Chapter 622: Cannon Fodder Licking Dogs in the Beast World Farming Story (14)
The soil at the foot of the snow-capped mountains was frozen very hard, making it extremely difficult to dig out a ten-meter-deep hole.
It would definitely be time-consuming and laborious to rely on Jiang alone.
The existing labor force is not in vain if it is not used.
A Yuan was about to dig with a stone handle, but Jiang Lai stopped him.
"With this you plan to dig until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse."
After speaking, Jiang Lai handed the engineer shovel to him.
"Use this."
It was another novelty that he had never seen before. A Yuan held it in his hand and weighed it twice, with a strange light shining in his eyes.
No male can refuse this tool. This thing is quite cool in modern times, let alone in ancient continents.
After the arrangements were made, Jiang Lai went back. Now that the tribe had a few more mouths, it took more time to cook every time.
Fan Jiang came to make arrangements for the first few days. Later, after the old wolves had almost recovered, Jiang Lai started training.
First, there were two female grandmothers. It was difficult for them to walk because of their age, not to mention that one had her right foot bitten off and the other had her left foot bitten off.
The two old men helped him walk, which looked really pitiful.
So they definitely couldn't do heavy work, so Jiang Lai took them into the kitchen.
In the clean and tidy kitchen, under the two earthen stoves, the fire in the stove is still burning, and a pot of corn is cooking in the pot. The sweet fragrance fills everyone's nose.
"Grandma Fu, Grandma Wang, starting from today you will learn to cook with me."
"Chief, we have been cooking for our whole lives, you don't have to worry about this."
Jiang Lai shook his head.
"No, no, no, you just cooked the food before. That's not cooking. The rice I'm talking about must not only fill your stomach, but also be delicious."
When there is no food, the most basic requirement is to eat enough.
But now that there is enough food, it is not enough to just fill our stomachs.
Jiang Lai showed them chopping boards and knives, which they had never seen before.
In the past, when cooking in the tribe, the food was chopped casually on the stone slab, then thrown into the pot and cooked.
When have I ever seen such a complete set of things?
Jiang Lai introduced the functions of these things to them one by one, and finally showed them his condiment table.
"Onions, ginger, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, oil, salt."
Except for salt, everything else is produced by Jiang Lai himself.
The salt was redeemed by Little Pudding from the points mall. The quantity was not large, but Jiang Lai was not worried. After all, there was a sea nearby. As long as there was sea, salt would not be everything.
The two grandmas tasted the seasonings respectively.
Then Jiang Lai showed them two more dishes, one stewed pheasant with potatoes and one braised fish.
Finally, I made some vegetable soup.
While talking, explain to them the functions of these spices and under what circumstances they can be used.
"Okay, I'll just say this once. The rest of you can figure it out for yourself. Dinner will be left to the two grandmas."
There is plenty of food anyway, so there is no need to worry about wasting it. After all, these wolves can eat anything.
Jiang Lai's main purpose in training the two grandmothers was simply to serve himself.
The two old men were eager to try. Although they were wolves, they were gentle, calm, and patient. They were cautious about everything in the kitchen. What satisfied Jiang Lai the most was that they were both very neat and tidy.
The water in the tank was picked up by the leader in the morning.
When the water in the pool was full, Jiang Lai directly cut off the spring water, and then installed a faucet at the water outlet, which he could unscrew directly when he needed to use it.
When the leader first saw this, it was so novel that he squatted next to the faucet and watched the water come out, twisting it twice from time to time, and kept muttering to himself.
"Great Lord Beast Spirit, thank you for your gift."
The few remaining old people were not idle either. As long as their legs and hands could move, Jiang Lai arranged for them to receive training.
The vegetable plots in the vegetable garden need to be weeded and dewormed. After all, if the vegetables grow vigorously, the weeds must also grow vigorously. Similarly, the wall built by Jiang Lai can stop the orcs but not the mosquitoes, ants, and rats. Although it is winter, on this continent All the animals are extremely fierce.
Jiang Lai once saw a mouse bigger than a cat eating her pumpkins in her vegetable garden. Later, Jiang Lai discovered a passage at the foot of the wall.
It's blocked, but it's of little use. They'll get in from other places.
After all, the temptation inside is too great.
Before Jiang Lai found a good way, the task of guarding the vegetable garden and fields was handed over to these old wolves.
A few old men are quite active, and as the elite backbone of the older generation hunting group, they are good at communication and cooperation.
At the end of the day, the results were quite fruitful. Seven fat and strong rats were neatly placed outside the yard.
When Jiang Lai came out, he saw the leader excitedly preparing to skin the mouse.
"What are you doing."
"The skin is peeled and dried, which is enough for several meals."
"No need, take it out and throw it away."
The leader looked in disbelief.
"Thrown it away? Why did you throw away the good food?"
"Do you remember the rules in the tribe?"
Of course the leader remembered it. He had no choice but to throw the mouse out obediently even if he couldn't bear it.
The dinner was prepared by two grandmas and was a complete mess.
The things served on the table couldn't really be called food. The aroma was there, but there were many other weird smells. Jiang Lai felt like he was going to have diarrhea when he smelled it.
However, the other wolves didn't care and still wolfed down the food. After eating, they kept praising it, which made the two old ladies smile from ear to ear.
Jiang Lai took two symbolic bites.
"Keep up the good work, there is too much ginger, too much oil, and too little salt. Please be careful next time."
The two of them were good-tempered and patient. They listened attentively to whatever Jiang said. After two or three days, the food actually tasted like modern home-cooked food.
Looking at the vegetable garden, there are basically no rats anymore, and all the weeds in it have been removed.
At this time, A Yuan, who went to work at the foot of the mountain as soon as daylight came, also came back early.
Still dressed very coolly, he walked up to Jiang Lai covered in sweat.
"Chief, after digging, go and see if there is anything else that needs to be changed."
Jiang Lai went over to take a look and nodded with satisfaction.
As a leader, it is really gratifying to have such capable subordinates who only do things but don't talk.
Jiang Lai measured the hole, which was six meters wide and ten meters deep, and found it to be exactly the same, as if he had dug it according to a ruler.
Moreover, he cleaned up all the weeds and dead trees around the entrance of the cave, and paved the way back and forth.
Although I don't know what Jiang Lai is using this hole for, it is always good to tidy up the surroundings a little.
Jiang Lai went in and took a look around. The cave walls were smooth and had no bulges, which would save a lot of trouble when building the cave dwelling.
With a salary of 100 yuan, he achieved the effect of 10,000 yuan. (End of chapter)