Chapter 123: Gaining Knowledge
The people of the Baizhi tribe swept the fallen leaves together, and then sifted them with a wooden sieve, and the round, translucent objects fell down.
Jian Mo reached out and picked one up, then held it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully for several times, but still couldn't recognize it: "What is this?"
The Asian Beastmen said happily:
"A kind of particularly delicious insect eggs."
"It's only available in this season. If you come a few days earlier or later, you won't be able to eat it."
"Actually, you can eat it raw. Doctor Jian Mo, do you want to try it?"
When Jian Mo heard them say it was insect eggs, he guessed that what he had in his hand was insect eggs. He was immediately insensitive to this thing and reminded: "No, you'd better not eat raw food. It's risky."
The Asian Beastmen nodded in unison: "We know, we rarely eat it now."
Jian Mo emphasized: "It's best not to eat it."
The Asian Beastmen said happily: "Got it."
The insect eggs were sieved out, about half a basket full.
The beastmen were so greedy that their mouths were almost watering.
One beastman suggested: "Let's go dig some pearl rice roots and boil them in water?"
Other beastmen responded: "Yes, we have to dig some, otherwise our throats will be hoarse after eating fried insect eggs."
Someone turned around and asked Jian Mo and Wu Jiong: "Doctor Jian Mo, are you going?"
Jian Mo was thinking that they were quite healthy, but when he heard the invitation, he nodded decisively: "Go! We haven't seen what wild pearl rice plants look like."
The beastmen: "Actually, they look like ordinary weeds, nothing special."
Everyone said so, and when they heard that Jian Mo and his friends were interested, they still took them to the mountains.
The Asian beasts introduced along the way:
"If you want, you can exchange some pearl rice back."
"Pearl rice can be kept for a long time, and it can be kept longer if it is not husked."
"If you think it is too troublesome to carry it back, we can also help you carry it back if you exchange a lot."
Jian Mo smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about it after we go back."
The Asian beasts became more positive: "Then it's a deal."
Because there was business to discuss next, the Asian beasts' steps became lighter.
Everyone jumped and led Jian Mo and his friends up the mountain. In some steep and difficult sections, their hands turned into big wings, flapping their wings and carrying their bodies suspended.
Soon, they flapped their wings skillfully and flew up.
Jian Mo's eyes widened in shock: "Is it possible?!"
The beastmen were gliding in front and didn't hear clearly, they just heard him speak and turned around to look: "What?"
Jian Mo pointed at them: "You can fly?"
The beastmen were puzzled: "What's wrong? Can't people in your tribe also grow ears, claws, tails and so on? Of course we can fly?"
Before he finished speaking, a beastman added: "No, we can't fly." We can only glide for a short distance. If we go far, we won’t be able to fly.”
This was already shocking enough. Jian Mo’s tone was full of disbelief: “I didn’t expect it.”
The beastmen laughed in understanding: “It’s like this. When you go to other tribes, you can always see a lot of magical things. I used to see other beastmen can turn into claws, which I also felt was quite strange.” The beastmen
jumped and flew, walking very briskly.
Jian Mo was not so good. Climbing a mountain is tiring in itself, and climbing a mountain quickly is even more tiring. After climbing for a while, he was so tired that he was panting and could hardly keep up.
Wu Jiong turned back into a giant wolf and carried him up the mountain. Only then did the two of them begin to keep up with the beastmen.
They climbed over the top of the mountain and when they were going down the other side, the Asian beastmen pointed out the pearl rice plants to Jian Mo: "That's the pearl rice. Some of them are early, and they should be ripe now. Let's go and take a look."
Jian Mo saw a large group of plants from a distance and pointed with his finger: "Those?"
The Asian beastman in the lead: "Yes. I see fruits on them. Let's go quickly."
A group of Asian beastmen flew and jumped and soon approached the group of plants.
Jian Mo looked at it and couldn't help saying: "You call this grass?"
This plant is almost taller and bigger than a bunch of bamboo. No, bamboo is still a little taller, but grass two or three meters high is really rare.
The Asian beastmen have already approached the plants.
An orc jumped up, hung his hands on the plant, and used his body weight to pull down the tip of the plant to make it easier for his companions to collect it: "Yes, look how thin it is?"
Jian Mo looked at the grass stalk that was thicker than the orc's wrist, and he didn't feel how thin it was.
The ear of pearl rice was not very long, and one ear was only as long as an arm. The pearl rice on it was also sparse, but the rice grains were large. The
dry pearl rice that the people of the Baizhi tribe gave him before was the size of corn kernels, and these fresh pearl rice were almost as big as lotus seeds. You could get a handful by pulling a ear.
Jian Mo looked at the Yashou people plucking rice diligently and couldn't help showing envy: "You have such a rich product here."
The stems of the Riverside Tribe were more numerous, and the texture and taste were far inferior to the pearl rice. The people of the Baizhi Tribe were happier.
"It's OK, at least it's enough for us to eat."
Jian Mo praised: "That's great."
He finally understood why the people of the Baizhi Tribe were always so naive and naive. In this situation where there was no shortage of food, a group of people who ate and slept, slept and played, it was really hard for them to be serious and deep.
The Yabeastmen quickly plucked the ripe pearl rice from this cluster: "Okay, let the rest grow a little longer, we'll go to the next place."
Jian Mo: "Wait, don't you still want to dig the roots of the pearl rice?"
"Yes, but we have to dig the cluster closest to the tribe. It's too far here, and it's so tiring to carry it all the way back."
The Yabeastmen took Jian Mo and Wu Jiong back and picked a lot of pearl rice on the way. In just half a day, they picked four and a half baskets.
When they had almost picked all the pearl rice, they dug some white and tender roots from the cluster closest to the tribe and took them back to the tribe.
When they returned to the tribe, most of the beastmen had already returned.
The group of fat chicks did not change into human form either, but played a game similar to "Eagle Catches Chicken" with the chicks in their beast form.
Ying Ao acted as an eagle, flapping his wings to chase the fat chicks.
The fat chicks were very agile, and not only was Ying Ao difficult to catch, but the chicks also kept getting close to Ying Ao and actively offered themselves to him.
Ying Ao did not want to catch the chicks, so he had to hide from it and chase other fat chicks.
So, the flying beasts and fat chicks in the sky were divided into three groups, one group that escaped, one group that chased, and one group that tried to scam them.
They laughed in the air, and their laughter could be heard from far away.
Jian Mo watched for a while and couldn't help but said to Wu Jiong: "Is Jiujiu stupid? Ying Ao doesn't even want to chase it, but it still goes up."
Wu Jiong: "Jiujiu may just like to play like this."
Jian Mo took another look: "I think it's stupid, silly Jiujiu."
Silly Jiujiu was sharp-eyed and deaf. When he saw Jian Mo and the others and heard them mention his name, he immediately ignored the game and flew down and jumped beside them: "Jiujiu!"
Jian Mo couldn't help but smile and pulled Jiujiu's wings to comfort him: "Stop jumping."
Jiujiu: "Jiu——"
Ying Ao also flew down and landed silently on the other side.
Wu Jiong patted Ying Ao gently and said hello to it.
When the fat birds saw the people coming back, they all landed and leaned over to see what the Asian Beastmen had harvested: "What did you pick?"
The Asian Beastmen raised their baskets: "Guess?"
The fat birds: "We can't guess. Wait, insect eggs! You actually picked insect eggs and brought them back?"
One Asian Beastman said proudly: "That's right, we've been watching for half a month. As soon as we saw the branch-hugging insects land on the tree, we started watching. As soon as they laid eggs, we went to hit the tree." The fat birds
boasted: "Great! Shall we eat this tonight?"
The Asian Beastmen: "Of course."
The people of the Baizhi tribe all got busy, carrying out the clay pots and firewood, and everyone, young and old, helped together.
Jian Mo watched and found that the food of their tribe was mixed together for eating, unlike the Riverside Tribe, where food would be divided among individuals and each family would cook separately.
While Jian Mo was pondering, the people of the Baizhi Tribe had already poured the washed insect eggs into a large earthenware pot and began to blanch them.
Jian Mo went over to join in the fun.
He saw that they added coarse salt and spices to remove the fishy smell when blanching the insect eggs, and only picked them up after they were fully cooked and placed them in a large wooden basin to cool.
After they cooled down a little, everyone went up to help peel off the outer shells of the insect eggs.
After the outer shells were peeled off, the eggs inside were round, like egg whites, and a little translucent, but soft when pinched.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong helped to peel the insect eggs and put them in the drain basket beside them.
Turning around, Jian Mo found that they had set up several large clay pots at the same time. Some were marinating meat, some were cooking rice, and some were cutting vegetables. Although there were many things to do, there was a sense of beauty in the orderliness.
The chief of the Baizhi tribe, Zuozhi, came back and greeted them: "Doctor Jian Mo, Chief Wu Jiong."
Wu Jiong nodded, and Jian Mo smiled and said: "We are here to eat today."
Zuozhi: "Welcome, eat more later."
Jian Mo: "Then we won't be polite."
While they were talking, the insect eggs had been processed, and someone brought out a large oil pot and started to light a fire to slowly fry the insect eggs.
When the frying was almost done, they poured a kind of powder into it.
When the fragrance came out, Jian Mo smelled it, it was garlic powder.
Jian Mo was surprised: "You have garlic powder here too?!"
Zuozhi guessed what he was talking about as soon as he heard it: "We often fly out and have been to the Qinhai tribe."
Jian Mo: "Yeah, we also exchanged a lot of garlic powder from the Qinhai tribe. We like their garlic powder very much."
Zuozhi: "It's just a little bitter. It takes several times to get rid of the bitterness."
Jian Mo couldn't help it: "Wait, you can use deep frying to remove the bitterness?"
Zuozhi: "I found it after trying a few more times. We used to blanch it in water, but later we found that blanching didn't work. What happened?"
Jian Mo: "Just, We finally figured out that frying can remove the bitterness."
Another beastman from the Baizhi tribe poked his head out: "It's useless for the people from the Qinhai tribe to hide it, we figured it out as soon as we tried it, haha."
Jian Mo gave a thumbs up: "You are amazing, we are already planting it, and we will see if we can grow large-leaf garlic that is not bitter in a few years."
Jiuzhi: "If you grow it, please give us some."
Jian Mo: "Okay!"
Soon, the meal of the Baizhi tribe was ready, and everyone sat cross-legged on the grass. All the dishes were laid out in a row, like a banquet, and even Jiujiu and Yingao sat at the end of the table.
The friendly beastmen placed large food bowls in front of them.
Jian Mo felt something was wrong, but the fat birds didn't care:
"Let's play together and eat together."
"Doctor Jian Mo, Chief Wu Jiong, you guys should try the eggs. The eggs of the branch-holding bug are delicious. They are the most delicious of all the eggs."
"Yes, yes, yes, Doctor Jian Mo, you guys are welcome. Just scoop them with a spoon."
Before Jian Mo and the others could make a move, the enthusiastic beastmen beside him scooped a large spoonful of eggs into each of their bowls.
Jian Mo no longer minded eating all kinds of strange foods. He scooped one with a spoon and tasted it.
The eggs were fried very crispy, dry, with a light salty taste, and the garlic powder on the outside was also very fragrant. It tasted like pure protein, with a little light fragrance, and was very delicious.
Jian Mo has eaten insects several times since coming here, and he has to admit that this kind of insect eggs is indeed the most delicious insect food, delicate and crispy, with a mouthful of protein and a hint of fat.
He looked at the others, who were reluctant to scoop up a large spoonful each time, and only scooped up a few each time, so he was too embarrassed to scoop up a second spoonful.
In addition to the fragrant fried insect eggs, there were also regular dishes such as cold mixed vegetables, braised meat, and fried fish on the table.
The cooking skills of the Baizhi tribe were good, and the rice made from pearl rice was also delicious. Jian Mo ate three bowls of rice under the enthusiastic encouragement of the Baizhi tribe, and he ate until he was full.
After the meal, everyone chatted around the campfire, and Jian Mo discussed with them about exchanging supplies.
Jian Mo counted their supplies and told the people of the Baizhi tribe one by one.
Before he finished speaking, the people of Baizhi tribe immediately spoke up:
"Honey lumps! Brother Jianmo, we want honey lumps!"
"Brother Jianmo, how many honey lumps do you have to exchange for us?"
"We can exchange as many as you want. With extra, we can carry the rice to the Riverside Tribe."
When the people of Baizhi tribe changed their words to "Brother Jianmo", Jian Mo always thought of the young people of the Riverside Tribe, and his words couldn't help but be more gentle: "There are a total of 530 lumps now. Do you want them all?" The
people of Baizhi tribe were shocked: "There are so many?!"
Jian Mo: "I just exchanged them with Ji today."
The people of Baizhi tribe couldn't help but be curious: "What did you use to exchange so many honey lumps?"
Jian Mo: "Glass."
Many people from Baizhi tribe had been to the Riverside Tribe and knew what glass looked like.
Zhuozhi nodded: "Ji Xun does look like someone who would be interested in glass, but it's a pity that our tribe doesn't need glass, otherwise we would have exchanged it."
Jian Mo smiled: "When you want to exchange it, tell me, I have enough glass."
Jian Mo didn't expect that the honey cubes he exchanged would be exchanged for pearl rice.
The Baizhi tribe didn't have so much pearl rice on hand, so Jian Mo placed an order first and asked them to collect the pearl rice and then send it to the Riverside tribe, but the honey cubes could be given to them first.
The honey sparrows are small, about the size of pigeons, and the honey cubes they produce are smaller than mahjong cubes. Five hundred and thirty honey cubes can be put into a basket.
Hearing that Jian Mo was willing to give them honey cubes first, the people of the Baizhi tribe excitedly said that they could go with them to the Snow Foot Tribe to get them.
Jian Mo saw that the people of the Baizhi tribe really loved sweets.
The pearl rice grass roots that had just been cooked were filled with honey cubes, and it tasted like sugar water.
It was already evening, so it was not strange that they still had to get honey cubes.
Jiujiu and Yingao were surrounded by the Feijiu and flew back to the Xuejiao tribe.
The orcs and sub-beasts of the Baizhi tribe often came over, and the people of the Xuejiao tribe were not surprised. They just came over to say hello and left them alone.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong returned to their temporary residence surrounded by them.
Jian Mo took out the backpack filled with honey blocks and said to the beastmen and sub-beastmen of the Baizhi tribe: "The honey blocks are all here, exactly 530 blocks, you can count them."
The people of the Baizhi tribe poured out the honey blocks carefully and counted them. After making sure that everything was correct, they each stuffed a honey block into their mouths.
At this juncture, someone suggested: "We will pass by the Yuqi tribe on the way back, let's go to the Yuqi tribe for a walk."
This was unanimously agreed by the Baizhi tribe: "Okay! We will eat honey cubes in front of those caracals and feed them to death!"
Before the people from the Baizhi tribe finished speaking, a voice squeezed in: "Okay, you guys, you still want to feed people! Aren't you bored?"
Everyone turned around and saw an orc from the Yuqi tribe puffed up his face: "You are so shameless!"
Several people from the Yuqi tribe came out from behind: "That's right, shameless!"
People from the Baizhi tribe:
"Where are we shameless? It's better than following us to the Riverside Tribe before!"
"Why do I run into you everywhere? Why are you following us again?"
In an instant, people from the two tribes started quarreling and squeezed out to quarrel.
If they were in beast form, they would probably be arguing so hard that their hair would fall off.
Jian Mo watched for a while, took a step back, and asked Wu Jiong suspiciously, "Is it really possible for the two tribes to marry?"
Wu Jiong was silent for a rare time, he was really not sure.
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