Cats grow fields in the apocalyptic wasteland

The three big men gathered around the chopping board, staring at the big pot of ants, feeling a little helpless.

In the end, it was Xia Huoqu who did the work, chopped off the ant's head, opened the chest and abdomen, took out two pieces of light green and white ant meat, one large and one small, and put them on the chopping board.

Xia Lunong leaned closer and sniffed hard.

Xia Huoqu saw his nose twitch and asked, "What's the smell?"

"It doesn't seem to have any special smell." Xia Lunong took another deep breath, scratching the side of her face, "I've heard people say that ant eggs are sour, isn't this at all?"

Yan Xi Nian said: "There are so many ants in the world, not all of them can secrete formic acid. Besides, they have mutated so much in size, if they can secrete formic acid, no animal can beat them. The whole ecology will be fatally hit."

Xia Lunong thought about it and found it reasonable.

No matter which direction the animals and plants mutate, they are all limited by the environment. Ants are so prolific, if they are still invincible, it is estimated that the resources of an area will be exhausted soon, and they will not be able to survive by themselves.

Xia Huoqu peeled off the meat of the first ant. After the three of them sniffed it carefully, they felt that it was non-toxic and had no peculiar smell. It should be edible, so they continued to peel it.

Soon, a whole pot of ant meat was peeled out and placed on a large plate, which looked quite crystal clear. If they hadn't seen the shells in the trash can, they would not have been able to imagine that such beautiful meat came from such ugly insects .

Xia Huoqu put down the knife, and said to Xia Lunong: "I leave the rest to you, you see how to do it."

Xia Lunong took a step forward, picked up the plate and smelled it again, but he still felt that there was no peculiar smell. As for the taste, he couldn't guess at all.

He turned to look at his brother, "Then I will handle the meat in the usual way?"

"It's fine, just do it your way."

Xia Lunong put some cooking wine, salt, and five-spice powder into it, then poured some cooking wine, soy sauce and oil, and stirred it evenly with chopsticks.

Then cut green peppers, red peppers, ginger, garlic, and scallions, and the ingredients are ready.

Heat a pan with cold oil, pour in the seasonings and fry until fragrant, then pour the ant meat into the pan.

The hot oil quickly cooked the light blue ant meat into white, and the ant meat also rolled up and became elastic.

Xia Lunong continued to cook on high heat, and after confirming that the frying was done, he poured half a bowl of water into it, gurgling the fire to collect the juice.

The first time they eat ant meat, they have to make sure the ant meat is cooked until it is fully cooked.

The soup in the pot was gurgling, and soon turned into water vapor, and the remaining soup became more viscous.

Xia Lunong picked up a piece from the pot, put it near her mouth and blew it, to cool down the ant meat, put it into her mouth, and bit down gently.

Ant meat is tender, slippery, fresh, springy, a little sour, very light, with chili, but a bit sour and hot, it goes well with rice.

Xia Lunong looked down at the pot, feeling that the ant meat was much better than he imagined.

This ant meat is no worse than shrimp meat.

Yan Xiannian was lighting a fire underneath, saw him standing there, and asked: "How is it?"

"I feel pretty good." Xia Lunong scooped up another piece with a spatula and handed it to him, "Brother Xi Nian, you try it?"

Yan Xiannian picked up this piece of ant meat with two fingers, because it was too hot, he had to throw his left hand to his right, flipped back and forth, quickly threw it into his mouth, and let out a breath.

After haggling for a long time, he chewed.

Xia Lunong observed his expression and asked, "How is it?"

Yan Xinian squinted his eyes, felt it carefully, and gave a thumbs up, "It's very tender and juicy."

"I also think it's very fresh and tender, and it can be included in the ingredient list of the base."

Yan Xiannian nodded, "When we go out on patrol next time, we will bring back a few more ants of this kind, and let the Bailou side study it."

Xia Lunong was not interested in scientific research, so she nodded and didn't ask any further questions.

After he finished frying the ant meat, fried eggplant and lentils, he had a soy bean and winter melon soup to cool off the heat.

The three of them are all at home, waiting for Kong Zhi to come back for dinner.

Kong Zhi came back when it was almost dark, still holding something in his hand.

Xia Lunong saw that the thing in his hand was in the shape of a long strip, rolling and curling in his hand, thought it was a snake, and was startled.

When I got closer, I realized that the thing had a yellow body without phosphorus, a round head and a round body, and it was clearly a ricefield eel!

"What a big rice field eel!" Xia Lunong quickly took out a bucket to put it in, "Where did you catch the rice field eel?"

"It's in the field." Kong Zhi threw the eel into the empty bucket, and motioned Xia Lunong to scoop up water to wash his hands. "I just found it today. It should have swam into the field along the ditch to steal fish."

Xia Lunong looked down at the rice field eel in the bucket that was almost as thick as his wrist. He didn't know how long this guy had lived. It's a pity that if he didn't steal the chicken, he would lose the rice and put himself on the hook.

Xia Lunong asked: "Where is the place where the eel mutated?"

"There are two extra legs growing under the stomach." Kong Zhi turned the bucket to the side to show him, "Other than that, there are no other mutations, so it should be edible."

"Okay." Xia Lunong put the wooden basin on top of the barrel and covered it to prevent the eels from escaping. "It happens that the eels have strong vitality, so raise them for two more days to get rid of the muddy smell."

Kong Zhi had no objection, he went out to wash his face after washing his hands, wishing he could wash his whole body before going out to eat together.

Yan Xiannian specially put the plate of ant meat in front of him, and said with a smile on his face: "Come and taste the good stuff we got back today, it's great."

Kong Zhi raised his head and glanced lightly, "Ant meat?"

"Hey, you guys observe carefully enough? How do you know?"

"The garbage in the bucket was not emptied."

Yan Xi Nian said: "That's just right. According to folklore, this thing nourishes the kidneys. Try it."

Xia Huo channel: "Freccentric."

"It's a legend, try it and you'll know."

Kong Zhi raised his head and glanced at Xia Lunong.

Xia Lunong followed with a smirk, heartless.

Kong Zhi tasted a piece, and said to Xia Huo, "It tastes good. Brother Huo Qu, did you catch it today?"

Xia Huoqu: "Well, I happened to see it when I was on patrol. I caught it and tried to add another dish."

Kong Zhi asked: "Is this hard to catch? Do you want me to go out with you to have a look?"

Xia Huoqu: "It's okay, it's not too dangerous, so I have to be careful to avoid its mouthparts, just pinch it from behind. It's not dangerous if you don't get surrounded by a lot of ants."

The two discussed about ants.

Xia Lunong heard that there are ants everywhere outside now, and there are ant eggs as big as half an ant, and her heart is crazy.

Ant eggs are a well-known special delicacy. I don't know what the taste of mutated ant eggs is.

Xia Lunong said: "When will you get the protective belt, can you catch more ants to eat when you get the protective belt?"

"Just a while longer."

Speaking of ants, Xia Lunong thought of another delicacy. He turned his head and asked his brother, "Brother, did you see crayfish in the nearby waters when you were patrolling?"

"I didn't look carefully, but there shouldn't be many." Xia Huo channeled, "No one is raising them now, so it won't be easy to get some fresh crayfish."

"It's a little bit if you can get some." Xia Lunong said, "Let's go get some back, when the time comes, fry some spicy crayfish or something, just drink with wine, how beautiful."

Xia Huo's channel: "I don't have time now, it will take a while. Wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. I will take you out to play during the Mid-Autumn Festival in August."

Xia Lunong did the math, "July is NO.17 now, and the Mid-Autumn Festival in August this year seems to be around October. Brother, it's too long, why don't we go after we finish plucking the peanuts? How about a little free time, just to go out and have fun?"

Since going to Yacheng, Xia Lunong has been suffocating in the base for a long time. The usual daily entertainment is to read novels and videos. He is so boring that he wants to go out a long time ago.

Xia Huoqu was still thinking.

Xia Lunong looked at his brother, and tentatively said: "If you don't have time, I can go out with the base's collection team. I think Lao Liu and the others are very reliable. I can also become a beast now..."

"Don't even think about it." Xia Huoqu raised his eyes and interrupted him, "You will probably be slowed down when you go, it's best not to think about it, when the time comes, either you will be in danger or you will put Lao Liu and the others in danger."

"No way—" Xia Lunong hadn't finished speaking, seeing his brother staring at him, she had to raise her hands in surrender, "OK, OK, I promise I won't act alone, can we go out after pulling out the peanuts? "

Xia Huo's channel: "Pull the peanuts, pick them, wash them, dry them, and fry them. After completing these six steps, I will take you out for a trip."

Xia Lunong did some calculations, and it will take more than half a month to go through this set of steps.

Especially for drying peanuts, it depends on whether the sun will come out or not.

In this way, it is actually not much different from going out during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Xia Lunong raised her head to protest, but seeing his brother's expression, she swallowed the words of protest again.

Forget it, go out for a trip after frying the oil, maybe wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival to grind his brother, and then go out again.

Xia Lunong's abacus was crackling in his heart, and he raised his head and smiled at his brother, "Okay, I think the peanuts are almost ready to be pulled, and we'll go out to play after we're done."

When going to bed at night, his brother went to sleep at his old brother's house next door, and he and Kong Zhi were the only ones at home.

Kong Zhi takes a bath first, and Xia Lunong takes a bath later.

Xia Lunong wiped his flat hair with a towel and came out after taking a shower. Wang Kongzhi was reading an e-book on the sofa, sat down beside him depressedly, and said, "I shouldn't have told my brother that I wanted to go out tonight. , tell you directly that you want to go out, maybe we can go out in two days."

His brother will take care of him, but he doesn't take care of Kong Zhi much.

Maybe Kong Zhi is a bird of prey, or maybe his brother is more sensitive to the boundaries of identity.

Kong Zhi said: "There have been a lot of ants outside recently, it's normal for Brother Huo Qu to be worried."

Xia Lunong sat next to him in a dignified manner, with a towel on her lap, and sighed, "You keep saying that there are many ants outside, but I can't see them, and I can't judge the actual situation."

Kong Zhi raised his head, his eyes turned from the e-book to him.

Xia Lunong didn't wait for him to speak, and turned to look at him in surprise.

Kong Zhi withdrew his gaze, and said lightly: "Isn't it necessary to get a protective belt in a while? At that time, the young and strong will definitely have to take turns to go out, and they will see it soon."

"Okay, we'll have to wait for a while." Xia Lunong sighed, brushed her hair indiscriminately, and put the towel on the armrest of the sofa next to her, "I'm going back to sleep, you should go to bed early too."

"OK, good night."

Xia Lunong stood up, "Good night."

Xia Lunong quickly went back to her room to sleep.

He didn't see it, Kong Zhi sat on the spot, staring at the towel he was wiping his hair for a long time.

It was a gray, slightly faded, slightly scratchy towel.

It was emitting a faint scent of shampoo from the armrest.

The scent kept drilling into Kong Zhi's nose, firmly dragging his thoughts.

He stared blankly for a long time before standing up and walking to his room.