Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

In the afternoon of the 14th, Liu Yuhan, his master, and Ah Fei got on a carriage and headed towards Fulai Village.

Doctor Liu was greatly surprised when he arrived at the Liu family. He knew that his apprentice had fled here for only two months, but the house he built was so big, the walls were so high, the place was spacious, and there was a mountain in the north and water in the south. Not bad, it seemed that his apprentice's family had some background.

To celebrate the first visit of Master and A Fei to her home, Liu Yuhan cooked her signature braised fish, braised pork ribs with potatoes, scrambled eggs with leeks, bone and winter melon soup, steamed meatballs, stir-fried bok choy and stir-fried chayote, and made two servings of each dish.

There were two square dining tables. Liu Yuhan, his grandmother, mother, aunt, and the younger generations including Liu Guang sat at one table, while Liu Daling sat at another table with his master and others.

Everyone was very satisfied with the meal.

Doctor Liu said the food was delicious, but it was too much and there was no need to spend money.

After eating and washing up, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Doctor Liu and A Fei were amazed at how clean and comfortable their bathroom and toilet were designed.

Doctor Liu sat on the clean bed in the new room. He saw two brand new thick cotton-padded jackets and two pairs of thick cotton shoes on the bedside. He touched the brand new thick quilt and looked at the smoking cup of tea on the bedside table. His eyes turned slightly red and he felt a warmth in his heart.

Lantern Festival, the moon is full.

The round Yuanxiao is sticky and sweet.

Watching lanterns and walking on stilts, the streets and alleys are really bustling.

The baby smiles at the moon, and another spring has arrived.

On the Lantern Festival, every household will cook a bowl of glutinous rice balls. Glutinous rice balls are made of glutinous rice flour, crushed peanuts, sesame seeds, sugar, etc. They are round in shape, so glutinous rice balls mean "reunion".

There are also regional differences. For example, people in the north mostly eat dumplings on the Lantern Festival, while people in the south eat glutinous rice balls.

Old Mrs. Jiang and others made dumplings. Liu Yuhan took out the last bag of glutinous rice balls from the refrigerator in the space and cooked them. She bought this bag of glutinous rice balls on a whim. Since there were not many glutinous rice balls, two per person would be fine.

After eating dumplings and glutinous rice balls, everyone prepared to go to the county town to enjoy the lanterns.

After lunch, the villagers prepared to walk to the county town in groups of three or four to enjoy the lanterns.

There is a custom of appreciating lanterns and guessing riddles on the Lantern Festival. In ancient times, there was a curfew system, but the curfew would be lifted three days before and after the Lantern Festival. After dinner, people would carry lanterns to appreciate the lanterns.

They lived far away, so they walked there in advance. Some women even made simple lanterns for their children.

Liu Yuhan's family, along with his master and Ah Fei, totaled 16 people. Liu Yang, Liu Guang, and Liu Lu followed the villagers on foot. The remaining men and women were divided into two carriages to accommodate them.

It was almost dusk when we arrived at the county seat. The main street of Changle County was completely covered with red lanterns of various shapes and sizes. The orange light shining through the lanterns was very festive.

There are many small vendors selling their wares on both sides of the street, some selling food, some selling toys, some selling calligraphy and paintings, and of course the most popular thing is lanterns.

There are all kinds of lanterns, revolving lanterns, rabbit lanterns, fireworks lanterns, mushroom lanterns, etc. Various flower or animal shapes attracted everyone's attention.

The children, holding candied haws, pestered their parents to buy lanterns. There were cheaper bamboo lanterns made of painted paper and glued together for just a few cents. On this rare happy day, the adults gritted their teeth and bought some.

Xiaosi, Xiaowu, Liu Yun and Liu Yao each held an animal lantern and a flower lantern in their hands.

Xiao Si's was a rabbit lantern, Xiao Wu's was a tiger lantern, Liu Yun's was a lotus lantern, and Liu Yao's was a peony lantern. They held the lanterns in one hand and ate the candied haws bought by their sister with the other hand. They were very happy.

This was the first time they went out to enjoy lanterns at night since they were young. Liu Guang and Liu Lu went to guess lantern riddles, and Liu Yang accompanied them.

When everyone was a little tired from shopping, Liu Yuhan took his grandparents, parents, master and others to the teahouse on the second floor next to the moat to have tea and chat. Liu Yuhan booked a private room and could see the bustling street scene from the window.

There were so many people, it felt like walking down a modern pedestrian street, eating, drinking, having fun, and everyone had a variety of expressions, but most of them were happy.

There were parents with children, newlyweds, elderly couples with gray hair, and even young boys and girls walking a little apart, their eyes meeting every now and then, shyly and sweetly...

The excitement is always short-lived. Life goes on.

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Liu Yuhan checked the silver in the space and found that there were 1600 taels. The village would distribute the land tomorrow. Village chief Lin should have informed the head of the village. She wanted to buy the Shatian.

Now that she had officially enrolled as a medical student, she would likely be traveling back and forth to the capital city frequently. She also needed to find a place to stay long-term; she couldn't always stay in an inn. She would definitely ask for a place to rent next time she went.

It is not suitable to go up the mountain in winter, so Master and the others will return to the city tomorrow.

She settled the farm business and then returned to the city.

When spring comes and it is suitable for planting crops, she will be busy for some time.

I plowed the remaining land in the space last night. Half of the diesel has been used up. I estimate that I can only plant for another ten days at most.

There will be no diesel and no machines to help in the future. Alas, if a person is farming in space, I dare not even think about it.

If only there were oil, refining it would produce the most basic diesel. Liu Yuhan searched on Baidu, but the refining process was too complicated and there were no machines or instruments.

It would be great if we had a distiller. Not only could we make strong liquor, but if we had petroleum raw materials, we could also refine diesel.

It seems that there are no oil fields in coastal cities...

Liu Yuhan was thinking about all sorts of things before going to bed and fell asleep unknowingly.