Chapter 91 Roasted Corn
The other children who hadn't come over to yell at Xu Que saw the children who had received candy showing off, so they all rushed over to yell at Xu Que and waited to get candy.
Ha Gang, Pingyao, and a group of primitive tribes finished eating the sunflower seeds that Xu Que had originally laid out on the cowhide.
They looked up and saw that Xu Que had moved to a different spot again without them noticing.
Having run out of sunflower seeds, they groped their way to Xu Que's side.
"What are we dividing up? Is there any for us?" Ha Gang stretched out his large, rough hand and asked Xu Que.
"I'm handing out candy! This is for the children! What are you, an old man, doing eating candy! Just eat more beef and beef bones!" Xu Que gently pushed Ha Gang's hand aside and handed out candy to the children on his own.
The children who had just finished receiving the candy went to find their mothers!
The children of the Black Deer tribe, upon seeing their mothers, would take out the candies that had been given to them from their pockets and show them off in front of their mothers.
"Here! Show this to Mommy! Don't worry! Mommy won't take your candy!"
The children handed the candy to their mothers, who then opened the candy wrappers and started chewing the candy themselves!
The children of the Black Deer tribe were tricked out of all their candy by mothers like these.
Without exception, they all eventually came to Hou's side, wailing loudly.
Hou looked at them in confusion: "What's wrong? Why are you crying? Did you get into a fight?"
The little boy from the Black Deer tribe said very seriously to the shout, "Sister! Mom tricked me into eating all the candy you gave me earlier!"
"Don't cry, everyone! We'll give you the rest later! Don't cry! Don't cry!" Hou earnestly and carefully comforted them.
Xu Que then handed the two gummy candies to Ha Gang and Ping Yao respectively.
Ha Gang immediately opened the packaging of the gummy candy, put it in his mouth and chewed: "Mmm! This sweet and sour taste is so delicious!"
Seeing Ha Gang's blissful expression, Pingyao also removed the outer packaging from the candy in his hand, put it in his mouth, and started chewing.
"It's really delicious! It's really delicious!" Pingyao exclaimed, clearly enjoying herself.
The other primitive people watching around Xu Que couldn't help but swallow hard when they saw the expressions on Ha Gang and Ping Yao's faces!
Seeing this, Xu Que immediately opened the system exchange shop and exchanged for enough candy to cover everyone in the Black Deer Tribe.
The Black Deer tribe's Flower and Deputy Chief roared over, asking them to help distribute candy to the tribe members.
Ha Gang and Pingyao also participated in it.
Hou took out several large wooden buckets from the tribe's storage room, poured all the candy that Xu Que had redeemed from the system's exchange shop into the buckets, and then picked up the buckets to distribute the candy to the tribe members or children who were earnestly queuing up to receive it.
Seeing how quickly Hou was distributing candy with a wooden bucket, Hagang, Pingyao, Hua, and the others stepped forward one by one, imitating Hou by lifting the bucket, filling it with candy, and distributing it to the tribe members who hadn't received any.
The children and tribe members, regardless of age, beamed with the same joy as the children after receiving the candy. They couldn't stop smiling!
The older members of the Black Deer tribe, upon receiving the candy, beamed with undisguised joy, just like the children, their smiles radiant.
"Wow! Brother Xu Que! You've finally managed to distribute all the candy to every member of the tribe! I was almost exhausted!" Hou said, looking at Xu Que.
Hearing Hou say that, Hua stretched and yawned with relief: "Indeed! Hahaha! But this candy is quite sweet!"
Every member of the Black Deer tribe received some sugar, and they all dispersed to attend to their own tasks.
While Xu Que was browsing the system's exchange shop, he suddenly glanced over and saw fresh raw corn cobs displayed in an inconspicuous place.
Xu Que saw the same corn as the ones planted in his hometown in his previous life, and felt a strange sense of familiarity.
Xu Que redeemed four or five sticks in the exchange shop, thinking that he would cook or roast them first and then taste them. If they tasted good, he would naturally come back to redeem them again!
After the members of the Black Deer tribe received their sugar, Xu Que took a few ears of corn and started looking for firewood in the tribe to roast the corn.
Hou glanced at the few ears of corn in Xu Que's hand, then walked over to Xu Que with curiosity and took an ear from him, examining it carefully from all angles.
"What kind of candy is this? It's huge!" Hou looked up and asked Xu Que.
Xu Que patiently explained to Hou, "This isn't any candy! It's corn on the cob! Not roasted or boiled corn on the cob!"
"Huh? This is a corn cob? Does it grow on a tree? It looks like it's still on the tree!"
"How could that be! This is a plant fruit! It grows on corn stalks that are taller than a person. People only break the corn cobs down when it's almost harvest time, collect them, and transport them back to their granaries." Xu Que explained to the curious Hou in a calm and unhurried manner.
"Hmm! Today I want to make you some roasted corn! Let you experience the taste of roasted corn!" Xu Que said and began to search every corner of the tribe, picking up dry, fallen, and useless branches and twigs, and starting a roaring fire on the open land of the Black Deer tribe.
Using the same method he had used to roast lamb, Xu Que set up a simple wooden grill not far from the fire, placed the corn cobs (with branches pierced through them) on the grill, and slowly turned them over, waiting for the corn to ripen.
Hou looked at the corn, which had been roasted to a golden brown color and covered with a thin layer of ash: "Brother Xu Que, can we still eat it after roasting like this? There's so much ash on it! Can we still eat it?"
“It’s edible! This ash comes off with a light scrape! See if it’s like this!” Xu Que took out a boning knife from the warehouse, scraped it on the corn that wasn’t fully roasted, and then spread his hands and shouted.
"Huh? It really is! Scraping away the ashes like this really reduces the amount of ash! Can I try it now? The smell of this roasted corn is making me very hungry!" Hou stared at Xu Que's hand roasting the corn and secretly swallowed a couple of times.
Xu Que took out one hand and gently patted Hou's head, handing him a roasted corncob with all the ashes scraped off: "Try it! You look so hungry, hurry up and eat some!"
Hou took the corn cob that Xu Que had already prepared for her with a smile.
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