Ancient natural disasters: The whole family traveled through time and was almost wiped out

Chapter 169

"okay!"

Jiang Xiaomi was moving things out of the space: "Are you here just to check out the food? Is there anything else?"

The old man often speaks incoherently, as if he doesn't understand the questions asked. He often talks about other things and doesn't answer your questions directly. I don't know why.

"I'm fine!" Jiang Lizheng watched Jiang Xiaomi conjure up bag after bag of things, big and small, without blinking. He was not at peace at all. He untied the bag and said as he looked at it, "I just wanted to see if our food and other things were really well preserved like your father said. Is there anything wrong with it?"

"Oh, this! There must be nothing wrong! I'll take out some more for you, take a look, the things stored are good, and there are plenty of them! Don't worry!" Jiang Xiaomi kept moving.

"Before, we were in the mountains, there were too many people, and I didn't dare to let you move out to see him. Now that I'm home, I've been busy with many things and don't have time. But I'd be worried if I didn't take a look! This concerns the lives of this whole family! Grandpa has to have a clear mind!"

"Just be at ease! I tell you, our family has more and better things than you think. Just look at this meat, Changbai pork, with three layers of streaks, doesn't it look like the butcher uncle just bled it out? What my father said is true, I have this magical power that whatever I put in will come out the same way. Look at this grain, isn't it dry? Not damp at all, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jiang Lizheng grabbed a handful of rice, knocked seven or eight grains, and said with a smile.

He picked up the meat that Jiang Xiaomi had taken out, looked at it, and smelled it. Hmm, it smelled like pork.

But it definitely doesn't taste bad.

If this pork was bought when my granddaughter and her family just returned to the village, it would have been at least three to four months old, and it is still very fresh!

Jiang Lizheng was finally relieved.

"Grandpa, here it is."

"What?" Jiang Lizheng took the black bottle with a hint of red from his granddaughter's hand.

Jiang Xiaomi helped him unscrew the bottle cap: "Take a sip, it's delicious!"

"Really? Gulp, gulp--hiccup--"

The water was as black as medicine. Jiang Lizheng would never have drunk it if it had not been given by his eldest granddaughter. He took it and took a big gulp like he was drinking water. The taste went straight to the top of his head and his nose felt extremely uncomfortable. The burps came out without any warning, and after one burp there was another.

Jiang Lizheng had a painful expression on his face: "What is this? Why is it so unpalatable? Ah? Why is it a little bit sour? It's not sour at all!"

"Does it make your teeth ache?" Jiang Xiaomi took a sip herself and said, "I don't have any ache! It's stored in my magical power. Don't you like to drink it? Then give it to me!"

"Stored in the magical power?! I love to drink it!" When Jiang Lizheng heard this, he no longer felt it was unpalatable. He moved closer to the bottle, learned his lesson, took a small sip tentatively, smacked his lips, and suddenly found that it was quite delicious!

sweet.

In addition, it was something from the magical power, so Jiang Lizheng immediately developed a filter towards it and wanted to take it back and drink it with his old wife.

"Xiaomi, Grandpa doesn't know how many good things you have in your magical powers, but what Grandpa wants to say is that you should not use those things if you can. They are too eye-catching."

Jiang Lizheng has always known that there are foreign things in Jiang Xiaomi's magical powers. He has always felt that the things in Jiang Xiubai's grocery store should have been taken out from Jiang Xiaomi's magical powers.

"I know." Jiang Xiaomi nodded: "But at that time, the flood was coming and we didn't have much time, so we had no choice but to take out everything we could use. But the things we took out were all easy to make excuses for. I wouldn't take out things that were hard to explain. Otherwise, we would have so much fresh meat and vegetables at home, but we could only look at them and not eat them!"

Jiang Xiaomi pointed to the pork belly and the bundle of green vegetables.

"That's right." Jiang Lizheng nodded: "Just keep it in mind."

"How about eating this piece of meat tonight?" Jiang Xiaomi looked at the pork belly with envy: "Should we ask the fat chef to cook it? Or should we cook it ourselves?"

What I mean is to ask Jiang Lizheng, is the fat chef useful?

As the person who cooks in the family, he must know that there is no fresh meat at home.

To be precise, there is not a single piece of fresh meat to be found in the entire village.

Jiang Lizheng said: "Let the fat cook do it. His indenture is in our house, so don't be afraid."

Putting aside all conditions, given the current situation, where can the fat chef's floating family go?

They had no choice but to rely on the Jiang family, so there were some things he could know, but he couldn't know them too clearly.

A qualified servant knows best what to do and what not to do, and what to say and what not to say.

"Great!" Jiang Xiaomi was immediately excited: "Let's eat braised pork today. I'll get some other meat for him!"

Finally I can eat normally!

Jiang Xiaomi picked some meat, and happened to see the Coke on the table, so she took out a bag of chicken wings. Today, she would add another dish, Coke chicken wings!

The meat was delivered in a basket and the Coke was delivered in a can in the basket.

The fat chef looked at the basket of ingredients that were originally common but now impossible to appear. He brainstormed for several moments and was excited for a while. In the end, he just said calmly: "Okay, Miss."

The fat chef resisted the urge to ask, took the ingredients and started to process them. The bag of chicken wings was frozen hard and needed to be put in hot water to slowly cook.

A chicken has only two wings. How many chickens would have to be killed to get this big bag of chicken wings?

And, if we only eat the wings, where do the remaining two parts of the wings go? And what about the remaining chicken?

The fat chef couldn't help but think of an interesting story he heard from his master. It was said that there was a landlord in the past. His family was rich and he loved to eat chicken. He would eat a hundred chickens in one meal. He asked at that time, "You can't finish a hundred chickens even if you die!" The master said that people don't eat the meat of chicken, but only the chicken tongue!

There was also a high-ranking official who loved eating carp. He would eat two hundred carp in one meal. It’s not that he didn’t eat meat, he only ate the two carp whiskers. Carp jumps over the Dragon Gate to turn into a dragon, so the dish has a resounding name called Stir-fried Dragon Whiskers!

But later on, the official’s property was confiscated and he was not allowed to use the dish. The emperor is a true dragon emperor. Do you think his life is too long by stir-frying dragon’s beard?

However, this is not important.

He just felt that the eldest lady's chicken wings were somewhat similar to the above two?

"What's wrong?" Jiang Xiaomi felt that the fat chef looked at her strangely.

"Nothing." The fat cook quickly looked away and wiped his hands with his apron. "How would you like to eat this chicken wing, Miss?"

"I was just about to tell you, make two cuts on both sides of the chicken wings so that they can be more flavorful. Then just cook them the way you normally would. When stewing, don't add water, just add this."

Jiang Xiaomi pointed to the Fat House Happy Water in the jar. The fat chef sniffed it carefully and found bubbles jumping up his nose, but there was no other smell, unlike the pepper and chili powder last time.

"Make another dish of braised pork, and you can prepare the rest as you like. Put the onions, ginger, and garlic under the green vegetables." Jiang Xiaomi ordered the dishes and left.

The fat cook rummaged in the basket and found a handful of fresh green onions, a bag of garlic, and a large piece of ginger.

These are things that had been used up long ago during the rainstorm!

That's it.

It's none of his business.

He's just a cook.

A cook who is responsible for cooking.

A cook who no longer has to cook for hundreds of people.

His life is good now and he is very satisfied.

What he needs to do most now is to make his masters love the food he cooks more and more, so much so that no other cook can replace him.

In this way, his position in the family can be absolutely stable!

come on!

Wash the pot and heat the oil!

“Sh ...

"Ah! Yo!"

Xiao Shun covered his forehead which was hit by the oil spots and was very puzzled: "Master, how can you put oil in the pot when there is water in it?"

"...You startled me!" The fat chef came back to his senses and glanced at the little apprentice's forehead which was covered: "Are you okay? Go get some lard and rub it on yourself later."

"That's not necessary." Xiao Shun wasn't that hypocritical. A cook wouldn't be afraid of making a fuss. He was just a little curious: "Master, what's wrong with you? Don't you always tell me that there are two major taboos in being a cook? One is not to add fuel to the fire, and the other is not to add fuel to the fire. You have violated both taboos. Did the young lady say something to you?"

"You ask about everything!" The fat cook glared at him and said, "Stop asking about the masters' affairs."

"I'm not asking, I'm just curious."

"What are you curious about? How can a grown man be a gossip? For grown men like us, being a chef is the right path. You don't remember the useful things I taught you, but only remember the useless ones."

"..."

On the table, dishes were served one after another: cola chicken wings, braised pork, garlic lettuce, steamed pork with rice flour, and yam and pork ribs soup. The fat chef dared to say that there were only a few chefs in Luoshui County who could prepare such a table of dishes.

Even a good cook cannot cook without rice, and the chef is also afraid.

Without ingredients, no matter how great your skills are, you won’t be able to display them!

Everyone looked at the dishes for tonight, and all looked at Jiang Xiaomi, who laughed twice and said, "Grandpa, start eating."

Can't wait to eat.

"Okay! Let's eat!" Jiang Lizheng took the lead and picked up a piece of cola chicken wings. These chicken wings were made with the sweet water in the magic power.

"Hmm! Delicious!" Jiang Lizheng nodded. It tasted better than drinking sweet water alone. Old Mrs. Yang also took a piece and agreed. She didn't like to drink the sweet water that her granddaughter got from her magical power, but she liked to eat this.

Others also started eating, and in tacit understanding, they didn’t say or ask too many questions. The long-awaited meal was so delicious.

Only one person was confused.

Liu took a bite of the braised pork, her eyes lit up, and she was a little puzzled: "Has our fat chef's cooking skills improved again? What is this made of? Why does it feel so much like real meat? The taste is similar. And the chicken wings and the steamed pork with rice flour? The green vegetables don't look fake either."

Although she didn't care about anything, she had lived in the mountains for so long that she naturally knew that there was no fresh pork or fresh vegetables at home or in the village.

Jiang Xiubin silently picked up another piece for his mother: "We will eat whatever the fat chef cooks, don't worry about the other things. If you think this braised pork tastes good, eat more."

Mrs. Liu was a little stunned, feeling that there seemed to be something else behind her son's words, but she just ate the braised pork in the bowl and didn't ask any more questions.

During the meal, Jiang Xiaomi silently loosened her belt.

The next day, the village had to clean up the public fish pond. Other areas had already been cleaned up, leaving only one fish pond. No one knew if there were still any fish in it.

However, even if these fish are still there, they cannot be eaten. The fish pond needs to be cleaned out, disinfected, and filled with water again, and then raised for a while before it can be eaten.

"Where do you think we should go to play today? How about the old house?" Jiang Xiaomi clapped her hands to calm the children who had not been out for a long time.

The children had been detained at home these days. When they heard that they were allowed to come out, they ran around like crazy. If Jiang Xiaomi hadn't pulled them back to line up, they would have run away to who knows where.

Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiubai had already received the task yesterday. Today they had to find a legitimate origin for the sixty chicks. These children were the most qualified witnesses.

"Okay!" As long as we can have fun, we can go anywhere!

The two of them then ran towards the old house with a group of children babbling. The old house was very close to the mountain behind it, right at the foot of the mountain. But because it was too close, there were many snakes, insects, rats and ants, so the villagers gradually built their houses outside.

They didn't dare to go far with the children, and released the chicks not far from the foot of the mountain, and then tragedy struck -

“It’s a chick!” Jiang Xiaomai was the first to spot it. She immediately ran over. The chick was frightened and flew away. Jiang Xiaomai quickly chased after it, but the chick disappeared…

Then the horse-catching and chicken-catching activities began.

When the last chicken was caught, Jiang Xiaomi and Jiang Xiubai acted like two refugees, holding a chicken in each hand. Jiang Xiaomi twitched his mouth, "Brother, are you stupid? Chickens have legs and can run, and you just put them on the ground? You are the only one who made a mistake, but we are the ones who suffer!"

When the two returned with the chicks, the people in Jiangjia Village were indeed shocked, but they soon assigned them another task: "There are chicks on the mountain, and there may be ducklings by the river. It's still early, so go and have a look."

There were no ducks by the river, but Jiang Xiubai had them, and he also had geese.

But this time the bug in the system has been fixed, and the purchase limit for both ducks and geese is ten, and can only be purchased once.

"Why are you so stingy?" Jiang Xiubai said to the system, but the system ignored him.

"Hey, there really are some." Butcher Jiang grinned, "It's strange, how did these little things survive?"

"Talk less and do more. You're sweating and being blown by the wind. What should you do if you catch a cold? Hurry up and dig up the pond foundation, drain the water, and sprinkle some lime powder while the weather is good. Wait until next spring to buy some fish fry..."

The fish pond has a small drain outlet, but it will take a long time to drain the seven or eight acres of fish pond with such a small drain outlet. So, the pond foundation is being dug up!