Chapter 130 The Second Scale

Mu Ling's mouth was practically watering as she listened.

"Can't we use the chili peppers we have now?"

Jiang Xi shook her head.

"The chilies taste better if you marinate them!"

Mu Ling didn't understand anything about pickling, but he knew that what the female master was talking about must be delicious!

Yves immediately asked for advice.

"Female Envoy, how do you pickle it? How do you eat it after pickling?"

Jiang Xi didn't hold back and started telling him.

"After washing the chili peppers, they must be dried thoroughly, and there must be no raw water in them."

Worried that Yves might not understand what raw water was, she explained it again.

"Raw water is water that has not been boiled or treated, such as river water or rainwater."

"After drying, remove the stems from the chilies, then rinse them with cooled boiled water (water that has been boiled and then cooled), and continue to dry them."

"After drying a second time, cut it into small sections, mince the garlic and ginger, mince them together, add salt, stir, put it into a clean, grease-free stone jar, and seal it with animal hide."

"The temperature can't be too high or too low. Hmm... the temperature in Rehe Valley is just right now. Let it ferment for seven or eight days, and then it's ready to eat."

"After fermentation, it can be stored in a cool place and will not easily spoil."

"Steamed fish with chopped chili peppers is..."

Jiang Xi also told him the recipe and mentioned a few common seasonings.

"You can also add some when making cold dishes or eating rice noodles to enhance the flavor!"

Yves was even more bewildered.

He found out what cold dishes were yesterday, but...

What is "powder"?

Jiang Xi scratched her head.

"this……"

Yves had never eaten this before, so it would be difficult for him to understand just by being described.

"The noodles are made from potatoes, which is quite troublesome to make. I'll teach you how if there's a chance in the future."

Lu Liufeng was making garlic-fried fish when he spoke up.

“Yves, I can do all of these. If I have time next time, I’ll teach you how to do them. It’s not difficult, just time-consuming.”

Yves smiled sheepishly.

"Thank you for your help."

He also knew that it wasn't quite right for him to keep pestering the female envoy with questions like this.

But he was too eager to know.

How did the female envoy know about so many unheard-of delicacies?

Perhaps this is the divine favor of the female, the Earthwalker of the Mother Tree, who descended upon the earth with the blessings of the Mother Tree to bless the beastmen and females, solve the food shortage, and improve their lives.

In an instant, Yves held the female servant in even greater respect.

For lunch, I made boiled fish fillets, garlic-fried fish, stir-fried water spinach, cold purslane salad, and spicy banana blossoms.

Tomatoes, wood ear mushrooms, shepherd's purse, potatoes, and winter melon were all added to the boiled fish fillets, and several bags of corn were also boiled as a staple food.

And so, lunch is ready!

When lunch was ready, Jiang Xi discovered that Duan Si was nowhere to be found.

Just as she was about to call Lu Liufeng to go look for him, Duan Si appeared on the riverbank.

He carried a leather bag, his snake tail swaying, and swam toward the lunch spot where the stone pot was set up.

Jiang Xi glanced at the animal skin bag with some curiosity.

Duan Si opened the animal skin bag and showed it to her; it was a bag full of bright red chili peppers.

Jiang Xi was surprised, "Chili peppers?"

Duan Si grunted in agreement and handed the animal skin bag to Lu Liufeng.

"Weren't you going to take it back to make pickled chili peppers?"

Just now, when he swam over, he heard the female say that, so he immediately turned around and went to pick chili peppers.

Lu Liufeng accepted it and thanked him.

"Thanks."

After thanking him, he asked, "Would you like to keep some? Make some too?"

Duan Si: "No need."

“I don’t do those things.”

These cooked foods are indeed delicious.

But if he has to do it himself, he'd rather eat it raw.

For him, food was simply a necessity for survival; whether it tasted good or bad, as long as he could eat it, that was enough.

Seeing his fawning attitude, Mu Ling gave a soft snort and turned to serve the female master some food.

Jiang Xi also gave a dry thank you.

Fearing the conversation would veer off in an uncontrollable direction, she quickly said...

"Sit down and eat!"

Duan Si looked at her with his scarlet snake eyes half-closed, and found it quite amusing to see her eyes flickering and not daring to look at him.

Jiang Xi sat next to Lu Liufeng, and Mu Ling sat on her other side.

This time, even when Mu Ling sat right next to her, Jiang Xi didn't push him away.

As long as Duan Si doesn't sit over there, it'll be fine!

Duan Si didn't sit down; instead, he casually sat on a large rock, picked up some vegetables from a banana leaf, and began to eat.

But as Jiang Xi was eating, she suddenly felt something brush against her from behind.

She thought Mu Ling had just been being impulsive, so she slapped him and gave him a completely intimidating glare.

Eat properly!

Mu Ling held a banana leaf in one hand and chopsticks in the other, chewing on his food, his wolf-like eyes filled with confusion.

"What?"

Eat properly?

He's eating properly, or...?

"What dishes would the mistress like to eat?"

Seeing his blank expression, Jiang Xi belatedly looked back.

A thick, black-scaled snake tail was prominently displayed on the sand and stones behind her, swaying gently from side to side.

Jiang Xi almost couldn't catch her breath.

She subconsciously looked in Duan Si's direction, and unexpectedly met the young man's scarlet snake eyes. His vertical pupils stared straight at her, as if he were watching prey, ready to swallow her whole at any moment.

Jiang Xi was timid and subtly shifted her gaze away.

As long as this matter isn't exposed, she can pretend she doesn't know!

Lu Liufeng glanced at Duan Si with a hint of helplessness. The aggressiveness in Duan Si's eyes disappeared. He gave him a brief look, then looked away and continued eating.

But his tail, which drooped and spread out on the ground, swayed from side to side, occasionally brushing against the large rocks and the female's animal skin.

In the Jehol Valley, snake tails are everywhere, and there is a constant rustling sound.

Mu Ling didn't pay attention, so she didn't notice at all that Duan Si was rubbing against the female master with his tail.

Otherwise, he would definitely refuse to eat and fight with Duan Si!

Jiang Xi remained frozen as she finished her meal.

As soon as she finished eating, she immediately suggested returning to the Lion's Roar tribe.

In fact, after breakfast, many of the Lion Roar tribe's beastmen took their food and went back home.

They moved slowly, so they left early to ensure they returned to the tribe before dark.

Yves and the two little green snakes ate good food for two days.

For a moment, everyone was very reluctant to part with it.

Two small green snakes, in particular.

First, she had to part ways with her female master, Xiangxiang; second, she had to eat the difficult-to-eat food made by her father.

They whimpered and lay on their father's head, swishing their tails, bidding farewell to their fragrant female master.

Jiang Xi sat on Lu Liufeng's eagle back and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Duan Si standing on the riverbank without saying anything.

However, she still had to give the necessary instructions.

"Duan Si, remember to feed the three little pigs. Give them a banana leaf meal in the morning and evening. Of course, you can also give them vegetables. Just chop them up like you would a banana leaf."

She didn't expect Duan Si to be well cared for, just enough to keep him from starving.

Duan Si stood to the side with his arms crossed, and raised his chin to indicate that he understood.

Jiang Xi patted Lu Liufeng.

"let's go."

Lu Liufeng used his eagle claws to hook the animal skin bag, carrying the female master, and soared into the sky.

Mu Ling stood on the riverbank, looked at Duan Si, and snorted coldly.

Then, he took a step forward and disappeared from the spot.

Duan Si looked up at the increasingly smaller dot in the sky.

Then, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

On the back of an eagle.

After flying a short distance, Jiang Xi felt a prickling sensation in her waist.

She reached out to scratch and touched a scale.

She assumed it belonged to Nakan and didn't pay much attention.

But then she touched... a second scale?