21. Fish soup
There were eleven fish in total. Ling Li carried three baskets in both hands and returned to the shack where he lived. He reached out to pick up a red scale from the willow basket, which was somewhat similar to a carp and was still struggling to death. He pressed it on a piece of wooden stake, pulled out his waist knife and patted it hard behind the fish's head, and began to prepare to kill the fish.
Chen Chaoyang, who had just woken up, heard the movement and poked his head out of the shack: "Ling Li... holds the grass, and you can really catch fish with that willow basket!"
His voice immediately woke most of the brothers in a shed.
Wang Tao stretched out his head: "Ling Li... you are really amazing!"
"Shh, let the sound of a little bit, don't make noise, let others hear it... Those who wake up will come down to help!" Ling Li raised his fingers in front of his lips and signaled.
Except for Zhu Zhengang, the brothers in this shack are all children of ordinary people. They can’t eat fish in normal times. This fish is more expensive than meat in Qingya City, and ordinary people can’t eat it twice a year.
These guys quickly came down from the shack like cats that smelled fishy, surrounded Ling Li, and commented in a lingering manner.
"One, two, three, four... ten, there is this one, wow, Ling Li, I didn't expect so many!" Wang Tao said excitedly, his eyes lit up.
"Why are you still stunned? Let's do it together, deal with the fish first, scrape the scales!" Ling Li squatted on the ground and said while working.
These children of ordinary families have never done this job of slaughtering fish. They all followed Ling Li's appearance and started to scrape the scales clumsily. As for the end of the tear, they could only be handled by Ling Li, who is still somewhat experienced. Some things in the fish can be eaten, and they cannot be wasted.
Zhu Zhengang got out of the shack at this time and saw a big fish shaved in Wang Tao's hand and suddenly shouted: "Wow, red-scaled fish, no!"
Ling Li asked, "What's wrong?"
Fatty Zhu smiled and said, "This kind of red-scaled fish is very rare and is also a relatively expensive fish species in Qingya City. The fish contains a trace of source power, which costs more than 200 yuan per kilogram."
Ling Li's face suddenly became bad when she heard the price, and she felt a little painful...
Cut the fish that were treated with one or three small pieces into pieces and put them directly into a pot with boiling water. There was no condiment, only a few wild onions dug yesterday, cut them into slices and put them into the pot, and some fish that were selected and washed. The remaining fish gravel did not make people, but asked the companions to pick up some large leaves and pack them back, put them in a willow basket, saying that this would allow you to catch some carnivorous fish.
A bucket of water was not enough, so I asked someone to go to the river to get a bucket of water. Then I washed the other cut fish, cut a few pieces of fish with a knife, and began to apply salt inside and outside the fish, preparing to marinate and air-dry.
After all the fish were processed, the fish cooked in the pot was much different. Flowing strong fragrances floated out of the pot, making everyone salivate and swallowed constantly. There was nothing special about stewing fish in clear water, but the taste was primitive and innocent.
Ling Li walked to the pot, picked up a large spoon and stirred it a few times, and then said, "I remember that you must not make any noise about this, otherwise, thousands of people will go down to the river to catch fish, and our future rations will not be settled."
"What if someone insists on visiting?" Tang Zhi said.
"There is no way to do this. I can hide it for a while. During these days, the goods have all run away and stared at the hunting. Let's try to catch as many fish as possible and then dry it as a reserve." Fatty Zhu said, "Why don't we do nothing today and weave a few big willow baskets first?"
Ling Li shook his head and said, "This is easier to attract attention. Everyone should do whatever they should do. Wearing a basket, and we will do it tonight."
This breakfast was much more hearty than when I was at home, and everyone enjoyed it. A large pot of fish soup was quickly drunk and nothing left. Since the fish was mainly due to Ling Li's credit, Zhu Fatty Zhu specially put a lunch box of fish soup for Ling Li with the meat and soup, and no one had any objections to this.
After the remaining seven fish were marinated, they hunted two gray squirrels yesterday, and a rabbit hung under the shack, waiting to dry slowly.
"Now we have saved some food. Should we leave one person to visit our house during the day?" Ling Li looked at the prey hanging under the shed, and asked Fatty Zhu while drinking the soup.
"It's okay, no need to keep anyone, I promise nothing will happen." Fatty Zhu waved his hand and said.
Seeing him say this, Ling Li was sure that when these children of wealthy families came to the wild for training, their families would definitely send people to protect them secretly. For families like them, not many people would really be willing to let their children take risks in the wild alone.
Feeling that the fish soup seemed to have sufficient energy, Ling Li carefully picked the fish bones and quietly added two points to himself, one point to his physique and one point to his qi and blood.
After breakfast, everyone continued to mine, but it was the place they were yesterday.
Ling Li said that he had gone around yesterday and had not found a better place. He was planning to check it out again this afternoon. If there was no better place, he would die here to mine in the future.
Today, everyone has more experience than yesterday. They slowly figured out where to use picks to chisel ore more easily, and the speed was faster than yesterday. It was almost time to have lunch, and it was almost dug enough.
Fatty Zhu said: "I can't stand eating dry food in this tunnel. Anyway, it's just arrived, so everyone just happened to go back and cook some soup."
His proposal was approved by everyone, and Ling Li also agreed with the crowd.
Everyone handed in front of the cabin. After the scale, they were nearly thirty kilograms less than yesterday, which was just completed. However, because they came back two hours in advance, the mining efficiency of everyone has improved a lot.
Back at the station, because the hunting team was not there, everyone was embarrassed to cook meat. They only took two small fish as big as a palm, added some jerky meat, mixed wild vegetables and mushrooms, and cooked most of the pot of soup. Because they didn't feel hungry, Ling Li added a little to his constitution and blood during the meal.
It seems that meat and fish do contain much higher energy than cereals.
Ling Li found that he was very suitable for such a wild life. In less than two days, he had already added nine points to himself. This was unimaginable when he was in the city. The lack of energy stored in his body has been restricting his progress.
Now his physique is 45 points, and the maximum qi and blood value is 48 points. It seems that after the qi and blood reach 60 points, he can break through the barrier of the fifth acupoint and advance to level 5 martial artist.
In this way, it only takes two months to advance to level 7 of the martial artist, with hope of hitting the realm of warriors. As soon as this idea came out, his mind suddenly became active and his eyes became more enthusiastic.
After lunch, everyone had to rest for a while, but Ling Li got up again and walked straight to the wooden house.
Chapter completed!