The terrain in this area was a plain, which was still far away from the mountains. No meat was hunted. Kun caught a hare, and Dashan led three archers to shoot down a lone wild duck.
There are obviously not enough points for so many people, so it can only be said that it is better than nothing.
Fortunately, it was only the first day and I had enough food. Dashan brought out some dried meat strips and grilled naan bread made from acorn powder, while Kun Ze brought out a piece of leg meat from yesterday's hunt. It had been left out overnight. It wasn't considered fresh anymore, but the weather turned cold, so it wasn't bad at all. Roast it over the fire until you are full.
When you go out, you should maintain sufficient physical strength. Unless you really can't hunt anything to eat, you will not let yourself go hungry.
They didn't know that what Xu Yin was sharing was the meat of water animals. When they saw it, they had something to eat, and it smelled very fragrant. They were very happy: "Thank you, great witch!"
The charcoal-grilled fish, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, tantalized the taste buds of the four people in Dashan:
"What kind of meat is this? It's so delicious!"
"I've never had such delicious meat."
"I haven't eaten either."
Ariel, Ah Chun, and Ah Xia were dumbfounded: Did you act in Dashan? It's too good a performance, isn't it? Ke Kun and the others also ate, so they wouldn't just follow Dashan and pretend, right?
When tearing off a piece of fish, it accidentally fell on her hollow clothes. Xu Yin picked it up and ate it herself, nodding with satisfaction: "It's not bad, the craftsmanship is not good."
Seeing that Ariel and the others were still stunned, she asked casually: "Aren't you hungry yet? Come over and eat."
"..."
Ariel and the other three looked at each other: Did the Great Witch eat just now? Why didn't she throw up?
Suspiciously, they took the fish meat Xu Yin gave them and carefully took a small bite. The next second, the three of them widened their eyes in disbelief: Is this water animal meat? Are you kidding me? How come there is such delicious water animal meat?
Unknowingly, he asked out his confusion: "Great Witch, why is your roasted water animal meat so delicious?"
"Pfft!" Dashan almost spit out the fish meat in his mouth, "What? Is this water animal meat?"
Kun and others were also stunned on the spot.
Ariel and the other three had complicated expressions: So you didn’t know this was water animal meat, so no wonder you took it and ate it.
Xu Yin was almost full after eating half of the fish. Seeing that they had hunted a rabbit and a wild duck, she started to make beggar rabbits and beggar ducks.
Being close to the river, you can dig out the mud at will, clean up the rabbits and wild ducks, add salt and spices, wrap them in large wild vegetable leaves, wrap them in mud, and bury them in the bonfire.
Everyone was still discussing the deliciousness of grilled fish: "..."
Can this still be eaten?
Xu Yin used a branch to stir the campfire and answered them why the fish she grilled was not bitter:
"Cleaned fish will definitely taste delicious. If you think it's bitter, it's probably because the gall has been broken. Are the fish intestines and fish scales not cleaned either?"
Judging from the confused looks on their faces, you can tell that it must be what she said - they didn't clean the fish before eating it, and even broke the gall. How can it not be bitter?
After listening to the great witch's explanation, everyone suddenly realized: So eating water animal meat is so particular? It turns out that the water animal meat itself is not unpalatable, but is it because they didn’t process it well?
"Then I'll catch some more edible water animals." Ariel stood up.
He was worried that he wouldn't be able to eat the animal meat made into mud balls by the great witch, so before it was completely dark, he would catch some water animals and roast them. After eating grilled fish, I have no interest in other meats.
Xu Yin glanced at him with a smile but not a smile: "Let's try the beggar series first. If you want to eat more grilled fish on the road tomorrow."
Ariel had no choice but to sit back and looked at Dashan beside him: Can the mud dumplings be eaten? No matter how hungry I was, I never thought of eating mud.
Dashan was not as worried as he was: "Believe in the great witch."
"..."
It's no use just believing. Don't cry when you eat mud later.
Xu Yin thought it was almost done, so she dug out two mud dumplings.
Ariel closed his eyes in despair: he really wanted to eat mud.
The next second, he heard several "knock-knock" sounds. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the wizard had cracked two clay dumplings, and an overbearing aroma that was different from grilled fish came to his nostrils.
"Here, knock off the mud together and you can eat it."
Everyone rushed to knock out the dried mud.
The more mud you knock off, the stronger the aroma will be.
After the knocking was done, the vegetable leaves and leaves entangled with the vines were untied, and the tender rabbit and duck meat were revealed. Everyone was shocked:
"The animal meat in the mud dumplings is actually intact?"
"smell good!"
"It smells so good!"
It was more fragrant than grilled fish, so fragrant that their mouths watered.
"Let's eat!"
Xu Yin took a stone knife and made several cuts so that everyone could tear it apart by hand.
She took a duck wing herself, but Ah Chun stuffed her with a rabbit leg.
"I've had enough, you guys divide it up."
Everyone ate happily.
In the next three days, we caught edible fish while on the road, and when we went ashore to rest, we hunted for the meat of various small animals that can be used as beggar series. The food every night was grilled fish + beggar series, which made the group's mouths full of oil.
As they went down the river, there were more and more edible fish, and they couldn't finish them all. Xu Yin taught them how to dry salted fish.
Anyway, there is a lot of salt to carry for trading. Use some to pickle fish, and the same goes for trading salted fish later.
Kun and others didn't have so much salt on hand, so Xu Yin said: "You can use the salt, but just give some fish to our tribe later. We will trade salt with you for fish in the future."
Such a good thing?
Although there is less fish to eat, it is much easier than salt. They obviously make money from this business.
"Thank you, Great Witch! When we go back, we will definitely give you a lot of... fish."
They also changed their name to fish. Those who eat people are still called water beasts, and those who can eat people are called fish.
In this way, moving forward, spearing fish, and grilling fish to make beggar meat is much more interesting than simply hunting and resting on foot.
However, on the sixth day, the river branched off, and the tributary leading to the trading point gradually became narrower. There were still rocks on the east and west of the river bed. Even though the bamboo raft was flat and flexible, it was often bumped into it and almost tipped over. Drag the bamboo raft to the shore, hide it in the lush weeds, and then carry the rattan basket on your back and walk.
The trading scene is actually a central tribe traveling from south to north.
It is a little more developed than other tribes. Before winter, the surrounding small tribes are worried that they will not survive the winter, so they will bring some extra supplies and exchange them for things that their own tribe does not have. After going back and forth, such a market was formed.
"Great witch, put this on."
Before entering the central tribe, Ah Chun took out the pheasant feather masks he had prepared in advance and gave one to each person.
The people from the Cross River tribe are also ready.
After putting them on, everyone's faces were blocked by the colorful pheasant feathers. If they were not familiar with each other, they would not be able to identify who was who with just their eyes.
There were twenty-four people in their group, each carrying a large rattan basket on their shoulders and carrying many strange things in their hands. They walked together and chatted a few words from time to time. In the eyes of others, such a With so many people and so many supplies, I'm afraid it's a trading team sent by some big tribe.
(End of chapter)
