Chapter 22: Stew!

If there is a book, it is long, and if there is no book, it is short.

Lu Ning was diligent and diligent, and did a day in order. In the evening, the brand new half-cave mud hut was already built.

Of course, the mud hut is not inhabitable for the time being, and the clay laid on the walls and floor still needs to be dried.

From the outside, the mud hut is roughly conical in shape, large in size but less than two meters in height, shaped like a mushroom lying on the ground wearing a hat.

From the doorway, follow the curved staircase into the mud house, but there is a hole inside.

In front of the opposite wall there is a fireplace made of stone and terracotta. The fireplace can be lit inside, and the inside of the stove is connected to the ondol next to it.

In front of the fireplace, two large stones were used to build a shelf that could be used to support the clay kettle. It's just that although the shelves have been placed here, and the pottery kettle that should have been placed on it is still burning in the stone kiln, Lu Ning has only reserved a place here.

Inside the fireplace was a pile of reddish charcoal, which emitted scorching heat over the mud house. The damp walls and the clay kang slowly faded and hardened under this temperature.

Turn around and step on the stairs to walk out of the mud hut, and when you come to the back, you can see a large stone slab on the ground.

This is exactly what was dug in the cellar.

Lifting the slate and looking inside, the dark cellar smelled of fresh earth.

Because there was too much wood in the cellar to be roasted by fire, Lu Ning finally gave up the method of building a mud house, and instead of using clay to paint the walls, he used various wooden frames to support it.

The upside is that it takes less time, and the cellar is now filled with piles of food.

Although the temperature is getting colder, the vegetables such as green potatoes and hot grass fruits in the cellar have finally remained intact and have not been frozen.

Lu Ning carefully stepped on the wooden beams on both sides and drilled down the cellar.

"Flatbread! I'll throw it out, and you'll pick it up! ”

Lu Ning shouted below.

The flatbread stood at the mouth of the cellar, jumping around excitedly, eager to try.

Sou!

A green potato popped out of the cellar, and the flatbread quickly kicked its hind legs and pounced, holding the green potato with two front paws in mid-air, and then fell into the opposite snow by inertia.

"Flatbread! How's it going, did you catch it? ”

Lu Ning couldn't see the situation above and asked loudly.

The flatbread ostentatiously hugged the green potatoes and went to the cellar to show Lu Ning.

"Well done!" Lu Ning complimented and continued to throw out four green potatoes, two berries and one hot grass fruit.

"The clay kettle will be ready to burn in a while, let's have a good meal today!"

Lu Ning couldn't hold back his happiness.

"Whew!"

The flatbread wagged its tail and promised happily.

Coming out of the cellar, Lu Ning went directly to the stone kiln to take a look.

The stone kiln looked like the fire had just been extinguished, and Lu Ning could still feel the slightest wave of heat coming to him while standing at the entrance of the cave, but the fire was gone.

Many pottery objects are placed side by side, and the flames paint them with a layer of vivid color, and although the shape is not very regular, it has a rough and primitive beauty.

After the pottery had cooled down completely, Lu Ning carefully took the pottery out of it.

The largest and heaviest of them was naturally the clay kettle, which Lu Ning barely held around with his two hands and carried it to the mud hut and sat in front of the fireplace.

In addition to this, there are five smaller pieces of pottery.

"Two clay pots, one for seeds and one for water."

Lu Ning muttered as he categorized them.

"Two bowls, one for myself, and the other for flatbread......"

At the end, there is a basin that can be used to wash your face or something.

Thinking of this, Lu Ning found that he seemed to have not washed properly for quite some time.

The hair had grown long enough to cover the ears and eyes, and the skin was covered in red spots and cracks from being scrubbed with cold snow water for a long time.

Especially after tossing for the past few days, Lu Ning's face, which originally insisted on wiping a handful of snow water every day, is now also covered with mud and charcoal ash, and he is almost out of sight.

But on the other hand, his body is much stronger than before, especially after he has enough food.

The abs are already prominent, and the arms and thighs are not thick, but they are strong and full of strength.

If you compare the current Lu Ning with the previous Lu Ning, let alone himself, even AI face recognition can't recognize him, it's really too big a difference.

Lu Ning was quite emotional about this.

Before he knew it, he seemed to have gotten used to life here, and sometimes he couldn't even remember how he used to spend his days.

Go to work, eat, work overtime, stay up late to play games and brush your phone, and then sleep?

Habit is such a terrible force.

In just a few months, a modern person who lives in the age of the Internet and information, ordering takeout and drinking cola milk tea every day, can fully integrate into this primitive life of nothing.

…… How did I become so sentimental? That's not his style.

Lu Ning shook his head self-deprecatingly.

Maybe it was living in a decent house, and he was in a trance a little bit by lighting a fire and cooking here for the first time.

Cooking with your own hands in your new home can seem like an inexplicable sense of belonging and feeling like you're in a place that can be called "home."

With Lu Ning's current conditions, the stew is a good choice. And to make a stew, you need to boil water first.

Lu Ning filled a large pot of snow and put it on the fireplace to burn. When the snow turns into snow water in the kettle and slowly warms up, a portion of it is poured out into the basin.

Then Lu Ning bent down, buried his face in it, and washed his face well with this first pot of hot water.

After washing his face, he seemed to be refreshed even with his complexion.

But the water has also become muddy. Lu Ning poured out the water and fetched another basin of hot water.

He washed his hair with this basin of hot water, and finally wiped his body from top to bottom with a piece of fur dipped in hot water.

It's been a long time since I've felt this comfortable.

Lu Ning hummed a song, and his eyes suddenly swept to the big cake that was lying in front of the fireplace and was about to sleep.

Lu Ning smiled and walked in front of the flatbread and reached out to pick it up.

"Come, I'll wash you too."

……

It turns out that bathing a monster in another world, even if the monster's IQ may be very problematic, is far more difficult than bathing cats and dogs in the original world.

Because Ya's strength is too great, and this thing also subconsciously opened his "hedgehog field" on the surface of the body.

The Hedgehog Realm was the name that Lu Ning gave to the flatbread for its ability to sting him as much as bluestone.

Through these two days of observation (mainly ghost observation and analysis, of course), it seems that the pie can actively control whether this ability is activated or not.

This seemed to make the ghost very excited, it should be that some progress has been made in the study of virtual energy, but Lu Ning doesn't understand it at all.

In short, after a lot of tossing, Lu Ning finally cleaned the flatbread. The flatbread shook its hair in the corner, and Lu Ning saw that the water was already boiling, so he stopped caring about it and began to cook.

There is really not much attention to the preparation of stews, and Lu Ning does not have seasonings such as salt and monosodium glutamate, as long as you are careful not to burn the vegetables.

Lu Ning first cut the frozen meat into large pieces and put it in a clay kettle to cook. Wait until the surface of the water floats foam, use bone slices to remove the foam, and then put the green potatoes cut into small pieces in the pot.

Wait until the meat is almost cooked and the green potatoes are soft, then cut the berries and peppergrass in half and put them in the pot together and cover them.

Finally, wait for about 10 minutes to remove the lid from the pan.

Lu Ning put the stew into two bowls and put a bowl in front of the flatbread that was still angry.

"Don't be angry, this is for you, it's delicious."

Lu Ning flickered the pie in a pyramid scheme-like tone.

Flatbread brought the letter to the edge of the bowl suspiciously, stuck out his tongue and licked it, then clapped his hands happily and buried his head in eating.

Lu Ning picked up the bowl and blew it, and took the homemade chopsticks from the dead branches to pluck the stew in the bowl into his mouth.

The sweetness of the berries and the spicy flavor of the spicy grass fruit spread on the tip of the tongue, and the green potatoes turned into a slimy soup, like a thickening poured on top.

And the beast meat has been stewed very soft, and every bite has juice bursting in his mouth, both the texture and the taste make Lu Ning extremely moved.

That's life!

Lu Ning hummed and brushed the dishes, and let out a hehehehe

The days passed without panic for three days, and Lu Ning finally officially moved into the mud house.

In the morning, Lu Ning opened the red animal skin curtain.

Snowstorm!