Hailin came back carrying two stone sheep. As soon as she returned to the temporary resting camp, she found that the atmosphere in the air seemed not quite right.
Four pots were set up around the fire. In addition to Clyde, who was also responsible for patrolling, he was also dedicated to guarding a high ground outside the camp. Several other people gathered around the pots, looking at the pots with lustful eyes.
A silver wolf cub and a young dragon also blended into the crowd without any surprise, looking at them with the same eagerness.
Dina, Cagli and White, who were in charge of cooking, were not busy at all. If you look carefully, Dina even had a rice bowl and a spoon in her hands, ready to rush forward to grab the meal at any time.
Moving in front of several pots was Miss Lucy, holding a spoon in her hand. From time to time, she opened the lid of one of the pots and stirred it with the spoon a few times. A certain fragrance was lifted from the pot along with the heat. Floated out of a corner of the gap.
Hailin blinked to confirm that everything in front of her was not an illusion, and then she realized that she smelled an unusual fragrance in the air.
It's hard to describe what kind of smell it is. It's a bit like the fragrance of green grass you smell in the spring recovery season. It's not astringent or bitter, just a fresh fragrance that makes people feel refreshed. And under this fragrance, There is also a faint, hard-to-detect meaty aroma.
Once the meaty aroma was noticed, people were surprised to find that the meaty aroma seemed to gradually overwhelm the fresh fragrance, and even wrapped the grassy aroma in it.
Hailin took a deep breath and suddenly discovered that besides this smell, there seemed to be other fragrances.
"Ahem..." Hai Lin took the initiative to make a noise to attract the attention of others, "Here, what happened? You..." Why are you always like this?
Several people raised their heads after hearing the sound and looked at each other, quite embarrassed.
Dina was still the thickest-skinned. She smiled, handed the rice bowl in Miguel's hand, trotted to Hailin, and told Hailin what had just happened.
Even Lu Xi didn't expect that she would get such exaggerated feedback just by showing off her cooking skills.
After Dina took a bite of the mushroom-fried pork, she immediately put down the pot of soup she was making. She held Lu Xi's hand sincerely and said to Lu Xi, "Miss Lucy, can you please help us make it?" Rice, for this escort mission, we only need nine hundred, no, eight hundred gold coins."
Clyde, who hasn't smelled the smell in the distance:? ? ? It seems that I am the boss, why don’t you ask me?
White thought for a long time, then suddenly took out a money bag from his arms and put it in Lu Xi's hand, "Miss Lucy, please teach me how to make this dish. This is one hundred gold coins, my tuition fee."
Clyde:? ? ? Why are you so crazy?
Kagli was thoughtful, "Is this how oil emulsion is originally used?"
Xiulan looked shocked. She didn't expect that there were ways to eat oil milk that she didn't know about.
Miguel took the opportunity to keep adding vegetables to Dina's bowl. When the others noticed what he was doing and glared at him, he showed a bright and honest smile as if he didn't understand anything.
Lu Xi specially set aside half for Xiao Yuan to eat. Xiao Yuan's eyes were shining and his tail was wagging crazily. What he was most looking forward to was the food made by Lu Xi. The food made by others did not have that unique fragrance at all.
The baby dragon sniffed around with a curious expression on his face. Apparently he also smelled an unusual smell of food. However, since it had not tasted other food since it was born, it was difficult to tell the difference between good and bad food. It just felt something. Things attract themselves.
Lu Xi also gave the young dragon a little to taste, only a little.
The young dragon blinked its big eyes and looked at Lu Xi innocently. It swallowed it without even tasting the specific taste.
Lu Xi looked at the young dragon's innocent gaze and had no choice but to avoid looking at it. Unfortunately, she cooked too few vegetables this time. She only cooked one plate and divided it randomly. Almost everyone ate it all in a few bites.
Before Lu Xi said he would do it later, he saw Dina rushing forward, holding her palm tightly and making the above plea.
Lu Xi was silent for a moment, and was very excited about this proposal. Compared with the one thousand gold coins that he might not be able to pay in the future, it seemed good to use other methods to reduce the amount.
However, Lu Xi looked at Clyde who was walking towards her. He was the one who could finally make the decision.
A whole plate of fried meat with mushrooms, no mushrooms or meat left at all, only the fragrance in the air has not dissipated. Clyde can guess how delicious the real thing is just by smelling it.
His face hesitated for a moment, and what he originally wanted to say was stuck in his mouth. Clyde pondered for a moment and looked at the other members, "What are your opinions?"
"Agree!" "I totally agree!" "Support!" "Okay." "Okay."
A bunch of foodies! Clyde's speechlessness was completely reflected on his face. After a long while, he took a deep breath and looked at Lu Xi, "Since they all agreed, let's do it."
"Eight hundred gold coins." Lu Xi reacted immediately and spoke quickly. The amount Dina mentioned just now has not yet been determined. If she agreed so vaguely, it would be fine to say it would be nine hundred gold coins or eight hundred gold coins. also.
In order to avoid wrangling later, it is better to determine the specific amount now.
Clyde took a deep look at Lu Xi and nodded, "Okay."
It is rare to see such a stingy noble lady.
"Hey, no, Sister Hailin hasn't come back yet!" Dina suddenly discovered this.
The bounty bounty of the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group is usually divided equally. Occasionally the person who contributed more will get a larger portion, but most of the time it is relatively equal.
Clyde just asked them for their opinions. Although five people have agreed, Hailin is not here. Without the consent of all members, the matter cannot be finalized. This is the principle of their mercenary group.
Of course, sometimes there will be disagreements, and at that time it is up to Clyde to make the decision. Regardless of whether the attitude is approval or opposition, when Clyde issues an order forcefully, the members of the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group will execute it unconditionally.
Although most people agreed to this matter, it actually reduced everyone's mission income. If Hailin didn't agree, others wouldn't insist - Lu Xi would definitely have to cook anyway. , at worst, you can just pay some extra gold coins and ask Lu Xi to help cook.
"Don't worry, she won't object." Clyde can see clearly that although their mercenary group is short of money... no, it's just that he is short of money. Others are not too obsessed with how much money they can make. .
After Hailin comes back, even if she is not interested in food, she will not ruin the interest of others. As one of the eldest people, Hailin has a feeling of treating her own children towards others. Although she does not say it, But very pampering.
Therefore, Lu Xi took over the task of cooking. With other people helping to handle all the ingredients and she didn't even need to do anything, cooking was not difficult at all.
Lu Xi confiscated White's one hundred gold coins. She knew that White wanted to learn how to cook from her, and then use it to trick other girls.
But the key problem is that Lu Xi doesn't think he can teach White.
It's not that White is so stupid that he can't learn how to cook, but Lu Xi feels that even if White learns various methods of stir-frying, he still won't be able to taste the food she cooks.
There were various reasons to explain why the food cooked by others was not delicious, but after tasting the food prepared by Luli Village Chief’s family and the food cooked by Aunt Asuna this morning.
Lu Xi discovered that the meals she cooked were different. Even with the same ingredients and the same steps, the meals she cooked would always have a taste that was incomparable to others.
If you want to ask the reason, Lu Xi can only guess that it has something to do with his golden finger. As for what the relationship is, Lu Xi is not 100% sure.
Lu Xi had just cooked several pots of mushroom broth, but before it was ready, Hailin came back with the prey. Dina told Hailin the cause and effect in a low voice, and looked at Hailin flatteringly, showing that she didn't want to be rejected.
Hailin laughed and threw the stone sheep, one of the prey, into Dina's arms. "Okay, you all agreed, so I won't object. Now, let's make this prey for her too."
Dina took the stone sheep and giggled twice because Hailin agreed. Then she looked at the prey in her arms and sighed, "Why is it a stone sheep? It smells so bad!"
The Earth Stone Sheep is a low-level monster, most of which have earth element attributes. They have a layer of gray fluffy fur and look like balls. Occasionally, half of their bodies are buried underground. From a distance, they look like They are pieces of stone, so humans named them Earth Stone Sheep.
The advantage of Dishi Sheep is that the meat is of good quality, smooth and tender in one bite, and extremely delicious. However, the disadvantage is that the mutton taste is too strong, which many people cannot accept.
Hailin has a strong taste and is the kind of person who can tolerate the smell of stone sheep, especially when drinking alcohol. On the contrary, Dina does not like the smell of stone sheep and does not drink alcohol.
But thinking that Hailin had just agreed to their decision to make their own decisions, Dina had no choice but to endure her dislike of Dishiyang.
That's not right, Dina's eyes suddenly lit up, she thought of Lu Xi behind her, she turned around and ran over holding the Dishiyang, which was not much bigger than Xiao Yuan.
"Miss Lucy!"
Lu Xi put the lid on the mushroom broth and looked up at Dina. The gray fur ball almost covered Dina's face, so he looked surprised, "Is this?"
"This is the Stone Sheep!" Dina briefly told the story about the Stone Sheep, and then looked at Lu Xi expectantly, "Miss Lucy, is there any way you can make the Stone Sheep less unpleasant to eat?" ah?"
Just, it sounds like it’s no different from mutton on earth. Lu Xi looked at the stone sheep from left to right.
"Let me try, um, can someone help me shave it off?" Lu Xi looked at the row of people and demon pets waiting for their meal.
Everyone's eyes instantly turned to Kagli.
Kagli:…
Cagli clicked his tongue in displeasure, stood up, took the stone sheep from Dina's hand, and did not forget to ask Lu Xi, "Is one enough?"
Hai Lin still has one in her hand.
"Uh, let's just shave them off." Lu Xi glanced at the young dragon. Xiao Yuan ate about the same amount of food as an adult male, but the young dragon obviously didn't. It had to eat at least four or five people's food to be full.
"Oh, by the way, don't throw away the shaved hair. I'll keep it for use." Lu Xi asked again. The wool of the stone sheep looks very soft. Maybe it can be used to make a wool cushion?
Kagli responded, flying up and down with a bone chopping knife, and quickly shaved the two stone sheep clean. Miguel opened a cloth bag next to him and packed all the wool.
Lu Xi was stunned for a moment when he looked at the bare Dishi Sheep. There was no other reason. After shaving his fur, the Dishi Sheep suddenly lost two-thirds of its weight. The hair yield was much higher than on Earth.
"Well, let's bleed it first, and then cut out the internal organs, head, and legs individually." Lu Xi directed Kagli.
"Bloodletting? Why?" Dina gathered around curiously. Hailin sat aside to rest, but also paid attention to what was happening here.
"If you don't bleed, the meat will be very fishy." Lu Xi replied casually, then looked at Dina, "Don't you know this kind of thing?"
Dina shook her head, her eyes blank, "Meat is very precious. If the blood is released, wouldn't there be less meat? No one would waste it like this."
After saying that, Dina looked at Xiulan. Xiulan seemed to have this wasted book here. Xiulan's expression changed and he hesitated, "I haven't paid attention to these things."
Whose aristocratic young man has to go to see if the meat has been bled after eating fast meat?
White thought thoughtfully, "In that case, I remembered that the meat of monsters eaten after killing them does seem to be more delicious than the meat of monsters killed freshly brought back from hunting."
The monsters killed first had wounds already caused, and blood flowed out from the wounds. When they were processed again, the flesh was still bleeding.
As for the monsters that were killed now, even if there were wounds, not much blood would be released, and there would be blood in the flesh.
The former are usually large monsters that pose a certain threat and cannot be brought back alive, while the latter are small monsters without much combat power.
Before, White and the others had always believed that the more dangerous the monsters, the better the meat. The meat of smaller monsters was not that good. Now that they think about it, the reason may be the difference between bleeding and not bleeding.
"What's a waste?" Lu Xi didn't understand. "Get a basin to catch the blood. It can be used to make blood sausage."
Everyone didn't understand, but they still obeyed Lu Xi and took out a basin to collect the blood. At the same time, they also listened to Lu Xi's instructions and took out the intestines and washed them several times.
When he reached this step, Xiulan retreated and escaped completely. He could watch all kinds of monsters die in front of his eyes without changing his expression, and see the flesh and blood flying everywhere, and the broken limbs, but he couldn't see the dirty things pretending to be there. items are washed separately and used to make food.
Dina didn't react much. Although the others thought it was a bit weird, they could accept it... They usually eat a lot of unclean things.
Dina even asked Lu Xi about various ways to make blood sausage with great interest.
"Actually, it's better to use pig blood to make blood sausage. Sheep blood is almost better, and pig intestines are also the most suitable. However, the taste of sheep blood is unique. You can try it if you have the chance." Lu Xi recalled it, she The most popular food is pig blood sausage, with very little sheep blood.
"It would be nice if there were sauerkraut." Lu Xi sighed. The blood sausage didn't go with sauerkraut, so it felt like something was missing.
