Chapter 7: It's Time to Leave.
Time always passes inadvertently.
It's been almost two months since I came into this world.
Coupled with the "previous life", these two months are the most comfortable two months for Chen Bodhi to "live" in the past 30 years. The daily work is hunting and gathering. Then he will cook all kinds of delicacies for the little one. The ingredients in the forest are abundant, all kinds of original ecology, and the most obvious change is that the little guy obviously has baby fat on his face.
Today's lunch is roasted wild boar meat in honey sauce and black truffles pan-fried on a slate. The honey juice was obtained by poking a hornet's nest on a birch tree more than 40 meters high that Chen Bodhi climbed yesterday. The golden sticky honey evokes memories of sweetness, and the little one who eats it almost swallows his tongue.
As for the black truffle and the wild boar, Chen Bodhi found them together in the process of "catching the thief". When he went to the matsutake field for the second time to "pick mushrooms", Chen Bodhi found that the "matsutake field" was in a mess, and the matsutake mushrooms were also swept away. Originally, matsutake mushrooms were gifts from the owner of the forest, but the forest didn't care who ate them. But Chen Bodhi cares. In Chen Bodhi's eyes, this is his own place.
The last time I harvested, I only picked enough food for myself and my little guy for a few days at the edge of the matsutake field, because I was afraid of destroying the growth environment of matsutake mushrooms. Matsutake mushrooms have a short edible cycle of ripeness, and I think that this time I will not take the opportunity to pick them back, and if I can't eat them, I will dry them. Leave it for later. Whoever wants to be the first to be taken by others, how can Chen Bodhi stand this.
In addition, Chen Bodhi's judgment according to the "scene" should be done by social animals. This has to be Chen Bodhi not worried, the matsutake field is only an hour away from where he lives, he doesn't care, but if he is not at home one day, the little guy has a problem, and there is no place to cry by himself.
So Chen Bodhi must find out. Follow the trails left by the animals and explore them all the way. In another pine forest, Chen Bodhi found a large wild boar with a group of small wild boars looking for food. It is said that one pig, two bears and three tigers. In order to capture this group of wild boars, Chen Bodhi took a lot of effort. However, in the end, Chen Bodhi only caught a big wild boar and a small wild boar. The wild boar herd was not exterminated.
At that time, the wild boar was eating black truffles. Black truffles were a precious ingredient in later generations. Because truffles are very picky about the growing environment, they cannot grow as long as there is a slight change in sunlight, water or the pH value of the soil, and they are the only delicacy in the world that cannot be grown in a neat and orderly manner. Truffles grow under one tree, but another tree that looks exactly the same next to it can't, so it's especially precious. In his last life, he himself was able to taste it at a court banquet in Morocco. That taste will never be forgotten.
No further ado.
The little guy and "Hachiko" can't wait.
"Hachiko" is the name given by the little guy to the little white wolf, since Chen Bodhi told the story of "Loyal Dog Hachiko" to the little guy, the little guy stubbornly thinks that the little white wolf should be God saw that he has no friends, so he specially sent his brother to give Hachiko to himself. As for how Chen Bodhi couldn't find the similarity between a wolf and a Shiba Inu, and it didn't matter at all whether the little white wolf was a wolf or not a dog.
really responded to that sentence, God will not die of hunger. When Hachiko first brought it back, he didn't even open his eyes. But that's it. With rice soup, fish soup, and later minced meat, I just let the little guy feed him alive. Now it's more than two feet long, and I'm full of energy, and I play with the little guy all day.
Wild boar is salted, and it's a pity that you can't use fresh pork. After all, the weather is getting hotter, and meat is not easy to preserve. Salt comes from the salt ponds of the valley. Not far behind the thatched hut, this is what the little guy told Chen Bodhi. No wonder the brother and sister were able to live in the forest for two years.
A large piece of wild boar meat was carefully washed and drained by the stream, then a thick layer of honey was smeared on top and grilled on charcoal. In order to satisfy the little one's strong demand to cook his own dishes. I also made a crank handle that is convenient for the little guy to operate. The little guy swallowed saliva and turned the barbecue like a decent one, and it couldn't be cuter. While doing it, he comforted the "Eight Princes" who were going back and forth around their knees, and told the "Eight Princes" what Chen Bodhi said.
"Don't worry, Hachiko, the meat needs to be grilled evenly to absorb the flavor."
Seeing that the little guy is doing seriously, Chen Bodhi is also tossed by her.
The recipe for black truffles is as simple as brushing a thin layer of lard on a stone slab, then placing the black truffles cut into a thickness of about five millimeters on top of them, carefully grilling them, just sprinkle a little salt and master the heat. The simpler the cooking method, the better it is to preserve the original taste of the ingredients.
The little guy doesn't like the taste of truffles very much, probably because children at this stage have a soft spot for meat. So Chen Bodhi ate all the fried truffles beautifully. That's it, the sensible little guy took pity on Chen Bodhi, thinking that Chen Bodhi was reluctant to eat meat because he wanted to leave it for Nan Nan to eat more. In addition, Nannan couldn't eat so much, so he kindly pushed the leftover barbecue to Chen Bodhi.
"Hachiko" can eat a little less. After all, my brother is more important. The little one thought to himself
The little guy's mind cannot be refused, Chen Bodhi has eaten a lot of barbecue, not to mention, the little guy is still quite talented in cooking. -
The "family of three" who ate a big meal was hearty. Even "Hachiko" followed the example of the brother and sister, squinting his eyes, lying on the lawn and rubbing his belly, but the little short legs couldn't reach his stomach at all, and he was just massaging in the void there.
Accompany the little guy and "Hachiko" to frolic on the grass. Chen Bodhi had something else on his mind.
It's time to leave.
It's long overdue to leave, since the first time I found out that the little guy was learning to roll and roar "Hachiko". It's just that at first, my body couldn't bear the heavy responsibility of leaving safely with the little guy. That's why it's been delayed until now. People are supposed to be social animals, and only by blending into the crowd can you continue to learn and grow. The result of living in isolation is the gradual loss of some of the functions of human beings, and they are driven by instinct to end up being no different from wild beasts. Chen Bodhi can't accept the fact that the little guy with pink makeup is going to become a "wild child".
Due to physical reasons, this body is far less useful than in the previous life. I didn't eat less meat, but my weight didn't increase at all. It's still the same as when I first came, and I looked thin. However, after this period of deliberate training and strengthening. Now I can't say that I am walking through the mountains and mountains. But as long as you don't meet a "desolate giant beast" like the White Wolf King, it's probably enough.
Besides, with his vision and knowledge beyond more than 1,300 years, Chen Bodhi is confident that he will live well in this time and space. Besides, I'll continue to grow up, won't I? After all, he is now fourteen years old.
"Little one, we're leaving here tomorrow."
"And where are we going? Going mushroom picking? Will you come back for dinner in the evening? “
In the eyes of the little one, the place where the mushrooms are picked is far away, and the elder brother has to go for half a day every time to come back, and sometimes he has eaten when he comes back.
"It's farther than where we pick mushrooms, we're going to live somewhere. There, there are all kinds of delicious food. For example, the sweet and greasy little sugar man, the sweet and sour sugar gourd. Sweet osmanthus cake. After we go out, we won't eat rice, and my brother can make noodles for you to eat. By the way, my brother will also make dumplings, lamb and green onion filling, and three fresh fillings. There are also buns that are bigger than the head of the baby, and when you bite into it, your mouth is full of oil. In addition to these, she will also make a lot of children, more than Snow White's friends. Wait for the girl to put on a beautiful flower dress, just like a flower butterfly, she must be more beautiful than Snow White. “
Listening to Chen Bodhi's various wishes, the little guy had a yearning look on his face.
"Will there be a father and a mother there?"
"Yes, how can such a good child not have a father and mother?"
"I hope you all live, as long as you live, there is always hope."