Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

There were too many crabs on the river bank. When Xia Huoqu and the others walked to the river, it was as if they had rushed into a sea of ​​crabs.

Xia Huoqu whispered to his brother, "Hold tight."

Xia Maomao immediately hooked his brother's clothes with his back paws, his two front paws hugged his brother's head tightly, and his round eyes were still staring at the river bank.

His brother didn't talk nonsense, he went straight down, squeezed the back cover of the crabs with both hands, and threw them into the basket one by one.

These crabs are relatively slow, and they often wait until they are thrown in to react, waving their claws to climb up the basket.

However, they are not united at all. When one climbs up, the other not only will not assist, but will also crawl over and drag its legs. The crab claws clamp the companion and prevent the companion from climbing up.

After there were more crabs in the basket, they started fighting, and the claws of many crabs were pinched off.

Xia Maomao stared at the crabs in the basket, the eyes of the two emerald cats were full of distress, "Meow."

His crab!

Yan Xiannian grabbed them for a while, and said: "This is not good, you have to tie them up, otherwise it will be too dangerous."

Xia Huoqu whispered, "Go to the side to mow the grass."

Each of them has a dagger on their body, and the river bank is full of long and tough weeds, which are more useful than straw.

The three of them cut a large piece, stuffed it into the basket, and tied up all the crabs in the basket.

After living for so long after the disaster, it was no problem for the three of them to tie up something, and the three of them must tie each other.

They walked downstream along the river bank, picking out big crabs to catch.

Each of these big crabs weighed more than a catty, and they were bundled up and placed in baskets, like solid bricks.

The basket was full in a while, and the three of them carried the basket back, dumped the bundled crabs into the cart, and continued to catch them with flashlights.

Yan Xiannian originally planned to catch crabs for only two hours, but he did not expect to catch crabs for more than six hours in the end.

There were too many crabs on the river bank, and I couldn't stop catching them one by one.

In the end, the bucket was full of big crabs, stacked one by one, looking extremely rich.

The three of them and the cat yawned, smelling the fishy smell of crabs, and they all had happy expressions on their faces.

Yan Xiannian glanced at Houdou, and said: "Houdou can't sleep anymore, take the mattress and sleep on the ground. I'll watch the night first, and you sleep. I'll call Kong Zhi in two hours. Huo Qu, you watch from four o'clock to six o'clock. Take two hours."

Xia Maomao looked up, "Meow."

Yan Xiannian patted his head, "You can forget about it, Xiao Nong, you are in an unstable situation now, and you will be in trouble if you fall asleep while guarding the night."

"mum."

Yan Xiannian gently pushed his body, "Wait for the night watch after you recover, your current cat shape is too small, if any emergency happens, you can't handle it at all, and the night watch is meaningless."

Charon was persuaded.

He compromised and followed his brother to sleep.

It's dewy late at night, and it's actually quite cool to sleep in the open air.

Xia Maomao and his brother squeezed into the bed, their fluffy and soft body next to his brother, like a big doll.

His brother hugged him, and the breathing of one person and one cat was synchronized, which sounded very harmonious.

Yan Xiannian sat on the ponytail, looking at the starry sky and them at the same time, with smiles in his eyes.

The position of the stars gradually moved, and the time passed by every minute and every second. The night watchman changed from Yan Xiannian to Kong Zhi, and finally Xia Huoqu.

Xia Maomao was still sleeping soundly on her back under the warm blanket.

"Wake up." When Xia Maomao was sound asleep, his paw was pulled by his brother.

He opened his eyes suddenly, and saw that the morning glow had already appeared on the horizon.

A new day has begun.

"Meow." Xia Maomao stretched its paws forward, arched its buttocks, and stretched its waist.

Xia Huoqu watched him yawn, and he also made him yawn.

Xia Maomao ran to the side of the truck, quickly changed back to human form, took out his clothes, put them on, and ran to his brother, "Morning."

"Morning." His brother looked at him, as if he didn't understand how he changed back to human form, "What's wrong?"

Xia Lunong grinned, "I'll steam the crabs."

Steaming crabs is a big deal!

Xia Huoqu nodded.

The morning air was a bit chilly, Xia Lunong touched her slightly cool and slender legs, and picked out twelve damaged crabs out of a basket.

Each of these crabs is heavy and hard, with a lighter turquoise color on the back, and a little orange on the belly and legs, which looks delicious.

Xia Lunong almost didn't drool when imagining the taste of them being steamed.

Kong Zhi also woke up, and accompanied him to brush crabs.While helping, keep watch, and note the characteristics of the neighborhood by the way.

When they go to Yacheng to exchange supplies and come back, they can catch another wave of crabs and bring them back to the base to eat.

Xia Lunong lowered her head and concentrated on brushing the crabs.

He didn't untie the crab, it was still tied.

When washing, he kneaded the rough grass stems into a ball, and cleaned the front, side, back and belly of the crab neatly.

After washing the crabs, before steaming them in the wok, he specially cut off the stomachs.

Kong Zhi cast a questioning look at him.

Xia Lunong explained: "We don't have time to raise this crab. If we don't break off the belly and steam it, it will easily become fishy and bitter, which will affect the taste."

Kong Zhi nodded.

Xia Lunong neatly placed the back of the crab down, "Steaming crabs also has skills. It's best to steam them in water. It's better to turn the crabs upside down."

After putting the crabs in, Xia Lunong also put the sliced ​​ginger in his hand, and then asked Kong Zhi to light up the fire and prepare the sauce and vinegar for dipping the crabs by himself.

Yan Xinian was the latest to wake up, and was awakened by the smell of crabs.

When he opened his eyes, he was still sleepy, but he was smiling, "I haven't smelled this familiar fragrance for a long time."

Xia Lunong sniffed vigorously, "Yes, the crabs this time will definitely be delicious."

The water vapor rushed out with the smell of crabs, and the four of them stood by the pot, holding chopsticks and saucers, with the same expression—all with anticipation.

Steamed crabs are best eaten while they are hot.

Xia Lunong took out four steamed crabs from the pot, one for each person, and continued to steam.

The freshly steamed crab was still hot, but Xia Lunong couldn't care less, he grabbed it with his hands, his fingertips were red from the heat, but he still forcibly broke off the crab legs.

"It smells so good." Xia Lunong looked at the snow-white crab meat exposed from the broken leg, and swallowed, "The quality of the crab meat this time is really good."

"There are so many crabs in the car, eat slowly." Xia Huoqu broke open his crab, handed it to him on the plate, and exchanged one with him, "Don't hurry, just rest here for a while after eating. "

Xia Lunong nodded vigorously, and looked down at the crab his brother had broken open.

The crab shell is filled with orange-red crab paste, which is very plump.He picked up a little bit with his chopsticks and gently put it into his mouth.

This crab paste is fragrant, powdery, sweet, moist, and slightly grainy. When it is put on the tip of the tongue, it melts gently on the tip of the tongue almost immediately.

Xia Lunong narrowed her eyes, smacked, shook her head, and felt that she was very happy.

When the three of them saw him like this, they all smiled and broke apart the crabs to taste.

These crabs may be pure natural, the meat is very tender, very fragrant, very fresh, without any fishy smell, very perfect.

Before the catastrophe, Yan had a lot of good things to eat. Now that he ate crabs, he also felt that he had eaten so many river crabs, sea crabs, and coconut crabs before the catastrophe. They couldn't compare to this ordinary mutant crab.

This crab tastes so good, it would be nice to have some wine.

Wouldn't it be beautiful to drink wine and admire the moon, and eat crabs in the sky?

The four of them ate the crab in their hands slowly, throwing the crab shell into the fire and burning it, so as not to leave it behind and be recognized by others, and others would start to catch crabs on a large scale.

After one crab was eaten, the second batch of crabs in the pot happened to be steamed, and the four of them continued to eat.

After eating the second batch, the third batch, and after eating the third batch, Xia Lunong happily steamed the fourth batch, but was brought back by his brother.

His brother pinched his thin neck and looked at him, "The crab is so cold, eat so much at one go, do you want to have diarrhea?"

"No, the physique of orcs is much better than that of ordinary humans." Xia Lunong was still thinking, "Or have another meal at noon? I don't think there is much processing, just steaming it."

Yan Xiannian smiled, "After lunch, we will have another meal at night, right?"

"If you don't mind that much, I think it's fine. We'll catch crabs after we're done eating." Xia Lunong said, "I saw last night that there are still many crab holes on the embankment. I'm sure we can catch another one tonight." batch."

"Okay, don't go fishing." His brother stopped him, "After eating the crabs, you should quickly change back to the cat shape. Let's clean up and continue on our way. Don't catch any more crabs. The weather is so hot, and it's not easy to keep if you catch too many crabs. waste."

Xia Lunong looked regretfully at the river not far away, and nodded.

Yan Xi Nian said: "Don't be sorry, the distance from here to the base is not too far in a straight line. When you want to eat crabs, just let Kong Zhi change back to the shape of a beast and bring you here."

Xia Lunong nodded again.

After breakfast, the camp was packed, and the three of us set off again with a cat.

Kong Zhi and Xia Lunong flew to the sky to explore the way yesterday evening. Today, they re-planned the route and drove smoothly all morning. They also arrived at their target resting place on time.

It was very hot at noon, and there were big dark clouds floating in the sky.

Xia Huoqu sniffed the air, frowned and said, "It should rain heavily later."

They drove a truck with a tarp, and it was fine in light rain, but the inside would probably be soaked in heavy rain.

Even if the rice is wrapped layer by layer in plastic bags, it might get wet after putting it behind.There is also a bucket of crabs in the back bucket. When it rains, the crabs will be more active when they get wet, and they may escape from prison.

These troubles can be overcome, just carry the rice and stuff it under the seat.

The most troublesome thing is the road conditions. When it rains, the road conditions will get worse, and the sight line will also get worse. Their cars can only drive slower. On the road, they have to pay attention to a lot of things such as mutant beasts, mutant plants, and landslides.

Yan Xi Nian said: "Simply eat something and take a break, let's go on our way before it rains."

"Okay. Let me drive the first half, and you will drive the second half later. Your driving skills are better than mine, and you can drive steadily in the rain."