Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 143 Winter Daily 2

The next morning, when the two got up, the sky was still gloomy. The heavy snow had not yet fallen, but the sky did not clear up either.

"Looking at the weather, it seems like it's going to snow soon! Let's eat first!" Lu Chuan said.

After finishing breakfast and feeding the livestock in the backyard, small snowflakes began to fall from the sky. Then they got bigger and bigger, and in a short while turned into heavy snow.

"It's snowing so heavily! I've never seen such big snowflakes in previous years." Xu Han said.

"Yes! I wonder how many ordinary families will be affected by this heavy snow."

"Fortunately, we have a kang in our house, otherwise it would be very unbearable. My father is very thoughtful." Xu Han said proudly.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary families living at the foot of the mountain do not have a kang. The Lu family built a kang because when they were building the house, they thought that since it was deep in the mountains, the temperature would be relatively low.

Lu's father lived in the frontier, where every household had a kang. He thought that if he had a kang at home, the house would be warmer and life would be better, so he built a kang in every room.

In winter, if you light a brazier, you will feel warm whether you are sitting on the kang or working in the house.

Even though it was a snowy day, the two of them couldn't sit around after breakfast, as there were still many things to do!

There were still a lot of lotus roots in the space. Xu Han took out the lotus roots, put them in the bathroom, and then pulled Lu Chuan to start washing the lotus roots.

After washing the lotus roots, start chopping them into pieces. When the weather is fine, grind the corn into powder and make lotus root powder.

They dug up a lot of lotus roots, and it took the two of them a day and a half to finish digging them all.

On the third day, Xu Han took out from the space the cow heads and cow hooves, as well as the sheep heads and sheep hooves that had not been processed before.

This is a huge project and it really tests one's patience.

The sheep's head and sheep's hooves were easier to deal with, but the cow's hooves and cow's head were not easy to deal with. In the end, Lu Chuan put them directly on the charcoal fire and burned them.

After burning off the hair on the surface, use a knife to scrape the black surface repeatedly to clean it.

It has been snowing heavily these past few days. It stops for a while and starts again after a while, over and over again.

There was a thick layer of snow on the roof and a lot of snow piled up in the yard. The two of them not only had to deal with the remaining things in the space, but also had to sweep the snow.

The snow in the yard needs to be transported out, and the snow on the roof needs to be swept down.

The brick houses can withstand the heavy snow, but the donkey shed and firewood shed are made of thatch and cannot accumulate snow at all. They need to be swept frequently, otherwise they will collapse.

Today is the fifth day of snowing. At noon, the snow finally stopped and the sky cleared up.

"The snow has finally stopped," said Xu Han.

"But it will be colder when the snow melts than when it snowed! And the snow melts slowly when the temperature is low." Lu Chuan continued.

After they finished talking, they started to sweep the snow. After the yard was swept clean, they could do other things without delay.

More importantly, when the snow melts, it is almost impossible to go out. There is mud and water everywhere. The road just thaws at noon and freezes again in the afternoon. This cycle repeats over and over again until the temperature rises, and the road can be completely dried out.

It seems that we can't do any work during this period of time, so we can only wait a little longer. Fortunately, more than half of the reservoir has been dug, and it will be completed in a while after the weather gets warmer.

It took three days to finally finish all the cow hooves, sheep hooves, cow heads, sheep heads and so on.

During these three days, Xu Han also cooked a lot of rice, eggs, salted duck eggs, corn, sweet potatoes and so on in her spare time.

All cooked food is put into the space. Because there is a lot of food, the cooked rice and corn are placed on the ground with leaves and then placed directly into the space.

Early this morning, the two got up early. The sheep's head had been processed. They planned to cook the sheep's head and sheep's hooves today, break off the bones and preserve them in the space.

After breakfast, Lu Chuan chopped the sheep's head with an axe and put the sheep's brain away separately so that he could eat it while hot pot.

Xu Han began to clean the sheep's head, then added onions and ginger into the pot, put the sheep's head in and started cooking.

The big pot outside cannot be idle either. It is used to cook sheep's trotters directly. No salt or seasoning is added during cooking. It is just boiled directly and the bones are broken off after it is cooked.

Next time you want to eat it, you can eat it directly. It can be used to cook spicy food, stir-fry dishes or make soup. It is easy to cook and saves space.

It took a whole day to cook all the sheep heads and trotters.

This is not the end! Tomorrow we have to cook the ox's hooves and head. These are bigger and harder to cook. It will definitely take a few days to cook them.

At dinner that night, Xu Han said, "I've been cooking sheep heads and sheep hooves all day, and they smell like this. Tomorrow I'll have to cook cow heads for another day! Just thinking about it makes me feel dizzy. Now I don't want to eat these things at all."

"We definitely won't be able to finish cooking it tomorrow. The cow's head is much bigger than the sheep's head, and there's still some to cook! You don't want to eat it today because you've smelled it too much. You'll want to eat it again in a few days." Lu Chuan said with a smile.

"That's right. I'll braise all of this in a few days and save it for us to eat slowly."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she happily ate the hot pot in the pot.

On the second day, Lu Chuan was responsible for lighting the fire and cooking the ox head, while Xu Han pulled out the corn and started grinding the lotus root.

Fortunately, the yard is paved with bluestone, and the snow was cleared away in time after it stopped snowing, so the yard is now completely dry.

After tying the corn and grinding the lotus root pulp, Xu Han was responsible for filtering it. The filtered water was placed in the bathroom, and a charcoal fire was lit to maintain the temperature so as to prevent the lotus root water from freezing into ice cubes and allow it to settle normally.

In this way, the two began to divide the work and cooperate, each taking charge of their own affairs.

Before the Chinese New Year, Xu Han and Lu Chuan had no way to go out, so they made a lot of steamed buns and rice.

Of course there are many other dishes, such as Mapo tofu, braised beef, chicken stewed with mushrooms, stir-fried winter melon, stir-fried vegetables, braised duck, boiled bacon, and cold dishes.

Even ice jelly, pea jelly and various soups are prepared in large quantities. After they are all made, they are placed in the space. Now that there is water and I have a lot of free time, I will make more and keep them in case something special happens and I can't cook.

As soon as they open their eyes every day, they start planning their work for the day.

When Lu Chuan woke up this morning, he said, "Tomorrow is the Little New Year. Shouldn't we chop some dumpling stuffing?"

"Is tomorrow the Little New Year? Time flies! There are only a few days left until the New Year, and we haven't even started preparing food for the New Year yet!"

"Well! It's time to get ready."

"Then let's chop the stuffing and make dumplings today! If we make more, we can also make some meat buns!"

After saying that, Xu Han took out beef and mutton from the space.