Chapter 104 Mr. Yogurt’s Dried Rat
"I held down that big rat!"
"I held it down too!"
"Master Yoghurt is so powerful, he killed a big mouse in one bite!"
"I bit it too."
"I can kill one with one claw!"
A group of Zaizai excitedly gathered around Li Mu, showing off their achievements.
Li Mu listened patiently.
He already knew what happened in advance from Xiaomei's mouth, and Xiaomei saw the whole process from high altitude.
"Everyone is so awesome."
Li Mu rubbed the heads of the cubs one by one and looked next to the mouse——
A little ocelot was sitting there upright.
While the cubs were chirping and showing off, she sat quietly, stealing glances at Li Mu from time to time. Seeing Li Mu looking over, she quickly lowered her head and licked her paws, pretending to be casual, but she was full of pride. Can't hide it.
Li Mu smiled and looked at Yoghurt's happy look, which made him happy too.
"Perfect, it looks more pleasing to the eye like this." Brother Nan took a small wooden stick and arranged all three rows of mice in the same direction from head to tail. Even the distance between each mouse was similar.
"You're not a rat seller, why are you so showy?"
"Food should be all about color, flavor, and flavor. Do you understand this is called presentation? Arrange it in a way that is pleasing to the eye, and the yogurt will taste better when you eat it later."
"Is this possible?"
Li Mu felt that this was Brother Nan's excuse for her obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Suddenly, the kitten moved.
It turned out that the wolf cub accidentally kicked a mouse and knocked it sideways.
The kitten walked over and stretched out its paw, flicking it twice to straighten it.
"Look, look!" Brother Nan pointed at the yogurt, "Yoghurt thinks so too."
Li Mu remained silent.
"What do you think this mouse grew up on?" Brother Nan stared at the Rat King on the ground curiously, "Ordinary mice don't grow this big, do they?"
"Normally, this mouse species does not grow this big, but occasionally there are genetic mutations that break through physiological limits." Li Mu said, "For example, a mouse as big as a hare appeared in Yibin before."
"oh."
Brother Nan took out his cell phone and took photos of the mice all over the place.
"Li Mu, I'm back." Diao was still in the air, and his voice had already reached him.
Xiaoshuai flew into the yard, released his claws, and threw a salmon weighing five or six pounds into the yard.
"I'll catch them faster than you." Xiaoshuai walked over with a figure-footed step, "So many mice!"
"Well, Yogurt and his cubs caught it." Li Mu noticed that Xiao Shuai's feathers didn't look like they were wet, and couldn't help but ask, "Where did you get this fish?"
"I want it." Xiaoshuai looked around the mouse non-stop.
"You want it?"
"I flew to the big lake and happened to see a big bird catch a fish, so I asked it for it to save me from having to go into the water to catch it again." Xiaoshuai stayed close to Xiaomei and helped her comb her feathers.
"You asked for it and it was given to you?"
"It can't beat me."
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Li Mu felt sorry for the big bird for two seconds that worked so hard to catch fish but was working in vain.
He kind of understood why the golden eagle was called the overlord of the sky.
The sun was setting in the west, and the sky was dark with dusk.
Li Mu first cut the beef and went to the second floor to feed the tiger mother, and then prepared for dinner.
I cut the salmon into several thin fillets, cut the beef into pieces, and scalded them in a hot pot.
The little golden eagle and the little wolf cub were squatting at the table eating mice, while the tiger cub and his sister were drinking from basins of milk, eyeing the mice while drinking, they were so greedy.
After Yogurt ate a few pieces of cooked meat on the table, he also jumped off the table to eat the mouse, and generously shared the mouse with Xiaoshuai, Xiaomei and the she-wolf.
She was very happy to see that everyone loved eating rats. The only regret was that neither Li Mu nor Brother Lan ate them.
Brother Nan took out Maotai again. Maybe she felt embarrassed because she was drunk last time. This time she didn't use a straw when drinking, but drank in small cups.
The night is gentle, the mountain breeze is blowing, and the leaves are rustling, adding a bit of tranquility and comfort to the yard.
Brother Nan was already rubbing his belly and leaning on the chair in a daze. "Master Yogurt, aren't you going to eat it?" Li Mu looked at the mice on the ground, "There are many more."
"There are so many of them~"
"There are 15 more."
"15~"
"How about I teach Master Yoghurt how to read numbers?"
"What's that?"
"After Mr. Yoghurt learns to count, he will know how many mice he has caught."
"Master Yoghurt also knows now."
"How many mice did Mr. Yoghurt catch today?"
"So many!"
"A lot, but how many?"
"That's a lot!"
"That's it."
"Yes, Mr. Yoghurt is very smart!"
Li Mu smiled and stopped talking, turning to look at the mouse on the ground.
Yogurt and his cubs caught a total of 30 mice. They ate half of them tonight, and there was still half left. The big rat king cat couldn't bear to eat them.
"I'll bury them and eat them tomorrow." The kitten walked to the mouse, picked up one in its mouth and walked out.
"It will break if you bury it."
"No." The kitten put down the mouse, "That's how Mr. Yogurt used to eat."
"The temperature is too high now." Li Mu thought for a moment, "I have a way."
"What can I do?"
"Make these rats into dried rats."
"Rat fuck~"
"Just like the dried fish that Brother Nan bought for you, it will last longer after being made into dried rat. Yogurt-sama can eat it whenever he wants."
"That's right!"
The kitten has big eyes and sparkling eyes. The dried fish that Brother Nan bought for her is delicious. Now her breakfast is dried fish.
"Then let me make rat jerky for Mr. Yoghurt."
"Okay!"
Li Mu made a circle with stones in the courtyard, lit a fire, filled a small iron pot with some water and put it on the fire.
"Ni Mu, do you want to cook a mouse?" The kitten squatted by the fire and watched curiously.
"No, steam it with water to remove the hair."
Li Mu placed a bamboo stand in the small iron pot, placed the mouse on the bamboo stand, and closed the lid.
After steaming for a few minutes, put the mouse in a basket and carry it to the faucet.
"The mouse has no fur!" The kitten looked at the mouse in shock as it became white after the fur was removed.
"The dried rat made this way will taste better."
"Hmm"
All the other cubs came over to watch.
After removing the internal organs and washing them, Li Mu walked back to the fire with the mouse, poured out the water in the pot, put some rice in, placed the cleaned mice on the bamboo stand, and covered the pot.
"Is this okay?"
"Well, it will be enough to smoke for more than ten minutes." Li Mu adjusted the fire to a low flame.
This is the Hakka practice in Ninghua. Generally, bran is put into the iron pot for smoking, but there is no bran here in Li Mu, so rice is used instead. I think the mice smoked with rice will definitely taste better than those smoked with bran.
Fifteen minutes later.
Li Mu opened the lid of the pot, and all the mice turned into burnt yellow, and the air was filled with the aroma of rat meat.
"It smells so good!"
The kittens gathered around the pot sniffed.
(End of chapter)