The last winter was full of chills, but this winter is full of leisure and warmth for Jiang Sibai.
The cold wind was biting, so he and the whole Zhuangzi people stayed in the house without going out.
There was a fire burning in the firepit, which made the room very warm.
And from time to time, Teacher Dabai will always catch some small animals from outside and come back to add food to everyone.
Jiang Sibai considered that he would have to take care of everything by himself in Luo Yun Wonderland from now on, so he humbly learned cooking skills from the kitchen aunt.
It didn't matter what he learned. It just made Jiang Sibai think a lot, and for the first time he had the idea of changing the world.
Because this steaming method with clear soup and little water is actually all the current cooking techniques!
No wonder many people love 'wine' these days. In fact, compared to monotonous cooking techniques, raw food that maintains the 'original taste' of food is actually more delicious.
Of course, don’t blame everyone for their short lifespan these days. After all, eating too much raw food will lead to various parasitic diseases.
All Jiang Sibai can do is bake.
It's just that it lacks oil and seasonings, and the roasting seems quite tasteless.
Compared to stewing, his skill in roasting meat has gradually reached perfection and has been praised by Teacher Dabai.
At the same time, he can also make good chicken soup, and add some salt to make it memorable.
This is also the favorite of the Autumn Frost Fairy.
The full-year-old Qiu Shuang Fairy has started toddle, but she has not spoken yet.
It doesn't matter, she is very well-behaved anyway.
During the day, she and her wet nurse would watch Jiang Sibai practicing his sword, obediently not saying a word.
When it's time to eat, she basically eats whatever is given to her until she can't eat anymore.
So this pink and jade-carved baby quickly became chubby and looks quite cute.
Just like that, the first day of the year has come again in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Sibai was too lazy to go to the palace to join in the fun. Instead, he took out the wheat flour he had hidden and invited everyone to make dumplings together.
This is what he can think of. In this era, there are few foods that can maintain their taste.
The only pity is that there are no vegetables, so we can only use pure venison caught by Teacher Dabai to make dumpling fillings.
For Jiang Sibai, this is a bit lacking in texture, but for everyone today, it is definitely a delicacy.
Everyone ate happily, but it was a pity that Fairy Qiu Shuang, who had not yet teethed, could only eat some minced meat and was confused.
After Yuan Day, spring comes again. The winter snow thaws and farmers begin to prepare for spring plowing.
Jiang Sibai also started to be busy again.
The first step is to reorganize the land. For Jiang Sibai, it is a process of reorganizing the earth's veins and five elements.
As soon as he got it, he felt something was wrong, because he found that the five elements of the earth under this spiritual field had many operating methods that were too primitive for him.
He has made so many improvements this year, and looking at the past results just feels childish and ridiculous.
At this time, he suddenly remembered the advice given to him by Taoist Mo Shang.
When he asked Taoist Mo Shang for advice on the arrangement of the spiritual field, the advice he received was often, 'You can plant an acre of spiritual millet and then we'll see.'
Jiang Sibai didn't understand it at first, but now he slowly understands it.
Master is asking him to deepen his impression through practice!
If Taoist Mo Shang had directly pointed out to him the more outstanding method of arranging the spiritual field, then he would be simple, but his understanding of the five elements of the earth would undoubtedly be affected, and he might even become tired.
I also remembered what Taoist Mo Shang said, the practice of Shennong Valley is to cultivate the land round after round.
Jiang Sibai now understood how this kind of practice was carried out.
He readjusted the five elements of the earth veins under his acre of spiritual land, which visibly increased the concentration of spiritual energy in the acre of land.
Then he selected the best seeds from the seeds obtained last year and planted them.
One thing he discovered during this process was that the corn grown in the fields last year had obviously improved in quality if used as grain!
After just one year of farming, Jiang Sibai felt the double improvement of this acre of spiritual land and grain crops.
Thinking again of Taoist Mo Shang's words asking him to grow an acre of spiritual millet, he immediately understood the direction of his efforts.
He started going 'crazy' again.
Everyone in Baiyi looked worriedly at the young master Xiaobai who kept rolling in the ground, soaking in the water, basking in the sun on the field ridge, and staring at the green seedlings in the field...
Ordinary people would not understand what a wonderful world they saw in Jiang Sibai's eyes at this time. What they saw was just an increasingly foolish and crazy young master.
However, the fact is that during this process, Jiang Sibai felt that he was fully devoted to this world.
That acre of spiritual land seemed to have become the foundation of his Taoism, carrying his entire understanding of the earth's veins and the five elements.
The green seedlings that slowly grew out symbolized his practice and the fruits of Taoism. They were harvested every season, allowing him to clearly see his current state.
As spring passes and autumn comes, it is another good time.
Jiang Sibai looked at the heavy ears of millet with emotion in his heart.
This time he was even more immersed than before, and could even feel the composition of the five elements in these ears of millet!
There are five elements in everything, this is something he has known for a long time.
But before that, he had never thought that he could feel the five elements in the corn, which gave him a vague sense of accomplishment.
This year, perhaps because of Jiang Sibai's example, the farmers in Baiyi Village also more or less imitated him in intensive farming.
And the hard work will always pay off, and they also ushered in an unprecedented bumper harvest.
They began to realize how powerful their young master was. Food was the most important thing for the people, and they even regarded Jiang Sibai as a 'saint' in their hearts.
But Jiang Sibai couldn't care about this.
While others ended their busy farming schedule and began to celebrate the autumn harvest, he continued to be busy refining new Jiji Linglu.
He feels that this time of year is the time to summarize his year's practice.
And when he started refining again, he immediately noticed some subtle changes.
He could vaguely feel the spiritual energy in those millet ears, and he began to try to interact with these spiritual energy during the refining process.
It was just because there was too little spiritual energy in the ears of millet, and he was not very sensitive to it, so in the end he could only wait in a daze until the refining was completed.
"That's good, that's right. This cauldron of Jiji Spiritual Dew already has a second-class middle-grade spirituality. Your progress this year has been obvious."
Taoist monk Mo Shang came to taste it and was full of praise for Jiang Sibai.
In fact, he never criticized Jiang Sibai. When meeting such a disciple, he seemed to only need to praise him!
However, when Taoist Mo Shang saw that Jiang Sibai still looked sad, he couldn't help but ask: "But what difficulties have you encountered in practice?"
Jiang Sibai expressed his troubles: "Master, I always want to guide the spiritual energy in the ears of millet to cooperate with the refining, but I always fail to achieve the goal..."
Taoist Mo Shang had an earthy complexion at that time.
It's not that Jiang Sibai said anything wrong, but that these words were too advanced!
Taoist Mo Shang could only say: "It's the same sentence. You can understand it after a few years of practice."
"If you want to talk about the secret, you should remember the principle of the five elements."
Jiang Sibai was not surprised when he heard this answer.
Because the visible improvement over the past year has made him understand what he should do.