Chapter 107 Pearl Rice
Meng Shi’s illness was just a false alarm, a mere cold, and Jian Mo cured it quickly.
When the news spread, people from several nearby tribes came to Jian Mo to cure their colds. All they had to do was give him a piece of animal meat, two bird eggs, or animal hair collected in a basket. Jian Mo didn’t ask for much, but it could greatly relieve the patient’s discomfort.
Everyone was willing to come.
After coming, they could also chat with the people of the Riverside Tribe and exchange information.
Jian Mo had gained experience in curing colds for the beastmen, and also obtained several exclusive herbal formulas.
He screened and tested them, and finally prepared a very good prescription, which could almost cure colds.
His medicine was good, and it spread among several nearby tribes.
He didn't collect many supplies to begin with, and the medicine was effective, so now more people were willing to come to him for treatment.
Jian Mo was not very good at treating beastmen and sub-beastmen, but as he saw more patients, he accumulated more experience, obtained more secret recipes, and his medical skills became more sophisticated.
It was difficult to go out on rainy days, so Jian Mo was free and simply germinated the flour grass.
The dormancy period of flour grass was shorter than he had imagined, and this time the germination was quite successful. In just a few days, three-inch-long seedlings emerged.
He simply added stems and boiled flour bud candy, and also made a batch of nut candy.
All the nuts were collected this year, the freshest nuts in the mountains. After picking them back, the outer shells were peeled off, the bitter fruit skins were removed, and they were finely fried over low heat and crushed, then added to the sweet flour grass candy to make a fragrant and crispy snack.
Not to mention other people, even the well-informed Jian Mo couldn't help but drool when faced with such luxurious candy.
On this day, it was still raining, and Jian Mo was too lazy to go out, so he took a nap at home.
He had just fallen asleep when someone called him outside.
Jian Mo had no choice but to get up and walk to the window to see who was coming.
The one knocking on the door was a group of cubs, including human-shaped cubs, kittens, wolves, foxes, etc., huddled together, all looking up at their little faces waiting for him to come out.
Seeing Jian Mo open the window, the cubs all looked up and shouted, "Brother Jian Mo--"
Jian Mo: "What's the matter?"
The cubs: "There are new beastmen coming to the river, and the chief wants you to go over."
Probably someone who came to see the doctor, Jian Mo sighed for the nap he had sacrificed, and said to the cubs, "I'll be there right away, thank you for the news."
The cubs got the response, waved happily, and skipped away.
Jian Mo put on his clothes and shoes, put on a hat and went out.
Before he reached the river, he saw Wu Jiong and Qing Kuang standing there talking to someone, and the object of the conversation was-a group of fat chicks?
Jian Mo suspected that he was not awake yet, rubbed his eyes and looked across.
There was really a group of fat chicks across the way, they looked especially like tits, but they were very big, only a circle smaller than chicks.
Wild birds don't act like this. Most of the wild birds Jian Mo has seen are about the same size as birds on Earth.
Could it be a domesticated mount by a certain tribe?
When Jian Mo got closer, he soon realized that he was overthinking.
The group of fat birds can talk, and they are now chattering in orcish. There is no way they are mounts.
Wait, aren't all the beasts in the orc world mammals?
The beasts facing Wu Jiong and the others are obviously birds. Looking at the big wings and pointed beaks, they should have nothing to do with mammals.
Jian Mo was puzzled and surprised.
Before he could ask, the people he was chatting with noticed him first and turned around.
"Doctor Jian Mo..." The bird-shaped beastmen on the opposite side started to chatter, "We are from the Baizhi tribe. We heard that you wanted rice, so we brought rice here."
The petite sub-beastmen sitting on the bird-shaped beastmen stood up, looked at Jian Mo, and handed over a delicate backpack: "Doctor Jian Mo, take a look, is this the rice you want?"
Jian Mo looked at Wu Jiong first, Wu Jiong nodded, and Jian Mo walked over quickly.
The sub-beastmen of the Baizhi tribe smiled at Jian Mo.
These sub-beastmen all had petite looks, very white skin, pink lips, brown eyebrows, and high facial folds. They looked very good.
Jian Mo responded with a friendly smile and reached out to take the basket: "Let me see."
Taking the heavy basket in his hand, Jian Mo saw a basket of white grains the size of corn kernels. They did look a bit like rice grains, but they were much larger than rice grains.
These grains felt smooth and round, and they felt heavy in the hand. They had a very good texture and looked very good.
After checking, Jian Mo asked, "Can I taste it?"
The Yashou people of the Baizhi tribe said generously, "Sure, go ahead."
Jian Mo grabbed a grain, put it between his teeth and bit it gently.
The grain was a bit hard, and you could taste a faint sweetness of starch. It really tasted like rice.
I just don't know what it will be like after it is cooked?
The people of Baizhi tribe looked at Jian Mo expectantly: "How is it?"
Jian Mo asked his doubts: "It tastes good. What will it taste like after it is cooked?"
The people of Baizhi tribe looked at each other, unable to describe it: "This..."
Someone suggested: "It's really hard to say, why don't you try cooking it, Doctor Jian Mo?"
Jian Mo: "Then why don't you come down first, and we can talk while we cook?"
The people of Baizhi tribe thought about it and agreed.
After cleaning up, the sub-beasts of the Baizhi tribe jumped off the orcs, and their orcs turned their backs and turned back into human form.
Both orcs and sub-beasts looked lively and a little jumping.
It might be related to their smaller size.
Jian Mo invited them to sit at his home, and the people of Baizhi tribe agreed.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong took them home, sat them in the living room, and served them tea.
Qing Kuang and his friends also came to keep them company and to inquire about the news.
After a round of tea, everyone got to know each other better.
The people of Baizhi tribe talked about the cooking method of this kind of grain.
After listening to their opinions, Jian Mo took them into the kitchen and cooked it according to the method of cooking rice.
The people of Baizhi tribe were very curious about Jian Mo's kitchen, especially the big iron pot in their house.
Jian Mo gave a brief introduction, which caused the people of Baizhi tribe to exclaim in amazement.
The rice in the pot was cooked quickly, and it was crystal clear and shiny after cooking, which looked really good.
Jian Mo put it into a bowl and tasted it with Wu Jiong and others. They could clearly taste the sweetness in the rice.
Compared with the rice on Earth, this rice is no different except that the grains are bigger.
There was a hint of surprise in Jian Mo's eyes, but he suppressed it when he looked up again - it would be bad for business if he showed too much joy.
Wu Jiong knew what he was thinking as soon as he saw his expression, and he paused, wanting to ask the Baizhi tribe about the terms of the exchange.
Jian Mo quickly glanced over, indicating that he would ask.
Jian Mo first asked the people of the Baizhi tribe: "What does the plant that grows this kind of rice look like?"
The people of the Baizhi tribe spoke one after another:
"It's just a big wild grass with wide leaves, tall, and sharp leaves."
"It can only be found in some special places, not in ordinary places."
"The rice you are talking about is the seeds of that plant, which have to be picked one by one, and it is quite difficult to pick."
When Jian Mo heard this, he knew that the exchange price would definitely not be low.
He pondered for a moment: "What do you want to exchange? If the exchange is too much, then we can't afford it. After all, it's just food."
Jian Mo's intention to lower the price was also obvious.
After hearing this, the people of the Baizhi tribe said:
"We don't need supplies."
"If we exchange for supplies, we don't have to fly all the way to your tribe."
Jian Mo was surprised: "Then how do you want to exchange?"
The people of the Baizhi tribe hesitated: "Can a few orcs come back with us and help beat up the orcs from the neighboring tribe?"
Jian Mo: "???"
Qing Kuo: "???"
Even Wu Jiong, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but tremble his pupils and showed an expression that was difficult to understand.
Wu Jiong opened his mouth and was about to speak.
Jian Mo grabbed him and decisively rejected the people of Baizhi Tribe: "No, we, the Riverside Tribe, cannot get involved in the disputes of other tribes."
The people of Baizhi Tribe looked at each other and said, "Really? We only want to exchange this, not the other."
Qing Kuang couldn't help but said, "What's wrong with your neighboring tribe?"
The people of Baizhi Tribe: "Our neighboring tribe is very annoying, they always steal our stocks."
"That's right, we have built our homes on the mountains, and they still steal!"
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong looked at each other, suspecting that these guys were implying that they had robbed the nests of honeyeaters.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Jian Mo didn't dare to say anything.
Qing Kuang wondered, "Where is your tribe? Are there any tribes nearby that bully other tribes?"
The people of Baizhi Tribe: "Have you heard of the Yuqi Tribe?"
Qing Kuang shook his head.
The people of Baizhi tribe named several tribes in one breath: "Fanbing tribe? Jiunian tribe? Yunxia tribe?"
When they mentioned the last tribe, Qingkuang nodded: "I know the Yunxia tribe, it's a little past the Tianning tribe."
Baizhi tribe: "Yes, yes, the news that you want this plant you call rice was gradually passed to our tribe from the Yunxia tribe. The ones who bullied us are the Yuqi tribe."
Qingkuang: "Are they just stealing your things? Is there a mortal feud?"
Tribes are generally friendly with each other. After all, everyone's fertility rate is not high and their killing power is high. If they are not friendly, it is easy for them to die in the mutual slaughter.
People from Baizhi Tribe:
"It's not a mortal enemy, they are so hateful, we just want to teach them a lesson."
"They always bully us because our beast forms are smaller and we can't beat them."
"Their cubs have started practicing bird hunting, just want to beat us, we won't accept it until they are defeated!"
Jian Mo listened to their chattering and felt that this group of guys should not be the type with deep scheming.
It sounds quite youthful.
Jian Mo pondered for a moment: "Do you just want to use this batch of rice to exchange for our help?"
The people of Baizhi Tribe said in unison: "Yes!!!"
Jian Mo: "We have some things at home, why don't you take a look first?"
When the people of Baizhi Tribe heard this, some wanted to refuse, while others couldn't help but be curious.
They exchanged glances with each other, and finally an orc nodded, indicating that he wanted to take a look.
So Jian Mo went up to the second floor and took out scissors, daggers, saws, tweezers, scalpels and other metal tools from the box.
These metal tools were carefully made by their tribe, and every line was finely polished with stones, and every blade was sharp.
After getting consent, the people of the Baizhi tribe took the tools in their hands and looked at them. They could feel the coldness, delicateness, heaviness, and smooth shape. At first glance, they were fine works of craftsmanship that were carefully made.
Some people stared at them with their eyes wide open, unable to move their gazes.
Seeing them like this, Jian Mo asked again: "We still have a batch of glass, do you want to exchange it?"
As he said that, Qing Kuan and his friends took the initiative to help, and went to the second floor of Jian Mo's house to carry down three boxes.
The boxes were filled with blue, yellow and red translucent glass respectively.
These colored glasses were crystal clear and more shocking than any natural gems - natural gems are not that big.
When the people of the Baizhi tribe saw these glasses, their eyes were almost glued to them.
Jian Mo suppressed the smile on his lips.
He knew that these glasses had a fatal attraction to the beastmen and sub-beastmen.
Previously, Ah Hu had worn a string of colored glass necklaces during the Beast Festival. With this necklace and his outfit at the time, he directly won the title of "the most popular beastman".
Seeing that they no longer dared to breathe loudly, Jian Mo said, "I remember that our family made a batch of nut flour grass candy. If you don't want to exchange these handicrafts, how about exchanging candy?"
The people of the Baizhi tribe looked at metal utensils, and looked at glass. It seemed that they could not hear Jian Mo's words at all.
Jian Mo took out a plate of nut flour grass candy and said to them, "This is the kind of sweet candy. The nuts inside are very fragrant and go well with sugar. I'll cut some for you to taste."
The main reason why he made nut flour grass candy was because sugar was too rare. Putting some nuts in it could use less sugar.
The candy with nuts is relatively easy to cut.
Wu Jiong took out a dagger and cut the large piece of candy into thumb-sized pieces in a few strokes, and distributed them to each member of the Baizhi tribe.
No one was willing to refuse the free candy.
The people of the Baizhi tribe threw the nut candy into their mouths, tasted it, and then looked at the nut candy again.
This kind of candy with the aroma of nuts and the sweet taste of candy is really delicious!
They winked at each other.
Even if no one spoke, Jian Mo knew what they were thinking.
They must be thinking: I want this, I want that, I want everything, what should I do?
The people of the Baizhi tribe were almost forgetting their previous requests, and all their attention was on the things Jian Mo took out.
Jian Mo only gave them a choice and asked, "What do you think? Do you want to exchange for metal utensils, glass, or nut flour candy?"
The people of Baizhi tribe hesitated.
Just when they were about to speak, Jian Mo said, "Rice is a collected product. I see you only brought three baskets. I can only exchange you for a small metal utensils, a large glass, and three plates of nut flour candy."
The people of Baizhi tribe hesitated even more. They looked at the things Jian Mo brought out, and they were reluctant to give up any of them.
The people of Baizhi tribe asked, "Can we discuss it?"
Jian Mo made a "please" gesture and said, "Of course, you can come to me after you have discussed it."
Hearing this, the people of Baizhi tribe rushed to the yard, put their arms around each other's shoulders, and formed a circle.
They jumped up and down while discussing, like a group of chirping birds.
Jian Mo and his friends didn't need to eavesdrop to hear their thoughts clearly.
"Let's exchange it for nut flour candy. It's hard to share other things."
"I think so too. We can exchange it for nut flour candy. We can take some back to the tribe and divide the rest now."
"Humph, you're always looking at food. That's too useless! Food will be gone after it's eaten. Exchange it for metal utensils or glass, which can be used for a long time in the future." "
But it's not easy to share! Even if we take it back and give it to the tribe, who will take care of it?" "
I think Doctor Jian Mo likes rice. How about we exchange it for nut flour candy first, and then pick more after we go back--"
"Shh, keep your voice down, they can hear you."
"Nut flour candy, I want to exchange it for this! Otherwise, we can exchange the rice we picked for candy, and then what do you want to exchange for the rest of the rice you picked?"
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Qing Kuang listened to the conversation outside, lowered his voice and said to Jian Mo: "It's done."
Jian Mo: "I think so too."
Qing Kuang sighed: "It feels like they are bullied not only because they are small."
Jian Mo: "Actually, they are not very small, just a little smaller than Jiujiu. What if the tribe that bullies them is also that small?"
Qing Kuang: "It's really possible."
While Jian Mo and the others were chatting in the house, the people of the Baizhi tribe finally discussed the rules outside.
They wanted to exchange for nut flour grass candy and a knife first, and then go back to the tribe to carry rice, and then exchange the rest with Jian Mo.
Jian Mo happily agreed.
The people of the Baizhi tribe liked the things they exchanged from Jian Mo very much, and flew away after the exchange.
They came quickly and left quickly.
It seems that flying beastmen do have advantages.
Jian Mo said to Wu Jiong: "I didn't expect that there are beastmen whose beast forms look like this."
Wu Jiong: "They are also beasts, all born from sub-beasts, but their beast forms are indeed special."
Jian Mo thought of the platy beasts on Earth and could only say: "There are so many wonders in the world, I've learned a lot."
Qing Kuang listened to their chat and couldn't help but interrupt: "Look at the rice you mentioned."
Jian Mo was refreshed: "Here it comes."
The people of the Baizhi tribe brought a total of three baskets of rice, one of which was ground and the outer shell was removed, so it could be eaten directly, and the other two baskets were still in the shell.
Jian Mo grabbed a handful of rice with the shell in his palm and took a look.
This kind of rice has a very smooth surface, a bit like pearls.
Pinch open the outer shell and you will find the rice he is familiar with.
Jian Mo: "How about naming this rice pearl rice? I think it looks like pearls, and it's pretty."
Naturally, other people would have no objection to the supplies he exchanged.
Qing Kuang: "I wonder if it can be planted?"
Jian Mo pinched the rice to show them: "I think it might be possible. You can see that there are umbilicus on the side."
Qing Kuang: "It seems so. It looks a bit like beans."
Jian Mo: "Then I will try to germinate it in two days, and also germinate the bean sprouts, and see if I can plant some beans around the fence."
The beans are pretty when they bloom, so it's not a waste to plant some.
Jian Mo received the pearl rice and was very happy.
One basket of pearl rice had already been husked and could not be stored for a long time. He planned to make rice and eat it while it was fresh.
If you want to pair it with rice, you naturally need a strong dish.
Jian Mo wanted to make a pot of braised pork to go with it.
For this purpose, Jian Mo specially asked De Jiang to catch an arrow bone beast.
Ban Ming and his men could also catch the arrow-bone beast, but as the strongest of the cat-like beastmen in the tribe, Dejiang was the best hunter. For
Dejiang, catching the arrow-bone beast was probably like a cat catching a mouse.
Jian Mo asked him to do it that day, and he delivered it that night.
Jian Mo used the arrow-bone beast to make braised pork.
The meat, which was half fat and half lean, was squeezed to extract the oil, fried with sugar color, and stewed with spices. It was bubbling in the big pot for a long time, until it was trembling, the fat was slightly melted, and the lean meat was a beautiful sauce color, and then sprinkled with chopped green onions and served. When
the meat was served on the table, Jian Mo sniffed and felt like he was about to cry.
He called Wu Jiong: "Come on, scoop a spoonful of soup and pour it on the rice before eating."
Wu Jiong held out the bowl: "Okay."
Jian Mo couldn't wait to mix the rice with the gravy, then picked up a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth, and then took a big mouthful of rice.
The braised pork was tender and fragrant, and the rice was oily and sweet. The combination of the two completely achieved the effect of one plus one being far greater than two.
Jian Mo exhaled a breath of hot air, and almost burst into tears: "I just want to eat this braised pork with rice, I have wanted to eat it for a long time."
Wu Jiong knew.
Wu Jiong gave him a large piece of meat: "When the people from the Baizhi tribe come next time, we will exchange some more."
Jian Mo: "Exchange! We will exchange as much as they bring! I wonder if we can plant more this year? If we can, we can plant more, so that we won't be short of rice to eat."
If we can live in the orc world and have enough refined rice and flour, what a wonderful life it would be!
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