books44 Chapter 274 Wrestling
Chapter 274 Wrestling
The weather has been quite sunny since the heavy snowfall not long ago, and the snow in the mountains has begun to melt.
The courtyard, which was originally a vast expanse of white, gradually revealed the muddy ground that had been hidden for half a month.
Right now, the ground is covered with patches of snow and mud, and there's also a lot of "special slush" made from a mixture of snow and mud, which looks pretty dirty.
However, Lin Chunyi, who had been forced to accept a night of sleep-inducing music, only wanted to grind the chestnut flour and cornmeal first.
Let the dirty yard stay dirty for now. After the snow melts and the sun shines for a few days, and the ground dries, then sweep it up and the yard will be clean.
Of course, let's just ignore the fact that she almost slipped and fell on the slippery floor while carrying the millstone from the storeroom.
Once the stone mill was assembled, Lin Chunyi stuffed a few dried chestnuts into the millstone's eye, then grabbed the handle and turned the millstone.
The chestnut meat was ground into grayish-white particles of varying sizes, which came out from the gaps in the stone mill and fell into the mill trough.
Lin Lanshan, carrying a basket of soil, walked in from the outer courtyard, glanced at it, and asked curiously, "Sister, can raw chestnut powder be mixed directly with boiling water and drunk?"
"Sure, once it's mixed, it should be similar to lotus root starch, semi-transparent and sticky." Although I've never eaten chestnut powder after mixing, I've seen it before.
Lin Lanshan immediately had an idea and said with a big smile, "That's great! Sis, you grind the chestnuts first, and I'll go roast some nuts now."
"From now on, if we don't want to get up to make breakfast, or if we're hungry in the middle of the night, or want something warm when we're out, we can just pour hot water over it, add a handful of nuts, and a simple meal is ready!"
Lotus root starch is really delicious, I just wonder how chestnut starch tastes. She needs to add more nuts, sugar, dried osmanthus flowers... then one bite will give you so many different flavors, and it's nutritious and filling!
With a new idea for food, Lin Lanshan became very excited and ran to her bedroom with a basket in hand, completely forgetting that the floor was slippery.
Lin Chunyi promptly shouted a reminder: "Don't run, the ground is slippery..."
"Huh? What did you say... Ouch!!!" Lin Lanshan stumbled, her right foot slid forward, and she fell backward.
Well, the reminder wasn't very timely.
So you still have to rely on yourself!
At that moment, Lin Lanshan seemed to see a row of black and red words, "Danger! Danger! Danger!", printed on the back of her head.
So she reacted incredibly quickly; the instant her right foot slid forward, her left foot took a big step back, and her legs and the ground formed an equilateral triangle.
As the saying goes, triangles are stable, and sure enough, she stood firmly while doing the splits while holding the bamboo basket!
"..." Lin Chunyi was stunned for a moment, then clapped her hands a few times with great admiration and said, "Amazing, amazing! Where did you learn this skill, young lady? Your technique is so superb, I am truly astonished!"
Lin Lanshan was still there, doing the splits, not moving an inch. She just tilted her head back smugly, showing no sign of humility whatsoever.
"Hey~ Don't be envious, you can't learn that. I'm self-taught, it's a natural talent!"
Although I was actually startled when I slipped, and in my nervousness, I used too much force with my legs.
Now my legs are a little numb...
Lin Chunyi noticed that the "equilateral triangle" on her leg was almost slipping into an "obtuse-angled isosceles triangle," so she stopped her from continuing to pretend.
"Get up quickly! I know you're good at the splits, but the ground is all muddy and dirty; it's not a good time for you to sit down right now."
"Sister, do you think there's a possibility that it's not that I don't want to get up?" Lin Lanshan was truly at a loss for words.
Do you really think she's so caught up in showing off that she doesn't want to get up?
She simply couldn't get up on her own!
How do I get up?
The muddy ground was incredibly slippery, and she had to use all her strength to get her ten toes gripping the ground.
They've practically dug out an underground palace just to barely keep the fork from going all the way down.
How do I get up?
Normally, in this situation, one could bend over and use their hands to support themselves as they stand up. But she was carrying a basket of soil in both hands!
If she bends her waist even slightly and loses her balance, she'll instantly end up in a split with her upper body flat on the ground!
Waaaaah~ I dare not move, I dare not move an inch!
Lin Chunyi quickly put down what she was holding and went over to help pull the person up. However, having learned from her sister's experience, she now walked very carefully and dared not run.
"No, I'd better clean up this floor first, otherwise if I slip again, I don't know if I'll fall flat on my face!"
Lin Lanshan, who had finally straightened up, felt that this made sense and said, "The stone mill we bought is small, and it takes a lot of time to grind chestnut flour. I'll do it. I'll put this basket of soil back in the bedroom and then I'll tidy up."
"Okay, then come down and take a close look at Lu Ang later~"
Lin Lanshan nodded, carried the basket back to her bedroom, and placed it next to the basket of pea shoots.
In the empty bedroom, this row of lush green vegetable leaves stood out brightly.
She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but only one night had passed, and it seemed like the pea shoots her sister had picked yesterday had already started to grow a little...
She came out of the bedroom and went to the storage room next to Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang's hut to get a large iron shovel.
Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang, who had been staying in their apartment and rarely venturing out, heard the noise and poked their heads out to see her.
His movements were furtive, and he seemed very secretive, which amused her. "If you're going to come out, just come out. What are you doing sneaking around there? Are you hungry again?"
The grain was distributed very early this morning, only a few hours ago!
But she doesn't quite understand.
Previously, they went out and ran around wildly every day, getting a lot of exercise, so it was normal for them to eat a lot.
But recently they've been staying indoors, doing nothing but eating and sleeping, with nowhere to expend their energy, so how can they still eat so much?
Since they started "helping", the burlap sacks in the cellar that were used to store beans and coarse grains have become visibly deflated!
Could it be that these guys have been going out to play every day, out of the couple's sight? Or are they entertaining themselves indoors, going clubbing...?
As Lin Lanshan fantasized in her mind, she carried a large iron shovel to clean up the unmelted, dirty snow in the inner courtyard.
She didn't notice that Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang were a few steps behind her and had caught up.
"Thud~ thud~ thud~ thud~ bang!"
It sounded like dumplings falling into the water one by one, and then accidentally dropping the ladle into the pot too, suddenly rang in the ears of the two sisters.
The two followed the sound to investigate.
Four dumplings and one ladle, by sheer coincidence, all fell onto the dirty snow at the entrance of the shack...
Well, the fall they didn't attempt today still happened.