Chapter 85 - Working (1/2)

Chapter 85 - Working

While these people were beginning to consider the situation of their loved ones, the people of the Big Bear Tribe had all gathered together and begun to eat meat.

Xiong Ye had been busy with bringing the people that had been driven out of the Giant Tiger Tribe back and settling them in, so he hadn’t had time to go out hunting that day. However, Zhu Zhan and the others had gone back out to hunt later that day, so there was still meat to eat that night.

The good meat and viscera, as well as large, high quality earth eggs were distributed amongst the people of the Big Bear Tribe. As for the people who had just arrived… The priest had told people to cut off the rotten parts of the bad earth eggs and cook them with the bones and other viscera that nobody liked to eat in order to feed them.

Those things didn’t look very good, but the people of the gathering team in the Big Bear Tribe had only been able to eat this kind of food in the past as well.

These people naturally wouldn’t disdain such food. On the contrary, they were very moved––they hadn’t expected the Big Bear Tribe to actually give them two meals to eat in a day!

They wolfed down the earth eggs and dinosaur viscera and felt that it was incredibly tasty.

But then, they smelled a very mouthwatering fragrance…

Zhou Ji hadn’t used chili peppers to cook today, but he was stir frying things with the sugar he had made for himself and was making red braised meat.

The meat he used was the tenderest portion of that day’s prey, and the sugar had been made from sweet cane. In addition, he had also used some spices for flavour.

Using a stone pot to fry vegetables was a bit slow, but as long as he had patience, it was still pretty good when it came to making red braised meat. Zhou Ji slowly heated up the sugar and then braised the meat for a long time, and by the time the lid of the pot was lifted up, a very appetizing scent drifted through the air.

Beastmen’s sense of smell were generally very good, so basically everyone present could smell this fragrance. They all looked towards Zhou Ji.

The people of the Big Bear Tribe began to get cravings and couldn’t help but drool, “What is Zhou Ji making today?”

“Isn’t he cooking meat? How come the meat he’s boiling smells so good?”

“It smells so delicious!”

……

The slaves worshipped the Beast God’s messenger even more.

He really lived up to the name of being the Beast God’s messenger, even the things he ate were different––they’ve never had food that smelled so fragrant!

Almost everyone could only stare wistfully at the food, but it wasn’t the same for the priest. The priest held a bowl in one hand and lifted his dragging robes with the other as he ran over to Zhou Ji’s side, drooling as he stared at the meat, “This meat smells very fragrant, let me try it!”

Zhou Ji picked up a piece of meat and placed it into the priest’s bowl.

The priest ate it in one bite.

Zhou Ji asked, “Is it good? Is it too salty? Does it need to be cooked further?”

The priest replied, “Tastes good. The level of saltiness is just right. The meat is already very soft and doesn’t need to be cooked anymore.”

“That’s good.” Zhou Ji turned towards Xiong Ye, “It’s ready to eat.” He didn’t like this type of dinosaur meat and didn’t want to eat it, so he had the priest try it in his stead.

Since it was delicious, he could let Xiong Ye eat it.

Priest: “Why did you just give me such a small piece?”

“Grandpa Priest, other people also want some. If I give you a little more, it’ll mean that I also have to give them more, and then I won’t have any for myself.” Xiong Ye gestured behind the priest.

The priest only now noticed that Xiong He and a few others who had good relations with Xiong Ye were waiting behind him. Seeing that he had turned around, Xiong He even smiled at him.

The priest could only leave indignantly.

Zhou Ji had known that Xiong Ye would most likely give some of the dish to others, so he had cut the meat into smaller pieces. Xiong Ye gave everyone who came to ask for food a piece, and was still left with four fifths of the original bowl that he then began to dig into heartily.

This meat had his favorite sweet taste. It was really especially tasty!

Xiong Ye ate very happily, and his mood was incredibly good, which put Zhou Ji in a good mood, too, “After we have a pottery pot, I’ll be able to make other delicious things for you to eat.”

“I’ll go and catch good things for you tomorrow!” Xiong Ye said.

By the time everyone had finished eating, the sky had already turned dark. At the same time, the fire in the pit where the pottery was fired had finally completely extinguished.

Someone immediately went to the firepit and brought out everything that had been put in.

With Zhou Ji keeping watch by the side, the temperature of the fire in the firepit had been well-maintained, and they had also stopped the process at the right time, so the pottery they fired… came out as a lot of pottery shards.

Fractured pottery was inevitable.

One fortunate thing was that they had actually managed to create something whole––a ceramic knife!

This ceramic knife had been randomly made and put into the fire with the rest; unexpectedly, it became the only thing to make it through the firing process without breaking…

In addition, there were some bowls and pitchers that still maintained a solid base despite cracking at the top and could still be used to hold things.

Zhou Ji had scanned everything they had placed inside with his spiritual powers earlier and was now evaluating the results… He felt that if he made a few pots out of the mud himself, he would definitely be able to make something that came out whole.

He could give it a try tomorrow.

Although they had failed again, the people of the tribe were still able to come up with a variety of uses for these shards of broken pottery. They weren’t wasted at all.

“One more time, and we should be able to create complete pottery. This is really great!” The priest was delighted as he said, “There’s also more good news. The earth eggs are ready to be harvested!”

Earth eggs were a plant that could be harvested every three months. The earth eggs they had planted three months ago were now ready.

“We’ll have the group of newcomers go and collect the earth eggs tomorrow! Then, have them plow and fertilize the ground before planting the next crop. They can also be given the task of gathering grass to feed the dinosaurs with…” The priest had already thought about what kind of work these people would do in the tribe.