"It's so beautiful." Wang Bo took out his mobile phone and took a few photos and a short video. The strong man ran over and opened his mouth to lick the small waterfall.
The sled dogs also followed and saw the strong man licking the water falling from the small waterfall. They followed the same example. Instead of lowering their heads to drink the water from the stream, they licked like the strong man.
Wang Bo had to wait for them to finish drinking, and when they got out of the way, he washed his face and took a handful of water with his hands. Well, it was cold and sweet. Although it was not as good as Lingquan, it was definitely a pure mountain spring.
Carrying the bucket back, Atulu had already retrieved the firewood and was building a fire with stones and lighting it for cooking.
They brought fresh beef and mutton from home, set up a pot, and Wang Bo packed up a pheasant, cut it into pieces, and put it in with potatoes and seasonings.
The soup made from this pure pheasant stew was very fragrant and fresh, but it was a bit too fresh, so he sprinkled a lot of salt into it to suppress the freshness, otherwise it would not taste good.
Too much is not enough, this principle applies to all aspects.
Charlie and Honey set up a small grill and cooked meat on it, while Atulu was packing his kulakaka.
This thing is very cooked and becomes dark after baking for a while.
Atulu took it down and distributed it to everyone. Wang Bo looked at the thing that looked like a charcoal egg, frowned and asked, "Can it be eaten?"
The big Maori man said matter-of-factly: "There are not many delicious ones left! You will peel off the outer skin later, and then you will know how delicious this thing is!"
Wang Bo took one and stretched out his hand to peel it off. The outer skin was easily peeled off, revealing the golden flesh inside. On the outer layer of the flesh, there are some reddish-brown silk threads wrapped around it, like tendons.
The strong man sniffed and ran over quickly to look expectantly at the Kulakaka in Wang Bo's hand.
Wang Bo took a bite first. Well, this stuff is very glutinous and sweet, almost as sticky as a sweet potato, but more sandy. It feels better in the mouth.
"How is it?" Atulu asked proudly, "I dare say, you must have eaten one and want the second one."
Wang Bo praised: "I don't know what this is, but it sure tastes great."
It was obviously the first time for Eva to eat it. After eating it, she asked in surprise: "What on earth is this? It tastes really good."
Atulu said while eating: "I think these are sweet potatoes from the mountains. Maybe the rabbits and rats ate the sweet potatoes, and then the seeds were not digested and excreted in the mountains, and then these things grew."
Wang Bo smiled and pushed him, saying: "Oh, man, don't be like this, it's too disgusting, we are eating."
In the afternoon, Atulu paid more attention to looking for this kind of kulakaka. Even the strong men knew that this stuff was delicious. They lowered their heads like a small shovel and used their keen sense of smell to help them find it.
However, the animal's sense of smell is useless at this time. The taste of kulakaka is completely different when it is raw and after it is roasted, so it can only be observed by relying on the vines.
There is strength in numbers, and the afternoon passed. By the time they climbed to the top of the hill in the evening, Uncle Bing's backpack was already full of kulakaka.
The hill Wang Bo and the others climbed was not very high, only more than 400 meters above sea level. If it were him, he could climb it in two hours. The main reason was that there were no mountain roads and there were children, so they climbed slowly. .
When he reached the top of the mountain, he stood on the edge and looked down. From here he could overlook Sunset Town.
In the distance, Route 8 turned into a long and thin belt with many cars passing by. It looked no bigger than a matchbox.
The afterglow of the setting sun was falling, and the autumn mountain wind was blowing fiercely. Wang Bo still felt very cold.
Uncle Bing led the people to set up the tent. Eva rubbed her hands and said, "Are we sure we want to stay at the top of the mountain? Look at the mountain wind. I bet the temperature will be horribly low tonight."
Wang Bo said: "Don't be afraid. We can keep each other warm by hugging each other. We won't be cold."
Eva said with a smile: "Don't think too much, I will take Dai'er to sleep with me tonight."
Wang Bo smiled bitterly, "What do you think I am? How could I think so wildly?" As far as the soundproofing of the tent was concerned, he didn't want to perform a masterpiece of love art for a group of people.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Eva came over and blew on his ear, and said softly: "Actually, Dai'er will fall asleep soon, and we can go to the woods by then, what do you think?"
"What are you going to do?" Wang Bo chuckled.
Eva playfully flicked her golden ponytail and said, "Of course we're going to enjoy the night view on the mountain."
The next focus was on making dinner. For lunch, they had a very simple meal, which was just a pot of chicken soup and some barbecue. Filling their stomachs was the first priority, and now the first priority was to enjoy it.
Wang Bo and Atulu dug a hole to prepare kulakaka, while Uncle Bing and Brother Bing went looking for prey with guns and bowstrings, while Charlie and the children packed up the vegetables and fish they brought and prepared for cooking.
There were only two crisp gunshots, and then Uncle Bing and his son came back. The two of them worked together to carry a small wild goat. In addition, they also carried hares and pheasants with arrows in their hands.
The little wild goat became the main dish. After school, he peeled the skin and removed the internal organs. Wang Bo rubbed it with salt and cooking wine for a while, then applied a layer of oil on it, and then hung it on the fire to roast.
The lamb is full of flavor, and after a while the mutton fat is roasted out, making the lamb oily.
Brother Bing patiently brushed the prepared sauce on it, and Wang Bo sat next to him and asked: "Is this better when grilled, or should I eat it sliced and grilled later?"
Brother Bing was not good at talking, so he simply said: "Eat and bake at the same time."
In this case, Wang Bo is not polite. The lamb on the outside has been roasted to a brown color, which means it is ready to eat.
He used a dagger to cut off a few pieces of meat, and a group of big dogs and puppies gathered around him. With so many dogs around, this lamb was not enough for them to eat.
Fortunately, Eva prepared dog food, but these little bitches also knew that barbecue was more delicious than dog food, so they were all waiting to eat the barbecue without even looking at the dog food spilled on the ground.
There was not enough food, so Wang Bo took his men and Rottweilers to sweep the mountains and forests. There were many wild birds in the mountains. Especially in the evening, the birds returned. The dogs caught hares, pheasants and wild birds, while the fat cat brothers went up the trees to dig out bird nests. , harvested a lot of game in half an hour.
The kulakaka is simmered, which is more delicious than roasting it. There is no ashes, and the golden flesh is left as long as the outer skin is peeled off.
The group ate fried fish, barbecue and roasted lamb. The lamb bones and roasted chicken were thrown on the ground, and the dogs would fight to eat them.
After eating and drinking, a group of people started making coffee and chatting around the campfire. The temperature was really low and the mountain wind was very cold. After a while, they all got into the tent.
Everyone drags a dog before entering the tent. This is the advantage of taking a dog up the mountain. Not only can it catch game, but it can also be held to warm the body at night.
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