He decided to give it a try, but not to go overboard.
If his theory was wrong, he could still eat the resulting porridge for breakfast, so it wouldn't be a waste.
He poured some rice into the pot, then added water.
Next to the stove was a large wooden ladle, over a meter long. There was a lot of water and not much rice. He looked at it and felt like something was missing.
He slapped his forehead. 'Of course, how could I forget the wild vegetables!'
He went to the farmland and picked some purslane. Xiao Xuemei had given it to him earlier. There wasn't much, so he had planted it in the ground.
After a few days, the purslane was looking much healthier, though it didn't seem to have grown many new leaves.
After washing the wild vegetables, he returned to the porridge shed and added them to the pot.
Then he stirred vigorously.
