When traveling outside, even in the most vibrant time of summer or the fruitful autumn, most people will not rely too much on wild ingredients.
The reason does not need to be complicated to say something like identifying poisons and gathering knowledge for harvesting, it is just a simple reason-it will take time.
People are on the road mostly to go somewhere. This sentence sounds stupid when spoken, just like "people inhale to breathe" and "people will die when they are killed" are extremely correct nonsense, but they are indeed reasonable descriptions.
People who are on the road, people who are walking on the road, are not out for a picnic. Therefore, instead of spending several hours leisurely collecting wild fruits or going hunting, unless you are looking for extreme lightness or are short of money, bringing enough rations with you when traveling far away is the choice that normal people would make.
A person's life is full of constant choices. If you choose not to carry rations to save weight, you will need to spend time collecting ingredients. It’s just that what you choose to sacrifice is different. In fact, there is never a perfect choice in this world-but let’s get back to where we are.
Often walking in the wild fields in the mountains, there is a concept spread among the highlanders and mountain hunters in the world of Rigar: you need to bring two kinds of rations, one is for cooking and is nutritious, and it is used with a small pot that you carry with you to eat on the mountain. The collected firewood can be used to prepare hot meals, generally called camp meals.
Camp meals are mostly made of grains and pickled bacon, with some seasonal wild vegetables and fruits collected in the mountains added to the flavor, making it a delicacy that can soothe the soul after a cold weather and arduous trek.
This kind of meal made of portable and shelf-stable food can restore people's physical energy to a great extent. While people are full, the temperature brought by the hot meal will also make people's body and mind more comfortable.
But like relying on ingredients gathered in the wild, camp meals that require cooking consume time and energy.
When chasing prey, when you need to rush all the time, you consume a lot of energy and need to replenish nutrients, but time is extremely tight. What is born is a cold meal that can be eaten directly, the so-called "mobile meal". That is what most individual travelers and adventurers who save weight and don’t even bring a pot will eat.
The warm bonfire is passed inside the sealed cave to resist the cold wind filled with water vapor. Most of the more than a hundred people sitting on the ground took out the lunch they had prepared before.
Because Narumi's original plan was not to stay for a long time, naturally, the rations they prepared before setting off in the early morning were also action rations that could be eaten directly.
Cook the rice you brought with you with coarse salt, then shape it into a triangle with your hands, and wrap it with gauze. This ingredient, which is pronounced "Onijili" in the language of the Moon Country, made Mira think that it had something to do with the so-called "Oni", which is a cannibal ghost, because of the language barrier.
Later, after the introduction of Aya and Sakura, I learned that the "Nigili" part behind it means "grip", because when making this kind of rice balls, you need to hold and shape it with your hands, and the so-called "oh" has a similar meaning. The meaning of "Pa" in Padrosilaman language is used for naming.
The Padrosi "Pa" means great, the great successor of Laman, Padra Mansia. As a country with a similarly long history, it is not uncommon for the Moon Country to have similar noble terms/polite terms become colloquial.
"Ao" or "Oh", the word used to write the Kingdom of the Moon is "窭", which is not easy to understand when put alone, but combined with other words, the word "Yuqian" refers to being in front of the emperor. This means You can roughly guess it.
This is an honorific title, a simple syllable title used to describe something noble or a noble person.
It has become so common that it is used to describe a hand-made rice ball, and in a sense is also a snapshot of the deep and pervasive class concept in this country.
As we have been saying, what a few nobles, a few rich people, and the upper class pursue may not necessarily represent the entire country. Because no matter how the times change or how turbulent the region is, the lives of the rich are rarely affected.
When the current situation is turbulent, it is often the people at the bottom who suffer. Most of the nobles with rich accumulation can still live their own comfortable life.
Therefore, it is understandable that the nobles of the Moon Country attach great importance to class concepts. But even civilians, even the relatively more popular language, reveal similar caution and attention to detail. If you think about it carefully, it's actually a bit scary.
But let’s get back to where we started.
As a result of the accumulation of long years, the language of the Moon Country often has complex meanings. This syllable is not only an honorific, but after adding "AO" in front of the word, the verb will be converted into a noun related to it. "Nigili" means to hold tightly, while "onigili" means "something that needs to be grasped to make."
There are similar expressions in the classical Lamanite language. Coupled with the problem of similar pronunciation, it is no wonder that the Lamanites have twice the result with half the effort when learning the language of the Land of the Moon.
All in all, this little knowledge about pronunciation can be regarded as giving Mira and Galeva, two beginners, a little more insight. As a portable food, this rice ball is eaten cold. Although the sticky texture in the mouth is worrying at first after it cools down, after actually biting into it, it is surprisingly delicious.
The soil and water quality in the Kingdom of the Moon are very different from those in Rigar. Although the climate in some places is similar and the vegetation generally looks the same, there is a big difference between the japonica rice grown here and the long-grain rice grown in Rigar. The most important thing is that it can still maintain a good texture and taste after cooling.
The soft and glutinous rice grains melt easily in your mouth, but this is not the mushy and powdery texture that ordinary rice grains have when they cool down. It still has a certain elasticity, as if it has just been cooked. generally.
The good taste is complemented by the coarse salt added during kneading. The rough and earthy flavor is coupled with the heavy weight. Although it is not the same as Qingzhi rice with many condiments, for some reason, our Luoan girl But I just feel like it very much.
What they ate in the morning was stewed with dug bamboo shoots, and something called dried tofu was added. Although the amount was quite large, the taste was completely bland, which Mira herself did not like.
And when she finally couldn't help it - even though she only ate for two or three days - she consulted about the storage of meat. Although she was a wealthy samurai and Qingtian was not stingy with supplies for the trip, Mira Got a negative answer.
The price of meat in the Moon Kingdom is beyond the imagination of Rigal people like them.
In the Crescent Continent, where plains are extremely rare, it is absolutely impossible for cattle and sheep to be grazed on the prairie on a large scale. The cattle here are either an important labor force in farming, or they are beasts of burden responsible for transportation. They are not raised to be slaughtered for meat. The same is true for the problem of sheep. Because of the scarcity of pastures, the wool industry in the Moon Country is not very developed. Therefore, most of the clothes here are made of crops such as cotton and linen, and the more luxurious ones are made of silk. .
Based on these two points, instead of meat intake, they have developed the habit of eating a large amount of soy products.
Soy products and fish, as well as poultry that are less demanding on terrain conditions, are the main protein foods in the Moon Country. But fish and poultry are not easy to preserve. Only pickled dried tofu can withstand the long and rainy spring weather. They can only eat these when they come and go.
It can be regarded as joy in suffering. Our Luoan girl, who is not used to eating bland food but has no choice but to eat, tasted the rice balls with only salt taste without interest, but unexpectedly fell in love with this simple mobile ration.
She finished the food in two or three bites, and together with Lulu, she began to stare at Sakura and Aya, two ladies from a wealthy family, who were tasting the food in small bites, so much so that the latter two turned their backs to them.
Seeing that the rain seemed to be unable to stop for a while, someone from the samurai side also took out a small pot for boiling water, pulled out the wooden stopper of the bamboo kettle that he carried with him, poured out the water inside, and took it from the cloth bag. Take out the roasted coarse tea and add it.
"Oh?" Our Mr. Sage, who smelled the fragrance of tea, came over shamelessly and made it clear that he also wanted a share. This behavior made the warriors look at each other, not only not angry, but Suddenly he burst into laughter.
"Your Excellency Heng is a southern barbarian, but you also like our country's tea?" The warriors spoke to the sage, and then the two sides discussed this.
The heavy rain continued for more than ten minutes, and then the thunder gradually weakened and the dark clouds began to become less dense. Narumi stood at the entrance of the cave and chatted with Yajiro. It seemed that he planned to see if the rain weakened and then go forward in the rain, because it was really not suitable to stay here for a long time.
But God did not show mercy after all. Even if the dark clouds weakened and the thunderstorms disappeared, the rain showed no sign of stopping. The water in several low-lying places had begun to spread because the speed of running water could not keep up with the speed of rain falling. Water also began to seep into some cracks on the roof of the cave, dripping down the round stalactites into the cave, causing many people who were sitting there to move further inside.
"Old Qiao, let's go have a rest. Eat something and drink some tea." Narumi walked up to Qingtian Qiao and said this. Judging from his tone, it was obvious that the two of them were old acquaintances. Although there is a ten-year age gap, their relationship is very good.
"Okay." The bearded warrior said, taking his own bow and returning with several warriors who had been standing guard for more than twenty minutes. Another group of people from the shift came over and continued to guard both sides of the cave entrance.
"Hey! I'm starving to death." The carefree country man directly opened the chin strap of the helmet, took off the helmet and handed it to the person next to him, and sat next to the sage.
The meal and tea continued like this for a while. The group of people who became companions by chance also slowed down because of this opportunity, and began to chat about various issues and share each other's stories.
The interest of Kazuto's warriors in foreign lands attracted the three missionaries to join the discussion, but their words were mixed with things like the supremacy of the Laman Empire and the propaganda of the White Church, which sometimes made the atmosphere tense. Embarrassed and cold.
Fortunately, although our Mr. Sage is generally very taciturn when it comes to talking about history and knowledge, because of his rich experience, he can keep talking in various ways.
Unknowingly, the original discussion seemed to have turned into a story-telling session for Henry alone. Most of the others nodded occasionally or asked questions in some places, and basically he was the only one explaining.
"Is he such a person?" Sakura and Aya, who had only seen the silent side of the sage, looked at Galeva and Mira with puzzled faces. The former nodded, while the latter turned around and took Lu. Lu handed her the third rice ball.
"Sir, this happens occasionally." Galeva said.
Time passed slowly, and the bonfire was filled again and again. Although it was moderate, it still consumed a lot. When the sky finally turned dark again, the rain still continued unabated, and the water on the ground inside the cave already covered an area of more than two meters. Although the remaining space was still vast, this was really annoying.
"There's going to be a night shift." Narumi, who had also eaten briefly, turned to the people around the campfire and said:
"This rain."
"It looks like it's going to rain all night."
