Chapter 202 Uninvited Guest
Li Yao felt a little disappointed when he heard Zhang An said that he had to grow up to eat from a big bowl.
"Okay, then I'll eat more food and grow up quickly."
After finishing speaking, Li Yao took big gulps of rice into his mouth.
It can be seen that this little guy has started working hard to serve the big bowl as soon as possible.
Looking at Zhang An's huge bowl of sea, Li Yao was extremely envious.
And he admired Zhang An from the bottom of his heart for how many large bowls of rice he could eat at one time.
The children in the village all know that Zhang An is as strong as an ox.
So when I saw Zhang An eating so well, I thought it was because he had eaten so much.
In the past, few children were willing to eat well, and most of them had to be fed bite by bite by the adults at home.
These monkeys in Changqing Village are different. They show off their food every time they eat.
Because they all want to become someone like Zhang An when they grow up.
He is tall and big, and as strong as an ox, and he can often eat from a big bowl, so majestic.
Those powerful people on TV always use basins to eat.
So even if I can’t eat much now, sooner or later I will grow up and become a breadwinner like Zhang An.
Zhang An didn’t even know that he just ate a few more bowls of rice.
He actually guided a group of children in the direction of the rice cook.
If he knew about it, he didn’t know what he would think.
But for children, it’s good to be a breadwinner.
Especially now that they are growing taller, they eat more and their nutrition can keep up.
I haven’t cooked stewed rice for a long time. I feel like I can’t stop eating it once in a while.
Zhang An also liked to eat this stewed rice very much in the past, and there were not many children who didn’t like it.
Because the lard has been soaked into the rice grains, and because salt is added, it tastes better than white rice.
Children of this era do not like to eat stir-fried vegetables, but braised rice and fried rice.
Especially over the stir-fried rice at home, people with many children often get into fights.
It’s just that it’s delicious, but it’s easy to get angry if you eat too much, so no one makes it often.
Tonight, because the TV couldn't be played, Zhang An didn't have many people coming over, but it was a lot quieter.
Due to the power outage at night, the whole village is now dark.
Therefore, there are many people walking on the small roads in the village and on the banks of the river.
After all, you still have to light a kerosene lamp at home to light your way, but when you come out, there is still the moon in the sky to light your way.
If you go out for a walk, you can save some kerosene at home.
Zhang An’s family did not use kerosene to light the lamps because Zhang An felt that kerosene had a strong smell.
After harvesting honey for the first few times, Zhang An used the remaining honeycomb to boil a lot of beeswax.
Many people will buy this thing in later generations. It is a raw material for high-end cosmetics.
However, I don’t know whether it is due to the slow development of the domestic cosmetics industry in the past two years or because of the remoteness of the mountainous areas.
So in Hongyan Town, I haven’t heard of anyone coming to buy beeswax.
So Zhang An shaped the beeswax at home and used it as a candle.
After lighting it, Zhang An discovered that the beeswax candle had no smoke, and it also emitted some fragrant smell.
Zhang An thought that there were still so many bumblebees in the space, and he must get more of them the next time he harvests honey.
When the time comes, boil more beeswax and make candles. It will be much better to light smokeless candles like this during the New Year.
Because in the past, candles lit during the New Year were sold on the street, and there was a lot of black smoke.
Starting from the night of New Year’s Eve, this candle will be lit all the time.
When I came together the next day, not only my face, but also my nose was all black.
Zhang An has long been fed up with these candles. Unfortunately, there are no electronic candles yet, otherwise Zhang An would have bought them long ago.
If you have smokeless candles at home in the future, you won’t have to worry about getting dirty on the first day of the new year.
Wang Fang followed Zhang An and several aunts out for a swim and then came back.
Because it was pitch dark, it was inconvenient to do anything.
So the family of three washed their feet early and went back to the room to rest.
Zhang An returned to the room with a very clear mind.
Even after two or three years back in this era, Zhang An has already developed the habit of going to bed early.
I don't feel sleepy at all now, because I slept so comfortably in the afternoon, and now I have a lot of energy.
Zhang An couldn't sleep either, so Zhang An simply went into the space to see what could be done.
As soon as he entered the space, Zhang An saw a scene that was not suitable for children.
Because the turtles given to Zhang Tie and the others in the afternoon were fighting at the edge of the fish pond.
Zhang An's guess was correct. The big turtle caught by Zhang Tie was indeed a male.
Because the tail of the male turtle is relatively slender, while the tail of the female turtle is thick and short.
At this moment, the one given by Zhang Tie is taking turns to beat the other three.
It has been a long time since Zhang An threw them into the space. At this time, several turtles have grown up a lot.
But even so, the other three turtles are still much smaller than the one male turtle.
This guy is really a beast. The other three turtles are so small, how could he kill them.
However, Zhang An didn't have much interest in the animal world, so he didn't go directly to disturb them.
Arrived on the other side of the fish pond, Zhang An found the stone pound that he had put in before.
Now these guys are very fat, bigger than the bullfrogs Zhang An saw later.
And now these guys have bred in large numbers.
Perhaps sensing Zhang An's arrival, they instantly started croaking.
Shi Ling is often caught outside, partly because he is fatter and has a bigger target.
Another aspect is that these guys like to bark very much, and their voices are quite quiet, even if they don't want to be noticed.
Looking at the fat stone pound in front of him, Zhang An couldn't help but salivate.
The delicious bullfrog hot pot was the same as the last time Zhang An had it.
Although there are no bullfrogs now, the stone pound in front of you is much more delicious than the bullfrog.
Moreover, it is also said in the Materia Medica that stone frogs will not drink unless they are living water, and they will not eat unless they are living food.
The growth cycle is longer than that of bullfrog, the meat is more tender than bullfrog, and its nutritional value is higher.
Wait until tomorrow to get some out, and then make a fish and frog hotpot at home to try.
After Zhang An walked around the space, he went to the fish pond again.
A few turtles have finished their work and are sleeping by the water.
Maybe it was because I was too physically exhausted just now, so I am recharging my energy now.
The next morning, just after dawn, Zhang An climbed out of bed.
Zhang An turned on the light but there was still no response. It may be that the repairs have not been completed, or the power supply bureau has not yet sent power.
But the night has passed, and it doesn’t matter whether the power is supplied or not during the day.
Zhang An went out to the yard and felt relieved when he saw no dead mice. He got up early this morning just to see if Gray Ball did it on purpose or accidentally.
I just want to know if it will be like yesterday, with a bunch of dead mice lying around in the yard.
Because when Zhang An came out of the space last night, he heard Gray Ball showing off his magical powers outside.
Zhang An could imagine how miserable the rats who came out last night were without even having to come out to see them.
After Zhang An finished washing, he poured some water on the flowers, plants and trees in the yard.
But when Zhang An was watering the Davidia tree next to him, he felt a little stupid.
Because there are a bunch of dead mice hanging on this Davidia tree. Although there are not as many as yesterday, there are still a lot of them.
Hui Qiu was thinking about smoking bacon for the New Year, right? Instead of putting it on the ground, he put it on a tree.
Zhang An couldn't understand why the owl had stolen the shrike's habit of hanging mice.
If I hadn’t seen how stinky this yard would be if these dead mice were left alone for a day or two.
No, it’s time for Gray Ball to clean up his act.
Zhang An here emphasizes that meritorious deeds must be rewarded and transgressions must be punished.
Hui Qiu is indeed good at catching mice, but it is not a problem to release this dead mouse in the yard every day.
This is not a good habit, you must help it get rid of it.
Zhang An first got rid of the dead mice on the tree, and then threw the gray balls into the space that were going to go back to their nests to sleep.
The gray ball was quite happy when it first entered the space, thinking that Zhang An was rewarding it.
Unexpectedly, Zhang An immediately gave it a brain-destroying blow.
After educating me for a long time, I don’t know if Hui Qiu understood it.
In order to avoid being punished, Hui Qiu had no choice but to surrender to Zhang An's power.
Forgetting the gray ball in education, Zhang Ancai walked out of the space with satisfaction and prepared to clean the room for the owners of the house.
But Zhang An entered the chicken coop and found that in addition to the golden roosters, there were two more uninvited guests in his chicken coop.
During the ward rounds last night, why didn’t I find two more silver chickens in the chicken pen?
Zhang An was a little confused now, thinking that he had never brought the silver rooster home before.
They were released once before, and that was also in the mountains. They were released into nature, but not kept at home.
But now in the chicken coop at home, the two red-faced and black-white impermanences represent that Zhang An was not wrong.
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang An was sure that he had never brought this thing out.
Since they didn’t get it by themselves, they came by themselves.
It may be that on weekdays, the golden roosters at home are released into the mountains, and they follow them when they come back.
It was a coincidence last night. When Zhang An came to close the gate, there was a power outage, so Zhang An didn't pay attention to see clearly.
Zhang An walked towards the chicken coop. His golden roosters were not afraid of him.
However, the two new residents immediately moved out of the way and began to flutter around in the circle, preventing Zhang An from getting close.
Judging from this performance, these two silver pheasants should be wild white pheasants that grew up in the mountains.
Rather than the part that was released into the mountains by myself.
Because Zhang An also encountered the silver chickens he released several times in the mountains.
Although they have been let out by Zhang An for so long, they are not afraid at all when they see Zhang An, and they can obviously still remember who Zhang An is.
In the past, Zhang An would have tried every means to catch these two silver roosters.
But it’s different now. Not only are they not rare, but they are still a bit bad in Zhang An’s eyes.
After all, there are adults and immatures in the space, and there are still a lot of hatched or unhatched silver chickens.
So Zhang An didn’t pay much attention to these two new residents.
So Zhang An followed his daily habits and opened the pen door to let the animals out of the house and start cleaning.
As for the two newcomers, let them be happy.
If they stay, there will be a few golden roosters in Zhang An's house that can eat them all at once, so they won't be hungry.
If they choose to go back to the mountain, it doesn't matter to Zhang An. Anyway, two of them is not too much, and less is not too much.
The two new silver roosters, seeing the golden roosters from Zhang An’s family going out, also flew behind them.
After Zhang An finished cleaning the pen house, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo hadn't gotten up yet.
Life is not so busy during this period, so no matter who is home, there is no need to get up at dawn.
It was rare for Zhang An to get up early, so when he saw that it was still early, he went into the kitchen and started preparing today's breakfast.
Forget about noodles, Wang Fang is right, I eat noodles every day, and I feel a little tired of them.
Zhang An thought for a while and decided to do something else.
Baozi? Forget it, Zhang An can make this stuff, but he has to wake up the noodles and prepare the fillings, which is a bit troublesome.
After thinking about several things suitable for breakfast, Zhang An finally decided to cook a pot of preserved egg and lean meat porridge.
Just do it and start washing rice right away.
I have ready-made preserved eggs at home. I just need to cut some lean meat into them later.
While washing rice, Zhang An put two preserved eggs in the pot and boiled them for a while, then used them as blanches.
Because if you don’t cook it, the preserved egg and lean meat porridge will be black.
This was only discovered by Zhang An after he cooked the preserved eggs many times in later generations.
The cooked preserved egg and lean meat porridge is not that dark.
While the porridge was cooking over the fire, Zhang An cut the preserved eggs and lean meat, and thickened the lean meat with starch for later use.
After about fifteen minutes, the rice in the pot had been cooked, and Zhang An began to pour in preserved eggs, lean meat, and various seasonings.
The time was just right, Zhang An had just finished cooking the porridge on the fire when he heard his parents getting up.
"Why did you get up so early today? When did you get up?"
Wang Fang walked out of the bedroom and smelled the aroma of porridge.
I walked over and found Zhang An busy in the kitchen.
“I got up at dawn. I went to bed too early last night and really couldn’t sleep this morning.”
The pot of porridge was almost done, so Zhang An took it from the fire. down.
"Dad, Mom, after you wash up, prepare to eat. I cooked the porridge in the morning."
In Zhang An's place, whether you cook porridge or porridge, everything is the same. They are all called porridge.
Although some people use japonica rice when cooking porridge, some people use glutinous rice.
But what comes out is white porridge, and you have to add sugar when you drink the porridge at the end.
Few people know how to cook salty porridge. Of course, no one does this when adding salt to plain porridge.
When Grandpa Zhang An was alive, you had to add lard to the porridge.
Hearing Zhang An’s shout, Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo quickly finished washing.
"Dad, I put salt in this. You don't need to add sugar. It won't taste good later."
Zhang An saw that his father was pouring sugar into the bowl and quickly stopped him. .
There will be salty and sweet dishes later, but not many people can eat them.
Hearing that salt was added, Zhang Jianguo did not continue to add sugar. It was not that he could not accept the way of eating porridge with salt.
(End of this chapter)