readsfreenovel Chapter 153 Birthday
Chapter 153 Birthday
Both hunting teams returned today, and as usual, the tribe prepared a feast. A bonfire was lit in the square, and the aroma of stewed and roasted meat quickly filled the air. The tribespeople who had gone out to gather also returned, and everyone sat together, talking loudly and laughing non-stop.
Bai Ling and Yue sat in the corner, eating and talking. Yue was very interested in the weeding hoe that Bai Ling had just made. After carefully inquiring about the purpose of the weeding hoe, Yue said that he would also try it out when he went to work in the fields tomorrow to see if it was easy to use.
Bai Ling said, "Yue, you just came back from hunting, why don't you rest at home for a day? I've arranged for someone to take care of your fields for you."
“I’m not tired,” Yue said. “I won’t feel at ease if I don’t go and see him.”
“Then go again tomorrow afternoon, and come to my house for lunch in the morning,” Bai Ling said. “We’ll give the headdress to Father together; he’ll definitely like it.”
Yue then asked, "Then I'll take some food with me. This time I'll get some fresh meat."
Bai Ling laughed and said, "Okay, then bring some animal meat this month and I'll make you roast meat. Tonight I'll go set my fish trap and see if I can catch a few fish so I can make fish fillet soup tomorrow."
Yue smiled and nodded.
Bai Ling then said, "Yue, I have too many livestock at home, and we're going to have several more cubs this year. When the sheep gives birth to its cubs, I'll give you two. Do you want them?"
Yue thought for a moment and said, "I have to go out hunting, I don't have time to feed them."
"Once they're fully grown, it will be winter, and then you won't need to go out hunting."
Yue: "Then I'll give it a try."
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Feng's birthday is after the Chada Conference. In the past, my family would celebrate birthdays by cooking a delicious meal, and the celebration is still the same now, but this time the meal is much more lavish.
After having breakfast at the tribe, Bai Ling went back to her own home to get busy.
His house was all ready, but he didn't have a place to sleep yet. Actually, he could just sleep on the ground. Before there was a kang (heated brick bed), the beastmen would sleep on a layer of animal skin.
However, having already slept on a kang (heated brick bed), I knew how uncomfortable it would be to sleep on the floor again. In addition, the house was newly built and had not been completely dried. If I slept on the floor, the dampness and cold air would keep seeping into my body, which was very uncomfortable.
So Bai Ling and her family haven't moved out of the cave yet, but the kitchen and everything else have been set up, making it very convenient to cook here.
Yue arrived quickly, carrying a piece of fresh meat. Feng laughed and said, "Yue, I'm so glad you came. Why did you bring something?"
Yue handed the meat in her hand to Bai Ling, a slight smile playing on her lips: "Uncle Feng, I've eaten at your house enough times, I can't always come empty-handed."
After handing over the meat, Yue asked Bai Ling, "Ling, is there anything I can help you with?"
Feng quickly said, "Yue, go play in the main room. I'll help Ling."
Bai Ling glanced at Yue, then pushed her father towards the door with both hands: "Father, go check on the livestock in the backyard. Yue and I can manage here."
Feng patted his son: "Yue is a guest, how can we let her do the work?"
Bai Ling laughed and said, "Father, Yue is more comfortable with me, so don't worry about it. Go and check on the livestock."
When his son said that, Feng understood what his son meant: the two young lovers had something to say, and he was in their way.
"Alright, I'll head out now," Feng said, taking the fish with him as he left. "I'll go tidy up these in the yard. Ling, just call me if you need anything done. Don't make Yue do anything."
Bai Ling sliced the beast meat that Yue had brought, marinated it with salt and seasonings, and then took out soybean flour and maltose to make bean crisp candy.
There wasn't much maltose left at home. Bai Ling had never been willing to eat it before, but this time, for her father's birthday, she planned to make some more bean curd candy.
My family loves to eat this.
Bai Ling first pinched a piece of maltose and stuffed it into Yue's mouth. Yue's eyes narrowed, and her expression became much happier.
"Ling, is there anything I can do?"
Bai Ling pointed to the earthenware basin beside her: "Yue, can you help me cut the cassava and soybean cake into triangles this size?" Bai Ling gestured to Yue, "About this size, I'll need them later."
Cassava and soybean cake is made by steaming cassava flour, soybean flour, and maltose. Bai Ling just made it this morning and has kept it covered in the pot; it's still warm.
Yue first cut a piece of cassava and soybean cake about half the size of her palm, held it in her hand, and placed it near Bai Ling's mouth.
Bai Ling opened her mouth and took a bite. The taste was pretty good. The sweetness of cassava and soybean flour blended perfectly together. Because of the addition of maltose, it was sweeter than ordinary cassava cakes and soybean cakes. However, because not much was added, the sweetness was also mild. It was not greasy at all and was quite appetizing.
With one hand holding a cassava and soybean cake and the other hand underneath, Bai Ling finished the whole cake in that position.
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Speaking of which, this was their first meal in the new house, and Bai Ling really showed off her cooking skills.
In addition to noodles, fish soup, stewed meat, roasted meat, stir-fries, and fried cassava and soybean cakes, Bai Ling also made a dish of fried melon flowers.
Not only does the taste of pumpkin resemble that of regular pumpkin, but its flowers are also similar. However, pumpkin flowers are several times larger than regular pumpkin flowers. Bai Ling asked her father to pick some pumpkin flowers, intending to make fried pumpkin flowers.
Remove the pistils from the gourd flowers and wash them clean. Mix flour and salt to make a batter. Heat oil in a pan and dip the gourd flowers several times in the batter until they are all coated. Then fry the gourd flowers in the oil.
The fried melon blossoms are crispy and fragrant, and taste pretty good. They're a great little snack to serve at the table.
There were two iron pots in the house. One was larger, so they cooked fish fillet soup, and the other was smaller, so they fried melon flowers. Bai Ling then lit the fire pit in the yard, put the earthenware pot on it, and started cooking noodles.
There wasn't much wheat left at home, so Bai Ling didn't make too many noodles, just enough for one bowl per person. He put the chopped noodles into the earthenware pot, where the fire was burning brightly. After the noodles were put in, the water in the pot stopped boiling and started bubbling continuously.
However, the water soon boiled again. Bai Ling kept stirring with chopsticks in her hand. When the noodles she picked up changed color slightly and the soup became cloudy, the noodles were ready.
Bai Ling called out, and Chen brought over a ceramic basin filled with cold water. Bai Ling used a strainer to scoop out the noodles and put them all into the cold water.
Rinse the noodles in cold water, then put them in a bowl. Pour a large spoonful of freshly cooked fish soup into the bowl, add a few blanched greens, a fried quail egg, and a few slices of stewed meat. A delicious bowl of noodles is ready.
All the dishes were laid out, and five bowls of noodles were placed on the stone. Bai Ling did not eat, but instead went to get a box. This was a headdress that he and Yue had made, a birthday gift for their father.