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Chapter Thirteen: Teenage Friendship is Simpler

Many skills of travel and survival in the wild are learned as long as you want to learn, and opportunities for practice are also easy to obtain. But now, those things have become the secret mastered by only a few people. Xiang Yue Xiang’s old man led Zhou Qingyun to hunt, so he naturally knew a lot, but when he saw that Zhu Da would be so many and so skillful, Zhou Qingyun was naturally shocked.

Zhu Da smiled. The dagger was sharp and it was much more flexible to deal with fish than yesterday. If you should remove it, the taste would definitely be better than yesterday. He planted reeds in the puddle, and even made a few secret buttons with the reeds, and then chopped the escaped catfish internal organs into the puddle.

After finishing all of this, Zhu Da returned to the fire and started to deal with the catfish simply. He was not going to smoke and cook thoroughly like yesterday. The catfish was fat and heavy. There was another way to make it. Just smoke it here simply. Anyway, the weather was cool and dry, so you don’t have to worry about rot and spoilage.

Even if you use spicy wild vegetables to suppress the fishy smell, the catfish smell is too fishy. When you were cleaning up there, Zhou Qingyun next to him frowned, but he kept saying: "I saw you running around in the village alone, but I didn't expect you to have this ability. I said, when will you go to home to cook fish?"

It’s a coincidence that Zhu Da has only two peers in the village, one is Zhou Qingyun, and the other is Li He, the second son of Mr. Li. The others are either three or four years older or three or four years younger. No one can play together. Not to mention Zhou Qingyun and Li He, before they wake up, Zhu Da was happy, running around the village, climbing trees to catch birds, etc.

In the past, I had no contact with Zhou Qingyun, and I even felt afraid from a distance. Now, I have come into close contact and I find that I really talk too much. I am indeed a teenager in my teenager.

"If you are worried, go back first. I will definitely go there at noon." Zhu Da handed over the fish that he had stewed yesterday to the other party, and simmered it in the ashes of the trees overnight. There was no open flame, but the temperature was enough. The fish was crispy from the inside to the outside. Although it was not seasoned, it was crispy enough.

"Can you eat this dark one?" Zhou Qingyun muttered dissatisfiedly. After taking the first bite, he stopped making a sound. He quickly finished the fish in his hand, and then stared at the one in Zhu Da's hand.

Zhu Da ignored the other party and always had to eat more to supplement nutrition. Not long after, the catfish was processed. He simply made a net bag with reeds and placed the catfish segments full on the big stone. The meaty and fresh food could easily attract small beasts and birds, so he could only keep a close eye on them.

After finishing these, Zhu Da was about to practice running, which made Zhou Qingyun, the bystander, even more bored. After leaving the old man, Zhou Qingyun had a little bit of herding sheep, but Zhu Da was too lazy to pay attention to him and started to exercise on his own. Zhou Qingyun said a few words and then returned to the village.

When he was full, the twelve-year-old boy had endless energy. Zhu Da recalled his experiences and learnings back then, adjusted all parts of his body, so that he could exercise during long-distance running, rather than damaging all parts of his body and joints. When the whole body was in harmony, he felt comfortable all over and even had time to think about something else.

For example, Zhou Qingyun is a rare good-looking person in Baibao Village. The reason is very simple. He is nutritious and has enough exercise, so he is naturally much better than others. The same is true for several sons of Mr. Li’s family. The Xiang family, young and old, should have other income besides hunting. Although selling furs after hunting is a good income, he cannot achieve a stable input...

"The child of the old Zhu family has improved a lot and ran away like before!"

"Xiao Zhu, have you become a disciple today?"

Some people talked about it in the fields, and some joked that the fact that his apprenticeship had spread throughout the village and became a rare topic of conversation and joke during the autumn harvest season.

However, there are not many jokes about Zhu Da. The villagers all know that this child is stubborn and really makes him angry. Everyone is not good-looking when they make a fuss. I never thought that Zhu Da would take on these jokes with a smile, and it doesn't matter at all.

His body was sweating and his whole body was almost hot. Seeing that the sun was already noon, Zhu Da ran towards the village with the straw bag. It was not safe to put this thing outside. Today, Zhou Qingyun could find it. God knows who will be curious next time.

As soon as Zhu Da entered the village, he saw Zhou Qingyun running towards him with anxiety. After seeing Zhu Da, he breathed a sigh of relief and kept saying, "I thought you were not here."

"Don't you cook?"

"I can cook, but I can't cook fish." Zhou Qingyun answered indifferently, and then said with a puzzled look: "I just cut a piece and cooked it and ate it. It tastes bad!"

Zhu Da rubbed his forehead. This man seemed not a young warrior, but he looked more like a foodie, but it was not a bad thing to like eating. He was afraid that you wouldn't like eating. He smiled and replied, "Just wait for me to do it."

The autumn harvest in Baibao Village is particularly quiet at noon. Adults and children are in the fields, while the elderly and women and children stay at home. No one notices these two teenagers.

After entering the Xiang family yard, Zhu Da did not hide his curiosity and looked around. Many people in the village had been in there, but this was the first time that Xiang family came, and they had always stayed away from each other before.

Compared to his own home, Xiang's yard is spacious and tidy, with arrow targets and wooden sticks of different lengths placed beside the walls. You can also see two stone locks, and there are also dry skins everywhere, but most of them are rabbit skins, with a few fox skins, a deer skin or something very conspicuous.

"Cook fish quickly, cook fish quickly, I have heated the pancakes!" Zhou Qingyun over there didn't care about Zhu Da's curiosity and kept urging him.

Zhu Da shook his head helplessly and walked into the wing room, asking, "Do you have any onion, ginger and garlic? Do you want to use salt at home?"

These questions made Zhou Qingyun widen his eyes, and nodded repeatedly and said, "Everything, all of them, you really know how to cook."

Regarding the second question, Zhou Qingyun answered with some flaunts: "You can use salt, but our family has no shortage." After that, he hurriedly added: "Don't use too much, it's too salty and not delicious."

The salt in Baibao Village and the surrounding villages are sold outside, so they have to be exchanged for real food. After paying the rent, they can only make a living by paying the grain. There is not much surplus grain, so naturally they can't exchange too much salt. Every family eats very lightly. It turns out that everyone thinks that Mr. Li's family is better, but now it seems that the Xiang family is not bad.

When he arrived near the stove, Zhu Da was shocked again. The kitchen was much more complete than the Zhu family and other families in the village. The small jars and gourds were arranged in a row, and it looked like it was a seasoning, sauce, vinegar, etc., and the stove and kitchen utensils were even more complete.

His surprise made Zhou Qingyun very proud, and he showed off: "A martial arts practitioner like me eats meat every day, and of course, birds and beasts have to make delicious food. You came here today, and I will go and get wild game after a few days."

"Eat meat every day", except for the exaggerated part of this sentence, it means that most of the prey of Xiang's elders and young people were eaten by themselves and did not sell it for money. It seems that not only he knew that practicing martial arts and strengthening his body requires supplementing protein and fat, but Xiang's family also knew it, but this is not a secret, so there is nothing strange.

Zhu Da did not deliberately please Zhou Qingyun. After getting familiar with the environment, he arranged for the other party to live. He brushed the pot and prepared ingredients, cleaned the fish first, and then first selected the fish belly with a lot of fat and chopped it, mixed it with chopped green onion, ginger and garlic, and stir-fried it in a hot pot. Without vegetable oil, Xiang's family might not be willing to take it out even if there is meat oil. He could only use the fish meat's own fat to stir-fry the pot.

The fragrance emerged, and Zhou Qingyun began to sniff, staring at the pot, and kept muttering: "It smells so fragrant, so fragrant, you really know how to make fish, can you eat it?"

After finishing these, Zhu Da put the cut fish into the pot and simmered it with water. He glanced at the seasoning pot and asked, "What seasoning do you have?"

Zhou Qingyun scratched his head and said, "You can see it yourself. It's all done by Xiang Bo, so I'll help you."

At this time, Zhu Da naturally would not be polite. Looking at the jars and gourds, there is nothing strange about it. There are good soy sauce and vinegar, sesame oil, and the jars are salt of good quality. It is so funny than the inferior products that you have to turn into salt water before you can use them every time. There are also white wine and spices you don’t know much.

"Can it be used?"

"How to use!"

The fish soup in the pot had already started to roll. Zhu Da picked up the wine gourd. Seeing him picking up this, Zhou Qingyun was anxious and shouted, "That's wine, don't do anything randomly."

Zhu Da replied with a smile, "I know", and then poured a little wine. Zhou Qingyun looked at him in amazement. He had been saying "Can you eat it?" and couldn't help but say "Can you eat it?"

Zhou Qingyun said too much, so Zhu Da was too lazy to pay attention to it. When the fish soup rolled for a while, he started to bring the soup basin, sprinkled chopped wild onions and salt into the soup basin, and then put the fish soup in it. As soon as the white hot fish soup came into contact with the wild onions and salt, it immediately exuded an attractive aroma.

At this time, Zhou Qingyun stopped talking, but just reached out to wipe the corners of his mouth. After Zhu Da added vinegar, he smiled and said, "You can drink it, be careful to get hot."

Zhou Qingyun moved very quickly to get bowls and chopsticks and put the steaming cakes on them. The cakes were also mixed grain cakes, but there was more grain and less bran. Xiang's life was much better than most families in the village.

"If you add white wine, I can't touch the taste!" Zhou Qingyun was still a little doubtful when he was about to drink it. Zhu Da ignored it and picked up his bowl to start eating. Zhou Qingyun drank carefully and immediately his eyes glowed. Adding white wine to the fish soup was to remove the fishy smell and improve freshness. This little method was not uncommon for more than 20 years, but in the past, this was the chef's secret. Learning food processing has this benefit and you can know the whole story.

The two and a half-old boys had a good appetite. The fish soup and pancakes were eaten clean like wind and wind. Zhou Qingyun's stomach was full and burped a few satisfied times. Then he said with emotion: "I thought Xiang Bo could cook, but I didn't expect you to be so powerful."

Speaking of this, Zhou Qingyun seemed to remember something, staring at the catfish section in the grass-dump and said, "Zhu Da, brother Zhu Da, let's make this fish at my house tonight!"

"No, I'm going to take it home for my parents."

"Then I'll go to your house to eat, and I'll bring the food there. Is it okay? I'll give it to your house next time I get wild game!" When he said this, Zhou Qingyun's face was full of expectation.
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