Chapter 34
The blazing fire flickered in the night, and the bright flames reflected on the smiling faces around, bringing warmth and peace.
Robb raised his glass of barley beer and clinked glasses with several dwarves. The honey-yellow wine sprayed out and splashed on the flames, causing the flames to flicker and tremble.
"Let's celebrate! We are about to throw away the parchment and usher in a new era!" He raised his wine glass high with his tongue sticking out and cheered.
"Oh! Oh! Oh!" The other dwarves also responded with strange cries.
What made Yu Sui feel most incredible was that the female dwarves such as Ellie also had an amazing alcohol tolerance. They drank one cup after another and soon finished a whole jar of wine.
The last time he got drunk, he woke up with a severe headache the next day, so Yu Sui didn't plan to drink this time, even though the dwarves offered it to him, he didn't take it.
Seeing that he was just a young boy, they didn't force him and surrounded Qi to persuade him to drink.
Qi frowned slightly, looking embarrassed, but the dwarf was too enthusiastic for him to refuse.
Yu Sui was watching the show with a smirk on the side. The snow wolves couldn't hold their liquor very well. Despite their large size, they could usually finish a bowl of wine.
The berry wine he brewed was not very strong. In the last battle, he knocked down four snow werewolves, including himself.
Barley wine is the favorite drink of dwarves before they reach the age of 20.
In the eyes of the snow wolves, this wine was sour and bitter, with only a slight taste of grain. Out of curiosity, the Black Rock Tribe had exchanged a few jars, but the tribesmen all despised it.
So when Xu and his friends drank the berry wine, they were amazed. Since they could not drink much, they were drunk at Yu Sui's house without realizing it.
Lian Qi could not escape the fate of being conquered by Yu Sui's wine. Both rice wine and berry wine were very much to his taste. He even got drunk because of berry wine.
Drinking wine that's older than your age and then drinking barley wine is a form of punishment.
The eager dwarf poured a full cup of barley wine into his hand, and Qi poured the orange-yellow wine into his mouth with a painful look in his eyes.
Like drinking medicine, in order to avoid tasting it, he tilted his head back and drank it in big gulps. The wine that he didn't have time to swallow meandered down his chin, rolled along his muscular chest and onto his well-defined abdominal muscles.
Yu Sui looked away stiffly and bit the bread in his hand mechanically.
Logically he should be immune to it. After all, all the snow wolves have perfect figures, with broad shoulders and narrow waists, and the females have amazing abs. I don't know what happened to him recently.
Is it the influence of the original owner or is spring coming soon? It’s really distressing. Yu Sui sighed helplessly with his head tilted.
From the cafeteria, the sound of people laughing could be heard faintly, mixed with the singing of dwarves.
Chief Bombur stood up excitedly, raised his arms high and sang the dwarf's ballad. Seeing this, the others also stood up and sang and danced around the fire.
You dwarves have so many talents, Yu Sui thought.
Qi Duan was sitting opposite him. He looked carefully and saw that Qi's eyes were already blurry. He was probably drunk.
These snow werewolves looked like the heroes in martial arts novels who ate meat and wine every day, but the contrast between their drinking capacity and appearance was so great that Yu Sui couldn't help laughing out loud.
It was getting late, and Yu Sui was worried about Xiao Chu, so he said goodbye to the dwarves who were having fun dancing.
Yu Sui walked around the dancing dwarf and came to Qi's side. Just as he was thinking about how to bring him back, the other party suddenly stood up.
The tall figure cast an oppressive shadow under the bonfire. Yu Sui carefully pointed in the direction of the tribe and said, "Brother Qi, I want to go home. Let's go together."
Still frowning slightly, Qi lowered his eyes and looked at him without saying a word.
Yu Sui took a few tentative steps, and then he followed with his long legs.
It’s okay, I know how to go home.
He planned to send Qi back to Uncle Heiyan's house first, since the two houses were close to each other.
Since the cafeteria was built, the Snow Wolves have gotten used to having fun in the square after dinner. The cubs especially like the hustle and bustle and don't want to go home. Every time, the people in the square gradually disperse until very late.
The deserted tribe was pitch black at night, but the distance between each tent was far enough, and the moonlight shining on the ground was as silvery as water, not so dark as to be frightening.
The laughter of the tribesmen could be heard faintly in his ears, and Yu Sui stepped on the shadow in front of him with malicious intent.
Although Qi was drunk, he was surprisingly obedient. When they got home, the room was dark but it didn't matter. Yu Sui took him to the haystack for rest.
The only difficult thing was that Qi insisted on sitting there straight. Yu Sui had to coax and push him down with great difficulty, and he was sweating from exhaustion.
Finally settled down, he stretched and strolled back to his home.
When Xiaochu was tired from playing, he would go home and sleep by himself. Yu Sui was very confident in him. After a tiring day, he would quickly crawl into the fur on the straw mat and fall into a sweet sleep.
The chopped reeds were wrapped in lime and placed in a clay pot for a few days. During this time, Robert and the other dwarves made a large crusher together, which eliminated the need for manual pounding and improved the fineness of the paper.
The technology of papermaking was of great importance. On the day when the work officially began, most of the dwarves put down their work and came to help.
The snow werewolves, who didn't even have any words, certainly didn't understand what was so exciting about this. They just glanced at it curiously when they passed by.
Put the cleaned reed pieces into a grinder and blend them into a paste.
In order to make paper, Robert added several sets of blades to this shredder, and also engraved several magic patterns responsible for power. He used six second-level wind magic cores alone.
In such a powerful grinder, the straw paste is ground into an extremely fine paste and then washed a second time after being poured out.
The paste after this cleaning can be mixed with clean water to make paper. In order to test the toughness of the paper, Chief Bangber mixed paper pulp in different proportions and dried them on movable curtain beds.
Yu Sui looked at the color of the pulp and felt a pity. He had done his best to perfect the other steps, but he lacked the chemicals to remove the pigment. The resulting paper might not be as white as the paper used today.
When Chief Bangbo heard Yu Sui say that both tree bark and bamboo could be used to make paper, he ordered the dwarves to soak the bark and bamboo in river water.
These two materials need to be soaked for a long time without chemicals, so we can only compare the quality of different papers later.
Countless movable curtain beds were exposed to the sun. While waiting for the pulp to dry, the dwarves were like ants on a hot pan, turning around in circles anxiously.
After the seven proportions of pulp were finally dried, a group of dwarves took them down carefully with their rough hands and handed them to Chief Bombur for comparison one by one.
He took a magnifying glass made of ground glass and carefully observed the texture of the paper one by one.
Soon, Chief Bangbo picked out a piece of the finest paper, and papermaking would be done according to this ratio. Under a magnifying glass, the paper fibers were uniform and fine, and the fibers and fiber bundles were processed in the best way.
The paper made now is still the size of a curtain bed. Chief Bangbo stacks up the dried paper and cuts it into the appropriate size for writing with a knife.
The best quality paper was distributed to everyone, and they couldn't wait to look at it one by one.
The paper looks very thin and light when you hold it in your hand. It looks fragile and easy to break, but in fact, even if you crumple it into a ball and then unfold it, it will basically return to its original state, with no damage except for creases.
Of course they were reluctant to rub it, as Yu Sui was the only one who did this.
He was completely unaware of the dwarves staring at him, and as he picked up the miserable piece of paper, his eyes were still critical.
"The flexibility is acceptable, but it's too yellow. It's a pity there's no alchemist..."
He touched his chin and put the paper back, then fumbled around for a long time among the piles of papers of other proportions, and found the most suitable one. Yu Sui hurriedly picked up the pile.
"Chief Bombur, could you please write down the proportions of this paper for me?"
Chief Bangbo was a little puzzled. The stack of paper that Yu Sui had chosen was the least stiff and defective product he had picked out. It felt soft and not straight at all when he picked it up.
Since Yu Sui was the founder of paper, he very humbly asked, "Does this ratio have any benefits, such as making writing more colorful?"
Yu Sui glanced at him inexplicably. "This is the best for using the toilet. It's soft and won't break easily. Apart from the color, there are no other drawbacks!"
Taking a deep breath, Chief Bangber was too lazy to look at him again and nodded as if he agreed.
At this time, some enthusiastic dwarves had already taken out charcoal pencils to try writing. The paper Yu Sui had made last time was too fragile, so they were very careful with this paper.
The result was beyond their expectation. Although the paper was thin, writing with force was not a problem. And the biggest advantage was that it was easy to show colors!
Unlike parchment, which required great effort to color, the newly made paper could be written on easily with little effort.
Seeing their ecstatic looks, Yu Sui didn't bother them anymore. Anyway, the paper was made and he had a source of toilet paper in the future, so he secretly slipped away with the stack of toilet paper.
I'm afraid of being beaten by the dwarves if I tell you this, but today, watching them make paper, Yu Sui wanted to eat rice paper...
There was not much rice, so he planned to cook a small meal at home.
Anyway, he had to go to the Minotaur to exchange seeds in winter, so he didn't want to be frugal. He had been craving for staple food for a long time.
Today, when he was watching the paper pulp turning in the grinder, he suddenly remembered that his grinder could be used to make rice pulp, which could be used to make rice noodles and rice paper.
Thinking of all kinds of mixed rice noodles, fried rice vermicelli, and rice noodles with meat sauce, he was so greedy that he wanted to chew paper.
When he got home, he couldn't wait to soak the rice.
I was busy these days and forgot about the sauce. I quickly checked it again. Fortunately, the weather was not as hot and humid as in summer, so it didn't go bad.
In just over half a month, the two sauces had already started to emit fragrance. Yu Sui covered them with cloth with satisfaction to prevent mosquitoes from getting in.
Find a piece of animal meat and chop it into minced meat, chop the onions and garlic, and grind the necessary spices into powder.
Heat a small iron pan and add oil. Pour the minced meat into the pan and fry until browned. Then add the chopped green onion and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Also add the chili powder and spice powder. Pour a circle of rice vinegar along the edge of the pan and add water to cook for a while. The red oil meat stew is ready.
There are also fish and shrimp today. The tribesmen know that Yu Sui likes to eat these, so they will send some to him regardless of whether he goes to the canteen or not.
But now that everyone who came to eat here has gone to the cafeteria, the amount of fish and shrimp sent to him has also decreased a lot, after all, it spoils quickly. Sometimes Yu Sui eats it all as a midnight snack.
It has to be said that now his and Xiaochu's weight has skyrocketed and their bodies have become bigger.
At the beginning, Xiaochu's fur was a little dry, but after a period of dietary supplements, he was no longer alone and played happily every day. His golden fur was soft and smooth, like a piece of golden satin in the sun.
Thinking of Xiaochu jumping up and down every day, Yu Sui raised the corners of his mouth helplessly and dotingly.
The river fish is fat, and half of it is cut into pieces for stewing soup. The fresh fish stew only needs some chopped green onions and salt to be delicious, and no spices are needed.
The rice that had been soaked for a while was beaten into rice paste with water. Since there was no iron plate, Yu Sui poured the rice paste into a ceramic plate. It was best to brush some oil on the ceramic plate and pour a thin layer of rice paste on it. Then, the ceramic plate containing the rice paste was neatly placed in the steamer and steamed over high heat.
Rice noodles are a little more troublesome to make, but they can be dried and stored, and can be cooked directly whenever you want to eat them.
After the wheat flour is boiled in water, pour the prepared rice flour into it and knead it into dough. This will increase the gluten quality of the rice noodles.
I forgot to ask Karan or the dwarf to make a manual pasta machine in advance, so I can only roll it into thin strips by hand, trying to ensure that the thickness is uniform, which is more time-consuming.
I remember that when he was a child, his grandfather used that kind of noodle press to make noodles for him. The structure was very simple. I will describe it to the dwarf when I have time. The iron one is more convenient to use.
After saying goodbye to his friends, Xiaochu came back staggering with his tail erect. He knew that his brother was busy with the dwarves again recently, so he just walked around to take a look, and when he saw that his brother was not there, he went straight home.
Soon after entering the tribe, a fresh and fragrant smell wafted into his nose, mixed with the aroma of food. He started running wildly with his tongue wagging.
Although the cafeteria now exudes various aromas every day, Xiaochu still smells the smell of his brother's cooking. In his heart, his brother's cooking is the best.
They mostly ate in the cafeteria during this period. Now that they can eat food made by their brother, they should run away quickly. It would be bad if those older brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts came to snatch the food again.
Not knowing that Xiaochu was so protective of his food, Yu Suizhen carried the plate down. After letting it cool down, he peeled off the rice skin, stacked it together and cut it into strips.
The water in the pot didn't need to be dumped out; it was just the right amount to use for cooking rice noodles. Yu Sui made quite a bit of noodles, and the rest was hung up on a string to dry outside.
First, I served Xiaochu two bowls of rice noodles, one bowl with shrimp cooked in fish soup as the soup base, and the other bowl with rice noodles mixed with minced meat in red oil.
Xiaochu grabbed the chopsticks and took a sip of the rice wrapper with chili oil flavor. The fragrant rice wrapper and the aroma of chili oil were a perfect match. Thanks to his brother, he loved the taste of chili peppers ever since he tasted them.
The fish soup is sweet and the shrimp meat is tender and bouncy. The hot rice skin with a little rice vinegar is also very delicious. If this were a competition, Xiaochu would not be able to tell the winner and would just lower his head and eat voraciously.
After craving for a long time, Yu Sui scooped out two full bowls for himself. Every taste was to his liking. The soft and chewy rice skin was very refreshing. He also added mashed garlic. He was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes while eating.
The rice wrappers were all eaten and the rice noodles were cooked. However, both of them were about 70% full at this time, so Yu Sui took out less.
The rice noodles were topped with fish soup, some red oil and meat stew, and topped with the wild vegetables he specially cooked, making it look, smell and taste great.
Even though they were almost full, they were still tempted to eat a large bowl of rice noodles each. In the end, they were so full that they lay on the ground rubbing their stomachs.
Yu Sui saw that there were quite a few rice noodles left and thought about sending them to the canteen to see which lucky person could have some.
He wanted to give it to his friends, but now everyone goes directly to the cafeteria, and he doesn't know if he can find it, so he might as well just send it directly to the cafeteria.
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