After Lei saw the first lotus root, he went to the second one.

Bai Wu probed his head, "Is this food edible?"

"It's delicious! I'll cook some for you later."

Bai Wu continued to probe, "Is it really edible? Why does it look a bit dirty?"

Lei went back to the shack and took a bone knife, rubbed it on the fish skin skirt, and "swiped" to peel off the outer skin of the giant lotus root, revealing the dark yellow lotus root meat inside.

Bai Wu stared at the lotus root meat, which is indeed very similar to the lotus root on the earth, even the texture is very similar.

Lei cut a piece of lotus root meat, "Try it."

Bai Wu took it, and first inspected the holes in the lotus root.There are five holes, each hole is quite big, and the hole is black, which doesn't look like a delicious one.

He sniffed, and the cut of the lotus root overflowed with a delicate fragrance. It seemed that its taste would be better than its appearance.

Bai Wu stuffed the lotus root into her mouth.

The lotus root was a bit hard, so he used his teeth to bite off the lotus root with a click. It was crispy, slightly sweet, and had a lot of residue, but it was still delicious.

Bai Wu's eyes brightened slightly, looking at Lei, "Can you exchange some lotus root for me? I'll take it home for my family to taste."

"This won't work. You Yeming clan and Fuyu clan wanted to switch several times, but I didn't agree, and I can't promise you alone."

"Maybe they can't get what you want?"

"We are rich in products here, we don't lack anything, we don't change it."

Nan Yao looked at them, "Since when have you long-necked people been so stingy?"

"Hey, it's useless to provoke me, anyway. You bird orcs have enough good things in your hands, what are you thinking about our Kong Gen?"

Bai Wu looked at Nanyao and then at Lei.

Lei went on to say: "Don't try to secretly dig our holes. If we find out, it's not as simple as a fight."

"Who secretly dug? Wasn't the territory of that place unclear before?"

"Anyway, it's our place now. Don't forget that you gave us back the entire island after you corrupted us. Now that there are holes growing there, it's also a gift from the Beast God."

Nan Yao stood up, her face sinking like water.

Lei wiped his hands on his animal skin skirt and pressed his shoulders, "I'm just telling the truth, I don't mean to fight with you. Come on, I won't say it, this is not to emphasize again, to remind you Well."

Lei looked as strong as two Nanyao.

He pressed a pair of big cattail fan-like palms on Nan Yao's shoulders, but Nan Yao didn't even shake them.

"Come on, don't you want to exchange our spices? Wu, give me a piece of leather and exchange two baskets with you."

Lei said and stretched out his hand towards Bai Wu, "Give me any piece you want."

Bai Wu looked at Nanyao.

Nan Yao nodded.

Bai Wu found out the largest and thickest animal skin and handed it to Lei.

Lei waved to his people.

Soon, a strong black boy came over, took the leather from Lei's hand, and ran back.

After a while, out of breath, he brought out two large baskets of pepper.

Lei said: "The white beans you want to replace are here. They are all picked this year, the best white beans."

Bai Wu cleaned out her back basket, poured pepper in it, "Thank you."

"Haha, let's not talk about anything else. Let's cook fish and eat them. They were all caught this morning. It's good to eat now."

Lei took Nanyao and Baiwu back to the original thatched hut, found the clay pot, and went to the fire pit outside to cook fish.

It was only then that Bai Wu noticed that the earthenware pot they used to cook the fish was reddish brown, and the fuel was branches and leaves, and there was no large piece of firewood.

Lei simply cleaned the fish, made a few cuts on both sides, and put it directly into the clay pot, then put peppercorns, animal oil, lotus root, and half a pot of water.

The fire below licked the clay pot, the soup in the pot was steaming, and gradually, bubbling and bubbling.

The fresh fragrance of fish is wafting everywhere.

The big pot of fish meat and lotus root was cooked very quickly, Lei boldly grabbed a handful of salt and sprinkled it in, then took out a clean bowl and spoon, and shared a big bowl of lotus root fish soup for each of them.

Their bowls and spoons are also reddish brown, it seems that the clay used to make pottery is different.

Lei greeted, "Try the fish soup from our tribe."

Bai Wu scooped up a spoonful of fish soup, carefully blew it into his mouth.

The fish soup is fresh, sweet, slightly choking, and steaming hot, taking away all the chill in Bai Wu's body.

"Delicious!"

"Our tribe's fish soup is the best. Not to mention the bird orc tribe, even the fish orc tribe, our fish soup is unique."

"It's a pity. We won't be able to drink such delicious soup when we return to the tribe."

"Hahahaha, if you really want to drink fish soup, find an orc from our tribe as a partner?"

"thunder."

"Hahahaha, let me just say, don't be so fierce, you can see that Wu has no objection."

"I have opinions." Bai Wu said seriously.

Ray laughed again.

Bai Wu and Nan Yao had a meal of fish soup at the Long-necked Clan.

Bai Wu talked all kinds of things, trying to change some lotus root, but failed.Tried to change the fishing nets, but failed.

The long-necked people seem to have a good relationship with Nanyao, but they are not just friends, they are very defensive against Nanyao.

Bai Wu probably has something to do with the previous fight.

There is really nothing to exchange for, so Bai Wu has no intention of staying for a long time.

Nan Yao respected his opinion. After lunch, they walked around the long-necked tribe and they left.

The two flew out of the territory of the long-necked tribe before stopping, falling to the ground and turning back into human form.

It was much hotter at noon than in the morning, Bai Wu raised his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Wait a minute, where are we going? Go straight back?"

"Are you a little disappointed?"

"It's okay. I got the pepper I wanted to change, and I saw the customs and customs I wanted to see, but I didn't get the fishing net and lotus root. I feel a little regretful."

"Retire overnight at the Fuyu Clan today, and leave tomorrow."

"Are you going to the Fuyu Tribe?"

"Do you want to go?"

Bai Wu honestly shook his head.

Today, he received cold treatment from the long-necked tribe, and he doesn't really want to go to other tribes for the time being.

Besides, no matter which tribe you go to, as long as it is a strange place, it is somewhat uncomfortable.

Anyway, the nests of the major tribes are all very ordinary, and there is nothing to live in. Instead of rushing to feel uncomfortable, he might as well wrap up in animal skins and deal with it in the wild for a day.

"Then rest for a while, and I will take you to the place where there are chacha trees to repair."

"Besides the usefulness of the leaves, what else can the chacha tree be used for?"

"We don't use it here, and the giraffes only use leaves."

"Can you chop a little back later?"

"As long as you can move your back, you can chop as much as you want."

The two of them rested for a while, then changed back into the animal shape, and rushed to the place where the chacha tree grew.

They came to a small island, which was warmer than other places, which was behind the mountains and leeward of the sun.

Bai Wu walked on the soft sandy beach, looking at the small fish swimming by the shore, "I didn't expect there to be such a good place. Is this the sea or the lake in front of me?"

"Lake. This is the island that the long-necked people said. At that time, the river with long lotus root was exchanged."

"The lotus root used to grow in the river?"

"One part grows in the river, and the other part grows in the swamp on the river bank."

Bai Wu bumped his knee lightly with her knee, motioning for him to continue.

"That river was originally the dividing line between the Fuyu tribe and the Long-necked tribe. Logically speaking, one tribe accounted for half of the river. Later, young people from the bird orc people relied on their ability to fly and secretly took advantage of the other half of the river to fish. They also Come to catch the fish on our side, and there will be trouble."

"I see. I said why Lei was very rude when he mentioned lotus root. What's the final result?"

"There was a fight, but they didn't win. In the end, they took this island to exchange the other half of the river."

"How long is that part of the river?"

"There is no governor of this island."

"That's a good deal."

"The long-necked people are very sensitive to their territory and don't like strangers going to their territory. They gritted their teeth at that time."

Bai Wu listened, "Did it happen a long time ago?"

"It's not that long, six years ago. Curiosity satisfied?"

"It's really satisfying. I didn't expect that there would be such a twists and turns behind the seemingly friends."

"The relationship between the tribe and the tribe is not so pure. Sleepy? You can enjoy the sun, and I will catch fish."

"Aren't you sleepy? We've been flying for so long, we'll hang out together. Fish can be caught at any time, anyway, there must be dinner tonight."

Nan Yao listened to Bai Wu's advice.

The two lay in the sun and basked in the sun.

Bai Wu felt the sun was glaring, and his eyelids were red even when he closed his eyes, so he simply grabbed a few leaves from the Cha Cha tree next to him, handed half of them to Nan Yao, and half covered his eyes.

He still likes to sleep in human form.

Sleeping in this warm and windless sun, after drying the front side and the back side, the whole body is warmed up, and the muscles and bones seem to be softened by the sun.

In the evening, Nan Yao got up to catch fish.

The white turnip cuts the leaves of the tree.

He intends to take some back to the Horde to see if he can do something.

His two fish cages have been repaired and repaired, and they have been used for half a year. It is uncertain when they will be scrapped. If conditions permit, he also wants to make a fishing net.

It is much more convenient to use a fishing net than a heavy fish cage. Put the net down, and maybe you can catch a big fish.

The leaves of the chacha tree are very easy to cut, so he cut them for a while, and a lot of them have been cut down behind him.

Let these leaves be spread out to dry the water first, and then they will be tied up when we leave tomorrow, so that they will not be so heavy to carry.

In the evening, Nan Yao came back with a big fish half a person's height.

Bai Wu cut open the snow-white fish skin, the fish inside was orange-red, and looked abnormally fat and tender. If it wasn't for the fear of parasites, Bai Wu would have wanted to eat sashimi.

I dare not eat sashimi, but there is no problem with cooked fish.

White Wu marinate the fish fillets with freshly ground pepper and bird eggs, spread onion, ginger, garlic, and Xymphaeum officinalis on the bottom of the earthenware pot, fry in animal oil until soft, and fry out the juice, then put the marinated Put the fillets on top.

The fish fillets cooked in this way did not put any water, but they were extraordinarily tender and delicious.

Because the fish is big enough, they deliberately avoided the bones when they sliced ​​it into fillets. Now they can eat a piece of fish without spitting out any bones.

Bai Wu was sweating all over after eating, "This fish is really delicious. If possible, pair it with some juice or wine now, it would be perfect."

"What is wine?"

"A kind of brewing. Didn't I say before that when the house is built, I will give you a surprise? That is the surprise I want to give you, but it is still brewing, and I don't know if it will be successful."

"When did you brew it?"

"It was when I received the red melon. After a few days, the red melon was ripe enough to taste the wine. I divided a part of it and put it in a jar to make wine, and the other part was used to entertain guests."

"Tell me now?"

"I can't help it. I couldn't hold back the conversation until now." Bai Wu squinted her eyes and smiled, "If it succeeds, it will be ready to drink during the Chinese New Year. Please taste it when the time comes."

The two of them had a very satisfying meal.

The next day, Bai Wu still wanted to eat another meal. He checked his luggage and found that there were no bird eggs in it.

"Nan Yao, when you go to catch fish, bring some bird eggs back with you. Without bird eggs to marinate, the fish fillets are not tender enough."

The place where they are now is a small island. Other products here are not rich enough, but there are many kinds of water birds.

You don't need to look for it deliberately, when Bai Wu fell down yesterday, he saw bird eggs in several places at a glance.

Nan Yao agreed.

Bai Wu inspected the cha cha grass that was cut yesterday.

The cha cha grass was softened by the wind and became much lighter.

Bai Wu originally thought that the mowing was enough, but now that he looked at it, he felt that it might be a little bit worse, so he simply picked up the stone knife and continued mowing the grass.

Cutting and cutting, he suddenly felt that something was missing.

When Nan Yao came back, he saw him sitting in front of a pile of grass with folded arms in thought, "What?"

"Suddenly thought of something."

"You said."

"It's quite far away from the place where the long-necked tribes live, and there are twittering grasses. Could there be lotus roots in the upstream where the long-necked tribes dig lotus roots?"

"It is more likely that there will be lotus root downstream."

"Doesn't this just mean that there may be something upstream? Do you think we should go upstream to find it?"

"If there is, it's not too much."

"As long as there is one, we found it, and we can plant it ourselves. Lotus root is so long. How about a few roots a year, and one piece in two years?"

"It's probably hard to find, I'll ask someone from the Fuyu clan."

"Walk around, let's go after breakfast, ask them for a favor, maybe they will have a steady stream of lotus root to eat in the future."

Nan Yao has no objection.

After breakfast, the two flew to Fuyu Clan.

The Fuyu people live among the high mountains, and their nests are similar to those of the Bai people, except that the leaves used for the roof to keep out the rain are different.

The Changshui River flowed past the foot of their tribe, turned a corner, and continued to flow northeast.

Like most tribes, the Changshui River is also their mother river.

The river of Chang'ou is called Nihe River, which flows into Changshui River in the lower reaches of the place where the Fuyu people live, and then flows northward in a mighty way.

The patriarch of the Fuyu clan is An Shan, who is also a young orc.

He was exceptionally tall and had a straightforward temper.

The last time he came to the tribe to ask about Baiwu's weaving skills, Baiwu felt it.

During this visit, the Fuyu Clan heard their intentions, and said without saying a word, "Master Priest, let us look for it, and we will look for it today."

"Have you seen lotus root before?"

"I didn't pay attention, I have to ask the clansmen."

Bai Wu said: "If I'm not wrong, it will grow round leaves above the water, and it will bloom pointed flowers from summer to autumn. There is a small platform in the center of the flower, which is bright yellow at first, and gradually turns green. Fruit grows in the table."

An Shan nodded, "I'll go ask the clansmen."

The people of the Fuyu tribe had already gone out to hunt and gather, and Anshan asked someone to find them all.

In the end, the whole family gathered their strength, but the one who got the clue came from a half-old child, "I know that flower. In summer, I picked it back and showed it to Yafu."

"Then, I remembered it too. I asked about it at the time."

"I remembered too."

Cheng swallowed, "But I only saw one flower."

Bai Wu smiled, "It doesn't matter if you can't find one. It's not your fault if you can't find it. Can you take us there?"

"I only remember which section of the river it grew in, but I forgot exactly where it grew."

"It's okay, let's look for it. Just take us to a place."

An Shan immediately said: "Let's look for it with the past."

Bai Wu saw that they seemed to be gathering the strength of the whole family to help find the lotus root, so he shook his head unobtrusively looking south.

Now is the critical time to stockpile winter grain, and he doesn't want to disturb the Fuyu clan too much.

Nan Yao said: "Let Cheng take us there."

"Cheng may not remember exactly."

"Don't remember that we will look for a while longer, you are busy, don't worry about this side."

An Shan wanted to say something more, but Nan Yao patted him on the shoulder, "We may have another meal in the tribe this afternoon."

"Don't worry, my lord priest, we will definitely bring back the best meat!"

While it was still early, Cheng took them to set off.

The mountains on the side of the Fuyu tribe are very high, and the airflow is more complicated today. It is tiring and cold when flying high, and it is not easy to fly when flying low.

After finally arriving at the place, Bai Wu looked at Cheng who was panting from exhaustion, and apologized, "Thank you for your hard work."

"No hard work!" Cheng finally managed to catch his breath, glanced at Nan Yao, and said shyly, "It's great to be able to lead the priest to find things."

Bai Wu patted him on the shoulder, took out three pieces of comfrey candy from the back basket, and gave the biggest one to Cheng, "Let's go, let's look for the candy while eating."

Cheng looked at the sugar in his hand curiously.

Bai Wu threw the sugar into his mouth, "Lick and eat like this, eating this will make you hungry."

Seeing that Nan Yao had eaten too, Cheng carefully stuffed the sugar into his mouth.

As soon as the candy touched the tip of his tongue, his eyes lit up immediately, and he suddenly looked up at Bai Wu.

Bai Wu rolled his eyes, "This candy is delicious. It is made from comfrey cores. If you find comfrey cores, you can try boiling them."

The three walked up the river.

The upstream part is completely within the territory of the Fuyu tribe, and they can look for it carefully.

It's just that too much time has passed, and Cheng can't remember exactly where he folded the flowers.

Even pointing to several places was wrong, Bai Wu and Nan Yao didn't say anything, he was very nervous and his face was a little red.

Bai Wu patted him on the shoulder, "It's been too long. If it were me, I wouldn't remember it. Just look for it. Let's go to the water's edge and get closer. It's too far away and I can't see the leaf stalks." , You may miss it when you pass by."

The three of them went to a place near the water.

The water volume of this river is not large, and it is also a dry season, so the river water is quite shallow.

It's just that there is a lot of silt, and the place near the shore is full of aquatic plants. They can't see it clearly at a glance. They have to go down the river several times to find out the situation inside.

Fortunately, the weather today is not bad, the sun is out and there is no wind, it is not too cold, Bai Wu rolled up his robes high, feeling acceptable.

Nan Yao asked him to stay on the shore and go down to find it by himself.

Bai Wu insisted that the two adults take turns.

Nan Yao didn't hold back him.

Bai Wu went down to look for it a few times, but his slender legs were freezing cold, and he couldn't find the fart. Only Cheng looked at him with eyes full of admiration, which was the only gain.

"That leaf stem seems to be the same, this time it's my turn." Bai Wu put the back basket on the ground, took off the animal leather shoes, "I'll go down and touch it."

Nan Yao took a look, but nodded without seeing any danger.

Even though he has been in the water several times today, every time he goes into the water, Bai Wu still finds the cold water a bit unbearable.

He gritted his teeth and stepped on it with both feet.

The mud spread to his calf, and the water even reached his thigh.

He pulled the weeds on the bank and went down step by step.

"did you find it?"

"Not yet." Bai Wu had just finished answering, when his foot touched a round hard object, and he cheered up, "Wait! There is something underneath!"

He hastily tucked in his robe and bent down to touch it.

Nan Yao is ready to pull him up at any time, "Be careful."

"Touched!"

Bai Wu's hand touched the hard object, his fingers grasped it with difficulty, and pulled it up.

It was sunk deep in the mud, Bai Wu pulled it so hard that his fingers hurt, and with an inaudible "boo", he finally pulled the hard object out.

"Found it!" Bai Wu happily lifted the thing up.

As soon as the thing came out of the water, he knew immediately that he had found the wrong thing.

It was an ellipsoidal hard object.

The lotus root is cylindrical and definitely not like this.

"It's not lotus root." Bai Wu stared at the thing and muttered, "I'm so happy."

"That's a clam."

"what?"

Bai Wu put the hard object back into the water and washed off the mud on its surface, only then did he realize that it was actually a white shellfish.

Its shell is smooth, and the tender yellow flesh is still exposed at the edge.

It is still alive, and the tender meat inside can be seen through the cracks in the shell, which looks very attractive.

Bai Wu swallowed, and whispered, "It's not bright in the east, but it's bright in the west."

"What's the light?"

"Is this delicious? This looks too fat!"

Cheng rushed to answer, "It's not very tasty, it tastes a bit fishy."

"Hahahaha, the aquatic product must be a bit fishy, ​​and it will be fine if you cook it well." Bai Wu touched such a big clam, and was instantly motivated. "Touch it again, there must be more than one here."

He stood in the water and continued to touch, and soon found seven clams, large and small.

He threw the two fist-sized ones back into the water, and kept touching.

He went deeper and deeper.

Nan Yao watched his movements from the shore, and stopped him, "Come up, let me go."

"No, I can touch it for a while."

"I'm taller, so I can go deeper."

"……All right."

Baiwu went ashore, washed his hands and feet with water, wiped off the water on his feet, dried them a little, and put on animal skin boots.

Leather boots are very warm.

He squinted happily.

Nan Yao moved faster than him. After a while, two or three clams came out, and they were thrown directly to the shore.

Cheng happily ran back and forth to pick it up.

Bai Wu watched this kid's actions, feeling secretly refreshed.

Even if I didn't find lotus root this time, there are so many mussels, it's worth it.

and many more!

What's the new one thrown up?

Why is the sound wrong?

Bai Wu's ears pricked up, and she looked at Nan Yao in surprise.

Nan Yao straightened up and looked at him.

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