Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

The next morning, Xu Han took out the mugwort that she had cut earlier and hung it out to dry.

Then start preparing the things needed to pickle the salted duck eggs.

First take out two baskets of duck eggs and check them one by one to see if they are fertilized. Some fertilized ones cannot be used to pickle salted duck eggs, so they should be picked out separately.

Then ask Lu Chuan if he wants to eat the hairy eggs. If he doesn’t, then we can only give them to the two dogs, Black Wind and Black Point…

After seasoning, take the duck eggs to the backyard and clean them one by one.

Then put them in the sun to dry for half a day. This way, the pickled salted duck eggs will be easier to produce sand and oil, and will taste better!

After that, start preparing the seasonings needed for pickling salted duck eggs.

Today Xu Han plans to pickle salted duck eggs using two methods to see which method makes the salted duck eggs taste better!

The first is the traditional salt water soak. Prepare some peppercorns and salt. Adding peppercorns can make the duck eggs less fishy. Put them in water and boil them, then set them aside to cool for later use.

The second method is to pickle salted eggs like last time, using white wine and salt. Salted duck eggs do not need to be pickled with five spices. The pure original flavor is delicious.

After all these things are prepared, go and clean the jars at home so that they can be used to store salted duck eggs and pickled chili peppers.

The pickled cucumbers I made before, after many replenishments, now fill two large jars, enough to last for a long time.

After pickling, Xu Han put it directly into the space to avoid spoiling later.

Xu Han took the backpack and went to the vegetable garden in the backyard, picking and storing all the recently ripened vegetables.

Now is the peak season for vegetable growth, and they need to be picked every two or three days, otherwise the cucumbers will become old. Tomatoes, on the other hand, can be kept for a few more days.

Maybe it’s because we live in the mountains. Although there are black spots and black winds in the house, we still can’t prevent some greedy birds from flying into the backyard and stealing food when no one is paying attention.

Xu Han looked at the half-pecked tomato in her hand, turned back into the house, took out a piece of Lu Chuan's tattered clothes, and planned to make a scarecrow to scare the greedy birds.

First take out the branches and tie them into a human shape, then put Lu Chuan's clothes on it, and then use straw to make a head.

Tie a red plastic bag with space inside on your head.

From a distance, it really looked like a person. Xu Han took the scarecrow and fixed it next to the tomato.

I continued to pick today's vegetables. The greens I planted last time can also be picked. The weather has been hot recently, and the vegetables are growing very fast. I picked them too.

Wait until the evening to plant some more vegetables. If you plant vegetables now, they will be killed by the sun in the afternoon. It is better to plant them in the evening when there is no sun! This way the seedlings can recover.

After picking all the peppers, Xu Han took out the peppers needed for making chili sauce today and started to wash them in the backyard. Garlic and ginger also needed to be washed in advance.

The method of making pickled chili is similar to pickled cucumbers. Pickled cucumbers actually contain chili peppers.

But it’s very little, after all, it’s put in as an ingredient!

At noon, Xu Han finished her lunch alone and went to rest. She slept until about 3:30.

In the past, Lu Chuan would almost always come back around this time, but lately it’s been getting darker and later, and the places Lu Chuan goes are farther away than before.

I would find a place to take a short nap at noon, and now I usually come back when it’s almost dark.

Of course, the prey caught recently is much more than before.

After getting up, Xu Han started to pickle the salted duck eggs. First, put the dried brine into the jar, then put the salted duck eggs in, and seal it for storage.

On the other side, roll the duck eggs in white wine, then roll them in salt and place them in the jar.

After finishing everything, I started to make chili sauce. Today, Xu Han plans to try making some chili sauce with oil!

Cut the peppers after controlling the moisture into appropriate segments, add a little salt and marinate to remove excess moisture.

Heat oil in a pan, put the prepared shredded ginger and spices into the pan to bring out the aroma, then add appropriate amount of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and rock sugar to make the sauce.

After it cools down, pour it into the peppers. Stir well, then seal it in a jar and store it.

Since making pickled chili peppers requires the same light soy sauce as pickled cucumbers, and there is only a little over a bottle of light soy sauce in the space, you need to make it several times like you did for pickled cucumbers.

After everything was done, before it got dark, I went to the yard, took out the mugwort that had been dried in the sun, and started kneading the moxa wool.

I'll make some mosquito coils and use them. I can also sleep well at night.

When Lu Chuan still hadn't come back by the time it got dark, Xu Han started to worry again. Hunting was also a high-risk business, and if she didn't see anyone on time, she would inevitably get worried and scared.

But Xu Han also believed in Lu Chuan's ability. If he could kill a tiger, there shouldn't be any accidents!

After thinking this through, I stopped thinking about it. I should go and prepare dinner first! I can eat it directly when Lu Chuan comes back.

Today's dinner is cumin lamb and garlic lettuce.

First cut the mutton into thin strips, then marinate it with cooking wine, ginger, onion, pepper, oyster sauce and a little starch.

Heat oil in a pan, fry the mutton in the pan, then take it out and set aside.

After pouring out the oil, heat oil in another pan, add shredded ginger and lamb and stir-fry, add appropriate amount of salt to season, and sprinkle with cumin and sesame seeds before serving.

A homely version of cumin lamb is ready.

Let’s continue making today’s garlic lettuce. This is very simple. Just put the lettuce into the pan and stir-fry it, then add the garlic sauce prepared in advance and it’s ready to serve.

There is still one soup left. Let's make a simple one today! Seaweed egg drop soup. It is delicious and simple. The staple food is still white rice.

After everything was done, Lu Chuan had not come back yet. Seeing that it was already dark, Xu Han could no longer sit still and got up and went outside the yard.

From afar, he saw a torch slowly approaching from the distance, and Black Spot ran away immediately when he saw it.

Xu Han also closed the gate and followed him out.

After walking for a while, I could finally hear Lu Chuan's voice. "I'm fine, don't worry, I'm not injured. Don't run! Be careful not to fall!"

Xu Han felt relieved after hearing this. She didn't move forward but stood there waiting.

Watching Lu Chuan walking towards her slowly, she was angry and didn't go to pick him up. It's like this every time. This man really has no memory at all.

Doesn't he know that someone is waiting for him at home? Doesn't he know that someone is worried about him? He doesn't know to go home early when it's already dark!

Seeing Xu Han standing there motionless, Lu Chuan thought, "Oh no, my wife is angry again! What should I do? Who can save me?"

Although I thought so in my heart, I still quickened my pace and moved forward.