Chapter 28 Braised Pork
Jian Mo curled up under the belly of the flying winged beast, and his whole body was warm, as if he was soaking in a hot spring.
His body was warm, and the sweet taste spread in his mouth. Jian Mo felt a great happiness rising in his heart.
It was an irresistible feeling of happiness that directly acted on his physiology, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes.
Wu Jiong next to him looked at him: "Are you sleepy?"
Jian Mo: "A little bit, it's so comfortable! I just want to take a nap here."
Wu Jiong: "You sleep, I'll watch over you."
The flying winged beast called above their heads: "Chirp." It seemed to be saying that it would watch over Jian Mo.
Jian Mo closed his eyes and said with a nasal voice: "Jiujiu, what are you doing? I'll take a rest, you can call me later."
Wu Jiong: "Go to sleep."
Jian Mo didn't sleep well outside, and he woke up after taking a nap.
Just after waking up, Jian Mo felt that all the muscles and bones in his body were soft, lazy, and didn't want to move.
Wu Jiong was next to him, and his body temperature seemed to be higher than that of the flying beast.
If the flying beast is like a hot water bag, then Wu Jiong is like a pot of charcoal fire.
Jian Mo was warmed up all over, and his cheeks were slightly red.
Looking at the sky, it is not too late now.
Jian Mo used his strong willpower to suppress his sleepiness and said to Wu Jiong beside him: "Let's go and dig some more bird nests?"
Wu Jiong: "You rest here, I'll go."
Jian Mo crawled out from under the belly of the flying wing beast: "No, two people came out together, how can you do the work alone? Come on, dig a little more and then we'll go back."
The two returned to the place where the honey sparrows built nests.
The honey sparrows that were disturbed before came back again. Jian Mo saw from a distance that some nests still had baby birds living in them.
The baby birds opened their mouths wide, and the adult birds held the candy and stuffed it directly into the throats of the baby birds.
The baby birds were so happy.
Jian Mo envied them from the bottom of his heart. It was really not easy to eat candy in this era.
He remembered that on Earth, he only drank milk tea with 50% sugar, and sighed quietly.
There were so many abandoned nests on the rocks that they did not bother the honeyeaters anymore, but just broke the abandoned nests.
The sugar cubes that the honeyeaters used to build nests were not very pretty in color, but the texture was the same.
The sky gradually darkened, and the abandoned nests were almost all collected.
Wu Jiong pulled Jian Mo: "Let's go back and come back next time."
Jian Mo sniffed: "Okay, when we get back, I must make some braised pork and boil some pepper water. It's too cold today."
Wu Jiong: "Pepper water is very spicy."
Jian Mo: "No, it tastes better when you add some sugar. You wait and drink it. Hey, it's a waste to boil water with honey cubes. When we pass by the Upper South Canyon later, we will go again and pick some pink tube flowers to bring back."
In addition to the backpack, they also brought bags when they went out today. They
will pick pink tube flowers directly with bags later, and they are not heavy.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went back to find the winged beast.
Seeing the winged beast squatting there obediently, not moving or running, the wind blew up its fur, blowing out small pits, Jian Mo's heart softened, and he couldn't help but stuff it with another small piece of honey: "Chirp, so good."
The winged beast lowered its head: "Chirp!"
They carefully closed the lid of the backpack basket and tied it tightly to the winged beast.
Then, the two climbed onto the back of the winged beast.
Wu Jiong shook out his animal fur coat, wrapped the two of them up, and then drove the winged beast up to the South Canyon.
It was very cold in the mountains, but it would be much warmer when we flew into the canyon.
No wonder people don't go out much in winter, it's too cold outside, and it feels like you can catch a cold at any time.
The two picked the pink tube flowers for a while, and it was getting dark.
Jian Mo: "Forget it, don't pick them. Let's just go back and pick them slowly. Otherwise, it will be too late and we won't be able to see the road clearly."
Wu Jiong didn't have any objections and took out a shell knife: "Fill the bags?"
Jian Mo: "Yes, just fill these three bags."
Wu Jiong used the shell knife to cut the vines of the pink tube flowers.
In order to allow the pink tube flowers to grow again next year, they only cut half of the vines from each plant and left the other half in place.
In the spring, it will sprout new buds, and next winter, this canyon will be full of flowers again.
After cutting the pink tube flowers, the two tied the bags to the flying beast and began to fly to the tribe.
When the flying beast took off, the sunset had already appeared, and the whole sky was filled with brilliant sunset.
At this time, there were endless snowfields and snow-capped mountains below, while the sky was colorful and magnificent, as if the earth and the sky had been flipped.
Because they flew high enough, Jian Mo saw the lakes in the distance.
In such cold weather, several lakes were not frozen, and the water was shimmering, as if a small piece of the sky had fallen in.
The sunset appeared quickly and disappeared quickly. When they flew to the tribe, the sunset had completely disappeared.
The sky turned a low-key gray-blue.
However, Jian Mo and his friends were not low-key at all when they returned.
Everyone was stunned to see that they had brought back two large baskets of honey blocks and honey nests.
Everyone rushed to tell each other, and almost everyone came out to watch. The whole tribe was more lively than during the bonfire party.
"It's really honey cubes! Oh my god, so many honey cubes!"
"I haven't seen honey cubes for a long time. When I was with my partner, he gave me a small bag of honey cubes. What sweet memories."
"Two years ago, the Mengshui tribe invited us to help with the long-distance pursuit of Changmao Meng. Honey cubes were included in the reward, right?"
"Of course not. I went to help just for the honey cubes?"
"Brother Jianmo, Brother Jianmo, do you want to exchange honey cubes? Anything is fine!"
When they heard someone ask this, their eyes lit up and they all turned to look at Jianmo.
In winter, there is no need for collective labor. All their harvests are at their own disposal.
If Jian Mo wants to change it, just change it directly.
Jian Mo was startled by them and waved his hand and said, "I have no plan to change it for the time being. Honey cubes can be stored for a long time, and I want to save them first."
Everyone nodded in disappointment and understanding, and stopped asking.
Jian Mo was a little puzzled. They only asked him and not Wu Jiong. On second thought, he thought that maybe Wu Jiong was more fierce, and he was their clan leader, so they didn't dare to ask.
A young beastman was unwilling to give up: "Brother Jian Mo, where did you get the honey cubes?"
Before Jian Mo could answer, the beastmen and sub-beastmen next to him sneered back:
"They found the collection point by themselves, how can they just tell others casually?"
"Don't ask! It's the rule of the tribe. You don't have to tell others if you find good things in the future."
"Hahaha, leave a secret collection point for Jian Mo and the others."
Jian Mo didn't expect that there was such a rule in the tribe. He smiled and didn't pretend to be generous.
Everyone took a look, had enough of the eye candy, and went back.
Jian Mo and the others went home.
The first thing Jian Mo did when he got home was to find the pepper core, boil half a can of water with the pepper core, and then pour syrup into it. He had one cup for himself and one for Wu Jiong. He planned to give the remaining half can to the flying beast later.
It's too cold. I need to drink something hot to get rid of the chill, otherwise I might catch a cold.
Jian Mo blew on the water after pouring it out, and took a small sip.
The pepper water is sweet and spicy, and tastes a bit like ginger water, but the spicy taste is different. The pepper water is more pungent.
Jian Mo thinks it tastes good.
There are not many drinks in this world, and he thinks this kind of sweet and flavorful water is delicious.
Wu Jiong held the water for a long time but didn't drink it.
Jian Mo originally thought that he was afraid of scalding, but after taking a look, he found that he didn't like the taste, and couldn't help laughing.
Wu Jiong is rarely so picky about food.
Jian Mo: "Don't you like it?"
Wu Jiong said calmly: "It's okay."
Jian Mo raised his glass and made a toast gesture: "If you don't hate it too much, drink a few sips, and the rest is for Jiujiu."
Wu Jiong said "hmm", and finally picked up the glass and slowly drank the pepper water.
Jian Mo went upstairs to find a few unused pottery jars, and carefully put the honey cubes in them.
After putting the honey cubes in, he specially found a few pieces of good-looking charcoal and put them into several pottery jars.
Wu Jiong was puzzled: "What are you putting charcoal in for? Is it also a delicacy?"
Jian Mo: "No, charcoal has good adsorption properties. Putting it in can prevent moisture and absorb odors."
Wu Jiong didn't quite understand, but nodded.
Jian Mo looked at the expression on the face of the seemingly all-powerful chieftain, and smiled again: "Go get a piece of meat with skin, and we'll make braised pork tonight."
Wu Jiong agreed and went to the back of the house to get the frozen meat.
They stored a lot of food, including dried bacon, pickled vegetables, long-lasting stems, and frozen meat in jars.
Because they were all collected and hunted, the types of these stored foods were not uniform.
Wu Jiong brought back a piece of meat that was relatively tender and had relatively little odor, and cut it into three-finger-thick pieces under Jian Mo's instruction.
Jian Mo blanched the meat twice with spices, and then specially fried sugar color in a stone pot.
After the sugar color is fried, add the spices and meat, and stir-fry until fragrant, then add fruit wine.
After all the seasonings in the pot are fried evenly, Jian Mo puts the meat into the clay pot, adds water and puts it on the fire to simmer.
The aroma came out quickly, and it became more and more fragrant, wafting far away from their house.
Wu Jiong did not urge them to eat, but walked around the house.
The two were hungry, and Jian Mo picked up the cooked stems and asked Wu Jiong to eat first, but he refused.
Wu Jiong said, "I'll save some for dinner later."
Jian Mo smiled, "Okay, I won't let you down."
After a long wait, the braised pork in the clay pot was finally ready.
Even under the light of the fire, one can see the attractive, shiny, rosy color of the meat skin, and the fragrance rises with the heat, forming a pervasive aroma that makes one salivate.
This fragrance is like the aroma of meat, sweetness, and spices. All the flavors combined, even though Wu Jiong is an orc with an extremely keen sense of smell, he can't tell what the fragrance is. The
rich aromas all rushed towards Wu Jiong's nose, even refreshing his memory of fragrance.
It turns out that there is such a fragrance in the world.
Jian Mo left a portion for the flying beast, and then handed the chopsticks to Wu Jiong: "Eat, eat, I've been hungry for too long today."
Wu Jiong took the chopsticks: "Worth it."
Jian Mo picked up the braised pork and took a light bite.
The plump skin, the soft lean meat, and the rich soup all bloomed in the mouth like fireworks.
All the flavors were fleeting and were swallowed together with the slight movement of the throat.
Jian Mo had no way of telling what the meat tasted like. He only felt an unusually rich fragrance rushing out, making him dizzy.
He had to take another bite of the meat to feel the taste again so that he could tell the difference.
The ice and snow outside had not melted yet, and the fire in the house was dim.
Only a small bonfire in the fire pit illuminated them.
They sat opposite each other in front of the fire pit, and each could see each other's appearance.
Jian Mo was sweating from the burns of the food, and tiny beads of sweat hung on the tip of his white nose. Because of the heat or happiness, his nose tip and cheeks were slightly red.
This red makes his handsome features look very vivid.
Wu Jiong looked at this red and suddenly thought of the day when they dug through the snow and saw the brilliant pink flowers underneath. He couldn't help but feel a little drunk again.
Jian Mo cooked a lot of meat and stems today. He hadn't eaten such delicious food for a long time, so he ate a lot of it, but he ate less than a third of the food.
Wu Jiong bought up the rest.
Jian Mo rubbed his stomach and looked at Wu Jiong worriedly, a little worried that he would get full.
Wu Jiong looked up: "It's okay, I consumed a lot today."
Jian Mo: "No matter how much you consume, the capacity of your stomach is limited, right?"
Wu Jiong: "Don't worry, the beastman's stomach can hold it. If it gets full later, I'll change back to beast form."
Jian Mo looked at him: "If you feel uncomfortable, tell me and I'll make you some preserved fruit tea to aid digestion."
Wu Jiong never made requests, but today he said: "I want to drink it."
Jian Mo smiled, got up to get preserved fruit and a clay pot, and made him preserved fruit tea.
After dinner and washing up, Wu Jiong really changed into a beast form to sleep.
The two were on the second floor, originally sleeping in a corner each.
But today Wu Jiong leaned over and held Jian Mo on his belly to sleep.
The weather was cold, and they had been sleeping side by side. Although sleeping in a circle was a little bit unusual, Jian Mo soon ignored the strangeness.
The giant wolf had a hot body, and sleeping on its belly was really comfortable.
It was much more comfortable than a person wrapped in a thick animal skin blanket, sleeping for a long time without warming their feet.
Moreover, the wolf was covered with thick long hair, and its belly was very soft. Sleeping on it was like sleeping on a water bed, which was much better than the hard ground.
Jian Mo found a comfortable position on his belly, and was soon dragged into a deep dream by fatigue.
Perhaps because he was sleeping in the circle of the giant wolf at night, his sleep quality was very good, and his body was always warm. Jian Mo did not catch a cold as he expected, but climbed up refreshed.
He got up very early, and Wu Jiong got up earlier than him.
Before he got up, Wu Jiong had already fed the tuo beast and the flying beast, changed the charcoal basin for the tuo beast, and squeezed the milk.
Jian Mo walked around the house and outside, but there was nothing to do, so he put the stems in a clay pot and put it on the fire to cook. Then he took the pink tube flower to the hillside in the backyard, intending to try to plant it.
Generally, this kind of vine can survive by cuttings, and now that the weather is cold, the survival rate is actually higher.
They had already picked the flowers yesterday, and Jian Mo picked some of the leaves when planting, to prevent too many leaves from evaporating moisture and reducing the survival rate.
While picking the leaves, Jian Mo thought of moisture, and then thought of the lake he saw yesterday afternoon.
The river outside the tribe was frozen, but the lake was not frozen.
Wait, it's not frozen? !
A thought flashed through Jian Mo's mind, and he suddenly realized that the lake was a salt lake!
The freezing point of salt water is much lower than that of ordinary water, so it does not freeze.
Salt lakes can be used to collect salt in summer and alkali in winter. This is junior high school chemistry knowledge.
I passed the exam!!!
Jian Mo suddenly put down the pink flower in his hand, picked up his fur coat and ran down the mountain: "Wu Jiong - I have something to tell you!"
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