted him on the shoulder, "It's okay, I'll just feed them once when I come out to fetch water."

Shen Huaijin nodded.They picked up some potato stalks and threw them into the animal pen. Seeing the hairy beasts lowered their heads and began to eat, they closed the windscreen and walked away in peace.

After walking around for a few times, her limbs were finally not as stiff as when she just went out, Shen Huaijin breathed a sigh of relief, and the white mist lingered in front of her.

Gradually, a figure came out from the thatched hut on the other side of the stream, and it seemed that he came out to cook food.When Shen Huaijin saw him, he realized that the two of them had only eaten half full just now, and they would have to eat something to fill their stomachs after a day.

Thinking of the topics we talked about before, Shen Huaijin suggested: "Let's get some steamed rice today."

Li raised his eyebrows, "Are you really planning to use it?"

"Of course, let's just eat a little, it doesn't matter."

There are only two baskets of rice in total, one of which is glutinous rice, and the other is non-glutinous rice, which is rice that is usually used as a staple food.Shen Huaijin really didn't want to eat more and just wanted to try something new.Because of their food intake, the pottery bowls they used were all very large, so Shen Huaijin only scooped up a spoonful of non-glutinous rice.

The stream was frozen, and the water pestle could not be used. Fortunately, it was only a small amount of rice, and it would not be tiring to use the wooden pestle in the workshop to pound the rice.

After cleaning the mortar, Shen Huaijin poured a large bowl of rice into it, and Li stepped on the pestle with his feet on the other side. As the pestle head rose and fell, the rice contained in the mortar gradually peeled off its shell.Shen Huaijin didn't stop until the rice grains turned white with some milky yellow.

He took a bamboo dustpan, scooped out the pounded rice and chaff, and shook it to remove the chaff and dust.After several times in a row, the rest is edible rice grains.

Li twisted two grains and stuffed them into his mouth, crushed them with his fangs and tasted them, and then asked in confusion, "It doesn't taste like anything special, why have you been looking forward to this?"

Shen Huaijin smiled, "Whatever you eat now, you'll know it's ready when it's steamed. Hurry up and wash it, and remember not to let the rice fall out."

The washed rice was put into the cooking utensils for steaming. In order to serve with the precious white rice, Shen Huaijin peeled the taro and fried a taro roast pork which he thought was the best meal.

Gradually, the aroma of steamed rice diffused from the edge of the cooker cover, Shen Huaijin smelled this long-lost smell, almost feeling refreshed.Seeing that the time was almost up, he turned off the fire, lifted the lid, and saw that the rice in the cooker had been steamed just right, and it happened to be two big bowls when scooped out.

The rice is full and the grains are distinct, which is really pleasing.Two big bowls of rice, one covered with taro roast pork, the other topped with precious bald butter.

"It's time to cook!" he announced.

Shen Huaijin specially prepared a big spoon for eating.

The taro-roasted pork soup is smooth and thick. Take a spoonful of it. There are rice mixed with the soup, stewed soft taro and delicious lean meat. One bite, the taste is all in it.

Bald butter bibimbap is a must.The oily golden red bald butter was poured on the white rice, and Shen Huaijin mixed it with a spoon, and the hot rice grains were wrapped in boiled crab paste and crab roe.Take a bite, the crab paste is crisp and moist, the rice is soft and glutinous, and the taste is so delicious that you want to bite your tongue off.

Li stood aside, looking a little surprised.Although Shen Huaijin has always been keen on eating, he doesn't have much appetite. Li has never seen him cook so hard.

"Try it too." Shen Huaijin warmly invited.

Li Yu took the spoon. He tasted the bald butter bibimbap first, and was fascinated by the first delicious and then fragrant taste. Then he dug a large spoonful of taro soup bibimbap. The smooth taste is also impressive. wow.

"Plant, must plant rice!"

Announced in a serious voice, his face was calm, but the soul of farming in his heart had long been ignited.

The author has something to say: Only when you have eaten, can you count as eating! (very loud)

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