Get up from the bed, go about your daily routine, go downstairs and observe your surroundings.
It's still the same as before, knocking on the rusty iron shell in the junk pile and calling Xiao Li if he wants to eat meat.
It was familiar once and twice, and the contact seemed to be enough. When Li Xiang appeared this time, he had no weapons in his hands and only carried a crossbow on his back.
Wang Qi did not grill the meat directly, but opened the door of the supply room and waited.
Li Xiang still lingered for a while, but it did not affect the result.
Pull him back to the corridor on his side and open the door opposite the supplies room.
There are rooms on both sides of the central corridor, and the side facing the street is wider. The room in the middle is about 180 square meters. It is deliberately made larger because of the poor lighting.
This room has no obvious and undamaged signs and equipment. Its pre-disaster purpose is unknown. It may have been a multi-purpose hall. Now there are several piles of garbage in it, mostly iron/steel wires, springs, ropes, and empty cans. It seems to be prepared for trap repair. .
Wang Qi did some cleaning here, moved some guys from upstairs, and renovated the place into a kitchen.
As for the renovation, it was just a simple area planning under the vent, which separated fuel storage, fire storage, ash accumulation areas, etc., and several iron barrels were prepared to hold ashes for easy transportation.
A large house is not particularly suitable for a kitchen, but considering the overall thermal insulation of the building in winter, the best heating points are between the fourth and sixth floors. It is easier to heat the first floor, but unfortunately the risk is too great. Later, Wang Qi will do some real planning and renovation to turn this place into a public activity area for him and Li Xiang.
Li Xiang followed Wang Qi up and down the whole time, occasionally offering a hand without asking or speaking.
It took about two hours of fussing. Finally, Wang Qi used the broken aluminum alloy frame of the ceiling to hang a shading curtain to separate the kitchen and dining area, and then he officially lit the fire.
Except for the mantis legs that have not yet been processed, he moved all the stored food here, and also prepared steel pots, salt, and sugar.
There is a can of salt, about half a catty, and there is only one layer of sugar, no more than a hundred grams. They are all the legacy of the past that I picked up for free during time travel.
Wang Qi was quite surprised that there were still remains of sugar.
Sugar has a very high caloric value, and humans have evolved a specialized chemical reward mechanism for sugar intake, which creates a sense of happiness. Dried meat has a higher caloric value than sugar, but due to differences in digestion mechanisms, it does not have the effect of sugar in many cases, such as replenishing physical strength when running after prey, recovering from extreme hunger, etc.
The mechanism of rapidly improving blood sugar gives sugar a very special status. It is definitely a hot commodity after a disaster and will be looted by waves of survivors.
Relatively speaking, salt is also necessary for people. A lack of salt can cause dizziness and weakness. However, if you mainly eat meat, the various salts contained in meat are enough for the human body's daily needs. At this time, as long as you do not sweat excessively (long-term heavy physical labor), you will not die without additional supplements of salt, you will only feel a slight feeling of weakness.
There is no comparison between salt and sugar when it comes to saving lives, but as seasonings they are of the same status.
Wang Qi usually doesn't salt the barbecue, for fear that he won't be able to go back after eating it too much, so he only adds light salt water to drink when he feels that there is a lack of salt.
Now it seems that winter will not be over soon, and making noise outside will not attract crawlers. He can try to use the door-breaking hammer collected by the police station to break open some houses blocked by iron doors to find salt.
I decided to make some broth today.
Sugar...just use it. Xiao Li wants to grow taller, so the more calories, the better.
A tin bucket filled with ice was heated by the fire, and a steel pan was set up to fry the sugar.
The firelight comes from below, and the so-called sugar color cannot be seen clearly, it all depends on the feeling.
When you see the bubbles gradually subside, add the fat without looking at the color while there is no mushy smell, add the high-temperature syrup and squeeze the oil a little, then add the meat.
Flip a few times and look at Li Xiang.
Li Xiang's eyes were fixed on the pot without moving.
Indeed, heating sugar and fat has its own unique smell, which is definitely a rare luxury cooking method in the apocalypse.
After stirring for a while, Wang Qi took out a piece of firewood from the fire to light it up. He wanted to color it, so maybe it would work...
Some of the ice water melted by the fire and boiled, and the cold bridge was also passed.
It is faster to cook food with a lid, but there is a lack of ingredients to remove fishy and odorous ingredients. Open cooking can slightly reduce the odor, and at the same time, a little bit of plant ash carried into the air by the flames will fall in and increase the ash smell... which does not seem to be a good thing.
After thinking about it, I ran out and picked up a handful of pine leaves.
Wang Qi tried cooking it with pine leaves. The taste was very ordinary and slightly bitter. However, there was sugar in the pot, and salt was added later. The weak bitterness and the unique fragrance of the plant can also be regarded as an additional flavor, making the taste more delicious. More layered.
If the sugar wasn't too rare, he might even have thought of throwing in a piece of wood and boiling it to see if it would have a more special taste.
After the water boils, there is first the faint fragrance of pine needles, and then the aroma of the broth gradually takes shape...mostly water vapor.
Add salt and some ice water.
Return to the boil and cook for a few minutes.
Wang Qi took out a wooden board as a dinner plate, used two steel drills as chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat, blew on it twice, and then bit it off.
Hmm...it tastes weird, but...it's okay.
The meat is just not tender enough.
Looking at Li Xiang's eyes shining with fire, he didn't throw the meat back into the pot, but handed over the wooden dinner plate, the meat, and the steel drill. He took out another wooden board and put it on his knees.
Sure enough, the meat was too chewy. Li wanted to work on it for a while without tearing it off, so he gave up the steel drill and grabbed the meat with his hands to gnaw.
Wang Qi frowned, ran outside to get a small basin, poured out the ice water, took out a few pieces of red charcoal, and put the small basin on the stand.
By this time, Li Xiang had finished eating the piece of meat, but he didn't fork it into the pot on his own. He stared at the pot, curiously looking at what he was doing from time to time.
Wang Qi didn't explain, the two just sat there.
A few more minutes passed, and there was steam above the water in the small basin. It was probably considered warm water.
He took Li Xiang's little hand and washed his hands with a question mark on his face.
Li Xiang seemed reluctant, but his struggle was very limited. This time Wang Qi did not give in and continued to wash it off.
The meat should be almost cooked. Let Li Xiang go, wipe the area around Li Xiang's mouth with a wet cloth, and then wipe it with a dry cloth.
Draining the water and replacing it with some ice water, Wang Qi washed himself.
Either because he disliked the empty basin of water being dirty, or simply to show how he cleans it.
He only consumes a few liters of water every day. When winter comes, although there is an unlimited supply of snow, it is even more inconvenient to get water. He cannot take a bath every day, so he mainly wipes with a damp cloth, then wipes dry with a dry cloth, and washes his hands and face in the same way.
Wipe your hands, face and neck, put the basin aside, and start eating.
Half a kilogram of half-dried meat, almost half a pot after cooking. Wang Qi deliberately let Li Xiang eat more. After eating, he took turns holding the pot and drinking soup, while Li Xiang held his stomach until the end and exhaled.
Overeating is not good, but Li Xiang is young and eating a full meal occasionally won't hurt him.
Feeling that the time was ripe, Wang Qi directly heated the completely melted ice bucket stand, preparing to clean Li Xiang to see what he looked like.
While the water was still heating, Wang Qi reached out to touch Li Xiang's hair.
She flinched a little, but didn't move away.
Well, I need to wash my hair too.
Take a shower by the way.
Wang Qi ran out and was busy again, hanging more blackout curtains, and lit another fire three meters away from the main fire to ensure that there was enough temperature in the area.
...Two hours later, after Xiao Li wanted to be sent back, Wang Qi stayed in the activity room and fell into deep thought.
It's actually a girl!
What to do if you see people naked?
Earlier, he thought that a woman could develop a race, but... he found that he was not ready yet.
Fortunately, Li Xiang is still a child and doesn't understand that, so he can still become comrades as originally planned.
According to this goal, Li Xiang is in a state of severe malnutrition. He is very thin, slightly better than skinny, but the improvement is limited.
Without the protection and supply of adults, Li Xiang could not safely kill the reptiles with his crossbow during non-snowfall periods. If the muscle condition is taken into account, the crossbow may not be able to be reloaded at all in battle. It is somewhat unimaginable to kill more than 30 kilograms of exoskeleton creatures with distributed nerves in two shots. So before winter, her only food is Xiaoqiang and possible home-grown vegetables. When Xiaoqiang is left unattended, she relies on fungi to squeeze out a little nutrition from the cracks in the waterproof wall and domestic sewage, which is probably less than seven a month. The supply of adults is at risk of running out of food at any time if there are passing reptiles snatching food.
It can be said that Li Xiang is in relatively good condition without losing weight.
Of course, it's also possible that the adults in her family "died" together with Wang Qi's predecessor. In this case, she would have been in embarrassment for more than forty days, or slightly longer, before she had time to lose weight.
In her current state, let alone her five points of agility, she might not be able to exert even half of the effect.
For comparison, Wang Qi divided his attributes according to the tendency of force-sensitive body, which is roughly equivalent to eight agility and six strength. However, with the blessing of eight points [aerodynamic shape optimization], he can stay upright without moving and has relatively obvious muscle groups. , literally understood, without this enhancement, the muscle segmentation curve will be more obvious, reduce body fat and exchange endurance for explosive power, and can also produce higher attacks.
Therefore, the short-term goal is to fatten Li Xiang, gaining at least 20 kilograms, and then lose fat and gain muscle through work, training, and weight-bearing exercises.
I have added attributes to Li Xiang once before. If this can cause her to gain muscle faster, you can try adding another one to see if her combat ability can be improved to an adult level.
The road has to be walked step by step, and there are a lot of things to do to gain weight, so get ready to start.
