The last human in the universe

Chapter 8 Oil Pressing
In addition to the two new buildings that need to be built, Zhao Changxing also plans to further improve the animal husbandry workshop and raise more animals.

The utilization rate of the current livestock breeding workshop is very low, only a small part is occupied and 60 chickens are raised.He plans to use the remaining area to build a fish pond and raise some common fish for the children to supplement protein. There is no need to worry about the fish bones, but the big deal is that the fire will be bigger, and the fish bones can be stewed.

For the rest, he plans to raise a few more pigs, some rabbits, ducks and other animals.

Forget about the cow, this thing is too big, and now he can't control it.If he went crazy and knocked down the animal husbandry workshop, it would be all over.Even if he raises pigs, he has to choose some docile breeds who are used to sleeping after eating.Wild ones are also not acceptable.

These breeding needs, in turn, once again confirmed the importance of the new soilless cultivation workshop.It is definitely not enough for the animals to only eat spinach, and they have to solve their ration problem through this newly built soilless cultivation workshop.No matter the type or quantity, it has to be solved.

A few hours passed without knowing it.After glancing at the children being conceived in the artificial womb, and saying hello with a smile, Zhao Changxing fell asleep again.

In the following days, he was still busy all day long. It took him more than a month to build the shell of the new soilless cultivation workshop and the automatic nutrient solution preparation workshop.Before starting these construction tasks, he had already placed pig and rabbit embryos in the artificial womb for cultivation.

The gestation period of pigs is 110 days, and then they can be put into the pigsty to start raising.The gestation period of rabbits is shorter, only about 30 days, and it is almost ready to be "born" now.

It was too late to carry out the further construction of the new soilless cultivation workshop and the automatic nutrient solution preparation workshop, Zhao Changxing was busy turning his energy to the upgrading and transformation of the animal husbandry workshop.He has to get the cage ready before the babies are born.

This took him another day.But today he is very motivated and has a sense of expectation.

Although the chickens are only half grown at this moment because of the relatively simple food types, he has decided to catch one and eat it today.He couldn't stand the days of starchy porridge with spinach every day.

Leaving the rabbit breeding area, he came to the chicken coop.Seeing the sudden arrival of a strange animal, the semi-grown chickens cried out in terror.Zhao Changxing chose for a while, but in the end he chose one that didn't look very energetic and might die of illness, and tied it up directly, intending to bring it to the Pyrotechnic spacecraft to be processed by automated slaughtering equipment.

Looking at the half-empty chicken coop, Zhao Changxing felt a little distressed.

Some time ago, a total of more than a dozen chickens died of illness. Because they were too small and sick, Zhao Changxing did not dare to eat them. They just directly ground them at high temperature and made them into feed. They planned to use them as additives for fish or pig feed in the future.Now is the first time he has proactively captured a presumably healthy-looking chicken.

"Anyway, even if I don't eat it, it is so weak that it will get sick and die sooner or later. It's better to eat it earlier."

Zhao Changxing comforted himself like this.

Before leaving, he took a look at the growth of rice, millet, and soybeans. He reckoned that they should be harvested in ten days or so, and Zhao Changxing returned to the Tinder spacecraft with the water ice collected daily.

Hand this poor chicken over to the automatic slaughtering line controlled by Xiao Xi, and when it comes out again, it will be a clean white striped chicken.

"It's too small, without the feathers and viscera, I don't know if it weighs a catty."

Zhao Changxing was talking to himself.

Things like feathers and guts that are removed don't go to waste either.They will also be ground into powder, which will be used as feed in the future.

There is an automated kitchen in the Tinder spacecraft, but Zhao Changxing did not give the chicken to Xiaoxi, but planned to cook it himself.

First cut the half-sized chicken into small pieces with a knife, washed it with water, and blanched it again. Zhao Changxing put it directly into the pot, added sugar, soy sauce and other seasonings, and started to stew.

It should have been fried in oil before stewing, so that the taste would be more fragrant.But now the soybeans have not been harvested, and there is no oil available at all, so we can only temporarily omit that step.

After a while, the water boiled, and the tempting fragrance came out.Zhao Changxing smelled it, and his mouth began to salivate uncontrollably.

The semi-large chicken is different from the old chicken, and the meat will be cooked after a while.Zhao Changxing added salt and simmered for a while, and when the flavor tasted in, he couldn't wait to lift the lid of the pot.

The fragrance is stronger.

Looking at the slightly yellow chicken soup with oily flakes floating in it, and the overcooked chicken floating in the soup, Zhao Changxing quickly scooped it out, let it cool down, and took a bite.

An indescribable taste exploded in his mouth, spreading joy throughout his body in an unstoppable manner.At this moment, he felt that something in his body was activated, and it seemed that the world began to become better.

This is the power of good food.

Perhaps because the gravity of Sedna is too low, these chickens are not as tight as the ones I ate on Earth before, and the chicken bones are relatively brittle.But it doesn't matter, it's just meat.

He had planned to save some chicken for the next meal.But when he realized it, there was only chicken soup left in the basin.

Reluctantly, he searched the basin again, but when he couldn't find any meat, he had to give up.

He will not waste these chicken soup.There is too little chicken, and I can't eat enough. I still have to use starch porridge to fill my stomach.But today's starch porridge has been upgraded and has become chicken soup starch porridge.

At this moment, he didn't think about the high oil, high salt and high purine in the soup, and it was unhealthy to eat it.Just kidding, is he qualified to consider those things now?
After Hululu finished a bowl of starch porridge, Zhao Changxing patted his stomach in satisfaction.

I don't know how long it has been so good.

He secretly sighed.

"Wait another half a month, and the remaining [-] or so broilers can be slaughtered. At that time, all of them will be killed and stored. The soybeans can also be harvested. At that time, the seeds will be set aside, and the rest will be pressed into oil and sprouted into bean sprouts. Make tofu, fry the chicken in soybean oil and stew, then add tofu, rice, huh..."

After sleeping, Zhao Changxing came to Sedna again and started to work.

In the past half a month, he finally built the automated nutrient solution preparation workshop. From now on, he finally no longer has to spend so much time and energy on the nutrient solution.The next thing to do is to build a communication network and install the corresponding hardware.In this way, he can leave everything here to Xiaoxi to control, completely liberating himself.

But that's something to do tomorrow.There are still some things that need him to do today.

Rice, millet, and soybeans are finally ripe for harvest.

Looking at the golden ears of rice and grain, and the dried pods, his mood also began to become joyful.

Harvest these plants one after another, put them in an incubator and transport them to the life support area, and use the simple threshing and grinding equipment installed in the remaining space of the life support area to further process these plants. Rice, yellow and orange millet and beans, his mood became more and more cheerful.

The final harvest is still a little lower than originally estimated.Only about 52 kg of rice was harvested, about 27 kg of millet, and only 14 kg of soybeans.

"It's off to a successful start."

He thought so.

The oil yield rate of the soybeans he planted is about 24%. All 14 kilograms of soybeans are squeezed into oil, but only 3.36 kilograms of oil can be produced, which is far from the freedom of soybean oil.But it's okay to satisfy your hunger for now.

Regarding the food, Zhao Changxing planned to distribute it in this way.

Of the 52 kilograms of rice, 40 kilograms are reserved for seeds and food reserves, and the remaining 12 kilograms are eaten by themselves. The 27 kilograms of millet are all stored up and left for the children to eat in the future. Of the 14 kilograms of soybeans, 10 kilograms are stored, and of the remaining 4 kilograms, half of them are pressed into oil, which can look like about a kilogram of oil. The remaining two kilograms are used to make tofu and one kilogram to make bean sprouts.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Changxing slammed again, went into the chicken coop and caught a chicken, and took his harvest and some spinach back to the Tinder spacecraft.

Now those broilers have been raised almost enough, and they will be killed in a few days and stored as frozen meat.Now it's not a big deal to eat one a few days in advance.

There is a small oil press in the Tinder spacecraft, so two kilograms of soybeans are turned into a catty of oil, and the rest is turned into soybean meal.Of course, these soybean meal will not be wasted. They will be milled into powder together with the rice, millet, and soybean plants after harvest, and used as feed or nutrient solution additives.

Steam the rice, let Xiaoxi butcher the chicken, chop it into pieces and blanch it, but this time there is one more process than last time.

He carefully added a little oil, put in sugar, and fried the sugar, then put the chicken pieces in and fried for a while before starting to stew.While waiting for the chicken to be cooked, he washed the spinach, carefully added a little oil, blanched it, and then fried it over high heat.

So his dinner today changed from starchy spinach porridge to stewed chicken, steamed rice and stir-fried spinach.

Pity there are no eggs, if there are, can make another spinach egg soup.

But it is already very good now, and the quality of the dinner has made a qualitative leap compared to the past.

Mix spinach and chicken soup in the rice, and eat up a large bowl of rice with the delicious chicken. Zhao Changxing rubbed his stomach in satisfaction and sighed: "It's better to eat with meat and vegetables."

Because of the rice, the chicken was not finished this time.He carefully put it away for eating tomorrow morning, soaked the beans that were going to be made into tofu, covered the beans with raw bean sprouts with a damp cloth, and fell asleep contentedly.

(End of this chapter)