Chapter 4: Cold Winter (4)
The wound on Gu Xi's leg took a week to nurse before he could walk normally, in the cold weather, the wound was not easy to heal, every day for a week was boiled meat and grilled fish in salt water, Gu Xi was about to be unbearable, it was really hard to imagine how the people of the Orc Continent insisted on eating for so many years.
Huo Bai's injuries really healed quickly, and he was already able to take other orcs in the tribe out to hunt together, and now there is a team of eight orcs out to hunt every day, and the team of orcs left behind is also eight people, specially patrolling around the cave, Gu Xi is very envious of the orcs who can go hunting, but considering that the disparity in force is too huge, he will give up.
So he decided to search for other food around first, but the woods were covered with snow and thick, and he couldn't see anything, he didn't find any food, but Uncle Song told him that a small brown fruit from a low tree could remove the fishy smell, called Weiguo, and there was one near the mouth of the cave, and it was originally that the sub-beast also liked to use this fruit to cook broth, and Gu Xi could only comfort himself and wait for the cold winter to make plans.
Because the weather is too cold, except for the orcs, the sub-beasts and the old clansmen only come out of the cave at noon every day when the sun is at their fullest, and they have to go back after about three hours, and after the sun goes down, it will be even colder, so he has very little time to find food.
"Haha, Wang Bang! I won! Early in the morning, there was a hearty burst of laughter in the cave.
This is Gu Xi's new friend Ya Beast An Hua, for this name, Gu Xi is really powerless to complain, according to An Hua, when he was born, there was just a flower blooming outside the house, so the name was set by his father, Gu Xi saw his father called An Xiong, known as Uncle An, looking at the strong bear-like body shape, you know that there must be a family inheritance reason for the name.
An Hua is a sub-beast with a height and broad shoulders, and his height is close to that of an orc, so An Hua, who has long been an adult, has not met the orc he likes, and the orcs in the tribe have not even entered his eyes, he has a big personality, and has completely inherited his father Uncle An, his mother and father have long passed away, and he has been living with his father, and his strength can be compared to that of an orc.
At this moment, they are playing poker, fighting the landlord, yes, you read that right, yesterday at noon Gu Xi found in the woods outside that the leaves of a tree turned yellow and fell to the ground, not easy to perish, and very hard, so he took a lot of it back, and used blackened wood to turn the symbols of playing cards on it, and spent an afternoon teaching everyone to recognize characters and rules, and finally after playing poker, it was out of control.
The past few days of cave life have made Gu Xi completely realize how boring people were in ancient times, he stayed in the cave, and everyone didn't let him work more, he was so bored that he used his knife to make forty pairs of chopsticks, fortunately, he invented playing cards, and it was finally a little fun.
In the morning, when the sun was not the warmest, the people in the cave got up early, and it was cold when they went out, so they played poker in four circles, Gu Xi was very depressed, does poker also depend on people, since An Hua played well, he has never won again, even Huo Bai played better than him, and he couldn't be more congested.
"Haha, Gu Xi, I'm amazing!" Anhua was overjoyed.
"Huh? It's noon, huh? Let's go out for a walk" Gu Xi doesn't want to fight anymore, this โกโก naked show-off, it's so annoying!
"We can go out and have a snowball fight!" Anhua's eyes lit up.
"You know how to play!" Uncle Song, a card friend, slapped him unceremoniously.
Everyone still went out with animal skin bags, and no one would be disgusted with finding more food, and it was hard enough for the orcs to hunt outside.
There are a few strangely shaped snowmen piled up outside the cave, which Gu Xi took Little Moli and another little orc Xiao Ruda to pile together, no way, when I am bored these days, I can only teach children to build snowmen, and he also promoted snowball fights and formulated the rules of the competition, which is already an important entertainment item in everyone's leisure time.
"Brother Xiaoxi, look what I found, green leafy vegetables!" The little tiger came running from a distance with his tail wagging excitedly and a green plant in his mouth, and he liked to roll around in the snow the most.
Gu Xi took a look, it turned out that the green leafy vegetables were the big version of the green vegetables, according to this Gu Xi guessed that the plants here should be similar to the earth's, but they were all a little bigger, but the people here called all the green plants that could be eaten as green leafy vegetables, they would only boil them in water, and only the sub-beasts loved to eat them, and the orcs were as uncomfortable eating as grass.
Gu Xi immediately asked Mo Li to take him to pick vegetables, he planned to pick some back today and fry some vegetables and fried pork slices for everyone, he was finally able to change the taste, and he was happy to think about it.
After going back, Gu Xi took out the lard of the fanged pig, the lard boiled by the fangs was just used to boil the lard, and the lard that had been saved for a few days finally came in handy, Gu Xi instructed Anhua to burn the fire, and poured a small amount of water after the pot was hot, and after the water boiled, the diced lard was poured into the pot, and the fire was changed to low heat, and boiled until the water dried, this stone pot was a newly made small pot, and the inside had been ground relatively smooth, and a simple version of the wooden shovel was made, and Huo Bai began to boil slowly.
The lard is very easy to boil, as long as the heat is mastered well, it can be successful, and the onlookers have learned it, so they will wait for Gu Xi to do it well and teach them how to use it.
After about an hour, the lard was ready, and the freshly cooked oil residue had an attractive aroma, which was welcomed by everyone, and it was the perfect snack to eat.
Pour the lard in the pot into another stone bowl, Gu Xi took advantage of the fact that there was still oil in the pot, put the slices of green vegetables and meat that had already been washed and cut into the pot, first fried the meat slices and fruits until cooked, and then the green vegetables, and a few stir-fries exuded the fragrance of green vegetables.
"In our place, this green leafy vegetable is called green cabbage, and there are many ways to eat it, but there are not so many ingredients here, and I can't do it," Gu Xi introduced while stir-frying.
"Gu Xi, you must be very, very rich there! It's amazing, and you know so much! Like, just like the wise! An Hua was envious.
Gu Xi smiled, thanks to the fact that he knew that the noodles with lard were particularly fragrant, so he specially saw how to boil them, and now it came in handy, although the lard was too fat, but now there is no other choice, he really can't do other oils, it seems that he can only eat lard in the future, and use less when it's a big deal.
He sent a pair of chopsticks to each person, he gave everyone a science popularization of the disadvantages of eating directly with their hands, and taught some people who are not very good at understanding and difficult to use chopsticks, and instantly had the illusion of teaching kindergarten children.
"We're back, what's so fragrant?" The dog-nosed Tong Qi put down the prey in his mouth and jumped over, and the big tiger was crowded into the crowd, its big head sticking out higher than everyone's head.
"Stinky boy! Get dressed and come back again," Uncle Song pulled his son's hair and pulled it out.
Gu Xi looked outside, and it seemed that today's harvest was very rich.
"What are you doing, what are you doing with two sticks?" Uncle Tong brought his eldest son Tong Xiu to join in the fun.
"What's it called...... Chopsticks...... Chopsticks, Gu Xi said that they are for eating, this is very good, and the hands of the province are greasy" Song Xuan explained, he learned very well, and the chopsticks were immediately able to get started, "You guys are ready to prepare, I just learned a new food from Gu Xi today, and I will fry you in a big pot later, it's delicious." โ
A group of people dealt with the prey that had just come back, and began to prepare dinner, Song Xuan learned to use it now, and immediately fried a large pot of fried pork slices with green vegetables, and everyone held a stone bowl in their hands at night, and they all served a little, and everyone ate fresh food for the first time, and they all felt delicious, but the chopsticks were not easy to use, and they fell off when they were often used, and some orcs couldn't stand it, so they got started directly, and it seems that the road to education is still far away.
"Look, chopsticks should be used like this, like me" Gu Xi stretched out his hand in front of Huo Bai to demonstrate.
Huo Bai smiled and showed a mouthful of white teeth, his palm was very large, and he was very funny when he held chopsticks, but he still looked carefully at Gu Xi's hand that showed him, Gu Xi's hand was white and pure, slender and slender, and Huo Bai could only be described in a good way.
Gu Xi finally saw the love in Huo Bai's eyes, and turned his head and coughed in embarrassment, he didn't know that Huo Bai liked him, but he hadn't been able to change yet, although he knew that he would definitely not be able to meet a woman in the future, but it was not so easy to make him bend immediately, but if he had to live with someone, it would definitely be Huo Bai.
"Gu Xi, what does the earth really look like?" The well-fed two leaned together and chatted.
"Earth? Where are we? It goes on and on for a night, people live in houses that are stronger than stone. โ
"What is a house?" Huo Bai asked.
"It's very warm to live in, much more comfortable than a cave, and it's much better to live in it in cold winter." Gu Xi said, now even if he stays in the house without turning on the air conditioner for the winter, he is willing.
"Gu Xi, do you want to be there?"
"Well, what if you think, what if you think about it, you definitely can't go back" Gu Xi began to feel sleepy, and his head began to grow little by little.
"Gu Xi, in the future, I will definitely let you live in a house in the future, and you will no longer be afraid of the cold winter" Huo Bai said, he didn't know what the house was like, but he wanted to give Gu Xi the best: "Gu Xi? Gu Xi? โ
Looking down, Gu Xi was asleep, Huo Bai smiled and encircled Gu Xi into his arms again, he knew that Gu Xi hadn't promised him yet, he would definitely work hard.