evening.
Chen Mu frowned and went home carrying two fishes.
He happened to meet a fisherman in the East Market and managed to grab two fish for 140 copper coins.
Then a butler from a wealthy family showed up and bought all the fish and baskets.
He didn't even want to buy more.
"Two fish are not enough."
Chen Mu was distressed.
The bacon he had stored in the cellar was completely gone.
I can only rely on eggs to supplement protein every day.
Practicing the form technique consumes a lot of energy, and eggs alone cannot support it.
"We have to find a way to get some meat to eat."
…
The mountain behind Chenjiacun.
The dense forest exudes a faint smell of moisture mixed with rotting branches and leaves.
The sun shines through the leaves, creating a mottled light and shadow on the ground.
A drop of crystal water fell from the green leaves and landed in a palm-sized puddle.
Poof!
A big foot stepped into a puddle, and yellow muddy water suddenly splashed everywhere.
Chen Mu looked around at the path, slashed the branches and leaves blocking the road with his machete, and continued walking into the woods.
He has been wandering around the mountains behind Chenjiacun all morning, just to hunt some prey and supplement his meat diet.
Due to the lack of nutrition, the maximum number of times he can practice skills every day has begun to decrease.
"It's a pity that it doesn't look for prey."
Experienced hunters will know the paths of animals and the general range of movement of various prey species.
Chen Mu didn't understand anything, so going into the mountains was purely blind.
I thought that as soon as I entered the mountains, I would encounter prey soon.
It's a pity that he has no protagonist life.
We can only wander around in the mountains looking for it.
"It would be nice to meet a wild boar."
With his current third-level throwing ability, combined with the threaded iron lotus seeds, he can easily catch it in the hands of a wild boar.
In the evening, Chen Mu returned to the hunter's cabin carrying an unknown bird as big as two fists.
With a look of reluctance, he plucking the hair and removing the dirt.
After a lot of work, I finished it in just a few bites.
If he hadn't brought dry food, he might have gone hungry!
"I don't believe it yet. Continue tomorrow!"
…
Two days later.
Chen Mu left Chenjia Village carrying a basket of Qianxucao and two hares.
He accepted his fate.
After wandering around for two days, the prey caught was not enough to eat.
The two hares in hand were bought from hunters in the village!
"Nothing is that simple."
Chen Mu thought in frustration.
"If that doesn't work, find a hunter and learn from him for two months."
He has proficiency and is least afraid of learning skills.
But two months were enough for him to master the art of training to the bone-changing state.
Chen Mu hesitated a little.
Passing a small river on the way.
Walking on the bridge, I saw a fisherman on the bank of the river. He immediately came over.
I wanted to buy some fish, but I met an air force.
How dare you, a fisherman, fly into the air force? !
If you can't catch a fish, throw a gunpowder bottle and blow it up!
Chen Mu left with a disappointed look on his face.
While walking on the road, Chen Mu had a sudden idea.
"If you can't catch fish, you can not only fry the fish, but you can also catch it with medicine!"
He is a person with medicinal skills!
After just a moment's thought, he vaguely had a plan.
Chen Mu rushed home excitedly.
In the past half month or so, he has gained more than 8,000 proficiency in medicine making skills.
He gritted his teeth and gave the pharmaceutical technique a little more time, and he would soon be able to break through to the second level.
Second-level skills will undergo qualitative changes.
Maybe the vague plan will become clear.
It only took three to five days, and he could afford it completely.
…
Next comes the familiar part.
Chen Mu stayed at home behind closed doors and read the dozens of medical books from cover to cover.
I went out on the way and spent five taels of silver to buy a few new medical books through Jie Jia's channels.
Five days later, Chen Mu closed the last medical book.
A series of realizations suddenly appeared in my mind.
The properties of various drugs, how to enhance the properties of certain drugs, how to weaken certain toxicity, and how to mix them to produce new functions.
Even the secret medicine of Kestrel's training technique, which has been puzzling, has some clues.
"Now it's really done."
…
Two days later, Chen Mu carried a large bamboo basket and a wine jar to the Bailang River outside Qingshan County.
We came to a deep water bend area with familiarity.
In the past two days, he has put special bait here.
The purpose is to attract more fish to come here to feed.
Open the wine jar that you have been holding in your arms.
Pour the secret drunken bait mixed with wine, medicine, and cooked white wheat into the river.
This drunken bait is the secret medicine he made using the second-level pharmaceutical technique.
It can quickly intoxicate fish without dying.
There will be no toxic side effects if people eat it.
A quarter of an hour later, there was a layer of fish with white bellies floating on this deep water bend.
"Haha, let's get it!"
Chen Mu got up and started fishing with the long fishing net that he had prepared early.
He didn't stop until the big bamboo basket couldn't fit anymore.
There were many fish on the water at this moment, and they were flipping and flopping around like they were drunk.
"If I had known better, I would have brought an extra bamboo basket." Chen Mu thought with regret.
Fortunately, these fish will not die.
Wait for a while and you'll be able to bounce around again once you've calmed down.
Chen Mu put away his things, sealed the bamboo basket tightly, put the bamboo basket on his back and rushed back to the city happily.
…
Ping'an Square, Chen's house.
It was only then that Chen Mu realized that he had forgotten one thing.
How should he save so many fish?
Even if you want to keep him, you don’t have a fish tank.
Moreover, the journey back from the river is not short, and half the basket of fish is already dead.
If you don't deal with it as soon as possible, it will soon smell and rot!
"It was a bad move and not well thought out."
Without thinking too much, Chen Mu immediately vacated the rice vat.
Put the fish that are still alive into the water and raise them.
The dead ones were quickly disemboweled, scaled, washed, pickled, and smoked. He wants to make these fish into smoked dried fish to extend the preservation time.
What a busy day, finally done.
"I don't know if it's possible."
It was also his first time making smoked fish, and he was very unsure.
…
The next day, Chen Mu smelled the strong smell of salted fish and looked frustrated.
"It failed."
He has tried hard.
Unfortunately, the cooking skills are only at the first level and cannot help with the smoked fish.
"Fortunately, there are still small half-live fish."
There is a water tank next to the rice tank.
There are many fish swimming in the two tanks filled with water.
"I have to buy a few more water tanks."
Smoked dried fish seems to be unreliable at the moment.
The best way to store it is to raise it first.
"What to do with these fish? Throw them away?" Chen Mu looked at the semi-finished smoked fish hanging on the wooden shelf.
"I wonder if anyone in Dongshi wants it?"
Although it has a fishy smell, it has been marinated in spices and coarse salt and has not completely deteriorated.
Even if it is placed in a place with enough wind. It dries quickly and turns into real dried salted fish.
It's a pity that the environment of Chen Mu's family is obviously not included in this list.
…
A street of street vendors in Dongshi.
Chen Mu wore a bamboo hat and old brown clothes.
His face was also covered with a towel.
The skin on the back of his hands and neck was also painted reddish brown with potion.
He was dressed like a weathered fisherman.
I found a shady corner, opened the fish basket, and let out a roar.
"Smoked salted fish, thirty coppers each, first come, first served!"
