There was not much millet rice, and it was quickly eaten by the hungry trio. After eating half a bowl of millet rice, Lu Zhe felt even hungrier.

He knew that what his weak body needed was not grains like millet, but meat, delicious and juicy.

In the memory of this body, the number of times it ate meat was only a handful, and most of the food was game such as deer deer, which should have been hunted by the hunters in the village.

"The old man Gu Ji invited me to Tian's house." In ancient times, chickens had to eat grain, and in the Tang Dynasty at that time, many farmers not only did not have chickens, but even millet was pitiful. The people who can have chickens are probably some unwilling meat eaters who return to their hometowns and pretend that they are also farmers.

Lu Zhe sighed as he searched carefully in his hut, and in addition to finding half a bag of millet rice, he unexpectedly found a small bag of soybeans.

Soybeans, which the Tang people call soybeans, are also one of the rations of the Tang people, and the usual practice is boiled in plain water. But Lu Zhe, who came in later generations, was very aware of the huge role that soybeans had on the entire Chinese nation.

Soybeans are rich in plant protein, especially tofu made from soybeans, which makes up for the shortcomings of ordinary people in China's agricultural civilization who cannot consume protein by eating meat, and tofu is even called "plant-based meat".

As far back as the Han Dynasty, Liu An, the king of Huainan, is said to have invented tofu, which was used as a by-product of alchemy at this time, but Liu An, the king of Huainan, was a tofu made of heavy metal salt halogen, which tasted sour and was not easy to eat, so it did not enter the table of the Chinese, and it was not until the end of the Tang Dynasty that tofu was invented.

Now it seems that the desire to supplement protein for himself and his sister's weak body is about to fall on this tofu.

Before the crossing, Lu Zhe's major was called material physics, and this major, when it was first introduced into China, was called physical chemistry, and he had to learn a lot of chemical knowledge.

So with such a simple chemical change as making tofu, Lu Zhe felt that he had no problem at all.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhe excitedly began to continue searching the house, but he was a little disappointed that there was no stone mill at home. And looking through his memories, he didn't find anyone in this small village who had a mill at home.

Ay...... Lu Zhe sighed, it seems that the tofu plan can only be put on hold for the time being.

"Brother, the water is boiling." Yun Niang let out a low cry outside.

"Okay, I'll come out now." Lu Zhe responded, took out the wooden basin, and then walked out.

In order to prevent the thatched hut from being ignited, the stoves were basically set up outside the house, and the stoves made of earth and stone were covered by a broken shed.

Although Yun Niang is young, she already has a good way of cooking on the fire, and she is only as high as the stove, skillfully fiddling with the fire under the stove, watching her brother come out with a wooden basin, staring at her brother curiously with bright eyes.

There was only one crockpot on the stove, which was the only cooking utensils in his house, and there was boiling water in it, Lu Zhe asked Yun Niang to extinguish the fire, and then wrapped the ear of the crockpot with two leaves, and lifted the crockpot while sighing, Lu Zhe first poured some of the boiling water into the wooden basin, and then found a clean big leaf to cover the remaining boiling water.

Lu Zhe poured some cold water into the wooden basin again, tested the water temperature, and felt slightly hot, so he got up and greeted Yun Niang. "Come, Yun Niang."

"Yes, brother." The inexplicable Yun Niang was pulled over by Lu Zhe, and the white-washed towel was also immersed in warm water, Lu Zhe squatted down and began to wash Yun Niang's face and hands.

Yun Niang didn't move and let Lu Zhe wash his face, letting out a comfortable moan like a kitten, I don't know why, Yun Niang's eyes turned red again.

"Yun Niang, do you miss Ye Niang? The elder brother told Yun Niang that Aya A-Niang had gone to a far away place and would take a long time to come back, and only the elder brother would follow Yun Niang in the future, and the elder brother promised you that he would definitely let you live a good life. Seeing his sister's red eyes again, Lu Zhe couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, and gently coaxed Yun Niang.

"Brother lied, Aya A-Niang is dead, just like Grandpa Liu, Yun Niang knows." Little Lori snorted, trying to keep herself from crying, Lu Zhe couldn't hold back anymore, and tears fell.

What a child, in later generations, her peers of her age, dressed beautifully, pampered by the whole family, eating delicious food, playing with all kinds of toys, not having to worry about being hungry, and not having enough clothes to keep out the cold. Looking at his skinny little girl, helpless and hesitant like a fledgling who has lost her parents, Lu Zhe is very worried about whether Yun Niang, who has no parents to take care of, can survive this winter.

"Brother doesn't cry, and Yun Niang doesn't cry either." Seeing Lu Zhe crying, the little man stretched out his hand and tried to wipe away Lu Zhe's tears.

"Well, brother doesn't cry, Yun Niang, you wait for your brother at home, and your brother will bring you delicious food in the evening." Wiping away his tears, Lu Zhe solemnly said to his sister, at this moment, he has regarded the little person in front of him as his only relative.

"Hmm. Yun Niang is waiting for her brother at home. It can be seen that although Yun Niang wants to be with her, she still nodded obediently, looking at her sister's well-behaved appearance, Lu Zhe secretly swore in his heart that he must get something today.

Lu Zhe washed his sister's face three times, and the water in the wooden basin turned black, looking at his sister who had obviously become white and tender. Lu Zhe then told her, "In the future, you must wash your hands before eating, and you must remember to drink boiled water when you drink water." Otherwise, you will get sick. ”

"Hmm." Yun Niang didn't know why her brother wanted to tell her like this, but out of trust in her brother, Yun Niang still nodded very seriously.

Lu Zhe also drank some hot water and felt the warmth brought by the hot water to his body, so Lu Zhe picked up the flower hoe and came to the garden behind.

Although the days in the mountains were extremely hard, as the sect master of the Hundred Flowers Sect, Lu Zhe's father still opened a small garden in the backyard, which was planted with a lot of flowers, but at this time it was late autumn, and the garden was depressed.

The humus used to plant the flowers is all about it, presumably Lu Zhe's father is also very aware of this, and with a light planing, the soil will reveal the rotting fallen leaves and fat earthworms inside. Lu Zhe gouged out the earthworm and threw it directly into the fish basket.

It can be seen that Lu Zhe's father still hasn't forgotten his old job, there are a lot of earthworms in the soil, and after a while, Lu Zhe has a lot of earthworms.

"Brother, what are you doing catching the dragon?" The little man squatted next to Lu Zhe, his bright eyes watching his brother digging in the soil, his eyes full of curiosity.

"Yun Niang is obediently at home, and my brother wants this earth dragon to be useful." Seeing that the earthworms had been dug almost completely, Lu Zhe found a lot of thin rattans, braided a lid with a mouth in the middle, stuck at the exit of the fish basket, and a simple fish cage was ready.

"I'll bring you something to eat when I get back." I originally wanted to say that I was going to catch fish, but I thought that I had just fallen into the water, and if Yun Niang heard that she was going to the stream, she might cry again, so Lu Zhe said vaguely, carried a fish basket and a flower hoe, and walked out of his small courtyard.

Lu Zhe quickly came to the river, and after a few turns, he chose a concave bay with a big tree next to it.

This is it, Lu Zhe nodded. This concave bay often has a lot of small fish and shrimp gathered here, and the fish cage he made is no different from the fish cage used by rural children to fish in the summer in later generations, but it is a little simpler.

"Leave it to fate." Lu Zhe sighed, he didn't know if he could successfully catch the fish in this fish cage.

In this era, there were many fish in the water, unlike later generations, when rivers and lakes were exhausted for fishing, and they had to rely on artificial breeding to meet human demand for fish meat, but the ancients lacked tools and means to obtain fish. It should be fine to catch a few once in a while, but it can be difficult to get fish consistently.

This is because the fishing nets of the Tang Dynasty were mainly made of hemp, and there were even old clothes, which caused the fishing nets to rot after soaking in water, and they could only fish for three days and dry the nets for two days. Therefore, except for professional fishermen, few people have ever thought of catching fish every day to maintain food and clothing.

Lu Zhe poured out the earthworms in the fish basket, clubbed them with stones, and then threw the stones and earthworms into the fish basket, and then closed the cage with a self-woven lid, the flared lid made it easy for the fish to enter and exit. After doing all this, Lu Zhe, who was still not at ease, also tied the lid firmly to the fish basket with a thin rattan.

Then he found another thicker rattan, tied one end to the basket and the other to the tree, and slowly threw the homemade fish cage into the water. Watching the fish cage gradually sink to the bottom, Lu Zhe finally put his mind at ease, and then lifted the flower hoe and walked towards the mountains and forests.

At this time, it was already late autumn, all kinds of fruits were ripe, and it was the time for birds and animals to store fat, Lu Zhe carried a flower hoe to see if he could go to the mountains to find something else to eat.

Not long after walking, Lu Zhe, who had just gone up the mountain, found wild ginger in a leeward slope, and he was overjoyed, so he dug a lot. Immediately afterwards, he found a lot of wild fennel, dug some up, tied it with rattan, and took it in his hand.

The mountains and forests in late autumn are colorful, green pine needles, yellow wild chrysanthemums, coupled with a thin white mountain fog, the forest is full of birds and squirrels playing in the trees, Lu Zhe walks in the mountains and forests, surrounded by endless pine forests, the mountain wind is whistling, and there are pine waves in his ears, he seems to have walked into another world.

A hermit lives under the forest spring, indulges in the landscape, and the world of plum wives and cranes. It is also the world in which the people in the mountain gate live in the eyes of the world.

But the truth is cruel, life in the mountains is not only not as good as imagined, but even more difficult. Lu Zhe was not attracted by the beauty of the mountains at all, he was hungry, but his eyes were shining under the pine trees.

That's it, Lu Zhe's eyes lit up, and he unexpectedly found a delicious delicacy that could satisfy his hunger.

Under the bare roots of the pine trees, a few tan mushrooms peeked out of the thick pine needles, and there were a few drops of crystal clear dew on them, which were illuminated by the morning sun in the mountains, and there was a different smell.

This kind of pine mushroom born under the pine tree is a very nutritious mushroom, in later generations, pine mushroom is also one of the few mushrooms that can not be cultivated artificially, and the number is extremely large, and the growth is also very fast, it is simply one of the most powerful gifts of nature.

Originally, Lu Zhe came to the mountain to try his luck, wanting to dig out a few bird eggs or see if he could catch any small animals or something, but he didn't expect that there were pine mushrooms here, and he looked around, there were still a lot of pine mushrooms, and he was overjoyed, and after taking off his coat and laying it on the ground, he began to dig it up.

I dig, I dig, I dig again. At this time, Lu Zhe threw his hunger out of the clouds, and only the fatty and fragrant pine mushrooms were his only pursuit at the moment.

As one by one pine mushrooms were thrown onto his clothes, Lu Zhe burst out with more physical strength than he imagined, he tirelessly wielded the medicine hoe, and dug in the mountains for most of the day, in late autumn, he was naked, not only did he not feel cold, but was steaming all over his body, until the pine mushrooms piled up on the ground became a small hill, and the coat he put on the ground was submerged, and Lu Zhe stopped.

Then, Lu Zhe spent a lot of effort to barely wrap the pine mushrooms he picked, and then tied his coat with the wild ginger and wild fennel he dug in the morning, patted the huge package, and Lu Zhe, who was satisfied, began to walk down the mountain.

Because he was afraid that his only coat would be worn out, Lu Zhe did not use dragging, but carried a package of almost 20 catties on his back and moved it down the mountain step by step.

It is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, especially Lu Zhe is still an eleven or twelve-year-old child, carrying a huge package, walking a few steps to rest, and when the sky is getting dark, it is almost afternoon, and he has just walked out of the mountain forest behind the village.

At this moment, Lu Zhe's sweat was like rain, his whole body was sore, his feet and stomachs kept cramping, he only fell into the water the first day, he was frozen all night, and he only ate half a bowl of millet today, at this time, Lu Zhe, who was weak, felt that his physical condition was terrible, even if he put down the package at this time, he felt that he was enough to walk back to the village.

"That kid, but the boss of the flower planter, is he called Zhewazi?" Just when he was a little desperate, suddenly, a neutral voice came from behind.

"It's the kid, I don't know the respect of the elders?" The voice seemed to be a little familiar, Lu Zhe put down the package with difficulty, looked back, and was happy.

"It turned out to be Uncle Tie San in person." A bronzed, almost 1.8 meter tall man was walking out of the woods at the moment, with an iron fork on his back and a few grouses in one hand. Lu Zhe remembered that this person was a member of the Tie family in the east of the village, who made a living from hunting, and several times the village was able to eat meat because his family had hunted wild beasts.

"Boy, what are you picking so many mushrooms for, you want to eat mushrooms? Boy, you don't want to die. The person who came strode up to Lu Zhe, saw the big bag behind Lu Zhe, and scolded him.

"The mushrooms I picked are not poisonous, and they taste very good." Lu Zhe put down his bag and said weakly.

"Zhewazi, I think you are talking nonsense, everyone knows that mushrooms can't be eaten, and if you eat them, you will die, so it's better to throw them away quickly. There is a shortage of food at home, so my uncle will decorate it for you later, don't eat indiscriminately, and let Brother Lu die. Seeing Lu Zhe's appearance, Tie San was angry and funny.

"Don't dare to hide it from Uncle Tie, according to the records of my family's classics, this thing is really edible, and it tastes delicious, my father once cooked it for my little sister Yu to eat." Seeing that Tie San was about to collapse with his package, Lu Zhe hurriedly moved out his cheap father.

"Really?" Tetsusan's eyes widened. "The boy who planted the flowers, you don't have to lie to me."

"I will never dare to lie to my uncle." Lu Zhe said solemnly.