Chapter 104 - new year

There was an extremely rhythmic sound of chopping meat and vegetables, and a whole piece of poultry meat was gradually turned into a puree under two heavy knives, and was chopped vigorously.

Wei Xuan, who has gained a lot of strength after the end of the world, seems to be very relaxed when doing this task. Of course, he also knows that if he entrusts Du Hang to do this work, it will be more worry-free and labor-saving than doing it himself. But Du Hang is a zombie after all, no matter how much I trust him and how careful his actions are, there is a certain possibility that the food will be infected with the zombie virus.

Therefore, although he and Du Hang have done such intimate things as kissing, washing for nothing, and sleeping together so many times, every time he handles various ingredients, especially those cooked by himself, it is Wei Xuan himself. To deal with it personally, never with the help of Du Hang.

Perhaps this is the last persistence of human beings with a foodie soul? He can turn into a zombie through any other means, but he just doesn’t want to turn into a zombie because of daily food, especially gourmet food, that would be disrespectful to food!

Chop all the meat and put it in a large pot, then chop the fermented green onion and **** and add it in, and then chop the fermented green leafy vegetables for later use. Wei Xuan took the pots and jars by the table , according to the steps on the recipe, add oil and salt sauce and other things a little bit to enhance the taste. It is worth mentioning that part of the oil bottle in his family has not been completely thawed, and a large cloudy lump has condensed in the center of it.

After adding all kinds of seasonings, the pot filled with meat exudes a very attractive aroma. Wei Xuan’s stomach, which was only half full just now, started to growl again at this time, indicating that it is looking forward to the feeling when the food is in its stomach. .

After adjusting the taste and adding chopped dried vegetables, Wei Xuan took the noodles that had been rested aside and kneaded them again to confirm that the noodles were completely kneaded and ready to use. Then, one by one, he slowly used the rolling pin Roll out the cut pieces evenly little by little.

Before the end of the world, even when his parents were still alive, Wei Xuan hardly ever entered the kitchen. He only helped his parents roll dumplings when he was very young and during the Chinese New Year. So how to make dumpling wrappers? It’s a really tough job.

Fortunately, he has made cakes before, so at least he can use both hands to slowly roll them clumsily, and once he is proficient, he can make them decently.

In fact, Wei Xuan had made up his mind before, and he was going to try it manually first. If he really couldn’t make a perfect dough, he would simply sacrifice the dough pressing machine, press it out directly with that thing, and then use a round mold to press out one by one. Here come the dumpling wrappers!

Although that method is also useless, it can guarantee the effect of the finished product, right?

Roll out three or five skins, wrap three or five dumplings, and after making twenty dumplings in such a slow manner, when the water on the induction cooker boils, Wei Xuan directly cooks them in the pot first.

Twenty dumplings, including four whose belly was accidentally pierced and leaking stuffing, seven whose openings were not tightly squeezed, and seven or eight of the remaining strange shapes. After cooking in one pot, all the soup in the pot became An eerie bisque mixed with minced meat and vegetables in Hazel…

“…the taste is a bit bland?” Wei Xuan did not dare to put too much seasoning on the dumplings for the first time, and it seemed that he had cooked them for a long time, and the flavor in many dumpling fillings was boiled away.

But fortunately, no matter how bad the taste is, it is his own finished product. With the mentality that he must not waste it, Wei Xuan squeezed his nose and finished this plate of dumplings, meatballs, and noodles. Next time, he will adjust it again. After the taste of the stuffing, only five dumplings came out – the finished product of the first pot was too horrible to look at.

When two of the five in the second pot were broken, the dark-faced Wei Xuan brought over the spare dumpling making tool, put the dough on it, filled it with fillings, and squeezed it with both hands…

“It’s the first time I’ve made this thing today, so it’s better to use tools to get used to it.” Finally, he ate the dumplings that he couldn’t open his mouth. At this moment, Wei Xuan was satisfied and full of emotion, sitting at the table waiting for the new pot of dumplings to be cooked. .

Since he is not good at some things, there is no need to worry about certain details, right? Otherwise, it’s not your own appetite and stomach that suffers, and the takeaway is a waste of ingredients?

After eating and drinking a full meal, I looked at the time, four hours had passed since I started preparing these things.

Wei Xuan once again lamented how time passed by like water, then quickly packed up the tableware and tidied up the table, took out Du Hang’s exclusive toys, and built building blocks together with him. By the way, he muttered in a low voice: “There are too few types of puzzles, let’s find more when the weather gets warmer, and there are other toys, ah no, educational toys…”

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Like Wei Xuan, most of the survivors have already lost track of the exact time.

People who still have clocks at home and who are used to wearing mechanical watches can calculate the specific time, but the date, except for some very careful people, can only be counted and calculated clearly in large bases.

And on this day, in the bases that can be counted clearly, survivors are also organized to celebrate this festival.

In the major bases established on the outskirts of the city, the New Year’s benefits were announced to the residents of the whole base early in the morning, because most of the officials had already distributed food and thick clothes before the winter, so this time it was not a big deal. It roughly means to distribute some things collected when retreating from the urban area at the beginning of the end of the world.

A few pieces of candy, a can of canned food, and a bottle of beverages of various flavors. Although there are not many things, in the eyes of many residents who have already run out of food and can only get gruel with potatoes from the base once a day, these things are absolutely good things.

Inside the base, loudspeakers everywhere began to play songs that were popular before the end of the world, and from time to time gave some encouraging words to all residents.

In the depths of many bases and heavily defended areas, the leaders of the bases are also holding meetings.

What they were discussing was not how to organize the survivors of the base to have a good year, or how to organize people’s livelihood and people’s livelihood after the spring of next year. What they were discussing was full of gunpowder and was closely related to all surviving human beings today. content.

“It was confirmed last night that all the troops in each base are in place.” The head of the base looked around the room and spoke in a deep voice.

Everyone in the room looked at him with a look of inexplicable joy in their eyes.

“At present, all the official surviving bases in China have reached a unity, and it is confirmed that they will officially enter the first stage of the counter-offensive at the end of January.” excited tone. It’s like the expressions on people’s faces when the big revenge is about to be reported.

In fact, this is indeed a big revenge – the city was completely captured by those monsters, and the former ruler of the earth was forced to flee. And now, they can finally retaliate, use their cannon weapons to blast the horrible monsters away, and take back the former territory! Let mankind return to the status of the ruler of this planet!

Who can not feel excited and excited at this moment?

“According to the calculation of the route, our base needs to officially send out troops on January 28th. Halfway along the way, we will meet up with the teams sent by several other bases at this location, and regain the No. 17 arsenal in one fell swoop…”

The head of the throne announced to everyone the results of the discussion with the other principals of several other bases holding heavy troops last night. After he reached a paragraph, someone raised his hand and asked: “But what about the weather at the end of January?” ? If there is a big snowstorm…”

Everyone understood without finishing what he said. January was about the same as December, and it was a time when it was easy to snow. Especially after the end of the world, the weather conditions were obviously different from those before the end of the world. It was normal for everyone to be worried.

“Don’t worry about this matter.” The chief seemed very confident about this, “In the early days of the end of the world, many experts from the Meteorological Bureau survived. Many experts and scholars have been brought together recently—the satellites in the sky are still there, although no one can guarantee the detailed and specific weather, but the general weather conditions can still be analyzed.”

Hearing what he said, everyone was relieved. Although the road will definitely be difficult at that time, these teams will drive armored vehicles on the road, no matter how difficult the snow is, it will not be difficult to get anywhere.

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Outside the official base, some scattered and careful people counted the date and time, and most of them celebrated the New Year in their own way at this time.

Unlike the New Year before the end of the world, most of the New Year before the end of the world is to bid farewell to the departure of the previous year, to hope that the coming year will be safe and happy, or that they can live better.

But in the post-apocalyptic world, what most people celebrate is that we finally made it through the year…and live into the next year.

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Living in his own piece of world, Wei Xuan’s life is very ordinary and comfortable.

After the heavy snowfall in the New Year, he suddenly decided to accomplish a great feat while thinking quietly—he wanted to build an ice cellar when the ice and snow were in full swing, one that could store a large amount of ice in midsummer. Ice cellar with ice cubes.

This ice cellar is not simply used to prevent heatstroke and cool down—he has a lot of refrigerators and freezers, and he can rely on these things to freeze ice cubes. It is not used to store food, but simply wants to use the ice cellar to store water.

Although he can’t remember when it will be relatively dry in the last three years, he has indeed experienced a long time in the last days without a drop of rain. Thinking about it now, instead of carefully collecting rainwater every time it rains, how could he Why not just use the heavy snow accumulated this winter and reserve some ice cubes in advance to make a natural ice cellar!