Chapter 41
Honey-glazed steaks successfully surpassed the previous skewers and various stewed meats, becoming the current favorite food. After one meal, the sub-adults gathered together and whispered among themselves.
Lang Shuo was curious and glanced over. “What are you talking about?”
Lang Nuo said, “Going to find honey again tomorrow.”
The sub-adults had just been discussing how to eat honey-glazed steaks a few more times. In the end, the conclusion they reached was that the root lay in the honey.
After all, the tribe had the other supplies. The most special part of the steaks they ate today was the honey added to them. If they wanted to eat more, they had to find lots and lots of honey.
“If you happen to run into it, then we’ll talk. There’s no need to specially go looking. Even if you pick it, you can only pick the ones on trees. You can’t go to places that are too high.” Lang Shuo stopped them. Beehives were not very easy to find. Some bees liked building nests in dangerous places like cliffs and sheer rock faces. Sub-adults did not think things through. Once they found a hive, they might get excited and go pick it without caring about anything. Falling once would not be a small matter.
The sub-adults were very willing to listen to Lang Shuo’s words. It was just that when they thought of how they had only eaten three steaks today, they wanted to sigh.
Seeing their listless appearance, Lang Shuo planned to completely dispel their thought of rushing out to find honey. He reminded them, “Did you forget? Half of the honey belongs to you.”
Before adulthood, prey they found only needed to be handed over by half. Other foods also followed this rule. It was just that most of the time, foods other than meat were not popular. Most of the fruits the sub-adults brought back were directly thrown into the food pile, and no one had carefully calculated them.
When they got the honeycomb, they had thought about this issue. But after being busy for a whole day, and after eating the steaks, they only thought about how to make Lang Shuo cook more and completely forgot that half the honey was theirs.
Half the honey… did that mean they could eat it however they wanted?
The few of them became happy at a visible speed and surrounded Lang Shuo. “Shuo, can we keep making steaks tomorrow?”
Lang Shuo said, “As long as you don’t take risks, I’ll make you a portion every two days. One portion will be the same as today, three slices.”
“We won’t take risks. We definitely won’t take risks.” The sub-adults immediately promised.
Lang Shuo said, “Then we’ll see your performance.”
Lang Shuo felt that having something to restrain them with was quite good. Otherwise, given the sub-adults’ restless personalities, always jumping up and down, they would go take risks from time to time.
The sub-adults trusted themselves very much. “We can definitely do it!”
Lang Shuo nodded. “All right. Go sleep.”
However, after eating and resting for a while, the sub-adults were now very energetic and did not want to go back.
“Shuo, we’ll go to the riverside with you and help catch fish.”
Seeing that they really were energetic, Lang Shuo nodded in agreement. “All right, then be careful. Don’t run around.”
The sub-adults agreed and waited for Lang Shuo to set off together.
Only after most of the members had rested for a while did Lang Shuo call Lang Shi and the others to go to the riverside to collect the fish traps. Those few had followed Lang Shuo during the day to place the fish traps, so they knew the positions. It was more convenient to call them directly.
The extra sub-adults followed behind them.
Lang Yu watched the large group leave in a mighty procession and felt somewhat uneasy. He walked to his younger brother’s side. “I’ll go with you.”
Several free members saw this and became curious, following at the back.
The line grew longer and longer.
Aside from Lang Shi and the others, Lang Shuo only knew that the sub-adults and Lang Yu were there. He was thinking about how many fish they could catch and did not notice the movement behind him. When they reached the place and he turned around to call people to collect the fish traps, he was startled by the string of members behind him.
Half the tribe had followed.
Lang Yu said, “Don’t mind them.”
To beastmen, if they did not need to hunt at night, there really was not much to do. If there was something exciting to watch, of course they had to follow. No matter what the excitement was, they would watch first.
Lang Shuo did not stop the members from following Lang Shi and the others to pull up the fish traps. He only instructed, “Don’t go too far. Be careful when pulling. Don’t break the ropes.”
The group agreed and ran over to join the fun.
Lang Shuo found a flat spot and crouched down. Beside him were two back baskets and several baskets.
After someone brought a fish trap over, Lang Shuo handed them a basket and had them open the lid on top of the fish trap and pour the fish out. Only after confirming that there were no strange creatures inside would he take it over. With quick, clean movements, he killed the fish, scraped off the scales, and removed the gills.
Aside from Lang Shuo, the ones most familiar with this process were several sub-adults. After seeing his neat knife technique yesterday and then seeing it again today, they could not help itching to try.
“Shuo, I’ll help you kill fish.” Lang Nuo actively recommended himself. “I learned it.”
Lang Shuo reached into the basket and picked through it, took out a carp of around one jin, and tossed it to him. “You try. Be careful not to break the gallbladder.”
Lang Shuo dug out the innards of the fish in his hand and pointed out the gallbladder’s position. If it broke, the whole fish would become very bitter.
Lang Nuo caught it in a flurry and learned from Lang Shuo’s example. First he knocked it once, then cut open the belly, took out the innards and set them aside, then began scraping the scales.
Scraping the scales.
Scraping the scales.
Scraping…
Scrape…
Clearly, Lang Shuo could scrape from the fish tail all the way to the fish head in one stroke, but he slipped after scraping off two scales.
“I’ll scrape the scales.” Lang Wei rolled up his sleeves. He had also watched for a long time yesterday and decided to challenge it.
“Me too, me too.” The other young wolves echoed.
In the end, the sub-adults split the work. Lang Nuo was responsible for killing fish, and the remaining few were responsible for scraping scales and removing gills. When Lang Shuo scraped scales, he scraped a whole row at once. They scraped two or three scales at a time. With six more people scraping scales than killing fish, they barely finished.
Lang Shuo did not care how they arranged it. As long as they could succeed, it was fine. Fish traps were far more efficient than catching by hand yesterday. He definitely could not finish processing them all alone.
At first, Lang Yu did not speak and only watched beside Lang Shuo. When Lang Shuo had killed the fifth fish, Lang Yu took out the stone knife he carried and began trying.
Knock the fish, cut open the belly, clean the innards, remove the gills, scrape the scales.
Although it was his first time doing it, the finished product was far better than the sub-adults on the other side, who only succeeded by piecing together their efforts. His steps and technique were almost the same as Lang Shuo’s, only a little slower.
Lang Yun watched a little longer, but she soon took out a knife as well and operated while learning.
Several beastmen who often handled ingredients watched a few more times and helped as well. With experience, they became skilled before long.
With more people, the speed increased. Whether collecting fish or killing fish, they were several times faster than just now. Lang Shuo’s work slowly changed from killing fish to sorting fish.
Those too small were directly thrown back into the river. Those too large could not be kept either; the tribe’s knives could not cut through them. The ones left behind were all easy to cook.
The cleaned fish were swished in the water several times and then placed into different back baskets according to size. One was for pan-frying, and one was for cutting into chunks and frying.
The work that had originally been expected to last until midnight was forcibly finished much earlier by everyone. When they returned to the tribe’s residence, it was not yet the usual time for members to rest.
Lang Shuo called several members over to help marinate and cut fish.
A little salt was placed inside the bellies of the small fish that were to be pan-fried, making it easier for the flavor to enter. For the large fish, the meat was cut off along the central spine, then cut into finger-thick pieces. Salt and several plants were added to marinate them, making them ready to fry tomorrow.
The next morning, when Lang Shuo woke up, the hunting party still had not set out. A group of members was watching Lang Yun fry fish chunks.
Lang Shuo rubbed his eyes and confirmed he was not seeing wrong. “Frying fish this early?”
Lang Yun was helpless. “I woke early, and these few wanted to eat.” As she spoke, she pointed at several hunting party members beside her.
Lang Shuo reminded them, “Eating fried food in the morning can get greasy easily.”
The hunting party members stared intently at the fish chunks in the pot, watching with their own eyes as the fish chunks turned their favorite color. Hearing this, they waved their hands. “It’s fine. We’ll eat them at noon!”
They could bring them out and eat them when they rested at noon.
Seeing that they had already decided, Lang Shuo did not continue saying anything. He ladled a little oil and pan-fried the small fish.
The marinated small fish released a fragrance different from fried fish after being heated in hot oil. After frying until the bottom was golden, he flipped them over, pressed them with a spatula, and after both sides were fried golden, served them into a bowl.
The members who were waiting for the fried fish chunks kept turning their heads. Lang Shi was the first to be unable to resist. “Shuo, can I eat a small fish?”
Lang Shuo pointed to one of the bowls. “That’s for tasting. Take it yourselves.”
The few of them immediately divided the two fish in the bowl. Each person got a small section. They placed it in their mouths and tasted it. It was fresh, fragrant, crispy, and the aroma rushed up to their noses.
“Shuo, we want this too, this too.” Lang Shi had not even swallowed the fish in his mouth before he had already spoken.
The hunting party was the hardest-working group in the entire tribe. They often needed to chase prey several times or even a dozen times larger than themselves, and they were easily injured. Therefore, they had a certain priority in the tribe.
Of course, Lang Shuo would not refuse to let them eat. He explained, “These are made for you.”
In order to wake early and pan-fry fish, he had specifically gotten up early. He simply had not expected the hunting party to place their order even earlier.
The few members led by Lang Shi could not hold back and looked excited.
They had finally experienced how happy the sub-adults usually were! This feeling, where a wish could come true as soon as it was spoken, was too wonderful. The few members wished they could run out right now and catch several prey animals back.
In the end, the hunting party brought half fried fish chunks and half pan-fried fish. When they set out, everyone was very happy, except Lang Yu.
Lang Yu smelled the fish fragrance in the air and sighed.
He hoped the prey would not discover them because of the food aroma.
But neither Lang Yu nor Lang Shuo had expected that the fragrance did not scare prey away, and instead fished out several silly little wolf cubs.
The Snow Wolf Tribe’s hunting method was to first search for prey traces. After discovering prey, they would leave one or two members to watch the supplies and animal hides, while the other members changed into beast form to chase. But today’s fish fragrance was too obvious. Once they reached a place where prey often appeared, Lang Yu first found a spot and left one member there with the food they had brought, while the other members continued searching for prey.
By the time they caught prey and returned to the place where they had separated, it was already past noon. The group of members, hungry and ready to eat, had not yet approached when they heard the voices of cubs.
Beastmen were extremely familiar with the sounds of cubs of the same race. The group of beastmen looked at one another and could not help speeding up. When they reached the place, they saw that the member guarding the food was holding the back basket, looking as if he wanted to hide but did not dare. At his feet was a group of black wolf cubs trying to find angles to climb onto him, occasionally jumping up with great effort.
Seeing Lang Yu, the member holding the back basket looked as if he had seen his savior. “Chief, save me!”
He had been waiting here for the team members. This group of cubs had suddenly appeared. At first, he had thought they were primitive beast cubs and had been startled. After all, the appearance of primitive beast cubs meant adult primitive beasts were nearby. Only when the cubs whined for food did he notice something wrong. They were beastman cubs.
He had no idea which tribe was so careless that they could let cubs out, and so many at once.
Lang Yu could guess what was going on without him explaining. He lowered his head and counted the cubs, carefully looked at their colors, and glanced toward the direction of the Black Wolf Tribe.
His head hurt.
The big ones and the small ones all got lost. This tribe had actually managed to exist for so long.
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