When he heard that the meat was going to be stinky, Long Yao was startled, raised his head quickly, and bared his teeth with a ferocious look on his face.
Looking again, he saw that it was Fox Jiaojiao who was going to stink the meat. He immediately put on a well-behaved and cute expression, tilted his head, and blinked at Fox Jiaojiao harmlessly.
It seems to be saying: I will eat whatever meat my mother prepares it for me, I am not picky!
Knowing that the cubs must have misunderstood, Hu Jiaojiao explained jokingly, "Meat won't go bad. Smoked meat can be preserved for a long time. Mother does this to make the meat last longer."
Hearing Hu Jiaojiao's words, Long Linger immediately felt relieved.
"Mother, how long is a long time? Can we let it go for ten days?" Long Linger asked curiously, "If we can let it go for ten days, we can hold on until Daddy brings back the prey, and we won't have to starve."
The meat in autumn will rot in ten days, and if it is in summer, even bugs will grow.
Dragon Ink…
The smile on Hu Jiaojiao's face paused, and she suddenly remembered that she could not let Hou Xiaotiao help deliver the prey in the future, so she would have to meet Long Mo in person to get the prey.
Hu Jiaojiao felt a little scared at the thought of meeting the unforgivable and bloodthirsty villain in the book.
In order to regain the villain's favor, she definitely couldn't let him live in the forest anymore, and had to let him return to the tribe.
She likes cute kids and can accept getting along with these half-grown kids, but she doesn't like Long Mo. Letting him live back home would be like living with a strange man.
Hu Jiaojiao just felt overwhelmed.
"Ling'er, how can meat not go bad after ten days? She is just fooling you, and you believe it." Long Zhong suddenly poured cold water on her from behind, interrupting Hu Jiaojiao's thoughts.
Fox Jiaojiao replied in a gentle voice, "Of course it's more than ten days. Once the meat is smoked, it can be kept for several months."
"Wow! Can't it be preserved until winter, so we can have meat to eat in winter?" Long Linger's eyes suddenly widened, her face full of excitement.
"That's right." Fox Jiaojiao nodded with amusement.
For the kids, the happiest thing is not being hungry.
Except for Long Yao who was confused, the other three kids were all shocked.
Meat can be stored for so long! No one in the tribe has ever heard of this method. How did she know about it
Hu Jiaojiao did not give them the chance to continue asking questions. She placed a meal for each person and cut the three greasy roasted deer legs into six portions, one of which was boned and cut into slices. This was for Long Yao.
The fragrance was so fragrant that the cubs completely forgot their previous doubts and stared at Hu Jiaojiao's actions.
Hu Jiaojiao put the food on the table and turned off the small fire in the stove. She turned around and saw several cubs sitting upright, staring at her with their dark little eyes.
"What are you all standing there for? Can you be full just by looking at it?"
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Long Yao sniffed and held it in! If mother didn't say it was okay to eat, then you can't eat it.
Long Linger couldn't help licking her lips and said obediently, "Mom, eat first."
Although the other three cubs didn't say anything, they agreed with Long Linger's words.
Hu Jiaojiao knew that they were not so kind as to wait for her to eat, and must be afraid that she would be angry if they ate first. So she walked over, sat on the ground face to face with the people outside, and picked up her own meal.
"Okay, then mother and the cubs will eat together."
There were no tables or chairs, so we had to eat on the floor.
When the cubs saw Hu Jiaojiao starting to eat, they also picked up their bowls and started eating with big mouthfuls.
After dinner, Hu Jiaojiao went to the river to wash dishes as usual, and also washed the dirty animal skin skirt she had taken off today.
I tidied up the yard under the moonlight and when I entered the house, the cubs were huddled on their straw beds and did not run out of the yard like they did last time.
After a tiring day, Fox Jiaojiao was extremely exhausted and returned to her straw bed to sleep.
As soon as she closed her eyes, Hu Jiaojiao felt something moving in her arms. When she opened her eyes, she saw a little black dragon nudging her hand.
As if sensing her gaze, the little black dragon paused, then quickly coiled up, found a suitable position, closed its eyes and went to sleep.
The action is done in one go.
As if he was afraid that Hu Jiaojiao would react and chase him away.
Hu Jiaojiao was a little stunned. The cubs had always hated and feared her, but Yaoer actually took the initiative to sleep with her. Did this mean that Yaoer accepted her
She was delighted and gently held Long Yao in her arms, patting him lightly to coax him to sleep.
A good night's sleep.
The next morning, Hu Jiaojiao got up, prepared breakfast, and unloaded half a venison from the rack.
As soon as the cubs woke up, they smelled the fragrance of food, climbed out of bed, made their beds, and went out.
Hu Jiaojiao was just about to cut the venison into smaller pieces. Half a deer weighed about 70 or 80 kilograms, and it was too strenuous for her to carry it. If she divided it into two pieces and found a long stick to use as a shoulder pole to carry it, it would save a lot of effort.
When he saw the kids coming out, he smiled and invited them to eat.
"Are you all up? Come over and have breakfast."
Hearing that there was food, Long Yao flew over happily and circled around Hu Jiaojiao's head.
The four cubs looked at the venison on the ground, with a hint of vigilance on their faces.
Feeling the gazes of the cubs, Fox smiled and explained, "Last time, those animal skins were tanned too hard by mother and can't be worn. Mother plans to take the meat to the old bull head to exchange some animal skins to make animal skin clothes for you."
Old Bullhead is the orc with the best skill in tanning animal skins in the tribe, and orcs often exchange their prey for animal skins.
She thought that there was no shortage of meat at home, so she simply exchanged the meat for some animal skins and gave the cubs new clothes.
After the clothes are ready, you can groom and dress up the cubs and raise them slowly. Before long, they will be cute, soft, chubby little cubs.
"Mother, we have animal skin clothes to wear, so we don't need new ones. Can you save the meat for us to eat..." Long Linger looked at the large piece of meat on the ground with some heartache.
Knowing that Long Linger was reluctant to give up the meat, Hu Jiaojiao walked up to her, touched her head lovingly, and comforted her softly.
"Don't worry, mother won't let you go hungry. You will have meat to eat and animal skins to wear."
None of the kids spoke.
Knowing their worries, Hu Jiaojiao added, "Mom will go out with the picking team in the future, so we can have food to eat in the winter, so you don't have to worry about having nothing to eat."
A hint of suspicion flashed across the cubs' dark eyes.
A picking team? She would go out and work to feed them
There's nothing wrong with their ears, right
After saying that, Hu Jiaojiao said no more and served the cooked porridge to the cubs.
Because Long Yao had diarrhea yesterday, she didn't dare let the cubs eat too greasy food, so she still cooked porridge and added some meat and vegetables to the porridge to give the cubs a balanced nutrition.
He then took out six large sweet potatoes from the space, stuffed them into the stove, covered them with the charcoal fire that was still emitting sparks, and then spread a layer of ash on the top to give to the kids as a snack later.
The kids were reluctant to waste food, so the six of them shared the whole pot of porridge cleanly.
After the meal, Fox Jiaojiao told her cubs to stay at home to look after the house, and then she went out staggeringly, carrying the venison, which was divided into two pieces, on a homemade shoulder pole.
The book says that Old Bullhead lives in the north of the tribe.
Hu Jiaojiao walked towards the north, but unexpectedly, before she found the old bull head's home, she was blocked by a male.