Only then did Long Mo withdrew his hand, turned around and prepared to leave.
The two men collapsed to the ground. Just as they breathed a sigh of relief, they saw Long Mo coming back. They reflexively hugged their heads and curled up into a ball.
Long Mo looked at the two of them solemnly and said in a cold voice: "Don't tell anyone that I was here, otherwise..."
The fists cracked.
The two nodded frantically and said in unison: "No, we won't tell you even if you kill us!"
Long Mo swept his satisfied eyes over the two of them, then turned and left.
In the wooden house, Lu Li huddled in the corner with his knees hugged, shivering as he listened to the noise outside.
He didn't dare go out.
He has been spoiled by his father and mother deer since he was a child. He grew up fat and strong, and he bullies others all day long. In fact, he is even more timid than a female deer.
After Long Mo left, Lu Li shuddered violently, and his butt suddenly felt wet, and a pool of yellow liquid with a strange smell slowly flowed out.
He was so scared that he peed his pants.
From then on, Lu Li was left with a deep shadow in his heart, and he would be scared to death every time he saw Long Mo.
…
Hu Jiaojiao still doesn't know what happened to Lu Li's home.
She was slaughtering a cow and skinning it at home.
Cowhide can be eaten, or used to make shoe soles after tanning. However, she had no shortage of food, so she tanned the cowhide according to the method taught by Hou Xiang and dried it in the shade. Winter was coming soon, and she needed warm shoes to keep warm.
In addition to making bacon with the remaining beef for tonight's dinner, she also plans to make some beef sauce.
Although she has no shortage of meat now, she can't hunt in winter and can only eat dry bacon. If she can eat some beef sauce and rice at that time, it will be very delicious.
In autumn, orcs have big appetites because they need to store fat for the winter. A family of seven can eat half of a cow weighing three or four hundred pounds at a time.
Hu Jiaojiao skillfully cut the cow into two, put half of it away, cut off more than 20 pounds of leg meat from the other half, and cut the rest into strips and hung them on the bacon rack.
Orcs eat less in winter, but she has a large family, so they need to eat at least dozens of kilograms of food a day. If you want to avoid starvation in the winter, you have to store at least several thousand kilograms of food.
It’s just that Long Mo was not at home before, and in order to avoid being discovered, Hu Jiaojiao did not stock up much meat, and there were only more than 100 kilograms of smoked meat at home.
Hu Jiaojiao had just hung up the bacon when she turned around and found Long Zhong standing behind her.
"Zhong'er? What's wrong?"
Seeing Long Zhong, Hu Jiaojiao felt a little strange, because this third cub hated her the most and never took the initiative to look for her.
Half of Long Zhong's face was covered by his long hair. He lowered his head and did not look at Hu Jiaojiao's face. His hands awkwardly grasped the animal skin on his thighs.
"Can I...can I have some cowhide?"
His voice was muffled, and after he finished speaking, his cheeks hidden under his hair felt a little hot.
He knew that he had treated Hu Jiaojiao badly, and he was afraid that she would not agree when he suddenly asked her for something.
"Sure." Hu Jiaojiao nodded without thinking and asked him, "How much cowhide do you want, Zhong'er?"
I didn't ask him what he was here for.
Hu Jiaojiao knew that he rejected her and didn't like talking to her. Since he came to her to ask for something, he must have something very important to do.
Long Zhong didn't expect Hu Jiaojiao to agree so readily. He bit his tongue nervously and took a breath before answering:
"so much."
He drew a rectangle in the air with his hand.
Hu Jiaojiao immediately cut out a piece of cowhide from the large piece of cowhide that was twice as big as the one Long Zhong had pointed out.
"Take it, but it's not dry yet. Put it in a cool place to dry before use." Hu Jiaojiao reminded him as she handed it to him.
Long Zhong took it and whispered quickly, "Thank you."
Turn around and run away, faster than a rabbit.
Hu Jiaojiao smiled and shook her head, took out the beef leg that had just been cut, and started making beef sauce.
Cut large pieces of leg meat into strips and then into pieces, cook them in water, add spices and fry them in oil until the surface is slightly charred, then remove and set aside.
The fried beef cubes exude a rich meaty aroma, and even before adding any extra ingredients, your mouth is already watering.
As soon as the meat was fished out, a small black shadow flew over, wagging its tail, staring at the meat in the stone basin with shining eyes.
"Sizzle~" Such a delicious meat! Xiaowu wants to eat it~
She stuck out her pink little tongue and couldn't help drooling from the corners of her mouth, like a greedy little puppy.
"Little glutton." Hu Jiaojiao smiled helplessly, scooped a spoonful of beef cubes into a small bowl and put it on the table.
She was afraid that if this continued, she would have to eat Long Yao’s saliva mixed with rice in the winter.
Long Yao was so excited that his tail was almost wagging double. He blinked his eyes, twitched his nose, and followed the bowl to the table.
"You can only eat a little, save some space for dinner." Fox Jiaojiao reminded it, fearing that it would want more later.
The little guy would eat as much as he could. If she didn't restrict him, she was afraid that Long Yao would finish all the beef cubes.
"Oh~" Xiaowu knows! Xiaowu just needs to taste it~
Long Yao nodded repeatedly.
As soon as Hu Jiaojiao took her hand away, it couldn't wait to bury its head in the bowl and started eating with a grunt.
Hu Jiaojiao continued to make beef sauce. She took out green onions, ginger, garlic and chili peppers from the space, chopped them into small pieces, put them into the oil, and fried them on low heat, stirring constantly.
The aroma of the sauce wafted into her nose, and Hu Jiaojiao couldn't help but smell it, closing her eyes with a look of satisfaction.
“It smells so good.”
When she opened her eyes, she saw Long Yao, who also had a satisfied look on his face, returning to the pot and looking at the ingredients in the pot while drooling.
"Oh~" Xiaowu just looked at it and didn't eat it.
"… "
After about twenty-five minutes, the sauce was almost mixed, and then two bottles of bean paste and one bottle of sweet noodle sauce were added. Since Fox Jiaojiao made a lot, more sauce had to be added.
Finally, pour in the beef sauce and stir evenly, and a pot of delicious and fragrant beef sauce is ready.
Hu Jiaojiao picked up a piece with chopsticks, took a bite, and her eyes suddenly sparkled, "Delicious, it tastes just like before!"
Although there are bottled beef sauce in the space, she prefers homemade one, which tastes like the one her grandmother used to make when she was a child.
Long Yao was drooling all over the floor, and when he saw Hu Jiaojiao take a bite, he couldn't help but let out a "suck" sound, staring at Hu Jiaojiao's mouth intently and licking his lips continuously.
It seemed as if if it looked at it a few more times, it would be able to share the sense of taste with Hu Jiaojiao.
Hu Jiaojiao smiled and picked up a piece of food for Long Yao.
Long Yao let out a roar and almost bit the chopsticks off.
Unexpectedly, just two seconds after eating, Long Yao's face turned bitter. If the face had color, it would be red now.
The little dragon claws were clenched into a ball, and the tail stiffened instantly as if it had been electrocuted.
The next second, it stretched out its tail, stuck out its tongue, and spun around madly in circles, looking happy.
"Ouch!" It hurts so much!
This meat is so scary!
Rourou actually eats Xiaowu's tongue!