The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 113 When the autumn wind rises, the three snakes grow fat.

That black serpent that terrified the Mao family leader half to death.

He eventually died from the beatings of the officials.

The officials' "good luck" started with this snake!

It felt like I'd stumbled upon a snake pit, one after another.
Meanwhile, the Zuo clan's hunting squad caught twenty-five rabbits and quite a few mountain rats.

Thankfully, King Atu's underlings didn't see it.

Otherwise, people would surely think that King Atu's master was eating his colleagues.

Time always flies when you're jungling.

Men are extremely enthusiastic about this.

I've been working on it from morning till afternoon.

They wouldn't stop until they had explored every single hole in the mountain range.

riverside.

The sharp-eyed children spotted their uncles returning from their hunting trip in the distance.

They were carrying loads of prey in their hands.

One by one, the little voices started calling out.

"My third uncle is back! We can finally eat meat! We can finally eat meat!"

"My dad is the best! My dad dares to kill wolves!"

"Hehehe, you're both amazing, you're both amazing!"

The excited little ones ran to greet them.

As soon as I got closer.

The child running in the lead suddenly came to a stop.

He even sat down on the ground.

"Ah, it's a snake."

The younger ones, upon hearing it was a snake, would turn and run away.

Out of breath and in tears
Snakes terrify not only children, but even women will run far away at the sight of them.

The eccentric, foolish, and daring Fatty and Dog cowered in the circle of people peeling snakeskin, stuffing their fingers in their mouths and not daring to utter a sound.

Snakes are truly amazing.

Even when his head had been smashed into a pulp by a rock while he was catching the snake.

Even during the skinning process, the snake's body continued to twist and bend from time to time.

The wicked officials wrapped the snake around their wrists and pretended to hand it to Fatty.

Fatty exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! Its tail is moving! Uncle, is your knife not working properly?"

Official: You wretched child from the pork butcher's family!
Turning around, Fatty complained to his mother.

"Uncle is a bad coward!"

Well, after only ten days in Guanzhong, the little brat has already learned to swear in the local dialect.

not far away.

When Guan Jun saw this group of beggars from Daming Prefecture, they saw that they were eating snakeskin and rats, and that they would eat anything.

I simply don't know how to describe it.

I also heard that young man called Xiucai Gong say:
"I read in a travelogue that people in Lingnan love to stew black-tailed snake and rabbit meat in the same pot. It is said that eating this dish often in autumn can treat thirst and emaciation, stomach heat and vomiting, bloody stools, and is also beneficial for arthralgia!"

"Scholar, how about you cook this dish today?"

Of course, we couldn't be happier!

Zuo Wenkang was afraid that these people would ruin good ingredients.

Although the Feng Dynasty did not have the custom of eating snake meat.

But when they followed the War King around, and there was no food or supplies, they had to eat whatever they could catch in the deep mountains and forests.

The only thing to be careful about is not to damage the snake's venom glands, so as to prevent it from flowing into the snake meat.

He can cook eighteen dishes related to snakes in one go!
An hour later.

Zuo Wenkang prepared a stew of snake and rabbit using only coarse salt for simple seasoning.

Fifteen snakes and twenty-five rabbits were skinned, and the meat, including the bones, weighed over a hundred pounds.

I stewed five pots of soup.

The souls of the people, who had been starving to the point of leaving their bodies, finally returned to the mortal realm by smelling the aroma.

Each person held a bowl and gathered around the large pot on the stove, shouting that they wanted to eat meat.

"What's the rush? The meat is all calculated: four pieces of snake meat and four pieces of rabbit meat per person!"

"Haste makes waste; be careful not to burn your tongue!"

"Wait, wait, don't spill it!"

The scholar-chef not only cooked the meat well, but also oversaw the entire meat-distribution process.

It was done in a very fair and just manner.

After distributing the meat to everyone, he poured several large baskets of fresh shepherd's purse into the meat broth, blanched it, and then immediately scooped it out.

More than 300 people were holding their own bowls by the river.

Some squatted, some sat on the ground. The women who had previously turned pale at the mention of snakes couldn't resist their hunger and took a small sip of soup from their bowls.

As the broth entered my throat, I felt a chill run down my spine.

What kind of magical soup is this?

If we had to rank the "umami" of taste, we would need to establish a hierarchy.

The freshness of shellfish is a complex, downward-flowing quality.

The umami flavor of chicken is intermediate, a common, home-style umami.

The freshness of snake is an upward and light freshness.

It's easy to detect a hint of sweetness.

After taking a sip, you can't wait to take a second one.

After drinking a few more sips, my fear of snakes was completely eliminated.

After finishing half a bowl of soup, one no longer hesitated to eat snake meat.

They thought the soup was the best.

The snow-white snake meat was eaten.

It's a completely different feeling.

It has absolutely no fishy smell and no noticeable odor!
Because it was stewed for a long time, the snake meat easily fell off the bone with just a slight touch.

Take a closer look.

The meat inside was incredibly tender, even more so than chicken or pork!

Rabbit meat, a side dish, must be tasteless, right?

Unexpectedly, the rabbit meat, infused with the flavor of snake soup, was so delicious that it reached right to the bone.

No one had ever imagined that these two types of meat would taste so good when stewed together!

Absolutely amazing!
A bite of meat, a sip of soup.

Even the timid women ate with great relish.

The men, with no inhibitions, felt that nothing could be more exquisite than this.

Even someone as old as Luo felt full of energy after eating this medicinal diet, and could walk another sixty miles in one go.

As for children.

They had no time to marvel!

Her little mouth was stuffed full of meat.

Fatty thought horse meat was the most delicious thing in the world last month, but today he decided to cast his vote for the snake.

Mustard greens blanched in meat broth have a unique flavor.

They ate soup and meat, and finished with shepherd's purse. The young and strong men were about half full.

"Brothers, don't worry if you haven't eaten enough yet, the rat meat will be cooked soon!"

The rat meat, sizzling and dripping with oil from the roasting, was emitting a unique aroma of roasted meat.

I don’t know why.

The soldiers smelled the slightly charred aroma of meat, and their eyes and noses seemed to go out of control.

It smells so good it's almost unfair.

The dozen or so people exchanged glances, their eyes conveying the same message.

They want to eat!

People who are this hungry must be very protective of their food, right?

I didn't expect them to be so hospitable!

They were very warmly invited to eat barbecue.

At first, only one person tore off a piece, just out of curiosity to taste it.

Once they tasted the delicious rat meat, they completely forgot about formalities.

More than sixty mountain rats!

In half a quarter of an hour, they had eaten them all.

Bones were scattered all over the ground.

Guan Jun and his men wiped their mouths and scratched their heads.

Oh dear, I accidentally ate all of their food.

At this point, there was no time to worry about tracking and surveillance.

He even offered the group some pointers on how to cross the mountain and what time of day would be the best time to reach the desired location.

What a pleasant surprise!

And then.

The exiled contingent spent two days crossing the Longshan Mountains and officially entered the Guanzhong Ancient Road leading to the border town.

Looking at the distant Longshan Mountains behind me.

Everyone let out a long sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, there are post stations along this trade route; otherwise, we would have truly starved to death on the road."

(End of this chapter)