Chapter 154, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City: Can you eat dolphins?
What was that sound?!
"Has a monster come in? Are we going to be eaten?"
"I don't want to be eaten, waaaaah—"
The disaster victims in the cave were panicked, their eyes were red, and their faces were pale. Some were so tense that they were on the verge of fainting.
The leader took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "You all stay here, I'll go out and take a look."
He picked up a stone from the ground to use as a weapon and cautiously walked towards the cave entrance, glancing at the sky as he went, but he couldn't see any monsters.
Has he really left?
The leader noticed that there were several large cloth bags at the entrance of the cave compared to when they came in. One of the bags broke apart when it fell, and some of its contents were scattered on the ground.
It seems to be... brown rice!?
The leader shuddered, disregarding whether the monster was still there or not, and rushed over to carry the packages back.
He quickly looked through the contents of the package and found that it contained not only a lot of brown rice, but also some potatoes, dried mushrooms, and a bag of salt weighing at least four or five pounds!
When the leader found a small package among the others and read the words on it, his pupils dilated in shock, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
"How is it? Has the monster left?"
As soon as the leader returned, the other disaster victims quickly pressed him for answers.
The leader didn't say anything, but simply called a few people to go to the cave entrance with him and carry back a few packages.
The disaster victims were stunned when they saw these things. "What are these?"
The leader, trying to control his emotions, said, "It must be something left to us by the monster. There's food and salt inside."
"What!?" The disaster victims were shocked.
Someone murmured, "Could it be that it wasn't a monster, but rather sent by God to save us?"
The leader took out the package that had excited him and said, "This seems to be medicine. It says it has an antipyretic effect. I plan to use it on people who are unconscious. There is also some external medicine powder for injured people. You can use it if you need it."
After saying that, before the disaster victims could react, he eagerly took the antipyretic pills and walked towards the unconscious patient who had been placed at the back.
Some people instinctively tried to stop him, wondering what if those so-called medicines were poisonous.
But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he gave up.
Even without the medicine, those people probably wouldn't survive, so we might as well take a gamble.
What if he actually came back to life?
Especially for relatives who had already given up hope, a glimmer of hope was rekindled.
And after this fight, several people who had been running high fevers and were delirious actually recovered and woke up.
The leader's eyes instantly welled up with tears when he saw the young man, who bore a striking resemblance to himself, open his eyes.
The other relatives were even more excited, hugging their still dazed loved ones and crying and laughing.
"Great! The fever has finally gone down."
"I thought... Ugh, ugh, ugh!"
The other injured people were happy for them and quickly picked up some wound powder and sprinkled it on their wounds that had been soaked by the rain.
While everyone was celebrating inside the cave, the 'whooshing' sound came from outside again.
The familiar sound stirred up strong shadows in the hearts of the disaster victims, and their expressions became panicked again.
"It's hail!"
"It's hailing again!!"
"Don't be afraid, we're in a cave now, the hail won't hit us."
"Yes, yes, thank goodness we found a cave. We're so lucky."
The disaster victims, regaining their senses, showed expressions of relief.
The leader, however, did not think they were lucky.
He carefully recalled the actions of the 'silver-white monster' in driving them away. Perhaps the monster didn't intend to eat them at all, but deliberately drove them into the cave?
The purpose is most likely to save them.
Last time it hailed, more than a dozen people died because they couldn't escape in time. If it weren't for this cave, perhaps none of them would have survived this time.
The silver-white monster saved their lives!
As for whether the other party considered that they were illiterate and could not recognize the use of the medicine, thus missing the opportunity to save lives, the leader did not think there was any problem.
To obtain something good, one must naturally undergo certain trials; otherwise, how can one demonstrate that the treasure is hard-won?
The leader was extremely grateful that his father had sold everything he owned to send him to a private school.
Otherwise, he might have lost his only remaining family member today.
The leader shared his speculation with the others.
After hearing this, everyone agreed that it made sense, and their fear of the monster disappeared, replaced by endless gratitude.
They could even predict hail in advance and left them food and life-saving medicine. What kind of monster is this? This is clearly a bodhisattva or deity who saves people from suffering!
The leader led everyone to a spot at the cave entrance where the hail couldn't reach them, knelt down, and kowtowed three times towards the outside.
Then, regardless of whether the other party could hear him or not, he shouted, "Thank you, God, for saving our lives! From now on, whenever we need anything, we will be at your service!"
Lu Xuan had already left the cave, but left a drone to observe, so he, Lu Chen, and the viewers in the live stream all saw the scene of the disaster victims kowtowing and expressing their gratitude.
Lu Chen knew they were saved, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.
Viewers who initially disagreed with saving the person now had mixed feelings.
They had to admit that it was definitely more pleasant to be genuinely grateful than to watch dozens of innocent people get smashed to death on the spot, their heads bleeding profusely.
The amount of food left by Lu Xuan was not much, but it was enough to sustain more than thirty people until the end of the rainy season.
As for the even more brutal extreme cold season that followed, he left a few extra machetes deep inside his pack.
There's a decent amount of prey around; with a little effort, I should be able to survive.
If they still can't survive after all that, then it can only be said that this is their fate.
Lu Xuan retrieved the drone, changed the viewing window parameters back to transparent after converting it to one-way vision glass, and left the area.
·
Over the next few days, Lu Xuan took his younger brother to several places and discovered many towns or camps where disaster victims were still alive.
Lu Xuan didn't go down to make contact with any of them, but only recorded the coordinates of these places on the aircraft's map, saving them for when needed.
Because the audience kept urging him to go down and take a look, on the fourth day Lu Xuan simply turned around and headed to a more remote and sparsely populated area.
Crossing the plateau to reach the barren desert, or even the seaside.
The rain stopped just as they arrived at sea, and a ray of sunlight pierced through the thick clouds, illuminating the already beautiful blue ocean and making it even clearer and brighter.
Lu Chen, who was seeing the sea for the first time, pressed his face against the glass window, staring wide-eyed.
This is so beautiful!
The scenery is beautiful, comparable to the Tianchi Lake in the Yunlu Mountains.
I think the ocean is more beautiful; after all, it's vast and has a stronger visual impact.
Unfortunately, the ancient oceans were mostly blue, and it was only very rare to see other colors.
[In this respect, our Star Alliance has more choices. We have seas of every color imaginable—red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple—and even rainbow seas! Those are truly breathtaking!]
Having seen much of the world, Lu Xuan knew that the scenery before him was indeed a little lacking.
If the weather were a little better, with blue skies, white clouds, and the sea meeting the sky, it would be truly breathtaking.
When Lu Xuan saw the comment mentioning the Rainbow Sea, he became quite interested in the unique scenery of the Star Alliance.
I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to see it.
"Brother! What's that?! Is it a fish?" Lu Chen, who was gazing at the sea in a daze, suddenly pointed ahead and shouted excitedly.
Lu Xuan looked up and first saw several fish fins on the surface of the sea. Then he saw the owner of the fish fins leap out of the water and do a mid-air jump.
"Wow! What huge fish! They're flying!" Lu Chen exclaimed in amazement, his mouth agape.
Lu Chen said, "That's a dolphin, a mammal, not a fish."
"Huh?" Lu Chen was taken aback for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Animals? Are there any animals in the sea? Won't they drown?"
Lu Xuan: "No."
Lu Xuan paused slightly, unsure how to explain the distinction between mammals and fish, mainly because such knowledge couldn't be fully explained in just a few words.
Perhaps he should find an opportunity to give Lu Chen a proper lesson on natural science.
With someone like him, who can connect to a technologically advanced interstellar civilization like the Star Alliance, surely we can't expect Lu Chen to maintain the cultural level of an ancient person forever?
No, before teaching Lu Chen natural knowledge and common sense, shouldn't we also give him an early education and teach him to read?
"Brother," Lu Chen continued, staring at the still-leaping dolphins, and asked a startling question, "Can we eat these animals called dolphins?"
Lu Xuan: "...?"
Lu Xuan's lips twitched slightly. "You can't eat it."
[Hahaha, little brother, you can't eat this!]
Dolphins are so cute, you don't want to get close to them, all you think about is eating them???
[Wearing a pitiful face, yet uttering such cold words, like the whispers of a demon.]
[This reminds me of the three classic questions people used to ask: Is this edible? Is it tasty? How do you eat it?]
As the old saying goes, food is the most important thing for people. In a world where natural food is plentiful, this statement makes perfect sense.
Lu Chen gave a disappointed "Oh," his gaze lingering on the dolphin as if he had missed out on some delicious treat.
Lu Xuan said, "...Although dolphins cannot be eaten, there are plenty of edible fish in the sea."
So don't bother looking at it, it's really inedible and doesn't taste good.
Lu Xuan's gaze swept across the bottomless ocean, and with his excellent eyesight, he could already see many small schools of fish in the sea.
He had plenty of freshwater fish in his space, but apart from some dried fish and dried kelp he bought in the city to satisfy his cravings, he hadn't eaten freshly caught seafood since the apocalypse began.
Since we're already here, we can't just leave after looking at the scenery, can we?
Lu Xuan issued a new flight command to the intelligent system and said to Lu Chen, "Let's go, I'll take you down to catch some other delicious fish so that my sister and brother-in-law can have a taste when we get back."
Lu Chen clenched his fist excitedly: "Okay! Let's go catch fish!"
The two brothers quickly transferred from the aircraft to the fishing boat.
Lu Xuan checked the area where the fish were located on the radar, and after finding the right spot, he cast the largest fishing net in his hand into the sea.
·
"Lu Xuan is back—!"
Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the aircraft gradually descending from the sky.
As soon as Lu Xuan and Lu Chen stepped off the aircraft, they were surrounded by a group of people.
"You're finally back! Did you encounter any danger outside?"
"Have you encountered anything interesting? Tell us about it!"
Have you seen any other disaster victims?
"You've been away for several days, how was your trip?"
A group of kids also pulled Lu Chen aside and pressed him for details about his experiences during the past few days.
Lu Xuan didn't rush to answer, but instead asked, "Was there any damage on the day of the hailstorm?"
Li Jing said with a smile, "We made preparations in advance, and not a single seedling was lost in the field."
Zhang Chengming said triumphantly, "We've already learned our lesson once, how could we let those damned hailstones ruin our crops again?"
Ji Xiuling, who was listening with the other women on the outside, had a mixed expression, but mostly she felt relieved.
Not long after, the village chief, Lei Yan, and Lu Qing, who were on the boat, received the news and rushed over.
Before they could ask any questions, Lu Xuan said, "I recorded a lot of videos on the way. If you want to know anything, you should see it for yourselves." With that, he put away the flying vehicle and gestured for everyone to return to the ship to talk.
·
Ship No. 2, inside the restaurant.
The villagers who hadn't left their homes were being shown footage recorded by the aircraft's recorder by Lu Xuan using a projection device.
Herds of cattle and horses roam the boundless green grasslands.
The desolate desert seemed to have no end, and as you walked, you would also face the thrill of sandstorms;
The ocean, calm and beautiful when the rain stops, becomes terrifyingly turbulent when the rain pours down.
The villagers, who had initially been whispering among themselves, grew quieter and quieter as they watched the scenery change, their expressions shifting with the landscape, revealing an unprecedented sense of awe.
Despite the omnipresent rain being tiresome to watch, the sheer grandeur of nature revealed in the video did nothing to diminish the immense impact on the villagers' hearts.
That's spectacular!
At that moment, all the villagers clearly realized a fact.
The world is so big!
They were surprised to find that there were so many magnificent sights in the world that they had never seen before in their lives!
It exceeded their understanding and refreshed their worldview.
After watching the video, Zhang Chengming and the others were unable to recover from the shock it had caused for a long time.
In the middle of the journey, they also witnessed Lu Xuan hunting and the incident of him rescuing someone.
Without Lu Xuan needing to say much, the villagers understood what he and Lu Chen had been up to these past few days, and also had a general idea of what new supplies he had acquired.
When Li Tuo, Xiong Mao, and the others, who were engrossed in the content, pressed for more information, Lu Xuan said, "There's plenty. I'll leave the equipment here; you can watch it anytime you want."
The videos we just played were condensed versions; to watch all the content from the past five days, one day simply isn't enough.
"Look, look!" Li Tuo exclaimed excitedly, "I definitely have to read through everything! Especially the part about the sea, I love it so much!"
Xiong Maoze said excitedly, "I love the grasslands! There are so many animals on the grasslands! Cattle, sheep, horses, and donkeys—you can catch just one and it'll be enough to eat for months."
After the others had recovered a bit, they joined the discussion.
Besides discussing the scenery, many people also talked about the disaster victims that Lu Xuan drove away and helped.
The video clearly captured the sound of those people shouting "monster," which made viewers feel both sympathy for their miserable situation and a little amused.
Li Tie, Wu Cheng, Ge Yuan, and others were also deeply impressed by the animals on the grassland.
Especially the wild horses.
Before the catastrophe, a cow was not cheap, and a horse was even more expensive; in the surrounding villages, no one could afford a horse.
But there were so many wild, ownerless wild horses on the grassland!
Ge Yuan had served in the military and had a far greater interest in horses than others. When he saw the handsome Wild Horse King in the video, he couldn't take his eyes off it.
I felt that if I could own such a magnificent horse, my life would be worthwhile.
The thought had barely formed when he heard Miao Jinfeng ask Lu Xuan, "Xuan, will the general store sell the horse meat you got? I've never eaten horse meat before, and I don't know what it tastes like."
Lu Xuan nodded, "We'll do it tomorrow."
Ge Yuan: "..."
·
After returning to ship number 1.
Lu Xuan briefly explained his findings to Lu Qing and Lei Yan.
Aside from encountering herds of cattle and horses on his first day, he later encountered herds of other bison of different breeds, eventually acquiring forty head of cattle.
Lu Xuan only had time to process about ten of these cattle while he was resting at night; the rest he would have to process the next day.
The final yield of beef, beef bones, and various other beef products is estimated to reach 50,000 jin (25,000 kg).
Since I didn't have any particular preference for horse meat, I didn't hunt any more horses after that, and the only one I properly prepared was the one I ate on the first day.
In addition, there were donkeys, wild sheep, and deer, all of which were simply left unattended in the confined space.
Lu Xuan: "Tomorrow morning I will pack one of each and send them to the general store so that the villagers can exchange them."
Lu Qing asked confidently, "What about the fish in the sea? You must have caught some too, right?"
Knowing his younger brother as he did, he knew that if they went to the beach, they couldn't possibly come back empty-handed.
Lu Xuan smiled slightly: "We did manage to catch quite a lot, probably around 20,000 to 30,000 catties."
Lu Qing and Lei Yan stared wide-eyed, exclaiming, "How can there be so many?!"
Lu Xuan: "The fish resources in the sea are much richer than those in rivers and lakes. As long as you find the right school of fish, you can easily catch thousands of kilograms of fish in one net."
The two or three thousand catties were just the harvest from six nets cast in different sea areas.
If he were willing to stay by the sea for a few more days and cast his net a few more times, he could easily get his hands on not just 20,000 or 30,000 jin, but 200,000 or 300,000 jin.
Lu Xuan took out some of the fish he had caught and showed them to Lu Qing and Lei Yan.
Previously, the only type of dried seafood he could buy in the capital was white pomfret.
This time, he caught a wider variety of fish, including pomfret, mackerel, sardines, and sea bass.
The mackerel and sea bass were relatively large, while the other fish were of average size, probably because they were not in season.
However, it's still edible.
There are also some scattered fish and shrimp mixed in with the fish, and even some octopus, which can be eaten to change things up.
Lu Xuan took out a handful of fresh kelp. "I also got a lot of kelp and sea lettuce from the shallow sea area."
Lu Qing's eyes lit up instantly, "This is good stuff!"
The seaweed that Lu Xuan brought back from the prefectural city last time has long been used to make soup or cold dishes and eaten up.
A few days ago, when she was having a feast of fresh river delicacies, she was thinking about the taste of seaweed. She never expected that Lu Xuan would bring back a new one in just a few days!
Lu Qing said excitedly, "With so much good food, how about we have seafood tonight?"
Lu Xuan had the same idea, "Okay."
That day, the Lu family's dinner was indeed a lavish seafood feast.
All the fish that Lu Xuan caught were prepared in at least one different way. Seaweed was used to make a cold salad, and kelp was used to make soup with pork ribs and shrimp.
The Lu family of four, along with hundreds of millions of viewers in the live stream, enjoyed a delicious meal.
That evening, Lu Xuan fulfilled his promise to add a prize to the audience's list of gifts, and gave away most of the remaining processed beef and horse meat, including sea fish, once again gaining a large amount of gift revenue and new fan attention.
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The next day, the women in the village came to the grocery store to exchange for new supplies without even having breakfast.
Some people are planning to stock up on beef, while others want to try the difference between sea fish and river fish and have bought a lot of sea fish to take home.
Some men had a particular feeling about horse meat, and after much hesitation, they bought some to take home.
The women didn't care whether it was appropriate to eat such rich food so early in the morning; they used the freshly acquired ingredients to prepare breakfast.
Many villagers had never eaten seafood in their lives, and they were quite surprised after trying it for the first time.
Compared to the delicate texture of river fish, sea fish are more robust, with a noticeably firmer texture and a unique flavor that river fish lack.
The key point is that several types of sea fish have far fewer bones than river fish, making them very convenient to eat and especially friendly to children who are prone to getting fish bones stuck in their throats.
Aside from those who don't particularly like fish, almost everyone raved about seafood.
After the meal, I couldn't resist going to the grocery store again to exchange for a lot of seafood to stock up on.
Even families with fewer members changed at least twenty, while the Li family went even further, ordering over a hundred at once.
After all fifty-plus households had been relocated, Lu Xuan's seafood inventory decreased by one-tenth.
During this process, a small accident also occurred.
Xiong Mao turns out to be allergic to seafood.
I broke out in a rash after eating breakfast and almost fainted.
Unfortunately, this guy prefers the taste of seafood more than others, and he was very dissatisfied when he learned that his constitution prevented him from eating seafood.
"Why can't I eat it? Doesn't Lu Xuan have medicine to cure this ailment? I'll just eat the fish and then take the medicine!"
After saying that, he went directly to Lu Xuan and exchanged one hundred sea fish, dozens of kilograms of kelp and sea cabbage, and also bought dozens of doses of anti-allergy medicine.
Viewers in the live stream: [Haha, eating while taking drugs, they're really going all out for a bite to eat.]
Su Ying was speechless about this.
However, she did not stop her.
Anyway, she's not the one suffering, so let her eat if she wants.
These days, not everyone can eat whatever they want.
Su Ying patted Xiong Dabao, who had eaten more than one bowl of rice.
Fortunately, his son only inherited the same taste but not Xiong Mao's sensitive constitution, so he can eat whatever he wants.
...
Two months into the rainy season, the rain finally began to subside.
The torrential rain gradually turned into a light drizzle, the frequency of clearing up increased significantly, and the turbulent floodwaters became calmer.
There's no need to ask Lu Xuan for confirmation; everyone else already knows.
The rainy season is nearing its end.
On the morning of the seventh day after returning from my trip.
Lu Xuan stood on the shore and took out a rather large inflatable object.
The hunting team members, who were planning to go hunting in the mountains while the weather was nice, wondered, "Lu Xuan, are these also water parks for children?"
Chen Rong stroked his chin and said, "Isn't this just an inflatable platform? It has nothing to do with a water park."
Xiong Mao: "It doesn't look like a kayak. I don't see any oars. What's the use of this thing?"
Lu Xuan said, "You'll know once you see it."
As he spoke, he took out one inflatable platform after another and placed them in the floodwaters, connecting them together with metal chains. He continued to move forward, creating a waterway from the hills to the neighboring mountain, much to the astonishment of the hunting party and other villagers who had been drawn there.
The villagers: "!!!"
You can do that?!
Viewers in the live stream also wanted to ask: You can do it like this?!
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