Searching for food through the beast world

Baituan'er is sick

Aomori is now in the midsummer season.In fact, when it is close to the border, the temperature is already much hotter.

The increasingly dense jungle makes the feeling change from hot to stuffy.It's just that it has gone from severe winter to midsummer in the past few days, and it feels really different.Thinking about how he was dressed like a ball on the snowy mountain before, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it seemed like a lifetime away.

Since returning to Aomori, Ding Xiao's desire to get home has become more and more urgent.Bai Tuan'er in his arms had grown a lot of teeth in the past few days. Although he still couldn't chew large pieces of animal meat, he could still eat it after it was chopped into puree.Sure enough, little leopards still have to eat meat to grow well. In just a few days, their stomachs are rounder than before.

That day, the two of them found a clump of long-bearded sticks at night. Although the long-bearded sticks are not yet fully mature, nor are they tender enough to be eaten raw, they can be used to make soup.At this time, even the cob in the middle of the fruit can be eaten, and there is even a unique fragrance of corn.It's just that the fruit is watery when you bite it, and there is nothing to eat except for the slight sweetness.

Ding Xiao stewed a pot of pork rib soup with this long-bearded stick similar to "baby corn".The sharp-toothed pig that Kun caught last night was enough for the two of them to eat for two days.So tonight, no hunting at all.

Lodging naturally has to find a place with a water source.The area of ​​the lake they found today is not too small. Looking from this side to the other side, the fog in the forest at night is quite thick, and the other side cannot be seen at all.There are many good things in the lake.What Ding Xiao misses the most is the fat and tender large yellow croaker in the waters of Aomori.So I tried my hand and inserted four back.This is also a good time to eat mussels, and of course there are various frogs and snails.But it's too much trouble to get it, so I'll give up today.

Picking a few red berries and soy sauce fruits nearby, Ding Xiao planned to make a pot of tomato sauce fish.Back to a familiar place, collecting seasonings and spices has also become handy.

The cleaned fish is cut into sections, dipped in thin flour and deep-fried in fruit oil until golden on both sides, remove and drain the oil.Leave the base oil in the oil pan, put the onion, ginger, and garlic slices in, after sautéing, put half of the cut red berries in, and grind while frying.Wait until the pulp is bubbling, then cut the soy sauce fruit into pieces, fry and pour.Finally, sprinkle salt to taste, then put the fish into the puree, and when it is almost dry, put the remaining red berries into it.When the cranberry flesh becomes soft and ripe at the end, it can be served.

Fish is very strange to Bai Tuan'er.But it likes the smell of these fish very, very much.Just when Kun was concentrating on grilling meat and Ding Xiao was concentrating on cooking fish.It "rolled" to the river by itself, making do with the place where Ding Xiao was cleaning up the intestines and maws of the fish.Sniffed with a small nose.Huh?Isn't it so fragrant?But it seems to be good.Then he took a sip.

Don't look at the large pieces of animal meat, it can't bite.But the stuff out of the fish's belly is so soft.Ding Xiao's favorite fish maw, the hardest to bite, is already in the pot.The rest are really not difficult for Bai Tuan'er.

Ding Xiao took out the fish and put it in a big bowl. With a glance, he saw Bai Tuaner swaying by the river with his tail, wondering what he was doing.I hurried over to take a look, and found that the fish intestines on the shore were gone. "Bai Tuan'er! Why do you eat everything!!" Quickly picked up Bai Tuan'er, seeing the blood stains on the side of the originally white mouth, Ding Xiao squatted down and washed it with river water twice .

Kun actually saw what Bai Tuaner was doing just now.But he won't care.Bai Tuan'er knows that it is a good thing to forage for himself.Although I don't know how to hunt yet, I just pick up some leftovers.But when a mother leopard teaches her cubs to hunt, she also starts by enabling them to eat their prey by themselves. "Bai Tuan'er is a beast. It's normal to eat raw food. He knows how to find food at such a young age, which is very good."

Ding Xiao frowned: "I just don't want it to eat raw food! Then it will become wilder, what if it hurts people in the future?"

Kun also frowned: "It's not good for wild animals to keep them around. They also have groups and families."

Ding Xiao was sad: "But Bai Tuan'er has left the snow mountain, and there are no snow leopards in Aomori."

Kun said: "But there are other types of leopards, and they can be together. And although the snow leopard is not particularly big, it will eat a lot in the future. When it grows up, you have to lock it up like a cow or a sheep." Is it? Without the ability to prey, it has no capital to survive.”

Rubbing Bai Tuan'er's forehead with his cheek, Ding Xiao sighed: "You are right. But when I think of Bai Tuan'er running away with other leopards in the future, I feel depressed."

Kun put the barbecue on the rack, stood up and came to Xiaoxiao's side. "Bai Tuan'er will only die for a few decades at most. But we still have more than 400 years."

"Hey... will you teach Bai Tuan'er to hunt in the future?" Leaning his head on his partner's chest, Ding Xiao pulled Bai Tuan'er's little paw, watching it play happily with him, and at the same time became more depressed .

Kun has black lines all over his head.Why do I want to teach a snow leopard to hunt?Is there something wrong with me!But he still wants to listen to what his partner says: "Okay. As long as it doesn't mean to hurt people."

There is nothing lacking in the village, so they naturally don't need to pick anything back.As far as the special products they carry, they already take up quite a lot of space, although most of them are dry goods.

It was just after noon when we returned to Tianhe Village.Ding Xiao and Kun went straight to Apa Joan's house, and suddenly saw the two children coming back, which shocked Joan and Apa He who was neither hunting nor on duty.

Seeing the little thing in Xiaoxiao's arms, Joan's eyebrows twitched.Leopards are very dangerous beasts for half-orcs, how could they bring back a cub?But he also knows his son's temperament and background, he probably wants to keep him as a pet like Bai Yue did to Doudou.But the ability of the bean monkey to fight again is to throw a few handfuls of dirt at you.This leopard... "Smile, why did you bring a leopard cub back? Do you want to raise it?"

Ding Xiao nodded vigorously: "Yes! Dad, you don't even know how cute Bai Tuan'er is!!" After speaking, he quickly put Bai Tuan'er who was sleeping soundly in front of Dad. "Look, Dad, it's a rare little guy. The first thing it sees when it opens its eyes is me!"

It would be deceiving to say that there is no affection at all for this little white and soft thing that resembles a male cub.Papa Joan took Bai Tuan'er and put the little thing in his arms, and it really felt good. "But it's a leopard."

Before Ding Xiao could explain, Kun immediately said, "If it grows up with the intention of hurting others, I will bite it to death."

Apa Joan and Apa He felt relieved.But Ding Xiao stared.Why does this guy keep saying he wants to kill Bai Tuan'er!Even if you really know how to do that, can't you use other words? !What a terrible lack of culture! ! ! !

The news of Ding Xiao and Kun's return was naturally faster than Fei Fei.It didn't take half an hour for a group of people to get stuck in the yard of Joan's father's house.

Although the courtyard of the house is much more spacious after being rebuilt.But it can't stand the crowd!It doesn't matter if you want only relatives and friends.There were also some cubs who came to watch the fun when they heard that Ding Xiao had brought back a little white leopard.

The current Baituan'er is undoubtedly completely harmless.So no one would be afraid of him, not even a four or five year old cub.It was probably because he had been watched in the same way in Qingfeng Village before. Of course, it could also be that Bai Tuan'er got used to the aura of the Yihu tribe on Kun's body.The little guy is not afraid of people.But not everyone is allowed to touch it.Annoyed by being harassed, he wobbled to Ding Xiao's side and buried his head at Xiaoxiao's feet.Then turn your ass on the audience.

Such a humane reaction made everyone fall in love with this cute little thing.The priest who rushed over was also full of surprise. "This little leopard looks too much like an orc!"

Ding smiled proudly and said, "It has been with us since it never opened its eyes. It probably doesn't feel any difference between itself and an orc, right?" Although he didn't know how high a leopard's IQ could be.But there are always children of a certain age, right?

Teng Tu Tu sighed: "It's not easy for you to get such a small cub. I think even if it grows up in the future, it is unlikely to attack people in our village."

Ding Xiao immediately nodded vigorously: "That's right! I think so too! But Kun always said that if Baituan'er is disobedient in the future, he will die. You said how cruel he is!"

Teng laughed loudly after hearing this: "All males are like this. They will never be soft on things that endanger the tribe and their relatives. But look at Kun, his eyes are very gentle when he looks at Bai Tuan'er. It can be seen that he is very gentle. He likes Bai Tuan'er very much."

Ding Xiao also smiled: "That's true. When Kun took Bai Tuan'er away from the corpse of its mother beast, Kun came back with Bai Tuan'er in the shape of a beast. After that, Bai Tuan'er seemed to take Kun Become the most trusted backer."

After hearing this, Fuji sighed silently in his heart.These two children actually hope to have a cub.Otherwise, why would you like a little leopard so much. "Okay. You two are tired after so many days. Go back and rest first. Let's talk tomorrow if you have something to say."

"Okay! Tomorrow, Kun and I will send you all the medicinal materials we collected. We really got something good this trip!"

In order for Bai Tuan'er to develop a good habit of "self-reliance".Ding Xiao and Kun didn't let Bai Tuan'er sleep with them before.So now in the Westinghouse, Bai Tuan'er has remodeled a small nest out of wooden boxes, covered it with soft animal skins, and placed two bowls beside it.One is filled with meat paste, and the other is filled with white water.Everything looks not much different from breeding cats and raising dogs.The key is that Bai Tuan'er is very satisfied with his nest. After Ding Xiao signaled it to sleep here, it circled around the nest twice, smelled it, licked it, and finally fell asleep in a ball.Ding Xiao was really unexpected to be so obedient and obedient.

Since Bai Tuan'er came to Tianhe Village, its public image has been maintained at the level of "cute".So Ding Xiao didn't worry that someone would abuse Bai Tuan'er, so he let it wander around the house.This also directly caused many cubs and female half-orcs to often come to see Bai Tuan'er.

But one advantage of Bai Tuan'er is that he will never eat what others give him.No matter how fragrant the meat is, it doesn't even care about it.Unless the food was taken from Ding Xiao and Kun, it would not work well for Apa Qiong, Apa He and the others to feed them.This made Ding Xiao feel relieved.He was not afraid of anything else, but he was afraid that Bai Tuan'er would be sad if he survived.

But even so, Bai Tuan'er was still sick ten days after returning to the village.

Ding Xiao found that Bai Tuan'er had been lying in the nest for a long time without leaving, and immediately looked around anxiously. He also found vomit behind Bai Tuan'er's nest.This frightened Ding Xiao. "Kun! Kun!!"

Brother Kun was in place immediately: "What's wrong?"

"Bai Tuan'er vomited! It hasn't moved for a long time. What should I do?"

Kun frowned. "Take it and show it to the priest."

Ding smiled differently: "Why didn't I know that priests would also treat wild animals?" Veterinarians are very important these days!

Kun patted Xiaoxiao on the shoulder: "The priest also treats male cubs."

Ding Xiao was instantly embarrassed.That's right, why did I forget that these males can transform.After transforming into a large beast, how could the priest not treat the beast? Are you stupid! !

Difficult to be a daddy

After listening to Ding Xiao's description, the priest gave Bai Tuan'er a diagnosis and treatment, and finally confirmed: "There are worms in the stomach, I have medicine powder here, just put it in the food and eat it. Also, don't feed it too much." More fried things, especially these days. The meat should also be boiled in clear water."

Ding Xiao nodded vigorously after listening: "Is there anything else I should pay attention to?"

"Beasts are very adaptable, but Bai Tuan'er is a snow leopard that lives on snowy mountains after all, and they prefer the cold season. It's midsummer in Aomori now, and it will definitely not be too comfortable. When he stops vomiting, take him to the Playing by the river. The cubs don't need to be coddled, they must be allowed to crawl and roll in the woods."

Why does it feel like raising a son instead of raising a pet?Thinking of this, Ding Xiao suddenly blushed, feeling embarrassed. "Then should I feed Bai Tuan'er pureed meat or milk?"

"Let's just feed some pureed meat. It should be thinner. In fact, in the wild, if a mother beast finds worms in the cub's stomach, she will chew up herbs and force-feed it to the cub's mouth. The medicine powder here is prepared. .Much better than that raw herbal medicine. It may have diarrhea in the middle of the night after eating it, but it’s good to pull out the bugs. The taste must be terrible, anyway, Baituan’er is not afraid of the cold, let’s let him live outside today.” After speaking, he turned around and gave Ding Xiao the insecticide powder.Laugh at this kid, it's really distressing.

But auntie, you really think too much--.

Have to say what kind of animals people keep.Although Bai Tuan'er vomited and had no strength to move, he had no rejection reaction to the food.One end of the meat paste was in front of him, and he was still dizzy from eating.Probably because I really didn't have food in my stomach after I vomited that meeting.Huanshi is what you can eat now.

Now Bai Tuan'er is arranged by Ding Xiao in the shed next to the chicken coop, at least it's much cooler here than in the house.Squatting on the side and watching Bai Tuaner eat, Ding Xiao really thinks Bai Tuaner is a good cub who is not picky about food.It can bear such a strong medicinal and bitter taste. "Kun, you said that if we have a cub in the future, don't we have to have so many troubles?"

Kun leaned over and squatted down: "Yeah. Raising the cubs is hard work, and I teach them a lot. But the cubs are the continuation of the blood. They are the most precious gift of the beast god."

Ding smiled and said: "Before you said that I was the most precious gift of the beast god!"

Kun nodded: "Yeah. Xiaoxiao has always been the most precious. So the Beast God won't let us have no offspring."

Ding Xiao sighed: "That's right. During this trip to the snow mountain, I found evidence of the life of the dragon people. I think that cave is also the site of the dragon people's previous life. Also, didn't Uncle Jue say that there are many icebergs on the snow mountain?" The hole, don’t know how deep it fell into? I think those may be the residence of dragons. Hey, do you think there are traces of dragons living in all the places on land where orcs can’t go? Could it be dragons? You don’t want to be in contact with other orcs, that’s why you choose such a place to continue living?”

"Why don't you want to contact us?" Kun didn't understand.

Ding Xiao scratched the tip of his nose: "How do I know? This is just my guess, okay! Otherwise, let's go to Death Valley next year?"

This time Kun said categorically, "No way!"

Ding Xiao shrugged: "I don't believe in getting something for nothing. If you don't work hard, how can you get what you want? Could the 'Dragon Scale' come to us along the big peak?"

Kun frowned: "In short, the Death Valley is definitely not good! We can go to the fire lake in Chiluan and the dry bone forest in Brown Peak first. It is said that the environment there is very bad. But there are many, many ferocious beasts in the Death Valley."

"That's true. But now I'm really interested in finding the remains of the dragon clan." In fact, apart from the illusory things like "dragon scales", Ding Xiao is more curious about whether the dragon clan has any connection with the place he came from.Now that he has seen the evidence of the life of the Dragon Clan with his own eyes, he will no longer believe in the pictographic totem of the pig head and snake body.

After Bai Tuan'er stretched four times in a row, he finally stopped his diarrhea.A few worms were pulled out, all of which were small white worms as thin as thread.It looks disgusting.

After getting rid of the worms in his stomach, Bai Tuan'er has been alive and well again.And when the midsummer is over and the weather turns cooler day by day, it will be even more romping.The little guy's appetite also began to grow, and his size also grew a little bit.

There was not much time to rest when I returned to the village.It's time to gather fruits and vegetables again.Brewing wine is now a major event for the entire clan.It is a big day for new fruit to enter the tank every year.This "New Wine Festival" is already in its third year.Although Jing Li Nong's festival is just to give everyone an excuse to get together, it also proves the special status of these wines in the eyes of the orcs.

However, these fruit wines or rice wines are all real ingredients, even if they drink too much, they are at most just a matter of sleeping.Moreover, there is a rule in the group that there is no more than one bowl of wine per day. The chief priest said that drinking too much alcohol will hurt the body and kidneys.This is the most taboo topic for all males, so no one really dares to drink too much.Ding Xiao has to admire, although these males are very simple and rough, they are surprisingly easy to find weaknesses and control them! !The head priest is indeed mighty and domineering!

Bai Yue didn't know that Ding Xiao and Kun were back when she came to get barbecue sauce with Qiong.When he saw Bai Tuan'er again, he really liked her so much.If it weren't for the fact that Bai Tuan'er only listened to Kun and Ding Xiao, Xiaoxiao raised the little guy like a son.He really wanted to come and be his own son.This is a snow leopard from Yinsha Snow Mountain!This is a precious leopard from his hometown!

But Bai Tuan'er really didn't think there was anything kind about this "fellow townsman".Probably because he was too unfamiliar with the male scent of the white tiger clan on Bai Yue, Bai Tuan'er not only refused to let Bai Yue touch it, but also showed a threatening posture with bared teeth.This made Bai Yue very depressed.Decided to go back and find a tiger cub to raise!Come to a duel with Bai Tuan'er in the future! (--)

On the day of the New Wine Festival, a tank of wine brewed five years ago was opened in the wine cellar of the village.

As soon as the lid on the wine jar was opened, the aroma of the wine wafted out immediately.Ding Xiao hurriedly asked for a small jar to make pickled sauce.Nowadays, the village feast of the Winged Tiger Clan no longer only has barbecue, but of course it is only shabu-shabu or something.Each household has its own specialty dishes.All kinds of ingredients are also readily available.It all depends on the craftsmanship of the big guys.And what Ding Xiao wants to do is to honor the elders at the village banquet today-red wine steak.

Saute minced garlic and onion in fruit oil until fragrant and slightly discolored.Then pour in the broth cooked with beef bones and fascia meat, add red wine and bring to a boil.Add black pepper and herb juice for flavor and season with salt.Boil until only half of the soup is left. After the soup is thick, let the soup cool and use it to marinate the steak.Then fry the steak on the slate with butter.There is a slight pink color of raw meat in the middle, and it tastes soft, delicious and meaty.

To be honest, the elders in the village who are over [-] years old have been looking forward to every village banquet in recent years.Because in this way, you can eat different delicacies sent by each household.People of their age are different from boys in their [-]s now.That is to say, if I have eaten good food in the past five or six years, my life's appetite will not be as good as it is now.There's no reason not to expect it.Especially Ding Xiao's craftsmanship every year will never let them down. This amazing half-orc wise man is really a gift from the beast god!

Don't doubt, these steaks are not just for the elders in the village.My family Ding Xiao will never forget.

Brother Kun is enjoying the steak fed by his partner himself, the beauty in his heart, and hearing the elders and others praise Xiaoxiao and envy him, his sense of pride is almost bursting.Ding Xiao really didn't understand how Kun was so useful after hearing these words every year.What a simple-minded fellow!But this word doesn't seem to be too appropriate to describe his black tiger, and he has never been seen eating meat in front of anyone other than himself. o(╯□╰)oBai Tuan'er is currently nestling beside Kun's leg, gnawing on a bone.Kun said that it was time for Bai Tuan'er to grind his teeth, so he took out a beef bone from the soup pot and threw it to Bai Tuan'er.

But the size of the ox bone... is really bigger than that of Bai Tuan'er.There is nothing on it except the tendons and a little flesh that Ding Xiao didn't shaved off!Seeing how Bai Tuan'er was struggling to chew but was extremely happy.Ding Xiao said with emotion: "It's still you who understand Bai Tuan'er."

Brother Kun paused for a moment: "Yeah." Actually, I don't want to know about it!It's just that all pups are like that.

Looking at Kun's deflated appearance, Ding Xiao felt a sense of happiness (heavy fog) spontaneously: "But next time, I'll make it a smaller one. The leg bones are too exaggerated, and there won't be much rubbing of a spine."

In a blink of an eye, it is the season of autumn harvest.There is good news from the village.Shu He, who got married, went back to her mother's house to wait for delivery.

To be precise, this is not good news for many of my peers.Especially Cai, after hearing the news, although she was also happy for Shu He, her inner awkwardness was unavoidable.Of course, I understand the mood of my partner.But there is no way to change that half-orcs cannot have children.The other things are fine, except that Shu and her grandma's bad mouth makes everyone unhappy.

This day, Jing ran to Xiaoxiao's house in a huff, and the first thing he did after entering the house was to pick up a ladle and take a ladle of water from the tank, and drank it all in one gulp.

Ding Xiao was kneading noodles at home and planning to make dumplings at night.Seeing Jing like this, he was taken aback.Even Bai Tuan'er, who was sharpening his claws with a wooden handle, felt Jing's aura and quickly ran out of the room. "What's wrong with you? Who did you quarrel with?"

Jing calmed his breath: "Who else could it be? Shu and her mother! I've never seen such an annoying female! Mingming Shu and this time came back to see the big guy and can still nod and smile. Her this Why is Grandma still stubborn! Who doesn't owe their family anything, who needs to listen to her gossip!"

After talking for a long time, there was still no truth, so Ding Xiao had no choice but to ask again: "What did she say again? It's not like you don't know, she is born with a broken mouth. She speaks without thinking, so it's hard to get angry with her."

"I don't want to talk to her either! But it's too hateful. Soon her daughter is pregnant! She satirizes me and Qisheng for not having a baby again! Isn't this sick! We half-orcs can't give birth to cubs in the first place! Besides, she doesn't need to say whether she is born or not, it has something to do with her!" After saying that, Jing felt even more angry, and the roots of his teeth itched with hatred.

Ding Xiao frowned after hearing this.This is hard to hear.It is also the word that all orcs hate to hear from the mouth of a female.Although he doesn't care, Jing and the others are famous in different places. "How did she get you two to talk about this again? Brain twitch?"

"It's rare for her not to have brain twitches? Just now, Qi and I came back from hunting two wild geese in the safe zone. I was very happy. I saw her when we arrived at the entrance of the village. Qi greeted her very politely." .In the end, she made such a mess. Saying that the two of us are quite capable, it’s a pity that half-orcs can’t have cubs! Damn! How can there be such an annoying female!!!”

Ding Xiao wiped his sweat from his heart, young man, your modern vocabulary is becoming more and more proficient. "Then you didn't talk back?"

Jing pouted: "How is that possible! Qi's eyes turned red from anger at that time. I don't care about that! I just said: We half-orcs can no longer have cubs, and you didn't find a son-in-law in Tianhe Village! You didn't Seeing her face at that time, tsk tsk tsk, absolutely!"

Well done!But on the surface, Ding Xiao still needs to be comforted. "You can just scold me. You have to keep worrying about it. No matter how much she hates her, someone will say that she is an elder. It's just pitiful. I probably haven't dealt with her like this before. That's fine, let's treat this as a fart." Forget it. Tonight, my house will make dumplings, do you want to eat them? You like leeks and three delicacies stuffing most.”

Jing is indeed a good persuasion and coaxing.Ding Xiao almost recovered his emotions after a few words.But for his favorite dumplings stuffed with leeks and three delicacies, he can only say regret. "No. Muwa said to go back to his grandmother's house for dinner tonight. Ah yes, I found a large beautiful stone when I was hunting a few days ago. I forgot. I will deliver it tomorrow! That stone is so beautiful!"