savage peasant girl

Chapter 52 Big Fudge, Dried Meat

Xuan Jiu hummed, and carefully followed Roman to identify the Pteris vulgaris, remembering the details firmly.

"Well, I remember." After about a quarter of an hour, Xuan Jiu said affirmatively.

"Okay. Let's pick a small half first. This piece is quite a lot, and we can't pick it all at once. Two days before your departure, we will come and pick the rest." Roman said.

"Yeah." Xuan Jiu followed Roman's example and began to pick the ferns.

After picking them and filling a bag full of animal skins, Roman guessed that Luo Qing's distribution of prey was almost done, so he walked back with Xuan Jiu.

Before reaching the door of the house, Luo Man saw Luo Qing gathering a bunch of prey from a distance.

"Luo Qing, is this the prey that our family is responsible for drying?" Roman walked over to put down the animal skin bag and asked.

"Well, sister, there is also this big piece of salt next to it, which is also shared. The public game of the clan will be dried with the salt stored in the clan. If we dry it at home, we can only use our own salt." Luo Qing explained. road.

"Well, I see." Roman said.

"After lunch, we started to pickle the prey in the afternoon. These four badgers and one wild tiger had to be pickled and air-dried well, so as not to be damaged on the way. Last year, there were some problems with the prey that was exchanged for salt, and some of them were broken on the way. It's gone." Luo Qing said with some regret.

"Well, besides the dried prey, is there anything else that can be exchanged for salt?" Roman asked.

"Of course there are. Tanned animal skins and high-quality fur are good things to exchange for salt. Although it is said that the mermaids live in the sea and don't wear animal skins very much, tanned animal skins can be used For decoration or as a tool, the fine fur can be used to make cushions, the females of the mermaid race seem to like these fine furs, and the amount of fine fur that is exchanged for salt is also relatively large." Luo Qingyi Come together.

"Where did the fine fur come from? Was it prepared recently? Why haven't you mentioned it before?" Roman asked.

"Haha, gather at the square every day. The males will kill all the furs of their prey. The females in the patriarch's family are responsible for tanning. The tanned animal skins and furs are stored in the small warehouse of the clan. Proportionately distributed to the ethnic groups. The animal skins distributed by our family in autumn are almost lost to you, sister. Last time, I used such a large piece of good animal skin to poke holes to catch shrimp..." Luo Qing said.

...So that's how it is...but the animal skin is the biggest one left in the house!Perfect for catching fish and shrimp!
But after hearing Luo Qing's explanation, Roman really felt that he was a bit of a prodigal... Cough cough.

Fortunately, winter is coming soon, which is the legendary rainy season, and furs will be distributed again at that time...

"Shrimp is still delicious! Winter is coming soon, and we will have new fur! At that time, sister will make you two clothes!" Roman joked.

"Yeah. Okay! Sister, I still have some meat from yesterday. Have stewed meat for lunch? I haven't eaten it for a few days, so I'm getting hungry." Luo Qing scratched his head embarrassingly as he spoke.

"No problem, you go to make a fire to boil the water, and cut the meat into pieces by the way. You can use the wooden basin we made in the previous paragraph to serve the water, and feel the beauty of wooden utensils!" Roman laughed.

"Hey, sister!" Luo Qing picked up the tub and walked towards the stream.

Roman took out all the big gourds in the animal skin bag, took out the bone knife, looked at Xuan Jiu and said, "Try and see if you can split these big gourds from the middle like this."

Xuan Jiu took the green gourd, picked up the bone knife to make a gesture, first drew a midline, and with all his strength, used the bone knife to cut open the gourd vertically bit by bit.

Roman looked at the bone knife in Xuan Jiu's hand. It seems that this bone knife is still very sharp. I don't know what kind of animal bone it is made of.

Xuan Jiu cut open these gourds one at a time, and after a while, the open space next to them was filled with half and half gourds.

Roman dug out all the seeds in the gourd, washed it with clean water, and put it on the stone bench to dry. In the next spring, you can plant a few gourds under the big tree in front of your house. When the big tree is covered with gourd vines, look It looks good and is easy to use.

When Luo Qing prepared the meat and came back, he saw gourds of all sizes in front of the door, and said loudly, "Sister! What is this thing? Where did it come from so many..."

"Haha, this is a gourd. When I went up the mountain with Xuan Jiu today, I found that half and half can be used to make containers! Make bowls, pots, etc.!" Roman explained briefly.

"Looks like a good thing!" Luo Qing said, lighting a fire to boil water, and began to cook meat. Under Luo Man's training, Luo Qing was able to cook meat with moderate saltiness by himself!
After lunch, the three of them sat under the pergola to rest separately.After Xuan Jiu came, Roman always felt that the pergola was too small, and it was a bit crowded for three people to sit.It seems that I have to find some good wood and build a bigger pergola again.

After Luo Qing had almost rested, he said, "Sister, I'm going to cut all these prey into pieces, so that I can make air-dried meat later."

"Wait, Luo Qing, last time you told me about the method of making air-dried meat in the clan, smear it with salt to marinate it, wash off the salt after a few days, and hang the meat in the air to dry, although it can be stored for a few more days, but The storage time is limited, if you don't eat it in time, it may go bad. Is that right?" Roman asked.

"That's right, Sister, the family has always made air-dried meat like this." Luo Qing looked at Roman in puzzlement.

"You also said, the above method, the number of days for the dried meat to be stored is limited. I thought there must be some steps in the process that were not done carefully enough. I heard a method mentioned by my mother when I was young. Do you remember? Let's The air-dried meat I made when I was a child can be stored for a long time!" Luo Man began to fool around, Luo Qing was only three years old when his father and mother passed away, how could he remember.Let alone Luo Qing, Roman was only five years old 12 years ago, so it is impossible to remember.But, this kind of thing must be blamed on my father and mother, otherwise, it can't be explained.

"Is that so? Then how should it be marinated?" Luo Qing scratched his head, really unable to remember what happened when he was a child.

"For these prey, first separate the bones and flesh, and then write all the pieces of meat as the width of the arm, and the length is about the length of two palms superimposed. The bones can be left, and we can stew the bone soup. Don't let the meat get wet. After cutting, put the meat in a dry stone pot, smear it evenly with salt, and marinate it. After about a day and a night, a lot of blood will come out. Don’t, at this time, you can’t wash the meat with clean water, and take it directly from the stone pot Slip it out, then use bone needles to string the meat with animal skin strips, hang it in a ventilated place to dry, and it will be completely dried in about ten days." Roman said one by one.

(End of this chapter)