Chapter 14: The Frightening Tessa
Moyi'er swallowed hard, the gods... Alright, she would just take what Kasa and the others said about the gods as a 21st-century person's way of speaking. Such deception could be considered a benevolent lie, hoping the gods wouldn't blame her. Hearing them mention the gods every day, she had also been somewhat infected. "Uh... gods... there are many types of food. Some eat meat, mostly pork, mutton, beef, and chicken. Lions and tigers can't be eaten, they're going extinct, and are considered ornamental animals. Apart from that, the gods pay great attention to nutritional balance, wild vegetables must also be eaten, and there are many varieties of dishes, various cooking methods, and they taste very good!"
Mo Ye'er spoke very slowly, reorganizing the primitive language to find a way to express it. However, despite this, Kasar didn't quite understand either. They didn't have words like "extinction", "sightseeing", or "cooking" yet, so they just nodded vaguely, knowing that the gods and their food were different.
Kasa took Mo Ye'er around the pond and continued to walk towards the back, then went up the mountain. There were few plants on the mountain, but many stones. Kasa found a stone pot that basically met Mo Ye'er's requirements, except for the concave part which was uneven and couldn't be used directly as a pot. Kasa smiled at Mo Ye'er and said: "I still have the skill to grind stone tools, I guarantee you can use the stone pot for dinner tomorrow night."
"Great, thank you!" Mo Yuer was slightly excited and found a few stones that could be used as stone bowls to hold the hot soup. Tree leaves wouldn't work.
After all the commotion, when they returned to the cave, Chu Yan and Fan Ge had already brought back the hunting party. Because there were several more hunters this time, they had caught a lot more prey than usual. There was a single-horned deer with very long fur, a small wild boar as big as an adult, over a dozen wild rabbits, including four little ones that should have been caught in one burrow - quite the family! In addition to these, there were also two wild mountain goats.
The villagers were all excited, and behind their backs they said that since Xiaoluo and Mangge brought back Moyi'er, every time they went hunting, their harvest was much better than before.
The women were busy dealing with the prey, while the men sat resting in front of the cave, they were also exhausted from so much prey.
At this time, Taili Sha ran out of the cave, with a bright red paint on her face, a string of animal teeth around her neck, and several colorful wild chicken feathers inserted into her hair. Mo Yi'er was startled, what is going on?
Tai Li Sha ran to Chu Huo's side, and Chu Huo also seemed to be startled. Mo Yi Er saw his mouth twitching slightly, but it wasn't very obvious.
Mo Yi'er covered her mouth and smiled secretly, her head slightly lowered, sneaking a peek at Tai Li Sha making trouble.
Tairi Sara grasped Chu Yan's arm: "Chu Yan, do you think I'm pretty?" At this time, the word "pretty" probably didn't exist yet!
Chu Chu shook off Tairi Sara's hand, not wanting to answer.
"Chu Yu, speak up, won't you? Are you stunned by my beauty?"
Chu Huai couldn't bear to look at her anymore, not wanting to insult his own eyes. The colorful wild chicken feathers were beautiful, and the animal teeth were also a common decoration for women, but when combined on Tai Li Sha's bright red face, they looked incredibly hideous.
"Chu Huo, what's wrong with you? Why are you ignoring me?" Tai Lisha saw that Chu Huo wasn't looking at her and started to get annoyed again. Mo Yier suddenly realized that the princess had been ill since primitive society!
"I still have something to do, I'll leave first!" Chu Yan finally couldn't bear it and stood up, walking towards the water source. Taili Sha chased after him for a few steps, but Chu Yan started running, his speed was very fast, Taili Sha couldn't catch up, so she had to return. It turned out that she had been hiding in the cave all day, just "dressing herself up"! Unfortunately, the effect was not as expected.
Tai Li Sha was unhappy because Chu Yan didn't pay attention to her, so she turned around in front of the tribespeople, sometimes saying that the wild boar was too small and sometimes saying that the wild goat was too thin with not much meat.
Mo Yu'er walked far away from her, to ask Sang Zhen for those few little rabbits. Coincidentally, Fan Ge was also by the side, and asked her suspiciously: "Mo Yu'er, what do you want these little rabbits for? The meat is too little, we're roasting deer meat tonight, I'll save the freshest meat for you!"
Normally, this small rabbit meat would be left for the elderly in the tribe, who now contribute the least and eat the worst of all foods.
"No, I'm not going to eat it. It's so small, there's hardly any meat on it!" Mo Yi'er hastily waved her hand, if she raised it and waited for it to get fat before eating it, wouldn't that be even better?
"What do you want to do?" Bango didn't understand.
"I want to raise them, and then eat them when they're fat..." Mo Yi'er explained. Fan Ge didn't quite understand - if you want to eat a fat rabbit, just go catch one, why bother raising it yourself? It's such a waste of effort! Mo Yi'er had to explain for a long time before Fan Ge finally agreed to give the little rabbits to Mo Yi'er.
Mo Yu'er had Fan Ge help again, using many finger-thick branches and stones to make a rabbit hutch. It was very simple, but it was sturdy enough, and she believed it would be no problem to raise a few small rabbits. There were bonfires burning around the cave and inside the cave all the time, and she believed that wild animals would not come close to steal the rabbits.
The villagers were very curious about Mo Yi'er and Fan Ge's behavior, but in their eyes, Mo Yi'er was a divine being sent down from the gods, so it was natural for him to do strange things, and they didn't ask any more questions.
Soon, the fur of the prey was stripped off and the entrails were dug out to be thrown away. Mo Yier's mind suddenly lit up - how could she have forgotten that they should eat the animal entrails? So much waste every day! She hastily called out to stop Silfanie, who was about to throw the entrails far away: "Silfanie, wait!"
"Oh? Mu Yier, do you have something to say?" Silfeny was speaking with Mo Yier for the first time and still couldn't pronounce his name accurately. She also felt a bit shy, asking a question before lowering her head, her cheeks flushing red.
"Give me some of that!" Mo Yi'er pointed at the internal organs in her hand.
Xī fǎng nǐ was very surprised that Mò yì ér wanted these things, but didn't say anything and gave them to her. Mò yì ér was overjoyed, placed them on a leaf and took them to the water pool to wash.
Xiao Lala followed behind and caught up, it was getting late, he didn't feel at ease with Mo Yier coming to the Shui Tan alone.
As for her concern, Mo Yi'er didn't refuse, and the two of them chatted as they arrived at the Shui Tan. Seeing Mo Yi'er cleaning the animal's internal organs, Xiao Ji was surprised and asked: "Mo Yi'er, why are you washing their insides?" Just now he had been guessing what Mo Yi'er's purpose was!
"These are all edible!" Mo Yier smiled lightly.
"This thing stinks!"
"Just wash it clean!" Mo Yier carelessly washed at the outlet of the pond, and the dirty things would flow away quickly. Xiao Ci couldn't understand, but she still came to help Mo Yier, washing the dirty things until they were spotless.
On the way back, Mo Yi'er specially asked for a piece of fatty meat and was about to cook it on an iron plate when Tai Li Sha shouted again. This time, her target was still Mo Yi'er, exposing what she had secretly hidden in the morning!