This is a bit exaggerated. No matter how delicious purified water is, how different can it be from boiled water?

But when Bai Yuqi asked, he found out that it was really not to blame for the few of them who drank cold water like thirsty ghosts.

Because the water sources nearby, whether they are springs from the ground or streams flowing from the mountains, all have a strange bitter taste.

A small stream near the village is the main source of drinking water for Kushui Village. Although it also has a slight bitterness, it is not undrinkable.

The water that gushes out of the spring in the mountain behind the village is very bitter, and it is also poisonous. If a person drinks too much, the whole body will become swollen, and in severe cases, the limbs will become purple and black!

According to Old Muramasa, they did not think of a way to dig a small pond in a low place near the village to save some rainwater for use on rainy days.

However, unless wooden barrels or earthen jars are used to catch the rainwater, the rainwater will inevitably become astringent and bitter after falling to the ground for three days and cannot be eaten.

Moreover, the water quality is bitter, the soil layer of the land is poor and thin, and there are many gravels.

The corn and millet grown in some acres of reclaimed land in the village not only have extremely low yields but also taste bitter. This is why this place is called "Kugu'ao, Kushui Village".

"Little fairy, you have some porridge!"

While Bai Yuqi listened to the old villager explaining the situation in Kushui Village, she took a sip of the corn porridge that Yang Zhao brought after letting it cool slightly.

I clicked my mouth carefully and found that after swallowing, there was really a trace of bitterness on the back of my tongue.

However, because the bran is separated very cleanly using [Decomposition Technique] and [Separation Technique], and the pure water condensed by [Water Generation Technique] is used to cook the porridge, so it is not too unpleasant to drink, at least it doesn't taste bad.

It's like swallowing sand.

Bai Yuqi, who had been hungry for a long time, didn't care about picking her mouth, and started drinking... There was no way, there was no spoon in Yang Zhao's house, and there was no food and no chopsticks, so she could only drink from the bowl.

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I drank half a bowl of corn porridge to soothe my growling stomach.

Bai Yuqi looked up and found Mrs. Yang Zhao standing aside cautiously. Then she remembered that Mrs. Yang Zhao's house had only one seedling, let alone a spoon, and even a bowl. She quickly handed over the stoneware bowl in her hand: "My foster mother is also here.

eat!"

"No no no!"

Yang Zhao's face suddenly turned red, and she waved her hands in embarrassment: "Little immortal, please eat it! I... I will eat it later."

He looked at the rather sticky corn porridge in the stoneware bowl, and then at the small earthenware pot for making porridge.

Bai Yuqi knew that even if there was a little bit left in it, there was definitely not much left, so she put the earthenware bowl into Yang Zhao's hand without any reason: "I'm full! My adoptive mother will feed my little sister later, no.

Can you take more milk from there to feed your child?"

Yang Zhao then took the stoneware bowl into her hand with a blushing face.

At this time, Yang Tieniu and the other three also drank enough water and came over burping with water in their stomachs.

The young man Yang Gouzi suddenly saw the corn porridge in the pottery bowl and said in surprise: "Sister Zhao, is there such fine corn? Can you give me a taste?"

Only then did Lao Cunzheng and the others discover the difference in the corn porridge. Mrs. Yang Zhao blushed and handed over the porridge bowl: "This is peeled out by the little immortal using his magic. There is no bran in the porridge..."

"Nonsense! Your thirteenth sister-in-law is pulling the baby by herself, how dare you open your mouth to snatch the food?"

Old Muramasa no longer cared about being surprised that Bai Yuqi could actually "cast magic" to peel off the chaff.

I guess he got used to it after seeing many magical methods. He frowned and scolded Yang Gouzi, who looked greedy: "Look at your coward, don't be rude in front of real people, you have to eat it for a while and eat it at E's house!"

"It doesn't matter! I'll just cook some more later."

Mrs. Yang Zhao quickly gave the porridge bowl to Yang Gouzi, who turned red and lowered his head after being scolded by the old village leader: "Is Gouzi hungry? Drink it quickly! It's delicious!"

This young man is also a pitiful one. His parents left early when he was young, and he grew up living in the village living in the East's family and in the West's family.

He was hungry and full all day long, running around like a wild dog, without even a proper name, and kept barking like a dog.

The dog's dirty face turned red.

But since yesterday, he followed Uncle Tieniu up the mountain, hoping to get something to eat.

Unexpectedly, I encountered a deity descending to earth, but I failed to catch the prey and wasted my energy in vain.

It was such a big deal that an immortal came to the village, and no one paid attention to him at night, so he was still hungry until now. Why else would he have been pouring water just now?

So I am embarrassed, but I still can't resist the smell of corn porridge.

He secretly glanced at old Muramasa's face, shamelessly buried his head in the porridge bowl and snored for a while.

It was a stoneware bowl the size of a human head. Bai Yuqi had only drank half of the bowl, and he drank the rest in one gulp.

Not even after I finished drinking, I buried my whole face in the bowl, stretched out my tongue and licked it like a pot.

Bai Yuqi's face turned green when she saw it, what the fuck?

There is only one bowl at home, and if you lick it like this, how can I eat in the future?

Seeing that the dog was really hungry, Mrs. Yang Zhao brought the porridge pot over and poured the remaining porridge bottom into him.

Then he took the earthen basin to the house and filled some corn again, intending to cook another can so that Lao Muramasa and others could try fine rice porridge without bran.

Mrs. Yang Zhao carried the earthenware basin and walked towards the stone mortar as a habit.

Only when she saw the stone mortar did she remember that she couldn't grind grain without bran, so she could only look at Bai Yuqi helplessly.

Fortunately, after resting for a while and drinking some porridge, my mana was restored a lot.

It turns out that proper rest and eating can speed up the recovery of mana, so Bai Yuqi helped Yang Zhao separate the chaff.

Mrs. Yang Zhao took the earthen basin and pottery pot and went to cook porridge happily.

Although Yang Tieniu and Yang Xiaoshan didn't say anything, they secretly swallowed when the dog was drinking porridge, and quickly helped Yang Zhao to add firewood to the fire, obviously intending to taste the refined grain porridge.

Not to mention them, even old Muramasa scolded him fiercely.

Didn't he just put Laogouzi (butt) on a tree stump that was used as a stool in the yard? He was sitting on an even keel, and he hadn't even eaten refined food a few times!

"Old Patriarch, didn't you say that the world has been pacified and the Central Plains has been unified?"

Bai Yuqi almost cried because of this poor village. This was different from the prosperous Zhenguan era in his impression. He couldn't help but said depressedly: "Why are the people still so poor?"

"It is said that the world will be peaceful and the Central Plains will be unified."

"But there are frequent invasions by Turks, Tibetans, and Tuyuhun barbarians."

"There are still remnants of the feudal lord's rebellion, and there are mountain bandits and horse bandits who are as rampant as lice all over the mountains and fields."
Chapter completed!