My parents are both dead, I rely on fishing and farming to support my younger siblings

While operating, Gu Lili told the three siblings the key points.

After all, if this thing can be accomplished in the future, they will have to be able to do it in the future.

After fully stirring, it is time to wait for fermentation. Because malt itself contains a large amount of amylase, when it is mixed with glutinous rice, it will decompose the starch in the glutinous rice and convert it into saccharifying enzyme, so the juice is sweet.

It took about two and a half hours to wait for the fermentation, so Gu Lili covered the basin and took the three of them out to find dry firewood.

It takes a lot of firewood to make this syrup, so you can get some more while you have nothing to do.

Gu Huanhuan’s foot was almost healed, so she went with them today.

Gu Lili and her three sisters all went up the mountain. There were more and more wild vegetables in recent days, so many people went up the mountain.

There is no need to worry about any ferocious beasts coming out to hurt people. The only thing you need to be careful about is snakes.

"Each of you break off a longer branch. When you encounter deep grass, use the branch to knock on the grass before moving on." Gu Lili said as she broke off a branch in front of her, held it in her hand, and then reached into the grass ahead.

The three siblings all followed Gu Lili's example, breaking off branches and knocking on the grass every few steps they took.

"Wow, sister, there are ferns!" Gu Huanhuan shouted.

Although they came here to find firewood, it would be nice if they could find some wild vegetables to eat.

Gu Lili hurried towards Gu Huanhuan's direction, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement as she passed by.

There are ferns that stretch as far as the eye can see, and they have just sprouted, so tender that they can even produce water.

Gu Lili thought of the taste of fried bracken and couldn't help swallowing her saliva. She quickly called Erniu and Sigou to come and pick some.

"Beep, bracken is three cents a pound."

A mechanical voice sounded in Gu Lili's mind, but Gu Lili didn't intend to sell it.

This fern is a good thing. If you can’t finish eating it fresh, you can dry it and eat it. The most important thing is that it can only be eaten in spring.

Because there were not enough ropes at home, Gu Lili specially brought a backpack with her. Fortunately, she brought it with her, otherwise it would have been difficult to carry so many ferns.

The four siblings worked together and soon filled a whole backpack.

The movements of the few people also attracted other villagers on the mountain to come and pick them.

Looking at the full basket of ferns, Gu Lili called for everyone else to stop and went on to look for firewood.

"Sister, come and see!" Gu Erniu couldn't help but exclaimed.

Gu Lili and Gu Huanhuan trotted all the way to Gu Erniu's side. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a rabbit, weighing about five or six kilograms, but its neck had been bitten off by some wild beast.

There was still blood flowing from his neck, and it looked like he had just died.

Gu Lili raised her head and looked around, just in time to see an orange-yellow tail disappearing into the bushes.

She was startled and swallowed, thinking that it might be the food that the tiger gave them last time as a way of repaying its kindness.

She was afraid of scaring her younger brothers and sisters, so she didn't tell them about seeing the tiger's tail.

"Erniu, pick up the rabbits and put them in the backpack." Gu Lili ordered Gu Erniu to pick up the rabbits.

Since the food is delivered to the tiger's door, it would be a waste not to eat it.

Gu Lili was still a little afraid of the tiger. Seeing that they had almost finished picking up the firewood, she called her brothers and sisters to go home.

The siblings were in a good mood today. They had a basket of wild vegetables and picked up a big rabbit.

At this moment, the firewood on my back doesn’t feel heavy at all!

"Let's go home and I'll give you some braised rabbit, how about that?" Gu Lili said as they walked.

The three siblings drooled just by listening and nodded repeatedly.

After returning home, Gu Lili asked Gu Erniu to peel the rabbit skin and then fried it herself.

Gu Huanhuan was making a fire and cooking rice while sewing shoe soles, while Gu Siniu went to the ridge of the field to dig wild vegetables to feed the chickens and ducks.

The rabbit is snow-white and big enough. Its fur can be used to make a scarf for Gu Huanhuan, or as a decoration on winter clothes, which will look very nice.

Gu Erniu stood in the yard with a kitchen knife in his hand, not knowing how to start for a moment.

After all, he had only killed fish and rabbits before, and he really didn't know how to kill them.

Gu Lili took the knife from Gu Erniu with a smile, and peeled off the rabbit skin very neatly, leaving Gu Erniu stunned.

However, Gu Erniu also memorized carefully how to skin the animal.

If this happens again next time, there will be no need for my sister to do it herself.

Gu Erniu watched Gu Lili kill the rabbit, then he took it to the kitchen and chopped it up.

Gu Lili took the rabbit skin aside and processed it for easier preservation.

Gu Huanhuan’s rice was cooked, and Gu Lili had also processed the rabbit skin.

Today, Gu Lili specially asked Gu Huanhuan to cook rice. The braised rabbit meat goes well with the rice. Isn’t it delicious!

After washing the pot, Gu Lili started frying.

She threw in all the spices she had bought in advance and fried them. After a while, the rabbit meat gave off a rich aroma.

This made Gu Huanhuan, who was sewing shoe soles, a little absent-minded. She glanced into the pot from time to time and swallowed her saliva.

Because it was a wild rabbit, Gu Lili was afraid that it would be too hard to chew, so she cooked it for half an hour before serving.

As soon as the rabbit meat came out of the pot, Gu Erniu and Gu Sigou outside couldn't wait to surround it.

Gu Lili smiled and invited everyone to eat. The rabbit today was big enough, so they didn't cook the bracken.

Gu Sigou didn't even bother to blow on it, he just picked up a piece and put it into his mouth.

"Wow...sister...it's so delicious. It's the most delicious thing I've ever eaten in my life."

Gu Lili patted Si Gou's head gently and said with a smile, "Hey, eat slowly, aren't you afraid of getting burned?"

Gu Erniu also put a bite into his mouth. He didn’t know how his sister fried it, but his tongue was almost dripping with fragrance.

The four of them finished the entire plate of rabbit meat. If the bones were not too hard to chew, Gu Siniu would have wanted to chew and eat them as well.

At this moment, I could only reluctantly put the bones on the table into the bowl and feed it to Big Black.

Big Black had already smelled the fragrance. When Gu Sigou poured the bones into its bowl, it couldn't wait to eat them.

Listening to the sound of Big Black chewing the bones, Gu Sigou thought to himself, if only his teeth were that hard...

After the meal, the dishes were given to Gu Huanhuan to wash, and Gu Lili took Gu Erniu to see the fermenting malt.

Gu Lili told Gu Erniu to wash his hands like herself, and then grabbed a handful of fermented residue and looked at it.

There are no rice grains left, which means it has been fermented.

Gu Lili took out a piece of linen and an empty basin that she had prepared in advance, and then began to work with Gu Erniu to squeeze out the fermented juice.