Ch71 – Fried at
The fruit looked very cute, but Xiong Ye’s expression changed as soon as it was in his mouth, and he quickly spat it back out.
What kind of terrible taste was this?!
His mouth felt like it was on fire. It was unbearably painful, and tears suddenly stread out of his eyes. He was so stimulated that he even turned into his animal form and ran out to the valley, wrapping himself around the big barrel of water in the middle of the tribe, dunking his head in, and drinking and spitting out mouthfuls of water.
That fruit had to be poisonous!
After eating such a toxic fruit, he needed to quickly spit it out and drink more water!
“Xiong Ye, what’s wrong with you?” Zhou Ji returned with so vegetables in hand. He imdiately ran over when he saw Xiong Ye acting like this, then used his spiritual powers to inspect Xiong Ye.
Xiong Ye was fine. There wasn’t anything wrong with his body at all.
“Ouch...” Even the sound of Xiong Ye’s roar had changed. He felt that his tongue had already swelled up from the poison.
Zhou Ji could make poison. Why had he thoughtlessly gone and eaten that fruit as soon as he had seen it without asking first?
He wasn’t going to die during a hunt. Instead, he was going to be accidentally poisoned to death. How unjust!
Oh, he might not die, but he felt really terrible!
The huge brown bear had tears in his eyes as he looked at Zhou Ji. He then placed his head on Zhou Ji’s thighs and splayed out on the ground without moving, looking like he was about to expire right then and there.
The people in the tribe were all startled, “What’s wrong with Xiong Ye?”
“Is Xiong Ye alright?”
“Wasn’t Xiong Ye fine when he ca back?”
......
Only the priest realized sothing, “Xiong Ye drank a lot of water and even spat water out... Was he poisoned?”
Zhou Ji knew that Xiong Ye hadn’t been poisoned, but on the topic of poisoning... Zhou Ji asked, “Did you eat the chili that I placed inside the cave? That little red fruit.”
The huge brown bear nodded listlessly.
Zhou Ji: “......” Although he quite enjoyed spicy food, he also couldn’t bear eating chili peppers raw, let alone Xiong Ye who had never eaten chili before in his life.
He now basically understood what had happened to Xiong Ye.
Zhou Ji said, “That fruit isn’t poisonous. It just makes people’s mouths feel uncomfortable when they eat it... You should still be full of energy.”
Xiong Ye’s mind had been full of various terrible scenarios before, and he thought that he might die. Now that Zhou Ji had said this...
He stood up and suddenly discovered that nothing was wrong with him. It was just that his mouth hurt a little.
Xiong Ye: “......”
Zhou Ji said, “Go back to the cave then.”
Xiong Ye imdiately went and climbed back into the cave––how embarrassing! He was really alright, but he acted as though he was dying down in the valley!
Seeing that Xiong Ye was returning back to the cave, Zhou Ji also followed him back. He then heard Xiong Ye, who had turned back into human form, say, “Ugh... Exactly what kind of thing was that... Ouch...”
“Adding a little bit of this chili will make things like roasted at very tasty.” Zhou Ji added.
Xiong Ye hurriedly shook his head, “That... I’ll pass.”
Zhou Ji wasn’t about to force him and imdiately smiled and agreed, “Alright.”
Xiong Ye was a bit scared of it after his experience today, so it was fine for him not to have any, but he could have Xiong Ye give it a try later on.
Of course, Xiong Ye might be unaccustod to it at the start... He could give him a bit less at first.
Zhou Ji marinated the vegetables he had brought over with so salt. He also crushed the juicy chili peppers and added so of the salt he had purified as well as a type of plant that made at more fragrant when added to roasted at.
Xiong Ye really liked the at that was roasted with this kind of plant. Zhou Ji also enjoyed it. Of course, he was much pickier about at.
Zhou Ji was just thinking about that when he noticed the huge bird in the cave.
Xiong Ye pointed to that bird and said, “Zhou Ji, this is the bird that I caught today. It’s for you!”
“Thank you.” Zhou Ji said, “Bring the dinosaur at that you’ll be given today to the cave and eat it here. I’ll make sothing delicious for you to eat today.”
“Alright.” Xiong Ye agreed, then looked towards the bright red sauce that Zhou Ji had just made, “That... this...”
“Don’t worry. I won’t give you this.” Zhou Ji assured him.
Xiong Ye relaxed and then ran down to the valley to ask Xiong He for a large piece of at.
The tribe hadn’t turned all the at into smoked at. They had left so fresh at that could be eaten over the next few days. At this ti, everyone was getting at and preparing to eat.
Xiong He had allowed everyone to eat as they liked yesterday, but he had resud distributing the at according to the work that was done today. The hunt yesterday had been led by Xiong Ye, so his portion was quite large. Others received relatively less, particularly the people from the gathering team.
Of course, their appetites were smaller, and they couldn’t eat that much anyway.
At this ti, everyone was gathered together to roast their at. Seeing that Xiong Ye was bringing his at back to his cave, so of them were a little envious, “I heard that Zhou Ji will make delicious food for Xiong Ye.”
“Unfortunately, we don’t know how to make delicious food.”
“Even if we knew how, we still don’t have pots and materials... Xiong Ye caught a large bird to eat today, while we only have dinosaur at.”
......
These people sighed and began to gnaw at their roasted at.
They should be content with what they had. Just a few days ago, they hadn’t even been able to eat roasted at at all!
While the people in the tribe were roasting at, Zhou Ji had placed the ‘flat pot’ that Xiong Ye had ground out for him on the fire.
This ‘flat pot’ had basically been almost finished before he had given it to Xiong Ye to polish. It had a diater of about 60cm and was very large and quite thin.
After the pot was heated up, Zhou Ji poured in so oil and had Xiong Ye slice the at into thin slices that he then fried.
He fried the terror bird at on one side and used the other side for the dinosaur at. It was divided very clearly; the dinosaur at was kneaded with salt before being fried, while the terror bird at... He placed it straight into the pot for frying, then used a piece of wood to dab so chili sauce onto the at.
Xiong Ye could feel his mouth throb a little when he saw this scene.
This thing made his mouth very uncomfortable when eaten. Was Zhou Ji really going to eat it?
“Zhou Ji, this thing will make your mouth hurt after eating it. You’re better off not eating it.” Xiong Ye was worried.
“It’s fine.” Zhou Ji used chopsticks to pick up the piece of terror bird at, eating it directly.
This body of his had never eaten spicy things before, so he had only put a very small amount of chili sauce on it. The taste was just right!
Terror bird at wasn’t as good as elephant bird at and had a bit of a gay taste, but it was covered up because of the chili sauce... Zhou Ji quickly realized that he could soon eat dinosaur at that didn’t have such a strong gay taste in the future.
Chili sauce was such a good thing.
Xiong Ye ate the fried dinosaur at while Zhou Ji ate his terror bird at.
When at was roasted in the tribe, it was always roasted directly on the fire. There were many disadvantages to roasting at like this. For example, it was quite tasteless, and it had a wooden flavor.
But at that had been seared with oil didn’t have these problems.
In particular, Xiong Ye liked to eat oily at.
Fried dinosaur at that had spices sprinkled on top was truly too delicious! The only problem was that frying it piece by piece like this was a little slow!
At the start, Xiong Ye let Zhou Ji fry at for him to eat, but he soon learned how to do it and began to fry at for himself.
Seeing this, Zhou Ji no longer worried about him and slowly fried his own terror bird at.
He was actually capable of eating more than Xiong Ye if he really wanted to eat. He had a rare opportunity to eat spicy food today, so his appetite was quite expansive.
“Zhou Ji, it’s really too delicious! Can we still eat like this tomorrow?” Xiong Ye asked.
Zhou Ji replied, “Yes.”
Xiong Ye was imdiately delighted. At this ti, Zhou Ji asked, “Does your mouth still hurt?”
Xiong Ye had lost that kind of feeling a long ti ago and instantly replied, “No.”
Hearing this, Zhou Ji used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of roasted terror bird at and offered it to him, “Give it a try.” He had only put a tiny amount of chili on this piece of at, and it shouldn’t make him too uncomfortable.
Xiong Ye felt a bit conflicted as he looked at that piece of terror bird at.
The chili pepper he had eaten before had left a psychological shadow!
But Zhou Ji enjoyed it that much. It was as though... this at was very delicious?
Also, this was sothing that Zhou Ji had worked hard to make and roast. He couldn’t just refuse... Xiong Ye gritted his teeth and took a bite.
His eyes lit up almost instantly after he ate this bite.
This... After reducing the amount of that chili that had made him feel so bad, it was actually extrely tasty!
“This kind of flavor is called spicy.” Zhou Ji taught him.
Xiong Ye nodded and finished the piece of spicy terror bird at before going back to eat his own non-spicy at.
After eating it, his mouth no longer felt spicy, but he also felt like... his dinosaur at wasn’t that delicious anymore...
“Aren’t you flavoring your dinosaur at with salt before frying it? You can add a little chili sauce to it when you marinate it. That way, you’ll be able to taste the flavor without it being too spicy.” Zhou Ji suggested.
Xiong Ye didn’t hesitate at all before doing what Zhou Ji had proposed.
anwhile, a spicy fragrance had wafted out of the cave.
Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye’s cave was quite high, and it wasn’t easy for the fragrance to spread to the valley below, but the noses of the people of the tribe were all very sensitive!
“What are Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji making? It slls great!”
“Everything Zhou Ji made when we went out to trade for salt was delicious, but it never slled this good.”
“Will Xiong Ye let us try it tomorrow?”
......
Everyone in the valley looked longingly towards Xiong Ye’s cave.
Finally, the priest stood up, dusted off his robe, and climbed up to the entrance to Xiong Ye’s cave.
Xiong He and Xiong Qi imdiately followed suit when they saw this, with Xiong Bai also tagging along. Niu Er thought about it, then brought Xiong Mao with him and also climbed up. He even said to Xiong Mao, “Hurry and change into a little panda.” Xiong Ye obviously liked Xiong Mao’s animal form. If Xiong Mao was going to go and scrounge for food, it would be more effective if he turned into his animal form.
Although Niu Er didn’t like to talk much, he was very clear-eyed about many things.
Those who had a good relationship with Xiong Ye all ran up to ask for food, but so others felt embarrassed about going.
However, even if they felt too embarrassed to go today, there would be opportunities in the future. They could try and find a way to help Xiong Ye or Zhou Ji do more things...
With this thought in mind, those people all looked towards Xiong Ye’s cave and swallowed back their saliva.
The fragrance of chili fried at filled Xiong Ye’s cave, and the platform in front of the entrance to the cave was crowded with people.
Everyone who had co had good relations with him, and even the priest and tribal chief were there... Xiong Ye reluctantly handed a piece of at he had already finished frying to the priest.
The priest ate it all in one bite and said excitedly, “Delicious! This thing is too delicious!”
The priest was old, and his tastes were quite heavy, so he wasn’t afraid of this spicy taste. In fact, the spiciness even served to stimulate his appetite.
After the priest had eaten, it beca soone else’s turn.
“Delicious!”
“It’s so fragrant!”
“What kind of flavor is this?”
The more everyone ate, the more excited they beca. Only Xiong Mao, who was still young, found it a little unbearable. After he ate the at while in his animal form, the little black and white ball began to roll around on the floor.
Even so, he quickly got up and went back to staring fixedly at the at Xiong Ye was cooking.
If it went on like this, Xiong Ye would have no way to keep eating... Zhou Ji took out the bowl of chili sauce he had made and handed it to the priest, “This is chili sauce. You can put a bit of it onto the at when you roast it.”
He had a lot of chili peppers on hand and could make the chili sauce again. It was best if he sent away these people who were disturbing their cozy world of two.
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