Chapter 308 Cooking Tea by the Fire
When the weather gets cold, it's time to make sausages and bacon.
Li Mu sent a WeChat message to Zhao Jianguo, asking him to help buy a piece of black pork, the best black fragrant pig, which had been castrated and was delivered with a new batch of supplies.
After patrolling the forest, Li Mu took out the pork and started to clean up.
My aunt loves to make bacon and sausages during festivals. Li Mu has seen this since he was a child and has learned the craft. Now he is very adept at making them.
As I was doing it, I suddenly felt that someone was staring at me from behind.
When I looked back, I found that a little follower had appeared behind me without me noticing.
Before it was completely dark, she was holding a cat lantern in her mouth, squatting a little behind him, tilting her head back and staring at his movements without blinking.
Li Mu rubbed salt on the meat, so she watched Li Mu rub salt on the meat. Li Mu turned around to get the salt, and she immediately followed him in small steps, staring at Li Mu.
If she couldn't see due to her height, she would stand on tiptoe, stretch her neck to see, or jump onto tables and chairs. Anyway, she had to see clearly how much was taken.
After Li Mu came back with it, she hurried back, looking serious, as if she didn't want to miss any action.
Li Mu stopped and looked at her.
She also opened her round amber eyes and looked at Li Mu, with cleverness and thoughtfulness in her eyes.
"Why don't you go play, Master Yogurt? Brother Nan is playing the mouse chase game with the cubs."
"That's an electric fake mouse!"
The cat was unmoved and asked Li Mu, "Is that so? The meat can be stored for a long time without getting worms, meow?"
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Li Mu was silent for a moment and did not answer.
I have a bad feeling for no reason.
But you can't ignore her. Cats are curious and patient. They will just follow you and ask you a question from time to time. If you don't answer, they will ask again after a while, as if you will tell them sooner or later.
What could Li Mu do? He had to explain it to her in detail.
The weather is getting colder and colder, but fortunately it has stopped snowing. I checked the weather forecast and it will be sunny in the next few days.
A lot of bacon was drying in the yard, and a day later, new sausages and braised meat were added.
A cat and its group of cubs lie in the yard to bask in the sun and sleep every day. The amazing thing is that they never steal meat. Instead, when there are other thieving animals attracted by the smell of meat, they will wake up immediately and drive them away or catch them on the spot as snacks.
Sometimes when the cat is not around, the cub and a group of golden monkeys will guard the place, and sometimes Li Mu will guard the place with them.
In short, there is always a guard under the bacon.
Sister Nan shot a lot of short videos for this, and her Douyin account gained a lot of followers. She was transformed from a beauty uploader to a big uploader in the cute pet category.
Winter in the mountains is colder than in the city.
Due to limited conditions, there is no air conditioning installed in the house in the courtyard. As the temperature grew colder, Li Mu built a fireplace in the house and a small stove in the living room.
The mother bear and her family have also started hibernating, and Li Mu has made more comprehensive insulation for their cabin.
Other animals would often come into the living room and lie by the fireplace and the fire to keep warm and sleep. Li Mu and Yogurt would also use the stove to make tea and read books. Brother Nan would often skewer some meat and roast it over the stove.
Another day of patrolling the forest.
It was already dark.
Li Mu burned the fire in the stove more vigorously. There was a teapot on the stove. The teapot made a gurgling sound and steam rose.
There is black tea brewed in it, with red dates and sugar added.
The honey was not used because the honey stored in the yard was eaten up by the mother bear and her family before hibernation.
The queen bee's army of bees has just been established, and they don't produce much honey yet. It's not convenient for Li Mu to go and get some now. He has to wait a few more days if he wants to eat wild flower honey.
In fact, only by not adding sugar can you taste the original flavor of the tea, but simply not adding it will not work.
His cat couldn't get used to the taste of tea, but would follow him if he saw him drinking it. Therefore, Li Mu always put a lot of sugar in the tea every time he made it. Fortunately, he had a good physique, otherwise he would worry that he would get diabetes after a long time.
Brother Nan sat cross-legged on the sofa playing games, while the cats and their cubs lay by the stove.
Li Mu reached out and picked up the teapot, placed it on the edge of the stove, and filled two cups and a small bowl with tea. The tea soup was bright red and fragrant. The tea that Brother Nan brought was excellent, and it was difficult to buy it outside even if you spent a lot of money.
"Brother Nan, have some tea."
"Got it, let's finish this one."
"Master Yogurt, have some tea."
"Let it cool down before drinking."
"Do you want to drink?" Li Mu asked the other cubs.
"Don't drink hot water."
"Can I drink a bowl of milk?"
"Drink a bowl of milk after dinner."
Li Mu shook his head, ignored them, and took the teacup to sip the tea slowly. "This year is almost over." Brother Nan threw down his phone, picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Yes, the day after tomorrow is New Year's Day."
"Do you remember what I told you before about eating rice noodles?"
"Don't you want to eat Xishuangbanna?"
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"sorry"
"Humph."
Brother Nan leaned back on the sofa and said, "We have to go back to the provincial capital first. After all, it's New Year's Eve. If we don't go home, it will be just two lonely parents watching TV on New Year's Eve. It's pitiful just to think about it."
"Ah."
"Let's stay home for a day and then go play."
"it is good."
"Let's just go on a self-driving tour this time!"
"Isn't it too late?"
"If we come back two days later, we won't have to rush."
“Then I need to take leave.”
"It's okay. The infrastructure engineers have already entered the mountains to build a camp. With them here, there's nothing to worry about. Talk to uncle and ask him to have the drone patrol for two more days."
"emm"
Li Mu thought about it carefully and found that he was actually moved.
He was never like this before. He never skipped classes at school, and he never took more than a day off since he graduated and became a forest ranger.
He must have been with Sister Nan for too long and was led astray by her!
"How about my arrangement?"
"Row."
"implement!"
Brother Nan nodded, squinted his eyes and drank his tea.
"Nimu, what are you talking to Brother Lan about?" The cat lying on the ground raised its head and looked at him.
"Talk about the holiday."
"Are we going back to Uncle Cheng Shi's house again, meow?"
"Yes."
"Well."
"If Master Yogurt doesn't want to go back, you can stay in the courtyard."
"Master Yogurt is coming with you!"
"That's it."
"correct."
The cat said as he stood up, stretched, and began to lick his tea.
12 month 31 number.
The morning light shone through the mist.
After breakfast, the two people and the cat began their last forest patrol of the year.
Brother Nan parked the car, and Li Mu got out with the yogurt and walked into the forest.
When they got to the forest, the cat jumped from Li Mu's arms to the ground. As soon as its four little paws touched the ground, it immediately raised them one by one and shook them, looking up at him:
"The ground is so cold."
"Do you still want me to hold you?"
"I want~"
"Just walk a little, and you won't be cold anymore."
"Carry Mr. Yogurt for a while~"
"You."
Li Mu bent down and picked up the kitten.
Thank you for the reward and monthly ticket from Gu Jingtian!
(End of this chapter)
