Space Food Storage: Daily Travel

Everyone returned home together as the sun set, and on the way they saw Liu Shihu and his son coming to pick them up.

The old lady cooked a pot of brown rice and wild vegetable porridge. She was surprised to see them carrying so much food back and to learn that it was edible.

Old Mrs. Jiang and others really wanted to taste the yam, and Liu Yuhan said that yam could be made into soup with chicken.

I processed the chicken, chopped it into small pieces, added a lot of water and put it into the pot to cook. There were five or six pounds of processed yam. There were so many people in the family, and they were all so thin. If the situation in the dream really happened, I should eat more good food recently to prepare for the future.

The adults thought we cooked too much, but there is no such thing as waste in a farmer's house. The leftovers can be saved for tomorrow, even if the taste changes a little.

Liu Yuhan was the chef for this dish. While it was still light outside, the adults prepared the atractylodes lancea according to Liu Yuhan's instructions.

Liu Guang and Liu Lu were practicing calligraphy on the ground with sticks as usual.

Water is precious, so Liu Yuhan just used a small amount of water to wash the chicken and poured out the blood.

After boiling the chicken for 25 minutes, add the chopped yam and continue to simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.

There wasn't much seasoning at home except a little salt and some animal fat bubbling at the bottom. I had wanted to stir-fry some watercress, but seeing the little bit of oil, I decided to give it a try tomorrow.

Yams are soft and sticky, so they don't need to be cooked too long. Seeing the two little kids gathered around the stove, drooling constantly, Liu Yuhan smiled helplessly. He secretly took two candies from his space and stuffed one into each of their mouths, telling them to just eat without making a sound. This was their secret, so they weren't allowed to tell anyone else, or they wouldn't have any to eat next time.

There will be a next time?! The two little ones were so happy that they covered their mouths and nodded. This was the sweetest candy they had ever eaten since they were born.

They rarely have the chance to eat sweets, except during the Chinese New Year when adults will buy them some malt candy.

The two little guys held the candy in their mouths, not daring to make any sound or bite it, for fear of eating it all in one bite.

At mealtime, everyone sat together, one bowl of brown rice porridge and the other empty, ready for chicken soup.

The chicken and yam in the large clay pot exude a fresh and tempting aroma.

After the heads of the households, Old Man Liu and Old Lady Jiang, started eating, Auntie and Mrs. Liu picked up everyone's empty bowls and filled each with half a bowl of chicken and yam soup.

The two old ladies, their respective husbands, and Liu Yuhan all packed more.

No one cared about the heat and they all picked up some yam to eat. When they tasted the soft, glutinous and sweet yam, they were all stunned. It was so delicious!

It was absolutely delicious with the soup! As a result, everyone was incredibly full, and there was no talk of saving it for tomorrow. Not even a single thing.

Everyone sat in the courtyard, digesting their food and enjoying the cool breeze. No one spoke, each secretly thinking to themselves how to find and dig up more yams tomorrow.

Old man Liu coughed, interrupting everyone's thoughts.

He said cautiously, "Daniel, you are a good person. You found the yam. I want to ask you, can you tell your uncle? Can you ask everyone in the village to look for it?"

"Grandpa, of course you can. Just take the yam leaves and tell the village chief and the others to follow us up the mountain tomorrow."

"I have it in my hand." He spread out his hands, revealing a small piece of cooked yam wrapped in yam leaves. Liu Yuhan was stunned by his operation.

Then he was seen calling Old Lady Jiang, and Liu Shinan left.

The mountains are so vast, it's hard to find food. Everyone in a village is related, so why not show some kindness? Thinking of the scenes in the dream, Liu Yuhan made a decision.

The second uncle that grandpa mentioned was his younger brother, Liu Xiaoman, who was also the uncle of this group of younger brothers.

He experienced a famine when he was young, and his parents starved to death in order to save food for him and his brother.

The two brothers depended on each other for survival. They had two acres of land and two shabby thatched houses. They did all kinds of hard work, ate food from other people's homes, and survived by gritting their teeth.

Therefore, the original owner's grandfather was full of gratitude to Liujia Village.

Liu Xiaoman married Wu, who was also an orphan, and had two sons and a daughter.

The eldest son, Liu Mang, is 32 years old and is the current head of Liujia Village. He is married to Yan, and they have two sons, Liu Ming, 14, and Liu Liang, 12.

The youngest daughter, Liu Hua, married a bodyguard and lived in a county town far away from Shitou Town.

The second son, Liu Zhuang, now 30, married a woman surnamed Li from Xiaoshi Village (a relative of Liu Shihu's wife, Li). They have one son and one daughter. The eldest daughter is 13 years old and is named Liu Xiang. The second son is 11 years old and is named Liu Shui. Liu Xiang was the best sister of the original owner, Liu Han, who was one month older than her.

It was already half an hour later when they returned. After a short chat, everyone went to bed, wanting to rest early as they had to go up the mountain early tomorrow.

The two sisters chatted before going to bed as usual. Thinking about giving the candy to Xiaosi and Xiaowu today, Liu Yuhan also gave her a piece of fruit candy.

The same instructions as Xiao Si and Xiao Wu: eat secretly and don't tell anyone. Liu Yao got the same happiness as Xiao Si and Xiao Wu, and her dreams were sweet.

After waiting for Liu Yao to fall asleep, Liu Yuhan grabbed a set of clean clothes and went into the space to wash up. The sweat on her body was too much for her to bear. She changed into her own clean pajamas, applied medicine to her forehead, and washed today's clothes.

I looked at the place where I worked last night. Nothing much has changed yet. I ate some fruit and drank some pure milk. I also chewed a few red dates. I'm anemic, so I need to slowly heal it.

I returned to my bedroom and read a book on the table. Just before midnight, I set my alarm for eight hours, put on my eye mask, and went to sleep. A dreamless night.

At 3:00 AM, Liu Yuhan woke up, washed up, drank some pure milk, and ate some braised egg bread. He then dressed neatly and left the space.

Liu Yao was sleeping soundly. She quietly opened the door and saw a faint light coming from the kitchen. Her mother and aunt were already awake and preparing breakfast for the morning.

When they saw her wake up, they blamed her and told her to sleep a little longer.

Before going to bed last night, Old Mrs. Jiang specifically told me that she would be busy in the mountains today, and that she bought some food yesterday, so I should eat something dry this morning to keep myself from getting hungry.

Liu Yuhan took the initiative to take over the task of cooking and asked his mother and aunt to prepare the tools outside. The two of them couldn't refuse and agreed with a smile.

The fire was already lit, and in a pot of dry brown rice was cooking. Liu Yuhan secretly put some white rice in, stirred it, and continued to cook.

In another wok, Liu Yuhan prepared a bowl of watercress. She secretly poured vegetable oil into the wok and added some salt and MSG. By the time the rice was almost done, she had a large bowl of watercress ready.

I took six eggs from the space, cracked them into a bowl, and threw the eggshells back into the space. I quickly beat the eggs, added a little more water, oil, and salt, and steamed them on top of the rice.

Everyone got up one after another.

Today, I'm taking the villagers up the mountain. The family sits together for dinner, each person getting a large bowl of dry rice, the children a little less. When they see eggs, everyone's puzzled. Liu Yuhan explains that they're pheasant eggs he found yesterday and forgot to mention that he'd put several away. Oh, it's so hard to just eat.

The steamed egg mixed with rice was delicious. The rice mixed with the egg was really fragrant. What is this watercress? Although it has a smell, it tastes very good.

The children ignored the brown rice in everyone's bowls, but Old Mrs. Jiang, Auntie and my mother were very sharp-eyed. The three of them were in charge of the kitchen. They knew that there was white rice in the rice, so it was so soft, sticky and fragrant.

But where did the rice come from? Knowing that Liu Yuhan was the cook, although he had some questions in his mind, he did not ask them openly.

Mrs. Liu Jiang thought about the changes in the child over the past few days, and she felt a complicated feeling. Could it be that the old charlatan's words had come true...