Ren Hailuan had hardly cooked for herself since she was a child, so now she felt a little ashamed in front of the Monkey King. In the kitchen, the White Monkey King seems to look more like an adult who is good at doing housework, while Ren Hailuan is just a little girl who has not grown up yet, and can only help behind the Monkey King.
The monkey king first ordered Ren Hailuan to clean the wild vegetables picked by him and the monkeys, while he washed the rice and cooked a pot of rice.
Ren Hailuan only knew that the monkeys in the mountains ate whatever they picked, but this monkey king just made a big pot of rice. Ren Hailuan saw that the Monkey King had bought a lot of rice. Obviously, it was not just for him and Tang Zhong, but also for its monkeys and grandchildren. From this point of view, under the leadership of the White Monkey King, all these wild monkeys eat cooked food, which is beyond Ren Hailuan's imagination.
"Could it be that they are all like humans and can use chopsticks?" Ren Hailuan suddenly thought of this, so while washing vegetables, he looked up at the chopstick basket in the kitchen. I saw that there was indeed a bamboo chopstick basket in the kitchen, but there were not many chopsticks in it, just six and three pairs of animal bone chopsticks. Ren Hailuan had seen this chopstick basket before when she first came in, but at that time she didn't notice how many pairs of chopsticks there were, so she never thought that the people living in this cave were not people, but a group of monkeys.
"With three pairs of chopsticks, apart from the Monkey King, there should be only two smarter monkeys among the other monkeys who can use chopsticks!" Ren Hailuan thought this way.
The Monkey King first boiled the rice in the pot, and then put the remaining rice back to its original place. Only then did Ren Hailuan see that the rice was actually hidden under a large stone slab. There must be a larger storage room under the stone slab, which was probably used to store some kitchen necessities. Because the stone slabs were rarely connected to the ground, there was no gap at all under dim light. Therefore, when Ren Hailuan was looking for food in the kitchen, he was unable to find the rice under the stone slabs.
As expected, there is really a small storage room under the stone slab. Although it is much smaller than the large storage room outside, the things in it are not small. They are all oil, salt, ginger, pepper and other condiments. .
"It seems that this white monkey really knows how to enjoy himself. He is more particular about cooking than ordinary people." Ren Hailuan murmured in his heart while peeking at the monkey king at work.
After a while, Ren Hailuan had cleaned all the wild vegetables and handed them neatly to the Monkey King. Then he asked: "What else should I wash?"
The Monkey King took the wild vegetables from Ren Hailuan's hand, and then smiled at her kindly like an old man, and then handed her another heavy bag of things, and then pointed at the water. It seemed that he still wanted to let her have it. She cleans this place. Ren Hailuan didn't know what was inside, but the bag kept squirming. It seemed that there must be something alive inside.
"What is this?" Ren Hailuan took the bag and asked curiously.
When the monkey king heard the question, he just pointed to his mouth with his paw, and then laughed happily, which must mean: "This is delicious food."
Ren Hailuan believed it to be true, so he put his right hand into the bag and took out a handful. He felt that the meat in his hand was squishy and cold. When Ren Hailuan saw it clearly, he was immediately frightened and screamed "Ah", and then The entire bag and the things he grabbed in his hands were thrown to the ground in an instant.
It turned out that the things inside turned out to be fleshy pupae as big as a thumb, and they were all alive, but I didn't know what kind of insect they were. Ren Hailuan had never seen this thing before and thought it would bite, so he screamed in fright.
The Monkey King obviously did not expect that Ren Hailuan would be frightened, so he hurriedly picked up the cloth bag and meat pupae, and then helped her pour them directly into the wooden basin where she had just washed the wild vegetables.
Seeing that Ren Hailuan was still a little scared, the Monkey King told her with his finger that this thing would not bite. Ren Hailuan was very smart, and roughly understood what the Monkey King meant, so he boldly reached out to touch the wooden basin. Sure enough, he saw that those fleshy pupae could only squirm, they couldn't bite people at all, and they had no teeth. .
After Ren Hailuan was sure that there was no danger, he scooped up water and started cleaning. Seeing this, the White Monkey King finally smiled at me happily, then picked up the kitchen knife and started cutting the wild vegetables that Hailuan had just cleaned.
Although Ren Hailuan didn't know how to cut vegetables, when she heard the even thumping sound of the Monkey King when cutting vegetables, she truly believed that he was a good kitchen hand, and his knife skills alone were unparalleled.
I don’t know where the Monkey King picked these insect pupae from, but they were very clean. Ren Hailuan only washed them with water twice, and the insect pupae were as white as jade, crystal clear, and looked very cute. Although Ren Hailuan was no longer afraid of the insect chrysalis, she still felt a little sick when she thought about eating it later. It seems that tonight, even if the Monkey King made this thing, he would not dare to eat it.
The Monkey King saw that she had already washed the pupae, and then handed her some strange-shaped fungus rhizomes, which were all covered with mud. It seemed that washing them would be a bit troublesome.
"It seems that tonight, in addition to rice, this thing will become my main dish." Ren Hailuan took the stem and cleaned it seriously, but this was what he thought in his heart. In Ren Hailuan's opinion, eating plant stems is acceptable, and it is much better than eating those fleshy insect pupae.
But until now, Ren Hailuan has not seen any traces of meat, so it must be a vegetarian feast.
Just as she was thinking this, she suddenly heard a monkey sound, and then a male monkey happily came to the door of the kitchen to report to the Monkey King. He happened to be holding four carp in his left and right paws, which was one of the ones sent out by the Monkey King earlier. Male monkey. The monkey king was very happy to see it, so he stopped cutting vegetables temporarily, then took the kitchen knife, then took the carp and started killing it.
This kind of lifestyle, this kind of cooking method, but nothing like a monkey, he is simply a living person.
If Ren Hailuan hadn't seen everything with her own eyes, she would never have believed that such an old monkey king who seemed to be in his twilight years actually knew much more than she did.
Only then did Ren Hailuan realize that the Monkey King sent those male monkeys out to look for more nutritious food, and most of them did this to seriously injure themselves.
The fish caught by the male monkey were not small, with the smallest weighing more than a kilogram and the largest weighing more than four kilograms. However, the monkey group was originally large in number and had a lot to eat, so it seemed that the monkey king wanted to kill all eight fish.
The male monkey saw that the monkey king was too busy, so he came over to help kill the fish.
Remember to keep the kitchen hot, it looks like everything is going to be a feast. Ren Hailuan saw that the Monkey King had no time to cut vegetables, so after washing the roots, he went over to help cut vegetables.
Although her knife skills were far inferior to those of the Monkey King, she could still cope with it because those wild vegetable roots were not difficult to cut.
Ren Hailuan and the Monkey King were busy when suddenly another male monkey came back, holding a bird's nest in each paw, which was full of chicken and vegetables. Originally, this male monkey went to dig out bird's nests, and judging from his results, he dug out quite a few bird's nests.
Because the kitchen was not too big and could not accommodate too many people, the monkey king asked the male monkey to put down the bird's nest, and then asked him to pick up the other male monkeys who had not returned yet.
It was already dark now. Except for the two male monkeys who were fishing and digging out bird's nests, the other male monkeys led by the older male had not returned yet.
At this time, Ren Hailuan accidentally saw a trace of worry on the Monkey King's face.
Ren Hailuan knew that if it was because of him and Tang Zhong, the Monkey King would definitely not let his monkey grandchildren go out to take risks again. Except for a small part of the food collected by the monkey king, most of it is suitable for human consumption, so the monkey king lets the male monkeys go fishing and dig out bird's nests. As for where the older male monkey went, Ren Hailuan couldn't guess yet. But from the look on the monkey king's face, she expected that the older male monkey's mission must be the most dangerous.
After the monkey king finished killing the fish, he smashed all the eggs that the male monkey took back into a large porcelain bowl, and then stirred them quickly with a chopstick. From the looks of it, it must be steamed egg porridge, and this dish must be specially made for Tang Zhong. Because Tang Zhong was seriously injured and unconscious, even if there were all kinds of delicious food, he couldn't eat it at all now. But he also needs food to recuperate his body, so naturally this steamed bird egg porridge is perfect. Not only does it melt in your mouth and is easy to feed, it is also very nutritious.
When Ren Hailuan saw the Monkey King show his hand, he couldn't help but admire him and threw himself into his arms. Because even he, the most concerned person in Tangzhong, had never thought about what Tangzhong should eat tonight, but the old monkey king had already arranged it, and the arrangement was extremely reasonable.
Oh-oh-
Suddenly, a shrill wolf howl came from the valley. Ren Hailuan didn't take it seriously, but the Monkey King suddenly tensed up when he heard the sound, and then rushed out of the kitchen, abandoning his men.
"This wolf howl has a certain meaning!" Ren Hailuan saw that the monkey king was extremely nervous, as if something had happened, so he immediately followed him.
When Ren Hailuan arrived at the main cave hall, a group of monkeys had already gathered around him. Ren Hailuan didn't know the situation, so he took it over and took a look, only to see that the group of young monkeys led by the older male monkeys were surrounded by them. They had returned successfully.
The only unfortunate thing is that the leading older male monkey was injured in his hind leg and was bleeding profusely. It looked like he had been bitten by something. Ren Hailuan thought of the wolf howl just now, and finally understood why the Monkey King was so nervous just now, because it was the blood-devouring howl of wolves.
Oh-oh-
The wolves were still howling at the bottom of the mountain, but because they couldn't come up at all, the monkeys were not afraid of them. At this time, Ren Hailuan saw the older male monkey holding a bamboo basket in his hand, and the bamboo basket was filled with precious Chinese medicinal materials such as Ganoderma lucidum and Shouwu. Ren Hailuan finally understood at this time that the Monkey King sent the male monkeys out not just to find food for them, but the main purpose was to find medicinal materials in Tangzhong.
When Ren Hailuan saw that the older male monkey was injured for himself and Tang Zhong, he was immediately moved to tears, so he hurriedly took out a sentimental handkerchief to bandage the older male monkey's wound.
When the monkey king saw this, he picked a few leaves from a traditional Chinese medicine collected by the male monkey, chewed it in his mouth and handed it to Ren Hailuan. Ren Hailuan understood immediately, then wrapped the broken leaves into a handkerchief, and then wrapped them together around the male monkey's hind legs.
