Chapter 78 Mushroom Circle
Ruda and his companions carefully read the content drawn by Jian Mo, but finally shook their heads and said that they had never seen or heard of plants similar to scallions.
Jian Mo did not give up and asked them: "Are there any crops used as spices?"
Ruda tilted his head and said: "Our two tribes are so close, if there are such good spices, your tribe has probably heard of them. Speaking of spices, generally speaking, there are only those. We have them, and you have them too. There is nothing special."
Jian Mo had to say regretfully: "Forget it."
Ruda's companions said: "Doctor Jian Mo, why don't you give us this piece of wood? If we see or get any news, we will tell you."
After Jian Mo thanked them, he handed the wood over.
Before they got the news about scallions, the spring rain fell first.
Rains fell one after another, and the weather was hot and cold. When it was cold, you had to light a charcoal brazier, but when it was hot, you only needed to wear a short robe or a short apron.
As the rain fell, there were more plants to collect outside.
Especially all kinds of mushrooms.
Jian Mo didn't know that there were so many kinds of mushrooms here, white, black, yellow, red, green, blue... They could pick mushrooms almost every day.
He followed the tribe to pick mushrooms for a long time, but he couldn't identify all these mushrooms, and sometimes he couldn't recognize poisonous mushrooms.
Qing Kuang and the others were very worried when they saw this situation, and asked Jian Mo to show everyone the mushrooms he picked, or take them back to show Wu Jiong before eating them.
Jian Mo looked at their serious expressions and agreed seriously.
He is not stupid. He will definitely not mess around with this matter.
Qing Kuang explained: "It's not that I don't trust you, but there are people who get poisoned every year, so we have to be careful."
The poisoned people have to be taken care of by doctors. Jian Mo asked: "Is the poisoning serious? Are there any deaths?"
Qing Kuang looked at him and said: "It's hard to poison orcs, and sub-orcs are also very tough. Generally speaking, it won't be too serious. But it's not necessarily the case for you. Your body is not that good, so it may be very serious."
Jian Mo reiterated: "I won't eat mushrooms randomly."
Qing Kuang: "I'll tell you a few more times."
The tribe not only told Jian Mo this, but also told the cubs this, telling them not to eat randomly.
The cubs agreed obediently.
Jian Mo watched and felt that people's education was quite good in some aspects.
There were a lot of mushrooms picked, and they had eaten a lot of mushrooms these days.
On this day, Jian Mo took out the mushrooms from his basket and prepared to cook. Wu Jiong was helping him and stared at the mushrooms for a long time.
Jian Mo smiled as soon as he saw them: "Don't look at them. No matter how much you look at them, they won't turn into other mushrooms."
Wu Jiong moved his eyes away and looked at Jian Mo's face, asking with his eyes, why are they still this kind of mushrooms?
Jian Mo shrugged: "There's nothing I can do. This kind of mushroom is the most abundant in the forest, and I can't pick them all."
I don't know why there are so few delicious mushrooms, while those mushrooms with mediocre taste are growing one after another.
They fried mushrooms, stewed mushrooms, and used them as main dishes and side dishes these days. They are really a bit tired of eating them.
Jian Mo thought for a moment and said, "I won't use the usual method today. I'll try another one."
Wu Jiong: "Fried mushrooms? Or brewed mushrooms?"
Jian Mo knew that he preferred these two ways of eating: "Neither. I plan to stir-fry them with butter, and then add milk and chili peppers. If you want to try these two methods, that's fine."
Wu Jiong: "Let's just stir-fry them with butter."
Jian Mo pushed him: "Then you help light the fire."
Someone helped light the stove, so Jian Mo didn't have to rush around to take care of both.
Wu Jiong sat in front of the stove and used a fire starter to light the dry grass inside: "Do you want a bigger or smaller fire?"
Jian Mo: "A normal big fire will do. It doesn't have to be extra big."
Wu Jiong nodded and started the fire in the stove.
Jian Mo put a lump of butter in the pot, sprinkled a handful of pepper cores, and after frying until fragrant, he poured the mushrooms in.
The metal pot conducts heat quickly, and the mushrooms softened directly in the pot and exuded moisture.
Jian Mo stir-fried quickly, and the flavors of the pepper cores and mushrooms came out, releasing a rich aroma.
Seeing that the mushrooms were almost fried, he added half a bowl of tuo beast milk and cooked over high heat until the sauce thickened.
In addition to mushrooms, he also fried meat patties, boiled beast meat, and added a bone soup.
Three dishes and one soup, except for mushrooms, are all dishes that the two like.
Jian Mo brought the dishes to the table and called Wu Jiong: "Try the mushroom first and see if you like this method?"
Wu Jiong picked up a small piece and put it in his mouth.
Jian Mo observed his expression: "How is it?"
Wu Jiong showed a surprised look: "It's quite delicious."
Jian Mo laughed: "Yeah, this is a classic recipe in our place."
Jian Mo said and tasted a piece.
After the mushrooms were added with butter and milk, the bland astringent taste was completely removed. The taste of milk and pepper gave it a wonderful sense of heaviness. When eating, the taste was very layered, perfectly highlighting the freshness of the mushrooms.
It was indeed a very delicious mushroom dish.
After the two finished their meal, they gave the specially reserved dishes to Jiujiu and brought it a large basket of grass.
Jiujiu smelled the freshness and jumped around excitedly.
Jian Mo patted its neck gently: "Don't be impatient, no one is competing with you."
Jiujiu rubbed Jian Mo: "Jiujiujiu!"
Jiujiu looked up at the sky, as if he had decided to do something.
Jian Mo didn't notice this small detail.
Unexpectedly, the next day after Jian Mo fed Jiujiu, Jiujiu suddenly grabbed his collar with his mouth: "Jiujiu."
Jian Mo quickly reached out to grab the collar, trying to snatch the collar from Jiujiu's mouth: "Jiujiu, your saliva——"
Not only did Jiujiu hold onto his collar, but he also dragged it to the side.
Jian Mo, who was very familiar with it, knew it immediately: "You want to take me somewhere, right?"
Jiujiu said loudly: "Jiujiu."
Jian Mo: "Wait, I'll go call Wu Jiong over, we'll go together."
Jiujiu let go of his collar and nudged him with his big head: "Jiujiu."
Jian Mo left Jiujiu's nest and shouted towards home: "Wu Jiong - come quickly, Jiujiu wants to take us somewhere."
Wu Jiong came out: "Where to?"
Jian Mo smiled: "I really can't guess this, you'll know if you follow us."
Wu Jiong: "I'll tell the tribe first."
After telling the tribe, they climbed onto Jiujiu's back.
Jiujiu took two steps forward, flapped its wings and flew directly.
They flew all the way to the southwest.
The southwest is full of snow-capped mountains, which are relatively high. Jian Mo seldom goes there to gather, but Wu Jiong and his companions go there quite often to hunt.
Jiujiu led them to fly forward, and when they flew over the mountains, they circled above the mountains.
Jian Mo firmly grasped the reins on Jiujiu, and looked down. There was an alpine meadow below.
The meadow was long and green grass had already grown. It looked beautiful, but he didn't know why Jiujiu brought them here.
After circling for a while, Jiujiu seemed to have finally determined the place, and it swooped down with them, landing in a meadow and nestling down.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong climbed down from it.
Jian Mo rubbed his calves, which were a little numb from sitting cross-legged, and looked around.
The grass here is still shallow, just covering their feet. It seems that there is nothing. I wonder why Jiujiu brought them here?
Just when Jian Mo was puzzled, Wu Jiong looked ahead: "It seems that there are mushrooms."
Jian Mo widened his eyes: "Where are they? I don't seem to see them."
Without waiting for Wu Jiong to answer, Jiujiu jumped happily in front and looked back at Jian Mo and Wu Jiong: "Jiu!"
Jian Mo: "You let us go forward?"
Jiujiu called happily again: "Jiu——"
After walking forward for more than ten meters, Jiujiu used his big head to rub the newly grown grass while Jian Mo was puzzled, and picked up a mushroom to show them: "Jiujiu!"
Jian Mo then discovered that there were white dots in the grass. When he peeled it open, he saw that they were plump mushrooms!
Jiujiu chirped again and chewed the mushroom in its mouth.
Jian Mo walked forward and pulled aside the grass, and found that the ground was full of mushrooms.
This was simply a mushroom nest, and he found one every time he dug. There were many more mushrooms than they usually picked in the woods.
Jian Mo stood up and looked around.
Moreover, this was a mushroom patch that no one else knew about and was completely exclusive to them.
Jian Mo searched for a long time and said with emotion: "There are really a lot of mushrooms, and they are the more delicious white umbrella mushrooms! How can Jiujiu find so many?"
Wu Jiong: "It may be its secret mushroom patch. When it used to live alone in the wild, it might have come here to pick some."
Jian Mo was stunned for a moment and turned to look at Jiujiu.
Jiujiu blinked her big eyes, met his gaze, and flapped her wings proudly: "Jiujiu!"
Jian Mo sniffed and said to Jiujiu: "You shared your secret mushroom ground with us so soon?"
In the wild, hunting and gathering grounds are big things, and ordinary animals will never share with their companions. Jiujiu is willing to share with them, which shows that it is true love.
Jian Mo couldn't help but rush over and hug Jiujiu: "Thank you, Jiujiu."
Jiujiu understood this sentence, and jumped on the spot with shining eyes: "Jiujiu!"
There are really a lot of mushrooms here, dotted and in circles, just like someone planted them here.
Jian Mo pulled away the grass, picked mushrooms carefully, and patted the mushroom caps.
I hope that when I come again next time, the spores I took will have grown into new mushrooms.
Jiujiu accompanied them in picking mushrooms, occasionally taking a couple of mushrooms to chew.
Jian Mo glanced at Jiujiu, put the mushrooms under his nose and sniffed them.
The mushrooms had a sweet smell, which tempted him a little, but he still didn't dare to eat them directly.
His stomach was not as strong as Jiujiu's. Even if he didn't get poisoned after eating, it would be painful if he got diarrhea or something.
Jian Mo went from squatting to sitting to pick mushrooms. The basket at hand was gradually filled, but there were still many mushrooms nearby.
He said with some regret: "What a pity, there are so many rotten mushrooms."
Among these rotten mushrooms, some withered and decayed naturally, and some were eaten by birds and insects and slowly decayed.
Wu Jiong: "If they rot, they will grow again. Just come back to pick them in two days."
Jian Mo thought about it and agreed: "Rotten mushrooms can be used as fertilizer for other mushrooms."
The two of them picked two large baskets of mushrooms in total. There were so many mushrooms here, and there were still many that had not been picked.
After they went back, they came back to pick mushrooms twice, and then kept the rule of picking mushrooms every three days.
It was not until they had picked mushrooms for nearly ten days that the mushrooms in this alpine meadow were slowly out of season and could no longer be picked, and Jian Mo and his friends stopped coming.
There were so many mushrooms picked during this period that they could not be eaten even with the addition of Jiujiu.
Jian Mo put these mushrooms in the yard to dry them directly.
After drying, the aroma of the mushrooms became more concentrated and had a different flavor.
After this period of good weather, most parts of the Riverside Tribe began to rain again, and it was still rainy and cloudy.
Everyone was tired after working for a long time, so they took this opportunity to have a good rest.
Jian Mo had no interest in gathering, chatting, singing, etc.
There were so many mushrooms at home that his hands were itchy, so he simply took out the dried mushrooms, soaked them, cut them into small cubes, and slowly fried them with lean meat in a pan. During the frying process, he added shellfish powder and pepper cores and other ingredients to make mushroom sauce. The
fragrance of their mushroom sauce was so good that the whole tribe could smell it.
Zhou Fu and his friends came over to help out and learn how to make mushroom sauce from Jian Mo.
It wasn't something special, Jian Mo taught them generously, and it was just right that they had someone to help out so they could make more sauce.
Zhou Fu took a spoonful and stared at the freshly cooked mushroom sauce: "The mushroom sauce is delicious. How do we eat it? Should we eat it directly as a dish?"
Jian Mo: "It can be eaten as a dish. If we cook the bland stems, it should taste good with a bite of stem and a bite of sauce. But I'm thinking of putting it in a jar, and when I'm hungry while hunting or gathering outside, I can eat the newly collected wild vegetables and fruits with the sauce."
Zhou Fu couldn't help but said: "If I took it out, I would definitely not be able to resist the hunger and eat it first."
Xilu rarely agreed: "I can't resist it either, with such a strong aroma , I will definitely think about it as soon as I leave the tribe, and I will not have the intention to hunt or gather at all."
Jian Mo smiled: "Then Wu Jiong and I should have that determination."
Zhou Fu: "How long can this sauce be kept?"
Jian Mo thought for a while: "In this state where the water is completely boiled away, it should be fine to keep it for a month. I will put them in a ceramic jar later, steam them in a pot, and then put them in a cool place."
Zhou Fu: "What's the reason for this?"
Jian Mo: "It will kill the microorganisms mixed in it and extend the shelf life."
This time no one understood, and looked at Jian Mo with confusion.
Jian Mo didn't explain much: "If you want to make sauce, just follow this. It's basically just these few steps."
Zhou Fu immediately said: "The sauce I make is not as delicious as yours, and even if I make it, it's a waste of ingredients. Can I just bring the ingredients over to exchange for the sauce with you?" Since
they were all people from the same tribe, Jian Mo nodded: "Sure, bring the ingredients over and I'll exchange them for half the sauce."
Zhou Fu perked up: "Wait a minute, I'll get it now."
Xilu and a few others spoke up: "Brother Jian Mo, we want some too."
Jian Mo waved his hand: "Then you go and get them, and we'll make another batch when you come back."
Every household in the tribe had a lot of food such as animal meat, shellfish and mushrooms. Those who didn't want to bother just brought them over and exchanged them with Jian Mo for mushroom sauce.
Jian Mo didn't mind. The ingredients were ready and all he had to do was cook them. It was really simple. It happened to be a rainy day and he had nowhere to go, so he could earn some extra food.
Wu Jiong and Jiujiu in their family were both big eaters, so it was always a good idea to prepare more.
Especially Jiujiu.
As omnivores, flying beasts can eat basically anything.
The tribe took on half of Jiujiu's food, but it was impossible to feed it meat directly. Most of the time, they gave it some grass, wild vegetables, and not-so-delicious stems.
The flying beasts in the wild also ate like this, and some were not even as good as the food given by the riverside tribe. The tribe didn't treat Jiujiu unfairly.
Jiujiu was greedy and especially liked to eat food cooked by humans. If Jian Mo and Wu Jiong wanted to supply more, the pressure would be much greater.
Exchanging more food would be just right to feed Jiujiu.
Jian Mo and his friends raised Jiujiu carefully, and Jiujiu grew up well, with shiny fur.
Jian Mo had never seen a winged beast in the wild and had no way to compare it, but they had seen the winged beasts of the Tianning tribe with their own eyes.
The winged beasts of the Tianning tribe were only half the size of Jiujiu, and their bodies were not as strong as Jiujiu, nor as lively and cute as Jiujiu.
Despite this, everyone already felt that the winged beasts raised by the Tianning tribe were good.
It can be seen that raising winged beasts in this era is really not an easy task.
On rainy days, it is not safe to go outside, and it is not comfortable to get wet in the rain.
Jian Mo and his friends have enough food, so they don't go out much.
Many people don't mind and still go out on rainy days.
Especially the other tribes, everyone couldn't stay in the tribe, so they came to the Riverside Tribe to exchange pottery.
Many people in the tribe thought that the pottery of the Riverside Tribe was beautiful and waterproof. It was much more cost-effective to come here to exchange than to make it by themselves - the success rate of firing pottery in many tribes was very low, and there were many cracks, which was expensive.
The Riverside Tribe was also very happy to have other tribes come to exchange. Collecting wood, clay and the like was not an easy task, and the less they used, the easier it would be for other tribes to carry it.
In general, everyone was very satisfied with the exchange.
After coming to the Riverside Tribe more and more, everyone gradually found that in addition to exchanging things directly with the Riverside Tribe, it was also good to find Jianmo to exchange some food.
Especially the mushroom sauce, fried fish nuggets, fried meat nuggets and the like made by Jian Mo, they are very fragrant and delicious, much more delicious than ordinary food.
Jian Mo's family doesn't exchange much. One portion of the ingredients can be exchanged for about one-third of the finished product.
Because after the finished product is made, it will shrink to half or less, so this kind of exchange is very cost-effective. After all, if someone with poor craftsmanship holds the ingredients in his hands, the food he makes is not delicious, and he may have to throw it all away.
Jian Mo likes other tribes to come and exchange things, and it would be even better if they can bring some special information.
That day, when the people from the Hongqi tribe came to exchange, they asked about the scallions:
"Doctor Jian Mo, are you really looking for that kind of scallion?"
"Can we help you find it?"
"Yes, we can help you ask. If we find it, can we bring it to you to exchange for something?"
Jian Mo smiled and welcomed them to help find it, and asked, "What do you want to exchange?"
"Knife!" The people of Hongxiao tribe said without hesitation, "Metal knife!"
They asked Jian Mo, "If we find some green onions, can we come over and exchange them with you for knives?"
Jian Mo smiled, "That depends on how many green onions you bring to exchange. One or two will definitely not work, but a basket or two will be no problem at all."
The people of Hongxiao tribe became even more excited, "We've already asked around. If we find them, we'll bring them to you right away."
Jian Mo: "Okay, if we can exchange them, I will definitely not let you suffer a loss."
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