Chapter 23 The Lobster River(1/2)
That night, the meat of the big-horned deer was eaten by everyone, and Luskin Chenbei gave it to Qingzhu.
The deer skin is soft and comfortable after treatment, and is especially suitable for making animal leather jackets. As a tribe's witch, Qingzhu should of course be worn better.
As for the two huge antlers, they were hung on the wall of Chenbei wooden house as decorations as trophy.
After everyone's discussion, the hunting team decided to temporarily give up the forest to avoid bloody conflicts with the Black Snake Tribe.
When the Mang tribe becomes stronger, they will seek revenge on the Black Snake tribe and take back what originally belonged to them!
The Black Snake Tribe is hunting in the east, and the hunting team of the Mang Tribe can only hunt in the mountains and forests to the west, which basically ensures that the hunting teams of the two tribes will not meet again.
The forests in the west are also very vast, but the prey is slightly less than those in the east, so there is nothing we can do about it.
Fortunately, Chenbei never focused all on hunting. The Mang tribe has many sources of food, so it is not a big problem to have less prey.
The next day, Chen Bei planned to go to the fishing team to take a look and he should be able to catch a lot of good things in the river.
By the river, the fishing team was collecting the fish baskets that were laid out yesterday, and one after another was pulled up.
Chen Beichao walked over and asked, "How is the harvest?"
The team member held the fish basket and said excitedly: "Chief, we caught some strange prey. Look, it's this thing."
Chen Bei looked into the fish basket and saw that he was a big dark red lobster with a thick arm waving his pliers and showing off his might.
"Big lobster?"
Chenbei never expected that there would be big lobsters in the river, and they were not small.
"Chief, can this thing be eaten?"
"Of course it can be eaten, it tastes pretty good."
To be pitiful, Chen Bei had only eaten crayfish in his previous life. Big lobsters like this are not affordable to ordinary people.
"It's great. I caught a few yesterday, which are bigger than this one. Its pliers can kill other fish. Everyone doesn't know if they can eat them, so they keep them in a small pond."
"I'll tell the captain now."
The team member ran away excitedly with Yubakuan, ran to Lie, and repeated Chen Bei's words.
Lie quickly walked to Chenbei and said, "Chief, what big lobster can really be eaten?"
"Of course, in many places, it's even rarer to be delicious."
"That's good. I'm afraid of being poisonous and dare not eat it. Since the leader said that, I'm relieved."
Chenbeidao: "When you go back, you will send me some big ones."
"Okay, I will definitely choose the biggest one for the leader."
Chen Bei felt a little excited when he thought that such a big lobster could be eaten openly. Maybe it was because he was too poor in his previous life.
At this moment, several team members responsible for fishing not far away found that a big fish had taken the bait.
"Hurry, pull up."
One of the totem warriors pulled the fishing rod and even used the totem power, but the big fish in the water had a very strong force and it was difficult to pull it up for a while.
"The rope is about to break!"
As soon as the totem warrior finished speaking, the rope was torn off with a "bang" sound, and the big fish in the water ran away with the hook.
"The rope is still not strong enough, and such a big fish ran away like that."
The totem warrior threw the fishing rod to the ground in annoyance, feeling a little depressed.
Chen Bei walked over and picked up the fishing rod. The fishing rod was as thick as an arm, and it was a small tree full of toughness. It was only used by totem warriors. Most people thought it was too big.
The fishing line is a kind of vine skin. After peeling it off, it is woven into a rope. Generally, fish with a size of more than ten or twenty kilograms can be caught, but no matter how big the fish is, the rope cannot bear it.
Chen Bei patted the totem warrior on the shoulder and said, "Don't be depressed, go back and think of a way to weave a stronger rope, and catch it next time."
The totem warrior said with a bitter face: "Chief, the fish in the river are too big. Many ropes have been broken in the past two days. I saw that the fish was hooked, but I couldn't pull it up. It was so uncomfortable."
Chen Bei thought for a while and said, "After you go back, you can try to use different tree bark or vine peels, peel them a little thinner and weave a few more strands. The woven rope should be much stronger."
"Yes, leader, let's go back and try."
The totem warrior changed his fishing rod and continued fishing, while Chen Bei walked towards the place where the net was cast.
Whether it is fishing or putting a fish basket, it cannot be compared with casting a net.
The real weapon for fishing is the fishing net. Even if the fishing net is relatively primitive, its function is not comparable to other fishing gear.
"Drag, hurry up."
On the bank of the river, the totem warriors responsible for using fishing nets were closing the nets, and several people dragged a large net to the shore.
The rivers that have never been caught are amazingly rich in fish resources.
After the net went down, at least hundreds of kilograms of fish were caught. These fish were jumping in panic in the fishing net. Chenbei even saw a few big lobsters, who were trying to pinch the fishing net and run away with sharp pliers.
But they had no chance to escape, and the fishing net was quickly dragged to the shore.
"Huh, what kind of fish is this?"
In the fishing net, a blue crab as big as a washbasin kept waving its pliers and killing several fish, which was even more fierce than a big lobster.
Chen Bei walked over and saw it, and was amused and said, "This is called a big crab. It's rare to be so big."
"Chief, can you eat it?"
Tribes only care about whether they can eat it, and as for the rest, they don’t care much.
"If you can eat, you have to remove the internal organs and gills inside. I will teach you how to eat it."
Eating small crabs is more troublesome because there is little meat. After removing the uneasy parts and shells, there is very little that can be eaten.
But crabs as big as a basin can be full by eating meat.
"It's good to eat it. Such a fierce guy must be delicious."
When hunting in the mountains and forests, tribes find that the more fierce the prey, the higher the energy contained in the flesh, and probably the prey in the water is the same.
Then, they divided the fish in the fishing net into carnivorous fish and herbivorous carp and threw them into the prepared vine basket. Some of them carried back to the tribe. Some would be kept in the pond for raising them, while others would be eaten that day.
For example, carnivorous fish, because they are too fierce, they will eat other fish, so most of them will be eaten on the same day.
Herbivorous fish have a gentle personality and can be kept in a pond. You only need to cut some grass for them to keep it and eat it slowly.
Chen Bei watched by the river for a long time and was generally satisfied with the performance of the fishing team.
Experience is accumulated. Compared with the hunting team's forest hunting, the fishing team has serious lack of experience. It is already very good to be able to do this. The rest is to accumulate experience.
When Chen Bei was about to go back, Lie walked to him and said, "Chief, why don't you give this river a name?"
It is indeed necessary to name a name. You can't always call that river, right?
Chen Bei touched his chin, thought about it carefully for a while, and remembered the big lobster I had seen before.
"Just call it Lobster River."
Chen Bei was too lazy to worry about his brain, so he simply used the fishing fishing he saw at the beginning to gain a name.
"Lobster River, this name is good. From now on, this river will be called Lobster River. Thank you, the leader."
The name of the river was decided like this, and Lie expressed his satisfaction.
"You guys continue fishing, be careful, I'll go back first."
"Okay, leader, go slowly." Lie waved to Chenbei's back.
Chen Bei walked straight back to his wooden house. Lie was indeed reliable. Not long after Chen Bei came back, he brought the big lobsters with two arms.
"Whisk or boil?"
Chen Bei looked at the big lobster tied by a straw rope and finally decided to steam it.
Because the steamed meat is a little tender and tastes better.
Chenbei put a few wooden sticks into the stone pot to form a simple water-blocking rack, then placed a large lobster on the rack, covered the lid, and started steaming.
Chenbei made salt and some spices into sauce, put it in a wooden bowl, and then dipped it in the meat of the big lobster.
"What a pity, there is no soy sauce."
It is a very regrettable to eat lobster without soy sauce, and I always feel that it is a little less delicious.
Then, Chen Bei smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "It's really swelling. The tribe has just been able to fill its stomach and actually wants soy sauce."
After the big lobster was steamed, Chen Bei tasted a little by himself and made sure it was not poisonous. Then he called the elder and Qingzhu over and tasted the delicious food from the river together.
"Is this... shrimp?"
Unexpectedly, Qingzhu actually met her.
"The witch has eaten a big lobster?" Chen Bei asked curiously.
Qingzhu shook her head and said, "There are many things in the inheritance I have obtained, which mentioned that some tribes live by the water, and shrimps are also one of their food."
Chen Bei nodded, just like he was studying and watching TV in his previous life, he had seen many things from books or TV, but had never seen or eaten with his own eyes.
Chenbei peeled off the shrimp shells, removed the shrimp intestines, tore the crystal clear shrimp meat into pieces, clamped it with chopsticks, and dipped it in the sauce.
To be continued...