A few days later. Today, I was once again with the children gathering herbs near the river. But I was actually looking for things that could be eaten in the surroundings.
Over the past few days, the first edible thing I found was chili peppers. Along with the vegetable oil, I could now make chili oil. And I also found raw peppers. Spices were quite expensiveI also found several other kinds of spices. I was hoping to make curry soday. But I still havent found any turric yet.
I also managed to find leeks. Which was good for stir-fry vegetables and miso soup. Incidentally, there was common callia within the area, so I was able to obtain more vegetable oil. But whats with the vegetation in this world? It was sohow strange in various ways. It might be interesting to look into it a little more.
Anyways, since Ive mostly explored this area, I would like to move a little more upstream for today. As such, I was gathering a bit deeper in the forest than usual.
After walking for a while, I found a tree that had so fruit. This scent.the Japanese plum? Or so kind of plum? Well, never mind the specifics. A scan from Appraisal showed that the plums were edible. The plums also looked ripe and ready for consumption. So I decided to have so right away. I brought one to my mouth. Yep, sweet and sour. Delicious.
I noticed that the children were watching from a little further away, so I beckoned for them to co closer. They ran forth with their faces shining. Everyone began eating with delighted expressions on their faces. In this world, sweets werent sothing that could be easily obtained. For commoners, and even more so for orphans.
I also stored so for myself. As I looked around for other things, the children asked if they could take so ho. Well, isnt it fine to just do what you want? Ah, but if they pick too much the plums might go bad, so pick in moderation, I guess?
While the children were taking their share, I explored the surroundings a bit more. Well Oh, thats yam? Tororo rice! Okay, lets dig. And so I dug them up. Or rather, I did it in one go using earth magic. Magic sure was convenient.
Shin noticed I was doing sothing again and approached .
Can you eat this too? Hmm, there are various ways to eat them, such as mashing them, steaming them, or baking them, and such. Can we also take so? Do what you want. Ah, but if you dont dig them up carefully, it will break halfway, so be careful. And it also takes a while, so be patient. Thank you very much, I will do my best.
Well, it really is pretty difficult.
Now then, lets start gathering a bit more seriously. Thus, I started gathering herbs. But I quickly lost interest and ended up catching fish instead. Teehee~
Later in the afternoon, I gathered for a bit longer before heading back. I decided to head back earlier than usual. I inford the children that we were heading back, Shin and several others who were digging up the yams looked really tired. But everyone was smiling. Todays gathering resulted in a feast with plums and yams. Oh? Theres sweat coming from my eyes.
I received my paynt from the guild. Apparently, the guild also bought yams too, so Shin was agonizing over whether to eat or sell them. ? Im fine since I gathered them for the sole purpose of eating to begin with. The children agonized over it for a while, but before everyone left they gave a slight bow to .
I returned back to the inn and shared the plums with Lily. Apparently, she hadnt eaten sothing sweet in a long ti, so she was quite happy. Afterwards, I ate dinner, took a bath, and went to bed like usual. I refrained from cooking for myself this ti. Because the cook was glaring at with quite a dreadful face, to be honest, it was rather annoying.
The next day, I went to the forest located towards the upstream of the river. The restriction to the southern forest area hasnt been lifted yet. But since I could catch fish, maybe I should continue over here? I was gathering while talking to Yui for today. Yes, I ended up becoming swayed by them.
I heard various things about them. Shin and Yui were originally the children of rchants, but their parents failed in their business along with various other things. In the end, both of their parents ended up passing away. As such, the two of them ended up on the streets. It was hard to listen at this point.
After that, they managed to rent a runned-down house with the small amount of money they had left, and were able to live a ager lifestyle by registering as adventurers. But over ti, it beca harder to pay the rent, so they ended up sharing the house with friends and paying the rent together. My heart was in pain for so reason. But I was glad that I listened to their story.
And, yesterday was the first ti in a while since weve been able to eat our fill! We were also able to give the fruits to the children who werent able to co with us, so Im really grateful to big sis!
Thatsgood. And wet stuff was coming out from my eyes.
But, even if we bring back more fruits with us back ho, itll still run out soon.thats why we have to do our best and gather herbs, so that we can buy flour!
Flour was fairly expensive. Even if it was diluted flour. You could gathering edible plants and vegetables while gathering herbs. But in order to have a full stomach, grains would also be necessary.
What about potatoes? Eh? Arent potatoes cheaper? Itll also fill your stomach too. Arent potatoes poisonous? Itll be difficult to consu them.
Ahso in this world, the recognition was still at that level. No wonder people were giving weird looks when I was buying them.
The poison is just in the eyes, everything else is fine. Eh? Really?
Hmm, it might be better to just show her. It was also noon already.
I took out a pan, poured hot water and lit the fire. Since the hot water was already at a very high temperature, it started boiling imdiately. Then I took out so potatoes. There were so with buds growing out of them from when I bought them all, so I decided to teach through showing.
The poison is located in the eyes. And in the parts where the color changes and becos green. After cutting those away, itll be alright. Scrape the eyes off like this, and cut deeply into these sections.
Yui was watching silently.
The easiest way to cook them is to boil them. You can also boil them with salt. Im going to add salt for this one. You can check if theyre finishing cooking by poking it with a stick like this. See?
I gave it to her to do. I always try to teach things as soon as possible. People dont do things unless you perform it, tell them how to do it, get them to do it, and praise them. This was once said by Isoroku. And it was exactly so.
This one is still a bit hard. But this one I was able to pierce through it. In that case, let it boil for a bit longer.
After a while, the potatoes finished cooking, so I dumped the hot water and waited for them to cool down. Obviously, I would be burned if I were to pick them up imdiately. I had boiled a total of 18 potatoes. There were 9 people, including and the children, so there was a total of two per person.
Each person gets two. Eh? Um, is it okay for us to eat them? Can you eat all this by yourself then? Um, thank you very much.
Eating the potatoes after getting rid of the eyes. This would probably be the best way to prove that the potatoes were safe.
Ah, thats-
Nom-nom-nom. Yep, delicious. After watching finish eating sothing that was supposed to be poisonous, everyone began eating cautiously.
Delicious
For so reason, everyone was in tears. After we finished eating, we continued gathering herbs.
With potatoes being safe to eat, everyone can now eat enough to satisfy their stomachthank you very much.
Shin and Yui expressed their gratitude to on our way back.
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