Chapter 11
Several young people in the tribe were still playing by the river, and one of them even helped Yu Sui make bricks one morning.
Yu Sui remembered her as a cute little female. The reason she was so memorable was that while making bricks, the cub transformed into a humanoid form, finding it easier to use its hands. The problem was, the cubs in the Snow Wolf Tribe were too lazy to carry animal skins with them, so she sat there naked.
What a sin! Orcs are still relatively primitive now. It's considered polite for adult males and females not to suddenly transform in front of each other. The little cub doesn't care about this for convenience.
Xiaohua raised her round eyes and asked in a baby voice, "Brother, do you still want to play in the mud? Can I help you like I did this morning?" She was more than ten years younger than Xiaochu.
Yu Sui laughed. He squatted down and touched the little snow wolf's head. "Brother wants to catch fish in the river, but brother can't swim."
Xiaohua once caught a jumping fish while playing with her friends. She accidentally bit it while holding it in her mouth. She still remembers the fishy and unpleasant smell.
"The fish tastes terrible, so don't catch it. I've eaten it before and it was smelly!" She stuck out her tongue.
Yu Sui coaxed her, "Brother will cook the fish very deliciously. Wait until brother catches it and gives it to you to try."
He simply cast the fishing net into the river first. It would take some time to collect the net anyway, so he could just call for help then.
A group of little cubs followed Xiaochu and stood at his feet, standing up and looking at the river curiously, like a group of little groundhogs.
Yu Sui really wanted to hug each of them and hold them high in the air because they were so cute in the scene, but he was afraid of being called a pervert, so he forced himself to hold back.
The Snow Wolf people disliked river food, as they found fish bones too numerous and smelled foul, while other foods were too ugly to eat. This made the fish and shrimp in the river extremely unscrupulous, completely unguarded, and they never imagined that someone would be so sinister as to lure them into a trap with food.
The monster's internal organs were large and smelled strong, and soon attracted many fish and river shrimps.
He watched as the wood used as a float on the water began to shake violently, and he didn't expect that it would attract fish to compete for food so quickly.
Yu Sui was a little anxious, pacing back and forth by the river, not noticing Xiao Hua sneaking towards the tribe.
He tried to pull the fishing net towards the shore, but he couldn't move it. The fish in the net were so numerous and large that they were very strong, and he almost fell into the river.
If he had made it smaller, at least he could have pulled it. How many fish were caught in the net? He was strong enough to pull hundreds of pounds, but now he couldn't even pull this fishing net.
Xiaochu also used his human form to grab the other side of the fishing net and pulled it over with him.
It seemed as if a large fish had been caught in the net underwater, and it swung violently, pulling the two men off their feet. They were standing on the shore and it was difficult to exert force, but the fish in the water could exert force easily.
If Yu Sui could swim, he would have been so angry that he wanted to rush down, catch the big fish and kill it.
With a splash, Yu Sui thought Xiaochu had fallen into the water and quickly turned his head to look.
Xiaochu remained in the posture of falling, his little butt was dirty with mud and water, and even his face was splashed with mud.
Just as he was about to relax, a head popped out of the water and shouted at him, "What are you standing there for? Pull with me!"
He didn't have time to look at the other person's appearance. When he heard the other person's shouting, he stood up reflexively and pulled hard.
Xiaohua ran over with several other cubs, stood naked in a row, and pulled hard at the vines in the water.
The Snow Wolf in the water was retrieving the other end of the fishing net, while Yu Sui and the cubs were pulling it up at the river bank. The range of the fishing net gradually narrowed, and the white bellies of the jumping fish could be vaguely seen.
Yu Sui was overjoyed; it looked like he'd made a good catch. As the net closed in, he could clearly see the Snow Wolf Man in the water.
It turned out to be a female snow werewolf, with long silver-white hair casually tied behind her head, heroic eyebrows and eyes, and a slender figure. The muscles on her arms were bulging due to the force.
With her help, the fishing net was finally pulled up.
Xiaohua rushed over and shouted, "Sister, you are so awesome!"
After coming ashore, the female orc shook her hair, which was soaked by the river water, and shook off the water droplets on her body. Yu Sui didn't dare to look at her curvaceous figure any longer. Especially since the female snow wolf was only wrapped in two pieces of animal skin.
She glanced at Yu Sui calmly, then turned to Xiao Hua and said, "Okay, I've done my job and helped, now I'm leaving."
Xiaohua chased her sister for a while before running back.
How cold and indifferent, Yu Sui thought to himself. This female was called Vanilla, and in the original owner's memory, she was very unpleasant.
Xiangcao is very powerful and often goes hunting with Qi. The original owner has always been hostile to her, even more so than Xu.
As a warrior who often fights alongside Qi, Vanilla is one of the few females that Qi frequently comes into contact with.
But Vanilla's only admiration for Qi's powerful strength and her unyielding spirit of challenge, facing the frequent provocations of the year-old, if he were not still a cub, Vanilla would have wanted to teach him a lesson long ago.
Even so, when Xiaohua asked her for help, Xiangcao was willing to come over, which showed that she was quite kind-hearted.
The ground was filled with large, lively fish, the smallest of which was a meter or two long. Among them was a massive black fish, somewhat resembling a catfish from Earth, with two whiskers at the corners of its mouth. Apparently, it had nearly dragged the two people into the water. Even after being netted and brought ashore, it still clapped its massive tail against the ground, unconvinced.
Yu Sui raised a big rock and knocked the black fish unconscious. He patted the black fish's belly. It had a round body and must be very plump.
Several little cubs squatted aside, tilting their heads and watching his movements curiously.
He began to scale the big black fish from the tail. The fish had big scales, each one about the size of a palm.
He first scraped off all the large scales, then picked up one of them and sharpened the edge.
As the saying goes, take from the fish and give to the fish, Yu Suihe used this large scale to rub and clean all the remaining small scales.
After scraping off the scales, Yu Sui cut open the fish's belly and carefully removed the gills and entrails. The Snow Wolf's claws were sharp, so he carefully retracted the tips. If the entrails were accidentally ruptured, the fish would be unpalatable; they were particularly bitter.
After rinsing the fish's belly clean with river water, he picked up the scales and scraped off the black membrane inside. The scales were quite handy, so Yu Sui decided to keep the large scales. They were much more useful for scraping than the werewolf's claws, and they could also be used as kitchen knives. They were just the right size and would be very useful once sharpened.
After dealing with the largest fish, Yu Sui lifted it up and rinsed it thoroughly with river water. Xiao Chu had already carefully gathered a lot of large leaves, and Yu Sui placed the fish on them and began to slowly clean the other fish.
The other fish were much easier to clean than the big black fish. He had a handy tool in his hand and could clean one with just a few brushes using the scales.
In addition to these fish of varying sizes, there were also many large shrimps as tall as a man. Yu Sui happily quickened the pace of his hands.
Seeing that the cubs didn't like the fishy smell and stayed away, Yu Sui simply asked them to collect wild onions. Xiaochu knew about wild onions, so he took the little guys to pick them.
He himself brought the fish back home one after another. The Snow Wolves, suffocated by the fishy smell, looked on curiously, wondering what Yu Sui was going to do next.
The monster meat he got today was quite fat, so he cut off the fat, cut it into small pieces, and put it in a ceramic pot to refine oil.
He decided to eat the damn big black fish first, so he cut it into countless pieces and marinated some of the pieces with the remaining wild onions and coarse salt at home.
The fat in the pottery jar slowly produced oil, and he slowly stirred it with a wooden spatula he made.
The more oil is refined, the fat is reduced to small pieces of oil residue, and the aroma of burnt meat spreads.
Yu Sui's eyes flickered with nostalgia. When he was little, his grandparents loved making lard. They couldn't bear to eat the leftover lard themselves, so they ended up eating it all. Adding a little salt and a sprinkle of chili powder to the freshly-cooked lard gave it a fragrant aroma.
Unfortunately, people later said that eating lard would cause cancer, so his grandparents stopped refining lard, and he never ate lard residue again. In the end, even his grandparents passed away.
He only had coarse salt on hand, so he scooped out the oil residue and put it in a stone bowl, mixed it with coarse salt, and waited for the little ones to come back and eat it.
After refining a full jar of lard, he scooped out half of it and put it in a basin for later use. After heating the other half in a ceramic pot, Yu Sui put the marinated fish pieces into it and fried them.
The fish pieces rolled up and down in the hot oil, the aroma was fragrant, and the irresistible rich aroma of fried food covered the fishy smell in the air.
Xiaochu brought Xiaohua and the others back home, put down the wild onions, ran to the pottery jar and looked inside impatiently.
"Little greedy cat." Yu Sui teased Xiaochu with a smile. Afraid that the hot oil in the pottery jar would splash out and burn him, he drove Xiaochu away, took out a full bowl of oil residue, and asked him to share it with the other cubs.
The crispy and fragrant oil residue instantly conquered the stomachs of the cubs. They sat around the stone bowl and ate with such relish that they almost buried their heads in it.
The fish meat was easy to cook, so after frying it for a while, Yu Sui took them out and put some raw fish pieces into the ceramic pot to continue frying. He let the fried ones cool down a bit and handed them to the cubs.
The meat of this big fish had no small bones. When he processed it, he pulled out the big bones and the meat became very clean.
The golden fish pieces were so fragrant that even Xiaohua forgot her prejudice against the fishy smell and couldn't wait to stuff the fried fish pieces into her mouth.
The fish is fresh, so the fried fish is both delicious and chewy. The taste of the fish is completely different from that of the monster meat. The meat is delicate and tender, and the unique flavor is so delicious that you can't stop eating it.
The tender fish meat is more suitable for young cubs to eat. Yu Sui marinated the remaining fish pieces with the wild onions they picked and fried them together later.
Including Xiaochu, the five cubs devoured four or five pots of fried fish nuggets. Yu Sui was worried they would get a stomachache from eating too much, so he let them digest the food for a while so they could have something else. Only then did the cubs stop eating, licking their lips with satisfaction.
Yu Sui also ate a few large pieces himself. Perhaps because the river water was unpolluted, the fish meat was even more fresh and delicious. After being fried, the surface had a thick layer of fried aroma, which was a perfect combination. The fish skin was especially crispy and fragrant, which was perfect with wine.
After eating a belly full of slightly greasy fried fish pieces, Yu Sui put the remaining oil into a basin, cleaned the pottery jar and cooked a pot of fish soup.
He would try making bricks first, and if it succeeded, he would try making some pottery, otherwise only one pottery jar at home would not be enough.
The milky white fish broth simmers in a clay pot, creating a fragrant aroma. Sprinkle salt and wild onions before serving for a more flavorful dish.
Yu Sui and the cubs drank more fish soup, their bellies bulging out, and they lay side by side on the ground. The sun warmed them all, and the cubs, satiated and full, couldn't help but fall asleep.
After the training, Xu took Notting Ashan and carried the processed monsters, rushing to the tribe in a hurry.
The snow werewolves sprinted across the valley with swift movements. Their strength was immense, so to ensure their training didn't affect the tribe, they trained far away. However, the snow werewolves ran very fast, even the cubs, so it didn't affect them, at least not their ability to return for a free meal.
Through the dense woods, they could see the tribe. Their keen sense of smell smelled the fragrance coming from the tribe, a fragrance they had never smelled before, and their feet ran even faster.
When they arrived at Yu Sui's home, they found him sleeping soundly in the open space in front of his mud house, wrapped in animal skins. A group of wolf cubs huddled together on his head, feet, and neck. On his chest lay a golden lion cub, lying on its back and snoring softly.
The eaves of the mud house were covered in a row of large fish, like a door curtain made of large fish, hanging in a circle around the wall. The snow werewolves' houses were built very high, almost five or six meters high, to facilitate the living space when the snow werewolves returned to their original form. Even so, some of the fish tails were almost drooping to the ground.
There was a large, half-eaten fish lying on the ground, looking larger than all the other fish combined. Next to it were a bunch of strange creatures with two large claws, six legs, and hard shells, bouncing around in place.
After smelling the strange fragrance along the way, mixed with the fishy smell of fish, the expressions of several snow wolves were very confused.
"Is this aroma coming from the food made from this fish? I remember that this fish tastes terrible..." Notting asked in confusion.
Xuhe Ashan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
The three snow werewolves squatted beside Yu Sui, hesitating whether to wake him up, when they saw Yu Sui slowly open his eyes after hearing the noise.
Yu Sui was sleeping soundly and warmly when he suddenly felt the sunlight disappear, his vision went dark, and he heard several people chattering in his ears. He opened his eyes and was startled. Three tall and strong snow werewolves surrounded him, whispering to each other above his head. Yu Sui, who was half asleep, almost thought he was kidnapped.
Realizing he had traveled through time, Yu Sui sat up, touched his chest, and let out a long sigh. He rubbed his eyes and said, "Brother Xu, you're back. I just caught some fresh fish today, so I'll make some fried fish for you."
He poured the refined oil into a clay pot and waited for it to heat. While waiting, he removed the large fish, removed the bones, and cut the meat into chunks, marinating them with wild onions and salt. He and his cubs devoured the prepared fish.
When he woke up, several orc cubs also woke up. They were stretching their legs and bodies, and they looked like furry balls that were extremely cute.
Xiaohua and the other cubs were reluctant to leave the pot, as they smelled the aroma. However, their bulging stomachs couldn't hold any more food. They just squatted beside it, watching the fish chunks tumbling in the pot.
Yu Sui looked at them with amusement and said, "If you like to eat it, you can ask the adults at home to come and learn how to make it. I'll teach them, and you can eat it whenever you want in the future."
These snow wolves were simple and honest. Yu Sui had received a lot of care from them since arriving in this world, including today's cold and icy Xiangcao. He also wanted to repay them. If he could teach these snow wolves to cook fish, the tribe would have another food source in the future.
"And the fishing net I used today. If there are any snow wolves who want to learn, you can bring them here." Yu Sui reminded.
Several cubs nodded happily.
As he spoke, the fish he had put in the clay pot was almost cooked, the skin already turning a golden brown. He fished the fish out, piled them in the stone basin, and pushed them to the impatient Notting and the other two.
Qi hadn't come with them, and no one knew what he was doing. Yu Sui didn't ask, and Qi didn't like the original owner, probably because he didn't want to eat at his house all the time.
As they smelled the fragrant aroma coming from the basin, the last bit of doubt was dispelled, and they stuffed the fish pieces into their mouths voraciously.
Wow, I didn’t expect the fish to be so delicious. They have been guarding this river for so many years and have never thought of eating the fish in it. What a waste.
While they were enjoying the fish, Yu Sui put new fish into the clay pot for frying, and used branches to pull out the shrimp threads from the prawns, then strung them on the branches and roasted them over the fire.
He only got a few shrimp online, only five or six, but each one was over two meters long. He didn't shell the shrimp, and they crackled under the wood fire, their hard shells slowly roasting to a crisp, locking in the tender, juicy meat inside.
The three snow wolves ate up all the meat of the big fish, leaving only an extremely large fish head.
Yu Sui was reluctant to throw away any of the bones of the big fish. He planned to save the thinner ones and use them as needles, which would be better than the bone needles used in the tribe now. He planned to bake and dry the rest and make them into fish bone powder, which could be added to cooking to enhance the flavor and would be a good seasoning.
In Yu Sui's eyes, river fish are truly treasures. The remaining fish head, after being chopped into small pieces, can be used for stewing tomorrow. If there were chopped peppers, it could also be used to make chopped pepper fish head. Yu Sui's imagination was brimming with glutinous rice. A fish head this big would be so tender and delicious.
Now the magical beasts brought by the three snow wolves are of no use. This is the first time that I can treat them to a full meal, Yu Sui thought proudly.
The person who should be thanked the most is the female snow werewolf Vanilla, so when Xiaohua was about to go home, he brought her some roasted prawns. He thought that these snow werewolves had never eaten prawns, so he peeled off the prawn shells first and only brought her two large prawns.
I had wanted to bring some fried fish for Xiangcao, but the oil in the clay pot was all gone, and they had just finished eating fried fish. Maybe he could bring some to Xiangcao tomorrow when the tribesmen came to learn how to cook fish.
After Xu and the others had eaten their fill, they left him the food they had brought with them and departed, also leaving the large demon beast with him. Thinking that Yu Sui probably couldn't handle it himself, they thoughtfully skinned the demon beast, cut it into pieces, and cleaned it before leaving.
Yu Sui peeled the remaining prawns and shared one with Xiao Chu. There were still three prawns left, so he asked Xiao Chu to send them to Lu's family.
Shrimp didn't need much seasoning; just salt was enough to make them delicious. The large, delicious shrimp resembled a bunch of tender, white garlic cloves curled together. Although Yu Sui and Xiao Chu were both very full, they still forced themselves to eat more.
He put the leftover fish bones on the fire and slowly roasted them until they were crispy. He also ground the hard shells of the peeled prawns into fine powder with a stone and stored them in a large bamboo tube.
Whether it is shrimp shell powder or fish bone powder, it can enhance the freshness. Whether it is stewing soup or stewing, adding some can increase the flavor. This is a pure natural and pollution-free seasoning.
The fish bones roasted over the fire, slowly turning from pure white to yellow. Yu Sui broke off some of the smaller, crispy bones and put them in his mouth to chew.
When we were little, we didn’t have as much money as we do now. Even if we had fish stew at home, we wouldn’t throw away the fish bones. My grandmother would put the fish bones on the stove and let them slowly roast until cooked.
The family members sat around the kang, talking about everything under the sun with laughter. When the fish bones were roasted, grandma would lovingly give them to Xiao Yu to eat. They were crispy and a rare delicacy in memory.
This thing seemed to be very good for calcium, so he left some for Xiaochu, and ground the rest into powder and put it in another bamboo tube to store together with the shrimp shell powder.
Xiaohua carried the shrimps home and gave them to her sister Xiangcao and her mother Kalan. She described to them in vivid detail how delicious the fried fish she had eaten today was, saying that she had never eaten such delicious fish before.
The shrimp was undoubtedly delicious, but they were skeptical about Xiaohua's description of how delicious the fried fish nuggets were.
"It's really delicious, sister, mom. Yu Sui also said that tomorrow we can go and learn how to cook fish with him to make the fish taste good. Mom, you should go too. I want to eat such delicious fried fish nuggets every day!" Xiaohua acted coquettishly to Karan and Xiangcao.
Xiangcao didn't like Yu Sui. Not only because Yu Sui was inexplicably hostile to her, but also because Yu Sui used to be idle all day long, not knowing what he was doing.
A cub his age should have been able to join the tribe's gathering team to collect food, but Yu Sui just went through the motions every day and just followed Qi around. Vanilla hated people like that.
However, Yu Sui and Qi have rarely been seen in the past two days. Moreover, the tribe is always filled with delicious food at mealtimes, which is said to be made by Yu Sui.
She remembered that it had rained heavily a few days before, and they had gone hunting together. Yu Sui had insisted on going with Qi, but he couldn't stand it halfway through. The rain was so heavy that day, so Qi asked Notting to take him back to the tribe. It seemed that since that heavy rain, she had rarely seen Yu Sui around Qi.
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