In addition to these two new buildings, Zhao Changxing also plans to further improve the livestock breeding workshop and breed more animals.
The utilization rate of the current livestock breeding workshop is very low, and only a small part is occupied to raise 60 chickens. He plans to use the remaining area to build a fish pond and raise some common fish for the children to supplement.
Protein - don't worry about fish bones. At worst, you can turn up the heat and stew the fish bones until crispy.
For the rest, he plans to raise a few more pigs, rabbits, ducks and other animals.
Forget about cows, these things are too big and he can't control them now. If he goes crazy and collapses the livestock breeding workshop, it will be all over. Even if he raises pigs, he must choose some docile breeds.
Yes, we need to raise them if they are used to eating and sleeping. Wild ones are not acceptable either.
These breeding needs, in turn, once again confirm the importance of the new soilless cultivation workshop. It is definitely not enough for the animals to only eat spinach, and I have to solve their ration problem through this newly built soilless cultivation workshop. No matter
Type or quantity, both have to be resolved.
A few hours passed unknowingly while he was busy. After taking a look at the children being gestated in the artificial womb, and saying hello with a smile, Zhao Changxing fell asleep again.
In the following days, he was still busy all day long. It took him more than a month to build the shell of the new soilless cultivation workshop and automated nutrient solution preparation workshop. Before starting these construction tasks, he had already
Pig and rabbit embryos were placed in artificial wombs for cultivation.
The gestation period of a pig is 110 days, and you can put it into a pig pen and start raising it at that time. The gestation period of a rabbit is shorter, only about 30 days, and it is almost ready to be "born" now.
There was no time to carry out further construction of the new soilless cultivation workshop and automated nutrient solution preparation workshop, so Zhao Changxing busily turned his energy to upgrading the livestock breeding workshop. He had to prepare the cage before the baby rabbit was born.
This took him another day. But today he was very motivated and full of expectations.
Although the chickens were only half-grown because of the relatively single type of food, he had already decided to catch one and eat it today. He really couldn't stand the days of starch porridge with spinach every day.
Leaving the rabbit breeding area, he came to the chicken coop. Seeing a strange animal suddenly arriving, the half-grown chickens screamed in fear. Zhao Changxing chose for a while, and finally chose one that didn't look very energetic. It was possible that
Those who were sick and died were tied up directly and planned to be taken to the Spark spacecraft to be processed by automated slaughtering equipment.
Looking at the half-empty chicken coop, Zhao Changxing felt slightly distressed.
Some time ago, a dozen chicks fell ill and died. Because they were too small and sick, Zhao Changxing did not dare to eat them. He just ground them into feed at high temperatures and planned to use them as additives for fish or pig feed in the future.
This is the first time he has taken the initiative to capture a chicken that appears to be healthy.
"Anyway, even if I don't eat it, since it is so weak, it will get sick and die sooner or later. It's better to eat it earlier."
Zhao Changxing comforted himself in this way.
Before leaving, he took a look at the growth of rice, millet, and soybeans, and estimated that they would be ready for harvest in a dozen days. Only then did Zhao Changxing return to the Spark spacecraft with the water ice collected daily.
This poor chicken is handed over to the automated slaughtering line controlled by Xiao Xi, and when it comes out, it is a clean white-striped chicken.
"It's too small. The feathers and internal organs have been removed. I don't know if it weighs a pound."
Zhao Changxing muttered to himself.
The removed feathers and internal organs will not be wasted. They will also be ground into powder and used as feed in the future.
There is an automated kitchen in the Huozhi spacecraft, but Zhao Changxing did not give the chicken to Xiao Xi, but planned to cook it himself.
First, he chopped the half-sized chicken into small pieces with a knife, washed it with water, and blanched it again. Zhao Changxing put it directly into the pot, added sugar, soy sauce and other seasonings, and started to stew it.
Originally, it should be fried in oil and then stewed, so that the taste will be more fragrant. But now that the soybeans have not been harvested, there is no oil available, so we can only omit that step for the time being.
After a while, the water boiled, and the alluring fragrance came out. Zhao Changxing smelled it, and his mouth began to salivate uncontrollably.
The half-large chicken is different from the old chicken. The meat will be cooked after stewing for a while. Zhao Changxing added salt and simmered for a while. When the flavor was absorbed, he couldn't wait to open the lid of the pot.
The fragrance is more intense.
Looking at the oily, slightly yellow chicken soup, and the overcooked chicken floating in the soup, Zhao Changxing quickly scooped it out, blew it to cool down, and took a bite.
An indescribable taste exploded in his mouth, spreading the pleasure throughout his body in an unstoppable manner. At this moment, he felt as if something in his body had been activated, and it seemed that the world had begun to change.
good.
This is the power of good food.
Perhaps because the gravity of Sedna is too low, these chickens are not as tight as the ones I have eaten on Earth before, and the chicken bones are relatively brittle. But it doesn't matter, it's just meat.
He originally planned to leave some chicken for his next meal. But by the time he realized it, there was only chicken soup left in the basin.
Reluctantly, he searched in the basin again, but when he couldn't find any meat, he had to give up.
He wouldn't waste the chicken soup. There was too little chicken and he couldn't eat enough, so he still had to use starch porridge to fill his stomach. But today's starch porridge was upgraded to chicken soup starch porridge.
At this moment, he didn't think about things like whether the soup was high in oil, salt, and purine, or whether the food was unhealthy. Just kidding, is he qualified to think about those things now?
Hululu finished the bowl of starch porridge, and Zhao Changxing touched his belly with satisfaction.
I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve eaten so well.
He sighed secretly.
"In another half month, the remaining twenty or so broilers will be ready for slaughter. Then they will all be killed and stored. The soybeans will also be harvested. The seeds will be saved and the rest will be squeezed into oil and grown into bean sprouts.
Make tofu, fry the chicken with soybean oil and stew it, add tofu, rice, phew..."
After sleeping, Zhao Changxing came to Sedna again and started busy.
In the past half a month, he finally built an automated nutrient solution preparation workshop. From now on, he finally no longer has to spend so much time and energy on nutrient solution. The next thing to do is
Build a communication network and install the corresponding hardware. In this way, he can leave all things here to Xiao Xi to control and completely liberate himself.
But this is what he will be busy with tomorrow. There are still some things he needs to do today.
Rice, millet, and soybeans are finally ripe and ready for harvest.
Looking at the golden ears of rice and grains, and at the dried pods, he began to feel happy.
Harvesting these plants one by one, placing them in insulated boxes and transferring them to the living area, using simple threshing and grinding equipment installed in the remaining space of the living area, further processing these plants, looking at the white
The rice, yellow and orange millet and beans made him feel more and more happy.
The final harvest was still a little lower than originally expected. Only about 52 kilograms of rice, about 27 kilograms of millet, and only 14 kilograms of soybeans were harvested.
"It's finally a successful start."
He thought so.
The oil yield rate of the soybeans he grows is about 24%. 14 kilograms of soybeans are all squeezed into oil, but only 3.36 kilograms of oil can be produced, which is still far from free soybean oil. But it is still possible to satisfy the craving for now.
Zhao Changxing plans to distribute these grains in this way.
Among the 52 kilograms of rice, 40 kilograms are reserved for seeds and grain reserves, and the remaining 12 kilograms are eaten by ourselves. All 27 kilograms of millet are reserved for the children in the future. Among the 14 kilograms of soybeans, 10 kilograms are reserved.
Of the remaining 4 kilograms, half is pressed into oil, which can be about a kilogram of oil. The remaining two kilograms are used to make tofu and one kilogram to make bean sprouts.
After thinking about it, Zhao Changxing got angry again and entered the chicken coop to catch a chicken. He took his harvest and some spinach back to the Spark spacecraft.
Now those broiler chickens have almost been raised, and they will be killed in a few days and stored as frozen meat. Now it is not a big deal to eat one a few days in advance.
There is a small oil press in the Fire spacecraft, so two kilograms of soybeans are turned into one pound of oil, and the rest is turned into soybean meal. Of course, these soybean meal will not be wasted, they will be mixed with rice, millet, and soybeans after harvesting
A piece of the plant is also ground into powder and used as an additive in feed or nutrient solution.
After steaming the rice, Xiao Xi slaughtered the chicken and cut it into pieces and blanched it, but this time there was one more step than the last time.
He carefully added a little oil, put in the sugar, stir-fried the sugar, and then added the chicken pieces and stir-fried for a while before starting to stew. While waiting for the chicken to stew, he washed the spinach and carefully added it.
Add a little oil, blanch the water and stir-fry over high heat.
So his dinner today changed from starchy spinach porridge to stewed chicken, steamed rice and stir-fried spinach.
It's a pity that there are no eggs. If there are, I can make another spinach and egg soup.
But now it's pretty good, and the quality of dinner has made a qualitative leap compared to before.
Mix the spinach and chicken soup into the rice, and finish a large bowl of rice with the fragrant chicken. Zhao Changxing touched his belly with satisfaction and sighed: "It is better to eat meat and vegetables together to feel comfortable."
Because of the rice, he didn't finish the chicken this time. He carefully put it away and saved it for tomorrow morning. He soaked the beans for making tofu and covered the raw bean sprouts with a wet cloth. Only then was he satisfied.