Chapter 331: Crossing the River
At this time, Gabriel on the other side also took advantage of the night, when the fish in the river were sleeping, with his strong dynamic vision, he easily caught several big fish, and took out the dagger stuck in his waist on the stone by the river, and under the light of the fire, he quickly handled the fish simply, and when he walked to the river, he carefully and clearly, and finally took it to the side of the fire, and handed over two of the fish to Nader's hands, and the two of them stuck the fish into the body of the fish with a branch, and put them on the stones next to the fire and roasted them。 Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In a few moments, the smell of grilled fish emanated from the fire, and Gabriel and Nader suddenly heard a gurgling sound in their stomachs, and Elizabeth was so close that she could even hear the sound of two people swallowing saliva, and finally looked at the fish, it was obvious that it would take some time to cook, and it was already late, and it would indeed be dangerous to continue walking.
Gabriel took advantage of the fact that the fish was not yet fully ripe and walked to the side of his package, took out the insect repellent powder he had bought in the town outside Genaya, and sprinkled it along the area where he and the others were, and then took out some of the dry branches he had picked up and put them on the periphery of the insect repellent powder, and piled out four firewood piles, and then took out some fire-lit branches from the fire and lit the firewood pile, so as to prevent the wild beasts from approaching them, and after doing all this, Gabriel returned to Nader and Elizabeth, and the five grilled fish on the fire were basically cooked。
At this time, Nader was taking out the salt cube prepared in the package, putting it on a slightly thick yellow paper, and then took a clear pebble from the side, and gently knocked it on the corner of the salt block, as he beat it, the salt grains on the salt block fell down, and when it reached a certain amount, Nader stopped and put the salt cube into the bag, but the pebbles in his hand did not put down, but took the pebbles and continued to grind the small salt grains on the paper, until the salt grains became as fine as sea sand, and then sprinkled on the grilled fish that Gabriel had been waiting for a long time。
After sprinkling the salt, the grilled fish was put back into the fire and heated, under the background of salt, the aroma of the grilled fish became stronger and stronger, Gabriel and Nader couldn't wait to concoct the other four fish in the same way, and after about two minutes or so, Gabriel's dagger pierced into the body of the fish finally saw the white flesh of the fish instead of transparent raw meat, and immediately took the grilled fish, handed one to Elizabeth, and then ate it with Mr. Nader.
"Huh, Father Nader, I didn't expect you to be so good, I've never eaten such delicious grilled fish, it's incredible that these grilled fish are so delicious with only salt. ”
Gabriel smashed his mouth to let the hot fish tumble in his mouth to cool down, and praised Nader's cooking skills with a thumbs up, he originally thought that he was going to eat this original grilled fish today, but he didn't expect that this fish would be so delicious after adding a little salt, it was simply more delicious than the high-end restaurants in Rome, it can be said that Gabriel had really never eaten such a delicious thing, and he couldn't help but admire Nader even more.
"Haha, Mr. Gabriel, you really praise me, the reason why this fish is so delicious, but it has nothing to do with my salt, I think, the main reason is that this river is unknown, it is in the middle of thousands of mountains, and it has not been polluted, so the fish and shrimp in it are much more delicious than the river fish around other cities. ”
Hearing Gabriel praise his craftsmanship, Nader was very happy, and the fish in his mouth was indeed very delicious, which also made him gradually forget his dissatisfaction with Elizabeth in his heart, and he was very happy to talk about why the fish was delicious and his own opinion, and while talking, he shaved the bones in the fish, and his movements were very skillful, not like a nobleman eating fish.
Europeans actually don't like to eat fish very much, especially river fish, and the spiny fish in the river fish is the most annoying, only a very small number of nobles and those poor families will eat this very troublesome fish, and the nobles eat this kind of fish, in order to prevent themselves from eating fish too troublesome, most of them will let their kitchen chef remove the bones on the fish when they are not cooked, so as to facilitate their own consumption, which leads to the fact that even if most nobles have eaten fish, it is still difficult to remove the bones。
Gabriel is one of these many nobles, watching Nader skillfully pull out the bones in the body of the fish one by one, Gabriel couldn't help but say in amazement: "Father Nader, you are too modest, look at the ability of your hand, it can be seen that it is not the first time to eat fish, how is it like me, even if you eat a mouthful of fish, you have to delay for a while before you can rest assured that it can enter your throat." ”
Originally, Nader should have been happy to hear Gabriel's praise, but when Gabriel said that he had the ability to take thorns in his hand, Nader's mood was a little low, at this time, he remembered that when he originally came to Luger's territory, at that time, like most people in the wealthy class, rarely ate fish, even if he ate fish, most of them were some sea fish, the bones were very hard, and it was easy to find that unlike the fish in the river, the bones were very soft, and if he was not careful, he would get stuck in his throat。
It wasn't until Jonas became his own student that when he was studying outside of class, because the time was a little late, Jonas went directly into the river and caught a few fish, and then cleaned them as he is now, and after the fish was cooked, he skillfully pulled out the thorns in the fish body and handed them to Nader's bowl, which was also the first time Nader ate the head of a fish in the river.
It was also from this time that Nader slowly studied the fish in the river, and would communicate with Jonas from time to time to discuss the cooking method of river fish and how to make the work of taking thorns more concise and convenient, so when Gabriel mentioned his ability to take thorns at this time, Nader immediately thought of Jonas, which made his mood a little low, looked at Gabriel, and said very reluctantly:
"I just like to eat fish, and if you eat it regularly, you can be as fast as I am. “
"Yes, if you have time to spare, you must teach me how to take the thorn with me, don't break your word. Nader was polite, but Gabriel took it seriously, he had never thought of fish as a delicious thing before, only as an ingredient that only poor people would touch, but today in the dark of the night, but felt that ordinary beef and chicken could not be compared with the fish in the river, and it could be said that it was a great gain of this travel adventure.
Of course, the reason why Gabriel thinks that beef, Chicken can not be compared with fish, in addition to the taste of the fish itself, it is more about tasting fresh, not that chicken and beef are not as good as fish, but in the cooking technique, because Nader's method of grilling fish is Jonas from the modern grilled fish groped out and taught Nader, after thousands of years of development, it is naturally more delicious than the ingredients that are simply for the stomach, as for which of the three meats is more delicious, this is a matter of benevolence, wisdom and wisdom.
Nader listened to Gabriel's enthusiastic request, thinking that it was a simple thing anyway, and he could learn it with a little teaching at that time, so he nodded and agreed, and in the next time, the two of them each ate the grilled fish next to them, and Elizabeth also ate the fish very seriously, and finally ran to the river to wash his paws, and then returned to Nader and Gabriel's side.
Nader and Gabriel both ate very quickly, and Nader was faster, and the two of them had no time to rest after the dinner, so they quickly took dry wood and sent it to the four fires that were about to be extinguished, so that the fire would continue to burn, so as not to get close to the animals, and then Gabriel returned to the fire and lay down next to the fire next to a row of stones and prepared to sleep, while Nader, after washing up by the river and cleaning his body, came to the fire next to Gabriel, and lay down back to back to bed。
The two of them had been in the jungle for a whole day and a half, and had not dared to sleep, and had to worry about the attack of wild beasts all the time, and by now they were already exhausted, and as soon as they lay down, they quickly let out a whirring sound, and as for the night duty, it was handed over to Elizabeth, a figure who did not need sleep.
Leaning against the fire, Elizabeth could still hear in those dark forests, in addition to the chirping of insects, and the crunching sound of many large animals stepping on the haystacks, and the breath of wild beasts coming out of their mouths, although it was not too obvious in the trembling water, Elizabeth could hear it clearly, which also made her dare not relax.
Elizabeth is not afraid of these animals, with her strength, even if all the animals in the whole forest attack her together, it will not pose any threat to Elizabeth, what she is afraid of is more that these animals are too much to disturb, as long as the time is extended, Nader and Gabriel will definitely not last long in such a frightened process.
Just like in the forest, all the poisonous snakes and beasts were not the focus of Gabriel and Nader's attention, because they were large enough to be very easy to find, and even the serpents with protective colors were as obvious as the white fonts on the blackboard under Gabriel's and Elizabeth's eyesight, and such a color difference basically prevented the beast's attack from bringing them any kind of disaster.
What they are really afraid of are only those small insects that are not visible at all, these small insects that live in the primeval forest, often in groups and full of toxins, as long as they are stung by a mouthful, a huge pustule will swell around the wound, and it will produce severe pain, which is simply unbearable for an old man like Nader.
Therefore, when Elizabeth was inspecting, in addition to minimizing the sound she made when she walked, and using the natural energy of the fire to drive away mosquitoes and beasts, the most important thing she needed to do was to keep an eye on those subtle mosquitoes at all times to prevent them from passing through the insect repellent powder and entering the fire.
In this way, the time of the day passed in a hurry, and under the protection of Elizabeth, although Nader and Gabriel did not have a comfortable bed for them to rest, such a comfortable sleep was already a luxury for them now, and when they entered the territory of France, the danger from humans would be even greater, and if they wanted to rest at that time, even if they were given a bed, it would be a big problem whether they could sleep.
After waking up, Nader and Gabriel each performed their duties, and packed up the things spread around the fire, so as not to miss anything, most of the things in these packages were only one copy, if they were lost, then unless they went to the next city to settle down to replenish, it would be difficult to obtain them along the way, so Nader and Gabriel checked them carefully, and then bandaged the two packages again, the small one was Nader's, and the big one was Gabriel's, and put it next to the stone.
After doing all this, Nader asked Gabriel to follow him to the river, standing on the river bank and looking, only to feel that the current of the Alver River was much clearer than the dark state of last night, looking down, he could clearly see the mud and sand in the water, very clear, and after a day, he didn't know if it was because of the sudden drop in temperature, and the water flow was much smaller, Nader picked up a branch from the side and inserted it into the water in his hand, and then took it up when he couldn't stretch it down, and put it at his feet to compare, only about the depth of his calf。
In this way, even if they go to the middle of the Alver River, it will reach about the thighs at most, which is undoubtedly good news for Gabriel and Nader and others, the things they are carrying, in addition to gold, silver and jewelry, there are many things that cannot touch the water, such as books and paper, and some change of clothes, if they get wet, it is definitely a very troublesome thing to dry them again, the river has become shallow, which is naturally a good thing.
After surveying whether the road to be taken was safe, Nader did not immediately rush back to the fire, picked up his things and left, but approached the river, half-crouched down, put his hand into the shallow river, scooped up the fine sand like a swamp at the bottom, ran a few steps to the fire and threw it down, and after the sound of "zizz", a burst of smoke filled the fire, and a fire was extinguished.
According to the plan, with the joint efforts of Nader and Gabriel, the remaining four fires were quickly defeated by the wet mud, and it was only at this time that Nader and Gabriel left the place where they had slept overnight with their belongings, and Elizabeth also jumped on the backpack that Gabriel was carrying, and took Gabriel's fast ship to the other side. (To be continued.) )