Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 664 Laver
However, it is very likely that they are living on... an overseas desert island. It is so deserted, where is the salt?
Isn't this difficult for the strong.

So the two women were silent, thinking hard, without saying a word.

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't say anything. He covered his heart with his hand, still feeling sick from last night's barbecue.

In this cave, it became quiet for a while.

"Hey, if I had known that I would be living on a desert island, I would have brought a jar of salt with me... If not, I would have brought some vinegar cloth or something like that!"

Dong Shuzhen thought for a long time but had no clue, so she just complained, tilted her head and closed her eyes, daydreaming.

Zhu Xiuyuan, who was covering his heart with his hands, was stunned when he heard these words. He turned his head to look at Dong Shuzhen, a bright light flashed in his eyes.

Vinegar cloth, or "kelp", has existed throughout history and was once widely used to replace table salt.

However, there are different opinions in later generations on what exactly Kombu is.

Some people say it is a kind of cloth that has been soaked in vinegar, so it has a salty taste.

Some people say that it is actually a kind of kelp, which is produced from the sea and has its own salty taste.

Or maybe both actually existed, both cloth and kelp.

It has been a long time since Zhu Xiuyuan traveled through time. During this time, he had never paid attention to the issue of salt, nor did he deliberately understand what the so-called vinegar cloth, or kelp, was.

However, that's not the point.

If the vinegar cloth is just a piece of cloth, he can't get it now, so it's useless.

If the vinegar cloth is kelp, it will be useless, because according to historical records, things like kelp were considered "imported goods" in ancient times, and were specialties only found in the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

Therefore, the idea of ​​going into the sea to dig kelp is not feasible.

The point is, Zhu Xiuyuan thought of another kind of seafood-seaweed from kelp.

Seaweed has a long history, and there are records of collecting seaweed in books from the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, he had just taken a raft to explore the sea, and he vaguely remembered that there seemed to be something attached to some rocks, dark brown, that should be seaweed!
"Did the Marquis think of something?" Kou Wanwan noticed the change in Zhu Xiuyuan's expression.

"What?" Dong Shuzhen quickly opened her eyes and returned to reality from fantasy.

She glared at Kou Wanwan vaguely, dissatisfied that she discovered her husband's abnormality first.

"Laver!" Zhu Xiuyuan spoke concisely and did not notice the small movements of the two women in private.

Zhu Xiuyuan only knew that seaweed was very fresh. It was hard to say whether it could replace salt, but he thought it was better than nothing.

At least they are also a kind of seafood, so they still have to give face.

"Laver!?"

The two women exclaimed.

After the exclamation, there was a sudden realization.

Due to backward productivity and poor transportation conditions, seaweed is generally only available to wealthy families.

Dong Shuzhen and Kou Wanwan are not ordinary people. They have naturally tasted the delicious taste of seaweed. They also know that this is a kind of seafood, which has a certain salt taste.

"But Lord Marquis, as far as the Nu family knows, seaweed is extremely rare. Is there... any seaweed around here?" Kou Wanwan asked.

"Yes, when I just went out to sea, I seemed to see it from a distance." Zhu Xiuyuan said with a smile.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go pick it quickly. Maybe it will be eaten by fish later!"

Dong Shuzhen was anxious and put down the hare and pheasant ingredients. She stood up and took Zhu Xiuyuan's hand. She ignored them and wanted to rush out of the cave.

"No hurry, no rush..." Zhu Xiuyuan smiled bitterly. He, a little lady, really couldn't listen to anything, otherwise he would be more anxious than anyone else, which would be really helpless.

"Master Marquis, madam, I...I want to go too!"

Kou Wanwan was lying on the stone bed, looking at them with longing eyes.Calculating carefully, she has missed many "important and rare entertainment activities". These activities can cultivate relationships.

This morning, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen went out to explore the sea, went hunting in the mountains, and then slaughtered prey together... She missed all these activities.

She felt as if she had lost a large piece of the sky.

"no!"

Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen agreed with one voice and firmly opposed it.

"You are still very pale and need more rest. It won't be too late to go to the ground after you recover!"

Seeing that both Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen were firmly opposed, Kou Wanwan had no choice but to lie still and watch them leave the cave eagerly.

Soon, Kou Wanwan was the only one left in the cave.

She lay motionless, as if asleep, but her eyes were still open, staring blankly at the "dome" of the cave, where she was in a daze.

Suddenly, Kou Wanwan sat up, groped around on her body for a while, and took out a small white ceramic bottle, about the size of a thumb.

Without hesitation, she pulled out the stopper, poured out a white pill, and swallowed it directly.

"I originally thought that by remaining injured, I would get more attention from the Marquis. But now it seems that it is self-defeating..."

Kou Wanwan muttered, then smiled idiotically: "Don't worry, Lord Hou, I will be back to normal after lunch!"

After muttering with a smile, Kou Wanwan lay down to rest again...

Let's talk about Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen. They came out of the cave and went straight to the place where they took the raft out to sea without stopping.

There was a reef and rocks there. Zhu Xiuyuan had seen it from a distance. There was a layer of dark brown stuff attached to the rocks, which should be seaweed.

Zhu Xiuyuan walked in front, walking a little faster.

Dong Shuzhen followed behind, holding the picked-up copper basin in both hands. It was now used again to hold the picked fresh seaweed.

Dong Shuzhen was in high spirits and chatted with Zhu Xiuyuan along the way, laughing constantly along the way.

Until they came close to the rock, Dong Shuzhen suddenly stopped talking, and she didn't dare to face the direction of the sea, her back was turned, her whole body was tense, her shoulders were shrunk, and she looked very strange.

"Madam, what are you doing?" Zhu Xiuyuan was surprised.

"Husband, that ship... is still there..." Dong Shuzhen's voice was trembling, obviously she was very frightened.

Zhu Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, and then he figured out that it turned out that Dong Shuzhen was still afraid of the corpses on the wreckage of the ship...

Zhu Xiuyuan first looked at the wreckage of the ship stranded in the shallow sea, and then looked at Dong Shuzhen with her back to the sea. While he was amused, he also felt that Dong Shuzhen was more real.

Dong Shuzhen is very skilled and playful, and she always looks fearless.

However, she is afraid of things like ghosts and gods, even to a severe degree...

"You don't have to be afraid. As long as I'm here, nothing can hurt you."

Zhu Xiuyuan laughed in his heart. Looking at her like this again, he suddenly felt that she was so pitiful. She was so frightened by those nihilistic things.

"Yeah!" Dong Shuzhen nodded heavily, and couldn't help moving, moving closer to Zhu Xiuyuan, and tightly holding his arm.

"Then let's go pick seaweed for my husband. You wait here and I'll be fine soon. When the picking is over, we can go back quickly." Zhu Xiuyuan suggested.

"No." Dong Shuzhen took another step closer, holding Zhu Xiuyuan's hand tightly, "My husband and I will go picking together, and it will be fine if my husband supports me..."

"Alright!"

Zhu Xiuyuan agreed, and then he walked in front, pulling Dong Shuzhen, who had her back to the sea, and walked towards the rocks on the coast step by step.

Fortunately, the journey was not long and they reached their destination quickly.

(End of this chapter)