21. Fish soup

A total of eleven fish, Ling Li carried three baskets in both hands back to the hut of the residence, reached out from the wicker basket and took out a big fish with red scales on its body, some similar to carp, still dying, pressed on a wooden stake, pulled out his waist knife and slapped it on the back of the fish's head, and began to prepare to kill the fish.

Chen Chaoyang, who had just woken up, heard the movement and poked his head out of the shack: "Ling Li, your ...... Hold the grass, you can really catch fish with that wicker basket! ”

His voice woke up most of the brothers in a shed.

Wang Tao stretched out his head: "Ling Li...... You're really divine! ”

"Shhhh......h Anyone who wakes up comes down to help! Ling Li put his finger to his lips and gestured.

The brothers in this shack, except for Zhu Zhengang, are all children of commoners, and where can they usually eat fish. This fish meat is more expensive than meat in Qingya City, and ordinary people can't eat it twice a year.

Like cats that smell fish, these guys quickly came down from the shack and gathered around Ling Li, commenting on it.

"One, two, three, four...... Ten, and this one, wow, Ling Li, I didn't expect it to be so much! Wang Tao said excitedly, his eyes lit up.

"What are you doing? Let's work together, deal with the fish first, and scrape the scales! Ling Li squatted on the ground and said as he worked.

These children of civilian families have never done this fish slaughtering work before, and one by one they learned from Ling Li's appearance, clumsily began to scrape the scales, and as for the final disembowelment, it could only be handled by Ling Li, who was still somewhat experienced. There is something in the offal that can be eaten and cannot be wasted.

Zhu Zhengang came down from the shack at this time, and when he saw a big fish scraping scales in Wang Tao's hand, he suddenly shouted: "Wow, red scale fish, no!" ”

Ling Li asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhu Fatzi said with a smile: "This kind of red-scaled fish is very rare, and it is also a relatively expensive fish species in Qingya City, and the fish meat contains a trace of source power, and it costs more than two hundred pieces per kilogram." ”

Ling Li's face suddenly turned bad when he heard this price, and he felt a little painful......

Cut the fish into pieces and pour them directly into a pot of boiling water. There were no condiments, just a few wild onions that I had dug up yesterday, which were also cut into slices and put into the pot, and some fish offal that had been selected and washed. The rest of the fish offal was not let go, but asked his companion to pick up some large leaves, wrap them, and put them in a wicker basket, saying that this way they could catch some carnivorous fish.

A bucket of water was not enough, so people went to the river to fetch a bucket of water and came back, and then after washing the other fish that had been cut, they cut a few pieces on the fish with a knife, and began to smear salt on the inside and outside of the fish, ready to be salted and dried.

After all the fish were processed, the fish cooked in the pot was almost good, and bursts of rich aroma wafted out of the pot, making everyone suddenly salivate involuntarily and keep swallowing their saliva. Stewed fish in clear water is not exquisite, but the taste is primitive and innocent.

Ling Li walked to the pot, picked up a big spoon and stirred it in the pot a few times, and then said: "Everyone remember not to make a noise about this matter, otherwise, these thousands of people will go down to the river to catch fish, and our future rations will not be settled." ”

"What if someone else has to visit?" Tang Zhi said.

"There's nothing you can do, you can hide it for a while, take advantage of these days, those goods have run away to stare at the hunt, let's try to catch as many fish as possible, and dry them as a reserve." Zhu Fatzi said, "Why don't we do anything today, let's make a few big wicker baskets together?" ”

Ling Li shook his head and said, "This is more likely to attract attention, everyone should still do what they should do, make up the basket, and do it tonight." ”

This breakfast was much more hearty than at home, and everyone enjoyed it very much, and a large pot of fish soup was quickly drunk. Since this catch of fish is mainly the credit of Ling Li, Zhu Fatzi deliberately gave Ling Li a full lunch box of fish soup with fish soup, and everyone has no opinion on this.

After the remaining seven fish were salted, they hung under the shack with two gray squirrels and a rabbit that they had hunted yesterday, waiting to be dried slowly.

"Now that we've saved some food, do we want to leave someone to watch the house during the day?" Ling Li looked at the prey hanging under the shed, and asked Zhu Fatzi while drinking the soup.

"It's okay, you don't need to keep anyone, I promise nothing will happen." Zhu Fatzi waved his hand and said.

Seeing him say this, Ling Li was sure that when the children of these rich and noble families came to the field for training, their families would definitely send someone to protect them in secret. Not many people like them would really be willing to let their children venture alone in the wilderness.

Feeling that the fish soup seemed to have enough energy, Ling Li carefully picked the fish bones while quietly adding two points to himself, one on his physique and one on his qi and blood.

After breakfast, everyone continued to mine, and it was still yesterday's place.

Ling Li said that he went around yesterday and did not find a better place, and was going to take a look again this afternoon, if there was no better place, he would die mining here in the future.

Today we are more experienced than yesterday, and we are slowly figuring out where to chisel the ore with a pickaxe, a little faster than yesterday. When it was time for lunch, I had almost dug up enough.

Zhu Fatzi said: "It's a little unbearable to gnaw dry food in this tunnel, anyway, it's just now, everyone just goes back to cook some soup and drink." ”

His proposal was approved by everyone, and Ling Li also agreed with the general trend.

Everyone handed in the task in front of the cabin, and after passing the scale, it was nearly 30 kilograms less than yesterday, which is considered to have just completed the task. It's just that because I came back two hours in advance, everyone's mining efficiency has improved a lot in comparison.

Back at the station, due to the absence of the hunting group, everyone was embarrassed to cook meat, so they only took two palm-sized small fish, added some jerky, wild vegetables and mushrooms and cooked most of the soup. Because he didn't feel hungry, Ling Li added a little bit to his physique and qi and blood when he ate.

It seems that meat and fish do contain much more energy than grains.

Ling Li found that he was very suitable for such a wild life, and in less than two days, he had already added nine points to himself, which was unimaginable when he was in the city. The lack of energy stored in his body has been restricting his progress.

Now his physique is 45 points, and the maximum value of qi and blood is 48 points, it seems that after his qi and blood reach 60 points, he will be able to break through the barrier of the fifth point and advance to the fifth level of martial arts.

In this way, it will only take about two months for him to be able to advance to the seventh level of martial apprentices, and he will hopefully impact the realm of martial artists. As soon as this thought came to him, his mind immediately became active, and his eyes became eager.

After lunch, everyone had to rest for a while, but Ling Li got up again and walked directly to the wooden house.

In the tunnel yesterday, there was still a piece of source crystal found that had not been dug up......