vrcanaries Chapter 11 Are all delicious foods really scary to look at?
Chapter 11 Are all delicious foods really scary to look at?
Those bugs looked like enlarged versions of bee pupae. The way their bodies squirmed was so tempting that Xu Ning felt his scalp tingling after just two glances.
"Milk! Milk! Eggs, eggs!" Xu Ning stuffed the pheasant eggs into the hands of Old Lady Xu and ran back to the cave as if escaping.
When Xu Ning was a child, his grandfather told him that this kind of insect is edible. As for how to eat it, Xu Ning didn't remember it before, and he doesn't really want to know now.
It turned out that Xu Daya didn't eat insects, so Xu Da deliberately saved the insects until after dinner to roast them. After dinner, Xu Ning went to sleep.
“Crack, crack”
But the cave was so small that even if Xu Ning lay on the quilt and covered his ears, he could still hear Xu Xiaobao chewing excitedly, like he was eating potato chips.
Xu Ning took a sneak peek and saw Xu Da holding a thin bamboo stick with insects on it and roasting it over the fire. Xu Dabao and Xu Xiaobao were eating small bites of the food in their hands, but their eyes were fixed on Xu Da's hands.
Is it really that delicious? Xu Ning looked towards the fire tentatively.
Old Mrs. Xu and Old Man Xu had already eaten a few roasted insects and then went to rest. Insects actually have very high nutritional value, but they were reluctant to eat them and saved them for their children.
Zhang was still sorting the wild vegetables that were drying in the sun. Feng coaxed the baby to sleep. Hunter Li fed her a few roasted insects and sat next to Xu Da to help roast them.
There seemed to be a lot of insects in a bamboo tube, but they were all roasted in no time.
The Xu family's two treasures were reluctant to finish it all at once, so they ate it in small bites, and finally licked their fingers clean.
Xu Ning: Is it really that delicious?
Xu Ning was skeptical but didn't dare to get close, and finally fell asleep in a daze.
The next morning, Xu Ning woke up and found Xu Da roasting fresh insects again! These insects were caught by Xu Da and Li the Hunter when they checked the traps in the morning. There were not many, only half as many as last night.
Xu Ning rubbed her eyes and unknowingly moved to the side of Xu's second child, who woke up earlier than her. At the same time, she also smelled the strong smell of protein burning on the fire.
Xu Ning swallowed his saliva. It did smell good!
Is it true that all delicious food looks scary?
Xu Ning, who was still sleepy, suddenly missed crayfish. Didn’t she also think crayfish were scary before?
But ever since he had eaten Ma Xiao once, crayfish became cute, just like when Xu Ning looked at the roasted insects at this moment, he no longer found them scary.
Xu Ning was so resistant to insects last night, and now she didn't feel comfortable asking Xu Da for them directly, after all, she had said yesterday that she didn't want to eat them anymore.
But Xu Ning's stomach kept growling because of the smell, so he had to go back to bed and take out the box. He communicated with the treasure box in his mind, "Bao, change some secret barbecue spices!"
Finally, Xu Ning not only took out a plate of spices, but also took out a few sweet potatoes.
Of course, Xu Ning would not be so foolish as to just take the things and go over. Instead, he handed them to Old Mrs. Xu who was already busy trying to decide whether to put eggs in the cooked wild vegetables.
When Old Mrs. Xu saw Xu Ning taking out food from the box again and found that it was sweet potatoes, she breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was sweet potatoes.
Old Mrs. Xu had a helpless look on her face and took it under Xu Ning's flattering gaze.
Xu Ning giggled. Grandma didn't scold her! But Xu Ning dared to take the things because Li the Hunter was not there. He took his wife and children to the stream to wash up early in the morning.
Old Mrs. Xu poured the spices into a broken bowl and handed it back to Xu Ning. She washed the sweet potatoes, chopped them into pieces, and stewed a pot of sweet potato and wild vegetable soup.
After Xu Ning threw the plate back into the box, he ran back to Xu Da and waited to feed him.
When Li the Hunter came back with his wife and children, Xu Ning was busy using bamboo sticks to poke the roasted bugs covered with barbecue ingredients in the bowl!
Oh! It smells so good!
So fragrant! Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside!
Xu Ning ate one after another, wondering in his heart why he was so pretentious last night.
However, Xu Ning did not dwell on it for too long. After overcoming his fear of insects, he began to think about new ways to eat insects.
For example, deep-frying it? I'll definitely try it when I get a chance!
Suck!
Xu Ning didn't finish eating the bugs in the bowl. He gave the rest to Xu's second child and also fed a bite to old man Xu, who started weaving a bamboo basket as soon as he woke up.
The others thought there weren't many bugs and didn't eat any.
"Auntie, are these sweet potatoes dug from the mountains?!" Hunter Li didn't catch any prey this morning and was a little frustrated. Then he saw sweet potatoes cooking in the pot!
"Yes, it was dug by Mrs. Xu." Old Mrs. Xu lied with her eyes open, and Hunter Li actually believed it.
Hunter Li had dug sweet potatoes in the mountains before, so he had no doubt about where these sweet potatoes came from!
Sweet potatoes are easy to grow. They don't consume much water. It is not surprising that wild sweet potatoes grow in the deep mountains where there are lush trees and fertile soil in the low-lying areas.
"Auntie, I'll go inside today, so Brother Dayong, don't go!" First, Hunter Li felt that it was unsafe for the old, weak, women and children left after the men had left, so he had to leave a man behind to watch over them in case of a sudden attack by wild beasts. Second, he wanted Xu Da to watch over the traps nearby. He had checked in the morning and found that the wild beasts took another route.
He decided to follow the footprints and see what happened. He had to catch some prey today!
When he took his wife to wash up in the morning, he found out that she was still bleeding even after the baby was one month old.
Mrs. Feng was afraid that he would worry, so she never told him, and didn't even tell Mrs. Zhang and Old Lady Xu. She kept it a secret.
Hunter Li was anxious, he had to catch prey to exchange for money so he could take his wife to see a doctor!
Xu Ning didn't know what was going on. She was enjoying the sweet potato soup! She also secretly put a handful of sugar in it, which made it just the right sweetness!
Hunter Li had no appetite for breakfast and not only did he not notice the difference in the sweet potato and wild vegetable soup, he ate it in two or three bites and set off with his quiver on his back.
Mrs. Feng noticed the difference in the sweet potato soup, but said nothing.
At noon, Old Mrs. Xu cooked a bowl of brown sugar eggs for Feng.
Feng wanted to cry, but Old Lady Xu stopped her immediately, "If you want to cry, wait until you have a good life. You can't cry in these hard times. If you cry, you won't be able to get out of this!"
Feng sniffed and held back her tears. Old Lady Xu patted Feng's back as if to comfort Xu Ning. "Think positively and things will get better and better. You are weak and it is inevitable that you will have a bumpy ride. Just lie down more for the next two days and you will be fine."
After listening for a while, Xu Ning realized that Feng's lochia had not yet been completely discharged.
"Baby, I want to exchange gynecological medicine for pregnant women who have trouble expelling lochia." Xu Ning remembered that her sister-in-law had a weaker constitution and it took her nearly six weeks to expel lochia. At that time, she seemed to have taken Motherwort granules, which were said to be able to effectively promote uterine contractions.
"Hello, player. Currently, the treasure chest can only be exchanged for basic medical drugs. Motherwort granules are basic medical drugs and can be exchanged. Currently, there is only one box in stock, and 50 points will be deducted from the player. Would you like to exchange it?"
"Wait a minute, let me think about it." Xu Ning remembered that motherwort was very similar to mugwort. When she was little, her grandmother often used it to fry eggs for her, saying that it was good for girls.
At that time, she was curious and had heard from the elderly that women who had just given birth could drink some mugwort in moderation, which was good for expelling lochia.
Xu Ning thought, since motherwort granules are useful, then boiling mugwort in water may also be useful.
The points were not many to begin with, and not only would taking out the items directly not increase the task progress, she would also have to explain it specifically. Xu Ning finally decided not to exchange it.
After lunch in the afternoon, Xu Ning took out her telescope and looked around while everyone was resting.
After looking around but not seeing any mugwort, and unable to see far away due to the height, Xu Ning climbed up a crooked tree.
Xu Ning searched for a long time and finally saw mugwort next to a trap.
However, Xu Ning did not act immediately after discovering the mugwort, because at this time a creature similar to a deer was walking towards the trap step by step.