Traveling through the mountains and farming

Lin Wan's family still has half of the potatoes left, and most of the basket of sweet potatoes. They will leave some potato seeds to be planted next spring, and the rest will be prepared for a potato feast at noon.

At noon, she made fried potato chips, roast chicken with potatoes, and shredded potatoes. While cooking, she also threw a few sweet potatoes into the stove and roasted them over charcoal ashes.

The aroma of fried potato fries attracted Li Ke who was making a fire and Li Chongle who was cutting vegetables.

Li Ke couldn't help but sniff, "Sister-in-law, this smells so good, I can't wait to eat it."

Li Chongle also agreed with a smile: "Yeah, I didn't expect these potato chips to be so delicious when fried."

"Xiao Ke, use a small bowl to get some tomato sauce. Then use these potato fries to dip in the tomato sauce. It's delicious."

Lin Wan used a spatula to flip the French fries in the pot.

Li Ke quickly responded, "Okay, sister-in-law, I'll go right away." Then he ran to get the tomato sauce.

At this time, Doctor Zhong and Lin Jing came over. Before they entered the kitchen, they heard Doctor Zhong's hearty laughter: "I heard that there are fresh foods today, and they smell delicious. It seems that I will be blessed with delicious food again."

Lin Wan smiled and replied, "Doctor Zhong, is there ever a day when you don't have a good meal?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Since I came into this deep mountain, I have enjoyed delicious food every day." Doctor Zhong said happily.

The two of them entered the kitchen and moved a stool to sit in front of the stove. They chatted with Lin Wan while warming themselves by the fire and watching her cook.

"Why do I feel like it's getting colder these past two days? Is it really going to snow?"

"I think it's possible too." Lin Wan agreed

Doctor Zhong frowned and said, "It's a pity that there is no hand warmer. It will be a pain if we go out."

"You can use other fire-making tools instead."

"You mean the fixed fire hole on the ground? You can only sit there and warm yourself by the fire. You can't take it with you."

"Wait a minute, I'll go talk to Grandpa Wang and ask him to make a fire basket that's easy to carry around so you can warm yourself anytime, anywhere."

"If there is such a fire-making tool, then you should do it as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll go after dinner. Okay, we can start eating."

Lin Wan walked towards the main room carrying a bowl of shredded potatoes.

Now they get up early every day to prepare the charcoal brazier, and Li Chongle has moved the charcoal brazier under the dining table.

Everyone sat around the dining table, the charcoal brazier under their feet emitting warmth.

"Sister-in-law, these French fries dipped in tomato sauce are really delicious. I want to let Sister Tao and the others try it." Li Ke asked.

"Of course, but there are not many potatoes left. I don't think you can enjoy them to your heart's content." Lin Wan replied.

"It's okay, just give it to everyone to taste." Li Chongle replied with a smile.

"Okay, I'll go fry the rest after dinner."

As expected, French fries, hamburgers and the like are loved by children everywhere.

Even the little fox likes it. Xiaobai is happily eating the French fries in his bowl, but he seems to like roasted sweet potatoes more.

Just now, Lin Wan went into the kitchen and took out the sweet potatoes from the stove. Little White Sniffed and came over, humming and asking Lin Wan to give it a taste quickly.

Others also thought that this roasted sweet potato was delicious, sweet, soft and sticky, and they all praised it.

Lin Wan also thinks sweet potatoes taste best when roasted, and this sweet potato is the soft and glutinous variety, which is her favorite.

After the meal, Lin Wan fried the remaining potatoes into French fries, and Li Ke and Li Chongle happily took them to share with their friends.

Lin Wanze took the ceramic basin that she had previously made to hold charcoal in a fire basket and went to see Grandpa Wang to discuss making a portable fire basket.

After listening to her idea, Old Man Wang thought it was feasible, so he immediately took Wang Shun to start weaving.

Unexpectedly, it was ready in the evening. Old Man Wang took it to Lin Wan and said, "Take a look. Is our craftsmanship good enough?"

Lin Wan took the fire basket, examined it carefully, and praised it highly: "Grandpa Wang, your craftsmanship is simply amazing. It's just like what I said. I guarantee that when I take it out for a walk later, your doorstep will be trampled down."

Old Man Wang laughed out loud and said, "Your idea is really good. Now everyone can warm themselves by the fire anytime."

Lin Wan asked Old Man Wang to help their family weave a few more. Old Man Wang readily agreed and asked Lin Wan to make more matching pottery basins, probably because everyone in the cave would want them.

After the two siblings took the fire basket out for a walk that afternoon, everyone in the secluded cave knew about this useful fire-warming tool.

Just as Lin Wan expected, they all ran to Old Man Wang's house to ask him to help make a fire basket.

Old man Wang and his two sons were very busy, working day and night, but still could not meet everyone's needs.

As for the large number of ceramic basins needed, everyone came to ask Lin Wan for help.

Lin Wan readily agreed, and immediately started making pottery basins with the young ladies and girls in the cave.

Everyone divided the work among themselves, some were responsible for mixing the clay, some were responsible for shaping, and some were responsible for firing.

After several days of hard work, the output of ceramic basins gradually increased and gradually matched the supply of fire baskets.

Now, almost everyone in the cave has a fire basket, and walking around with a fire basket in hand has become a unique sight.

He Lizheng came over to discuss with those living in seclusion in the cave whether they should go out to get some news from the outside world before the mountain was frozen shut due to heavy snow.

As soon as you enter the cave, you will find the heating devices that people are carrying in their hands.

He took the fire basket from Uncle Li, put his hands on it, and found that it was really easy to use. The charcoal in the fire basket also seemed to be of medium to high quality.

As the weather was getting colder, they hid in the valley and were worried about how to survive the winter.

He didn't expect that there was such a clever way to keep warm in the cave, so he asked Uncle Li for help.

Upon learning that it was Lin Wan who taught them how to burn charcoal and weave the fire basket, He Lizheng became more and more envious of the fact that there was a person like Lin Wan living in seclusion in the cave.

In order to help those who lived in seclusion in the valley to spend the cold winter safely, he asked Uncle Li for help, hoping that he could teach them how to use the earthen kiln to burn charcoal and weave fire baskets.

Uncle Li also sought everyone's opinions. Everyone felt that since they were all neighbors taking refuge, they should help each other. They had been too busy recently and had not met with He Lizheng and others, so they had forgotten to share these good ideas with them.

So Uncle Li readily agreed to He Lizheng's request and arranged for some people to follow He Lizheng back to teach him how to burn charcoal and the techniques of making a fire basket.

After solving the problem of heating in the cold winter, He Lizheng got straight to the point and stated his purpose.

"We thought so too. It looks like it's going to snow, so I want to make arrangements as soon as possible to avoid heavy snow and freezing weather, which would make it difficult to go out." Uncle Li nodded slightly and replied, "That's right. It's always good to make plans early."

"Okay, we'll also send a few young and strong guys with fast feet to go with your people to explore the situation in the county town and go into the village to take a look. If there is no one patrolling, we can also see if some warm clothes have been missed." He Lizheng said.

They fled in such a hurry that they didn't bring many clothes with them. As the weather grew colder, everyone felt that the clothes were not enough.

Uncle Li asked hurriedly: "Why didn't you make plans earlier? This may not be easy, but you can try your luck."

"At first, the village was always guarded by soldiers, so we didn't risk going back to get it. After entering the mountains, we have been preparing food for the winter. However, this year's weather is suddenly colder than in previous years and it feels like it will be more severe, so we thought of trying our luck. However, with the charcoal burning method you provided, we should have no problem surviving the winter."

He Lizheng said helplessly, "It's just that these clothes are really in short supply. If we can find some, it will help everyone to suffer less from the cold."

After that, the two men decided to let Li Changli, Li Chongwu and He Yunzheng lead a team of ten people to go out to gather information in the afternoon.

He Lizheng took a few people who were living in seclusion in the cave back and started to burn charcoal and weave fire baskets in full swing.