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Chapter 233 Steamed Buns
Ever since Shi Nianqing announced that she was going to make steamed buns, both her two friends and the viewers in the live stream have become extremely curious about this food.

However, Shi Nianqing has not started doing it in the past two days.

The pheasants we hunted before, apart from those we ate ourselves, were all dried.

Wu Xuan had been thinking about it for several days, and his anticipation was incredibly high.

But these past few days, Shi Nianqing has been going out to pull weeds in the wild. Not only that, but she's also doing some strange things.

I really don't understand.

Finally, two days later, Wu Xuan couldn't hold back any longer.

Shi Nianqing was busy at the moment, and Wu Xuan walked back and forth in front of him several times.

"What's wrong with you? Is there something you want to tell me? You've been following me for ages."

Wu Xuan seemed a little hesitant, but tempted by the delicious food, she finally spoke up: "Sister Shi, when are you going to make the steamed buns you mentioned last time?"

Wu Xuan looked at Shi Nianqing expectantly; it was clear he really wanted to eat.

Shi Nianqing thought it was something serious, but it turned out to be just steamed buns.

I also blame myself for taking it for granted.

"I've been preparing these past few days, I forgot to tell you."

"Making steamed buns requires fermenting the dough. But we don't have yeast right now, so I've been trying to make yeast during this time."

Making yeast in the wild isn't actually that difficult. You can often see colorful grass growing by streams. After crushing its roots and stems, you can put them in a jar to ferment.

After a period of time, yeast will be produced. This yeast can be used not only to ferment dough, but also to brew wine.

Shi Nianqing also remembered while making yeast that they now had enough rice and could continue planting next year so they could start brewing wine.

The yeast used for brewing is also made from this wax herb.

"This is the material for making yeast. It should be fermented in the next couple of days, and then it can be used to ferment dough."

Wu Xuan's eyes widened after hearing this; it was the first time he had ever heard of such a magical thing.

Knowing when Shi Nianqing would make steamed buns, Wu Xuan seemed much happier.

Wu Xuan is actually very easy to please; as long as there is good food, she is willing to wait several days.

Two days later, Shi Nianqing used these chilies to make a large basket of yeast, which she then placed outside to dry and age.

Another portion is used to ferment dough.

Mix the previously prepared rice noodles with the starch extracted from the trunk of the baobab tree.

Plain rice noodles don't have that much chewiness, but adding baobab powder makes them even more springy and chewy.

The best option is rice flour with glutinous rice, but now we only have rice and not glutinous rice, so we have to settle for second best.

Adding an appropriate amount of egg white will make the dough taste even better.

These eggs were taken from a pheasant's nest; quite a few were collected.

The basket was filled to the brim, probably thirty or forty in total.

There are also chicks in the breeding area, and soon we will be able to eat the eggs they lay.

This was to make more steamed buns and mantou. Shi Nianqing used about fifty catties of rice flour and more than ten catties of baobab powder.

After cracking all the eggs into the dough and kneading it well, place it next to the baking room to ferment.

Immediately afterwards, Shi Nianqing went to prepare the filling.

The fresh beef and cured meat that were left over, and the remaining egg yolks.

I'm planning to make three flavors: one is scallion and beef, another is shepherd's purse and cured pork, and the last one is celery and egg yolk.

All three flavors are delicious. Fresh beef is chopped into small pieces, mixed with chopped scallions, lard, and various seasonings, and even before it's fully mixed, it exudes a rich aroma.

The cured meat was from the first hunt by Shi Nianqing, from those dozen or so wolves. In the end, only a little bit was left, and some venison was added and mixed together.

Then add the previously dried shepherd's purse, which has been soaked in water and chopped into small pieces, and mix them together.

Adding a suitable amount of soy sauce and salt makes it very fragrant.

The simplest filling is celery and salted egg yolk. The celery is water celery that they found by the water and cultivated. Fresh wild celery is basically hard to find in the wild.

The vegetables I grow myself don't taste as good as the ones grown in the wild, but it's already very nice to be able to eat fresh vegetables at this time of year.

Choose a relatively cold place, blanch it in boiling water for 10 seconds, chop it up, mix it with cooked egg yolks, add soy sauce and salt, and stir well.

The three bowls of sauce are now ready; set them aside for later use.

It was during this time that Wu Xuan and Su Ya returned from who-knows-where.

He was filthy, covered in red mud, and clutching something in his hands.

Shi Nianqing had just come out of the kitchen when she saw the two dirty people.

Frowning, she asked with amusement, "Where have you been? You're covered in mud. Go wash yourselves off!"

Wu Xuan took out what she was holding: "Sister Shi, this is what we found outside. See if you can eat this."

As he spoke, he took out a large piece of rootstock, which looked somewhat familiar.

Shi Nianqing went over to observe carefully.

What the hell!

This is cassava.

Wait, how can you find cassava here?
However, this is indeed the season when cassava ripens, and cassava looks similar to a shrub, so it's easy to overlook it.

It's impossible for Shi Nianqing to start exploring every moment, as that would consume a lot of points and be ignored.

"Where did you find this cassava? It's a good thing. If we can find more, we can save some so we can grow our own next year."

Upon hearing Shi Nianqing's words, the two men's expressions changed.

Wu Xuan wore a smug expression: "I knew this thing would work! I won, hehe!"

Suya stood to the side, her face full of resentment.

"Qingqing, is this really edible?"

“We originally went out to look for bird eggs, as we had almost eaten all the eggs at home. While we were looking for these, we saw this small shrub and pulled it up. We saw that it had very thick roots underneath, so we brought it back.”

They found it purely by accident; they stumbled upon it while searching for bird eggs.

Who knew this thing would be so easy to pull out, revealing its thick and numerous roots.

Wu Xuan thought this thing should be useful, while Su Ya thought it looked so strange that if it could be discovered, it would have been discovered long ago.

Since Shi Nianqing didn't bring her back, she's definitely useless.

The two had differing opinions, but ultimately decided to carry the item back.

And I made a bet, and I never expected that this thing would actually be edible.

As for the mud on their bodies, it was because when they were looking for bird eggs, the two of them accidentally rolled into a mud pit.

That was really unlucky. Originally, it was just Wu Xuan alone, but in the instant he fell, due to inertia, he pulled Su Ya down with him.

Shi Nianqing found their conversation somewhat amusing.

It's good that nothing's wrong.

"You guys go take a shower now, I'm making steamed buns, you can eat them in a little while."