The three days are not long or short, and Aze needs to do some pre-marriage preparations before the wedding, such as trying on clothes and pasting couplets. At this time, Chen Qi became very fussy, and he had to re-paste the happy word if it was a little crooked. When he was trying on clothes, A Ze's hairstyle didn't match his suit, so he even gave A Ze a haircut with a sword corner knife. .
Because Azhang left all the stored food to the tribe before, the prey hunted during this period was not enough for him and Ali to survive this winter, so today he can only go hunting in the forest by himself while the weather is fine.
Usually Azhang and Aze go to the forest with a division of labor. Azhang is responsible for hunting, and Azhe is responsible for finding all kinds of edible plants and cutting firewood. Now there is a pile of firewood piled up in the yard like a hill, because I don’t know Does Chen Qi need to use the firewood in other places? The firewood that Aze cuts back is all piled up in the original place, and only split when needed.
Because it was a moonless day, when Ah Zhang went out in the morning, Ah Li told the other party to come back early today, and Ah Zhang naturally nodded in agreement with Ah Li. But that day until it became completely dark, Azhang was not seen yet.
"Why don't I go look for it." Seeing Ali who was walking back and forth anxiously in front of the door, Aze suggested.
"No, wait and see." A Li refused, even though he knew that A Ze was very strong, it was not a wise move to enter the forest in the dark of winter.
Fortunately, Azhang came back not long after, and it was rare to see him bring back his prey today, but came back with more than a dozen pieces of firewood. Not only Ali who was always worried, but even Chen Qi found out that something was wrong with Azhang.
A Li hurried up to meet him and helped unload the firewood from A Zhang's shoulders. After returning to the house, he served him a bowl of ginger syrup that had been kept warm. Azhang took the pottery bowl but didn't drink it in a hurry. Instead, he looked around at the crowd around him, finally set his eyes on A Li, and said with a heavy expression, "The porpoise dragon outside the forest has disappeared."
Except for Chen Qi, the expressions of all the orcs sank when they heard the news. It is not the first time that the piposaurus disappears, it is an inevitable event every year, but what makes everyone feel worried is that this year's piposaurus disappeared too early.
The reason why it is said to disappear rather than leave is because the Dragon Dragon is different from when it first came to the periphery in the early winter. It disappeared almost overnight, with no footprints or traces, as if it had never appeared It's the same in the Loya forest.
But in previous years, the porpoise dragon would disappear only in the middle of summer. This time, the porpoise dragon disappeared before half of the winter. You must know that the animals on the Dora Plain will not migrate back next year. There will be no migration for a year. Prey, so how will the orcs spend the summer? If the porpoise dragon does not reappear next winter, how will it survive the cold winter
"If the dragon is gone, will the other animals be gone too?" Chen Qi, who was airborne, obviously couldn't feel the worry of the orcs.
"The only thing that disappeared is the porpoise dragon." Azhang replied, "the other dragons are still there, but the porpoise dragon is a huge dragon that can be hunted by one person. Unless several people cooperate to hunt other dragons, the success rate is not good." High, and the casualties are also high."
Chen Qi was surprised that you turned your head and asked A Ze, "Didn't you hunt two gazelles last time?"
Aze shook his head, "Linglong's speed is too fast, the orcs can't catch up. It takes a lot of luck to hunt Linglong."
"And I'm worried..." Azhang paused, his face full of worry, "I'm afraid I won't be able to enter the forest this winter. Saw tracks of Stegosaurus."
The range of activities of the Stegosaurus is only in the center of the forest. It is abnormal enough for locusts living alone to gather together, and now the figure of the Stegosaurus can still be seen. Everyone fell silent.
Aze looked at Chen Qi, pondered for a moment and said to Azhang: "Uncle Azhang, don't go to the forest this winter, we have stored enough food this year, plus we come back from hunting during the winter Yes, enough for the few of us to survive the winter."
Azhang looked at Aze with complicated eyes, then looked at Chen Qi, and found that Chen Qi didn't respond after hearing Aze say that he wanted to share the food, and was about to say something that Ali held his arm , "That's the decision, we'll see about the food after the winter is over."
Chen Qi thought for a while and suggested: "Since there is no need to go out into the forest, then we can seal the front and rear doors of the fence and only place a long enough wooden ladder inside, so that it will be safer even if dragons pass by."
Everyone else nodded and agreed that the height of the fence was not a hindrance to the females' jumping ability. Azhang saw that everyone had made a decision, so he no longer wanted to object pretentiously. He immediately lit the oil lamp, moved enough snow in from outside overnight, sealed the two wooden doors at the front and back, and buried sharpened wooden doors on the outside. stakes.
The things that need to be prepared for the wedding have already been done. After finishing the wall, everyone temporarily forgot the threat of the forest, and were full of anticipation for the wedding ceremony that they had never seen before.
Looking at the densely surrounded white ice walls, Chen Qi was very glad that the yard was big enough at the beginning. If it was a little closer, it would be no different from a prison. However, Chen Qi is a person who can live at home, so he is not worried about any discomfort. The number of times he has gone out since he came to this world is only a handful, and now he is just continuing to live like this.
On the morning of the first day of the month, there was still a moonless sun, and Chen Qi got up when the sky was still completely dark. Rather, he was so nervous that he couldn't fall asleep all night since last night. Seeing Chen Qi get up, A Ze also got up silently.
Chen Qixian replaced all the sheets on the kang bed with newly made red quilts, and then began to prepare for food.
The taste of rice berries picked after winter is a bit like glutinous rice, but with a bit of astringency, which is quite different from the sweet rice fragrance before winter. Although it is only the first time to try it, Chen Qi came to experience it last night. Before going to bed, I opened a few rice berries and put them on a pottery plate by the fire, and dried the water against the temperature of the fire. Although they were not completely dry at the moment, they were ready to use.
Chen Qixian mixed the boiled sugar water into the rice berries and kneaded it. This was a laborious job. After a while, he let Aze take over, and Chen Qi went to prepare the fried food.
Just as Chen Qi was setting up the things he needed, he heard Carlo's voice outside the door, "Chen Qi, are you up yet?"
Chen Qi wiped his hands and went to open the door. A heavy wooden door had already been installed at the door, and there was a thick animal skin curtain outside the door. The temperature in the morning was relatively low, and Carlo stomped his feet in the cold. When he saw Chen Qi open the door I couldn't wait to run into the warm house.
"Why are you alone today? Where's Ake?"
Carlo warmed his body before going to the fire, "Ake has been lethargic for the past two days, I will let him sleep for a while, I see that the curtains on your window are open, so I want to come over early to see if there is anything that needs help .”
The windows of Carlo's house and Chen Qi's house are facing each other. Whenever Chen Qi gets up, he will open the curtains first. Carlo only needs to take a look at the house to know whether they have woken up. While the two were talking, A Zhang and A Li also came. A Jing was young and slept a long time so he hadn't woken up yet, so A Li didn't call him over.
Azhang was sent by Chen Qi to work with Aze to knead the dough, and Ali and Carlo were in charge of frying meatballs and French fries. The finished food was placed by the fire and newly made Warm on a wooden shelf.
Chen Qi ground the small handful of mung beans that A Jing brought over into powder, and the first piece of dough that A Ze kneaded, Chen Qi planned to make glutinous rice balls first. There are two flavors of glutinous rice balls, one is the original flavor, and the other is a dough made by mixing steamed sweet potato mash, which is wrapped with mung bean powder with crushed sugar, kneaded into small balls, and then placed in a ceramic plate Steam over water.
After kneading the rest of the dough, Chen Qi kneaded the dough into a suitable amount, kneaded it into the shape of bread, asked Aze to find a piece of cloth to cover the dough, put it aside and let the dough ferment by itself, and waited for Carlo and the others to After finishing all the fried food, Chen Qi took out the wood that was still burning in the stove, leaving only the red charcoal fire inside. Chen Qi first scratched the dough with a sword corner knife, and then placed it on a thick piece of wood. The area of the wood can only be placed three times at a time. Chen Qi put on protective animal leather gloves, and put the dough on it. Put the wood in the stove, and then seal the mouth of the stove with a wooden board.
Chen Qi is making bread for the first time, and he doesn't know what the effect will be. He doesn't know if the temperature is enough if he uses the stove as an oven, and he doesn't know if the dough can rise well without yeast, but he still tries to make it. up.
When the sun came out, Ake also came over. His eyes were still half-closed, and he looked like he was still awake. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that the three-story tall wooden shelf next to the fire was full of freshly baked food. , picked up a white glutinous rice ball and stuffed it into the mouth, "How do you do so much food today? Can you finish it?"
"It looks good when you can't finish eating." Chen Qi smiled, it's the only wedding in his life, it's not a problem to be extravagant.
"This is delicious, but very sweet." Ake picked up another orange one, which is glutinous rice balls mixed with mashed sweet potatoes. "Why is this sweeter?"
"Chen Qi, I can smell the aroma." Carlo, who was squatting by the stove, waved to Chen Qi. Because the bread was made by Chen Qixin, he put it in the stove. Curious, Carlo After finishing things, I squatted in front of the stove and guarded.
Chen Qi walked over to remove the wooden board from the stove, put on gloves, and took out the wood containing the bread. A sweet and familiar smell of bread flooded into his nostrils. Everyone tasted the taste, um, the shriveled ones are a bit brittle, a little hard, and a little sweet. It's not delicious, but it's not unpalatable either.
Chen Qi asked Aze to pick out the red-hot charcoal from the fire and put it in the stove, then took out a few milk fruits, spread the milk fruit liquid on the remaining dough, and then continued to put them in for baking.
After tasting the bad taste of bread, Carlo lost interest in this kind of food, and continued to return to the fire to make other foods that he thought were delicious. During this time, he learned a lot of food recipes from Chen Qi , it is rare to have the opportunity to eat all of them at once, so Carlo naturally has to show off.
And Chen Qi took Aze back to his room to change his clothes after taking advantage of the things in his hands to be almost done.