Chapter 013: Lunch in the Valley

There were only a few female disciples in front of the wooden house preparing food, but they were actually digging wild vegetables and picking and washing them. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoMost of the male disciples who hunted have not yet returned, and the three of Xu Yi have come back relatively early.

"Senior Brother Mu, you are so powerful, you came back so soon, and you brought back enough prey for everyone to eat!" Lu Xueqi saw the three of them coming back with a deer, and immediately greeted them.

After walking in, I found that the deer looked much bigger, but Xu Yi looked very relaxed with the deer on his back.

"Brother Xu's strength is really strong, the prey on his back is two hundred catties!"

"It's not that exaggerated, it's only about one hundred and fifty or sixty pounds. Xu Yi was a little embarrassed by Lu Xueqi's praise. He didn't know how much strength he had, and after waking up, he didn't feel tired of walking dozens of miles with a hundred and ten pounds of equipment on his back, thinking about it, it was indeed far beyond ordinary people.

"Xu Yi, there is a stream behind the wooden house, let's go there and dispose of the prey!" Mu Yu was about to step forward and take the deer next.

Xu Yi walked directly to the back of the wooden house and said, "I'll just come!"

Behind the hut was a small clearing, and a small stream flowed through it, and a few trees grew lonely by the stream. This seems to be a place for handling prey, Xu Yi came to a tree, carried a deer hind leg in one hand, and hung it in a rope noose tethered to the tree.

He took off the axe from his waist, cut off the deer's head in two or three strokes, and threw it on the ground. While waiting for the deer's blood to drain, a saber in his hand quickly cut the skin on the deer's leg. I saw that between the shadow of the knife flying, a whole deer skin was peeled off by Xu Yi. At this time, the deer blood was also cleaned, and Xu Yi began to clean up the internal organs. Before cleaning up the internal organs, Xu Yi first dug a pit at the edge of the clearing, took out the internal organs, and threw them into the pit and buried them.

Doing this was a completely instinctive reaction, and it only took a few minutes before and after. Liuyun turned around the wooden house and saw a clean deer that had been processed, and although there was some residual smell of blood in the air, the ground was clean. The deer blood had been cleaned up by Xu Yi at this time.

"It's so fast, it seems that Senior Brother Mu said that you are a hunter before, and the possibility is really high. Liuyun said in surprise.

"Haha, it's really possible that you said that!" Xu Yi untied the deer and said with a smile. Put the deer whole in the clear water, rinse the blood from the abdominal cavity, and walk back to the front of the hut with one leg in one hand.

In the open space in front of the wooden house, two large cauldrons had been erected, one pot was boiling hot water, and the other pot was boiling wild vegetable soup. Xu Yi chopped the venison into large pieces, threw it into the pot, and then walked into the grass.

Liuyun followed curiously to take a look, and it turned out that Xu Yi went to find some wild vegetables such as wild onions. Throwing the cleaned wild vegetables into the pot, Xu Yi asked Lu Xueqi, "Miss Lu, are there any spices or anything like that?"

Lu Xueqi thought for a while and said, "It seems that there is, you wait a minute." ”

Xu Yi's previous series of skillful movements proved that his craftsmanship should not be bad, and Lu Xueqi turned around and entered the wooden house. Soon, she returned to the open space and handed Xu Yi a cloth bag.

There are not only spices in the bag, but also a lot of salt grains, and there are many types of spices. The Tianshan Mountains are located at the throat of the Western Regions trade routes, and there is an endless stream of caravans, and the last thing that is missing here is all kinds of spices.

Grab a few spices, a large handful of salt, throw them into the pot, and cover the lid. At this time, more than a dozen people who went out to hunt also returned, and each of them brought back some prey such as pheasants and hares.

Each disposed of his prey, threaded it with a twig or a long sword he carried, and began to barbecue. Looking at the skillful movements of the crowd, it is obvious that they are all veterans who often do these things.

Seeing that the sun had passed noon and everyone had returned, Xu Yi felt that the time was almost up, and walked to the cauldron.

When the lid of the pot was lifted, a fragrance instantly spread, attracting everyone's attention. The aroma of the meat has some spices, which perfectly conceals the fishy smell of the venison, making people salivate and move their index fingers.

Lu Xueqi was the first to come to the pot, holding two wooden plates in her hands, looking at the venison tumbling in the pot, looking very hungry.

Xu Yi turned his head to look back and forth, and just as Lu Xueqi wanted to ask him what he was looking for, Xu Yi spoke first: "There is no spoon, how can you fish for venison?"

Lu Xueqi's face turned red, and she hurriedly turned around to find the spoon, but Xu Yi hurriedly stopped her. Picking up a branch, the saber swung back and forth, quickly removing the bark and sharpening the end. Xu Yi's eyes were quick, and he casually inserted it into the pot, and when he took it out again, a large piece of venison was pierced on the branch.

As concocted, venison was served to everyone who came over with a tray, and Xu Yi also got a large piece for himself. Holding the venison, he came to the place where Liuyun and the three of them sat and sat down, Xu Yi said, "How about tasting it?"

At this time, Mu Yu had already started eating, and when he heard Xu Yi's question, he hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "It's so delicious, it's even better than the craftsmanship of the inner sisters." ”

Xu Yi laughed and said, "It's a pity that there is no wine, otherwise it would be a perfect match." ”

As he spoke, Xu Yi cut off a piece of venison with a saber and put it in his mouth, but he felt that something was missing as he ate it. Although it tastes great, it has the same taste as chewing wax. I can't remember what is missing, it just doesn't feel right. This feeling happens every time he eats, but Xu Yi can't remember it.

Many of the disciples ate the game they had hunted, cleaned it up by themselves, and roasted it over the fire. But now, when I smell the venison, I feel that I am far from making the game. One by one, they all ran to fish for Xu Yi's stewed venison, and the aroma of venison filled the valley.

"Brother Xu's craftsmanship is so good!"

"It's just that it's much better than the craftsmanship of those sisters and sisters. ”

"I think the female disciples in the door are far inferior to Brother Xu Yi's skills. ”

From time to time, someone praised a few words, but Xu Yi just responded with a smile and didn't say much. A female disciple couldn't help but say, "I think our sister's craftsmanship is poor, so don't eat our cooking in the future." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone stopped squeaking, after all, they had to eat the food cooked by these female disciples in the future, and they couldn't be offended.

There are no miscellaneous servants in the Xiaoyao Pavilion, and all the things are done by these ten or eleven generations of disciples. The adult men were responsible for hunting and growing food, while the female disciples sewed and cooked, and there was a clear division of labor. Those disciples who are adults only need to concentrate on martial arts, after all, they are the best time to lay the foundation.

After a group of people finished lunch and rested for half an hour, Mu Yu spoke, "The male disciples are free to form teams and go into the mountains to hunt, and the female disciples stay to clean up." It's still the old rule, you must return before dark, and call for help immediately if there is an accident. ”

All the disciples hurriedly responded, and the quiet valley began to be lively, and the male disciples entered the depths of the Tianshan Mountains in different directions in groups of four or five. Xu Yi and Liuyun were together, after all, Xu Yi was familiar with him, Mu Yu also joined in, and the three of them marched towards the previous dense forest together.