Chapter 9
The delicious noodles once again conquered the Snow Wolf Man's stomach. Although the noodles today were not sieved very cleanly and had some tiny bran in them, only Yu Sui could taste them.
The Snow Werewolves couldn't even learn how to make the Tauren's black bread, let alone this kind of noodles that had been developed for thousands of years.
The minotaur's black bread is too hard to chew for those with weak teeth. Even if you pick out the small stones and the like, there will still be countless bran impurities inside.
In other words, the orcs' teeth are hard, while humans' teeth will be greatly worn out if they eat black bread for a long time.
In this world, one can also tell a person's origin by looking at their teeth. Those who can have white and complete teeth are basically nobles. The food eaten by common people is not processed through complex processes, so their teeth will decay before they get old.
Even the Tauren, who were skilled in farming and made their living from it, couldn't even make white bread. Humans hadn't taught the orcs the fermentation process.
After tasting the delicious food, several people roasted their prey with satisfaction.
Yu Sui was also very satisfied. If these people had tasted the delicious food, they would pay more attention to it when he decided to farm next year. Although the other snow wolves had never eaten it, there were always many orcs hanging around his house whenever Yu Sui cooked.
He had originally planned to cultivate some land himself next year and plant crops such as wheat and beans, so that the snow wolves could see how big the gap between the yield of cultivated crops and wild ones was, and how much food could be provided to the tribe if more land was cultivated.
Now he launched a food attack, and seeing how they were drooling every time but couldn't fill their stomachs, Yu Sui thought that if he talked about cultivating land and growing food next year so that every snow wolf could eat such delicious food, he would definitely get a lot of support from the snow wolves.
Xiaochu's belly was round after eating so much, and he lay down on the ground in satisfaction.
Qi sat across from Yu Sui. He looked at him intently and asked, "Are you making this long food out of wheat?"
Yu Sui saw his expression and knew he had noticed something was wrong, so he quickly said, "I used a millstone to peel the wheat and thought I could use it to grind it into powder. I wondered if I could animate it like living mud, and then I made this kind of food. Don't minotaurs know how to make black bread? I'll just call my long noodles."
He saw Qi's expression soften and breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he cautiously probed, "I heard that the Tauren grow wheat. Every harvest time they can harvest a lot of wheat, which is not only enough for their tribe to eat, but can also be used to trade with other tribes. Brother Qi, do you think we can grow our own wheat? That way, our tribe won't have to worry about food even in winter."
Qi's sharp eyebrows furrowed. He pondered for a moment, then turned to Sui and said seriously, "Your idea is good, but we, the Snow Wolf Clan, have never cultivated it before. The method and timing of cultivation are both issues. Furthermore, we, the Snow Wolf Clan, have lived by hunting for thousands of years, so I'm afraid our tribe members wouldn't be willing to give it a try."
"Traditions are meant to be broken! Although we snow wolves are powerful, we often encounter times when we have no prey. If we grow more food that can be stored, we will never have to worry about being hungry. With food in hand, we will not be worried!" Yu Sui retorted.
When he got excited, he leaned in and said, "If we grow our own crops, we will have endless food, and the Snow Wolf people can eat noodles and tofu to their heart's content. Moreover, wheat flour can be used to make a lot of food, such as steamed buns, which are fragrant and soft~" Yu Sui tried hard to paint a big picture.
Qi was a little unaccustomed to him getting so close, and was hesitating when the three big heads of the snow werewolves next to him suddenly came over and said, "Eat all you can eat noodles! And all you can eat tofu too!"
They excitedly crowded around Yu Sui, their burly and powerful bodies blocking his way, and said one after another, "I'll plant, I'll plant. You're absolutely right. This little bit of food isn't even enough to fill my stomach. And that steamed bun, are they really as delicious as you said?"
Yu Sui nodded, "Of course, it's white and soft, can be steamed or baked, and can even be stuffed with meat!"
He thought about the wheat yield and said, "Brother Qi gave me 20 pounds of wheat left. If we start farming, we can use these 20 pounds as seeds. Next year, we can harvest 2,000 pounds! The more seeds, the greater the yield!"
20 kilograms of wheat can be planted on about one mu of land, and the yield per mu is actually less than 2,000 kilograms. He said it was a bit exaggerated, but it was mainly based on reference to other plants in this land. If cultivated carefully, the yield would definitely be greater than what he saw in modern times. Maybe it can really reach 2,000 kilograms per mu.
If they were in animal form now, Ah Shan and Notting would be wagging their tails. Although they didn't know what steaming was, it didn't stop them from imagining how delicious it was.
Yu Sui continued, "The meal we had today used almost 20 kilograms of wheat. Just imagine how many meals we could have with 2,000 kilograms!"
Xu Yangguang smiled and said, "If you want to plant something, Qi is busy and we can help you plant it. I have plenty of energy. Feel free to contact me if you need me."
Notting and Ashan nodded frantically, each imagining how happy they would be if 2,000 kilograms of wheat were all made into delicious noodles.
When Yu Sui and Qi Kaikai talked about farming, it was not just for their own food, but he mainly wanted to persuade Qi to make the tribe pay attention to planting.
Only if he gained the support of the tribe could he get more wheat for seeds. Moreover, he not only wanted to grow wheat, but at least he wanted to grow beans as well. The amount of wild beans collected was far less than the amount of planted beans.
The land of the Snow Wolf Tribe was mostly plains, with abundant grass and fertile soil. Yet, they weren't using it for farming. Seeing someone wasting the land like this made him feel heartbroken. After all, the best black soil he'd ever seen wasn't much better than this. It wasn't an exaggeration to say it was a waste of natural resources.
It was also the first time that Qi knew that the specific output was so high. The food made from only 20 kilograms of wheat was something that they, the snow wolves, could only have a taste of. However, if they were planted, it could actually produce 2,000 kilograms of wheat. This output was completely enough to fill the stomachs of two snow wolves in beast form.
Come to think of it, the Tauren's beast form is no smaller than theirs, they can make a living from this, and live a richer life than other tribes, which is enough to prove that farming is indeed a good choice.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Yu Sui wanted to go up and shake him. You know, primitive tribes will eventually enter agricultural civilization. Whoever develops first will reap the profits first.
The Fantasy Continent is vast and sparsely populated, so such good planting conditions cannot be wasted.
He looked at Xu gratefully and said, "Thank you, Brother Xu. I will definitely come to you first when I make something delicious in the future."
Xu's eyes lit up, and he looked at the others with a smug look, only to be dragged aside by the jealous Notting and Ashan. The Snow Werewolf's fight was too brutal for Xu. He couldn't help but grimace as he listened to the clatter of fists clashing around him.
At this time, Qiye raised his head from his contemplation and said, "What you said is indeed very reasonable. I will definitely convey it to my father. Even if he disagrees, I will support you in farming."
Well, at least half of the goal was achieved, and Yu Sui felt relieved.
It was time to start their barbecue. The other three werewolves stopped fighting, tore off a piece of meat and gave it to Yu Sui and Xiao Chu, saying, "You two cubs need to eat more meat to grow taller and stronger. Look at your small bodies now, you really don't look like orcs at all."
Xiaochu had just eaten a lot of noodles and was helpless looking at the barbecue. Yu Sui was still a little hungry, so he took the piece of barbecue and filled his stomach without hesitation.
He and Xiaochu often went hungry, so their appetites were indeed not as big as those of the other cubs.
After eating and drinking, several snow wolves left Yu Sui's house and returned to their own homes.
On the way, Xu saw Qi looking thoughtful and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about, Qi?"
Qi looked back in Yu Sui's direction with complicated eyes and said nothing.
Xu thought he was still thinking about farming, so he advised: "If the cub wants to make trouble, just help him. He also wants to get more food for the tribe."
Notting also said: "I didn't like eating these minotaur foods before. They were all the same, dry, hard and hard to swallow. I remember I got choked when I was a cub. The food made by Yu Sui is different. I can even eat noodles without barbecue." This is the highest praise in the heart of the snow wolf.
Thinking of the noodles Yu Sui had made, Ah Shan couldn't help but swallow. He really wanted to taste the steamed buns Yu Sui had mentioned. But he felt a little embarrassed about constantly going to the cub's house to eat and drink. He remembered that at the Spring Market this year, his mother had also traded animal skins for a lot of food.
It's just right that I'll go find Yu Sui to make tofu tomorrow, and bring him all the food from home.
Qi didn't say anything. Farming was secondary. The main thing was Yu Sui. He had changed so much. It wasn't just that he could suddenly cook delicious food, but more importantly, his eyes had changed.
They couldn't see it, but in the past, Yu Sui's eyes looked at him as hot as flames. As long as Yu Sui was around, he could feel Yu Sui's eyes sticking to him no matter what he did, which made him uncomfortable.
Even when he and Yu Sui sat together now, he could no longer sense that gaze. Even when Yu Sui asked him for help, his eyes were clear and bright, as if all those heavy emotions had suddenly disappeared without a trace.
He didn't know whether this change was good or bad. Could a heavy rain really change a person's character? Qi pondered silently.
Yu Sui didn't know what Qi was thinking. He got up the next morning full of energy and brought the soaked beans to the stone mill one by one.
Xiaochu was responsible for carrying river water for him, and together they ground several large basins of soy milk. Looking at these oversized stone basins, Yu Sui estimated that the soy milk could make 700 to 800 kilograms of tofu, which would satisfy everyone's cravings.
He took out a clean linen cloth and filtered the soy milk into the pot to boil. He collected the filtered bean dregs and saved them to make bean dregs cakes. He didn't save the little bit yesterday, but today there was a lot of bean dregs cakes, so it would be a pity to throw it away.
When he was in his hometown, many people used bean dregs to feed pigs, but now he has to eat them himself.
But even if he wanted to feed pigs, there were no pigs for him to feed. He originally wanted to try breeding them, but the fighting power of the animals here was quite incredible. Later, he would slowly find some ordinary beasts without magic like the chicken he caught that day and try to breed them.
Otherwise, it would be like the gray rabbit that day. He would have to build a very sturdy cage to raise that kind of rabbit. A thorn in the earth could easily knock the cage away.
When Ashan brought Qi over, Yu Sui had already turned the first can of soy milk into tofu pudding. When he saw the two of them, he handed each of them a bowl of tofu pudding for them to taste, and added some honey on it.
The tofu pudding melted in his mouth, and the honey added made it sweet and smooth. After tasting it, Ah Shan became more determined to help Yu Sui farm.
He also collected all the food in the house, which amounted to several large bags. Because he didn't like to eat them, he couldn't quite remember the names of them. He just remembered that they irritated his throat when he cooked porridge with them, so he simply brought them all to Yu Sui. After all, Yu Sui could make such unpalatable wheat delicious, so these should all be turned into delicious food.
Yu Sui collected all the grains with surprise. In addition to glutinous rice and wheat, there were also rice, sorghum and buckwheat. Not to mention that rice could be made into his favorite cooked rice, sorghum could also be used to make white wine. It was a good thing!
But Ah Shan had brought all the food from home to him, and he didn't know if he would get beaten when he got back. Ah Shan hadn't married yet, so he didn't live separately. It would be funny to think that someone this big would get beaten, Yu Sui thought unscrupulously.
Qi came here with Ashan on his own initiative today. After drinking a bowl of tofu pudding, he started to help.
With their joining, Yu Sui's work was indeed much easier. He only had to be responsible for making the tofu. The rest of the work of filtering the soy milk and moving stones to press the tofu was done by Qi and Ashan.
The tofu needs to wait for a while. Yu Sui is thinking about his brick-making business. He roughly set up the wood kiln yesterday, and today he wants to lay some bricks.
He also made the mold for making bricks out of wooden boards. He planned to make it directly by the river, which was close to the water source and he wouldn't have to run too far to get the mud.
Thinking about it, he felt a little regretful that he built the wood kiln here. If he had known earlier, he would have built it by the river.
But bricks are always easier to move than mud. He glanced at the bronzed muscles of Qi and Ashan. It would be a shame not to use such strong arms to tumble mud.
Ashan was easier to fool than Qi. He put on a smile like the Big Bad Wolf coaxing Little Red Riding Hood and said, "Brother Ashan, the tofu will have to wait for a few hours. Let's go to the river to play. You're strong, can you give me a hand?"
Ah Shan reluctantly withdrew his gaze from the basket and agreed without hesitation. He was even proud of himself because Yu Sui praised his strength and went to him first instead of Qi.
The simple-minded Ashan also called Qi and followed Yu Sui to the river.
Yu Sui turned his hands into sharp claws, dug a hole in the earth, and dug out the soil.
Seeing this, Ashan thought that he was going to dig a hole for fun like the little cubs in the tribe, so he changed into a beast form, squatted down, stretched out his big hairy claws, revealing the snow-white tips, and stabbed them into the soil a few times, digging a huge deep hole for him.
Seeing this, Xiaochu excitedly jumped in and rolled around in the pit.
Yu Sui helplessly threw a small stone at Xiaochu's head. Was this a werewolf or a husky? It dug such a big hole so quickly. Thinking about the werewolf's fur, he suddenly realized why it was so good at destroying things.
But Ashan did help him a lot. He dug out a large pile of soil for Yu Sui.
Yu Sui found some reeds nearby and weaved a simple large basket. He then jumped on it and crushed the clods of earth into pieces.
It turns out that he didn't like playing in the dirt pit and wanted to play with the soil. Ashan also realized it.
There were some cubs playing by the river. When they saw the pile of earth and the big pit dug by Ashan, they ran over happily. Some of them jumped into the pit and hugged Xiaochu and rolled around, while a few others jumped on the pile of earth with Yu Sui.
A bunch of furry little wolf cubs were jumping and rolling around energetically. They were very strong and soon helped Yu Sui to trample the pile of dirt.
The next step was to filter the soil. Yu Sui asked Ashan to hold the large basket, and he dug the soil into it while letting Ashan shake it up and down.
A Shan lit it obediently, and the dirt in the basket was immediately thrown all over the sky, especially Yu Sui in front of him, whose head was full of dirt.
"Hahaha!" Ashan laughed out loud without any hesitation.
"Brother Ashan, can you please control your strength..." Yu Sui spat out two mouthfuls of dirt and said helplessly.
"Let me do it." Qi Mo watched silently for a while, then took the basket from Ashan's hand and said.
He scooped some dirt into the basket, controlling the force and tentatively tossing it up and down, only lifting it slightly, without letting it fly. After a few more tosses, he knew how much force to use, filtering out the rocks and lumps from the pile and dumping it aside.
As expected of the protagonist, he has a good brain, Yu Sui thought. He was one of the few Snow Werewolves who was good at using his brain.
It was also his first time to make bricks, and he didn't know how many bricks could be placed in the wood-fired kiln he built, so he made a few more.
Gather the filtered soil together, dig a hole in the center, and pour in river water. Gradually add the outer circle of soil inward until the entire pile is completely filled in. Keep the entire pile moist but dry. This is the first step of Yin soil.
Next it was time to step on the mud. He had made too much mud, so it was difficult to put enough force on it with one foot. He had to step on it with his whole body, as the mud on the shady side was sticky and difficult to step on.
Just when I was struggling, a voice came from my ear, "What do you want to do next? I'll help you."
Yu Sui was startled. It turned out that Qi had stood behind him without him noticing.
"I want to trample this mud into something like yesterday's dough," Yu Sui replied.
Qi raised his long and powerful legs to step on the wet mud for him.
When he had almost finished stepping on it, Yu Sui called him to stop and looked at the mud ball in front of him with satisfaction.
He lifted the big mud ball above his head and slammed it to the ground, repeating this several times. Seeing this, Ah Shan couldn't help but say, "This is fun, let me try it!"
He also raised the mud ball above his head, and when he was about to throw it down, Yu Sui hurriedly called him, saying that the snow wolf-man had stood up for nearly ten meters, so he should not smash it into pieces anymore, and he had to pick it up everywhere.
"Lower, lower, half way down!" he shouted.
Ah Shan obediently lowered his altitude and threw away the mud ball in his hand. He did this several times.
With this kind of force, this is probably the quality of mud produced by modern industrialization.
Yu Sui was satisfied and used molds to make bricks from the mud. He placed them a little further away from the river, otherwise they would be too moist and difficult to dry.
In the eyes of the cubs, this action was much more interesting than falling and stepping in the mud just now, and they all came over to ask for help.
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