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Chapter 5 The long-lost rice
  "Auntie, do you have any flour at home?"

Zhao Lihua liked the salt quite a lot. She thought she was going to change the flour because she couldn't change the vat. She said with a smile: "Yes, they are all high-quality white flour."

"In that case, can I get another bowl of rice? Also, can I just have another bowl of flour?"

Zhao Lihua thought for a while. A bowl of rice cost more than two kilograms. The current price of rice is 18 cents per catty. More than two kilograms is only more than forty cents. Her own vat has been used for several years, so it is a good deal.

After figuring it out, Zhao Lihua quickly responded: "Okay, okay, it turns out that my aunt is taking advantage of you. I'll ask your uncle to send it to you right now."

Zhang Chengyuan smiled and nodded: "Sorry for bothering you, aunt. I'll go back and wait."

"Good good."

After bidding farewell to Zhao Lihua, Zhang Chengyuan returned home to clean up the yard briefly, closed the doors everywhere, and then prepared the promised things and waited.

Soon she heard a knock on the door.

Zhang Chengyuan opened the door and greeted people with a smile. At the same time, he stepped out of the way and said, "Auntie, uncle, I'm sorry to bother you."

A slightly older middle-aged man came in first carrying a large vat and said with a smile: "No trouble, my dear, where do you want to put this vat?"

Zhang Chengyuan immediately pointed to the wall outside the kitchen: "Uncle, just put it there."

Zhao Lihua then came in, carrying a covered basket on her arm, and said with a smile: "Daughter, I have brought you vegetables and flour, can you take a look?"

With that said, he opened the lid and showed it to Zhang Chengyuan.

Zhang Chengyuan looked obediently and saw that it was indeed white noodles. He smiled and said, "Okay, Aunt, wait... Aunt, this salt and rice..."

Zhang Chengyuan went to get the two bowls of rice and salt. He didn't know if his aunt had brought the containers, so he didn't finish his words and waited for his aunt to answer.

When Zhao Lihua saw that the rice was full of rice particles, her smile widened a little. She immediately took out a small cloth bag from the basket and said, "I'll just put the rice in the cloth bag, and put the salt in my bowl later."

"Okay, Auntie, load the rice first."

Zhang Chengyuan put down the two bowls, holding the basket in one hand and his aunt's bowl in the other. He went to the kitchen, poured the flour into the pot, and took out the vegetables, onions, garlic, and ginger before he came out with the basket and bowl.

Then he poured the salt into the bowl at his aunt's house and returned it to his aunt. At the same time, he handed the agreed one hundred coins to his aunt and said, "Thank you very much, aunt."

"Thank you. If you want to change anything in the future, you can come to my aunt's house. If my aunt's house has anything, I will definitely change it for you."

"Okay, aunt, I understand."

Zhao Lihua asked her man to come with her. Zhang Chengyuan didn't try to persuade him to stay. She was not good at saying polite words, so she sent the two of them out.

After seeing people entering the yard, she immediately closed the door and couldn't control the excitement and joy on her face. She could finally have a normal meal.

After all the spices and side dishes were prepared, she realized that something was missing. She actually forgot to change the oil!

Oh my god, what a stupid person you are.

I had no choice but to fill up another bowl of rice and knock on Zhao Lihua’s door.

"Daughter, what's going on?"

Zhao Lihua was very puzzled as to why he came again just now.

Zhang Chengyuan said embarrassedly: "Auntie, I just forgot to change some oil with you. There is no oil at home."

"Hey~ It's time to change the oil, right? How about changing it with rice?"

Zhang Chengyuan nodded.

"How much? Forget it, I'll do it myself."

With that said, he carefully picked up the bowl and carried the rice into the kitchen. When he came out, there was already a bowl of lard in it.

"Let's see if it's enough? This is the lard fried by my aunt's own pigs. Come to my aunt's house after you finish eating." Zhang Chengyuan smiled and thanked him and left. He went home and fetched water in a pot and brought back almost half a jar. Water makes me happy to cook and eat.

She put the big iron pot into the groove on the stove, but it fit surprisingly well. It didn't matter if she didn't have a spatula. She used two thin wooden sticks as long chopsticks.

Heat the pot until red, put a piece of lard in the pot and melt it. Fry the onion and garlic into the pot until the fragrance comes out. Then add the vegetable leaves, and the fragrance will come out within a few turns.

Quickly pick up the vegetable leaves, pour the water under the rice, cover the pot and simmer the rice.

While smelling the aroma, she stared at the stove fire, hoping that the meal would be ready soon. Her stomach kept growling, so she had no choice but to divert her attention.

As she was thinking about it, she started thinking about her current life again. She didn't have all the food she needed to eat, including the spatula for cooking and the knife for cutting vegetables. This time she was chopping vegetables with her hands. , and there are no chopsticks for eating.

The daily items are a bed for sleeping, a toothbrush and toothpaste for brushing teeth, a basin and towel for washing your face, a cup for drinking water, a bucket for carrying water, and yes, there is also a lamp. I don’t know if it is a kerosene lamp or a candle?

Then there were the clothes. She only had this set on, and she didn’t even have a change of clothes.

You can take care of everything else later. The harvest of the past three days has not been sorted out yet. I will pack it up soon after eating.

If I finish packing and still have time, I'll go for a walk in the mountains.

Of the three talents, collection is still at level three. It will take some time to upgrade, so there is no need to worry.

Hunting and crafting are still at level zero, and I don’t expect them at the moment...

Zhang Chengyuan sniffed, and she seemed to smell the smell of paste, the smell of paste!
  My rice!
  Zhang Chengyuan almost jumped three feet high and ran to lift the lid of the pot to check. The rice was cooked, but it was also mushy.

She took a bowl and filled it with a bowl, and couldn't wait to take a bite. Although it was a bit mushy, it was still very fragrant. One mouthful of vegetables and one mouthful of rice, she ate it very deliciously.

After finishing one bowl, she had another. After three bowls, she felt the rice was in her throat, but she felt extremely satisfied.

After resting for a while, after her stomach was no longer full, she got up and went to the house to organize things.

Wild fruits, including most of the remaining baskets of kiwis, were packed in a basket, more than two baskets of wild vegetables, pine needles, dead leaves, dry firewood and hay were piled in piles, there were thirty wild eggs, and a basket of mushrooms was carried.

If it weren't for the mushrooms, she didn't know whether they were poisonous or not, and she could have picked more.

After finishing, it was still early, so she went to heat up the rice and ate another meal, but there was still food left.

But it doesn't matter, she can continue to eat at night, but she will have to control the amount next time she cooks.

After washing the dishes, she went up the mountain again.

She no longer just prepared supplies in general, because the appearance of bubble balls greatly relieved her pressure and gave her the confidence to calm down and no longer work so hard to stay alive.

This time she went up the mountain to chop bamboo to make furniture.

She passed by the bamboo forest more than once in the past few days, so she went straight to her destination.

The selected ones cut down a dozen thick bamboos and dragged them back, cut off the excess leaves and bamboos, and then split the bamboos into thin strips and left them to dry.

At the same time, she was thinking about whether she should go to the mountains to collect something more and gain more experience to upgrade her talents quickly.

After looking at the darkening sky, Zhang Chengyuan gave up this dangerous idea. She found her old backpack and prepared to fish in the river.

Before it got completely dark, Zhang Chengyuan successfully caught ten fish, and his hunting talent was also upgraded.

It's just that I didn't trigger the bubble ball today, which is a pity.

However, eat fish at night.

After dinner, Zhang Chengyuan tried to practice the "Ju Li Jue". Fortunately, she didn't feel as hungry as she did that day, so she felt at ease.

After practicing all night, I felt so hungry again the next day that I could eat a cow. I still eat rice today.

(End of this chapter)