Chapter 85 Bet
The Ambose River is to the east of the Riverside Tribe. It is wide but not deep.
People in the tribe said that in previous years, the river would start to flow later, but this year the weather was warmer, so it appeared earlier.
Thanks to a group of people who went there to hunt two days ago, otherwise they would have missed it.
Jian Mo sat on Wu Jiong and asked Zhou Fu in front of him: "Is this river the source of our tribe?"
Zhou Fu talked for a long time, and was stunned when he heard this question: "I really don't know, I have to ask Ye Luo and the others."
Then Zhou Fu called Ye Luo: "Ye Luo, do you know?"
Ye Luo and his father were both sitting on his father's back. Hearing the question from behind, the old beastman who looked like a clouded leopard took the initiative to walk slower and fell behind. Ye
Luo said calmly, "Of course I know. The water of the Ambus River flows down from the Ambus Mountain. The source is a very small ditch, flowing all the way to the southeast. When it flows to the territory of the Linyan Tribe, the water is very large."
Jian Mo seldom heard about the Linyan Tribe, which was just below their tribe. At this time, he took the opportunity to ask, "It seems that our tribe has no contact with the Linyan Tribe? Is it because of friction?"
Ye Luo's father smiled and said, "That's not the case. The people of the Linyan Tribe like to move around in the south of the territory, which is too far away from us, so we don't often meet."
Jian Mo understood.
Everyone walked eastward until the sun rose to the middle of the sky before they reached the Ambus River.
This is indeed a wide river, with round pebbles at the bottom. The river water is light blue and the current is very turbulent. When it flows over the stones, it stirs up countless white splashes.
At this time, spring grass has grown, and wild flowers of all colors have bloomed, which looks very beautiful.
On such a sunny day, the blue sky, white clouds, snow-capped mountains, grasslands and rivers spread out in the sun, which looks particularly beautiful.
Jian Mo climbed down from the giant wolf's back: "The scenery here is really beautiful."
The giant wolf first touched him with its mouth, and then whispered: "If you like, we will come back another day."
While they were talking, someone shouted in the distance: "Get ready to go into the water! Everyone disperse, and a few people will look for it in a section of the river."
Everyone agreed, and formed teams with their partners, families or friends to prepare to catch fish.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong were the only two people, Min Dang's family came to their side, and Zhou Fu's family was on their other side.
Zhou Fu rubbed his hands in anticipation, and excitedly introduced the fish to Jian Mo and the others: "The Ambus fish is especially delicious. When people in the tribe didn't eat much fish before, they liked this kind of fish very much, and they would come here every spring."
Jian Mo looked at the turbulent river: "It's not easy to catch, right?"
Zhou Fu: "That depends on one's ability. The chief must be able to catch it easily."
Jian Mo looked back at Wu Jiong, poked him with his hand, and blinked, meaning to ask if he had confidence.
Wu Jiong grabbed Jian Mo's wrist, and his expression was very calm.
That means he has confidence.
Jian Mo retracted his gaze, full of expectations for this kind of Ambus fish.
The Ambus River is very wide, and the deepest part of the water is up to their thighs. There are large and small stones underneath, so it's not very slippery, but it's cold.
As soon as Jian Mo went in, his legs turned red from the cold.
Wu Jiong looked at him and gently pushed him: "You go to the shore and wait."
Jian Mo: "It's okay, you'll get used to it in a while."
Wu Jiong frowned, and Jian Mo said: "It's really okay. If I can't stand it, I'll go to the shore to bask in the sun. I won't force myself."
His physique is indeed not as good as that of the orcs and sub-orcs, but he is not a fragile person. Just a little bit of cold water, he can overcome it.
Wu Jiong nodded and started looking in the river.
After Jian Mo stood firm, he looked at the river water flowing: "What does the Ambus fish look like? I don't think I have seen it."
Wu Jiong bent down and stretched out his hand, accurately grabbing a palm-sized fish: "It looks like this."
Jian Mo looked closely and found that the Ambus fish was a bit flat, with gray-brown patterns on its back, and looked similar to a stone.
In addition, its skin is not covered with ordinary fish scales, but delicate skin similar to that of loach.
It is indeed quite special.
Wu Jiong threw the fish into a backpack placed in the water. A large stone was pressed on the bottom of the backpack to ensure that it would not be washed away by the water. The rattan backpack was full of water, and the fish could still swim in the water after being thrown in.
Jian Mo observed again, turned his head to look at the bottom of the river, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to try his best to catch the fish.
After searching for a long time, after Wu Jiong caught several fish in succession, he finally saw a gray-brown figure.
He approached carefully, stretched out his hand and caught it - but caught nothing.
The flow speed of the ambus fish was too fast. With the cover of the splash, it flashed forward and disappeared directly.
Jian Mo stared for a long time, but couldn't find the fish. He could only prepare to find the second fish unwillingly.
Wu Jiong taught him how to catch fish: "You have to bend down and look close to the water surface. The fish is not where you see it, but a little lower."
Jian Mo suddenly realized: "I remember, the principle of water refraction - I understand."
Wu Jiong nodded.
Jian Mo rubbed his hands and said: "Okay, I learned the secret. Wait for me to catch two big ones for you to taste."
Jian Mo was full of confidence, but he still couldn't compete with the speed of the ambushes.
He struggled for a long time, but didn't catch a single fish. Wu Jiong kept throwing fish into the backpack basket, and the basket was already half full of fish.
Jian Mo borrowed a basket, intending to trap the fish before catching them, but it didn't work - the pebbles below were uneven, and the ambushes swam too fast, so they ran away in a few seconds.
When the sun passed noon and everyone stopped to rest, Jian Mo still had no catches, while Wu Jiong caught half a basket by himself. The two of them together had the best record. Someone
said, "This fish must be delicious but hard to catch."
People around said,
"If it was that easy to catch, they would have been caught long ago."
"It's not that it's hard to catch. Look at Jian Mo and the others - they caught a lot of fish, right?" "
Haha, it's probably because Jian Mo is here. In the past, the tribe leader was too lazy to catch fish, and every time he caught a few more fish in the bottom of the basket than us."
"It's different when you have a partner, isn't it, Chief?"
Wu Jiong listened to all kinds of jokes and was very calm: "Isn't it right to catch some delicious fish for your partner?"
No matter how people around them joked, Wu Jiong and Jian Mo were not shy at all. Everyone said a few words, and seeing that their reactions were rather boring, they had to change the topic.
After a good rest, everyone went down to the river to fish again. They kept fishing
until the sun was setting, and then everyone packed up and rushed to the tribe.
Today's fish was also handed over to the tribe for collective distribution, and the rest was kept by themselves.
Jian Mo and his friends caught a lot of fish, and there were also a lot of fish left in their hands.
Looking at the still fresh Ambus fish, Jian Mo asked: "How do you eat this fish? Dry fry or cook it in soup?"
Wu Jiong: "Stew it. Cut a piece of half-fat and half-lean bacon and stew it together. The stewed fish will be particularly rich and delicious."
Jian Mo looked at the fish, and then at the bacon hanging under the eaves. He couldn't imagine how to cook it, so he made a "please" gesture: "You come? I'll light a fire for you."
Wu Jiong: "I'll try. Clean the fish first."
Wu Jiong took an old shell knife and cleaned the fish in the yard. He first smashed the fish and then scraped the scales.
Jian Mo realized that Ambus fish is not without scales, but it is covered with fine scales, which need to be scraped carefully.
The scraped fish scales are like shaved ice. Jian Mo wiped it and it felt a bit like sand. After
cutting open the fish, the meat was very thick and looked very plump.
Just by looking at its appearance, you can tell that it is probably delicious.
Jian Mo squatted aside, looking forward to watching Wu Jiong cooking the fish.
Jiujiu squatted on the other side, waiting expectantly for the fish head that they didn't want.
After Wu Jiong cut open the fish, he threw the fish head, fish tail, and fish entrails to Jiujiu. Jiujiu didn't mind, holding it with his paws and eating very politely.
After eating, it chirped twice and squatted obediently aside waiting for the next fish.
Jian Mo rubbed Jiujiu's butt. This guy seemed quite comfortable.
Soon, Wu Jiong walked into the kitchen with a basin of fish with the head and tail removed, and went under the eaves to cut a piece of half-fat and half-lean bacon, washed it with warm water, cut it into thin slices, and fried it in a pan until it was translucent.
After the bacon is fried until it turns yellow and curls up, Wu Jiong puts the fish into the pot, adds spring water, and stews it directly.
The big iron pot is boiling, and the spring water is poured into the soup, and the color immediately turns milky white. The rich flavor floats out with the steam, lingering in the kitchen.
Jian Mo sniffed: "How long will it take to stew?"
Wu Jiong took a look: "Stew until the firewood in the stove is burned out, and the fish will be almost done."
Jian Mo: "That's quite a long time."
Wu Jiong: "Let's go get some tendon grass leaves and put them in later."
Jian Mo looked at the pot: "Just stew it like this?"
Wu Jiong: "The water won't burn dry, just let Jiujiu watch it."
Jiujiu received the task and stood outside the kitchen, slurping and watching patiently.
It can't watch the fire, mainly to prevent small animals from sneaking in to eat when they are out.
Of course, with its huge body, it can't get into the kitchen to steal food, so don't worry about it.
When Jian Mo and the others brought back the tendon grass, Jiujiu was waiting outside obediently.
Jian Mo patted it and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I'll give you two more fish later."
Jiujiu's eyes lit up: "Jiujiu!"
After washing and cutting the sedge grass into sections, Jian Mo found that the fish in the pot was almost done. The juice was thick and gelatinous, and there was even a thin layer of soup crust on it.
Wu Jiong stir-fried the fish meat slightly while keeping it intact, and then sprinkled the tender green sedge grass in.
White soup, reddish-brown bacon, black fish, and embellished with sedge grass leaves -
this pot of fish looks delicious!
They had dinner in the kitchen.
Jian Mo couldn't wait to taste the fish soup first: "So hot and so delicious!"
The fish soup was thick and delicious. He could clearly taste the sweet taste of the fish and the mellow taste of the fermented bacon. The two complemented each other and were so delicious that his eyebrows almost fell off.
He took another bite of the fish meat. The fish meat was very tender, with a smooth texture like tender tofu. Generally speaking, he could only achieve that tenderness when making boiled fish fillets.
After taking another bite, Jian Mo quickly discovered that the best part of the whole dish was not the fish soup or the fish fillets, but the fish skin.
The fish skin was soft, chewy, and extremely delicious. It was simply the essence of the whole fish.
Jian Mo didn't expect that the skin of this inconspicuous little fish was so delicious.
Jian Mo ate a piece of fish meat and sipped the fish soup, sweating from the tip of his nose. "Sure enough, top-quality ingredients only require the simplest cooking method. It's delicious!"
Wu Jiong: "I cooked a big pot. I hope you can eat more."
Jian Mo looked at the stove: "Did you leave out the jiujiu part?"
Wu Jiong: "Yes, it won't be hungry. Give it to it after it cools down a bit."
Then Jian Mo would not be polite. This delicious fish with few bones was so delicious to eat.
After eating several pieces of fish in a row, Jian Mo saw Wu Jiong picking up the bacon from the basin and gave him some fish meat: "Shall we go again tomorrow? I think there are still a lot of fish in the river. We should be able to catch some if we go again tomorrow."
Wu Jiong: "The tribe has been catching fish for several days in a row. There are the most fish these days. After a while, there won't be so many fish, and they won't be so fat."
Jian Mo: "Then take Jiujiu with you. I see it likes this fish very much. Let it catch some too."
Wu Jiong looked at Jiujiu who was waiting in the yard: "Take it with you. Let it help carry some things."
Jian Mo: "Then I'll bring the broken basket I used to catch fish before. It's too hard to catch fish without tools."
The two finished dinner while chatting and went to feed Jiujiu.
Jiujiu waited in the yard for a long time, and finally got some fish. He was so excited that he kept jumping around beside them.
Jian Mo patted Jiujiu and said, "I'll take you with me tomorrow. If you don't catch any, you won't get any fish."
Jiujiu buried his head in the basin and said, "Jiujiu—"
Seeing that this guy couldn't pay attention to anything else, Jian Mo had to shut up.
The next day they brought all the tools and let Jiujiu fly above them and set out with them. They
had already caught fish upstream yesterday, and today they had to go a little further downstream.
This section of the river was wider and the water was deeper, but it was not a problem for everyone.
Everyone quickly formed teams, in twos and threes, ready to catch fish.
Jian Mo brought tools and his performance was better than yesterday. When Wu Jiong caught more than 20 fish, he finally caught the first small fish.
He threw the fish into the basket and straightened his back with satisfaction.
Except for Wu Jiong, everyone's harvest was not much, at least not a few more than him.
This fish is indeed difficult to catch, and it is not his fault that he came up empty-handed yesterday.
Jian Mo watched for a while, then went to see Jiujiu.
Jiujiu was trying hard at the bottom of the river, but because he was fat and clumsy, he struggled in the water for a long time but didn't catch any fish.
Well, Jiujiu also came up empty-handed.
While Jian Mo was looking around, Ban Ming and his friends came over and
asked, "Brother Jian Mo, how many fish did you catch?" Jian Mo showed them, "I caught one, and Wu Jiong caught half a basket."
The young beastmen, who were arm in arm with each other, all lowered their heads to look at their baskets, and when they saw the baskets full of fish, they were so envious that their eyes almost turned green.
Ban Ming said sourly: "It's really half a basket. Chief, you have the ability to catch the Ambus fish, it's a waste. You should go to catch the three-eyed fish."
Jian Mo was puzzled: "What kind of fish is that?"
Ban Ming gestured: "A big fish that swims very fast and hides very well. The taste of this fish is nothing special, but the fish gall is very good for reducing fever after being dried. One year, a kid in the Dianxin tribe had a fever and couldn't get rid of it. The parents were afraid that the kid would go crazy, so they mobilized several nearby tribes to find three-eyed fish. Although fresh fish gall was used in the end, The effect was very good, and the cub's fever went away that night."
Jian Mo: "Isn't this really an accident?"
Ban Ming: "No, it's just that this kind of fish gall is particularly useful. It has been passed down from generation to generation, and several nearby tribes know about it."
Ban Ming also pulled Qing Kuang to prove it: "Dad, right?"
Qing Kuang nodded and added: "If you use other medicines for fever, whether it can be cured depends on luck. This kind of fish gall has never failed."
Jian Mo: "If it is so useful, the tribe should have some."
When Jian Mo asked, everyone explained to him:
"We also want to be prepared, but the three-eyed fish swims very fast and hides very deep, so it is usually impossible to catch it."
"It is used to hiding in muddy and sandy caves. Once the water floods, its scent will be covered."
"There are a lot of fish here, and the smell is very mixed. Even we orcs can't smell it."
Is it really that magical?
Jian Mo looked at Wu Jiong doubtfully and bumped him with his shoulder, meaning to ask, is this true?
Before Wu Jiong said anything, Ban Ming said, "Brother Jian Mo, don't look at the chief. You are not a beastman, so you don't know how light the smell of this fish is. It is difficult to smell the smell of this fish in such a messy environment. It is impossible to find it, unless it is a giant armored beast with a particularly sensitive sense of smell, such as Yun Ke, the chief of the Mengshui tribe, they may be able to smell the smell."
Yun Ke has always wanted to poach Jian Mo. Although Wu Jiong didn't say it, he actually didn't like that guy very much.
Jian Mo suspected that Ban Ming was using provocation.
Ban Ming was pushed by his good friend A Hu behind him and remembered this. He quickly added: "But the giant armored beast is slow and clumsy, and it can't catch the three-eyed fish."
Wu Jiong's focus was indeed on Ban Ming's previous sentence: "Impossible to find? What if I find it?"
Ban Ming thought for a while and said: "If you find and catch it, I will beat the head beast for you to send to you."
Wu Jiong: "How many heads do you catch?"
The people around him laughed: "You Do you want to make a bet?"
Ban Ming gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! But if you can't catch any, you have to carry a head beast to me."
Wu Jiong: "Okay, if I can't catch any, I'll let you carry ten beasts over, and you can choose the type of beast. If I catch one, you carry a arrow-bone beast to me, and you carry as many arrow-bone beasts as you catch."
Ban Ming: "Okay! Then I'll wait for your beasts!"
It's rare to see Wu Jiong betting with others, and everyone is very excited.
Qing Kuang smiled and said, "We will all be witnesses for you. The sun sets before the mountain. If the tribe leader catches a beast before the mountain sets, the tribe leader wins, and if he doesn't catch one, Ban Ming wins."
Wu Jiong and Ban Ming both agreed.
The bet officially began.
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