While they were staring in amazement, Lu Qingqing brought the fish into the cave and immediately announced what they would have for dinner tonight.

"Uncle and Aunt, we're going to have fish soup and pheasant meat with white rice tonight!"

The few people finally woke up from their dream, but the first thing they cared about was not what to eat tonight, but to ask Lu Qingqing where she hid the fish?

The matter of space must not be exposed. Lu Qingqing quickly opened her eyes and lied:

"The fish is hiding behind the rocks. But I'm strong and I threw it far away. He won't walk that far to find it!"

Even though she said this, Yang Liuqing still scolded her:

"You, don't do this again next time. Those are beasts who eat people without leaving any bones. If you are found out, you will lose ten heads!"

Lu Hu couldn't help but say, "Qingqing, Second Uncle knows you want to eat fish, and you did this so that everyone can have a full stomach! But having a full stomach is more important than saving your life, right? Promise Second Uncle that you will never do this again next time."

Lu Qingqing quickly agreed: "Okay."

Uncle and aunt are doing this because they care about her!

Lu Qingqing understood, and she would not be angry with them. On the contrary, she would be more grateful to them!

Because only when I treat you as a real family member will I be willing to preach to you!

Lu Hu looked at Lu Qingqing and assured her: “Qingqing, don’t worry, Second Uncle will definitely find a lot of delicious food for you and Yaoyao in the future.”

Lu Qingqing also blurted out: "Second uncle and second aunt, I will find a lot of delicious food for you in the future."

Lu Hu smiled and said nothing more. In his opinion, supporting her and Yaoyao was his responsibility, and he did not take Lu Qingqing's words to heart.

After Lu Qingqing raised her hands and swore that she would never do such a dangerous thing again, everyone let her go and prepared to make dinner.

The five people quickly divided the work and cooperated!

Yang Liuqing and Lu Qingqing were responsible for cooking, while Lu Hu, Lu Yuanzheng and Lu Yaoyao were responsible for killing and marinating the fish!

On the way, when Shen Biao asked them to rest, they were not idle!

Because they couldn't get into the city, they could only take the road through the hillsides and woods outside the city.

So, once they reached the resting point, they went straight into the woods to find food without resting!

Unexpectedly, they had an unexpected gain. They discovered a tree that produces salt, the wood salt tree!

Every winter to spring, a layer of white frost will condense on the body of the salt tree!

This is salt frost, scrape it off and it becomes salt!

Along the way, they quietly collected a lot of salt and stored it.

While they were not paying attention, Lu Qingqing dug up thirty smaller saltpeter trees and threw them into the space to plant.

Today she saw in the space that thirty saltwood trees were already surviving well in the space.

From now on, you won’t have to worry about having no salt.

The five pheasants we caught last time were afraid that the noise would be too loud and cause unnecessary trouble.

They didn't eat it, they just used the salt to pickle it and store it as salted chicken.

Now, the Royal Guards are gone, and they are a bit far away from the other victims.

Today I can finally cook a good meal.

Yang Liuqing opened the oilcloth, took out the fattest salted pheasant, five pheasant eggs, and a handful of dried vegetables!

According to what Lu Qingqing said, stew the salted pheasant with dried vegetables, and make fried eggs with pheasant eggs!

Aunt Gan was in charge of the pheasant stew, while Lu Qingqing was in charge of cooking the crucian carp soup and white rice.

Lu Qingqing caught the fattest crucian carp, scraped off the scales and gills, opened the belly, took out the intestines and cleaned them, then chopped the fish into pieces, fried it until both sides were golden brown, and then poured boiling water into it to cook.

Use boiling water to cook fish soup, so that the fish soup will be milky white!

By the time Lu Qingqing's fish soup and white rice were ready, Second Aunt's salted pheasant stew with dried vegetables and fried eggs were also ready.

My second uncle and cousin had also killed the remaining fish, and all that was left was to pickle them.

Lu Yaoyao was not idle either. While her second uncle and cousin were pickling fish, she was sprinkling salt on the side!

Since the last experience of pickling pheasant, the little girl can now accurately grasp how much salt to add?

"Yaoyao, add some salt!"

"it is good."

As soon as her cousin called out, Lu Yaoyao immediately grabbed the salt in her hand, weighed it, and then sprinkled it on Lu Yuanzheng's hand like an experienced veteran.

Lu Yuanzheng spread the salt evenly on the fish, not too much or too little, just enough to ensure that every part of the fish was covered with salt!

After all the fish were pickled, my second uncle used a bamboo strip to pass through their mouths and then placed them aside, waiting for the sun to come out tomorrow to dry them for two days before they could be stored.

But, I have to hurry tomorrow and can’t stop to dry the fish, so I can only carry the fish on my back and walk to dry it.

It’s okay to walk in the sun, and nine fish won’t be too heavy if several people carry them together.

Moreover, when it comes to pickling fish, Second Aunt is very good at it. She would apply a kind of grass on the fish to prevent the smell of the fish from emanating.

They used this method to cook the pheasant that they had pickled last time. No one could smell anything while they were traveling along the way.

Lu Qingqing and Yang Liuqing brought the food. There were no tables or chairs, so they used whatever was available and placed the food on the floor.

The fish soup is as white as freshly squeezed milk, the pheasant stewed with dried vegetables is soft and boneless, and the pheasant eggs are fried until golden yellow!

Everyone couldn't help swallowing when they saw it.

When Lu Yaoyao saw the soup and meat, she couldn't help but lick her lips with her tongue and drool.

Second Aunt quickly served her a bowl of fish soup, which contained a fish head and two pieces of meat from the middle of the fish!

But the little girl didn't drink it immediately after taking it, but gave it to her second uncle first.

Lu Hu went outside and brought back five flat stones, and skillfully piled them together to make a simple dining table.

Lu Hu took the soup that Lu Yaoyao handed over, took a stone to sit on, and said to Lu Yaoyao:

"Yaoyao, sit down and drink the soup first. Second uncle will eat first and then drink the soup!"

Lu Hu served himself a bowl of rice and another bowl for Lu Yuanzheng.

In a family, the three women like to drink soup before eating, while the two men like to eat first and then drink soup!

Everyone has different eating habits, so there’s no need to be polite. Just pick up what you like to eat and scoop up what you like to drink!

My second uncle and cousin scooped two spoonfuls of the broth of pheasant stewed with dried vegetables and poured it over the rice, stirred it evenly, and then they devoured it in no time, finishing the whole bowl.

In a short while, a large pot of pheasant stewed with dried vegetables, fried pheasant eggs, and crucian carp soup was eaten up without leaving any residue.

Everyone burped and everyone seemed to be enjoying the meal.

The main reason is that I haven’t had a good meal for three months, and I haven’t had a better meal than this one.

Lu Yaoyao is such a foodie that she is already planning her next meal before she even finishes the current one.

"Second Aunt, how about we have fish cakes for the next meal?"

This famine made the little girl develop a good habit of not being picky about food!

Second Aunt agreed readily: "Okay."

Fish cake is the way of eating at Lu Qingqing’s grandfather’s home. Dip the cake in the fish juice and eat it. The more you eat, the more delicious it becomes!

The meal was going on here, and at the same time, at the other side of the post station, the Royal Guards were also preparing to eat, but the atmosphere was so low that it was almost gloomy.

Shen Biao looked at the two people who came back from outside and asked angrily, "Didn't you find them?"

The two men lowered their heads and answered, "Brother Biao, we searched all the places where Brother An would go, but we didn't see him."

The Imperial Guards have military discipline, and no one is allowed to leave the post station for more than half an hour without permission!

The sun was already setting outside, and it had been four hours since Song Anming left the post station.

Shen Biao's face was dark and he was about to send someone out to look for it again.

At this time, someone stood up and said, "Brother Biao, do you think Song Anming will run away and become a deserter?"

As soon as someone said this, another person came out to echo:

"Brother Biao, I remember now. Brother An cursed and said he didn't want to go to Chongzhou City anymore and wanted to go back to the capital."

Hearing these words, Shen Biao angrily slammed the table and cursed:

"Song Anming, this beast, don't let me find him, or I'll skin him alive!"

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