Chapter 102: Sakura Loves Massages, Finally Eating Authentic Barbecue!
Since Shi learned how to grind chili peppers, Lin Ye has been saved a lot of trouble.
Lin Ye wondered if he should teach pottery making to Shi as well, as the tribe didn’t have enough pottery pots.
Salt should also be stored in a pottery jar.
He should also teach Shi ice making, and just thinking about it made Lin Ye feel that Shi was a bit too busy.
In the end, Lin Ye decided to teach all these things to the Beast-eared Girls and see who could learn them, and then let them do it in the future.
Now that Lin Ye has the Plant Encyclopedia, he has been tied down by these matters and hasn’t had the chance to go out and find various useful plants.
By teaching these things to the Beast-eared Girls, Lin Ye would also have time to do more things.
After a while, the Beast-eared Girls returned to the open space with dried meat in hand.
Sakura, with a piece of barbecue in each hand, ran towards Lin Ye.
After running to Lin Ye with a smile, she realized she was still angry with him.
For a moment, she stood frozen, not knowing what to do with the meat.
Lin Ye couldn’t help but laugh at Sakura’s foolish appearance.
Then he pulled Sakura into his arms.
Lin Ye looked down at Sakura with a smile on his face.
Sakura pouted, turned her head to the side, intentionally not looking at Lin Ye.
Lin Ye looked at the pouting cat-eared little girl, and didn’t say anything.
Then he massaged Sakura’s head a few times with his hand.
Sakura only felt Lin Ye’s hand pinch her in a few places.
Then she felt so comfortable that her whole body went limp.
Just as she felt this way, Lin Ye stopped again.
Sakura turned to look at Lin Ye, only to find him looking at her with amusement in his eyes.
Sakura immediately puffed out her cheeks and then broke free from Lin Ye’s embrace.
But Lin Ye reached out and grabbed one of Sakura’s hands, then said, “Wasn’t this piece of meat for me? Why are you taking it away again?” Sakura turned her head and said indignantly to Lin Ye, “Hmph! It’s not for you.” Lin Ye smiled at the stubborn Sakura and continued.
“If you give me this piece of meat, I’ll continue to give you massages in the tent tonight, just like I did just now.”
When Sakura heard Lin Ye say this, the struggle gradually weakened.
Thinking of the comfortable feeling just now, Sakura turned around, glanced at the hand Lin Ye was holding, and then whispered, “Then… I’ll give it to you then.”
After saying that, she stuffed the piece of meat into Lin Ye’s hand and then ran away to sit by the bonfire.
The other Beast-eared Girls were all watching Lin Ye and Sakura.
Hearing Lin Ye mention massage, the Beast-eared Girls were all confused.
But at this moment, Shi returned with the ground chili peppers, and the bonfire was already lit.
Seeing Lin Ye’s demeanor, it didn’t seem like anything important, so everyone else didn’t think much of it and sat around the bonfire to barbecue.
Lin Ye, holding the barbecue and the bucket of purified salt, also came to sit by the bonfire.
The potatoes in the three pottery pots would not be cooked so quickly.
However, by the time the barbecue was ready, the potatoes should have been cooked.
After sitting by the bonfire, Lin Ye loudly said to the Beast-eared Girls, “Come over and watch how to salt the barbecue.”
Lin Ye didn’t want to smear chili peppers on the Beast-eared Girls one by one like he did the first time he barbecued with chili peppers.
This was a simple task that could be learned by watching, so he should teach the Beast-eared Girls to do it themselves.
When the Beast-eared Girls heard Lin Ye’s voice, they all happily brought their barbecued meat over.
Lin Ye skewered the dried meat with branches and began to explain to the Beast-eared Girls.
“Watch carefully, first grill the meat on the fire for a while to render out the fat, then sprinkle a little salt, just a little.” As he spoke, Lin Ye pinched a bit of salt with his fingers and sprinkled it on the barbecue.
After sprinkling the salt, Lin Ye brought over the chili peppers that Xing had just ground and continued, “After sprinkling the salt, brush on a layer of chili peppers, and then cook the meat until it’s done.”
This simple task was finished by Lin Ye in two sentences, and the Beast-eared Girls all nodded. Then each of them pinched a bit of salt and returned to the bonfire to barbecue.
Lin Ye looked at the sizzling barbecue, and his mouth was already watering.
Lin Ye had been eating tasteless barbecue for a long time since he came here.
Now that there was salt, Lin Ye was extremely craving it.
Looking at the barbecue in his hand, Lin Ye thought that this was finally a proper barbecue.
When the meat was almost cooked, the three pottery pots on the stove began to boil.
The pot lids were constantly being pushed open by the boiling water. Lin Ye handed the barbecue to Susu and then took down the three pottery pots from the stove with two branches.
Then he removed the pot lids and let the potatoes cool down for a while.
After roasting for a little longer, the barbecue was cooked.
The potatoes in the pottery pots had also cooled down considerably, and then he distributed half a potato to each of the Beast-eared Girls.
Lin Ye also took his barbecue and potatoes and sat aside.
Lin Ye couldn’t wait to take a bite of the barbecue.
He almost cried at the taste on his tongue.
Feeling the taste, Lin Ye sighed in his heart, “This is what barbecue should be like!” Lin Ye ate mouthfuls of barbecue and potatoes.
The Beast-eared Girls were now going crazy.
The potatoes boiled with salt water, their sweetness was even more pronounced by the light salty taste.
The salty and spicy barbecue allowed the Beast-eared Girls to experience multi-layered flavors for the first time.
For a while, the open space was silent.
Everyone was focused on eating the barbecue and potatoes in their hands.
It wasn’t until they finished eating that the Beast-eared Girls let out exclamations of praise.
“What is this? I’ve never tasted such delicious barbecue before.” “These potatoes are also delicious, sweeter than before.”
After eating, Sakura looked at her hands blankly, licked her lips with lingering reluctance.
Then she ran to Lin Ye’s side, her eyes shining with excitement, and said to Lin Ye, “Ye, this barbecue and potatoes are so delicious. Can we eat like this every day from now on?” Lin Ye smiled and nodded, then said, “Yes, we can eat like this every day from now on.” Hearing Lin Ye say this, the other Beast-eared Girls cheered.
Then Lin Ye stood up and said to the Beast-eared Girls,
“From now on, every night when it’s time to eat, you just take a pottery pot and add a little salt to boil potatoes.” “Shi, you also need to teach others how to grind chili peppers, as we will often eat like this in the future.”
Shi listened to Lin Ye’s words and nodded with a smile, a layer of un-wiped oil glistening on the corners of his mouth.
Then Lin Ye looked at the sky, it was getting late, and continued,
“Everyone come with me and learn how to make ice. You need to do it every night from now on, and then move the ice back to the tents to cool down. You can also make it to cool down during hot days.”
The Beast-eared Girls all nodded. They had slept very well with the ice blocks last night, and now hearing Lin Ye say he would teach them how to make ice, they all quickly followed Lin Ye to the well.
Lin Ye first led the Beast-eared Girls to the large piece of saltpeter and chipped off a few pieces with a stone.
Then, holding the saltpeter, he said to the Beast-eared Girls,
“Every night when making ice, chip off two pieces of this stone here.” “You don’t need to chip so much; these few pieces I chipped off can last for several days.” This is because a large amount of saltpeter has dissolved in the water in the bamboo tube.
However, a small amount of saltpeter will also evaporate when the water in the bamboo tube evaporates, so just add one or two pieces every day to replenish it.
Then Lin Ye took the saltpeter to the well.
The large bamboo tube used for making ice yesterday was still placed beside the well.
It was cloudy today, and the sun had not come out. Only a small part of the water in the bamboo tube had evaporated.
Lin Ye only threw in one piece of saltpeter and then said to the Beast-eared Girls, “Just throw one or two pieces of saltpeter into the bamboo tube every day.”
Then Lin Ye drew a bucket of water and poured it into the wooden bucket that had always been used for making ice.
Next, pay attention to the important points. Lin Ye slowed down his speech and loudly explained to the Beast-eared Girls,
“Draw a bucket of water, then place the wooden bucket’s opening upwards, into the water in the bamboo tube. Be careful not to let the opening of the wooden bucket sink below the water surface, and don’t let the water in the wooden bucket flow out. Leave it like this for a while, and the water in the wooden bucket will freeze quickly.” Lin Ye waited until the water in the wooden bucket froze, then poured the ice blocks onto the ground.
Then he let each of the Beast-eared Girls come up and try making it themselves.
Although the Beast-eared Girls didn’t understand the principle behind it.
As long as they knew how to make ice blocks, that was enough.
