Chapter 16 It's so delicious!
For some reason, Lu Liufeng's heart was beating a little fast.
Mu Ling, on the other hand, was preoccupied with when dinner would be served.
The wild boar meat was firm and took longer to cook than Jiang Xi had estimated, but it was about the same when the stir-frying time was included.
There was no table in the kitchen, so the dishes were placed on the floor near the fire.
As soon as Jiang Xi sat down on the straw mat, Mu Ling couldn't wait to start scooping up the pig's trotters.
However, he still knew the rule that the female master should eat first, so he scooped the first pig's trotter into Jiang Xi's bowl.
Lu Liufeng also scooped out a piece of pork rib for her.
Jiang Xi thanked her.
Then, she looked around and felt that something was missing.
She quickly realized what was happening.
"Where is Yi Yuexi? Let's call him for dinner."
Mu Ling had already thrown away the chopsticks she had hastily prepared and was now gnawing on the pig's trotter with both hands.
Hearing the female master's words, he mumbled incoherently.
"Don't worry about him, he's not eating with us."
Jiang Xi simply said "Oh," without giving it much thought.
After all, Yi Yuexi did seem quite dissatisfied with this family.
If they don't want to eat, they don't have to; we can't force them.
Lu Liufeng seemed thoughtful, but didn't say anything.
Just as the three were enjoying their meal, someone suddenly shouted from the courtyard.
"Are Jiang Xi, the female ruler, and Lu Liufeng home?"
Jiang Xi carried a large wooden bowl, Mu Ling held a large pig's trotter, and Lu Liufeng gnawed on ribs as they all headed towards the door.
In the courtyard, a middle-aged silver-haired orc swallowed hard and looked around.
Upon seeing the three appear, he quickly smiled.
"I'm at home, having dinner."
As he spoke, he swallowed hard, tempted by the fragrant aroma wafting from the courtyard, wanting to transform into a beast and roll around in it.
Jiang Xi recognized him.
Rupert, the leader of the Lion's Roar tribe.
"Is there something you need?" she asked.
Rupert's eyes kept glancing at the pig's trotter in Mu Ling's hand, and he swallowed hard as he spoke.
"Um, I came to ask, is it true that Mistress Jiang Xi found edible food in the Rehe Valley?"
Rupert is the leader of the Lion's Roar tribe, responsible for guarding the cursed land, and naturally also for the tribe's survival.
If too many orcs starve to death, the orcs and females exiled in the future will not be willing to come to the Lion's Roar tribe.
If the number of orcs decreases, it is very likely that the breach in the Cursed Lands will not be able to be defended, allowing the curse to spread back into the walls and cause a great disaster.
"Yes." Jiang Xi nodded.
As a traditional Chinese person, she asked casually.
"Chief, have you eaten? If not, let's eat something together and talk while we eat."
Generally speaking, most people would refuse such polite words.
But the middle-aged orc's eyes lit up instantly.
"I haven't eaten! I'd better eat something, let's chat while we eat."
Mu Ling: "..."
Lu Liufeng: "..."
Although they looked down on the leader's behavior, no one could resist the aroma.
Besides, since the female master has already invited them, they can't possibly refuse and make her lose face.
Rupert walked toward the fire room as if he knew it intimately.
Before Lu Liufeng and Mu Ling closed the door and made way for each other, they vaguely saw a number of beastmen and small beastmen sneaking around outside the courtyard.
Especially for the little orcs, when they can't differentiate into different forms, their noses are the most sensitive.
They all twitched their noses, pressed their faces against the fence, and peered longingly inside.
Mu Ling ruthlessly closed the kitchen door.
Outside the courtyard.
The beastmen chattered away.
"It smells so good, can you smell it?"
"Is it coming from here?"
"It must be! I just saw the leader swallowing hard as he went in."
"The leader is so shameless, he actually went to freeload a meal."
One of the orcs swallowed hard.
"I want to eat it too."
"Could it be that the things she brought back today are actually edible?"
The fire room, also known as the kitchen.
Once the door was closed, the outside noise was shut out.
There was also braised pig's head meat in the pot, and a small stone bowl was placed on the fire to roast pig's brain, filling the room with a fragrant aroma.
As soon as Rupert came in, his stomach started growling loudly.
Jiang Xi handed him a bowl, and was about to say that he could fill it himself when Mu Ling took the bowl directly and filled it with only a small piece of braised pork and a few pieces of potato.
Jiang Xi: "..."
That's too possessive of their food.
Could it be because of the dog's ancestor?
There were only three pig trotters left, that's all, but the other meat from the trotters was also braised, so there was still plenty left.
Jiang Xi used a spatula to scoop some of each dish for the leader, filling the bowl to the brim.
"Chief, please help yourself. These are all made with the ingredients I brought back this afternoon. Please have a taste."
Jiang Xi had some memories in her mind, knowing that the chief bore the responsibility of a tribe.
If it weren't for the leader's good management, the Lion's Roar tribe wouldn't have become the largest tribe in the Cursed Lands.
With a large tribe comes heavy responsibilities.
Although she was unwilling to waste her breath spreading the word about finding the ingredients, she was happy to help the chief improve the tribe's food situation.
After witnessing the abundance of food in the Jehol Valley, she realized that the world wasn't lacking in food, but rather that the beastmen didn't know how to eat, which led to them going hungry in winter.
This year's winter came earlier than usual, and many families were forced into winter before they had prepared enough food for the season, making the situation much more severe than in previous years.
Rupert thanked him several times.
He had initially thought that Jiang Xi wouldn't be willing to talk about it.
But unexpectedly, she was a kind-hearted person despite her venomous exterior.
Although she likes to make a ruckus and curse in the tribe, she is still a kind-hearted female at heart.
"This is a potato."
"This is taro."
"This is wood ear fungus."
"This is shepherd's purse."
"There was also purslane and a lot of spices in the hornbill skin bag."
"For example, pig's stomach and intestines, after using these spices to remove the odor, only the aroma remains. Would you like to try some?"
Jiang Xi knew that people here didn't have the habit of eating tripe and intestines, so she specially introduced him to the tripe and intestines from braised pig offal.
Rupert nodded and kept talking, completely forgetting why he had come in the first place.
"Delicious! So delicious!"
"They are so lucky to have a mistress like you!"
Clearly, in the past six months, he had also advised several orcs to try their best to find the Golden Soul Fruit and get rid of this vicious female.
In the blink of an eye, they switched sides for a bite to eat.
Mu Ling remained silent.
Lu Liufeng also felt that the leader's appearance was really not that of a leader.
He didn't want the female master to be too tired, so he took the initiative to speak.
"The snake-like beastmen of the Hot River Valley all know about these ingredients. The female bishop and the others have approved them. If any females in the tribe want to find them, they can ask the snake-like beastmen for help."
After all, even if a lot of food is found in the Jehol Valley, only females can still find food there until the agreement between the three tribes is broken.
Once the orcs flood in, all the prey, except those in the ground and trees, will be wiped out, which will cause a food crisis for the snake-like orcs in the Hot River Valley.
Rupert then came to his senses, but then became troubled again.
"I wonder if the females in the tribe are willing to go into the Jehol Valley to gather for their beastmen."
If there were snake-kin beastmen in the Hot River Valley, they could certainly ask for help.
However, the females of the Lion's Roar tribe do not particularly like snake-men and rarely marry snake-men husbands.
Just then, a commotion arose outside, and the faint voice of a female could be heard coming in.
Is anyone home?
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