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Chapter 32 Foodie

Grandma's attitude towards Lin Yu obviously has some reservations, she only treats her as a guest, not her own family.

In Grandma's view, clansmen should not only be connected by blood, but also emotionally. Even if they have common ancestors, they are not considered real family members without the brotherhood of being together day and night.

The men were a little surprised, but not much, and quickly accepted it frankly.

The relationship between men and women in this era is very simple. Most men only divide women into two categories: those who can mate and those who cannot.

Whether Lin Yu is a savage or a guest, he belongs to the latter, so this change in status does not make much difference to the men, nor will it change their attitude towards her.

Hutou patted Kong Luoluo's belly and complained: "Are you still eating?"

He cares more about this.

So the women continued to prepare the dinner, and Lin Yu's status rose from being a savage to a guest. The women got closer to her and took the initiative to give her the unknown flowers and plants they brought back for identification.

Lin Yu divided these flowers and plants into five categories and arranged them in different categories: those that are pathogenic or fatal, those that can be used as medicine, those that are suitable for making tea, those that are suitable for use as spices, and those that can be eaten as vegetables and grains.

While classifying, teach women and children to identify and popularize the functions and uses of these plants.

Zhang Tian boiled the dissected fish maw, brought it to the men, and said with a smile, "Here comes the fish maw! There's still more after pounding!"

The men suddenly complained.

Langya couldn't help asking: "What's the use of pounding these swim bladders?"

He saw Xiao Xiao grinding wood into square, pointed... oddly shaped pieces of wood, and he couldn't understand what the two kids were trying to do.

My uncle is getting old and has old arms and legs. If it is not necessary, he really doesn't want to do this kind of physical work. My mother said that it is also a kind of wisdom to retreat in spite of difficulties.

Zhang Tian asked him: "I remember you always said that your bow and arrow are not good enough, so you always miss your prey."

Everyone laughed: "It's obvious that he can't do it himself! Everyone uses the same bow and arrow. Why can't we all shoot, but he can't?"

"Who said I can't shoot? I deliberately let the water go, to give you young people a chance to perform!"

Langya blushed and broke his face, and everyone laughed.

Zhang Tianzheng said: "The purpose of smashing fish maw is to make your bows and arrows more useful. The arrows you shoot are not only faster, but also more stable and more accurate. The bow Houyi used to shoot the sun is made of fish maw. Whoever smashes it If he has the most swim bladders, I will be the first to make him a bow for shooting the sun."

Hearing this, the enthusiasm of the men increased instantly, and they didn't care to think about why the swim bladder can make bows. They picked up their respective bowls, rushed to get the swim bladder from the bamboo basket, and pounded it vigorously, for fear of falling behind.

Zhang Tian showed a satisfied smile, returned to his work station, and continued to polish the wood.

The women on the other side sorted out all kinds of plants and began to boil water and vegetables, while Tiger Tongue and the old people were in charge of grilling meat.

Tonight, I only cook regular flowers and plants. As for new varieties, the safety of the clansmen is above all else. They will not cook something that the clansmen have never eaten before just based on Lin Yu's one-sided words.

They still plan to feed the hares first, and then choose people to try. If the hares and people are fine to eat, they will add them to the tribe's recipe.

Lin Yu picked up the new varieties and said, "I'll eat these tonight!"

She knew that these primitive people were cautious and would not trust her words, but she was sure that these flowers and plants were harmless, and she had eaten them many times in the past few days, and they tasted very good.

The women couldn't help but stare sideways at it. It's not a good idea to detect poison with empty words, but it's really impressive to dare to put it into practice.

Everyone believed that she was a descendant of Shennong and had obtained the knowledge handed down from her ancestors.

Lin Yu pointed to the animal carcasses to be roasted, and gestured, "Can you give me a bird?"

It is Grandma's right to distribute food. She will distribute food according to the performance and contribution of the tribe members that day. This is the most primitive reward and punishment mechanism in the tribe.

Hutong didn't dare to make up his own mind, and asked Grandma for her opinion with his eyes. Seeing that Grandma nodded in agreement, he gave her a fat Thunderbird.

Grandma has her own set of reward and punishment standards. Lin Yu's identity is different from yesterday. She is now a guest, and guests have the right to eat normally. With her contribution today, let alone just want a bird, no matter how much You can have two fish.

Hutong said kindly, "I'll bake it for you."

He is very confident in his grilling skills.

"No thanks."

Lin Yu blurted out two simple words, and was surprised when he finished speaking.

It was the first time that she had such a fluent and natural answer purely by language without using body movements. This gave her a sense of accomplishment, and she suddenly regained confidence in her language skills. She planned to ask her mother for advice in a while.

She desperately wanted to know where she was.

She had already asked Lanhua the same question, but Lanhua obviously couldn't understand her point, and only said that it was in the cave, in the mountains, and in the forest.

She believes that the well-informed grandma must understand what she means.

The Thunderbird has been skinned and dissected, and its internal organs have been removed, leaving only the plump flesh and skeleton.

Lin Yu cut the stems and leaves of coltsfoot into small pieces and stuffed them into the belly of the ptarmigan. The stems and leaves of coltsfoot have a unique aroma and are natural spices; belly, and then wrapped the body of the bird with burdock leaves.

She went to dig a tube of yellow mud outside the cave and came back, added some water to make it sticky mud, and then, under the surprised eyes of the women, she evenly spread the yellow mud on the burdock leaves, and finally put it in the fire to simmer slowly .

The roots of the plants are boiled separately until softened and then roasted by the fire.At the turn of autumn and winter, the root tuber is the most starchy part of the plant. After being boiled and roasted, it is similar to a roasted sweet potato. It is sweet and waxy, quite delicious.

To her surprise, the women also collected some vetiver sedge, which usually grows near shallow waters. The rhizomes can be dried and crushed to make tea, which is similar in taste and efficacy to coffee.

Lin Yu brewed a cup of sedge tea, boiled a tube of flowers and plants, roasted the roots, and then took out the "calling flowers and birds" from the fire.

At this time, the primitive people who had been busy all day finally had dinner. Everyone was eating all kinds of roasted flavors, and they all cast curious eyes on her, and saw her pounding the dirt with stones.

The moment the soil shattered, the aroma of meat intertwined with the aroma of various plants gushed out, and the rich aroma spread rapidly, filling the entire cave soon.

Everyone sniffed their noses vigorously, but just smelling the aroma, everyone salivated and swallowed saliva, and the grilled fish and rabbit in their hands suddenly tasted bad.

What's more, that woman completely disregarded their feelings, and sat in the crowd with her "three dishes and one soup" in her arms, munching on herself. The more delicious she ate, the more envious everyone was.

Lin Yu was also really hungry, and she couldn't adapt to the life of one meal a day for a while.

I haven't eaten meat for a few days, it's so delicious...

She was hungry, her appetite was limited after all, she devoured it voraciously, and soon she was full, but there was only half of the beggar left, which happened to be reserved for tomorrow's breakfast.

Just as she was thinking, when she looked up, she saw everyone staring greedily at the half Thunderbird in her hand, as if they wanted to taste it but were afraid of being poisoned.

(End of this chapter)