novelhk Chapter 205 Night Light
Chapter 205 Night Light
Yiyun washed his hands and took over the task of kneading the dough under the guidance of Chen Shiyue.
Chiqiu and Di Bo came back soon, with Di Bo holding a basket of washed sweet potato leaves.
"Sister Shiyue, here." Chiqiu took out a small basket from behind like a magician, and inside it were a dozen large white eggs.
Chen Shiyue was puzzled: "Can our chickens lay eggs this big?"
Chiqiu smiled, revealing his full white teeth: "These are not eggs laid by our chickens. These are brought back by Brother Yanyi and his friends when they went hunting."
Chen Shiyue was even more confused: "Yan Yi was here just now?" That shouldn't be the case. With Yan Yi's personality, he wouldn't be so quiet and just leave the egg.
Chiqiu: "No, it was sent by the orcs in Brother Yanyi's team."
Chen Shiyue picked up an egg and looked at it carefully: "Can a pheasant lay such a big egg?"
Yiyun took a look and was slightly surprised: "It's an egg laid by a one-legged bird."
Seeing his partner puzzled, Yiyun explained: "One-legged birds are much larger than pheasants and have strong flying abilities, but they are rare."
Di Bo put a basket of sweet potato leaves on the table: "Sister Shiyue, what do you need me to do?" He looked at the white balls in the city lord's hand curiously. This didn't look like sweet potato powder.
Chiqiu was also attracted by the dough: "Sister Shiyue, what is this?"
Chen Shiyue smiled and said, "This is called flour. It is a kind of food from my previous tribe. The quantity is very small, only enough for one time. We will make dumplings later. Di Bo, can you help chop the meat over there, and break the corn over there into grains."
Chiqiu: "I'll go pick the corn kernels."
The two teenagers were a little confused. Did Sister Shiyue bring anything from her previous tribe? They remembered that when she came to Yao Tribe before, she didn't bring anything with her. Maybe Sister Shiyue had hidden somewhere they couldn't see.
The next step was to roll out the dumpling wrappers. After a little teaching, Yiyun was able to do it very well.
Soon, Chiqiu and Dibo finished their work and came over, and the four of them started making dumplings together. There were only three kinds of dumpling fillings: minced meat, corn kernels, and chopped sweet potato leaves.
As they were wrapping, the two teenagers started competing with each other, and the atmosphere was very cheerful.
In the space, Huanyue couldn't help herself: "Mom, these two brothers are so good, I want to play with them."
Chen Shiyue touched her belly and said, "It's almost there, only three months left. When the time comes, don't act too different."
Huanyue: "Don't worry, mother. I can still act childish."
There were a lot of dumplings, on the table, on the workbench, everywhere. It was really pleasing to look at, a long-lost feeling. It was a pity that considering the appetite of the orcs, all the flour brought from the modern times was used up, and I don’t know when wheat can be found in this world.
Next, it was time to cook the dumplings. Fortunately, we had two stoves, each with three burners, so we could cook the dumplings in several ceramic pots at the same time, which was very fast.
Chiqiu and Di Bo were amazed as they watched the dumplings float up one by one.
Chen Shiyue looked at the two teenagers who were fishing for dumplings with great interest, then slightly turned her head to look at Yiyun, and saw that he also looked surprised.
After a moment of conflict, Chen Shiyue said, "Ayun, do you want to ask Mochen Abba, Chiqing Abba, and Ya'am to come over and try it?"
Yiyun nodded: "Chiqiu, you go, don't say you want to eat, just say you have something to ask them to come over."
Soon, Mo Chen and Chi Qing walked in, followed by Ya who was carried in by Chi Qiu.
Seeing the plates of food on the table, everyone was surprised.
Chen Shiyue asked the three people to sit down at the table: "This is a kind of food from my former tribe, called dumplings, which is made from flour ground from the fruit of a plant called wheat. I would like to invite you to try it."
Mo Chen and the others looked at each other and tacitly did not ask any further questions.
Seven people sat around the table. In addition to dumplings, there was a large pot of stewed meat and a large pot of yam bone soup.
"Wow, these dumplings are so delicious." Chiqiu exclaimed.
Ya nodded: "It's really delicious."
Chen Shiyue felt comforted when she saw that everyone enjoyed the food. She was full after eating a bowl of dumplings and a bowl of yam bone soup, and they shared the rest.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her with interest, Chen Shiyue smiled and said, "That's all. It depends on whether we can find wheat in the future. Flour can be made into many delicious foods."
Chiqiu: "Sister Shiyue, what does Xiaomai look like?"
Chen Shiyue: "It is a grass-like plant with many granular fruits growing on its tail. They are yellow when ripe."
Everyone was searching their memories. Mo Chen and Chi Qing looked at each other, both feeling a little unbelievable.
Yiyun also reacted and showed a look of regret.
Chen Shiyue was surprised and asked, "Why, you have all seen them?"
Yiyun said solemnly, "In the south, in our former clan land, there are a lot of these grasses, but we didn't know they were edible plants."
Chen Shiyue smiled and said, "Since there are some in the south, there may be some in the north as well. There are more and more tribes trading with us now. Perhaps we can find some in the settlement of one of the tribes."
Chiqiu and Di Bo actively collected the dishes and washed them, while Mo Chen and the others stayed to talk. They hadn't talked together like this for a long time.
Chen Shiyue: "Father Chiqing, there are many orcs and females in the tribe now, and there are only two large canteens. The pressure of cooking food in two large canteens is not small. Should we let each tribe open a small canteen?"
Yiyun: "If you want to cook at home, just take the food and cook it yourself. If you want to eat in the cafeteria, continue to eat there. Each tribe can open its own small cafeteria. We will have a meeting tomorrow to discuss it."
Mo Chen nodded: "Okay, let's see what everyone thinks."
The next day, a meeting was held, and the result of the discussion was that families who wanted to cook for themselves would receive food regularly. The big canteen would be retained, and each tribe would open a small canteen. Orcs could choose to eat in the big canteen or the tribal canteen, but it had to be determined and could not be changed at will.
Chen Shiyue knew that starting from this winter, Yaobei City would slowly develop from public ownership to private ownership. Perhaps, she should consider the monetary system. Bartering was not a long-term solution.
The weather was getting colder day by day. If it weren't for Yiyun's body temperature, Chen Shiyue felt that she couldn't warm up all night. It was so cold before it started snowing. If it snowed, who knows what would happen. In the cold, Chen Shiyue thought of the kang in the north of modern society. She was from the south and was not familiar with kangs. She asked Huanyue to call up the diagram of kang and study it carefully.
The cold wind was howling, and Yinfeng led a group of orcs to run quickly in the mountains and forests along the river. The wind was too strong by the river, so they could only walk through the forest to avoid the wind.
Several females were wrapped in several layers of animal skins, even their heads were covered, leaving only their eyes exposed.
Another night came, Yinfeng asked everyone to set up tents in the woods to rest and simply eat some dried meat and dried fish.
Lang Mei lay in the arms of the beast-shaped Sang Bai and asked expectantly, "Sang Bai, how many days will it take to reach Yaobei City?"
Sang Bai hugged his partner tightly: "I don't know, it should be soon."
Yinfeng squatted aside, his eyes paused on Sangbai and several other orcs with partners, then immediately looked away.
This time, it was his mistake. He shouldn't have walked so far and should have returned to Yaocheng earlier. However, if he had returned earlier, he wouldn't have run into the Water Bird Tribe this time, and Zhuliu and his friends would have been left without a companion.
He walked out of the tent somewhat depressed and squatted at the entrance of the tent.
An orc said, "Deputy City Lord, please come in and have a rest. It's very windy outside."
Yinfeng didn't turn around and replied calmly: "It's okay, I'll go into the tent in a moment."
He looked into the distance through the gaps in the trees.
Suddenly, Yinfeng saw a lot of lights flickering in the air in front of him. It was definitely not fire, but a very beautiful and unique light.
He straightened up, thought for a moment, called out a few orcs, and then ran towards the light.