Chapter 89 Great Plains
All the adults sat in an open space by the river to hold a meeting to decide whether to go hunting on the Great Plains.
The cubs listened on the side and learned how to handle tribal affairs.
After listening to Wu Jiong's explanation of the situation, many people supported going hunting on the Great Plains, and many people opposed going hunting on the Great Plains.
Supporters said:
"Since the beast tide is coming, we can bring back a lot of food with one trip, so why not run?"
"Why not take advantage of this time to make a trip and catch more prey? We will be much more relaxed in the next period of time and can find time to do other things."
"Yes, we don't have to rush so much on the next full moon night and summer festival, we can relax."
The reasons of those who oppose are also very sufficient:
"The beast tide is coming, there will be a lot of food, but it is also very dangerous. It will be troublesome if you get hurt."
"It's spring now, and there is no shortage of food in the tribe. There is no need."
"If you want to hunt, the tribe also has a lot of migrated prey, so there is no need to run so far."
Everyone expressed their opinions, and no one could convince anyone else. Instead, the voices became louder and louder, and they were about to quarrel.
Jian Mo took a quick look. Among the backbone forces of the tribe, Dejiang disagreed to go, while Qingkuang expressed his willingness to take the risk.
Looking at Wu Jiong again, Wu Jiong had no expression, and even Jian Mo could not tell whether this guy agreed or opposed.
Jian Mo belonged to the group that was willing to go out.
He had confidence in Wu Jiong's strength, and he also wanted to see the beast tide in the great plains.
But everyone was arguing so loudly that he could not say anything.
Wu Jiong waited for everyone to finish arguing, and then he gave the order to vote.
In the end, the number of people willing to go hunting won by a slight margin.
Wu Jiong asked those who were willing to go to sign up, and those who were unwilling to go to stay in the tribe to guard their homes. Wu Jiong
sent someone to the Mengshui tribe to say something, and finally the two tribes set a date for departure.
Jian Mo had never gone out hunting before, and he was excited about the spring outing, but also a little nervous.
He asked Wu Jiong: "How did you go out hunting before? Were there many injuries?"
Wu Jiong said: "Not many. Beastmen basically don't get injured. Most of the injured beastmen were gored or bitten by wild beasts while hunting. Even if you don't go out hunting, hunting in the tribe also has the risk of being injured, but there are not many wild beasts in the tribe, so the number of injuries will not be many."
Jian Mo understood that he was the one who supported going out hunting: "In fact, there is not much risk in going out hunting."
Wu Jiong nodded.
Jian Mo: "Then I'll take an extra set of medicine and equipment with me, just in case. I'll also take Jiujiu with me, in case it's really dangerous, it can help carry some people to the sky."
Wu Jiong: "Okay, let's prepare some more food, when we go out hunting, the food may not be so delicious."
Jian Mo rolled up his sleeves: "Make some more mushroom sauce and green onion sauce, and use them to dip the meat when the time comes."
In Jian Mo's nervous preparations, they finally welcomed the day of going out hunting.
This time, the Riverside Tribe sent out 80 people, and the Mengshui Tribe sent out 80 people, all of whom were young and strong, and two-thirds of them were beastmen.
They set out with a lot of salt powder and spice powder. When they caught the prey, they would process it on the spot and make it into jerky, which would not only reduce the weight but also facilitate transportation.
Jian Mo prepared two baskets of various medicines and surgical instruments just in case.
The orcs from the two tribes changed back into their beast forms and lined up to run forward, which also looked like a tide of beasts.
Jiujiu flapped its wings and flew over their heads. Occasionally, it would overtake them and had to fly back a little. It seemed that they were having a lot of fun.
Jian Mo sat on the giant wolf, listening to the thumping footsteps, nervous but also a little excited.
When the orcs ran, the dust rose up, covering the sky and the sun, and the momentum was very huge.
Along the way, not to mention that there were blind beasts who dared to provoke them, even if they heard footsteps from a distance, all kinds of beasts would flee desperately.
They ran directly towards the great plains with an indomitable attitude.
When they passed by the Yigu tribe, the Yigu tribe heard the commotion and sent someone to ask them. Knowing that they were going to the Great Plains to hunt, they didn't say anything, just let them go first, and the Yigu tribe would go hunting soon.
The people of the two tribes set out early in the morning.
They kept on traveling until noon, and they finally arrived at the Great Plains and the place they had discussed before.
Jian Mo sat on the giant wolf, looking at the huge grassland in front of him and the scattered big trees on the grassland, and inexplicably thought of the African savannah.
Especially those huge herds of wild animals gathered together, they looked even more similar.
He could clearly distinguish that in addition to the large number of herbivores, there were also some carnivores and scavengers following the herd, and there were also carnivorous or scavenging birds of prey circling in the sky.
This was not a herd of animals that had migrated, but an entire food chain that had migrated.
It was so shocking.
The man from the Mengshui tribe, who was leading the team in the front, shouted and signaled the team to find a safe base first.
Jian Mo saw that they were not going to the river, but to the mountain. He hugged the giant wolf's neck in confusion and asked, "Aren't we going to camp by the river?"
The giant wolf turned his head to look at him and whispered, "It's not possible by the river. The water level may rise in the middle of the night. In addition, many wild animals will go to the river to drink water, and there are also beasts lurking in the river. Most of those who stay in the camp are sub-beastmen. It's too dangerous. It's safer in the mountains."
Jian Mo: "No wonder."
The people of the two tribes discussed it and finally decided to camp on the top of a low mountain.
When they arrived at the camp, most of the troops left a few beastmen in the camp to guard it, and the other beastmen took the opportunity to go out hunting.
Jian Mo saw them running down in a group and asked, "Will this not scare the prey away?"
Qing Kuang shook his head, "If they go down directly to chase and intercept, there will be so many prey, some will be able to escape, and the rest will be directly blocked."
Jian Mo: "Won't it be very tiring to run?"
Qing Kuang: "There is no way, everyone is not pursuing to kill the prey, but to kill the prey without injury. There are many prey here, but they are also fierce. If you are not careful, you may get your stomach ruptured or your legs stepped on, so you have to be very careful."
Jian Mo sighed: "It seems that even if there are a lot of prey, hunting is not easy."
"That's right." Qing Kuang clapped his hands and shouted to others, "Let's set up camp quickly. I guess they will send the prey back soon."
Everyone hurriedly agreed.
They had only chosen this place as a campsite before, but to set up camp, they had to clean it up and level it, and take down the things they brought.
For example, if the grass on the ground is dense, they have to cut the grass first to prevent poisonous insects from hiding in the grass.
In addition to cutting grass and leveling the land, they also have to fetch water and pick up firewood.
There are relatively few trees on this side of the grassland, and even if there are, the water content is very high and cannot be burned directly as firewood.
The people who went to collect firewood mainly collected the feces of herbivorous animals. These dried feces are more resistant to burning than ordinary grass and have no special smell. They are a good fuel when burned.
The beastmen who came out this time were all very skilled. They cleaned up the camp in an orderly manner without any accidents.
Jian Mo's skills were average, and he mainly helped cut grass and level the land.
He came out mainly as a cook and doctor this time, and no one let him do the heavier work.
Jian Mo could feel everyone's care, and he worked harder.
Before they set up camp, the beastmen sent back the first batch of prey.
Most of these prey were prey that Jian Mo had never seen before. The prey were very large and plump.
He had never seen the beastmen bring back so many prey at once. In the past, they would bring back three or five prey, but today they brought back groups of prey.
The beastmen started working immediately after receiving the prey. The
quick beastmen took the initiative to take on the work of skinning and cutting the meat, such as Qingkuan and Yeluo, while the others helped transport the meat, apply spices, etc.
As for the beast blood - the beast blood that was inconvenient to take away was fed to Jiujiu. Later, he would give it a small portion of food and a basket of grass, which would be enough to feed it.
Jian Mo followed them and found that everyone did not use water to wash the prey after getting it, even the dirty internal organs. Except for the intestines, everyone just wiped the dirt on the internal organs with grass, rubbed salt and spices, and began to dry.
Jian Mo quietly asked Ye Luo: "Aren't you going to wash the meat?"
Ye Luo took the time out of his busy schedule to answer: "It's too troublesome to wash, and it's not safe to wash it in the river. You can marinate it and dry it first, and then boil and wash it when you want to eat it."
A Yashouman from the Mengshui tribe heard them talking and said: "No need to wash it, it's not dirty, it's all the internal parts of the prey, just scoop it out when you eat it."
Jian Mo was a little shocked and could only continue to work.
Jian Mo's hands were numb from working so hard one round after another, and he didn't feel like he was
on a spring outing at all. However, the harvest from hunting was indeed great. In just one afternoon, the amount of prey they caught was equivalent to what they caught in five or six days in the tribe.
In the evening, when the sunset glow began to appear, the people from the two tribes discussed making dinner. After
a few discussions, everyone unanimously decided to have stewed meat tonight.
It happened that the big iron pots in Jian Mo's house were light and sturdy, so they were brought out, and today they would use these two big iron pots to stew the meat.
Everyone built a simple stove on the grass, put the iron pots on it, and then put the meat in.
Just as they said, the meat was not washed, but cut into pieces and put into the pot, and then water was added to start stewing.
The fire under the pot was burning fiercely. Jian Mo, who was in charge of stewing the meat, stood in front of the big pot. He did not wait for the water inside to boil completely. As soon as there was a little foam, he began to scrape it off.
Everyone was amazed at how carefully he cooked the rice.
Jian Mo had no choice, as he also wanted to eat the meat, so he had to make it cleaner.
Jian Mo carefully beat the foam and put spices into the stew.
The local spices will give the meat boiled in plain water a special fragrance. In this way, there is no need to add anything else to the fresh meat. It can be cooked over high heat until it is tender and can be eaten with sauce.
The sky gradually darkened, and the hunters all came back.
After a day of hard work, everyone can finally take a break.
Sitting in front of the pot, watching the red fire, everyone takes a bowl to scoop up the meat soup.
When drinking the meat soup, you can add a pinch of salt according to your taste, or just drink it without adding anything.
Although the meat soup is original and no special cooking method is used, it is delicious enough for people who have worked hard all day.
Everyone was drinking the meat soup and chatting:
"I don't know why, but I think today's meat soup is particularly fragrant."
"Then why don't you look at who cooked the meat today? Doctor Jian Mo, your meat soup is really good."
"Jian Mo cooked the meat very carefully, there is no blood foam left, so of course the meat soup is delicious."
"Doctor Jian Mo, what else are you cooking? It smells so good."
Jian Mo was making sauce, and when he heard this, he turned his head and said, "Make mushroom sauce, and let everyone dip the meat in it later, it will taste better."
After hearing this, everyone thanked him.
He smiled and continued to make mushroom sauce.
He had already made mushroom sauce once when he was at home, and now he just put the freshly collected grass and leaves spices into it.
These fresh spices have a strong aroma, and they can greatly stimulate people's taste buds when used for seasoning.
As for why they have to be boiled again instead of raw, it is because the spices are all collected on the grassland. There are so many animals passing by, and they may be contaminated with parasites and the like. It is safer to heat them up.
Jian Mo quickly boiled the dipping sauce and put the big jar aside for everyone to scoop.
In addition to the dipping sauce boiled with mushroom sauce, he also put scallion oil aside, and let everyone add it themselves.
The meat with the dipping sauce tasted much better than without. Most people added the dipping sauce and praised it endlessly while eating:
"It's so delicious."
"I didn't expect that the kuanli grass would be so fragrant when put in the sauce. I will put it in the same way when stewing meat in the future."
"In fact, the meat of the prey today is not very delicious. I also saw a meat-winged bird today. If I have time tomorrow, I can catch some meat-winged birds. The taste of the birds is amazing."
After dinner, everyone refused to let Jian Mo get involved and sent him to rest while the others were responsible for cleaning up the camp.
With so many nimble people here, the camp was ready before it got dark.
After cleaning up, they lit a bonfire and rested in different areas.
In addition, they also arranged for orcs to patrol outside to ensure safety at night.
They did not have enough manpower, and could not set aside special personnel to patrol all night and rest during the day like in the tribe, so they had to take turns patrolling.
Wu Jiong also joined the patrol, but he patrolled the second half of the night. He would patrol all night today, and he would not be needed tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Because of the patrol mission, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went to bed early.
Jiujiu slept next to them and soon began to snore.
In the second half of the night, Wu Jiong, who had transformed into a giant wolf, was awakened by the person who was taking over. He moved gently, wanting to let Jian Mo slide to the ground. He would carry Jian Mo to the animal skin mattress later and let Jian Mo continue to sleep.
As soon as he moved, Jian Mo woke up, rubbed his neck with his face, yawned and asked: "Can I patrol with you?"
The giant wolf touched him gently: "Sure, you stay on my back, if I run, you hold my neck tight."
Jian Mo clamped the giant wolf's neck with his long legs, then circled it with his hands, and leaned his head on his neck: "I'll hold you tight now."
Giant wolf: "Then I'll take you with me."
Now it's just a patrol, there is not much danger. Once there is danger, an alarm can be issued to wake up the sleeping orcs, so it doesn't matter if you patrol with your partner. The
person who was patrolling with Wu Jiong looked at Jian Mo on his back, said nothing, turned around and patrolled in another direction.
Wu Jiong was walking around the periphery of the camp.
Patrolling was quite boring, so Jian Mo stayed awake for a while, then opened his eyes and talked to the giant wolf: "Are you guys still going hunting nearby today?"
The giant wolf: "There are a lot of wild animals nearby, we can hunt for another day, I'm too lazy to run away."
Jian Mo: "So, maybe we should go somewhere else tomorrow?"
The giant wolf nodded: "Maybe we should go a little further south tomorrow. If you're sleepy, just sleep, you don't have to hold on to talk to me."
Jian Mo half-closed his eyes and leaned his weight on him: "Actually I'm not that sleepy, it's just that comfortable, making me drowsy."
As he spoke, Jian Mo stretched out his hands, grabbed his ears and rubbed them gently: "I'm not sleepy anymore as we're talking."
The giant wolf thought for a while: "Wait until daybreak . Do you want to go out and pick mushrooms? I saw some rotten mushrooms yesterday, and new mushrooms should be growing today."
Jian Mo perked up, and most of his sleepiness went away: "Edible mushrooms?"
Giant Wolf: "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't want to take you out."
Jian Mo immediately said: "Then I'll go!"
Giant Wolf: "I'll take you after I finish my patrol, and we can take a shower outside. Did you feel uncomfortable because you didn't take a shower yesterday?"
Jian Mo smiled: "It's okay, but I was sweating yesterday, which is a bit strange."
Giant Wolf: "Let's go out and take a shower and come back later."
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