Chapter 45: Can wolves be eaten? Wait until they are almost killed and then go back to pick up the leftovers.
"Today it's all wild vegetables. What's going on with the landlord?"
“Hmm…”
"Stop guessing. It'd be a wonder we could guess the landlord's affairs correctly. Wild vegetables are fine too. At least they're fresh. We also need to eat more fresh vegetables to supplement our vitamins."
"That's true, but I still crave regular vegetables. Wild vegetables are a bit bitter. I'll give the landlord all the vegetable seeds I found today, just in case they grow."
"You can't give it all, just give it part."
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"Cabbage seeds, radish seeds, and other seeds they don't recognize."
"It's okay. I'll try planting a few first and see what they look like. Then I'll look at how they're illustrated in the book," Bai Yu said, holding a book and flipping through the brightly colored vegetables. "This new dimension is amazing. So many books are illustrated."
"Yes, and the drawings are great, too," Bai Xi praised sincerely. "The wild vegetables we found yesterday, when we brought them back and compared them, are exactly like the ones in the book. Miaomiao is amazing, too, for being able to recognize them. Some of the wild vegetables look similar to me, but they're definitely inedible."
"Miaomiao has a good memory," Bai Yu gently patted Bai Miao's little head beside her and pointed at the book in front of her. "Miaomiao, if you are bored next time, read more books. When you finish reading and understand what the book says, tell your elder and second sisters, okay?"
Bai Miao nodded repeatedly.
Bai Yu asked again: "Does Miaomiao like reading?"
"I like it," Bai Miao nodded again. "The pictures in the book are very beautiful. After reading the book, we can pick wild vegetables in exchange for more books. The book is very good."
"Miaomiao is right, books are great," Bai Yu praised. "We were illiterate and ignorant before, so we didn't even know which wild vegetables were edible. But as long as we read more books, we will know more edible wild vegetables and how to grow them."
"Also, Miaomiao," Bai Xi held up another book, "This book also teaches us how to cook. I'll make you some delicious food tonight, okay?"
Bai Miao's eyes lit up and he walked over quickly: "Second sister, I'll read it."
"Well, Miaomiao read it to me and my second sister will cook it. There are so many things written in the book. Once my second sister learns it, it will definitely taste better than what she made before." Bai Xi said happily.
She actually likes cooking, but the conditions were limited before, and she had been living on the boat, so she didn't know how to cook except the simplest steaming. When she finally got an iron pot on the island, she could only learn to make the simplest stir-fries by herself, and sometimes she might make them taste terrible if she was not careful.
Now that she has the information in the book to refer to, she feels that she can definitely make delicious food.
This is indeed the case.
She found a simple dish in a book for which they all had the ingredients, and tried to make it. The dish she ended up making tasted much better than the ones she could have made on her own.
Not to mention Bai Yu and Bai Xi, even Bai Miao only ate two bowls of rice with the dinner dishes.
Among the many books exchanged for transactions, there were also books about wild mushrooms. After trying to pick some edible mushrooms and finding that the mushroom soup was particularly delicious, they became interested and went back to the forest plane to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms whenever they had time.
But at the same time, they did not forget to grow vegetables.
However, the trees in the forest plane are relatively dense. Even though they had collected a large number of trees several times before to upgrade the house and the small dock, the space now freed up is very limited.
In order to grow vegetables better, Bai Yu and Bai Xi discussed and decided to build a few more houses.
It’s not that they don’t want to upgrade their own houses, but the materials needed to upgrade their own houses are relatively large, and they cannot collect them all at the moment, so they have to use up the remaining wood, and it is better to build a few more houses.
They have more and more things now, and one room can no longer hold them all. So they can build a few more rooms to store their things.
The space freed up in the forest plane can be used to grow vegetables.
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"This pork is really good."
"You can tell this wild boar has been running around in the woods all year round. There's not much fat on its body, it's all lean meat."
"It smells so good! I haven't eaten such fresh pork in a long time."
"It's a pity we don't have enough seasoning, otherwise the pork would taste even better."
"Let's go out and look tomorrow. Maybe we can find some seasonings. After the disaster, a lot of things were picked up, but things like books and seasonings are likely to be overlooked. Even if we can't find anything else, we can find some more salt. I can't bear to eat so much pork at once, so I'll make it into pickled pork."
"I'm getting tired of it."
"It's already this late, and you're still being picky?"
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"Luckily, someone shared it with us. Otherwise, we would have to carry such a big wild boar to Nancy. It's not that we can't carry it, but it's troublesome. Besides, she has no shortage of meat." Bai Xi squinted his eyes as he ate the fragrant pork in the bowl. "It's different with the recipe. This wild boar is so delicious. Compared to this, the wild boar I made before was too unpalatable."
As she spoke, Bai Miao was holding a large piece of pork ribs and gnawing on it with a delicious grunt.
Bai Yu always thought that whatever his sister did was good. At this time, while eating the fragrant pork in the bowl, compared with Bai Xi's previous level, he really couldn't praise it much.
All I can say is, "Xiaoxi, you're amazing. Even if it's just what's written in the book, you can make such delicious meat."
"Really? I think so too," Bai Xi said proudly. He ate another large piece of meat and put forward his thoughts, "Sister, can we build a pig shed and then go to the forest plane to catch a few wild boars to raise?"
Bai Yu thought it was okay and nodded: "Then let's go find the wild boar's lair."
At this point, in addition to their daily practice, picking wild vegetables, picking mushrooms, and building houses, they had a new thing to do, which was to find a pigpen.
The house is being built, so I can build a pigpen at the same time. Whenever I want to eat pork, I can kill it right away without having to go to the forest to find it.
However, they had not caught the wild boar yet, but they had caught a nest of pheasants and a nest of wild rabbits. They simply built nests for the pheasants and rabbits.
Fortunately, the island is very large and except for where they live, the rest of the space is empty, so they can find any place to build their nest.
These animals have a smell, so they didn't set up the tent too close, but instead set it up a little further away so that they could see them and the smell wouldn't be blown over by the wind.
As for the food of these small animals, in addition to the wild vegetables they picked, they also got some magical food from the magic plane. After the upgrade card extracted the magic elements inside, they crushed it and fed it to them.
They had all tasted food from the magical plane. Things with magical elements tasted terrible, and things without magical elements were relatively not as delicious, but they still had some residual flavor. Nancy and the others didn't think that taste was a big deal, but the three sisters who were used to the taste were not used to it.
So before, even if they were occasionally short of food, they would not eat those things.
But these wild animals are different. Even if these foods have lost their magical elements, they still have an inexplicable attraction to these animals. Even if they don’t taste good, they can still eat them up.
Occasionally, Bai Xi would use these foods to go fishing, and he would basically catch one every time. Sometimes he could even catch big fish, which was just the right amount for a snack.
Also because they have been moving around in the forest plane for a while, the ingredients used for trading are basically varied, which makes the new plane tenants who arrive at the market a little confused.
"Is the landlord able to travel a thousand miles in an instant? Has he been playing in the forest all this time?"
"It looks a bit like it, wild vegetables, mushrooms, and some fruits. Although they are a bit astringent, they are fresh fruits after all."
“Occasionally there are fish.”
"So it really is possible to travel a thousand miles in an instant, right? You can't be at the seaside and in the forest at the same time."
"I've already said that the landlord must be extraordinary. Not only does he wander around the beach and the forest, but he'd also be in the air, in the sky, and in the sea. At least we have food to eat."
"It's just... Hey, someone's back."
The person who spoke immediately went to open the door and saw the person coming back with something.
"So many things this time?"
"I'm not sure if they'll be useful, so I brought them all back. Even if I can't exchange them for food, maybe I can use them as rent."
"This is... wires and lightbulbs? Will these work?"
"Perhaps."
"I don't think it's feasible. Right now, only a few resettlement areas in the entire city have temporary electricity. I don't think it will be of much use. But I brought it back. In case it's useful, it can help pay the rent."
"That's what I thought. By the way, has the food been changed today?"
"Yes, we have mushrooms today. We can make soup with them."
"Mushrooms are delicious, no matter how you stew them. I wonder when we'll have wild boar again. I'm craving fresh pork again."
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"Sister, there are wild boar footprints here, and there are quite a few of them," Bai Xi said, looking at the footprints sunk into the mud. "I guess we can find quite a few wild boars around here."
Bai Yu carried Bai Miao over to take a look, and sure enough, they saw those messy wild boar footprints. There were so many traces, it didn't look like they were caused by just one or two wild boars.
She handed Bai Miao to Bai Xi: "Xiao Xi, take Miao Miao and hide well. I will follow the footprints to see if we can catch a few newborn wild boars. We can raise them."
Bai Xi nodded and hugged Bai Miao tightly: "Then be careful, big sister."
"It's okay. With our current strength, even if several wild boars attack me together, they may not be able to defeat me. Besides, it's not like I can't dodge," Bai Yu rolled up his sleeves, "You guys hide, I'll go take a look."
Bai Xi responded, looked around, and climbed up the nearest big tree with Bai Xi in his arms. He said hello to Bai Yu who was walking away, and waited quietly on the tree for Bai Yu to come back.
After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, Bai Xi and Bai Miao, who were in the book, heard the sound coming from below and looked over.
Bai Yu came here with two little wild boars in his hands and quickly climbed up the tree where the two were. The three of them quickly held hands and used the pass to return to the island.
As soon as they arrived on the island, Bai Yu panted and said, "The wild boars and wolves are fighting. Let's wait for a while. When they are almost done, we can go back and pick up the spoils."
"Wolf?" Bai Miao's eyes sparkled. "Can it be eaten?"
Bai Yu was stunned by the question: "Should... be possible?"
Bai Miao slipped out of their arms and quickly walked into the house: "Read a book!"
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