The animal world is rich in plant resources, which is incomparable to the resource-poor post-apocalyptic world.
Si Yan was very excited, and at the same time grateful that she had been reborn in this world of abundant resources.
On her way back, she even found a giant lettuce that was as tall as a person!
Looking at the huge lettuce, Si Yan felt that dinner was sorted out.
She carried the lettuce back like a strong man. The male beastmen were all stunned when they saw Si Yan returning with her lettuce load.
Passing by the trap, Si Yan, who hadn't held out much hope, was surprised to see that the trap had collapsed. She was thrilled and ran over to take a look, only to find a bewildered long-eared beast bumping around inside the trap, unable to get out.
Looking at the pitiful, innocent, and adorable long-eared beast, Si Yan revealed a satisfied yet wicked smile.
Si Yan returned with a full load. Hearing the commotion outside, Xi Qing and Bei Ji rushed out. When they saw Si Yan returning with Lettuce and Long-eared Beast, the two little ones showed expressions of surprise and joy.
Realizing the expression he had made, Xi Qing immediately lowered his head and turned it to the side.
He did not expect the bad female to return.
Never.
Si Yan placed the large lettuce on the ground and asked Bei Ji and Xi Qing, "Do you know how to tan animal hides?"
Bei Ji immediately smiled and said, "Mother, I can."
Si Yan carefully peeled the long-eared beast's hide with snake scales, exclaiming as she did so, "This is amazing! How can snake scales be so powerful?"
Bei Ji was very relaxed at this moment. He said happily, "Mother, when Bei Ji grows up and breaks through to become a Purple Crystal Beastman, you can use my snake scales."
Si Yan patted Bei Ji's head: "Good boy."
Xi Qing stood far away.
His earlier intuition was correct; Bei Ji, that traitor, was indeed trying to curry favor. He really was trying to curry favor!
Tch, traitor! Shameless!
Si Yan peeled off the entire hide of the long-eared beast. Bei Ji found a white fruit in the grass, crushed the juice and sprinkled it on the hide. Then he took the long-eared beast hide to the river to tan it.
Xi Qing walked to Si Yan's side and said, "Don't think Bei Ji is so great. Tanning animal hides is a basic skill for male beastmen. Not only him, but my eldest brother, second brother, and I can do it too."
Xi Qing didn't know why she said that. Maybe it was because she subconsciously hoped that Si Yan would be good to everyone?
Si Yan said, "Knowing is one thing, doing is another. Anyway, I think Bei Ji is very capable right now."
Xi Qing felt a lump in her throat.
After Si Yan washed the long-eared beast clean, she sprinkled the coarse salt she had obtained from Xiong Rou on the beast and then hung it on a tree branch in front of the cave.
Xi Qing asked, puzzled, "Female, what are you doing?"
Although Si Yan's space has the ability to preserve things, it will still rot and spoil if left for too long. Besides, opening the space now is very strenuous, and the space is only one cubic meter, which is already filled with many daily necessities, so there's not enough room for food.
If it can be preserved for a longer period of time, then of course it should be preserved.
Si Yan explained, "Meat processed with salt can be preserved for a long time after being air-dried."
Xi Qing was taken aback: "How long is 'a long time'? Five days or ten days?"
Si Yan: "More than that, it's been several months."
Xi Qing exclaimed in disbelief, "Impossible!"
"Huh? How is that impossible?" Si Yan asked doubtfully.
Xi Qing looked at her silently for a while, somewhat puzzled, before saying, "The Yanxiang tribe doesn't have a way to preserve food. If they did, so many beastmen wouldn't have starved to death in the winter!"
It is springtime now, a season when food is plentiful. However, in winter, food is extremely scarce, and most of the food is given to the females and their cubs. Many adult male beastmen starve to death.
Si Yan stared intently at Xi Qing: "It's alright, you'll believe it in a few days."
Xi Qing remained silent for a while, then asked, "Female, should you tell the village chief about your method of preserving food? If the Yanxiang tribe knew how to preserve food, many more beastmen could live."
Si Yan didn't answer, but instead casually asked, "There's a question I've never asked you. Are the village chief and the orcs in the tribe good to you?"
In recent days, Si Yan has also made some observations. The village chief is still impartial in his actions. It is obvious that Xiong Rou is not good to her baby, but she cannot observe the others yet.
Xi Qing turned his head and said, "The orcs in the tribe aren't very nice to us... but the village chief is alright. Sometimes when we're starving, the village chief will give us food."
Si Yan recalled how the village chief had helped the four children when Xiong Rou had made things difficult for them, so she said, "I will consider telling the village chief how to preserve food."
Xi Qing said nothing and turned to enter the cave.
After dealing with the long-eared beast, Si Yan began processing the lettuce. Half of the lettuce could be eaten today and tomorrow, while she planned to dry the other half into vegetable jerky.
After learning about the hardships of winter in the Beast World from Xi Qing, Si Yan wanted to preserve more food for the winter. She dried vegetables so they could be eaten directly in winter, or soaked in water to thaw before eating.
Bei Ji excitedly took the tanned long-eared rabbit skin over.
Si Yan noticed that his hands were a little red, so she lifted them up and blew on them, saying, "Bei Ji, thank you for your hard work."
Bei Ji shook his head, he was very excited. He asked Si Yan, "Mother, what are we going to do with this animal hide?"
The long-eared rabbits in the Beast World are also quite large. Si Yan gestured to Bei Ji and then said, "It should be enough to make two snow-white animal skin skirts."
Bei Ji's face was flushed; he was very happy that the long-eared rabbit he had tanned could be used to make a fur skirt for his mother.
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