Chapter 20: The Daily Life of Immortal Cultivators
At noon, Aunt Gu called Jiang Ning to eat, but Jiang Ning refused, the mother and daughter were not well-off, and they could eat by themselves, he was worried that he would make others poor.
Jiang Ning looked at the meat he bought in the morning, a total of three catties of beef and five catties of pork ribs.
Jiang Ning urged his spiritual power, and his fingertips clicked a few times, and a round of white mysterious discs like stars were reflected on the table.
He pointed out a spiritual power, and the disc suddenly turned slightly, and a trace of cold air poured out of it.
This is the most basic formation, which can keep an area at a low temperature, Jiang Ning threw the beef on it, so that it would not spoil, and the effect was comparable to that of a refrigerator, which was more elegant.
The spiritual power he casually played out was enough to maintain the miniature version of the formation, which ran for a day and a night.
Then Jiang Ning began to cook the ribs, and with a move of his hand, the water in the bucket was drawn out of the void and fell to clean the ribs.
And when frying, he disliked the lack of firepower of the induction cooker, and used his spiritual power again to light a flame, the flame swirled in the pot from top to bottom, and evenly roasted every part of the ribs.
When the ribs are fried and roasted, the aroma is overflowing, and Jiang Ning sprinkles the pre-prepared spices on the ribs, just like the barbecue restaurants in later generations.
It's just a pity that the pig is an ordinary pig, not a spirit animal, and it doesn't help his cultivation much, and after his cultivation improves, Jiang Ning will have to think of other ways.
A few fruits were thrown out of the air, and the sword qi flashed, like a game of peeling fruits, cutting them accurately, the kernels were sieved, and the flesh was lifted as if it was being held up by auspicious clouds, and slowly fell on the plate.
Jiang Ning waved again, and a fist-sized water droplet converged in the air, and then the water flow transformed into a flat shape.
Jiang Ning let out a flame, and the terrifying high temperature passed, instantly boiling the water, and the boiling water merged into a stream of water and moistened into the cup.
The fly in the ointment is that it is not purified pure water, and he cannot purify water now, which is not as good as an industrial water purifier.
After a simple plating, Jiang Ning's lunch was done.
Just about to eat here, Xue Yuantong came over with a bowl, and when he saw the big plate of pork ribs, his eyes couldn't help but widen.
Xue Yuantong is here to deliver steamed buns, yesterday her mother steamed a big bun and asked her to send it to Jiang Ning, she could have sent it a long time ago, but she brushed it for a while, and she didn't come over until now.
She planned to see what Jiang Ning was eating at noon, and if he didn't eat, she would pull him to her house, after all, she ate his snacks in the morning, didn't she?
For this reason, when she was still cooking, she deliberately moved a little caution and heated three more steamed buns, so that even if Jiang Ning came, she would not be enough to eat.
As a result, when it came to Jiang Ning, people ate quite well, Xue Yuantong thought about his lunch, and looked at Jiang Ning's hearty pork ribs, and drooled uncontrollably.
"Huh? Steamed buns, I'm just thinking about eating this. Jiang Ning was surprised.
He is not perfunctory, Yuzhou is located in the central part of the motherland, residents eat rice and noodles, Jiang Ning followed the local eating habits, but compared to rice, he prefers steamed buns.
There are steamed buns sold outside, and most of them have additives inside, and the taste is not as good as the steamed ones at home, and now he is very happy to see the steamed buns sent by Xue Yuantong.
"Thank you Aunt Gu for me." Jiang Ning sandwiched a bowl of pork ribs and served it to Xue Yuantong:
"Don't refuse, this is called sophistication."
"Come on!" Xue Yuantong didn't refuse, recently she felt that her relationship with Jiang Ning was getting better and better, which made her feel at ease, in the face of such a Taoist brother, she had to pull him in his studies in the future and protect him from a 211 university.
So thinking like this, Xue Yuantong felt at ease.
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In the evening, Jiang Ning left with his bag on his back.
He ran along the dam, his speed was extremely fast, and he ran for half an hour, until he reached a remote area, there were no street lights nearby, but Jiang Ning's five senses were so sensitive, under the moonlight, the place in sight was extremely clear.
The substation box emitted a "buzzing" noise, which shows how high the voltage in it is, and ordinary people can lie down when they touch it and die on the spot.
Jiang Ning untied his backpack, took out two cartons of milk, and finished it in one go.
A little melancholy, in the past, I used to practice and swallow two pills, but now, I actually have to drink milk to replenish it.
Jiang Ning's consciousness was completely released, and he could see it at a glance within a radius of 20 meters, and his keen ears faintly detected abnormalities, and there was something wrong with a tributary of the river below.
He walked towards the river, which was a branch vein, about ten meters wide, perpendicular to the Hushui River, which was blocked by a cement dam and did not connect with the Hushui River.
This small river is responsible for irrigating the surrounding farmland, and its importance is self-evident, and in the reflection of Jiang Ning's divine sense, at the edge of the river, under the water thirty centimeters deep, a water pipe continues to discharge water.
He urged his spiritual power, turned into a big hand, grabbed the water, wrapped the ball of water and fell to the farmland next to him, and suddenly, an unpleasant smell of chemical wastewater came out.
"Secretly discharging wastewater!" Jiang Ning muttered to himself.
He looked up, his gaze spanning hundreds of meters of farmland and landing on the village in the distance.
In recent years, Yuzhou City has been able to catch enterprises that discharge sewage privately almost every year, and small enterprises like this kind of private wastewater discharge are everywhere.
Without him, there is no benefit.
But since Jiang Ning was caught today, then he has to take care of this matter.
Jiang Ning cast a spell, and the whole person's figure slowly disappeared.
This is a "hidden decision", which can hide the body, which is similar to stealth.
But this is just a small trick, Jiang Ning has also mastered the secret technique of escaping into the void, and with the magic weapon of concealing qi, even the divine sense of Yuanying Great Perfection cannot detect him.
It's just that it can't be used now.
Jiang Ning used his divine sense to identify the water pipe, and after leaving the river bank for more than 20 steps, the sewage pipe was only covered by a thin layer of soil.
Jiang Ning was glad that the sewage pipe was not buried deeply, otherwise with his divine sense, I am afraid that he would really be at a loss.
He locked onto the sewer pipe and followed it in the direction of the pipe towards the village.
The village is dilapidated, enter the village, and all the way forward, everywhere you go is full of uninhabited broken houses, and the village seems to be a deserted village in a horror movie.
If Xue Yuantong is brought to this place now, it is estimated that he will be able to faint in fright.
Jiang Ning knew the reason, Yuzhou's industry was far less developed than the cities in the coastal areas, and the young and middle-aged people in the village went to work in other places, and their families either built houses on the side of the highway or bought houses in Yuzhou City.
After all, two people work in coastal cities, they can save money a year, they can save tens of thousands, some people who have left their hometowns are richer than the working class in Yuzhou City, and now the house price is not expensive, and they can buy a house in the urban area after working for a few years.
Eventually, most of the people moved out of the village, leaving only the old man alone, and after the old man died, the village naturally declined, and after a few decades, it may cease to exist.
The village in front of me is considered to be more seriously deserted.
Jiang Ning walked through most of the village before he saw two families on the west side of the village, both of which were still inhabited by old people.
After some distance further, Jiang Ning stopped in the northeast direction of the village, in front of which was a high fenced courtyard wall, and the noise of machinery came from inside.