Yu Ji tilted her head slightly, and the moment her gaze fell upon Ze, she quickly turned her head away, not daring to look again.
He ate a piece of meat, right?
Why does this person look at me like he's devoured their entire tribe?
Shen Nong picked up another piece and gave it to Yu Ji to eat.
Although Yu Ji wanted to eat, he couldn't stand the cold, icy gaze, so he waved his hands repeatedly, "I'm full."
Shen Nong lost the joy of feeding the animals, but his eyes lit up when he saw Ze Hou standing beside him.
Yu Ji hadn't touched the chopsticks; he had just picked up the slice of meat directly. So Shen Nong didn't let go of the meat slice and instead brought it to Ze's mouth.
He laughed and said, "Ah, open your mouth."
Ze paused for a moment, then obediently lowered his head and took the slice of meat into his mouth.
Shen Nong nodded in satisfaction, then picked up another slice, "Eat more."
Yu Ji watched as a ferocious beast that looked like it was about to devour someone instantly transformed into a harmless, obedient little rabbit.
Lang Yu stood aside, looking at Shen Nong and the other person with a complicated expression.
He was now quite certain that the priest and Ze were connected through the cave.
However, spring has arrived now...
Wolf Rain stared at their priest's thin, slender back, looking left and right, then at Ze's tall figure, feeling very worried.
Orcs are incredibly fierce when they burrow into the mountains in the spring. Can the priest, with her small frame, withstand their attacks?
Wolf Rain absentmindedly fiddled with the roasted meat, while Leopard Autumn prepared the meat, buried it in the ground, and then started a fire. He was also starving and planned to eat a few bites of roasted meat to fill his stomach.
Then he saw Lang Yu looking worried. He nudged Lang Yu's arm with his elbow and asked in confusion, "What are you thinking about? The meat is about to burn."
Lang Yu then turned his gaze to his roasted meat, noticing that it wasn't burnt much, only the edges were slightly charred.
Leopard Qiu happens to like this, and thinks it tastes better this way.
Wolf Rain didn't plan to tell Leopard Autumn that he had discovered the relationship between the priest and Ze. He thought the priest hadn't said anything because he didn't want them to know.
If he had said it before the priest, it would have certainly displeased the priest.
Wolf Rain moved all the charred pieces of roasted meat to the side where Leopard Autumn was standing, and then grilled some more meat for himself. "This is what you like to eat, so eat up."
He did not answer a single word of Bao Qiu's question.
Wolf Rain didn't explain why, and Leopard Autumn didn't ask any further questions either. He simply picked up his chopsticks and started eating heartily.
The roasted meat was barely enough to fill a gap in their teeth, but they weren't planning to rely on it to fill their stomachs today; they were all waiting for the stewed meat and broth.
Shen Nong looked at the wild vegetables given to her by the Yu tribe. She was curious about their taste, and since she was waiting for meat anyway, she might as well try some wild vegetables.
Lang Yu wasn't in the mood for grilling meat, so he volunteered to help Shen Nong gather wild vegetables.
After washing the wild vegetables with water and blanching them in hot water, Lang Yu took out a sharpened bone knife and began to cut the vegetables.
This bone knife is made from the bones of a giant beast, which are harder and less prone to breakage than the bones of ordinary animals. If properly preserved and carefully sharpened, its sharpness is comparable to that of iron.
The bone knives of the Wood Tribe are all made by the Lion Summer production team.
Influenced by Shen Mei's carved dagger, Shi Xia consciously made the shape of his bone knife similar to that of a dagger when he was sharpening it.
She even considered imitating the carvings on the dagger handle by carving patterns on the bone knife. However, due to the lack of professional carving tools, the complexity of the dagger's patterns, and Shi Xia's busy schedule, she gave up after several attempts because she realized she couldn't replicate them.
However, the bone knives of the Wood Tribe, though lacking three-dimensional carvings, do have flat engravings.
The lines of the pattern are somewhat awkward, but you can also see that they are becoming smoother.
This was the result of Shisha giving up on carving patterns and settling for second best. Although she gave up the idea of carving patterns on the bone knife, she did not give up the idea of making beautiful bone knives.
Lang Yu didn't really like these flowers and plants; he thought wolves were the most beautiful.
Every time he chopped wild vegetables, he would catch a glimpse of the carvings on his bone knife and sigh silently. He thought to himself that he would have to beg Shi Xia to carve a majestic wolf onto his bone knife when he got back.
Otherwise, even with flowers on his bone knife, he would feel that his bone knife was weak and limp.
Lang Yu was very efficient; with swift movements, he quickly chopped the wild vegetables.
Following Shen Nong's instructions, some oil was put on the stone slab. When the oil was almost hot, the chopped wild vegetables were placed on it and stirred back and forth with chopsticks.
Shen Nong didn't think the wild vegetable soup would taste very good, and he didn't want to try it at all.
The earthenware pot couldn't withstand the temperature of the hot oil; their earthenware pot would probably develop a small crack after just one use.
It's not worth using a whole earthenware pot to stir-fry a dish. Now that we don't have woks, this method counts as stir-frying.
The lard crackled and popped on the stone slab when heated, but the sound was muffled when wild vegetables were poured on top.
Thin wisps of white smoke rose slowly, accompanied by a constant hissing sound on the stone slab. Lang Yu carefully used clean chopsticks to stir the wild vegetables on the stone slab, afraid that he might accidentally knock some off.
Seeing that the wild vegetables had softened and changed color, Shen Nong guessed that they were ripe.
Wolf Rain sprinkled some fine salt on the wild vegetables and stir-fried them; that was it.
Shen Nong picked up her chopsticks, took some food, and put it in her mouth to taste.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, clearly not expecting that it would actually taste quite good.
These wild vegetables have very little, almost no, earthy taste, and instead carry a unique, fresh plant fragrance. Perhaps it's because they were stir-fried with lard, but the originally somewhat bland flavor has been infused with a meaty taste, giving the dish more layers of flavor.
The flavor of the dish itself cuts through the greasiness of the meat oil, making it a perfect match and delicious!
Shen Nong couldn't resist eating some more, and also let the others around her have a taste.
Lang Yu used the chopsticks he had just used to stir-fry the vegetables to pick up a mouthful of vegetables and put it in his mouth. He swore that this was the first time in his life he had ever liked eating wild vegetables!
As Yu Ji was preparing the vegetables, he smelled an incredible aroma. He knew the wild vegetables would taste good, but he didn't expect them to taste this good.
It was no worse than the broth he had just drunk, and even tastier than the broth they made.
In the past, the wild vegetables they ate were particularly unpalatable; some even had a sour and astringent taste, and in severe cases, their tongues would become numb.
This was the first time he had ever eaten such delicious wild vegetables.
This fair-skinned priestess not only enjoys trading, but also has a particular fondness for food.
Every way he came up with to cook food made it taste even better.
Yu Ji thought that the Yu tribe should also cook wild vegetables according to their way of eating. He pointed to the small bamboo tube that Lang Yu had poured oil into at the beginning and asked Shen Nong, "What's in here?"
He remembered that at the very beginning, the orcs who were gathering wild vegetables poured some of the contents of their bamboo tubes onto the stone slab.
Shen Nong replied, "Oil."
The oil in here is almost used up. Leopard Autumn and his crew hunted a rather large wild boar today, so let's render some pork fat.
Shen Nong called Yu Ji over, "Come here, I'll show you."
While processing the prey, Leopard Qiu realized that the oil was almost gone and knew that it needed to be rendered. So he cleaned the pork fat and set it aside.
Now it comes in handy.
Yu Ji watched helplessly as a pile of white, lard-like substance slowly turned into liquid.
Throughout the entire process, Yu Ji didn't dare to blink for long; it was too amazing.
Shen Nong removed the oil residue, sprinkling some with fine salt and some with chili powder.
He said to Yu Ji, "Try it."
Yu Ji picked up a piece of fried pork crackling sprinkled with fine salt and put it in her mouth. The moment it entered her mouth, there was a rich aroma. After chewing, the crispy and salty feeling made Yu Ji fall in love with it instantly.
Delicious! So delicious!
Shen Nong could tell from Yu Ji's expression that he liked it. Oil residue was one of the favorite foods of the children in the Mu tribe. Every time the tribe refined oil, a bunch of children would wait outside to eat the oil residue.
"Is it delicious?"
Yu Ji nodded frantically.
"Try this one too."
Shen Nong pushed the portion sprinkled with chili peppers toward Yu Ji. Yu Ji, unsuspecting, pinched one and popped it into his mouth.
!!
What does this taste like?
My tongue hurts!
Yu Ji felt a slight stinging sensation in his mouth, but the more it hurt, the more delicious it tasted. He couldn't bear to spit it out and even wanted to have another one.
Yu Ji, who had never eaten spicy food before, started sweating profusely as he chewed.
Seeing that Yu Ji was eating happily, Shen Nong smiled slightly, "You've seen the method for refining oil clearly now. Your tribe can also refine it themselves later."
Yu Ji gasped softly to relieve the burning, slight pain in her mouth.
His voice trailed off, "Why...why...are you helping us so much?"
Shen Nong shrugged. "It's just a matter of how you eat, nothing special."
He can't exactly say, "So you guys can gain more weight and work harder for me," can he?
Upon hearing this, Yu Ji stared intently at Shen Nong, his eyes brimming with a myriad of emotions, deeply moved. Their tribe had always been ostracized by other tribes, and Yu Ji had never imagined that one day they would encounter someone who would accept them.
Yu Ji pinched another piece of fried dough and stuffed it into his mouth, thinking to himself that he must help the Yu tribe transport goods properly in the future.
No matter how difficult it is, we must persevere.
Shen Nong didn't know what Yu Ji was thinking, but she thought he really liked spicy food, so she gave him a lot of fried pork cracklings sprinkled with chili powder.
The thoughtful reminder was: "Eat less spicy food. If you eat too much spicy food all of a sudden, your stomach will hurt."
Yu Ji nodded, looking at the red powder on the fried oil residue. So this is called spicy?
Mmm, this spicy flavor is delicious.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Shen Nong thought of the seafood in the sea. He thought of making some fishing nets and then letting the Yu tribe try fishing.
He first asked Yu Ji and the others what common seafood they used when they were preparing seaweed.
Yu Ji, being a priest, hadn't been there much, so he sought out Ying Ya, the captain of the hunting team, who knew more about it.
Based on Yingya's description, Shen Nong was certain that they could obtain some shellfish, as well as fish, shrimp, and crabs relatively easily.
Aside from fish, Yingya expressed some disdain when talking about the other dishes, mainly because he felt they had no meat and were hard to chew.