sinovels Chapter 38
Chapter 38
After discussion, it was decided that this black-bone chicken could not be brought to the old hunter as a gift anyway, and they agreed to destroy it.
Shen Li nodded, okay, as long as these people are happy.He picked up the ingredients, there is a rabbit that can be made into food, (the other is given to the old hunter) a silky chicken, a small pot of fish and shrimp, some fruits, mushrooms and chestnuts picked from the surroundings Lemongrass, mint, bay leaves.
Shen Li drew up a menu: black-bone chicken soup stewed with figs, fish soup with mushrooms, and wild rabbit.
"Okay? Is there anything you can't eat?"
They swallowed their saliva, shook their heads, and looked at Shen Li eagerly.
Shen Li smiled, looked at the group of gluttons, and discussed the division of labor with Kang Gaoxuan and Wei Ziqi.
Because it takes the longest time to stew chicken soup, it takes almost an hour, so this dish should be made first, while roasted rabbit and stewed fish soup take a short time, so they should be done later.
They only had one pot in their hands, and it would take too long to stew two soups in sequence. They didn't have that much time to delay, and they still had plans in the afternoon.
Shen Li frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly saw the lid of the thermos cup rolled out of Yan Yuyang's bag when he turned over the chocolate.
Shen Li smiled and had an idea.
Several people arranged tasks and cooperated with each other.
Everyone didn't drink much water all morning, and their thirsty lips were dry. No one dared to drink the stream water. There were still fish and shrimp in the small pot, and the pot had to be vacated to boil the water.
Kang Gaoxuan said, "This is easy."
He quickly dug a hole in the ground with stones, about the same size as the small pot they carried with them, but deeper, poured the water in the pot with the fish and shrimp, and took the pot aside to wash it clean.
Shen Li and Wei Ziqi were also digging a hole not far away when Kang Gaoxuan was digging a hole, while Tang Hao and Yu Xiyan Yuyang were sent to look for stones around.
The hole Shen Li and Wei Ziqi dug was not as deep as Kang Gaoxuan's, but it was bigger than Kang Gaoxuan's. After digging, the soil was hardened. At this time, Tang Hao and the others also moved back a dozen stones. Two fist-sized rocks.
Shen Li built two layers of stones around the pit, in the shape of a circle with a quarter missing.
Put a few stones on the bottom of the pit, put dry firewood on the pad, put the pot on the three-quarters circle made of stones, light the flammable leaves on the firewood with a match, and start from a quarter of the gap. The firewood burned quickly, and the water in the pot boiled in a short while.
Pour the boiled water into six cups and drink it after it cools down.
At this time, the firewood was still burning, so Shen Li put some more dry firewood to prevent it from going out.
Kang Gaoxuan got another pot of water and continued to cook.
At this time, the preparation work is almost done and the ingredients are processed.
Shen Li rolled the black-bone chicken in boiling hot water, plucked the feathers, and disposed of the internal organs.
Kang Gaoxuan dealt with the rabbit with a knife.
Tang Hao, Yu Xi, and Yan Yuyang each held a Swiss Army knife. According to Shen Li's instructions, they cut the fish open from the belly and cleaned the internal organs.
Wei Ziqi went to look for Bupleurum, but there was obviously not enough firewood at the moment.
Yu Xi may have killed a chicken just now, and he has no psychological burden at all when killing fish. It's just that when dealing with the internal organs, his face is wrinkled and his mouth is screaming "Eh, oh, so disgusting", but the hands The action didn't stop at all.
Yan Yuyang is younger than Yu Xi, and has never handled the internal organs of fish. In the past, his brothers and sisters usually asked him to handle the fruit or eat it in the show. Today he volunteered to invite Ying, but he didn't expect it to be so disgusting.
But he is a strong young man, even if he turned his head and retched every time he killed a small fish, and then turned his head weakly to continue processing the internal organs of the fish, he persisted and did not retreat.
Tang Hao, a female man, didn't have any expression at first, but she was annoyed by Yan Yuyang's retching, and she looked disgusted, "It's been a few months, people with two bodies don't have to work so hard, sister You can do it, go and help brother pluck the chicken feathers."
Yan Yuyang glanced at Tang Hao resentfully, then turned his head to look in Shen Li's direction, only to see that there was a spring-like smile on Shen Li's face, just looking at his face, he was still a handsome and personable young man, a beautiful woman from the street, But the movements of his hands were unceremonious, he plucked the hair and disemboweled him, and the chicken blood splattered everywhere.
Chicken blood splatters, chicken feathers fly, and smiles are gentle...
Yan Yuyang swallowed his saliva, silently hid behind Tang Hao, and muttered in a low voice, "It's too scary, it's too scary..."
After Shen Li handled the chicken, he found a flat stone, washed it with water, put the chicken on it, chopped it into small pieces with a machete, peeled and cut a few fruits into slices, squeezed out the juice and poured it On the chicken nuggets, he put the fruit and the chicken nuggets together, washed the lemongrass, poured it in, took out the homemade seasoning, sprinkled it with his hands and marinated it for a while. He took advantage of this time to clean the mushrooms, Fig.
After Kang Gaoxuan handled the rabbit, he brought it over and asked Shen Li what to do with it. Shen Li was afraid that if it was roasted on the fire, the surface would be burnt black, so he said, "Use the method of beggar's chicken."
Kang Gaoxuan said: "This is quite time-consuming."
Shen Li looked at the size of the rabbit: "Let's wrap it in a layer of mud, the stone under the fire has long been scalded, put it directly on it, and it will be ready to eat in about an hour, which is about the same time as this chicken."
Kang Gaoxuan nodded, "Okay, then I'll go find some mud and see what leaves I'm looking for."
Shen Li said: "I've made up my mind, the banana leaves over there are pretty good, you go."
Kang Gaoxuan went to the side to make mud, Yan Yuyang curiously went up to ask, and when he learned that he was going to be a beggar rabbit, he was so excited that his brothers screamed.
Like another chicken waiting to be slaughtered.
Shen Li went to the side to pick banana leaves and came back to deal with the rabbit.
Kang Gaoxuan has cleaned up the rabbit, Shen Li evenly spread seasoning on the surface of the rabbit, and then spread the seasoning on the inside of the rabbit belly, put several kinds of fruits, lemongrass, mint leaves, and then wrap it layer by layer with banana leaves Go up, Kang Gaoxuan reconciled the mud, Shen Li covered the leaves with a layer of mud, then pulled the firewood pile, put the mud-wrapped rabbit on the stone at the bottom of the pit, pulled the firewood back, and filled it again. A few sticks of firewood.
At this time, the chicken has been marinated. Add water to the pot, add chicken nuggets, figs, lemongrass, seasonings, and fruits, cover and stew.
The girls had also taken care of it, and it happened that Wei Ziqi came back with firewood, and several men built a fire next to him.
This time the fire is slightly different from the previous one.
Digging the pit is the same, but this time it is a rectangle with only three sides. Three slender sticks were placed where the pot was originally placed. There is only a gap three fingers wide between the three long sticks. Let it fall, and there are six cups in total on it.
Small fish, mushrooms, seasonings, and water are placed in the cups, and it is like putting six small pots on top of the cups.In this way, three dishes can be served at the same time.
As for the three long sticks, Shen Li came up with the method based on the idea of the beggar chicken.
They brought hemp rope, cut the rope into three pieces of appropriate length with a knife, soaked it in water, wrapped it with the newly reconciled mud, rubbed it hard, put it in the fire and dried it, and it became three pieces. Thin stick.
The stove for these six small pots alone took half an hour, and everyone just took a break now. Shen Li and Kang Gaoxuan sat in front of the stove and watched the fire, and the others sat next to them, holding the freshly picked A bunch of fruits to study which ones can be eaten and which ones cannot.
Shen Li and Kang Gaoxuan interjected a few words from time to time, and finally added mint, bananas, figs, lemongrass, and two types of mushrooms that were being cooked. They researched eleven kinds of plants with edible fruits, including five kinds that were not common, and the rest is discarded.
This is the harvest of the morning.
Several people found bags, packed the identified ones and the unknown ones in two batches and marked them, and planned to take the unknown ones down the mountain. Since they picked them, they took them down and asked Orion to recognize them, which is also a good insight.
After finishing these, the time for the mushroom fish soup is almost ready. The soup is milky white and has a strong fragrance, which attracts the lips and teeth of the hungry people.
But at this time, everyone discovered the problem, "We don't have tableware. Do you eat with your hands?"
MCs used to eat barbecue, wild fruits, roasted plant roots and the like, and they didn't need tableware. This was the first time for MCs to drink soup in the wild after being on the show, and they didn't expect this for a while.
Kang Gaoxuan smiled, "It's okay, let's make a few pairs, just to let the fish soup cool down, otherwise the cup is so hot, how can I drink it?"
Shen Li and Yan Yuyang used branches to soak the hot cup body in water to cool down. Wei Ziqi and Kang Gaoxuan went out to find suitable branches to make chopsticks.
Kang Gaoxuan's craftsmanship is very good. With a few strokes of the machete, the bark on the branches was removed, and the shape was trimmed a few times, and smoothed with a Swiss shovel.The six pairs of chopsticks didn’t take long in total. They were washed in water and baked on the fire for a few seconds to kill the virus. The chopsticks were usable, and the cup of fish soup was just ready to be used. Although it was still a little hot, but A few leaves are enough, and the temperature of the fish soup in the cup is just right.
Everyone took a sip of the soup and sighed in satisfaction.
Yan Yuyang squinted his eyes and sniffed it enjoying it first, then took another sip, his eyes widened in disbelief: "God! It's so delicious! Brother Shen, I love you!!!!"
Tang Haohao was so anxious that he didn't care much about his image, unable to speak, he just stretched out his hand and gave Shen Li a thumbs up.
Wei Ziqi pretended to be elegant, picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks, took a bite, chewed carefully, and showed the camera another piece of fish: "Fresh and tender, the meat is delicate, fresh and slightly sweet, the mushrooms are fragrant and tender, The soup is thick and delicious, it is top grade!"
The big cameraman behind Wei Ziqi swallowed his saliva.
Wei Ziqi smiled: "Want to eat?"
The camera pans up and down, wanting to eat.
Wei Ziqi immediately stuffed the meat into his mouth, "No! Find Zhang Yufei!"
After talking about the sweetness of eating with a cup in hand, the camera brother burst into tears and had nowhere to say.
A bowl of mushroom fish soup does not have a lot of weight. If you are hungry all morning, you will be half full after leaving a bowl. Even Yu Xi, who has a small appetite, licked his lips and looked expectantly at the burning another pot.
Shen Li was uncomfortable being looked at by everyone's shining eyes. He looked at the time, "Chicken or rabbit?"
Yan Yuyang: "Rabbit!"
Tang Hao: "Chicken!"
The two voices sounded at the same time, but the content was not consistent. They looked at each other, and small sparks crackled and jumped.
Wei Ziqi said, "Can't they be at the same time?"
Shen Li touched his nose and said, "I feel that eating one by one is more blissful."
Yan Yuyang: "No, no, no! Come up, come up! Brother, brother!"
Shen Li stepped forward to put the pot from the stove to another stove that had been turned off with the leaves as a cushion, opened the lid, and the rich fragrance spread in the air like a burst.
"It smells so good." Yu Xi swallowed, his eyes stuck to the chicken and couldn't be torn off.
Shen Li smiled, turned around to catch the beggar rabbit, found a long wooden stick to pull the fire away, and used the machete to hold the beggar rabbit's bottom up.
Over there, Yan Yuyang was drooling looking at the chicken, and secretly wanted to reach out to eat it, but Tang Hao snapped it off quickly.
Yan Yuyang curled his lips, turned around and saw the roasted rabbit he had been coveting for a long time, and ran over to wait for the shell to be opened.
Shen Li chopped up the soil crust with a machete, exposing the ripe banana leaves inside. The smell of the meat mixed with the fragrance of the banana leaves wafted in the air, and Yan Yuyang inhaled intoxicatedly, "Quick, quick, I want to see what's inside. look!"
Shen Li peeled off the banana leaves to reveal the rabbit meat inside. He tore off a piece of meat with his hands. The meat was fresh and tender, with a faint fruity aroma, which was very attractive.
Yan Yuyang swallowed, Shen Li tore off a piece and fed it to him: "How is it?"
Yan Yuyang was moved to tears: "It's delicious!"
Shen Li smiled, and placed him in front of the stove where everyone was sitting, holding the plantain leaf in his hands.
Everyone was waiting for him to start.
The silky chicken is stewed for a long time, and the umami taste of the chicken is stewed out. The meat is tender but not raw, soft but not rotten. The soup is rich and delicious after one bite. The chicken soup is sweet and fruity. The chicken is delicious, three points more delicious than the fish soup just now.
Tang Hao said regretfully, "Hey, it would be great if there were noodles. Such a good chicken soup with noodles is simply delicious in the world."
Yan Yuyang glanced at her: "Sister, eat less, didn't you say you want to lose weight, give me back the chicken legs!"
Tang Hao glared at him, "Why lose weight? I still need to lose weight with my body?"
Wei Ziqi picked up a piece of chicken wings for Yan Yuyang: "Come here, chicken wings are more delicious, don't compete with your sister for chicken legs."
Yan Yuyang wept bitterly: "I'm not biological, am I..."
Wei Ziqi glanced at him, that look seemed to say: Silly boy.
Yan Yuyang, "Then I don't want chicken legs, but give me only rabbit legs."
Shen Li sat close to the rabbit, and he tore off a rabbit leg for Yan Yuyang.
Yan Yuyang sniffed, "Brother, I'll go with you, you can take me home, as long as I have this kind of meal every day, I'll be content."
Tang Hao gave him a white look: "What can you do when you go? Eat and drink for free? It's a good idea."
Yan Yuyang snorted: "Brother Shen, do you want me?"
Shen Li smiled: "I can't afford you."
Yan Yuyang subconsciously glanced at the shoes on Shen Li's feet, "It's a lie."
Shen Li calmly misinterpreted the meaning: "You eat too much."
Everyone laughed together.
Yan Yuyang became angry from embarrassment, and turned his grief and anger into appetite. Sure enough, he was the one who ate the most among the people sitting there.
After the meal, he burped, and seeing everyone looking at him jokingly, he blushed, "I'm still growing!"
There was another burst of laughter.
A plate of chicken and a hare were eaten clean by everyone, only the chicken soup had a bottom.
Everyone wandered around the mountain for a while in the afternoon, and began to descend around four o'clock.
In the afternoon, I had a good harvest. I caught two rabbits, a pot of fish and shrimp, and a lot of fruit and mushroom roots.
Yan Yuyang whispered to Shen Li: "Just give one rabbit, let's keep two, brother Shen will open a small stove at night, okay?"
It's not just him who has this thought, everyone is looking at him eagerly.
Wei Ziqi also stared at Shen Li longingly, but said: "It's too much trouble for you, Brother Shen, so just move your mouth, you are the one who is so busy."
Yan Yuyang thought in his heart: This ghostly old thing.
But then he said: "Brother Shen, move your mouth, let's do it! I have to learn some skills to support myself in the future."
Shen Li was amused, "Why do I think that I might need to do it myself for dinner? I'm afraid these meeting gifts are our dinner."
Kang Gaoxuan said: "I also think there is such a possibility."
Tang Haosheng has nothing to love: "I don't want to add the mouth of the old hunter, right?"
silence......
Wei Ziqi: "Zhang Yufei is Zhang Yufei."
Yu Xi whispered, "The main thing is that the things we brought should be enough."
Shen Li looked at it: "Three rabbits, a little mushroom, and a little fish are barely enough. Fortunately, I met two rabbits this afternoon."
Kang Gaoxuan: "I don't know how the blue team is doing, they don't need help..."
Yan Yuyang was about to cry: "We don't even have enough to eat!"
Meeting at the agreed place at the foot of the mountain, the red team members couldn't help but look at the harvest of the blue team members, two birds, a rabbit, a lot of fruits, and mushrooms.
The members of the red team sighed: It looks like a lot, but there are really not many that can be eaten.Most of the fruits are not ripe at this time, so you can take a look, eat?forget it.
After the two teams converged, they set off for Orion's house at the foot of the mountain.
On the way, Wei Ziqi talked to the blue team and found the comedian Wan Yuze, who is honest and not so thoughtful.
Wei Ziqi: "Hey, I'm exhausted today. Fortunately, I'm sleeping at Orion's house tonight, so I can have a big meal."
Wan Yuze said: "Of course, I didn't eat enough at noon, I'm starving to death."
Wei Ziqi twitched the corners of his mouth: "What did you have for lunch?"
Wan Yuze had a bitter face: "Chocolate, fruit, and two burnt rabbits, and a little fish."
Wei Ziqi: "Is it delicious?"
Wan Yuze: "It's delicious, can I not be full?"
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After inquiring about the news, Wei Ziqi went back and whispered to the team members: "A group of hungry ghosts, we'll just wait for this meal tonight."
Tang Hao: "Can such a little thing work?"
Wei Ziqi said, "What should I do?"
"Should we hide the two rabbits and let's have a small stove at night?"
"Not too good, what if we are found out..."
"You guys think a little too much, you don't know how Zhang Yufei is going to play, save your brains first, and think about how to deal with Zhang Yufei later."
The location of the old hunter's house is not exactly at the foot of the mountain, but on a piece of flat land down the mountainside, with four simple houses and a small courtyard, where chickens, ducks, pigs and geese are raised.
He is nearly seventy years old, lives with his wife, and speaks a dialect, even if the outsiders of the crew listened intently, they couldn't understand a single word.
The director hired a local interpreter, who is in his forties and can speak a little Mandarin with a strong dialect flavor. The communication between the crew and the old hunter depends entirely on this person.After listening to the interpreter, Yan Yuyang whispered in Wei Ziqi's ear, "The crew should hire an interpreter for this interpreter, communication is too difficult."
There are only four rooms in the old hunter's house, the old couple live in one room, the east wing and the west wing are barely able to accommodate people, and the south room is a storage room.
There were twelve of them, ten men and two women.The two girls slept in the room opposite the old couple in the main room.
Boys squeeze a Chase shop by themselves.
The house is very simple, but fortunately it is clean, but there is a musty smell. I think this Datong shop has not been used for a long time.
Fortunately, the production crew still had a bit of conscience, so they burned the big kang that had not been used for a long time to drive away mold, insects and dampness, and then spread two thick mattresses on the Datong bunk, all of which the crew brought from the mountain. Brand new mattress.After seeing the environment, everyone nodded in satisfaction. Zhang Yufei couldn't see the careful look of the group of them and said: "Look at what you are doing so carefully, anyway, you will sleep all night."
Several people's faces fell down again when they heard this, one night, that means they still have to sleep in the woods the next day?
After the director finished beating a few people, he drove them to the yard to gather.
A long table was placed in the middle of the yard, and their 'meeting ceremony' was piled up on the table.
"The third link: the gifts from the explorers. The explorers went into the mountains and forests for a day without any clues. They learned that the old hunter had hidden secrets. They brought gifts to visit the old hunter, hoping to get clues and ask for accommodation. The old hunter He hates perfunctory guests the most, he will personally check the gifts and the sincerity of everyone."
Task process: The old hunter personally inspects the guests' gifts and gives rewards and punishments.
The first group to present is the blue team.
Zhang Feichang put the 'gifts' on the table. The animals included two birds, one rabbit, and fifteen kinds of fish, shrimp, and plants, one more than the red team.
The members of the red team watched nervously as the old hunter verified them one by one, and finally nodded. All these things are edible and not poisonous.The members of the blue team cheered, high-fived and hugged each other, and Wan Yuze ran up to the red team triumphantly to perform a coquettish dance.
The members of the red team were in a heavy heart. They originally had one less animal and one less fruit than the blue team, and now they lost two in total. Even though the whole team seemed to have no chance of winning, they couldn't help but feel a little frustrated .
Tang Hao was very happy, and patted the dejected Yan Yuyang, "What are you doing with a sad face, this is just the beginning, don't forget that I still have a help card.
Only then did everyone think of it, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they thought of the help card.
Wei Ziqi, the representative of the red team, stepped forward to offer a gift.The old hunter looked carefully, and what was said in his mouth, the translator on the side said a number, the red team members were surprised when they heard it, the total number of the blue team was twenty, they thought it would be two less than the blue team Eighteen kinds, but the translation says nineteen.
Wei Ziqi articulated his question, and the translator and the old hunter chattered and said, "You catch one more type of fish than the blue team."
Only then did everyone realize that they thought that fish was one type, but they didn't expect that different types of fish were different types. Yan Yuyang said: "I knew I should have caught more fish and shrimp."
Wei Ziqi comforted: "Who would have thought, this is already very good. Although I didn't win, it only triggered one punishment. Let's be content."
Everyone smiled and nodded, it would be good if they didn't trigger another punishment.
The inevitable reward for winning this round is a sumptuous dinner, the other rewards are equipment cards, and the hidden reward is the favor of the old hunter.
The rewards for the equipment cards are distributed according to the number of types of the winning team more than the losing team. The blue team only has one more food than the red team, so they only get one equipment card.
In fact, in this way, the weights in the hands of both sides can be said to be the same. Each team has an equipment card in their hands. The blue team has a hidden reward for the old hunter, and the red team has a help card.
The penalty for the losing red team is self-reliance for dinner and negative favorability with the old hunter.
Self-reliance for dinner actually corresponds to the previous guess, requiring members of the red team to use gifts to make their own food.In fact, this punishment is nothing to the red team with Shen Li, but the blue team can rest and wait for dinner, but they have to do it themselves.
Shen Li thought that they didn't eat the staple food at noon, which was not good, so after discussing with everyone, he took a rabbit and the seasoning he made to find an interpreter to exchange some sweet potatoes with the old hunter's wife.
The rules only mention the old hunter's punishment but not that the old hunter's wife will hate them too, right?
Seeing Shen Li's smiling handsome face, the old hunter's wife couldn't bear to refuse, took the prepared rabbit and seasoning, stuffed Shen Li with a plate of sweet potatoes and stuffed him with a few eggs.Shen Li thanked him and returned with a rewarding experience.
The members of the red team danced after being stunned.
Zhang Yufei narrowed his eyes, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said nothing.
The crew is responsible for the meals of the blue team and the old couple, so the kitchen is left unused.The red team is still the division of labor during the day, and now they borrowed the kitchen from the old lady, so they can cook much faster.
It was still a dish of mushroom fish soup in the morning, a dish called flower rabbit, and another dish of fried rabbit meat with mushrooms. Shen Li always felt that these three dishes still treated his little friend badly, so he divided the prepared mushroom fish soup He brought out a bowl and sent it to the old lady, and when the old lady was happy, she gave Shen Li a plate of sausage and a bowl of bacon.
Shen Li was so moved that he looked at the old lady with teary eyes, learned how to translate, and yelled at her in dialect, which made the old lady very happy.
Shen Li came back with a full load again, and now the red team members couldn't say anything.
Yan Yuyang threw himself on Shen Li, "Brother! Brother! Take me away, I want to hang out with you! There is meat to eat with you, woo~~~ How did I live so hard before, woo Woo~~"
Tang Hao tore Yan Yuyang off Shen Li's body and patted Shen Li's shoulder: "From now on, our happiness depends on you."
Wei Ziqi also followed up and patted Shen Li on the shoulder: "Brother, you are awesome."
Yu Xi looked at Shen Li staringly.
Kang Gaoxuan scratched his hair and smiled naively, "The treatment of handsome people is different from those of us."
Yan Yuyang looked at him with teary eyes: "Am I not handsome? Why am I not treated like this."
Wei Ziqi patted his head with infinite compassion: "Is your face missing? Is it?"
Tang Hao also patted his dog's head, "Brain is a good thing." Do you have it?