Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 131 Charcoal Burning 2

Seeing that Xu Han didn't respond, Lu Chuan obediently started to eat today's breakfast. After eating, he went straight to the camping tent to rest.

While burning firewood, Xu Han was wondering what else she hadn't done!

There are still two months to the Chinese New Year. Today is already the first day of November. Time flies! I have calculated that there are still many things to do! The most important thing is to stock up on food and water while there is time.

The cabbages at home have not been harvested yet. They have been frozen these days, so it is better to pick them quickly. I will do it when I get home in the afternoon.

Lu Chuan slept for about two hours and woke up at lunchtime.

The two of them had lunch together at the earthen kiln, and then Xu Han went back home.

I stopped when I got to the cabbage field. I didn't need to go home to get any tools. There was a machete in the space. I could just chop the cabbage and take it back.

After making up her mind, Xu Han started to act. The cabbage could be pulled out by twisting it, and then the roots could be cut off with a knife.

By the way, break off the old vegetable leaves on the outside, put them in a backpack, and take them home to feed the chickens, ducks and corn.

After cutting all the cabbages, Xu Han started to walk home. It was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

Lu Chuan will probably be back soon, so there is no need to continue burning fire there today. After the fire is stopped, we can just stay there for about two days.

It was still a little early to cook, so Xu Han started to pickle sauerkraut. She had already pickled some large-leaf greens to make whole sauerkraut.

Xu Han planned to pickle the cabbages into thinly shredded Northeastern sauerkraut.

There is no need to wash the cabbage. After removing the dirty leaves on the outside, cut it in half and then cut it into thin strips.

Put it in a wooden basin, add appropriate amount of table salt and stir evenly. A lot of water will come out after marinating for a while.

Then pour the pickled sauerkraut into a large jar without water or oil, press it firmly, and don't fill it too full, leaving some space for fermentation.

Then pour the pickled cabbage water in, put a layer of cabbage leaves on top, and use a stone slab to press the cabbage to prevent it from floating up and spoiling. Seal the jar and keep it well, and you can eat it after a few days.

Xu Han was pressing the cabbage! Lu Chuan came back and looked up to see that it was already dark outside.

"You're back. Is everything done over there?" Xu Han asked.

"Well! The fire is out, don't worry! What are you doing?"

"I picked some cabbage today and pickled it into sauerkraut. It will be ready soon."

"Well! Then I'll go to the back to feed the chickens and ducks. I hear them clucking."

"There are rotten cabbage leaves outside, take them and feed them to them!"

"Okay, I got it." After saying that, Lu Chuan picked up the backpack and went to the backyard.

After Xu Han finished, Lu Chuan also fed the livestock, and the two went to the kitchen together to start cooking today's dinner.

The weather is cold, let’s make a mutton soup today!

These mutton offal are left over from the previous batch, and the new ones have not been processed yet!

Chop the mutton offal into small pieces, stir-fry it in a pot, then add boiling water and start cooking.

It would be nice if there were sweet potato vermicelli. Mutton offal soup with vermicelli and cabbage is also delicious, but I’ve been very busy lately and haven’t had time to make vermicelli!

Xu Han simply added some cabbage into the mutton offal soup and adjusted the flavor before serving it out.

I also took out the fried pancakes I had made earlier from the space and ate them together. They were delicious and filling.

After dinner, it was already late, so Xu Han brought the meat that was drying outside into the house and went to bed.

The next day, after Lu Chuan finished his breakfast, he went to saw wood. He also needed to burn a batch of charcoal! He prepared the wood first, and then he could burn it directly.

Xu Han took advantage of the good weather at home to dry some hawthorns.

Cut the hawthorn into slices and take out the hawthorn seeds inside.

The dried hawthorn can be used to make tea, which is good for stimulating appetite and helping digestion. It is best to make some tea when you eat a lot.

You can also eat dried hawthorn directly, but it will be a bit sour. When you have time, make some hawthorn snacks yourself.

Xu Han cut three baskets of hawthorns in a row before stopping to rest.

Seeing that it was almost noon, he ate some fruit and went out to deliver lunch to Lu Chuan.

On the way back, I was able to bring back some firewood as well, killing two birds with one stone.

When Xu Han arrived at the woods, Lu Chuan was chopping down a thick tree!

"Why are you chopping down such a thick tree? This tree looks quite old and thick."

"This tree is already bad. Cut it down and take it home to burn as firewood. There's no need to dry it in the sun."

"Okay then, be careful! Let's eat first!" Xu Han took out the food she brought for Lu Chuan from the space. She had just eaten some snacks and was not hungry yet!

After lunch, the two of them trimmed the remaining branches together. Those that could be burned into charcoal were sawed into the same length, and those that could not be burned into charcoal were packed up and taken home to use as firewood.

Lu Chuan also cut down some trees and left them here to dry, and then transported them back home to use as firewood after a while.

This went on for two days in a row. During these days, he finally prepared most of the firewood for the winter. It was already the amount that Lu Chuan prepared himself in previous years, or even a little more.

But these may not be enough. In addition to heating the kang, we also need to cook a lot of meals this winter! It is better to prepare more.

By the third day, the kiln could be opened. Xu Han and Lu Chuan finished their breakfast early and went to the kiln.

When Lu Chuan opened the cave door, he saw the burning charcoal inside.

He took one out, looked at it, and knocked it. Lu Chuan said, "It seems that the charcoal in this kiln is well fired! It should be quite durable."

"Then let's take out the charcoal first! Put the big and neat ones on this straw mat, and put the broken ones separately later." Xu Han said.

"Okay, I'll go in and pick it up. You don't have to go in. It's all charcoal ash in there."

"Okay, I'll be responsible for cleaning up outside." Then the two of them started to get busy.

By lunch time, all the charcoal had finally been collected, and the two began to busy themselves with arranging new wood as they would burn it again tomorrow!

After the sun set, the two people, who had been busy all day, started to walk home.

When they got home, Xu Han went to boil water for a bath, and it was Lu Chuan's turn to rest.

After staying in the charcoal kiln for a whole day, he was now completely black. Although Xu Han did not go in, he had been fiddling with the charcoal for a whole day, and it had already turned black.

After rubbing it back and forth, it was no longer visible. At the beginning, Xu Han even laughed at Lu Chuan! In the end, Lu Chuan directly used his black hands to rub Xu Han's face.

In the end, both of them turned into little cats. After playing around for a while, it took some effort to wash off the charcoal dust on their bodies.