Chapter 11 White Rice Porridge
"May you be king. ”
"May you be king. ”
The Ardenians, led by the elders, began to repeat the phrase.
It wasn't until even the children had said it again that it was quiet again.
Then, Bai Luo stood at the front, looking at everyone, not knowing what to do for a while.
"Everybody... ”
"Wait," the old man interrupted, "the time is too short, there is no sense of ceremony, kneel for a while." ”
"Uh... ”
Bai Luo said embarrassedly: "How long do you want to kneel?"
"Well, at least, for three minutes. ”
Uncle didn't know the exact process of the Miracle Oath, and he hadn't seen the Lord of Miracles appear.
Although it is just a formality, it can be more solemn, but it should be as grand as possible.
"Oh, good. ”
So, a group of countrymen who had never seen the world followed Bai Luo, who was also a countryman, and waited quietly for 3 minutes in the evening.
It should be almost. ’
Bai Luo felt that the time was enough, and hurriedly said: "Get up quickly! The ground is cold, Inya, move the cauldron out, and everyone, beat these grains, I will invite you to drink white rice porridge tonight." ”
Even the existence of miracles told them that these grains must not be hidden.
In fact, Bai Luo didn't want to hide it privately.
Bai Luo took Arden Village very seriously, this is his home in this world, his home.
And the Arden people, who are Bai Luo's disciples, are the capital of his future life.
It just so happened that he could take this opportunity to show everyone the power of miracles.
Well, that's right, the power of miracles - white rice porridge.
"Gollum. ”
White rice porridge is boiled with 1:8 rice and water mixed with plenty of fresh wild vegetables.
Inya was impatient to add firewood, but was patted on the head by the uncle crying and laughing, and then gave the job of controlling the heat to the experienced old man.
"What is this?"
"It smells so good. ”
"Gollum. ”
The Arden people were all staring at this pot at this time, not to mention them, even Bai Luo couldn't help it.
Huge clay jars boil, and the fragrance of rice spreads in the heat.
Although there is only a simple seasoning called salt, the unprecedented fragrance still makes the people around him swallow their saliva.
For twenty years, three meals a day consisted of bread, meat, fish, and other foods
Bai Luo really hasn't eaten rice in a long time.
At this time, reuniting with the food of this previous life, Bai Luo was inexplicably moved.
"Don't worry, everybody. ”
It is impossible to beat all 100 kilograms of rice.
Bai Luo took out about 10 kilograms of rice and beat it out of rice, which was used to make porridge.
In this way, nearly 14 catties of rice, after all the porridge is boiled, it is really a big tank.
Let this group of hungry Arden people, their excited eyes shine.
There are 79 people in Arden Village, and my sister is not in the village because she is out to procure.
Tonight, the white porridge with wild vegetables, with the bacon that everyone had stored, was ordered by the uncle to serve the porridge, and Iniya almost cried out with greed.
No, you can't cry.
Even if I, Inya, can't eat, I won't cry.
Inya: o(╥_╥)o
"Alright, alright, I'll do it. ”
Bai Luo couldn't stand Iniya's eyes, so he could only let this foodie taste it and take over the job himself.
"You just spoil her too much. ”
The uncle shook his head helplessly, but Bai Luo smiled and said, "Isn't it a lot more sensible?" ”
On the side, Inya sent her bowl of white porridge to the blind girl Alaya, and then came back to ask for her bowl.
"Huh~~Huh~~"
It was a thin girl with messy hair and a few dead leaves.
But the girl didn't care about this at all, and instead focused entirely on the bowl of hot white and green rice soup in her hand.
The girl's name is Zyra Greenwood, and she is the daughter of the Greenforest family, who specialize in hunting and guarding forests in the village.
"It's delicious!"
The boy next to Zyra is younger than her, this is her younger brother John Greenwood: "Sister, try it, this is super delicious!"
"Hmm. ”
Zyra took a sip of the white rice porridge, which was very hot and slightly salty.
However, there is no hint of smell and earthiness, and the texture is unprecedented, which is completely different from black bread.
"Delicious. ”
On Zyra's gray and dark face, a pair of emerald eyes suddenly lit up.
She didn't care about the rice porridge burning her mouth, so she followed her brother and poured it into her mouth without any image.
Zyra took another bite of bacon, and the originally bland rice soup was perfectly wrapped in meat and saltiness, and then melted in her mouth along the porridge water.
"W-what is this... ”
Zyra felt an inexplicable joy, she didn't know what it was.
But looking at his younger brother John, I saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy sweating profusely, touching his forehead with his sleeve, and dripping it violently.
"Zyra?"
Bai Luo saw Jie pulling over, thinking that she still wanted it, so she hurriedly scooped up a big spoonful, and the girl hurriedly waved her hand: "No, no, I'm enough, let everyone eat more of the rest." ”
This statement is obviously false, but the people of Arden have developed this habit since childhood.
Eat one less bite yourself, so that the hungry one can eat more.
"It's okay, there's a lot more. ”
Bai Luo took the initiative to fill another bowl for Zyra, the girl didn't dare to refuse, and thanked again and again: "Brother Bai Luo, well, should you be called Brother Bai Luo, listen to Ah Weng, you seem to be the master of miracles." ”
What should you call the Lord of Miracles?
Your Excellency, or Your Majesty?
But since I said before that I would serve you as the king, I should call you Your Majesty.
"What you called it before, how you call it now, don't worry about that. ”
Bai Luo didn't want to have a dislike with them and have a sense of distance.
However, Zyra was very serious, Bai Luo was so good at talking, she refused to agree, so Bai Luo had no choice but to say: "We are still weak now, and we can't let outsiders know that we have a miracle, understand?"
"I see, I see. ”
Zyra cared about humility, but knew more about the stakes, and she asked, "Can we grow this, this food called rice, it's really delicious." ”
The soft taste, melt-in-your-mouth, and the mellow aroma without a hint of earthiness make such food feel like a dream.
No, based on the experience of the Arden people in this life, it is estimated that they will not even be able to drink such delicious things in their dreams.
"I know how to plant, of course I have to plant, how can I not plant such a good thing. ”
Bai Luo's words reassured everyone.
Obviously, they also realized the superiority of this crop called rice.
"It's not just this, it's something else. ”
Bai Luo happened to use his chieftain rights: "But I hope everyone can trust me and switch to these new crops in the future." ”
Switching to a new crop is actually very risky.
If it were in other places, without absolute prestige, it would be impossible to gamble the lives of the whole village here.
But fortunately, Bai Luo still has the first sprout bag in his hand.
Even if only 100 kilograms of grain can be poured out every day, it can fully support it, which is more than enough.
Based on the minimum consumption, a bowl of rice is about 0.08kg, which is the food of a meal.
And if each person eats only two meals a day (less exercise), that is 0.16, so 1kg can feed 6 people a day (not counting vegetables and meat).
Although you will be a little hungry, you will not die of hunger.
Bai Luo can pour 100 kilograms of rice in a day, and after beating rice, he gets 70 kilograms of white rice.
Therefore, the amount of rice, if all of them are eaten by people, can only support 420 ordinary people, and the food consumption of the Arden people is larger than that of ordinary people, but it is only for survival, and the minimum demand is not much different from ordinary people.
If you switch to mung beans, red beans and other grains without rice bran, you should be able to last longer.
This is a backup in case the harvest fails, but Bailuo still has to keep the seeds for farming.
"Listen to little Arden. ”
"Brother Bailuo, you just decide. ”
"We have a leader now, and the leader has the final say. ”
The Arden people are actually still relatively ignorant and backward, and they still adhere to the system of chiefdom, which is like the autocracy of primitive times.
But at the same time, it is also a kind of trust, and it is the choice of the whole clan to entrust the future to the wisest person.
From this moment on, Arden Village truly became dominated by Bai Luo, and everyone became his soldiers.
This made Bai Luo feel the pressure on his shoulders, and he had a heavy sense of mission and responsibility.