Communicate with furry animals without any barriers, and take the farm to the next level

Chapter 203 Big Deception

The preparation time passed quickly, and Oswin bought her a lot of medical and daily supplies.

Josh was also busy preparing food reserves for the elves heading to the secret realm.

Although the swamp secret realm should not be short of food for the elves, their condition will definitely not be maintained very well without the supplement of food with main world attributes.

After Joshi identified the elves that would be heading to the Secret Realm of Thick Fog together, he began to prepare animal food and freeze-dry them.

These are two different things, but Josh plans to get a mixed package of animal food, just like the dog and cat food he's seen before.

But Josh is not one of those unscrupulous merchants. He prepares absolutely pollution-free, pure natural, high-quality products for them (intentional deception)
After Qiao Xi's repeated persuasion, the big-tailed yak agreed to Qiao Xi's request not to go to the secret realm of thick fog together, but it was very angry and told Qiao Xi that it would not forgive her until she came back.

That means he will forgive her after he comes back. Hehehe, she is worthy of being his dear girl, she is smart. Qiao Xi squeezed over to give her a hug.

"Moo!" Arch open!

“No, just stick it on!”

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So it was confirmed that there would be three burrowing pigs, a brown-headed vulture, an air rock rat, a big burrowing rat boss, two bucktooth beavers, and a big star, a total of nine elves, who would set off together.

Since they are all omnivores, Josh can let go and make the animal food.

Big Star was worried about the reckless bear cub going with them, and Josh understood. When Little Star was jumping up and down, venting his anger about not being able to go out and play with them, Josh gave it an important task.

"This mission is more important than exploring the secret realm, you know? If we didn't have a better relationship, I would definitely ask the Beaver to help me. But I think I've known you longer, and our relationship is more precious than anyone else's, right?"

Little Star nodded and said, "Hulu~" That's right!
"Listen carefully, I need you to go to Shimmer Lake and catch as many whitebait as you can palm. The more the better. Can you do it?"

"Snour!" Of course, Little Bear promises to complete the task!

However, Little Star came close to Qiao Xi and asked her in a low voice: "Hulu?" Did you catch something to make me something delicious?

It has started to drool, slurp~
Qiao Xi was speechless and looked at the silly little bear. She really wanted to say that even if it was cured, it would still drool. Go home, go home, kid.

Josh gave the fat bear cub a big chestnut, but the bear had thick skin and flesh, and didn't seem to feel anything at all. It just looked at Josh with an aggrieved look on its face.

"This is more important than going on an adventure, don't you think?"

"Hulu~"Okay, Josh, you say. Little Bear is wronged/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~
"There's a saying in my hometown that goes, 'Before the troops move, the food and supplies must go first.' Do you know that?" Qiao Xi continued, looking at the confused little bear.

"You definitely don't understand. Let me tell you. Before you start doing something, you have to prepare it in advance. So now this preparation is in your hands, little star. I believe you can do it well, right?"

Little Star nodded. It could catch fish, of course! But it still didn't understand what this had to do with catching fish.

"That is to say, we have to prepare rations for the elves who follow me on the adventure to replenish their energy in the secret realm. This is more important than going to the secret realm, do you know?" Josh said it passionately.

"Huh~" The bear cub understood this time and snorted disdainfully. It turned out that he was being tricked into working. Forget it!

——"Hulu~" Qiao Xi continued, and another one came!
At one of the water inlets of the Shimmering Lake, migrating whitefish bravely moved forward, vowing to swim back to their birthplace. Little Star slapped the fish swimming in the rapids one by one, bringing them ashore.

Josh was having a lot of fun picking up the groceries with the basket, hahaha, so cool!
The Ring-tailed Fire Bear, who was just there to watch, also had a full meal. He kept chewing on the fat and tender fish meat. He had eaten too many fruits in the past two days, so he wanted to eat some fish meat to satisfy his craving.

Although Little Star realized belatedly that Josh was deliberately tricking it into catching fish, it was also very greedy, so after Josh coaxed it for a few words, it happily ran to catch the fish.

It's simple. Qiao Xi promised to leave some for it after it's done. He guarantees it will be so fragrant.

The whitebait in this season are all about the same size, with a belly full of roe. If you slap one too hard, the golden roe may fall out.

Josh would pick out the injured fish and leave them for the little bear to eat, and keep the intact ones as animal food.

In addition to the fish, Josh also asked Big Star to catch two large prey in the Glimmering Forest, as they needed meat to make freeze-dried animals.

Of course, the animals it was asked to capture were ordinary wild beasts or magical beasts without intelligence. Although they all ate meat, there was no point in being so particular, but Josh himself still cared a little.

She would never take the initiative to harm intelligent monsters.

"Okay, okay, little star, that's enough. No need to catch anymore. Pick up the stones and mud you stepped on to help these little fish. Don't affect their migration. We should go back and make preparations." They had already caught three full baskets of whitebait, and there was still half a basket of badly damaged ones left for the bear cubs. It was enough.

The scales of whitebait are small and crispy and delicious after baking.

Dried fish will be more fragrant if it is dried in the sun, but Qiao Xi is short on time and has a heavy task, and the current weather makes it a bit slow to dry the fish. She plans to bake it directly after marinating it. Although the flavor will be a little worse, the taste should be similar, and the freshness and fragrance of the fish can be preserved to the greatest extent.

After returning to the yard, Qiao Xi found a pair of sharp and pointed scissors, used the scissors to remove the fish head, and then used the tip to pick out the internal organs and gallbladder, and the fish was done.

He was a little unskilled at the beginning, but his speed increased as he cut. However, even though his speed increased, it still took Josh a lot of effort to cut these three big baskets.

Josh did not waste the cut fish head, and made fish head soup for the little ones tonight.

But it’s a pity that there is no tofu. It would be great if she could research and develop tofu.

After processing the fish bodies, Qiao Xi washed them one by one under running water and put them into clean baskets.

Add salt and spices to the warm boiled water prepared in advance, and finally add a little bit of liquor to remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor. Because it is for the elves to eat, Josh did not put too much, a little bit is enough.

Put the cleaned fish body into a large basin filled with spice water, soak it for a while, put it on a clean sieve and let it dry overnight.

Although time is tight, there is still time to air-dry overnight. Otherwise, if you put it into the bread oven while it is wet, it will be soft and not tasty after baking.

Hundreds of fish were densely packed in the yard at once, and instructions were given to the brown-headed vultures that patrolled at night not to let other small monsters steal these fish.

Qiao Xi is ready to start making fish head soup!

Happy Saturday, babies!

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