books44 Chapter 30 The Primitive World 8
Chapter 30 The Primitive World 8
After Lin Xiaoqian finished speaking, she went into the kitchen and brought back a bag of rice weighing fifty pounds each.
He said to the people of the Big Tree Tribe, "This bag of rice, when cooked with water, can make 300 bowls of rice like the ones you just ate. If you add more water and cook it into porridge, it will make even more bowls. And as long as it is kept in a dry, cool place, it can be stored for a very long time. I will trade it to you for a bag of two hundred mushrooms."
He touched the animal hide and said to Yu, "You have seven animal hides here, from all kinds of animals. I won't categorize them. I'll just charge you two hundred mushrooms per hide. How does that sound?"
Yu thought about it for a moment and said, "Okay!" Actually, it was already very good to be able to exchange for food. Winter was coming soon, and no tribe would be willing to exchange food for food.
After deducting the food they had just eaten, they exchanged it for five 50-pound bags of rice, leaving them with enough for 163 mushrooms. Lin Xiaoqian simply gave them the bag that had just been opened.
Yu grabbed a small handful from the bag in Kaifeng, looked at the white raw rice, took two grains and put them in her mouth to chew.
Although it was hard, it tasted the same as the one I had just eaten.
He immediately grinned from ear to ear. Now no one in their tribe would starve to death this year. Their tribe had only a hundred people. They would just add more water to the rice and eat a couple of bites of dried meat. With food in their stomachs, they could survive.
Lin Xiaoqian carried bags of rice out of the kitchen, which was actually the warehouse.
Seeing Yu and his people looking happy, constantly touching the rice bags and discussing how to carry them back, alarm bells rang in his mind.
We can't let them go back!
If they go back and no one comes, who will she sell her braised pork to?
So he said to Yu, "Yu, if you're not in a hurry to go back to the tribe, you can go into the forest and pick some more mushrooms and fruits to trade with me. Don't you want to eat the braised pork we just had?"
As soon as they heard her mention braised pork, everyone's mouths watered again. The braised pork smelled so good that even their burps carried the aroma of braised pork.
Yu thought to herself, "That's right! We can pick some more mushrooms and fruits to exchange for rice, that way we'll have more food stored up."
Seeing that Yu was thinking, Lin Xiaoqian continued to tempt her, "Actually, you can also take the braised pork back with you. You can bring it to other people in the tribe to try."
Upon hearing this, the others became even more excited and began discussing going mushroom picking.
Yu called ten strong men to take the six bags of rice back to the tribe first, while the rest went to the forest to pick mushrooms and fruits.
Yu also asked Lin Xiaoqian when she planned to return to the tribe. After learning that she would stay here for another eight days, she instructed the men to leave the rice at the tribe and come back quickly.
The tribe is about a four-day hike from here, or less if you hurry. If there's a lot of rice to exchange later, you'll still need to have people guard it, since it's a life-saving food source.
Seeing that the ten people were about to leave, Lin Xiaoqian said, "It won't make a difference if we leave for a little while. Would you like to bring some braised pork back for your people, or use it as provisions for the journey?"
Yu thought about the children and elders in the tribe, as well as some young children who stayed behind to protect them.
It wouldn't be good for them to eat alone outside.
Anyway, there are plenty of mushrooms and fruits in the forest, and there are quite a few people staying there, so just pick more.
So he asked Lin Xiaoqian for eighty servings of braised pork, but not rice, since he was just going back to deliver rice and the people in the tribe could cook it themselves.
Lin Xiaoqian hurriedly went inside to stew the meat, using two pressure cookers at once.
When preparing the braised pork, Lin Xiaoqian had someone pick several large leaves, wash them clean, wrap the braised pork in them, and then wrap the outside of the pork in an animal skin bundle.
Lin Xiaoqian instructed them to get to their tribe as soon as possible so that the meat could be eaten quickly, and that they should not wrap it in animal skins because of the heat, otherwise the meat would spoil easily.
Ten people, carrying braised pork and rice on their backs, embarked on their journey home.
The rest of the Big Tree tribe went to the forest to pick mushrooms and wild fruits.
Yu actually wanted to go too, but he still owed Lin Xiaoqian 560 mushrooms. He was afraid that Lin Xiaoqian would think he was reneging on his debt, so he didn't say he was going out to pick fruit and just sat in the shop drinking sweet water.
Lin Xiaoqian was overjoyed, sitting behind the cashier.
She discovered that as long as someone offered her something that exceeded the cost of the ingredients in exchange for the food she made, regardless of how many portions that person bought, as long as she made a profit, she would have completed her corresponding quota.
Just like the people from the Big Tree Tribe, who still had eighty servings of braised pork to pay for, the amount they gave them earlier already exceeded the cost of all the braised pork ingredients they bought. Now, these eighty servings can be considered as having completed their task.
I glanced at the progress of the braised pork on the system screen: 131/300
Current level: Novice Apprentice 733/1000
A single serving of braised pork belly actually contains three points of master chef experience.
I'll definitely be able to level up to the next rank before this mission ends.
A moment later, a strong young man carrying a large package entered the store, and Yu immediately stood up.
The man said to Yu, "Elder, these are some mushrooms and fruits that everyone just picked. Brother Dali asked me to bring them over to pay off the debt."
Yu nodded. He also wanted to pay off his debts quickly so he could go pick fruit. But these weren't ordinary fruits; they were white rice.
Yu asked Lin Xiaoqian to come over and calculate that the large bag was just enough to pay off the bill for the braised pork.
It seems the people of the Big Tree tribe saw that they had picked enough fruit to pay off their debts, so they hurriedly sent it over.
After Yu left, no one came to the shop.
As darkness fell outside, Lin Xiaoqian closed the shop and went upstairs to rest.
The next morning, Lin Xiaoqian got up early and stretched in front of the window as usual.
Looking down, I suddenly noticed that many people were sleeping in front of the shop.
Upon closer inspection, isn't this the Big Tree Tribe?
Lin Xiaoqian hurriedly changed her clothes, ran downstairs, and opened the shop door.
Some people sleeping right next to the shop door were startled awake and were still a little dazed.
Yu was lying near the shop entrance when she saw Lin Xiaoqian open the door and greeted her with a smile.
"Qian, you're awake?"
Lin Xiaoqian asked in surprise, "You slept here all night?"
Yu nodded: "We picked the fruit late yesterday and couldn't find a cave for a while, so I slept at the entrance of your tree hollow for the night."
Anyway, there are many of them, so there's not much danger. If there really is any danger at night, they can ask Lin Xiaoqian to let them hide in the tree hole.
Lin Xiaoqian looked at their animal hides soaked with dew and felt a little sorry for them, so she stepped aside and said, "Come in first."
The group of people got up, carrying large packages, and went into the store.
Lin Xiaoqian glanced at the large package, then looked up and asked them, "Would you like something to eat?"
This question reminded the people of the Big Tree Tribe of the braised pork they had eaten the day before. To be honest, the braised pork and rice were very filling. After eating it yesterday, they weren't hungry for a long time. They didn't eat anything until evening, when they got hungry again. They ate some wild fruits and then went to sleep.
Now, just thinking about braised pork makes my stomach feel empty and my intestines rumble with hunger.
Yu looked at the several large, full packages and thought about how yesterday a big package had only been exchanged for eighty servings of braised pork, but if it had been exchanged for rice, it could have been exchanged for nearly three bags of rice. The meat would be gone in a couple of bites, but rice could save lives in winter.
But these children did work really hard picking, and braised pork is a rare treat, so we should give them this opportunity to eat it.
Having made up his mind, he said to Lin Xiaoqian, "Qian, we only need three servings of braised pork, and the rest of the dishes should be served with rice."
Lin Xiaoqian: ? ? ?
Isn't it greasy to eat braised pork with rice first thing in the morning?