Qingyan built a temporary stove with stones on the ground where the fire had been burned before. Then she picked up some dry branches nearby and lit the fire. She asked Chou Chou to take out some pine cones. She wanted to try this. If the pine cone is burned directly, the fire will not be very big.
When the fire gets a little hotter, I throw the pine cone in.
I found that although they were just picked from the tree, they were already dry. You must know that the leaves of the pine trees are all green, but these pine cones have been dried in the sun.
Throwing it into the fire soon started. The flames were not very big. Compared with the branches, the flames in the pine cone were smaller, but they soon burned red, like red-hot charcoal. .
Qingyan turned to Chou Chou and said, "This is good. As long as it burns red, there will be no smoke. It can be used as charcoal."
It would be better if she could make charcoal, but she didn't know how to do it, so she could only wait and see if there was a chance.
Chou Chou nodded, "Okay, let's make more pine trees when we encounter them later, or find someone to learn how to make charcoal and burn them into charcoal."
Qingyan looked at it, "How can someone else's cooking skills be taught so easily?"
Chou Chou was speechless, "You are stupid. We have spiritual consciousness. We just need to watch when they are burning charcoal. We will learn after watching them a few times. We are not selling charcoal and we will not compete with them." There should be no impact on business.”
Qingyan nodded in agreement, "That's okay. Let's fry the pine nuts first. Find some gravel the size of corn kernels by the creek, wash them and bring them over."
Chou Chou used her spiritual consciousness to do it much faster than her picking them up one by one, and then asked him to take out a large iron pot and put it on the fire.
After it picked up a third of the rocks in the pot, it stopped and said, "That's enough, take out the pine nuts."
Because there was moisture on the washed stones, they made a sizzling sound when they were put into the pot. After the gravels were fried dry, all the pine nuts were poured in.
Seven or eight kilograms of pine nuts can be completely fried in this big pot. As for the salt, forget about it. The pine nuts themselves are very fragrant after being fried. There is no need to make them salty. It will make you thirsty after eating.
She stirred vigorously with the shovel she bought before. Fortunately, she was strong, otherwise this kind of work would really not be done by a little girl like her.
Qingyan kept stirring, and then all she could hear was the gurgling sound in the pot. She was sweating in this late autumn weather. Of course, it had something to do with the heat from the fire and the iron pot.
After about twenty minutes, Qingyan felt that it was almost done, so she moved the iron pot to one side with a piece of cloth folded into squares to avoid burning it.
Then use a shovel to pick up a few pine nuts and let them cool. After the pine nuts are heated, they will split open and can be opened by pinching them with your hands.
Pinch open one and put the nut into your mouth. Well, it smells so good!
This pine nut is quite big and the kernel inside is also full.
Seeing Chou Chou staring longingly at the pine nuts in her hand, she peeled two off and fed them into her mouth.
Chou Chou chirped, "It's so delicious. Let's go to the south later. There are some pine trees over there. Let's pick them too."
Qingyan asked about the distance. She knew there were still a few kilometers left and was too lazy to walk. "You can use your spiritual consciousness to take it back. I'm too lazy to go. You can take it back faster. We can still fry another pot with this stone."
Chou Chou nodded and directly used his spiritual consciousness to collect the pine nuts and pine cones over there.
After a while, another ten kilograms of pine nuts came back, and the pine cone was placed in the space.
Qingyan looked at the pine nuts in the pot, "How to pick them out? Do you use spiritual consciousness? It would be great if we bought a sieve to sift out the pine nuts."
Mainly because I didn't expect to use that thing. That thing is usually used by farmers to sift beans and chaff.
Qingyan looked at ChouChou, ChouChou waved his paw, and a sieve appeared out of thin air in front of Qingyan.
"Where did this come from?"
"It belongs to the clan leader's house. He happened to have it in the utility room, so he took it over and used it. There is no one in these houses, and no one will notice if something disappears out of thin air. Just put it back after use."
Qingyan picked up the sieve and looked at it. It was not made of iron wire like the later generations, but made of thin bamboo strips. It was woven very evenly, and the holes on it were almost the same size.
It doesn’t matter what material it is made of, as long as it works.
I just used a shovel to scoop up a shovel and put it into the sieve. After shaking it, only the pine nuts were leaked out and only stones were left on it. It was good.
She had previously asked ChouChou to make the broken stones bigger than pine nuts, so the ones that fell through the sieve were pine nuts.
Qingyan tried it in the pot first, and then asked to bring out two containers to hold pine nuts and stones respectively.
This sieve is relatively large. If it is connected with a cloth belt, it will easily spill on the ground.
Chou Chou directly took out two large bamboo baskets. Of course, they were also taken from the clan leader's house.
Separate the pine nuts from the stones, first put the pine nuts on a bamboo basket to dry, and then put them into a cloth bag when they are cool.
He poured the stones back into the pot, added a few more pine cones underneath, and continued to fry the dozen kilograms of pine nuts when the fire started again.
After the second pot was fried, Qingyan asked Chou Chou to put the gravel into the space. If he fried peanuts or melon seeds in the future, he could use them again.
Wash the large iron pot and shovel, and then wipe the water stains on them with a cloth to prevent them from rusting, and then let Chou Chou retract them into the space.
I looked at my watch and saw that it was already twelve o'clock. It was time to make lunch.
Let Chou Chou take out the venison. Yes, it is venison. Chou Chou cuts it up directly in the space with his spiritual consciousness. It is much easier than doing it outside.
As for the deer blood, put it in a clean wooden basin and leave it to drink by itself.
She also said to Qingyan: "Don't drink the deer blood. It is said to have an aphrodisiac effect on men. It has not said whether it is good for women. It will be bad if you get sick after drinking it."
Qingyan nodded. Even if Chou Chou didn't tell her, she didn't want to drink it. The smell of blood was unpalatable even if she thought about it.
Qingyan looked at the meat in her hand. Not only had it been packed away, Chou Chou had also been pickled, and it had a lot of seasoning smell on it.
"Okay, Chou Chou, you've even learned how to marinate meat."
Chou Chou raised his little head with a proud look on his face, "Well, you haven't eaten pork, haven't you seen pigs running? Anyway, you can look at the condiments, isn't it just onions, ginger, garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, etc. , I put it all in and marinated it directly.
I didn't marinate too much, I just marinated two pieces. If it doesn't taste good, I won't marinate it. Let's just sprinkle the barbecue seasonings on it. "
Qingyan smelled it and found that although it was pickled blindly, the taste was okay and there was nothing strange about it.
Then he asked Chou Chou to take out the chopping board and kitchen knife, place it on the stone and cut the meat into finger-thick slices. If it was too thin, it would not be satisfying to eat.
The meat was skewered with bamboo skewers and grilled directly on the fire.
Nowadays, the pine cones are burned to a bright red color, like charcoal. There is no open flame or smoke, which is perfect for barbecue.
The venison was not fat, but after being roasted over the fire, a lot of fat came out. Smelling the aroma, both people and animals couldn't help but start to swallow.
Turn it over and pierce the meat with another skewer to make it cook faster.
When the color on both sides changed and the meat edges were a little browned, it felt like it was almost ready, so he put it aside on the plate that Chou Chou had prepared.
Chou Chou took out another table and placed it next to it, then put the plate on the table.
Qingyan looked at the table, "Where did this come from? We didn't buy this, right?"
Chou Chou: "It belongs to the patriarch's family. His table is made of wood. Didn't you notice? This table is made of sandalwood and is very heavy."
Qingyan stretched out her hands and shook it. It was really heavy. It looked thin, but it actually weighed hundreds of pounds. It was very stable when placed there.
If it weren't for the fact that the head of the family had a granddaughter-in-law, she would have thought of leaving the table.
Chou Chou knew what she was thinking by looking at her expression, and said, "You can keep this if you like it. Are there not enough weird incidents in this village? One less table is nothing to them.
This thing will be valuable in future generations, because wood is rare. At this time, it is just used for eating, and no one cares about it. "
Qingyan thought about it, the clan leader wasn't a good person, so it shouldn't be a big deal if she ignored him, right?
She didn't know that Chou Chou had immediately received the gold and silver jewelry that the family head had hidden underground into the space, which was the pile she saw when she entered the space.
Mainly because she didn't know how much gold and silver jewelry there was in Chou Chou's space. She thought they were collected in the bandit's den before, and she didn't know the specific amount.
Qingyan walked to the table and used a knife to cut the meat on the plate into pieces like a steak. When she saw that the inside was cooked and there was no blood or anything, she inserted a piece of meat into her mouth with the knife.
This tastes really good, it doesn't look like it was pickled blindly at all.
Chou Chou was not so gentle, he just held the whole piece of meat with his two paws and started eating it with big mouthfuls.
Qingyan saw that it was holding the piece of meat with its two paws, covering it completely, and said curiously: "Chou Chou, you don't need to save energy now, why don't you make yourself bigger? Anyway, there is no need. Outsiders, it’s not convenient for them to do things when they are still so young.”
Chou Chou was stunned for a moment, yes, he had forgotten about this. He was used to turning into a little monkey, so he thought it would be convenient to hide in this way, so he could get into his bag directly.
It's actually not necessary now. It has spiritual consciousness and can detect if anyone is coming around at any time. Moreover, there is really no need to become so small in this deep mountain and old forest.
Chou Chou jumped off the table and instantly became about the same height as Qing Yan, but he did not return to his adult form. That appearance was too eye-catching.
Qingyan saw that it had transformed into an ordinary ape, but suddenly changed from the size of a palm to the height of a person. The visual impact was quite shocking.
Just now it was difficult to hold the venison with two paws, but now he grabbed it with one hand and stuffed it directly into his mouth.
After finishing the meal, he nodded, "Yeah, it's delicious. I'll pickle a few more pieces. Let's bake them like this. You can just take them out and eat them whenever you want."
Qingyan nodded. It was indeed delicious. She took two more bites and stopped eating. She just wanted to taste it first and know how long it would take to bake it until it is cooked.
I cut up the rest of the meat and continued grilling it, still skewering it one by one.
There was no other way, so she only had two hands and could only bake two slices at a time.
While stretching out his hands to grill the meat, he said to Chou Chou: "It would be great if we had a grill. We can grill more at a time. Now I only have two hands and can only hold two pieces of meat to grill. I don't cook much and I'm still tired." ."
Chou Chou rummaged around in the space, but couldn't find anything that could be used to make an iron frame, so he went to the clan leader and several clans' hometowns.
I found a chisel for pancakes in a tribe's hometown and brought it over, "Let's use this, the iron plate is also delicious."
Qingyan washed it and asked Chouchou to make a piece of lard. She put the meat on it and tried it. It was quite good.
"This also belongs to the patriarch's family?"
Chou Chou took a piece of meat from Qingyan's plate and ate it. After swallowing it, he said, "I found it in a clan's home. Just keep this when you're done with it. We should also prepare one."
Qingyan has no objection at all. This is indeed better than an iron pot for baking.
As Chou Chou grew bigger, he also ate a lot more. He roasted three large pieces of meat and five sesame seed cakes before he was full.
When he was small before, he could still control it a little and just taste it. Now that he has grown bigger, it is really a pleasure.
After they were full, they put all the things into the space. Qingyan stroked her belly and said ChouChou: "This pine cone is really easy to use. It is simply a combination of firewood and charcoal. It takes a long time to burn and the temperature is high." High, no smoke at all in the back.
If we keep warm in the car later, we can use this, right? I think it's better than charcoal. The smell after burning is a little bit pine, which is much better than the smell of charcoal. "
Chou Chou had no objection at all, "Okay, we can use the pine cone when cooking in the future. When the remaining pine cone is ready to be cooked, we can just put it directly in the charcoal stove and put it on the carriage.
Do you think our carriage should be remodeled? If it is changed to a wooden carriage, the front and rear can be made into sliding doors, and it does not take up much space and still looks like a small house. "
Qingyan thought for a while and shook her head, "It's better not to use it, just like that, inconspicuous. If it turns out to be what you said, the carriage will increase the burden on the big bear. It's also too eye-catching and can easily become the target of some people." The goal is to keep a low profile."
Today's carriages are not like those of later generations. The wheels of the carriages are all made of wood and have no shock absorption. If the carriage is made of wood and is made of one piece, it will definitely make a rattling noise when running. It is not as good as the current one, which can reduce the noise. .
They stood up and walked a few steps to quench their appetite, doused the fire with water, washed it and buried it with soil, and then the two of them continued walking forward.
This time the goal was clear and we walked directly to the location where the treasure was buried.
Chou Chou pointed to a hilltop not far ahead that was higher than the ground and said: "That's where the treasure is buried. It's much higher than the surrounding area, and there are a lot of trees growing there. If it weren't for the divine consciousness, ordinary people would But I can’t find it.”
Qingyan looked at the two or three-story hilltop and said in surprise: "How many things must be buried to make a small hilltop halfway up the mountain?" (End of Chapter)
