Chapter 80: Doing Bad Things
After finally catching the beasts that stole their food, Jian Mo slid out a purple bird and planned to cook it in the morning.
The purple bird was large, had thick meat, and tasted delicious.
After Wu Jiong took it to the river to process it, Jian Mo chopped the purple bird into pieces, put it into the pot, added oil and fried it until the water was dry and fragrant, and added garlic powder and a handful of pepper. The
fried purple bird was dry, fragrant and slightly spicy, and it was very delicious with rice.
Jian Mo ate the purple bird with the stems. While eating, he said with some regret: "It's not right to use the stems with the purple bird. It would be better if there were rice. Two bowls of rice would taste amazing."
Wu Jiong had heard him talk about rice many times. Although he had never eaten it, he could imagine it: "Let's ask around. We will find it sooner or later, or find a similar substitute."
Jian Mo nodded: "If we can't find rice, beans and corn will also be fine. Anyway, they can all be made into rice." I just
don't know what these undomesticated plants will look like when they grow up? Looking at the wheat-like flour grass, it is estimated that the situation will not be very optimistic.
No matter what, let's find it first.
While eating, Jian Mo thought: "We don't have much moss left, and we haven't been to Leigong Mountain to collect moss for a while. There should be new moss growing. Why don't we go and take a look today?"
Wu Jiong: "Let's go after dinner."
Jian Mo: "It feels like we have been acting alone a lot recently. I will try not to act alone for a while."
Wu Jiong didn't care at all: "You have contributed enough to the tribe. Everyone tacitly agrees that you should have special treatment. It doesn't matter if you don't go. If you don't go out with us and don't collect the allocated supplies, it will be fine." "Okay, no one will say anything."
Jian Mo: "Then they may have opinions in their hearts."
Wu Jiong: "Whoever has opinions, let them do what you have done."
Jian Mo smiled: "Okay, I will do it myself."
Wu Jiong said seriously: "You can do what you want, you don't have to follow the rhythm of the tribe. I am the tribe leader, and I really don't care if I say it doesn't matter."
Jian Mo: "Got it."
After that, Jian Mo said again: "You are too cool to say that."
Wu Jiong's ears were a little red: "Eat."
They have been to Leigong Mountain several times.
Jiujiu was a little afraid of the thunder and lightning in Leigong Mountain, so they didn't take it this time. Instead, Wu Jiong turned into a giant wolf and carried Jian Mo directly.
Under full speed running, it only took half a day, which was not a big deal for the giant wolf.
Before noon, they had already arrived at the wet Leigong Mountain.
Jian Mo turned to look at the moss growing on the trunk of the big tree and said, "I always feel that this place is special and different, as if it is not in the territory of the Riverside Tribe, but should be somewhere farther away."
Wu Jiong: "You mean the plants growing here are completely different?"
Jian Mo: "Yes, the terrain and plants are different. I wanted to say this last time. If we have time after picking moss, let's find a pool with a suitable temperature to soak in the hot spring?"
Wu Jiong: "I know which pool is suitable. I will take you there later."
As the two talked, they began to look for moss that could be used as an anesthetic.
This kind of moss is furry, and each clump is as big as a palm. It is not difficult to find.
They picked slowly in the woods, and after picking each clump, they would deliberately leave a small piece to let it continue to grow.
In that case, next time they come, new moss will grow in the same place.
With long-term searching and accumulation, they will be able to collect more and more mosses, and it will become easier and easier to collect.
As they walked, Wu Jiong gestured to Jian Mo to look at a plant: "The core of this grass can be eaten."
Jian Mo looked down: "Ah? Is this grass?"
This plant was only as high as Jian Mo's knees, but each branch was very thick, thicker than his wrist, with thick opposite leaflets on the top.
Jian Mo asked uncertainly: "Is this grass?"
Wu Jiong: "Peel it off and you will know."
Wu Jiong cut off a relatively thick stem, then peeled off the skin. Inside was a white core that looked a bit like wild rice.
Jian Mo took it, held it in his hand and looked at it repeatedly: "It looks a bit like a vegetable."
Wu Jiong: "You can call it a wild vegetable, try it."
Jian Mo tried taking a small bite. The grass core was sweet and crispy, a bit like the taste of water chestnut, but not that sweet.
Jian Mo was pleasantly surprised: "It's delicious! Can I dig some to plant back home?"
Wu Jiong: "Not really, it grows very slowly, this grass has been growing for at least five years."
Jian Mo looked at it carefully, it only grew this much in five years, that was really not a good deal: "Okay, let it continue to grow."
Wu Jiong: "I'll cut two more."
Jian Mo: "What's its name?"
Wu Jiong thought for a moment: "Manmancao."
Jian Mo suspected that he made it up: "Really?"
Wu Jiong: "Our tribe calls it this name, I don't know if other tribes have other names."
Wu Jiong said, and neatly cut off two-thirds of the stems of Manmancao and put them directly into the backpack without peeling the skin for the time being.
This way it can be better preserved.
Jian Mo looked back and decided to ask Ye Luo and the others after returning.
This name is simply a joke.
In addition to eating grass, they also picked a lot of wild vegetables along the way and caught a lot of fish.
The fish here are also delicious, and many of them are special fish that cannot be caught outside.
They wandered around Leigong Mountain for a day, and found a pond to soak in hot springs, and went back in the evening.
Jian Mo said that he wanted to eat the fish caught today, so Wu Jiong carefully removed the scales of these small fish with his fingers, squeezed out the dirt, and cleaned the small fish.
The small fish was slightly pickled and used to stew noodles and pickles. After stewing, the small fish tasted delicious, the noodles were soft and glutinous, and the pickles were sour and salty, and they tasted very good.
Jian Mo ate two large bowls of stems in one breath, and after eating, he took Wu Jiong for a walk in the tribe for a long time.
The food at their house has been pretty good these past few days, with all kinds of fresh meat every day, fried, stir-fried, deep-fried, and baked. Jiujiu is the happiest when eating, chirping every day with bright eyes.
Jian Mo sees it jumping around every day, and the whole animal is much more lively, thinking about how to get some fresh prey for it to taste.
This guy loves to eat, and he really gives enough emotional value. Jian Mo likes to cook for it.
Jian Mo went out to gather with the tribe for several days in a row, without taking Jiujiu with him.
Sometimes the young people in the tribe would say hello to Jian Mo and ride it out.
Jian Mo paid a little attention to it, but didn't take it too seriously.
At the beginning, it was agreed to be raised together with the tribe, and Jiujiu was also happy to go out with the people in the tribe, so Jian Mo naturally had no objection.
On this day, Jian Mo and his companions went out to gather. Most people in the tribe went out to gather or hunt, leaving only the beastmen on patrol and a few beastmen resting at home.
Everyone was doing their own thing, and no one paid special attention to the actions of Jiujiu and the cubs.
Jiujiu and the cubs often played together, and everyone was used to this scene. It was quite cute to see a group of big and small chubby furry creatures hanging out together occasionally.
No one knew that although they looked cute, what they did was not that cute.
On this day, the cubs took Jiujiu to the river, and a group of furry guys squatted on the river bank, staring at the other side of the river without blinking.
The patrolling beastman came closer, saw their look, and warned them: "Just play here, don't go to the other side."
Chirp: "Chirp!"
The cubs looked up and said: "I know, we won't go, we'll just stay here."
In fact, it's okay to go to the other side. It was broad daylight, and the patrolling beastman had already patrolled outside the tribe, and there were no wild animals coming.
The patrolling beastman guessed that they might be helping Jian Mo's family to watch over the vegetable fields to prevent any small animals from coming over to cause harm. Thinking
of this, the patrolling beastman touched the little cat Banchiu next to him. These guys are really smart and well-behaved.
After warning them, the patrolling beastman went around to the edge to patrol.
The cubs squatted in place, watching him leave with the corner of their eyes.
When they could no longer see him, Banjiu immediately said, "Hurry up, hurry up, we can cross the river, everyone be careful, meow."
The cubs who could not transform yet raised their paws and swam across the shallow river.
Jiujiu followed at the end, stepping on the stones at the bottom of the river with its two hind paws, and slowly ran over. When it ran to the other side, its butt was all wet.
A group of guys faced the sun, swayed their bodies to shake off the water, looked back at the wide river, raised their heads and puffed out their chests, and looked very proud.
There is more food outside in spring, and it is relatively easy to collect. As long as the cubs can transform, they will follow the adults to learn how to collect. Only this group of guys are left in the tribe to play.
There was no danger in the tribe, and there were beastmen on patrol, so the adults didn't care.
No one thought that they could really swim to the other side of the river.
After all, the river was already a natural protective belt.
After shaking off the water on his body, Jiujiu ran to the front, turned his head and shouted "Jiujiu" to the cubs, indicating that this was the place.
Banjiu shook his tail and stared at the vegetable field without blinking: "Then let's get started. Each two people will get a vegetable field and see if we can hunt prey."
The cubs immediately cried "Aowu", "Woof woof", and "Meow" and ran quickly to the vegetable field they saw to ambush. There were
few prey, and they squatted for a while and only bit two insects.
After a while, the chubby little white wolf Zhoudao howled softly, reminding his companions: "Jiangtou is patrolling here."
The cubs heard the news and hurried to the riverside, crawling and rolling down the river like dumplings, with their four little paws paddling quickly, and even their tails flicking to help, and they swam to the other side of the river in a few strokes.
After swimming across, they twisted their bodies and shook their fur in unison.
Then, there was another round of complaints in a baby voice:
"You splashed water on me."
"Me too!"
"Meow, Zhoudao, stay away from me."
"Keep your voice down, Jiangtou is coming, run!"
The cubs ran and ran to the woods by the river.
Jiujiu ran the slowest, "hachi hachi". The river was shallow and he was big, so he only got his butt wet, and looked pretty dry.
The patrolling beastman came around and took a look at Jiujiu, the slowest runner, and thought that the cubs were just chasing and playing, so he ignored them.
The cubs played for a whole day, playing hide-and-seek with the patrolling beastman, and running to the other side to try to catch some prey. They had a lot of fun.
When the first group of hunters came back, they had just run back to the open space of the tribe, and were still panting with their tongues out.
Ban Ming saw his brother panting so hard, and he stretched out his big hand in confusion, lifted his chest, and looked at him: "What are you doing? Panting so hard."
Ban Jiu lowered his head and licked his brother's finger: "Play."
His fur was almost dry, and Ban Ming didn't care about the remaining moisture. When he was a cub, he ran through the jungle and rolled through puddles. It was normal for his fur to be a little wet.
Ban Ming: "You guys continue to play."
Ban Jiu: "Meow."
The adults didn't notice that the cubs had run to the other side of the river to hunt.
When Jian Mo went to water the vegetable garden, he found some paw prints, but it didn't rain in the past two days, so the paw prints were very shallow. He didn't have much experience in hunting, so he was just confused when he saw it, and didn't think anything of it.
The crops have grown well in the past few days, with no signs of damage at all, especially the seeds of Rudagei, which have already grown into small tender shoots.
Jian Mo cut them back and used them to cook noodles, but just added a little animal oil, salt and shellfish powder. The cooked shoots are very delicious, tender and full of the breath of spring.
This kind of vegetable is really delicious, and it seems that it can be planted for a long time in the future.
The cubs saw that people didn't notice, so the daily routine has become hunting on the other side of the river.
They didn't catch any prey for several days in a row.
Until this day, when the spotted bird was ambushing in the vegetable field, a bird tried to fly down and peck at the seedlings.
The spotted chirp lying in ambush on the ground jumped up and threw the whole bird down.
"Aww! Spotted chirp is so powerful!"
"We caught it!"
"Quick, quick, the patrolling beastmen are coming, let's go to the grove."
"Chirp!"
The cubs talked in unison, turned around and ran, crossed the river and hid in the grove for a while.
After the patrolling beastmen left, the cubs looked at the large bird on the ground and were in a dilemma:
"What should we do with this bird? Eat it?"
"It seems impossible. Brother Jian Mo said that it can't be eaten raw."
"Then take it home?"
"Take it home, and Dad and the others will know that we are out catching birds."
"Oh, bury it?"
"Chiujiu——"
"Chiujiu said to give it to it?"
"Then give it to Chiujiu. We'll catch it later."
The cubs reached a consensus and stuffed the half-dead prey into Chiujiu.
Chiujiu happily held the prey in his mouth and went hunting with the cubs again.
The cubs enjoyed it very much and went to guard the vegetable garden again.
Not long after, they caught a small long-eared beast, which they couldn't eat, so they gave it to Chiujiu.
So, when Jian Mo and his friends came back, Jiujiu was holding two preys in its mouth, squatting in the yard with its head held high and its chest puffed out, with a proud expression on its furry face.
Seeing it like this, Jian Mo took a closer look and soon found the prey in its mouth.
Jian Mo was surprised: "Jiujiu, you can catch the prey?"
Jiujiu held the prey in its mouth and said vaguely: "Jiujiu."
Jian Mo: "Wu Jiong, come and see, Jiujiu can hunt!"
Jiujiu sat up straighter: "Jiujiu!"
Wu Jiong came over and took a look: "The red-necked bird and the long-eared beast have no wounds on their bodies. It may be Jiujiu who caught them."
Jian Mo: "Then I will cook them and give them as a snack tonight."
Jiujiu flapped its wings, and there was obvious joy in its voice: "Jiujiu——"
Jiujiu caught the prey, so it had to be rewarded.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong helped it clean up the prey, and specially made a pot of braised beast and bird with less oil and salt for it to eat.
This pot was all Jiujiu's. When Jian Mo put the food in the bowl for him, he looked at the bowl full of meat and chirped happily again.
After Jian Mo fed him, he was ready to go back to eat.
Jiujiu ate the grass given to him first, and kept his eyes on Jian Mo.
This guy has always had the habit of eating the unpalatable things first and then the delicious things. Jian Mo saw it but didn't care.
Who knew, when Jian Mo turned around and left, Jiujiu made sure that his back was gone, and then the dog sneaked out with the food bowl in its mouth.
Jian Mo went home to wash his hands and was about to eat. He saw garlic clam meat on the table, and remembered that he hadn't given the clam meat to Jiujiu yet, so he said, "I'll send some of the clam meat to Jiujiu. It won't taste good if it gets cold."
Wu Jiong: "I'll go with you."
So the two went to the backyard again.
The backyard was empty, and there was no trace of Jiujiu.
Jian Mo was confused while holding the food bowl: "Where is Jiujiu?"
Where did such a big creature go?
Wu Jiong took a look: "Its food bowl is gone."
Jian Mo looked carefully: "Hey, really, where did it go with the food bowl? Could it have kept a pet without telling us?"
As a pet doctor, Jian Mo has seen many cases of cats and dogs keeping pets. Some cats and dogs even get so sad that they get sick because their pets die.
Thinking of this, Jian Mo became interested and pulled Wu Jiong: "Let's go over and see what Jiujiu has kept?"
Wu Jiong sniffed: "Here."
The smell of the braised bird was very strong and could not be hidden from Wu Jiong's nose at all.
Wu Jiong and Jian Mo followed the smell of food and caught up with the chubby Jiujiu in no time. The main reason was that this guy didn't fly, but walked with his claws, and couldn't walk fast with his chubby body.
Jian Mo looked at its slow back and said in surprise: "It's going to the grove. Strange, I passed by the grove in the afternoon and didn't find anything."
Wu Jiong lowered his voice: "Maybe it's in the cave."
Jian Mo: "Then let's wait for a while."
Jiujiu arrived in the grove and sat down, but he didn't look for his pet. Instead, he raised his head and called "Jiujiu" several times.
Its voice is loud and can be heard from far away.
After calling, it waited patiently on the spot.
Jian Mo was even more confused. It was not surprising that Jiujiu was smart, as some cats and dogs could also be so smart. But it was a bit strange that all the pets it raised were smart.
There were so many people in the tribe, including patrolling beastmen. What kind of animal could have hidden from everyone and been raised by Jiujiu?
Jian Mo was very curious and pulled Wu Jiong to squat behind the tree.
Not long after, an animal came.
When the animal ran to him, Jian Mo found that this animal was not any animal he imagined, but a cub in the tribe.
Jiujiu actually raised a cub in the tribe!
Jian Mo's scalp tingled, and he and Wu Jiong looked at each other. Both of them had surprised expressions on their faces.
The chubby little white wolf Zhou Dao ran to Jiujiu first, sniffed its food bowl, and said happily: "It smells so good! Let me have a taste."
Jian Mo's mouth twitched, and he hurried out to stop him.
Before Zhou Dao had time to taste it, Ban Jiu ran over and slapped Zhou Dao's head with his claws: "Brother Jian Mo said, you are not allowed to eat anything you want!"
As he said that, Ban Jiu met Jian Mo's eyes and shivered with fear: "Meow?!"
Jian Mo, who had just appeared with Wu Jiong: "..." If I had known, I would not have come out.
Zhou Dao heard the noise, turned around and saw, and was so scared that his fur almost stood up: "Brother Jian Mo!!!"
Jiujiu also widened his eyes: "Huh?"
It's over, I've been caught.
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