Chapter 7: Barbecue (I)
By the time Green returned to the pipe where Neil lived, it was slowly getting dark, and the wind was still howling.
The emaciated Neil was holding a tool in his hand, seriously repairing a pedal tricycle next to him.
Seeing Green returning, Neil greeted him and said, "It's back." ”
Green nodded, then raised the string of meat in his hand and said, "Look what this is?" ”
Neil looked up slightly, saw Green holding a string of white pieces of meat tied with a rope in his hand, and said excitedly: "It's actually the back of the drum fish!" ”
As he spoke, his stomach let out a grunt.
Scratching his head shyly, Neil said embarrassedly: "I've cleaned up today, and I haven't eaten yet." ”
Hearing this, Green raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect this. Before setting off during the day, he also exchanged psionic points for food for a full meal. It's not that he forgot about Neil and didn't leave him some, it's that he doesn't explain where the clean food comes from. After all, this is a polluted area, and Green is trading for absolutely clean food.
I wanted to go out hunting and see if I could get some things back, but this time I went out for a day.
"Wait for me a while, I'll let you taste my craft today!" Green smiled and said, "I'm still confident in my craft!" ”
"Then I'll wait and see, to be honest, I haven't eaten meat in a long time." Neil was overjoyed, and there was a hint of expectation in his eyes.
The loin of the drum fish, a food that Green discovered while hunting black beetles, was consciously collected after the Eye of Insight confirmed that there was only a very low level of contamination.
After saying goodbye to Neil, Green began to gather small dry twigs and leaves.
There was no shortage of these in the vicinity, and it was not long before Green had collected almost all of them. He stacked hay, tiny dry branches, and thicker branches in turn.
Then he took out the lighter he had exchanged for a little psionic point and lit the hay. He was careful to keep the center of the flame empty in order to allow oxygen and combustibles to burn.
Eventually, Green surrounded the fire with some rocks to keep the flames from getting out of control.
When Green was on Earth, he had a colleague who was a crazy hiker and would go out hiking on weekends, and Green followed him a few times out of curiosity. This back and forth, I just have some understanding of these wild places.
Luckily, Green can be exchanged for lighters, or flints and steel, and it's very cheap, and a single spirit can be exchanged for a lot. And those spices, ingredients and the like, because they belong to the most ordinary items, are also very cheap!
After finding a clean-looking stick and wiping it a little, Green strung up his back muscles piece by piece and set it up on the fire.
He brushed a layer of cooking oil on the fish, sprinkled some salt, pepper, etc. from time to time, and after a few flips, the fish could already smell a mouth-watering smell!
"Wow!"
Neil didn't know when, sniffing his nose and looking at him, he looked like a starving ghost reincarnated.
"It's so fragrant!"
With a grunt, his stomach growled again.
"How long will it take, my stomach is already hungry!" Holding his stomach, Neil's eyes lit up, which was a little funny.
"Don't worry, the meat will be cooked before eating." Green glanced at Neil and said with a smile: "Although the loin meat of this drum fish can be eaten, after all, it contains trace amounts of toxins, and it will be better to eat it after it is roasted." ”
Nodding obediently, Neil stared at the fish in Green's hand, quietly waiting.
After a long time, when the fish was roasted until golden brown, Green sprinkled another layer of cumin powder and handed the stick to Neil.
Neil took it impatiently, sniffed the fish deeply, and couldn't help but exclaim, "It's so fragrant!" ”
Soon, he stuffed all the fish meat in his mouth, and his mouth was full of bulging mouths, and he said lightly: "It's delicious!" Delicious! I've never eaten such delicious fish in my life! ”
Haha laughed, the praise of the diners is the greatest praise for the "chef", Green brushed the second wooden stick full of fish with a layer of oil, and said: "Don't worry, there is still a lot of fish, don't worry, eat slowly." ”
At this time, in the light of the fire, a figure gradually walked out, this is a slightly chubby middle-aged man, messy black hair, and a white beard on his face.
"I said where did the smell come from, it turned out that you were barbecuing!" A hint of expectation flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes and he said, "Can you bring me a piece?" ”
Green looked at this uninvited guest, this guy looked full of vicissitudes and tiredness, obviously just an ordinary middle-aged uncle, but he always felt a trace of unusual temperament.
He was wearing an ordinary dark trench coat, and on the left chest of the trench coat, there was a strange symbol, like a shield, with two arrows crossed on it.
In this world, those who dare to walk outside alone at night are not simple people, maybe they are people from a special organization.
Activating the Eye of Insight, Green was very confused and obtained a string of data.
"Physical fitness: ??? , Skill 1: ? , Skill 2: ? ……”
A flurry of hellos! This is the first time Green has seen this kind of data!
"System, what's going on?"
"The eye of insight is primary, and it is impossible to detect targets with too large a gap in strength."
The gap in strength is too large? Levi's physical fitness is more than ten times that of his own, but the data can still be shown! Don't dare to think about it anymore!
The corners of his mouth twitched, and Green handed over the wooden stick in his hand in a daze, and said, "You, you can eat if you want." ”
Sensing the instantaneous change in Green's expression, the middle-aged man was a little puzzled, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
Taking the stick, he tore off a piece of fish and savored the food between his lips and teeth.
"Boy, your craft is okay!" The middle-aged man suddenly gave a thumbs up and said seriously: "I dare to say that with your skills, if you open a barbecue restaurant in the city, you will definitely make crazy money!" ”
"Uncle, who are you?" Seeing that what should have been his barbecue meat was taken away by this stranger, Neil exclaimed a little angrily: "The two of us just have such a total of meat, it is not enough to eat, and now I have to share your share!" You know how rare meat is here! ”
Hearing this, the middle-aged man patted his head and laughed: "Yes, yes, yes, I forgot!" In this way, I will not eat your food for nothing, this is what I just got, so I will exchange it with you! ”
As he spoke, the middle-aged man took out a small round bead from his pocket that emitted a faint green light, the color was beautiful, translucent, and reflected a pale yellow halo against the firelight.
"This is a one-star orb! How, is it enough? The middle-aged man raised his head slightly, and said a little proudly: "One-star orb, how can it be sold for two or three pounds, right?" ”