Chapter 180: The clouds are from the dragon, and the wind is from the tiger
The sky was getting darker, and the wind was tight during the day, and the snow was flying on the ground, and the forest was full of white expanse, as if it had fallen a new snow. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info In fact, it has been sunny these days, where will snowflakes fall from the sky, but the snow is very heavy, and even the sun is shading, so that Xu Xiaobai and his party are not depressed. In the evening of this day, the wind gradually decreased, and the snow gradually settled, and then a bright moon was revealed, hanging obliquely on the horizon, sprinkling a faint silver glow, and the reflected snow was extraordinarily bright, and it was not lost in the white night.
It's good that the snow is clear, so take precautions. The roving Siberian tiger now doesn't know where to watch here, and with the reflection of snow, it is easier to spot its tracks.
Lao Yaozi looked nervous all the time, although the broken bone was still painful, he still bent himself up and baked a bonfire, chopped the firewood and put it to burn, arching the fire to the old high. While he was baking the fire, he listened to the movements around him from time to time, and refilled the firewood into the fire.
Xiaoqing squeezed a small half bucket of deer milk in the evening, and it didn't take long for the milk to be frozen into ice, she put the iron bucket next to the fire to warm it, but after a while, the ice cubes gradually melted, she served three bowls, and the three of them each drank a bowl, although it was a little fishy, but after drinking, it gradually left a fragrant mouth, and the belly was warm, and it was really a good thing.
Xu Xiaobai sat and meditated, from the afternoon to now, he has been meditating for three hours, but he has no intention of stopping, and there is occasionally a trace of hot air coming out of his mouth and nose, obviously the true qi is gradually resuming circulation. Lao Yaozi was already familiar with this scene, but Xiaoqing was very curious, and she would take a look in a few minutes to see what happened to Xu Xiaobai's internal breath circulation. In my life, I have only heard that there are masters in the folk who can do qigong, and I have never seen it with my own eyes, but today I know that qigong really exists. Ordinary people don't get white smoke out of their noses for no reason.
Seeing that Xiaoqing was busy, Lao Yaozi said with a smile: "That kid is so famous, once he sits down, he won't move for five or six hours, don't patronize him." Roast more fire, this night is not ordinary cold, the chest is roasted and the back is baked, otherwise you will find a bunch of chilblains on your back when you get up tomorrow. ā
Xiaoqing was embarrassed by him, and hurriedly turned around to roast his back, pretending not to hear the first half of what he said, this time he turned around and really felt that his back was cold, and the old medicine was right, if he didn't bake his back, he might really have chilblains tomorrow. Frostbite is a trouble, suppuration and bleeding will delay things, and it will leave scars, so you must not be careless. There is a folk saying, the fire is called to roast the chest warm, the wind blows the back cold, in the northeast such an extremely cold place, if the roasting fire is uneven, half of the body is cold and half hot, it is better not to bake.
Lao Yaozi cut the ten catties of fresh mutton that Xu Xiaobai had exchanged before meditating, threw five catties for Lao Qing to gnaw, and skewered the remaining 5 catties on a large iron chisel and roasted them slowly on the fire. Xiaoqing's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "Are you going to make a barbecue?" ā
Lao Yaozi laughed: "Big niece, let you taste Uncle Yaozi's barbecue skills today!" ā
Barbecue is the earliest way of cooking that human beings learned, and the first cooked food that human beings ate when they got out of the era of Ru Mao and drank blood was barbecue. In myths and legends, Fu Xi, the head of the Three Emperors, first created the barbecue, when there were many fish in the river, lake, and sea, many birds in the sky, and many beasts on the ground, and people would not catch them. People waited at the water's edge with a tree trunk in their hands, and when they watched the fish swim by, they would hit a stick, and only a few fish could be caught in this way. Fuxi dried the wild hemp and kneaded it into a rope, and then used a thinner rope to weave it into a net to teach people to fish; Thicker ropes were used to weave nets to teach people how to catch birds and animals. This is much better than only eating wild fruits from the trees, but raw fish and birds don't taste good, and some of them are not good at it, and they will get sick when they eat it. Fu Xi developed a method of drilling wood to make fire (hence the name Suiren), and taught people to use fire to roast birds and fish and eat them. Cooked food is of great significance, and can be called an epoch-making event in the development of human history, because cooked food greatly reduces the threat of parasites and bacteria, greatly prolongs the life span of human beings, and indirectly improves the nutrition obtained by human beings, providing a basis for human IQ to fly relative to animal IQ. In honor of Fuxi, people called him "Ku Xi", that is, the first person to cook animal meat over fire.
As for the West, barbecue is called BBQ, and that also has a history. It is believed that the English name of barbecue, barbecue (commonly known as BBQ), may come from the Caribbean. In the past, the French came to the Caribbean, and on the island, they would put the whole slaughtered sheep from the beard to the buttocks (delabarbeaucul) on the grill and eat it, this food is referred to as barbe-cul (the "l" at the end of the French word cul does not sound), evolved into the word barbecue, and because cue is the same as the English letter Q, it became barbeque, and later abbreviated as BBQ.
Chinese play barbecue, the famous name of the game is naturally XJ people, Uyghurs have turned barbecue into an art and learning, but also created the reputation of XJ barbecue in the world. But in fact, the barbecue in the Northeast also has a unique flavor, because the Northeast is rich in products, there are too many things that can be grilled, up to birds and animals, down to flowers, birds, fish and insects, can be used to grill. However, the old medicine roasted today is the most common roast mutton.
Five catties of mutton with mutton fat began to squeak and drip oil under the scorching flame, and the mutton fat dripped onto the flame, and a string of small flames sparkled from time to time, which was very exciting. Lao Yaozi saw that the meat had probably been roasted for six or seven years, opened the bottles and jars he carried, and began to put all kinds of spices, the most important of which is, of course, cumin powder, which is indispensable for barbecue. Xiaoqing watched Lao Yaozi take out piles of spices from the bottles and cans as if she were looking at a robot cat, and said in her heart that her uncle was really a wonderful person, and he actually carried these bits and pieces with him.
As soon as the cumin powder is sprinkled, the aroma of authentic barbecue is immediately born. The old medicine added another firewood to make the fire more vigorous, the aroma was overflowing, and the index finger of the hooked person moved.
Xu Xiaobai opened his eyes suddenly, he had already smelled the aroma of barbecue, but just now the exercise was at a critical stage, and he had to endure the temptation to continue to practice, and at this moment he finally completed the exercise, only then did he open his eyes, stretched out his left hand and made a slight move, and the big iron drill moved in response to the sound and arrived in his hand. This hand is a skill that he is very good at, but at the moment, his energy has not recovered, so this trick is a little reluctant, but he deliberately used it, in fact, it was for the old medicine to see, proving that his ability is still there. Of course, it is indeed gluttonous, and I want to eat a bite quickly.
The old medicine man sighed and said hurriedly: "It's not ripe yet!" ā
Xu Xiaobai didn't care about those, tore off a piece of meat on the top of the head, about half a catty, put it to his mouth and chewed a few bites, his lips and teeth were fragrant, and the fat meat was suitable, it was really delicious in the world, especially in this cold winter, eating such a meal of roast mutton was really cooler than ascending to immortal.
He put the iron drill back on the fire and got up to clean up. Lao Yaozi was busy continuing to roast meat, and he had to wait until it was cooked before he could eat it. Xiaoqing saw that Xu Xiaobai was awake, and hurriedly stood up with him, the two pretended to be packing up, but Xiaoqing looked at Xu Xiaobai with inquiring eyes from time to time.
Xu Xiaobai knew that she was concerned about her own situation, but at this moment, Lao Yaozi was in front of her, and it was inconvenient for the two to communicate, so he gestured to her for three, which meant that his strength had recovered three-tenths. Xiaoqing's heart is determined, even if her heart is only three-tenths, it is more than enough to deal with the Siberian Tiger.
It didn't take long for Lao Yaozi to roast the meat, and the three of them rushed to feast, and Lao Yaozi turned out a few pieces of dough from the baggage, or the dry food prepared before going out, all of which were frozen into ice lumps, and after being roasted on the fire, they were also sprinkled with cumin powder chili noodles, and they ate a happy mutton.
There was nothing left of the five catties of mutton, and the three of them each ate a brain full of fat, and then they cleaned up the meal. Xu Xiaobai patted his head and said regretfully: "Let's patronize the barbecue, the aroma of this meat is all gone, if there is anything in the old forest, isn't it all invited?" ā
Lao Yaozi was also taken aback, and said with a bitter face: "I just want to make a delicious meal for the three of us, and forget about this stubble, that Siberian tiger may be nearby, if it attracts ......"
When Xiaoqing heard the two of them say this, she immediately became nervous. Xu Xiaobai was a little weird, how could he make such a low-level mistake with such rich experience in the jungle life as the old medicine man, could it be that he did it on purpose?
He looked intently at the old Yaozi's face, trying to see something from the expression on his face, but he didn't find much out of the ordinary. At this time, Lao Yaozi was already taking remedial measures, reinforcing the tent and burning the flames higher so that the animals would not dare to approach easily, and he had prepared a few pine sticks suitable for making torches, and was ready to use torches to deal with if animals attacked. Xu Xiaobai saw that he was serious, and his heart may have been thinking too much, and the old medicine man really just made an unintentional mistake.
In the middle of the moon, the three of them talked and laughed for a while, each of them was a little sleepy, Xu Xiaobai had been meditating in the afternoon, and he was the most energetic, so he kept the first half of the night, and kept the old medicine to watch the second half of the night, Xiaoqing's physical strength was the worst, and he did not arrange a vigil, only responsible for sleeping. The two of them fell asleep, Xu Xiaobai sat at the door of the tent and roasted the fire, and continued to burn it from time to time, thinking that the unicorn should have been sent to the hospital where Lin Xing was located, and he didn't know what the effect was. Guo Tuhao should be on his way to the old forest in the northeast now, and I don't know when this guy will find him, or if he will be stopped by the government's counterattack force on the way. After such a long time, Guo Tuhao's strength doesn't know how strong it has been, and can the army of the Northeast Theater deal with him and his zombie army?
Hey, it's a headache. He simply didn't think about it, he had nothing to do, and continued to meditate and practice, striving to recover more true qi as soon as possible.
At this moment, a breeze blew, driving the flames to jump, and after a few breaths, the wind gradually strengthened, and the flames were extinguished, and gradually there was a tendency to extinguish, and there was a faint fishy smell in the wind.
Xu Xiaobai slowly opened his eyes, stuffed a few pieces of wood that were ready to be used as torches into the fire, so that the fire was more prosperous, and the torches could be in place at any time, he turned his head, looked at the direction where the wind came, and said silently: "The cloud is from the dragon, the wind is from the tiger, it should come, and it is still here." ā