Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Xu Han came to the main hall after finishing the meal and saw Lu Chuan drinking water again. She asked proudly as if to take credit.

"Look, I picked so many honeysuckle flowers, they are very useful! Do you still think it's troublesome to pick them?"

“Thanks to my wife’s honeysuckle, otherwise I would still be drinking plain water every day when I go hunting!

You must admit that honeysuckle is really a good thing. Since midsummer, I have been drinking honeysuckle water every day, and I haven’t had a heat stroke this year!"

Xu Han also said, "Let's see if we can still pick them next year. If we can, we'll pick more and keep them. The weather will be hotter during droughts, and we'll be more likely to get heat stroke."

"It should still be possible to pick them. The humidity in the mountains is higher than outside. When the honeysuckle blooms, the drought shouldn't be so severe! We'll go to the mountains to look for it next year." Lu Chuan responded.

Xu Han suddenly thought that mint could also be used to make tea to relieve the heat, so she asked Lu Chuan

"Have you ever seen mint? It can also relieve heat, but I haven't seen it near my home. I wonder if there is any other place?"

“What is mint?”

"How should I put it? It smells cool and refreshing, is green, and usually grows near water."

Lu Chuan thought for a moment and replied, "I seem to have seen it when I was hunting in the mountains and resting by the stream.

Black Wind gave me a leaf like this, and it smelled cool. It should be the mint you mentioned!"

"Where is it? Is it far? Take me there tomorrow!"

"Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow, but it's a bit far, probably going to take an hour and a half!"

"It's okay. Let's get up early tomorrow and set off before the sun gets too bright. I can hold on!"

So the two of them happily decided to go to the stream tomorrow to see if there was really mint.

After lunch, the two went to take a nap...

When I woke up from my nap, Lu Chuan was no longer at home. He must have gone out to chop wood.

Xu Han packed up and went to the woods. In the morning, Lu Chuan had already cut a lot of branches, which were scattered all over the ground. He probably hadn't had time to sort them out yet.

Seeing this, Xu Han picked them up and put them into the space. One person chopped and the other picked up.

When the space was full, Xu Han would take the branches home and put them on the open space outside the yard to dry them in the sun, and then pile them into firewood piles after they were dry.

Lu Chuan only cut down small trees or large branches. He did not cut down very thick trees. Small branches are thinner, dry quickly, and are easy to use as firewood.

The two of them worked until it was getting dark before they got up and went home.

After returning home, Lu Chuan went to clean the chicken and duck pens, and Xu Han started to prepare dinner.

I plan to make a dish of edamame and roast chicken tonight, which Xu Han also likes very much. Especially the edamame in it, which is so delicious.

First cut the chicken into small pieces and rinse it repeatedly to remove the blood. Then heat oil in a pan and put the chicken into the pan and stir-fry until the meat is firm. Add onion, ginger, and garlic and continue to stir-fry. Then add dried chili segments and peppercorns.

Add water to the same level as the chicken, put in seasonings, simmer for fifteen minutes, then add an appropriate amount of edamame, continue simmering for a while, let the edamame absorb the flavor, then add the green and red pepper segments and stir-fry evenly before serving.

Add some cucumber salad and you can start eating. It's too hot, so I won't make soup, I'll just drink it with some drinks later.

Today's staple food is white rice with brown rice.

Paired with the tea eggs cooked in the morning, it is another hearty meal.

Xu Han first took out a tea egg, peeled off the skin, and saw a very beautiful pattern, just like marble patterns, which was particularly beautiful.

I tasted it and it tasted just right, the flavor had been soaked into it.

I have been eating boiled eggs recently. I haven’t eaten tea eggs for a long time. They are especially delicious, with soft, glutinous and fragrant egg yolks, and very tasty.

He peeled two and gave them to Heifeng and Heidian respectively, and gave one to Lu Chuan, and put the rest into the space.

If you don't put it in a space when it's hot, it will easily break down.

After dinner, Xu Han continued to shell corn kernels, while Lu Chuan was sharpening the sickle he had just bought some time ago.

If there is really mint tomorrow, I will still cut more, even though it is already mid-July and the time to harvest mint has passed.

The best time to harvest is between June and July, so that you can harvest again in October.

Fortunately, it is only mid-July now so it shouldn’t be too late. However, when we harvest the second crop in October, there will definitely not be as much as this time.

Let's go look for it first! I don't know if there is mint yet! But according to Lu Chuan's description, it should be close to it! The tools should still be fully prepared.

The two of them went to bed early today, as they have to go early tomorrow, otherwise it will be too hot at noon and they won't be able to do any work.

The next morning, before daybreak, the two got up and set out.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the sky began to brighten.

They kept walking without resting. Xu Han was very desperate and was about to stop to rest when she finally heard Lu Chuan say that they were almost there.

When Xu Han heard this, she didn't rest and continued walking forward. After about five or six minutes, she finally arrived at the place Lu Chuan mentioned.

Looking in the direction of Lu Chuan's finger, it was indeed a piece of mint. In order to prevent herself from being dazzled and making a mistake, Xu Han hurriedly ran up to it, took a look, and then plucked off a leaf and smelled it.

"Yes, it's mint. Lu Chuan, we found mint, and it's such a big piece of mint!"

Xu Han excitedly pulled Lu Chuan's arm and shook it, and put the mint in her hand on Lu Chuan's nose and smelled it.

Lu Chuan also cooperated and exclaimed, "So this is mint! There's such a big piece of it!"

Mint is a perennial plant. As long as it has roots, it can reproduce quickly and in large numbers, and it reproduces very quickly.

Every year when you harvest it, as long as the rhizomes are not damaged, it will grow new branches again.

The two of them simply drank some water, took a rest, and then started harvesting mint.

Harvesting mint is simple, just like mowing grass. Grasp the mint branches with one hand and cut them with a sickle with the other hand, and repeat this process.

By noon, all the mint had been harvested. Xu Han put all the mint into the space.

Lu Chuan took Xu Han to a cool and windy place to hide from the sun.

The two of them first took out the food in the space and started to eat lunch. After eating, they took out a sheet and spread it on the clean and smooth ground, and then started to take a nap.

When he woke up, the sun was not so bright anymore. Lu Chuan was hunting nearby, and Xu Han followed Lu Chuan, looking around aimlessly.