I've been frozen for 100 years

Chapter 40 Birthday

There are a lot of details in the tribe. After listening to everyone's report, my head is going to be big. I decided to leave these details and trifles to Cao Riben. Cao Riben will distribute all the weapons and supplies. I don't have the ability to be a leader, let alone the awareness.After arranging things, I ran out and hid far away, my head was big!
Xia Yuan, who just lost her mother, still has a forced smile these days. Today is her birthday, and as an older brother, I want to give her an unforgettable birthday.A grand birthday party will be arranged for Xia Yuan tonight. Some details have been arranged, and the birthday cake is indispensable for a birthday. In this difficult environment, there is a lack of many ingredients and utensils. I want to make It is undoubtedly difficult to make a birthday cake, but from the Nanshan tribe, I found the most basic thing for making cakes-eggs.

There are only a few dozen eggs in the entire Nanshan tribe, and if they are topped with flour, it is enough for me to make a big cake. For this important task, I asked Chu Ying to help me complete it secretly.

"What? You haven't heard of cake?" I got eggs and flour, and I told Chu Ying my idea, but she told me that I had never heard of cake!I couldn't help but smiled wryly: "I wanted you to help me, but now it seems that I can only do it myself..."

"It sounds delicious! How about this, I'll help you, you teach me how to do it!" Chu Ying smiled shyly, and helped me throw the egg into the wooden basin, and "slapped" the egg hit the wooden basin. The pots are all broken.

"Hey! What are you doing?" I was so annoyed that I quickly stopped Chu Ying, looked at the broken eggs in the tub with heartache and said, "You are doing more harm than good, do you know? How could you do that?"

Chu Ying watched me pick up all the egg shells in the wooden basin, and pouted her mouth aggrievedly: "We have eaten eggs before, but they were smashed and baked with the shells. I... I don't know if you want What to do, I'm sorry..."

When I heard her say that, I realized that I had wronged her. Eating the eggs is baked. Who would have thought of a way to eat them with the broken shells?
"Forget it, just stand by and watch!" I helplessly picked up the broken egg shells one by one, picked up an egg and knocked it on the side of the wooden basin twice: "See? Maybe you eat toasted eggs?" Eggs should be eaten with their shells, but you can't make cakes with shells!" Chu Ying nodded and put the egg shells in a wooden bowl, obviously unwilling to waste such a high-protein thing.Looking at Chu Ying's actions, I couldn't help but sigh a little, and couldn't blame her.

"Brother Yang, you are the most amazing person I have ever seen... You are very skilled, and you can make these weird things. There must be many girls who like you?" Chu Ying helped me pack my things, calmly asked me a question.

I smiled silently, noncommittal. Seeing that I didn't answer, Chu Ying pursed her lips unwillingly, and didn't say anything more, but kept glancing at me.

My attention is now on how to make a good cake. In the past, people used a lot of materials to make cakes, such as eggs, flour, sugar and milk, baking powder and salad oil. Nowadays, it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice. It is a special period Special treatment is required. I put dozens of eggs in a wooden basin and stir them with a wooden root. This is a test of endurance. After the eggs are fully stirred, they will undergo physical changes and become solid. Some flour and water were mixed in, and Chu Ying squeezed out the juice from dozens of wild fruits picked. The sweet and sour juice was mixed with some flour and stirred into the egg. I don't know what it tastes like, Anyway, let's make do with it!

I dare say that no one has ever eaten the cake I made. Although the method is simple, it has mixed with too much blessing and heart. In order to ensure that everyone can eat a piece, all the flour has been added in after stirring until the end.The only large iron pot in the tribe was requisitioned by me. I added some water to the pot, then sat the whole wooden basin in the iron pot, and just added firewood to steam it.

"It smells so good! It looks delicious..." After steaming for more than an hour, I lifted the lid of the pot, and a huge special "cake" appeared in front of me amidst the steaming heat. Chu Ying swallowed Drooling, he poked the soft cake with his fingers.

"It must be delicious! Brother Yang, you are so amazing!" Chu Ying's eyes sparkled, and I couldn't help but feel proud when I heard her praise. The big cake steamed with egg flour is enough for more than 130 of us. Everyone gets a piece, these are not important, the important thing is that this is a birthday cake for Xia Yuan, today's free people are living a precarious life, how can they have the time to celebrate their birthdays, even birthday cakes have never been heard of .I am afraid that only the dignitaries in the federal city can taste the delicacy!

With everyone busy all afternoon, the carefully prepared birthday night is about to start, and the night finally comes as promised.

Right in the camp we lit a bunch of bonfires, and the bonfires ignited cracklingly. At this time, the night sky was blue and deep, and the scattered stars in the sky were jealously looking at the bonfire dinner on the ground where the atmosphere was gradually rising, and there were loud laughter and laughter. Echoing in this wilderness night with white moon and clear wind.

It is said that it is a bonfire dinner, and the ingredients of the dinner are relatively monotonous. There are only some noodles made, wild fruits and vegetables picked, and wild fruit wine made from wild fruits. The most eye-catching thing is the huge special cake by the bonfire. Yes, the flour and eggs are milky white after being steamed, exuding bursts of fragrance. Under Chu Ying's careful preparation, the cake is covered with all kinds of wild flowers that she picked by herself, attracting several children in the tribe to gather together Salivating, staring at the cake like a greedy little cat, swallowing hard.

Under my arrangement, the entire bonfire party venue is covered with wild flowers picked by people, exuding a festive atmosphere. The fly in the ointment is that there are no candles, and the artistic conception created by letting the birthday star blow out the candles in the singing of birthday wishes It is incomparable, but the luxury of candles is only available in the Federal City. If there are candles, then Xia Yuan can make a wish and blow out the candles to feel this artistic conception.

Amid the cheers of everyone, Xia Yuan, the protagonist of the bonfire party, accompanied by Chu Ying, walked slowly to the bonfire in the middle of the venue. Seeing everything in front of her, Xia Yuan couldn't help opening her mouth in surprise. She didn't even let her see the arrangement. This hard work obviously brought her a great surprise. She just looked at me through the raging firelight, and tears filled her eyes instantly.

"Silly girl, it's your birthday today, why are you crying?" I walked over laughing, and put a wreath that Chu Ying had already tied on Xia Yuan's head like a magic trick. Xia Yuan lowered her head and smiled, Crying and laughing... so innocent...

"Brothers!" I took Xia Yuan's hand and said loudly to the clansmen sitting in a circle: "Today is Xia Yuan's birthday, and it is also the first reunion of our big family. Live a better life! This..." I pointed to the special cake and said: "I believe we can live a better life, like this big cake, I made it with my own hands, and everyone will eat real cakes in the future, I'll try to do that! I hope by this time next year I'll be able to make a bigger and better cake for my sister and wreath her with my own hands and I'll be sitting next to me by this time next year I can still have each of you! I will be proud of each of you!"

Looking at the emotional clansmen around me, I paused, and then said: "In my hometown, when they celebrate their birthdays, they make wishes, blow out candles, and sing birthday songs! Although we don't have candles, we can make wishes and sing birthday songs. It is essential! Come on! Xiaoyuan, come here and make a wish on the cake! Wishes on birthdays are easy to come true..." I smiled and dragged Xia Yuan to the huge cake, watching her slowly Slowly closed his eyes.

"Big brother, how many wishes can I make?" Xia Yuan looked up at me, her clear eyes were full of emotion.

"Um... well, usually one, but of course Xiao Yuan can make one more wish!" I chuckled, seeing Xia Yuan being amused was also very smooth in my heart.Xia Yuan smiled, closed her eyes again, and silently made her birthday wish.

"Okay! You can eat the cake right away! But before we eat the cake, we all have to sing the birthday song..." Seeing that everyone looked at me inexplicably, I smiled slightly, clapped my hands and beat the beat and took the lead in singing: " Happy birthday to you... happy birthday to you..."

Singing is an instinct of human beings since ancient times, and it is a good way for people to express their emotions.The reason why human beings can sing is because they put their love for life into their songs, and people in this last days have lost too much, lost their spiritual pursuits, lost the beautiful past of their predecessors, and I decided to take them to search a little bit.

"Happy birthday to you...Happy birthday to you..." At first, Chu Ying and Xia Yuan echoed softly, and gradually, everyone sang softly. Everyone merged into the beat, and their voices Gradually, it grew louder, and the happy birthday song that had disappeared in this era for several years resounded throughout the camp and the entire field.

A musician once said: "Music is the greatest joy in life; music is a stream of clear water in life; music is a melting pot for cultivating one's temperament." These freedmen have long forgotten when they are working hard for food and drink. Enjoyment, but everyone will be infected and influenced involuntarily after listening to the singing. The luxury enjoyment brought by the music makes each of them tremble from the bottom of their hearts. Many people burst into tears while singing.But they were undoubtedly happy. Everyone stood up and sang the warm and happy "Happy Birthday Song". The scene melted the hearts of everyone present and washed away their distressed hearts in the last days.

Looking at the people caught in the ocean of joy, I smiled sincerely, and my eyes gradually blurred. The warmth and touch surged in my heart, which could not be calmed down for a long time...

(End of this chapter)