"This is called oil, and this is salt, soy sauce, and MSG … Remember them carefully and see how much I put in."
Master Xu taught her step by step for the sake of his future life. "Wait for the oil to heat up, then fry the green peppers first …"
Jiang He stood at the side and looked at him with a serious face, glancing at him from time to time.
Increase their intimacy … Two people living together to form a small family …
Eat together in the day and sleep together at night?
"Do you remember? Don't put too much seasoning, or you will become a fool if you eat too much MSG. "Xu Qing felt that her expression was a little strange.
"I remember."
Jiang He calmed herself down, avoided his gaze, and looked at the sizzling wok.
"What are you thinking about?"
"My conscience is clear."
"What?" Xu Qing was confused.
"… I said it smells good." Jiang He pursed her lips.
"…"
Since the two of them lived together … No, since Jiang He was taken in, it was their first meal in two months. They cooked at home, which was a big plate of shredded green peppers and a pot of rice.
Jianghu people didn't care about trifles. Xu Qing didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Food was used to fill one's stomach. If one wanted a sumptuous meal, they would have to rely on Jiang He to learn how to cook in the future. Now that he was bringing her to understand the basic cooking theory, it was fine to just eat something casually.
"It smells good."
Jiang He was not picky about food. She looked at the large plate of potato strips with excitement. She had thought that the process of making those delicious dishes would be very complicated and delicate. She would not be able to make them normally, so she had to go out to eat every day instead of cooking on her own.
However, Xu Qing casually stir-fried it twice, and in a short moment, a fragrant dish was made.
Amazing.
"It's delicious. Are these potatoes also grown from the soil?" Taking a bite with chopsticks, Jiang He was instantly conquered, and the way she looked at Xu Qing changed.
She saw that there was mash on the potatoes, which meant that as long as they had their own land, they could grow and cook by themselves. Cooking looked very simple, and there was no need to start a fire.
He seemed to have found a way out.
Jiang He realized that he had always viewed this world as too complicated. In fact, there wasn't much difference in essence. It was just that there were more things that weren't there before. When it came to food, clothing, housing, and transportation, it was pretty much the same.
"That's right. Otherwise, how could it appear out of thin air?"
Xu Qing said casually, holding two steamed potatoes in the rice cooker and weighing them in her hand. "Here you go. It's so hot … It's also very fragrant when it's steamed. It's my favorite."
Seeing the thoughtful look on Jiang He's face, he said happily, "It's normal that you haven't seen it before. It was passed down from the foreign devils.
If, and I'm just saying if, one day, you can go back, build a super big ship, sail along … southeast, and keep moving forward. Then, you can go to another piece of land and snatch it back. My goodness, your name will be immortalized, and I can even see your praises in the history books. "
After a pause, Xu Qing's mind lit up. He took out his phone and searched for potatoes and the Tang Dynasty on Baidu. The results were obvious. It was useless. After a while, he searched for the Tang Dynasty, Jiang He, but there was no information either.
"Alright, I'm sure you can't go back."
"Huh?" Jiang He was puzzled.
"You'll understand in the future. Hurry up and eat."
Xu Qing sighed. In fact, this was very obvious. If possible, there was a 99% chance that he would be able to find some clues. Just like Wang Mang, he existed more than two thousand years ago and had always existed in this history.
"I'm thinking if I can find a place to cultivate a piece of land so that I can take root here." Jiang He held the bowl and thought for a while.
"Land?"
"Yes, farm by myself … I know how to farm. Even if I've never seen these potato cakes before, I can learn how to grow them." Jiang He nodded.
"Uh … I advise you to dispel this unrealistic fantasy. It's not reliable to farm now." Xu Qing was helpless.
The Yanhuang people loved this land deeply. No matter when, they wanted to have their own piece of land. With their own land, they felt at ease, and it meant that they had taken root.
But times were different.
"Why not? I have the strength. As long as I save up some money, I'll find an uninhabited piece of land to manage. When the food runs out, then … then I'll trouble you to temporarily take me in. I'll earn more money for you to store food. This way, in three to four years, I'll have my own piece of land. "Jiang He's eyes shone.
The biggest problem in reclaiming land was that there was no overnight food. That was why reclaiming land was difficult. Long-term physical labor, no chicken, duck, fish, protein, and oil were required. After the five grains were digested, the human vitality was drained. They had to squeeze the last bit of oil out of their bodies. Reclaiming land was equivalent to using one's life.
But here, food was abundant and cheap. The biggest problem was solved directly — she was only worried that in such an environment, all the land would be divided up and there would be no wilderness. After all, the abundance here was very likely due to the fact that all the wastelands had been cultivated.
As for buying land … this was a blind spot in Jiang He's thinking. She subconsciously ignored it. Land was life. There was no such thing as buying or selling land. Even if someone squandered and wanted to sell it, it would not be up to an outsider like her to buy it.
"With my own land, I can …"
"Hey, hey, hey. Stop, wait. Wait." Xu Qing's head hurt. "Learn to live here first. We'll think about such things in the future, okay?"
"…"
"You'll know how ridiculous your current thinking is in the future." He looked at Jiang He speechlessly. She still had to spend three to four years cultivating a piece of land …
When that time came, she would become a big black chick with calluses all over her hands and a face full of vicissitudes. She would look like an auntie in her late twenties. What the hell?
No, definitely not.
"I …" Jiang He opened her mouth. Finally, she did not continue planning her farming career.
Here, she was like a rootless duckweed. She wandered in the bustling city, but everywhere had nothing to do with her.
She had no fixed abode, and there was only loneliness.
"Treat this place as your home. At most, I'll take care of you." Xu Qing could not bear to see her desolate expression and spoke up.
"You'll take care of me?"
Jiang He was stunned for a moment. Suddenly, he remembered what he had searched on Baidu. He coughed twice and looked away.
"Don't misunderstand. I'm innocent … um … just like White Gourd." Xu Qing hurriedly clarified.
He came from more than a thousand years ago and was still very fun. If he could, he would not bear to let him go.
As for the future … he would think about the future in the future. Things would eventually sort themselves out. He would eventually find a good solution.
"I … I … Young hero, please don't joke around!"
Jiang He mumbled for a long time. She clenched the chopsticks in her hand tightly and said seriously, "You've taken me in. This is a great favor. I will repay you, but … but … not with my body!"
？？？
Xu Qing was shocked. With his body? He did not say he would repay her with his body, did he?
Why was the heroine so dirty?
"You can't treat this as my home. This is your home. I'm just staying here temporarily. We're innocent …"
"I have a clear conscience." Xu Qing already knew what she was going to say. "Alright, temporarily. I didn't say what I'm going to do. Do I look like a bad person to you?"
"… You're a good person."
"No, that's not right. Don't say that in the future."
Xu Qing suddenly felt awkward. Why did it feel like he was giving her a good person card?
"I'm a young hero. Remember, you can't say that I'm a good person."
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