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Xiao came to Yu and Cao's hut, slammed the door loudly, and pulled Yu up from the kang.
What do you do after you pull him up? Fight with him.
Yu had a miserable look on his face, not knowing what had gone wrong with his boss. He had just been carrying the messenger back to the house, but suddenly he came and woke him up to start a fight, his attacks were fierce and vicious, and he was obviously angry.
In other words, he was agile and could barely hold on.
However, the gap in strength was still huge, and he was hit by a few punches due to some carelessness.
"Chief, the envoy of God, the envoy of God just said that we cannot hit people!" He complained aggrievedly while retreating and dodging. How could a leader take the lead in breaking the rules!
I thought that bringing up Wu Yue would make the leader stop, but unexpectedly his attacks became even more ferocious, which seemed to have only aroused his anger.
The clever fish now understood that it looked like the two were having a quarrel.
The leader had no time to talk to him properly now, so he could only cheer up, be alert and respond, and wait for Xiao to have a good fight.
The two fought back and forth. Although Yu was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, he still landed a few punches on Xiao's face. This kind of fight made them feel like they were back to the sparring sessions they often had in their childhood. Both of them gradually put aside other thoughts and only wanted to win.
This little battle ended with Xiao winning by controlling the fish. Seeing the fish slap the ground in defeat, he finally let it go, lay down on the ground, and looked up at the stars in the sky.
The fish lay on the ground, panting for a long time before calming down and asking, "Can you tell me what happened now?"
Xiao felt aggrieved, so he spoke directly, "Wu Yue doesn't want to be my partner."
"Huh?" Yu was confused. He belatedly remembered that the messenger seemed to have said that he and the chief were not partners yet. He always thought that the messenger was just being upset and saying that. Could it be true?
"You and the God's Envoy... have never been together?" Yu's eyes widened. "You don't like the God's Envoy?"
Xiao glared at him: "Of course I like him! I also want to be with him, but we have never been together."
Yu was shocked, his expression changing to admiration. The chief and the envoy had lived together for a long time, right? They shared a room and slept on the same kang, yet they had never been together? The chief was truly patient!
Put yourself in this situation and think about it. Oh my god, it’s just torture to watch but not eat.
It sounded like the envoy was unwilling. Yu sighed softly. If it were anyone else, he would have definitely advised Xiao to give up, after all, there were so many men and women in the tribe. But he was the envoy. Putting aside the prophecy of the previous generation of the Great Shaman, even without the prophecy, the envoy was so powerful, so capable, and so kind. Anyone else would definitely not want to let him go.
And the leader himself also likes the messenger of God very much.
But the problem now is that the messenger of God does not accept the leader.
Yu racked his brains and found a few words of comfort: "Chief, I think maybe you shouldn't be too anxious. After all, the envoy of God is not from our world. Look, although he didn't do anything with you, he has always lived with you. He didn't refuse you when you kissed him, hugged him, and touched him. He always smiled at you, and even when he scolded you, he didn't seem to be really angry..."
Before he could finish his words of comfort, Xiao glared at him with a stern face: "Why are you always staring at Wu Yue?"
The fish choked, unable to utter any words of comfort. Someone was trying to comfort you with good intentions, but why the hell were you so jealous?!
"...I finally understand why the messenger of God rejected you." The fish got up from the ground, felt that his kindness was not rewarded, patted his butt, and went back to the house to sleep.
Xiao was still shouting, "Yu! Come back here and tell me why you keep staring at Wu Yue!?"
The fish head doesn't even turn back.
Seeing his younger brothers rebel, Xiao sighed, feeling desolate, and silently stood up. He still remembered the man in the house who disliked the dirt and heat, so he jumped into the river at night and washed himself clean.
The river water was quite cold at night, but he had a high body temperature and was not afraid of the cold.
After washing herself clean, she tiptoed back into the house, gently hugged the already asleep person, and closed her eyes. Wu Yue sensed the remaining coldness on her skin and drowsily moved closer to her.
Xiao opened his eyes, feeling bitter, sour and sweet in his heart. He was in a state of confusion, but in the end he just gently bit Wu Yue's nose.
Forget it, just keep waiting. As long as he doesn’t look for someone else, I’ll wait for him one day.
Wu Yue was awakened by the sound of the pattering rain, which suddenly made the heat less intense. With the shelter of the house, no matter how strong the wind and rain were, the fur-covered kang was warm and dry, making it very comfortable.
Today, I woke up in Xiao's arms as usual. I thought he was going to run away from home, but it seems that he came back and slept with me in his arms last night.
Wu Yue felt warm in his heart and raised his head to bite his lips.
Xiao, who had only slept half the night, didn't wake up and murmured, "...I haven't brushed my teeth yet, so I can't kiss you."
Wu Yue froze, his blood boiling. Don't get me wrong, he wasn't embarrassed, he was angry. "You primitive man, how dare you look down on me!"
Just as he was about to wake him up and teach him a lesson, he added in a daze, "...Yue doesn't like it."
Wu Yue froze again, his heart aching. He held his face and kissed him several times. After waking him up, he whispered, "I like it."
Xiao, who had no idea what he had said in his sleep, naturally accepted such enthusiasm when he woke up. He hugged the man and kissed him back hard, kissing Wu Yue until his lips were numb, and he had difficulty breathing and was gasping for breath.
"Not angry anymore?" Wu Yue pinched his nose and noticed the bruises on his face. "Did you go out and fight yesterday?"
"Just a little sparring with the fish." Xiao caressed the bruises on his face and bit Wu Yue's nose, his eyes filled with determination and affection. "Don't be angry. I'll wait for you, anytime."
"Idiot..." Wu Yue felt a little sad and quickly buried his head in the other person's arms to hide it.
The little conflict was over and everything returned to normal.
Many of the plants Wu Yue had planted were already bearing fruit, and it looked like they would be ready to eat soon. Beans, wheat, peanuts, and sunflowers couldn't be eaten in large quantities; they were primarily kept for seed and future plantings. But pumpkins and peppers were perfectly suitable for both: the flesh could be eaten and the seeds used for planting.
In addition, you can also eat some ripe radishes. These things have small seeds, and a small bag of sprouts in the kit also contains a considerable amount. Leave a dozen to let them bloom and produce seeds, and the rest can be harvested and eaten.
The radishes were just ordinary white radishes. Perhaps due to insufficient fertilizer, they weren't as large as the ones commonly found in the market, but they weren't small either. Wu Yue harvested quite a few and distributed them among the people.
It is naturally impossible to cook by an open-air campfire when it rains. Fortunately, this problem has been taken into consideration when the house was built. There is a stove in the small house, and a fire pit is dug in the middle of the big house for cooking and heating.
This fire pit is also very particular. There are several flues left horizontally and vertically. When it is not cold, the entrance is sealed with stones. In winter, the stones are removed to allow heat to circulate, so it is warm even if you sleep on the ground.
The radishes, sweet and slightly spicy, were delicious whether eaten raw or cooked in soup, and were highly praised. Unfortunately, with so many people, not everyone got much. But after hearing the divine messenger say that there would be another harvest in winter, everyone became excited again.
And that’s not all. When they have more seeds in the future, they can eat as many radishes as they want!
Wu Yue remembered that radishes could be grown for two seasons. He had opened up another piece of land, applied some fermented farmyard manure, and planted all the remaining radish seeds he had. This batch could probably be harvested in late autumn, and he could then keep them for winter consumption.
He still remembered that he wanted to make kimchi, so he left a few radishes, picked some tender cowpeas, and some half-green and half-red peppers, and started to work.
He'd seen the director's mother make kimchi. The process was simple: no need to air the vegetables or boil water. Simply place the vegetables, chili peppers, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, salt, rice wine, rock sugar, and tap water into a kimchi jar, then seal and ferment. The kimchi made this way was easy to care for; as long as it wasn't stained with oil or other impurities, it wouldn't spoil. It was also easy to add vegetables to the jar; just rinse and add them.
He didn't have ginger, peppercorns, rock sugar, or wine, but he had plenty of salt. As long as there was enough salt, the fungi wouldn't have the conditions to grow, so it didn't matter.
Following the Dean's mother's example, he stuffed the chopped radish, twisted young cowpeas, and chili peppers into the previously prepared kimchi jar, added salt and water, sealed it, and threw it into the space.
Xiao, who also fell in love with the taste of radish, stared at him the whole time, eager to try this way of making it, but saw him put the whole jar into the space.
Xiao said resentfully, "Can't you let me have a taste?"
Wu Yue rolled his eyes at him and said, "Do you think I'm eating alone? Why would I let you taste it when it's not ready yet? Listen carefully, if you soak these vegetables like this, they will slowly turn sour and won't go bad for a long time."
When the word "sour" came out, Xiao remembered the pepper and salt raspberries he had eaten before. He swallowed silently and looked forward to it.
He came over and whispered to Yue: "Yue, there's only so much, don't share it with everyone, let's just eat it." Yue is not a person who eats alone, but such a small jar is not enough for hundreds of people to share.
Wu Yue hesitated for a moment, then agreed against his conscience. Anyway, there would be another batch of radishes later, so he could just fire up a few more kimchi jars and pickle them later.
Unfortunately, his plan did not succeed. Ten days later, when he took out the soaked radish, caught two fish, closed the door and cooked sour radish fish on the stove in the house, the sour and fragrant smell attracted Shi.
Primitive people don't care about being reserved, especially the rough-hewn Shi, who banged on his door loudly: "God's messenger, chief! What are you eating? Give me some too!"
Wu Yue's hand, holding the pickled radish, trembled as he resigned himself to opening the door. If no one knew, he could still eat it secretly, but if someone discovered, he wouldn't be able to finish it. After all, he wasn't as thick-skinned as Xiao.
In the end, due to Shi's shouting, the jar of pickles was not saved. That night, a large pot of mutton soup was cooked with the vegetables and water, and the jumping sheep hunted that day.
It was sour, spicy, fresh and fragrant. Everyone was quite satisfied with the meal and not even a drop of soup was left in the end.
Then everyone suddenly became interested in pottery making and fired many pots in one go.
Then everyone suddenly became interested in finding wild vegetables. They found many different kinds of wild vegetables in one go and asked Wu Yue every day if they could use them to make kimchi.
Wu Yue happened to be somewhat interested in this. After trying them one by one with everyone, he actually found several plants suitable for making pickles, especially white root. The taste of this thing when pickled is very similar to sour radish, and it is the most popular.
This simple food, kimchi, became popular among the Sharp Tooth Tribe.
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