Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Today Xu Han plans to make beef and salty rice. I still remember that when I was a child, my mother would make this rice for me when the family bought beef. It was very delicious.

Take out the beef from the space, cut it into thin strips and clean it, then cut some ginger strips.

Heat oil in a pan, put the shredded ginger and beef into the pan and stir-fry, then add water and appropriate amount of white rice and start cooking.

After the water boils, add the last bit of sweet potato vermicelli, break it into pieces and put it in. Finally, add pepper, chicken essence, oyster sauce, and salt to season.

After it becomes thick, add some sesame oil and it is ready to serve. It is also delicious when paired with some pickles.

After dinner, it was still early, so the two continued to work and did not go to rest until ten o'clock.

The next day, when Xu Han got up, it was still drizzling outside. After breakfast, Xu Han suggested going outside to see if there were any ground vegetables growing.

Ground vegetables will grow in March and April and August and September every year.

Xu Han hadn’t thought about it before, until she saw it by the vegetable patch yesterday, and then she remembered that now is the season for ground vegetables to grow.

The two men put on straw hats and raincoats and walked to the hillside in front of their home together.

Sure enough, they saw some very lush ground vegetables, and Xu Han taught Lu Chuan how to pick them.

Ground ivy is delicious but very difficult to clean. Be careful when picking it up, pick up the big ones, not the broken ones. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome to clean it when you get home.

Each person had a bamboo basket and they squatted on the ground to pick up the trash. After finishing picking up the trash here, they would move to another place to continue picking up the trash.

It was foggy and drizzling the whole day. The rain was not heavy, but it was not convenient for work.

The two of them went home when it was time for lunch. After lunch, they each drank a bowl of ginger soup, changed into dry clothes, and went out again.

We continued picking ground vegetables in the afternoon, picking only the big ones. At the end of the day, we picked quite a lot together. It’s nice to eat some fresh ones occasionally.

When I got home, I boiled some hot water and ginger soup, took a hot bath, took out four hairy crabs from the space, and started cleaning them.

I haven't eaten the hairy crabs I bought before, so I must cook a few today to try them out while I have time.

First clean the crabs, then steam them directly in the pot. Xu Han thinks crabs are better when steamed, with their original flavor and especially sweetness.

When steaming crabs, place the crab shells facing downwards, then place green onions and ginger on top of each crab and wait for them to be steamed until cooked.

Xu Han also prepared some vinegar, which would taste better when eaten with the crabs, but Xu Han didn’t like to eat crabs with vinegar, as it was mainly for Lu Chuan.

They quickly cooked a few dishes and then started eating dinner.

The first thing to eat was of course crab. Xu Han began to open the crab skillfully. While eating it herself, she also taught Lu Chuan how to eat it.

Lu Chuan thought it was too much trouble and there was no meat, so he ate one and refused to eat any more! Xu Han ate three crabs by herself and made herself a cup of ginger tea after finishing them.

Crabs are cold, so if you eat too much, you must drink some ginger tea to neutralize the effect.

At night, the rain started to fall again...

When they got up the next day, the rain outside had stopped. They spent the whole morning picking ground vegetables, and then started picking matsutake mushrooms in the pine forest.

When she came back in the evening, Xu Han washed some ground vegetables and used them to fry eggs.

I have to say that ground vegetables are really difficult to clean. Not only is there a lot of mud, but there are also some dead branches and weeds. You must be extra careful and patient when cleaning them.

First blanch the ground ivy, then beat a few eggs in a bowl and fry the eggs first.

Then heat the oil in a pan, add chopped ginger and garlic, then pour the blanched ground vegetables into the pan, stir-fry, then pour in the eggs, add seasonings to taste, and it is ready to serve.

Let’s stir-fry beef with celery and beef bone and winter melon soup. The winter melon is freshly picked from the field.

Today's staple food is white flour steamed buns, white flour steamed buns with fried ground vegetables and eggs, so delicious!

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, they went to bed early.

It has been raining these past two days, so we went to bed a little earlier. We have to pick mushrooms for another day tomorrow, and Lu Chuan will go into the mountains to hunt again.

After dawn, the two had breakfast and started walking up the mountain. They first went to the pine forest deep in the mountains and started picking matsutake mushrooms there.

I didn't take a break even after lunch and kept picking up trash.

On the way home, the two changed their route, which really brought them unexpected gains.

Xu Han discovered many pepper trees. The peppers were fully ripe, and some were dry and cracked. Xu Han didn't mind and just dried them directly on the trees. It saved a lot of trouble!

If they picked them one by one, it would definitely be too late today, so the two of them simply trimmed off the small branches with a saw, and they will grow again next year!

After pruning all the nearby pepper trees and storing the branches into the space, the two quickly started walking home.

We haven't reached home yet! It was already dark, and Lu Chuan lit a torch to light the way ahead.

Fortunately, this place is very close to home, and both of them are familiar with the area. Lu Chuan had already hunted all the large prey.

Otherwise, if you are still outside after dark, you are simply risking your life.

It was because he knew in advance that he would be home soon when it got dark and there would be no danger that Lu Chuan said he would finish pruning the pepper tree before coming back.

Otherwise, even if they were given ten times the courage, they would not dare to covet that little bit of pepper.

When they got home, it was already very late. Xu Han went to the kitchen to boil water, while Lu Chuan went to feed the chickens, ducks and geese in the backyard.

After taking a shower, the two started to eat dinner.

Lu Chuan will go hunting in the mountains again tomorrow, and he should be back soon this time. After eating, he didn't delay any more and went straight to rest.

After all, I walked for a long time today and was quite tired.

After Xu Han got up, she didn't see Lu Chuan. She went to the tool room and looked around. The tools were gone. He must have gone up the mountain.

Xu Han packed up, put on her backpack, and went out. Since it had just rained, her main task for the next two days was to pick mushrooms!

Put other things aside for now and deal with them after you have picked all the mushrooms.

Three days passed like this. On the fourth day, Xu Han picked vegetables and weeded at home in the morning, and went to the wasteland to weed in the afternoon. In the evening, when she had time, she would pick the peppercorns that she had cut a few days ago so that she could dry them and preserve them.

By mid-afternoon, Lu Chuan had dragged back another wild boar and also hunted four or five pheasants.

After arriving home, Lu Chuan started to deal with the wild boar, while Xu Han helped to deal with the pheasant, each busy with their own things.

"Are we going to the county town to sell wild boar meat tomorrow?" Xu Han asked while eating.

"Yes, do you want to come with me?"

"I'm not going!"