Chapter 62 Noodle Grass
Jian Mo had a good rest for a few days and his body was completely recovered.
He picked a good day with a dark moon and high winds, and tried it again with the newly exchanged ointment and Wu Jiong.
This time they did not use up the whole can of ointment, but only used half of it.
The experience was very good. It is true that people cannot live without shame.
Jian Mo rubbed his slightly sore waist, thinking that they still had to work hard to collect supplies, otherwise they would not be able to afford even the ointment.
The ointment produced by Mengshui tribe is really expensive.
I didn't expect that the productivity here is so backward, and the ointment is unexpectedly good.
Sure enough, people will go further in their hobbies.
It rained that day, and the rain and snow made the house wet inside and outside.
Jian Mo had nothing to do, so he simply invited Qing Kuang and others to come home to help make sausages.
Qing Kuang asked, "Have you finished the previous ones?"
Jian Mo: "Not much left. Wu Jiong said that it's almost spring, it's not so cold outside, and the meat won't freeze well, so I thought I'd make another batch of sausages and go to the Qinhai tribe to exchange for some flour before spring comes."
Qing Kuang: "That makes sense."
Jian Mo smiled: "My family doesn't have many sausage casings, I want to ask if anyone has extra, so I can exchange some."
Before Jian Mo came to the tribe, offal was the least popular food. When the tribe distributed meat, they would always add some good parts and some offal.
After he came, he unlocked various ways to eat offal, and later taught everyone how to make bacon, sausage, etc., and sausage casings became more and more popular.
If people have animal intestines, they usually clean them and freeze them directly, and then take them out when they need them.
Therefore, if Jian Mo wants to exchange, he can still get a lot of casings by shouting in the tribe.
Jian Mo said he wanted to exchange, and Qing Kuang's family had some, and Zhou Fu's family also had some.
Zhou Fu was embarrassed: "I'm not very good at making these foods, so I kept them."
Jian Mo: "It's okay, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, just take some back to eat later."
The adults didn't even have to do anything, the kids who were crowded in the house watching the excitement volunteered to help get the casings.
Jian Mo didn't refuse, but specifically told the leader of the children Jiang Xing: "You guys use your hands to take it, don't let Banqiu and the others pick it up in their mouths!"
Banqiu and the others couldn't transform into human form yet. They were a group of cats, dogs, and foxes. They were quite active in their work, but they could only pick it up in their mouths.
Jiang Xing nodded coolly: "We'll do it, don't worry, brother Jian Mo."
Oh, today he didn't even call me brother.
Jian Mo had to give a few instructions, and the group of children ran away quickly when the rain stopped.
They had made sausages once, and everyone knew how to do it.
But this time Jian Mo adjusted the formula. The previous 3 fat and 7 lean became 3.5 fat and 6.5 lean. Animal meat has coarser fiber than domestic livestock, and the fat ratio is higher, so the sausage will be more fragrant and moist.
In addition, Jian Mo also specially added some more fruit wine and large-leaf garlic powder to remove the fishy smell and enhance the fragrance.
Everyone worked while talking, and soon the sausage was made.
The minced meat was stuffed into the sausage, which was very elastic.
After the first batch was made, Jian Mo put the pot on the spot to cook, and distributed it to everyone after it was cooked.
The boiled sausage was also very delicious, fragrant and chewy, and the juice inside was more abundant than before.
Especially on a rainy day like this, eating hot sausage is so comfortable.
Qingkuan tasted the fragrance of the large-leaf garlic powder inside, and said: "The large-leaf garlic powder is really worth it, it is really fragrant."
The others nodded in agreement.
Jian Mo: "I think so too. Let's change a little when we go to Qinhai tribe this time. When spring comes, let's see if we can plant some near our tribe?"
Qing Kuo: "That's fine. I'll have people reclaim more land then."
Jian Mo agreed: "Okay, I think the other side of the river is good, the soil is fertile and fine, and it's convenient to water."
This year he originally wanted to reclaim the land on the other side of the river. There is more silt deposited there, and it will be better for planting things.
However, when he asked later, he found out that their tribe used the river as the dividing line. The area within the river was considered the territory of the tribe, and the patrols would eliminate dangerous factors. The other side of the river was outside the tribe, and it was not impossible for wild animals to get in.
Jian Mo didn't want to cause trouble for others, so he gave up the river bank and directly reclaimed terraces in the back mountain.
As for now, he and Wu Jiong have a substantial partnership, and the food they collect is eaten together at home, so it doesn't matter if it's a little troublesome.
After the sausages were ready, when the rain stopped, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong put the sausages in a basket, put them on the back of the flying beast, and took the flying beast to the Qinhai tribe again.
They had just visited the Qinhai tribe, and the patrolling beastman knew them, and without saying a word, he took them to the cave where they stayed last time, and also invited the tribe leader Shu Guang to come over.
After greeting, Jian Mo said to Shu Guang: "We made some sausages and want to exchange them for some flour, and we also want to dig some garlic roots."
Jian Mo explained what flour was, and Shu Guang said: "Flour is simple, there should be many families in the tribe who have it, you can just ask."
Kuang Ning, who came from behind, squeezed to the front: "Chief, I know who has it, I will take them to ask."
Shu Guang knew that they had a good relationship, nodded: "You will host them for the next two days, and come to me if you need any help."
Jian Mo and his friends came this time as individuals, not on behalf of the Riverside Tribe, and Shu Guang was already giving them face by meeting them specially.
After all, the bears lack sleep in winter, even the bear beastmen.
Jian Mo knew what was going on and was very grateful to Shu Guang.
Of course, the ones who need to be thanked the most are Kuang Ning and his partner Jin Ping.
Perhaps because of the presence of people from the tribe, their process of exchanging flour this time was very smooth. After only exchanging for half a day, they exchanged for two large baskets of flour.
Some people came late and only tasted the sausages they used for tasting. They expressed great regret for this and kept asking them when they would bring sausages to exchange next time?
Jian Mo naturally couldn't give an exact time.
Spring is coming soon, and their riverside tribe will be busy. They don't know when they will go out next time.
Because this trip was very smooth, it was completely beyond their expectations. They had a lot more time. After obtaining the consent of the Qinhai tribe, they dug up the large-leaf garlic roots and came back. It was still early.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong discussed privately and decided to ask Kuang Ning about the plant that produces flour.
In the evening, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong specially invited Kuang Ning and his partner to dinner in the cave where they were staying temporarily, and also brought out fruit wine for them to drink.
Jian Mo thanked Kuang Ning: "Thank you for your hard work this time."
Kuang Ning waved his hand: "It's a small matter. Everyone likes you. I heard that you wanted to exchange something, so you just took it and came over to exchange it. I didn't do anything."
Jian Mo smiled and said: "You still need to help greet people. If you weren't here, today would be a mess."
Kuang Ning agreed: "I thought you were good at doing business, but I didn't expect you to have no experience at all."
Jian Mo said helplessly: "We do business purely because of the face given to us by others, not because of our skilled business skills."
Kuang Ning: "The fact that you can give us face shows that you are qualified businessmen. There are so many ways to do business. It's enough to have your own way."
Jian Mo always felt that his ideas were particularly advanced, and nodded in admiration: "You are right."
When the meal was almost finished, Jian Mo seriously discussed with Kuang Ning the matter of looking at the flour-producing plants.
After listening to him, Kuang Ning said, "There should be more in the wild. They grow well. Even in winter, they are probably there. But I need to ask our chief and see what the people in the tribe think. I will tell you the answer tomorrow."
Jian Mo nodded, "Sure."
Kuang Ning was afraid that he would be unhappy, so he explained, "The chief will probably not refuse. I just want to be cautious. After all, we are from two different tribes. We should be cautious to avoid trouble."
Jian Mo nodded in agreement, "Sure."
Kuang Ning: "Then wait for my good news."
After dinner, Kuang Ning and the others said goodbye and went back, asking Jian Mo to wait for their news.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong waited patiently in the cave.
Kuang Ning seemed to be very efficient in everything he did. The next morning, Jian Mo had just finished washing up when he rushed over: "I've already told the tribe leader, and he told us to go ahead."
Jian Mo was still a little sleepy: "Where are we going?"
Kuang Ning: "To see the grass for grinding flour!"
Jian Mo subconsciously looked outside: "Isn't it all covered with snow outside?"
Kuang Ning: "Take you to a place on the mountain where there is no snow. You should have breakfast quickly, and we'll go after breakfast."
Jian Mo quickly agreed: "Okay, wait for us." He
was about to go out, and Jian Mo was not in the mood to make anything elaborate. He directly stewed the meat in a large earthenware pot, then scooped up some flour and kneaded it into pancakes, and ate them directly with the stewed meat.
This cooking method was very fast, and soon, their meal was ready.
Jian Mo invited Kuang Ning and his partner to eat together. After eating, they didn't hesitate and went straight to the grass for grinding flour.
The place where the grass grew was some distance away from the Qinhai tribe. They ran for a long time and reached the edge of the grass at almost noon.
The grass grew on the hillside. Maybe because it was a sunny slope, there was not much snow here, and the dry grass on the mountain was swaying in the cold wind.
Kuang Ning sat on the giant bear and pointed: "This is the kind of grass you want."
Jian Mo had already seen that this kind of grass was completely different from what he imagined - it looked like an ordinary weed.
There was only a single ear on the top of the dry grass, like a bunch of small sesame seeds, which looked too thin.
He got off the giant wolf and stretched out his hand to measure it, and found that the ear was not even as long as his palm.
This made him feel very complicated.
When he was a child, he had seen weeds in the farmland. The seeds of weeds were thicker and longer than this kind of ears.
No wonder the people of Qinhai tribe didn't care and let him harvest casually. With such a small number of seeds, he couldn't get much food even if he worked hard.
Kuang Ning also noticed Jian Mo's disappointment and asked him, "Do you want more?"
Jian Mo came to his senses and nodded, "Yes. I have come all the way here, so I have to bring something back."
Kuang Ning laughed, "I just like your personality. I also think that since you are here, you have to take some back. In fact, don't look at this ear as small, it is actually quite full."
Jian Mo stretched out his hand and stroked it. The seeds of the ear were indeed quite full and dry. It was as hard as a small stone when pinched, and it was difficult to stroke it off the ear.
Kuang Ning said, "How are you going to harvest it?"
Jian Mo looked at a large area of grass and said, "Just cut it down and take it back so I can deal with it slowly."
Kuang Ning: "That's fine. Just cut the ears? Let's cut them together."
Jian Mo was a little bit stuck in his thinking. He originally thought that he should cut the whole grass like cutting rice.
When Kuang Ning asked this, he immediately realized that this grass was not real rice, so it was enough to cut the ears. Cutting grass would take up space.
There was grass all around, so everyone just found a direction and started cutting.
Jian Mo slowly cut the ears with a newly made dagger.
The ears looked very small, but in fact, a little bit adds up to a lot. As they cut, the basket was half full.
In total, it took them a long time to dig various stems in the wild, especially when the soil was hard and difficult to dig. After digging for a long time, the stems underneath might not be that big.
Thinking of this, Jian Mo began to like the dry grass again.
It's normal for wild millet to be a little smaller.
After a day of cutting grass, their bodies were filled with the fragrance of grass.
It was too difficult to put these ears of grass in baskets, so they transferred the ears
of grass into cloth bags. At the end of the last day, the grass was enough to fill nine cloth bags.
He held the cloth bags. The cloth bags filled with grass weighed at least 60 to 70 kilograms, and the nine cloth bags weighed 500 to 600 kilograms.
Jian Mo rubbed his sore wrist: "You are all really good at work."
Kuang Ning: "There are four adults here, and we have been working for so long, it's normal. Will you come to cut grass tomorrow? There is another small piece on the other side of the mountain, and I estimate we can cut two bags."
Jian Mo thought for a moment and said, "Forget it. These are enough for us to eat. Let's keep some."
After all, this is the Qinhai tribe's territory. Although the Qinhai tribe doesn't care about these small ears of corn at all and thinks it's too troublesome, they are two outsiders. If they cut all the corn grass directly, it will probably make people unhappy.
They should stop while they are ahead.
Kuang Ning: "Okay, if you like it, I'll keep an eye out for it in the future. I only know this mountain, but there are probably other places where this kind of grass grows."
Jian Mo nodded and smiled, "Then I'll say thank you first."
Kuang Ning waved his hand and said, "You're welcome."
The nine bags of corn were carried back to the Qinhai tribe by the giant wolf and the giant bear.
They all have strong load-bearing capacity. These nine bags of corn were divided into two parts, which was nothing to them. Even if they carried their partners on their backs, they could easily carry them back to the tribe.
When they were carried to the temporary cave, Jian Mo looked at the bag halfway up the cave and couldn't help saying, "This is the joy of a good harvest!"
Wu Jiong: "It's really a lot."
Jian Mo touched the bag with care: "When we go back, I will plant some of it anyway, so I'll plant two bags."
Wu Jiong had no objection: "I'll go with you."
That night, Jian Mo slept in the temporary cave, lying on the soft belly of the giant wolf, smelling the fragrance of flour grass, and fell asleep quickly.
He also had a dream. He dreamed that the flour grass was gradually improved. The ears of flour grass grew big and long. They harvested a lot of ears in one field, and the flour at home could not be eaten up.
When he woke up the next day, he was still not satisfied with the scene in the beautiful dream, thinking that he could indeed put the cultivation of flour grass on the agenda.
Hybridization and improvement, fertilization and breeding - after all, he has studied biology for six years. Although he is definitely not as good as an expert, it should be no problem to cultivate better flour grass than the current one.
Thinking of this, Jian Mo said to Wu Jiong with enthusiasm: "Let's tell Chief Shu Guang and Kuang Ning today and prepare to go back. I haven't been back to the tribe for a few days, and I miss the tribe a little bit."
Wu Jiong: "I'll go talk to Shu Guang, and you go talk to Kuang Ning. It will be faster if we talk separately." Jian
Mo: "Okay, I'll bring some honey cubes to Kuang Ning? I've troubled them too much this time, give them some gifts?"
Wu Jiong: "Okay."
Jian Mo didn't have too many honey cubes in his hand, so he took a small bag and went to find Kuang Ning.
Kuang Ning was so surprised when he saw the honey lumps that his ears turned back into round bear ears: "Oh my God, honey lumps! You actually have honey lumps in your hands!"
Jian Mo smiled and said: "Yes. If you like, I will bring you some next time."
"I like it!!!" Kuang Ning rushed up and hugged Jian Mo, rubbing his head with his head, his eyes wide open and bright, "I like it very much, Ming Ping likes it very much too, thank you!"
Jian Mo was rubbed by his thick ears, and his heart itched: "I'm glad you like it, don't be polite. Then we'll go back first, see you next time."
Kuang Ning: "Okay! Speaking of which, you really don't need us to help you carry some of the ears of corn Going back?"
Jian Mo: "Probably not, thank you, if I really need it, I will tell you directly."
Kuang Ning nodded: "Call us if you need us, don't be polite with us."
Jian Mo went back to the temporary cave, and when he saw Wu Jiong's expression, he knew that he was also going well: "Have you finished talking to Chief Shu Guang? Quick, quick, change back to your beast form first and let me rub your ears."
Although Wu Jiong didn't understand why, he still turned into a giant wolf.
Jian Mo threw himself on him, opened his arms, grabbed his two thick ears and rubbed them for several times, then sighed with satisfaction: "Just now when I gave Kuang Ning a honey nugget, he was so happy that he showed his bear ears directly, which made me so jealous that I couldn't get my hands on it."
The giant wolf said in a low voice: "Well, if you want to rub it, rub mine."
Jian Mo lay on him: "Yes, I think so too. Rubbing other people's ears is really rude. Speaking of which, Kuang Ning just asked me if I needed them to help us carry a "Can you take some of the ears of corn back?"
Giant Wolf: "Don't bother them. I'll carry one part and Chirp will carry the other part. It should be fine." The
Winged Beast was at the entrance of the cave. Hearing their conversation, it stuck its huge head in and shouted to them: "Chirp Chirp!!!"
Jian Mo turned his head and saw the head of the Winged Beast. He couldn't help but smile: "How come your ears are so sharp? Did you hear your name?"
The Winged Beast chirped twice again and flapped its wings anxiously, blowing in a gust of cold wind.
Jian Mo: "Got it. I'll put the bag on you now."
After sticking to the Giant Wolf for a while, Jian Mo smiled and slid off the Giant Wolf, then moved the bag of corn ears to the Winged Beast and tied it up carefully with a rope.
The Giant Wolf changed back into human form, put on his clothes and came to help.
Wu Jiong had to carry Jian Mo on his back, so the winged beast carried five bags of Suizi and Wu Jiong carried four bags.
This weight was very light for them, and there was no problem carrying them while hurrying.
The two of them packed up quickly, and without alarming too many people in the Qinhai tribe, they set out directly back to the riverside tribe.
This time, the giant wolf carried Jian Mo and Suizi on the ground, and the winged beast flew slowly above them, occasionally landing on the ground to wait for them for a while.
Jian Mo watched the scenery on the road become more and more familiar, and his heart became more and more excited.
They were going home soon, and when they got home, he would make good use of the flour.
Noodles, buns, steamed buns, pancakes, bread, cakes...ah, can't think too much, or my saliva will flow out.
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