Chapter 50 - Eating Meat (1/2)
Chapter 50 - Eating Meat
Translator: xiinEditors: apricot & juurensha
The people of the tribe weren’t thinking as deeply as Zhou Ji was. They were currently far too happy.
Even though they had seen that giant beast yesterday, and some of them had been scared enough to wet their pants, seeing the huge amount of meat there was now, they were all immediately overjoyed.
They had never seen so much meat before in their lives. More importantly… there was even more meat in the distance, all over the mountains and plains!
The warriors of the tribe had already gone out to bring meat back once, and after setting it down they had gone out to get more right away. As for the weak and elderly of the tribe, they had begun to process the meat.
Many of the bodies that had been brought back were incomplete. The tribespeople simply cut them apart, setting aside the larger pieces of meat while tossing the smaller bits and pieces into a pot to boil.
The big stone pot in the tribe wasn’t big enough, so everyone brought out the small pots they had in their caves. Some people even went out to bring back some large leaves that they then wrapped around the meat and placed in the fire to roast.
The tribe was suffused with… A very unpleasant smell.
At the very least, Zhou Ji did not find it pleasant.
Of course, Xiong Ye didn’t feel this way. After tossing about for so long, Xiong Ye had been starving since a while ago. Normally, Zhou Ji would have prepared food for him to eat by this time, but Zhou Ji currently looked so pale and obviously couldn’t make anything.
Xiong Ye dragged his injured leg behind him as he went to the entrance to his cave and called down, “Xiong Mao!”
It was likely because Xiong Ye had cuddled Xiong Mao for a while during the Beast God Sacrifice, but Xiong Mao had constantly hung around closely to Xiong Ye over the past few days. Xiong Ye had also become much more familiar with Xiong Mao.
“Elder brother.” Xiong Mao scrambled over.
“Xiong Mao, do me a favor and help me roast this meat.” Xiong Ye said.
Xiong Bai had tossed down that piece of raw meat and then run off. Not only were the meat and blood mixed together in a nasty mess, it was also inedible…
“Alright!” Xiong Mao happily agreed.
That piece of meat looked to be around fifteen kilograms. Xiong Mao himself was only thirty or so kilograms, and before he awakened, he wouldn’t have been able to bring that piece of meat down to roast it even if he could lift it up. Now, however, it was an easy matter for him to take the meat down right away.
Xiong Ye added, “Are there any edible grasses in the tribe? Bring me some of that too.”
“There is, there is!” Xiong Mao nodded several times and sped away.
Xiong Ye finally looked at Zhou Ji, “Zhou Ji, that piece of meat has been taken away. Don’t be scared.”
“Thank you.” Zhou Ji laughed despite himself.
“Did you come looking for me yesterday? Were you frightened?” Xiong Ye asked again.
Zhou Ji nodded. “That giant beast…”
“He’s very terrifying, but don’t be scared. I’m here!” Xiong Ye patted his own chest to comfort his mate and accidentally hit the wound on his chest, which caused him to immediately cry out in pain.
Itbe Al: “……”
Xiong Ye was stunned and also began to worry a little.
In fact, the priest had also started to worry.
Raw meat rotted easily. It couldn’t be left there for more than a couple days. Previously, the tribe had relied on roasting the meat for short term preservation––roasted meat could be left for several days. If they weren’t picky, all they needed to do was cut off the outer layer and re-roast the inside. Meat could be kept for a while that way.
However, meat needed to be cured in order to preserve it for a longer time.
At this time in the past, their salt team would have returned with a lot of salt. If they suddenly came across this much meat, they would eat and drink for a few days, and then cure the rest of it so that none of it would be wasted. Now, however, they didn’t have enough salt!
If they didn’t have enough salt to cure the meat, then the meat couldn’t be preserved for a long time, and it would spoil!
The priest was almost worried to death.
There was so much meat, wasn’t it a pity to waste any of it?
While he was still thinking it over, the hunting team had already brought back another batch of meat. Xiong He said, “There isn’t even a single wild animal over by the mountain. There’s nothing but meat everywhere. Everyone in the tribe who can move should come with me to go and collect meat!”
When they saw the giant beast, they were unable to leave the tribe behind and run away, but all the animals had run away…
They hadn’t come across a single one of the terrible dinosaurs and snakes that they used to come across occasionally!
Xiong He felt that he could take the people of the tribe out to see more of the world.
The priest agreed, and the tribespeople all turned out in full force to go and bring back more meat.
Xiong Mao hurriedly brought Xiong Ye his roasted meat before leaving along with them. Of course, he didn’t forget to give Xiong Ye some vegetables.
“Zhou Ji, it’s time to eat.” Xiong Ye called Zhou Ji over.
Even the children of the tribe had gone out to carry meat, but nobody had asked Zhou Ji to go with them.
Everyone knew about what had happened yesterday––Zhou Ji had gone out to look for Xiong Ye and had actually passed out after running all the way there from exhaustion. He even needed to be carried back… Wasn’t asking him to go and help carry meat just asking for trouble?
After Xiong Ye called out to Zhou Ji, he began to gnaw on a large mouthful of meat.
Zhou Ji looked at the ‘vegetables’ that Xiong Mao had brought over and felt a little powerless.
These kinds of vegetables that the people of the tribe often ate didn’t taste good at all, and he normally wouldn’t eat them. That was bad enough… but these vegetables weren’t even fresh. They were also very dirty.
“Xiong Ye, I’m not hungry. I’m going to go lie down for a while.” Zhou Ji said. He was actually hungry, so hungry that his front was sticking to his back and really needed to eat something.