ATBLM [QT] Chapter 146.2

All the necessary items were prepared. Jiang Rui started a fire and cut the meat skillfully. When the stone slab was hot, she threw the fat on it. She heard a squeaking sound immediately. When the fat meat encountered high temperatures, the fat inside boiled out, and the aroma filled the entire valley.

While the oil was simmering over there, Jiang Rui cut the tenderloin into thin slices, sprinkled it with pepper, and marinated it a little to remove the smell. Then, she set aside the cooked meat residue and spread the tenderloin slices one by one on the stone slab. The edges of the thin meat slices were quickly fried until they were rolled up. She skillfully picked up the meat slices and turned them over.

After both sides were slightly browned, she sprinkled them with salt, put them on the clean large leaves, and served them to Ling Yuan.

“Owner, try it.”

“Thank you.” Ling Yuan used two bamboo branches as chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat. Although it looked rough and not as delicate as his usual food, the meat was delicious, tender, charred, and chewy in the mouth. For people who live in the wilderness, it is a rare delicacy.

“Very good.” He nodded in praise.

Jiang Rui said happily: “The Owner, please eat more.”

“You eat too, and don’t patronize me. The two of us are now in the wilderness, and we no longer need to stick to our identities.”

Jiang Rui hesitated for a moment and then nodded with a smile.

Although the barbecue was delicious, it made people feel greasy after eating too much. Jiang Rui looked around while chewing the meat.

Spring was the season when wild vegetables grew. She quickly discovered what she wanted, said something, and ran away. She squatted on the ground, dug for a while, and came back with a few bushes of mustard greens and wild onions. She said excitedly: “Owner, let’s make meat rolls and eat them!”

Ling Yuan only knew how to eat and knew nothing about the things in the kitchen. Hearing this, he just smiled and nodded: “Okay.”

Now he understood a little bit why she dared to come down to look for him. When the wild boar attacked before, he pulled her away and took the opportunity to check her veins and found that she did not know any martial arts. But even so, with her ability, she could obviously survive in this wilderness as long as she avoided the beasts.

The so-called meat rolls were meat rolled with vegetables. Jiang Rui washed the mustard greens, fried them in oil, sprinkled them with salt, and rolled them in the roasted tenderloin. The wild vegetables were a little rough in the mouth, but they had a refreshing fragrance, which just cut through the greasiness.

A wild boar’s tenderloin weighed three or four catties, which was neither too much nor too little. The two of them ate it all.

Just after cleaning up, there were dark clouds gathering in the sky again. The rain in spring was always so continuous. The two of them went into the cave that Jiang Rui had discovered before to take shelter from the rain.

The cave is not deep, but relatively clean. There is some hay and wood stored in it.

Jiang Rui took a wooden stick and knocked in the corner to make sure there were no insects or snakes before she felt relieved.

The rain came down quickly. She walked to the cave and looked at the sky, sighing softly.

Ling Yuan was leaning against the stone wall to rest his mind. Hearing her sigh, he asked, “You want to go back home? When you get out of here, I will arrange for someone to take you back to Mingshan Village.”

“That’s not it.” Jiang Rui shook her head and said, “I’m just sorry that the wild boar still has so much meat. It must have been eaten by other animals.”

“Just hunt one if you want to eat it.” Ling Yuan said with a smile.

She looked at the entrance of the cave for a while. After the dark clouds gathered, the cave became darker and darker. Then, she went back into the cave, lit a fire, and kept muttering to herself: “That wild boar also has rump tip, plum meat, ribs, and pork belly. They are all good meat. It’s a pity that I don’t have the tools and seasonings at hand, otherwise, it would be delicious.”

After hearing this, Ling Yuan felt that no matter whether she had another identity, at least as a cook, she was considered very competent.

Anyway, he had nothing to do. He was a little leisurely and took her time to talk around the world, so he asked, “Besides wild boars, what else can be made delicious in the mountains?”

“That’s a lot.” Jiang Rui suddenly got excited and counted on her fingers: “The hare can be roasted, the snake meat can be used to make snake soup, and the pheasant can be used to make beggar’s chicken. If these living animals are not available, wild vegetables and fruits can also be used.”

“You know a lot.” Ling Yuan smiled.

Jiang Rui smiled embarrassedly: “I have been working in the kitchen ever since I entered the village. I only know this one thing.”

“Do you still remember where your home is and your parents’ names?”

“I don’t remember anymore.” Jiang Rui shook her head, used a wooden stick to brighten the fire, and whispered: “I was abducted. If it wasn’t for the steward who bought me, I don’t know where I am now.”

Ling Yuan paused and said, “When the matter at hand is over, I will send someone to look for you.”

Jiang Rui immediately raised her head, her eyes shining brightly with the firelight, “Thank you, Owner!”

Ling Yuan smiled and said: “No need to say thank you. If you hadn’t come to find me, I would still be out in the rain with an empty stomach.”

“Ah, by the way, when it comes to eating, if you can meet a roe deer, you can also make delicious food.”

“Earlier I saw some mountain fungi outside the cave. I wonder if they can be eaten?”

“I have also seen it, some can be eaten, but some cannot be eaten.”

The topic returned to eating, and the two of them kept talking. It was getting dark before they knew it.

Jiang Rui touched her stomach and looked at the continuous rain. She was feeling melancholy when she suddenly heard a rooster crow and immediately turned to look at Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan was also looking at her, and the two of them made the same sound.

“Dinner.”

 

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The author has something to say:

Old Eight is in the process of unconsciously degenerating. When he completely degenerates, it will be time for reckoning~

 

Translator’s Comment:

Why did it become a cooking class?

Old Eight, I don’t know that you are such a foodie, tsk tsk…

 

 

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