Jiang Xue pursed her lips and smiled: "Oh, it's really embarrassing that you still remember it."
"How could I not remember?" Mu Feng sighed. "During this period, our tribe's food reserves were almost eaten up. We captured fifty or sixty goats, but now there are only about twenty left."
The remaining twenty or so goats were the result of their careful saving. Otherwise, if they had eaten one goat every three days as before, these goats would not have been enough for them to eat.
Fortunately, there are not many lazy people in the Snake Tribe. Even if there are no goats to eat, they will go to the bamboo forest to hunt pheasants and go to the woods to look for wild deer and muntjac to change their taste.
"We can't eat these twenty-odd goats anymore." Jiang Xue said seriously.
Of the remaining twenty or so sheep, only two rams were kept as breeding sheep, and the rest were ewes - of course, they were so hungry that they would not be picky about food. For example, lambs of two or three months old were too small, and they would not eat them regardless of gender.
"Mufeng, we're running low on smoked fish. How about we go catch some more and make some hot fish soup?"
Mu Feng tilted his head and looked at her: "Axue, do you have a way to catch fish from the frozen river and eat them?"
"As long as you listen to me, I will definitely be able to fish it out." Jiang Xue kept it a secret, and suddenly thought of the lotus pond. "Oh, look at my memory. I haven't collected the lotus pods in the lotus pond for such a long time. I don't know if they have been eaten by other animals."
"What is a lotus seed pod?"
"Come with me now and pick them up. I'm afraid if we delay any longer, all the lotus pods will be gone."
After Jiang Xue finished speaking, she went to get two backpacks, and she and Mu Feng each carried one and walked out.
When Xiaohua heard that they could go out to play, she pulled Xiangcao over and followed them.
When the four of them arrived at the lotus pond, Jiang Xue saw from afar several lotus pods still standing firmly on the ice.
Back then, she hadn't considered building a raft to pick lotus pods, and since she was overwhelmed with other chores and worried about her tribe's safety if they tried to float across to pick them, she hadn't allowed them to go to the center of the pond. But now, upon reaching the pond, she saw that while a few lotus pods still stood on the ice, the majority had succumbed to the cold wind and fallen into the water, frozen in the ice.
The four of them first picked the still firm lotus pods, but only half a basket.
Xiaohua looked at the few lotus pods in the basket and frowned, "Sister Xue, this is too little, isn't it?" As she spoke, her bright eyes fixed on the lotus pods trapped in the ice. She asked Jiang Xue, "Sister Xue, is there any way to get them out of the ice?"
Vanilla also looked at Jiang Xue with confusion.
Jiang Xue said nothing, but found a big stone, pointed at the lotus pod and asked Mu Feng to move the stone and smash it.
Mu Feng didn't understand why, but he still worked hard to lift the stones and smashed them wherever Jiang Xue told him to.
The ice layer was still quite solid. Mu Feng tried to smash it several times but failed, which made Jiang Xue shake her head.
She simply threw a fireball at the lotus head.
The fireball exploded on the ice surface, quickly melting a hole in the ice.
Everyone was stunned when they saw the hole that suddenly appeared.
Jiang Xue didn't expect the fireball to be so powerful. Before she could make any move, Mu Feng picked up a stone and threw it at her.
There was a loud bang as the stone easily smashed through the ice, revealing the lotus pod in the middle of the ice. However, the stone didn't smash it completely, and the edges were a little uneven.
Mu Feng didn't even control his strength and smashed the lotus head into two pieces.
Jiang Xue didn't mind and picked it up and threw it into the backpack.
Mu Feng looked at the lotus pod that he had smashed and asked, "Axue, is this edible?"
"It's edible." Jiang Xue said as a matter of course, "It's also a medicinal herb. Aren't we looking for herbs everywhere now? One more herb is always better than one less."
After she said this, Mu Feng stopped talking.
If Jiang Xue says something is edible, then it must be edible. What's more, she also said that it is a medicinal herb, so I should just do more and talk less and get all the lotus pods out first.
Using this method, they picked up two full baskets of frozen lotus pods and brought them back. Once back in the cave, Jiang Xue placed them in a large ceramic basin and placed it by the fire to thaw.
"What's the point of picking up this yellow thing?"
"It's dry and doesn't look tasty."
"It should be edible. If it's not edible, the Snow Witch wouldn't have picked it up."
None of them could understand what Jiang Xue was doing, and they all gathered around the lotus pod, talking to each other.
Jiang Xue did not explain. She just thought of picking lotus pods on a whim. Now, she also had to go to the river to get some fresh fish to improve the meal.
There was no other way. The people of the Bluebird Tribe had lived here for more than twenty days, and even if there was more food, it was not enough for so many people.
Fortunately, even in winter, people in the tribe have ways to bring back prey, but the prey is not as abundant at this time.
She placed the lotus pods by the fire to thaw, and then she called a dozen people to the river, saying that she would take them fishing.
Everyone found it novel.
Before the river froze, they could use fishing nets to catch fish for eating, but since the river froze for some time, they haven't eaten much fresh fish, and even the fishing nets have been put away.
The main reason they don't go fishing is -
In the middle of winter, a thick layer of ice had formed on the surface of the river, and they were unable to catch the fish from the river.
Now that they heard Jiang Xue say she was going fishing, they naturally wanted to go and watch the fun. They wanted to know how she would catch the fish out of the glacier.
Jiang Xue didn't hide anything. She found a random spot in front of everyone and instructed Mu Feng, "Smash it!" Then, fearing that others would fall in, she added, "Pay attention to Mu Feng's operation. Everyone will follow his method to catch fish later."
And she herself...
He leisurely began to set off fireworks on the ice - one fireball after another hit the ice as if it were free, and the scorching flames quickly melted a big hole in the ice.
Everyone: ...
Her bold move stunned everyone. Jiang Xue expanded the ice cave into a big hole little by little, then took a stick as thick as her arm and stared at the ice cave closely.
Soon, fish poked their heads out of the ice hole.
One...
Two...
Three...
Soon, the ice cave was full of fish.
Jiang Xue picked up a stick and knocked on the ice hole, and seven or eight fish turned over with their bellies turned up. She picked them up quickly.
Everyone:!!!
Xiaohua's eyes lit up: "I want to play too!"
But she was small and weak, and she only killed two fish with one blow of the stick.
"Finally, I can eat fresh fish!" Xiaohua cheered and picked up the fish happily.
But she had no experience and lost her balance, and almost fell into the ice cave.
Fortunately, someone grabbed her. Jiang Xue said to her helplessly, "Xiaohua, no matter how anxious you are, there's no need to rush now! If you fall into the ice cave, you'll be in trouble."
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