Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 26 Mushroom Box
All the channels on the TV broadcast the disaster situation in various regions in turn 24 hours a day. Watching too much really affects the mood. Now their family only watches the news for one time period, and spends the rest of the time busy in the garden, feeding the chickens and ducks, etc.

After the day's news was broadcast, Mother Qiao couldn't help but sigh, "When will the heavy rain stop?"

Qiao's father couldn't answer, and Qiao Miwei didn't dare to answer, because the answer was obviously not what Qiao's mother wanted.

During the day, the three of them did not work less, and were already tired, so they lay down early as soon as it got dark. As usual, Qiao Miwei went to Taoyuan to open the land, prepared a piece of land, and poured enough water for use.

The fish fry in the fish pond have grown up a lot, and the biggest one is as big as a child's palm. These days, she often uses a homemade net bag to catch fish, especially loach, and put them in the rice fields. After all, many seedlings died in the paddy field where they were planted, but the good news is that most of them survived.

Qiao Miwei has never observed what other people's rice seedlings look like. If she knew, she would find that the seedlings she planted are more vigorous and grow better than those outside.

She planned to catch some ducks and geese and drive them into the rice fields when the fry grew up a bit, but the premise was that Mother Qiao wouldn't find out. She hasn't thought of a way, and recently she is also hesitating whether to tell her parents the secret of Taoyuan. It's not that she doesn't believe her parents, but for an existence like Taoyuan, one less person who knows it will be more secure.

It was also raining in Taoyuan during the day. It was moderate rain. It rained for about an hour. She was startled, but she didn't think much about it, after all, she was still wearing a rain poncho, and the big raindrops were hitting her body vigorously.

When she entered the Taoyuan at night, a fragrant smell of moist soil penetrated her nose. With the bright moonlight, she found that the land in Taoyuan was softer and wetter than usual, and the water level in the river also rose a little bit, and the water potential also increased. It seemed to be getting faster, and it was a little cloudier than usual. Only then did she realize that it was raining here. She raised her hand to touch her chest, no wonder there was such a wonderful feeling at that moment.

There is not only land in the Taoyuan, but also a lot of things she has stored in. Although they have been sorted out, many things are still afraid of rain. She hurried over to check it out. Fortunately, he put all the precious seeds in In the cabinet with the glass door, the matter is still safe and sound, but the cardboard boxes that hold things have suffered. Come out, put it aside and wait for the sun to come out tomorrow, and it will dry quickly. If it can be used then put it away, otherwise keep it for the fire.

After tidying up the cardboard boxes, she took out a towel and wiped the furniture clean. For the first time, she was eagerly longing for her house with painted steel tiles, and the furniture would not be able to withstand the rain twice.

After tidying up the belongings, she continued to dig the ground. When it was almost ten o'clock, she went to the river to wash her hands and feet, and then went out of Taoyuan to sleep.

Waking up early the next day, Qiao Miwei went to open the door, only to find that the big dog she saw yesterday lay dying in front of her house, and it didn't respond to the heavy rain. She thought of the dead cat before, and hesitated. After a while, he lowered his head and picked up a small stone and threw it over.

The stone hit the dog, the dog moved slightly, looked up at Qiao Miwei, struggled to get up and walked slowly.

The distance was too close, and it was rare for a big dog to be aggressive. Qiao Miwei could see those eyes clearly, bloodshot, but still sharp. His body was so thin that only a handful of bones remained, and his four legs seemed to have no strength. It was very difficult to support the body, Qiao Mi couldn't bear it, and yelled, "Oh, big dog, big dog, wait a minute, I'll find you something to eat."

The dog was walking very slowly. At this moment, she seemed to hear Qiao Miwei calling it. She looked back, then lowered her head and walked away. There was pouring rain outside the door. The bleak back, reminiscent of the scenes after the end of the world, began to feel depressed early in the morning. She stood in front of the door and watched the big dog staggeringly walking away with its head lowered until it was gone. Gently closed the door.

At the dinner table, Father Qiao said that today he was going to build a nest for the chickens and ducks. After such a long time, those little guys have grown a lot, and their short yellow hair has long since faded away, and they have more than doubled in size , The goslings even put on snow-white coats.

Living in the cage is already very crowded. In order for them to grow up as soon as possible, this nest must be built.

There was still a lot of material left when the house was renovated, and the bricks and stones removed from the original courtyard wall were piled up in the backyard. Father Qiao meant to build another nest directly next to the sheep pen for the chickens and ducks Qiao Miwei had no objection. After breakfast, Qiao’s mother continued to play with the dried vegetables. Qiao Miwei followed Qiao’s father to build chicken rings. , Qiao Miwei felt that her physical strength was getting better and better. If she had been asked to do this kind of work half a year ago, she would definitely be exhausted by now, and now she is just a little tired.

Because there is not enough material, the floor of the chicken pen is not paved with bricks, and there is not even enough material to build a nest. Qiao Miwei and his daughter are worried here.

Chen Xuehua brought the dried vegetables that had been cold for a day to the house. Seeing the two people who were frowning, she leaned forward and asked with a smile, "You don't need to build a nest. There is a glass cover on it and it won't catch the rain. You just need a few eggs to lay." If any of you go to the back mountain and get me some branches, I'll weave some for you."

One sentence solved the problem, and Qiao Mi clapped his hands repeatedly, "That's good, I'll go later."

Father Qiao stopped him, "It's getting dark soon, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Qiao Miwei thought so too. It was not safe to go up the mountain in the dark under such a heavy rain. The three of them drove the chickens and ducks into the circle. The little guys were a little timid because of the change of environment, and they stood still and did not dare to move. But after calling for a while, I found that there is no danger here, the space has become larger, and I can run, jump and play to my heart's content, and slowly it becomes lively, and you chase after me and play.

After feeding them, Qiao Miwei fed the piglets and lambs before returning to the house to help Mother Qiao cook.

But when she entered the kitchen and looked at the prepared ingredients, she was surprised, "Mom, why is it so rich today?"

"You and your dad have been working a lot in the past two days, let's make some delicious tonics." Mother Qiao chopped up the meat swiftly.

Qiao Mi took a breath of the aroma, and asked imaginatively, "If we work every day in the future, will we be able to eat delicious food every day?"

Qiao's mother glared at Qiao Miwei, "Peeling garlic is a beautiful idea, you can't eat enough."

Qiao Miwei took the garlic and moved closer to Qiao's mother, peeling it and said, "It turned out to be a box of fried shiitake mushrooms. My saliva is drooling. I must make more, Mom."

"I know, there are so many. Since I was a child, I have been asked to do more as soon as I do this. I don't know how big I am." Qiao's mother gave Qiao Mi a slight look.

Mushroom boxes are not difficult to make, but they are too fragrant. It is the kind of delicacy that you can’t stop eating after eating one. There must be shiitake mushrooms in the main ingredient. When making the shiitake mushrooms, you must drain the water and choose three points Chop fat and lean meat into pureed meat, add oyster sauce, sugar, salt, light soy sauce, egg white, and sesame oil, stir well in one direction, then cut a cross-shaped knife on the front of the dried shiitake mushrooms, and cut the mushroom legs Cut it off and fill the umbrella with meat paste. It is a little troublesome to do it. After filling the meat paste, it has an Oreo effect, with mushrooms on one side and meat paste on the other.

After preparing the shiitake mushrooms, Mother Qiao turned on the induction cooker, heated the oil, and put the shiitake mushrooms in one by one, first with the mushrooms facing down, fry it for a while, then add a little water, cover the pot and turn it to medium heat to simmer slowly , Wait for the water to boil dry.

At this time, Mother Qiao turned around to cut the meat again. Qiao Miwei looked at it and drooled again, because she was too familiar with this size of meat. It was Mother Qiao's specialty dish, oil-free braised pork ! "Mom, I love you so much, I will definitely be full today."

Qiao's mother had no expression on her face, but she was very happy in her heart. After cutting the meat, she prepared shredded ginger, sliced ​​green onion and sliced ​​garlic. There is only one induction cooker, which is enough for ordering dishes at ordinary times. Once there are too many preparations, it will be difficult to turn around. You still have to use a small stove. Mother Qiao puts cold water in the small pot, and then puts the onion, ginger, garlic and pork belly together. Turning around, she poured some cooking wine into it, then covered the pot, and then turned to look at the mushrooms. At this time, the water in the pot was basically boiled dry. Mother Qiao carefully turned over the mushroom box with chopsticks and a shovel. The fire continues to fry.

The fire on the stove was very hard, and after a while the water in the pot where the meat was cooking was turned over, and after a few more minutes of cooking, Mother Qiao took a basin and mixed it with warm water to remove the pork belly and washed it clean. For the blood foam on the surface, pour out the water in the pot, wait for the water vapor in the pot to dry up, then pour the pork belly into it, turn to a low heat and stir-fry slowly, the bottom of the pot will look oily after a while, it is pork belly oozing Continue to stir-fry the oil that comes out. When the outside of the meat starts to turn brown, throw a handful of rock sugar in and stir-fry. When the sugar melts, the meat also becomes sugar-colored, bright red and oily, and floating in the kitchen The aroma is not to mention how tempting it is. As soon as the sugar-colored Joe's mother hangs on the meat here, add green onion, ginger and garlic to the pot and continue to fry. Then add a bowl of water. Dried a small handful of hawthorns, poured some dark soy sauce and covered the pot, "Slow fire."

"Yeah, yum." Qiao Miwei nodded quickly, but kept staring at the box of mushrooms in the pot over there.

(End of this chapter)