Chapter 12

The aroma of food wafting from the tribe these days has been overwhelming the Snow Wolves. Yesterday, Yu Sui caught so many fishy fish, and the resulting aroma was so fragrant, it piqued everyone's curiosity.

So when they heard that Yu Sui was going to teach them how to cook fish, they rushed over impatiently. Some of them didn't know that many snow wolves came after word of mouth.

Yu Sui fried the fish head that morning and added water to a large earthenware pot of milky white fish head soup. When the fish head was cooked through, he cut the remaining tofu that had been soaked in water into cubes and added them to the soup.

When the fragrance came out, he added a handful of chopped wild onions and coarse salt.

After enjoying the delicious food for a few days, Xiaochu has become a loyal fan of Yu Sui. He sits close to his brother, holding a large stone bowl and drinking the fish head tofu soup with great relish.

The sweet and delicious soup wrapped with tender tofu went into his stomach. If Xiaochu was in animal form at this moment, the hair on his tail would probably explode with pleasure.

In contrast to adult orcs, cubs often eat in human form when food is plentiful. Their beast forms are too small, so they get full after just a few bites.

Yu Sui felt sorry for Xiaochu when he thought of the original owner's memory, in which Xiaochu would always keep his animal form like a kitten in winter just to reduce his food intake.

In order to keep Xiaochu healthy, he must work hard so that Xiaochu can eat as much as he wants even in winter.

After dinner, he ground the remaining wheat, which he had intended to save for seeds, into flour. Xu and the others had also brought him some food from their homes, so he still had quite a bit of wheat, and even if he ground it all into flour, it would still be quite a bit.

He had left the dough there to rise before, but he forgot that it had risen too long, so now it was just the right size to use as fertilizer.

After all the flour was ground, Yu Sui took out some and kneaded it into a large piece of dough, leaving it there to rise.

Originally, he wanted to keep all the wheat for seeds, but after thinking about it, he realized that if the people in the tribe were to farm solely based on Uncle Heiyan's orders, many people would feel resistance. After all, they had been hunting for so many years and would definitely not be used to suddenly switching to farming.

He simply made some pasta to please them and let them know that if they wanted to eat good food, they had to work hard. So Yu Sui reluctantly ground the wheat into flour.

Just as he finished, he saw a large group of snow wolves coming towards him. Yu Sui was a little dumbfounded. He only knew that many people would want to learn how to cook fish from him, but he didn't expect there would be so many! The appeal of food is too strong.

Lu ate the shrimp meat that Xiaochu brought her yesterday, and when Xiaochu told her that Yu Sui would teach the people in the tribe how to cook delicious fish today, she brought everyone in the gathering team here.

Let’s not collect it today. If this fish can really be cooked so that everyone can accept its taste, then we will have one more food in winter.

Yu Sui was a bit dumbfounded. He was afraid the vines he had prepared wouldn't be enough for so many people. There were about a hundred people in the Snow Wolf Tribe. Aside from the Snow Wolfs on patrol and in the hunting team, most of the others were here, even the few remaining cubs.

He was very happy that so many Snow Wolf people were willing to learn how to fish and cook from him. This meant that they trusted him and were willing to accept new food. This would be very beneficial for him to gradually change everyone's lifestyle in the future.

In fact, it was mainly because the food Yu Sui made in the past two days had a huge impact. These snow wolves had been craving it for several days after smelling the aroma. When they heard that he was going to teach them how to cook, they couldn't wait to come over even if it was fish.

When Lu heard Yu Sui tell her that a lot of vines were needed to make fishing nets, she asked a few snow wolves to collect them first.

There were still a lot of fish heads left, and they wouldn't last long in this kind of weather anyway, so Yu Sui simply turned on the fire and cooked them into fish head soup. This time there was no tofu, so Yu Sui added some shrimp shell powder to enhance the flavor, and shared it with everyone to taste.

Seeing that Yu Sui's clay pots were not enough, Lu also brought two clay pots from her own home to him. Their clay pots were much larger than Yu Sui's, and the three clay pots were fired together, and the fish head pieces were quickly cooked into fish head soup.

When the snow wolves who went to collect vines came back, the three cans of fish head soup from the first batch had been divided up, and Yu Sui had just cooked the second batch.

At least they had a taste of the hot and delicious fish head soup. They muttered to themselves in disbelief, "Is this really made of fish?"

The fish head soup in front of them was as thick and white as animal milk, with finely chopped wild vegetables floating on top. It looked completely different from the fishy and ugly fish they usually saw.

The Snow Wolves had no habit of eating breakfast, so after each of them was given some fish head soup by Yu Sui, they began to learn from him how to make fishing nets.

Yu Sui himself had just started making his first fishing net in his life yesterday. Fortunately, he had tried to weave it many times yesterday and had figured out some methods and techniques, so he began to teach them how to weave.

There were several clever and dexterous snow wolves in the tribe who learned quickly. One of the older snow wolves, Kalan, even did better than Yu Sui.

Some snow wolves were as clumsy as Ashan, and after wasting a lot of vines after weaving a few times, they stopped trying.

Kalan was very pleased that she could contribute to the tribe again. She had been reluctant to come to Vanilla today, but now it seemed that she had made the right decision just for the fishing net.

Yu Sui thought that if the Snow Wolf people were in modern times, they would have so many ways to obtain information and would definitely be much stronger than him.

This world isn't just a fantasy land. Regardless of whether humans or any other race, they all cherish their own strengths and hide them tightly. The development of civilization requires mutual learning and integration to promote the progress of society as a whole.

The Snow Wolf people who had learned how to make fishing nets worked together to make several large fishing nets. Yu Sui told them that they needed to tie some wood to act as floats and some stones to act as sinkers.

There was no need to force the snow wolves who had not learned how to do it. Anyway, there were people in the tribe who could make it, and it was fine as long as it could be provided for the tribe's use.

They took a few freshly made large fishing nets to the river, arranged them to be farther apart, and cast the large fishing nets into the river one after another.

The bait was also ready, and they put the smelly internal organs that no one would eat into the fishing net.

Since Yu Sui caught so many fish yesterday, the fish in the river had no wariness and swam towards the direction of the fishy smell.

Yu Sui estimated that the time would be a little longer than yesterday. He waited for a while, and when he saw the wood floating on the water shaking violently, he asked the snow wolf who could swim to retrieve the fishing net from the other end of the river, and the snow wolf on the shore was responsible for pulling it ashore.

He shouted, and the snow wolves waiting in the distance where several fishing nets were spread began to pull up the nets.

The strength of an adult Snow Wolf was measured in tons. With so many Snow Wolf pulling together, no matter how big the fish was, it couldn't escape. They pulled out the fishing net with ease.

At that moment, Yu Sui seemed to see fish raining down from the sky. The nets he had prepared today were even larger than yesterday's, and the catch was several times greater. The combined nets were like a mountain of fish and a sea of ​​fish.

Countless large fish and countless giant shrimp bounced unwillingly on the ground. Yu Sui tossed the smaller, immature fish back into the river. If everyone were to eat fish in the future, sustainable development would be paramount.

Seeing how easy it was to get such a big harvest, the Snow Wolf Man was amazed and praised, "This method is really good. So much has come online in such a short time. Yu Sui is really smart."

When Yu Sui came over, he had prepared the scales that he had taken off the big fish yesterday, which were just right for descaling the fish.

He stood in the middle and demonstrated the technique to the Snow Wolves. Given the impact of Ashan sifting the soil, he had warned them to control their strength. However, his concerns were unnecessary; Snow Wolves as reckless as Ashan were rare in the tribe.

He chose a fish about the same size as yesterday's for demonstration.

The Snow Wolves don't like the slippery feel of fish, so they scrape off their scales anyway.

After removing the scales, the fish's belly was cut open and the internal organs were carefully removed. Careful snow wolves like Lu and Kalan did a very good job. However, a few snow wolves, despite Yu Sui's advance warning, still accidentally ruptured the internal organs and had to rinse the fish several times to repair the problem.

The cubs hopped and darted around the adults' feet, patting fish heads with their little paws and then jumping on the bouncing prawns. Xiaochu had also gradually become more lively over the past few days, playing with the cubs in the tribe.

Seeing him having fun, Yu Sui smiled gently. He demonstrated by scraping the black membrane off the belly of the large fish in his hand with a fish scale knife. By this time, the large fish was almost cleaned.

After the group of snow werewolves learned it, they drove him away without any hesitation, let him play with other cubs, and left the rest to them.

Yu Sui is almost 30 years old in modern times, but he was still treated like a child here, which was a bit frustrating. After all, among the Snow Werewolves, 30 is still considered a young cub. Snow Werewolves can live up to 700 to 800 years, and it takes a hundred years to reach adulthood. However, most Snow Werewolves have physical damage from years of fighting, so only a few of them live that long.

Although there were quite a few Snow Wolf people, there were even more fish coming in, not to mention many of them were huge. After processing all the fish, most of the day had passed.

Heiyan brought the warriors of the tribe here. They were very curious about how the tribesmen were learning to catch fish when they were hunting and patrolling outside today. After finishing, they ran straight to the river.

It was just in time for them to catch the finishing work and help transport the fish to the tribe.

They were all thinking about the fragrance they smelled yesterday, and happily returned to the tribe carrying the mountain of fish.

There were so many fish and shrimps that even though the Snow Wolf people had placed a large distance between each tent house for the convenience of movement, there was still not enough space to store so many fish near Yu Sui's house.

Everyone simply put it together with the hunted prey on the open space in the tribe.

Those who had pottery jars moved them to the open space, and the snow wolves carried many stone basins and bowls over.

Yu Sui commanded the Snow Werewolves to cut the captured monster meat into pieces and pick out the white fat parts separately.

The fat was cut into pieces and placed in clay pots to start refining the oil. Yu Sui specifically asked Kalan, a careful snow wolf, to stir the pots to prevent the fat from getting stuck at the bottom.

The clever cubs knew that they would have oil residue to eat again today. The cubs who had never eaten it before were so greedy that they circled around the pottery jar and almost burned their fur after hearing what Xiaohua and the others said.

Success was achieved when the fat was reduced to a curled-up brown crumb. Meanwhile, Yu Sui was directing everyone to remove the fish meat from the bones, divide it into chunks, marinate it, and stack it together.

Qi, Xiangcao, Xu, and the others divided up the remaining monster meat and distributed it to the tribesmen, and stored the furs and other items that could be used for exchange. They were busy passing by Yu Sui several times, and Xu took the opportunity to secretly give Yu Sui a fist-sized crystal-like stone, as if coaxing a child.

If the original owner had seen their tacit understanding, he would have followed them and mocked Xu and Xiangcao.

However, Yu Sui was so busy that he didn't even have time to spare them a glance. He picked out the smaller fish, about one or two meters long, and together with a few Snow Wolfmen, skewered them with branches and grilled them near the fire.

Remove the shrimp thread from the prawns, string them onto tree branches and roast them over the fire.

He went home to get an oil brush, proofed dough, a wooden board and other tools, and asked Karan, who was meticulous and skillful, to make a few more brushes with monster hair according to the shape of the brushes he made.

God knows that he is actually not capable of doing such delicate manual work. He came here out of necessity and did it anyway. Now he finally has a reliable candidate.

The brush made of the same twine, monster hair and wooden handle, Kalan's was stronger and more durable than Yu Sui's. Yu Sui's brush had already lost some hair.

Yu Sui gave these brushes to several Snow Wolfmen and asked them to dip the brushes in the oil in the pottery jar and brush them on the fish, so that the fish would be more fragrant when grilled.

At this time, the oil in the pottery pots was also boiling. Yu Sui and Ashan put the fish pieces into several pottery pots one after another. The large amount of fried fish pieces made the open space full of fragrance.

Yu Sui demonstrated how to fry the first batch, showing the snow wolves such as Kalan who were guarding the pottery jar the right temperature, and then asked them to try to fry the second batch themselves. Yu Sui then freed up his hands to steam the buns.

In order to let everyone in the tribe experience the goodness of carbohydrates, he kneaded the proofed dough until it was smooth and reflective, then kneaded the dough into long strips, cut it into small pieces, and kneaded them into round shapes for a second proofing.

He had just reserved a clay pot for steaming buns. He filled the pot with water, brought it to a boil, and then simply placed some branches inside as a steamer, and placed the buns that had been proofed twice in it one by one.

When he has time, he will ask Karan to make him a wooden steamer. The principle of this thing is quite simple, it just tests one's craftsmanship. Now Yu Sui will no longer have to embarrass himself.

The entire Snow Wolf Tribe reveled in this meal, just as joyfully as modern people celebrating Chinese New Year. The grilled fish was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, the fried fish nuggets were even more charred and crispy, and the shrimp were sweet and chewy. Yu Sui even used the remaining fish heads to make fish head soup for everyone.

At the end of the meal, while the tribesmen were still there, Yu Sui distributed a steamed bun to each of them. He didn't make more, after all, the flour was limited, and making more would only be for everyone to taste.

Ah Shan took the steamed bun, which was not even half the size of his fist, and said cherishingly, "This is the steamed bun that Yu Sui mentioned. It smells so good and looks like a sea orc's pearl."

Yu Sui's ears twitched. His hearing had sharpened after becoming a snow werewolf. Even with all the noise coming from the snow werewolves, he still managed to hear Ashan's words accurately. Could the sea beastmen be mermaids? Thinking of the handsome or beautiful mermaids in the anime he'd seen, he nearly drooled.

The steamed buns, with their fragrant aroma and slightly sweet aftertaste, were far superior to black bread. The Snow Wolves chewed the buns slowly, as if they were eating a light cloud.

Black bread was much more delicious to them than wheat, but the steamed buns they saw were incredibly soft. They had never seen such food even in the Tauren tribe.

Yu Sui and Xiao Chu were sitting next to Hei Yan's family. He turned to Hei Yan and said, "This steamed bun is also made from wheat flour."

Heiyan was carefully splitting the small steamed bun in half, handing one half to Midori while chewing the other half himself. He was very surprised to hear this. This is also made of wheat?

They had learned how to make black bread from the minotaurs, but they often failed to get the right temperature, and the bread became charred and inedible.

Lu finished his steamed bun and saw Heiyan handing him another half. He took it without refusing and said to Sui, "I've never seen anyone make wheat into such beautiful and delicious food. If the Tauren can do this, I think many orcs will follow their lead and grow wheat."

Yu Sui smiled embarrassedly. Qi looked at Yu Sui thoughtfully after hearing this. This must be his purpose.

Heiyan saw that everyone had almost finished eating. Before the tribesmen dispersed, he stood up and coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention.

"The food Yu Sui just distributed to everyone was made from wheat by him."

Is that the wheat grain that's hard to swallow and stuck in your throat? It has nothing to do with the white and soft steamed buns you just ate! The snow werewolves were shocked.

Heiyan was very pleased with everyone's reaction. "And the tofu you've been eating these past two days was also made by Yu Sui from beans. There's a slight loss of wheat when making the steamed buns we're eating today, but when making tofu from beans, the yield is three or four times greater!"

The surrounding werewolves began to whisper to each other in shock.

"I didn't expect that beans could make so much tofu. I got a few pieces yesterday and they were tender and delicious, but there were too few of them. My mother and I tasted them and the flavor was gone." A snow werewolf warrior whispered.

"I heard Ashan say that, but I thought he was bragging..." another snow werewolf warrior responded in a low voice.

Ah Shan said proudly, "See, I told you, I gave all the beans I asked from you to Yu Sui, and the tofu he made is much more than the beans I took away!"

After letting the tribesmen communicate for a while, Heiyan raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet.

"We Snow Werewolves have always relied on hunting to fill our stomachs, but when winter comes or when we encounter natural disasters, we will have no prey," he said seriously.

"The furs of the demon beasts we hunt will be used to exchange for coarse salt with human caravans. Every autumn we also have to save up a large amount of fur to exchange with the tauren for food for the winter," he said, looking around.

"The Tauren can feed themselves through farming and still have plenty left to trade with our hunting tribe. So why don't we grow our own food? That way we won't starve even in the winter, and our tribe will become richer."

After hearing his words, the surrounding snow wolves became unusually silent.

Yu Sui was a little worried. Firstly, the farming policy was difficult to implement. Secondly, the Snow Wolf people had always lived by hunting, and they were accustomed to it, so they were worried that they would not be able to adapt to the sudden change.

The second reason was that the Snow Wolves only traded for food to survive the winter. For carnivores, the Tauren's rations were all equally coarse, and no one would eat them unless they were extremely hungry. Now, Yu Sui had overcome this problem.

In the past, in order to survive the winter, the Snow Wolf people would hunt harder and store their prey in the sun.

However, given their appetite, they would need to exchange a large amount of fur with the minotaurs for the food they grew, alternating between eating it and dried meat during the winter. The prey they hunted wouldn't be enough to keep them full during the winter. And that was in human form, not to mention animal form.

Occasionally, with luck, you could catch prey, but many monsters hibernate during the winter. The only ones that remain active, aside from some small prey, are mostly powerful, making warriors more vulnerable. Besides, hunting consumes both energy and food.

"The Tauren are better eaters than us. They can farm to feed themselves, so we should be able to do it too." Ashan broke the silence.

Soldier Qiu said, "If everything were like the steamed buns and tofu we ate today, farming would be fine."

"If all the grain could be made into this kind of steamed bun, I would definitely eat it." Notting also responded.

"But I only know how to hunt. The Tauren have been farming for so many years, but we don't." A snow werewolf raised his question.

Heiyan had already discussed a plan with Qi yesterday. He smiled and said, "Let's hunt more and store up dried meat and furs. In winter, I'll take some of my tribesmen to learn how to grow crops from the Tauren."

To completely dispel the tribesmen's doubts, he continued, "We will select some people from the gathering teams and warriors to be responsible for farming. The others will continue to be responsible for gathering, patrolling and hunting as before."

Now no one had any objection.