Chapter 120 - Seafood Feast (1/2)
Ch120 - Seafood Feast
Although they had fought a big battle a few days ago, scaring away all the fish and shrimp in the area, the fish and other marine life in the sea had returned after the fight was over. Because of this, it didn’t take long for the people of the Beach Tribe to catch and bring back fish.
They placed all the fish in front of Hai Feng in a huge pile; there was a good many different varieties of seafood.
“You… the fish is here.” Hai Feng looked at Zhou Ji.
“Why is there only fish?” Zhou Ji asked.
Hai Feng’s expression showed his doubt.
Zhou Ji said, “I also want other edible things, like shrimp.”
There were many things that could be eaten in the sea, but fish was definitely the best tasting thing. How could shrimp and the like that came with shells be as tasty as fish? Hai Feng felt that Zhou Ji was purposely being difficult by requesting that he obtain those things.
Yet even if that was the case, there was nothing he could do…
He could only have the people of the Beach Tribe go and catch some of those other things.
The people of the Beach Tribe were just as dissatisfied as Hai Feng, but even their powerful Sea God didn’t dare resist this person… They didn’t dare speak up and could only go and catch something else.
They decided to grab some things that didn’t taste good for this person!
Zhou Ji wasn’t clear about what the people of the Beach Tribe were thinking. Meanwhile, some fish in the pile had died as soon as they had left the sea, but some were still alive. Zhou Ji glanced at Xiong Ye.
Xiong Ye recalled that Zhou Ji couldn’t take any life and immediately said, “I’ll go and kill the fish!”
He was already very practiced at killing fish and soon finished killing them all. Seeing this, Zhou Ji had some people boil water, then picked out a few fish that looked like they had fleshier, tastier meat, rubbed some salt on them, and set them on the steaming rack to steam.
Steaming seafood was the best way to retain the taste of fresh seafood. Of course, they couldn’t all be steamed… Zhou Ji picked out the fish that appeared the most like ribbonfish from amongst the pile of fish. He salted them, then he took out the small amount of remaining barley that they had, and had Xiong Ye beat it into barley flour. When the barley flour was ready, he wrapped the ribbonfish in barley flour and placed them in the pot to fry them in oil.
It was easy for ribbonfish to break into pieces if it was fried directly, but it wouldn’t do so when fried in the pan like this.
He also made a few very thin flour pancakes. These pancakes were made in a very simple way, by adding water to flour and making a liquid mixture that he then poured into a pan. It was ready after spreading out the mixture on the pan and letting it cook.
Frying the ribbonfish longer would soften the bones inside. Regardless of whether they were eaten directly or wrapped in the flour pancakes first, they would definitely taste very good.
Having just experienced something very pleasant, Zhou Ji was currently very willing to make something delicious for Xiong Ye.
“How fragrant!” Xiong Ye was really looking forward to it. His gaze locked onto the frying ribbonfish and didn’t move away-compared to steamed fish, fried fish really smelled too good!
Seeing this, Zhou Ji used chopsticks to give him a few pieces of fried ribbonfish, “This dish is a little greasy, don’t eat too much.”
“Why can’t we eat too many greasy things?” Xiong Ye didn’t understand.
“It’ll make you uncomfortable.” Zhou Ji replied. He was worried that Xiong Ye might suffer diarrhea.
“I definitely won’t feel bad after eating greasy food.” Xiong Ye insisted. “I’ll feel very comfortable after eating my fill.”
Zhou Ji looked at Xiong Ye and suddenly recalled that Xiong Ye’s body was multiple times better than the bodies of ordinary people on Earth. Not only that, this place was very mysterious and illogical in some aspects-he had already healed Xiong Ye’s injuries.
For Xiong Ye’s sake, he had previously thought that salt and pepper fried squid and such shouldn’t be eaten, but it now seemed that he didn’t need to consider such things.
With that in mind, Zhou Ji wrapped a ribbonfish in a flour pancake and handed it to Xiong Ye, “In that case, have more.”
Xiong Ye ate quite a lot-he had first been worried and scared, then experienced a round of ‘activities’, so he’d been hungry for a long time.
After realizing that Zhou Ji wasn’t against eating these fish himself, he even stuffed one into Zhou Ji’s mouth.
Zhou Ji also ate quite a lot.
By the time they finished eating the fried ribbonfish, the steamed fish was ready.
Zhou Ji hadn’t put any seasonings on it when making the steamed fish, but because the fish was very fresh, it didn’t taste too fishy, and he quite enjoyed it.
Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye soon finished off quite a few steamed fish. The difference was… Xiong Ye wasn’t very picky when he ate the fish, swallowing it all down, while Zhou Ji plucked out all the fish bones out of habit while eating his fish.
Hai Feng: “……” What was going on with this person? He was so picky even when it came to eating fish!
He ate this kind of fish raw. In fact, he ate a whole bunch of them in one go, alright?! Couldn’t Zhou Ji be more straightforward about these things?
Fine, although he wasn’t straightforward, this smell of cooked fish was really too fragrant.
The steamed fish could be ignored, and he could make it for himself in the future, but the fried ribbonfish… He didn’t know what that water-like thing in the pot was, and he didn’t know what that white powder was. He just knew that the fish that was fried up like this smelled too good!
Hai Feng, who had constantly been living in the sea and previously felt that even roasted fish was a delicacy, was about to start drooling!
And at this time, the people of the Beach Tribe returned.
The people of the Beach Tribe had brought back many types of seafood that they thought were bad.
For example, the lobsters and crabs that were covered in a hard shell and didn’t have much meat inside, the particularly ugly looking things that looked like stones and weren’t easy to open that only had a tiny bit of meat inside, and those sea urchins that were covered in spines…
Zhou Ji was extremely satisfied with all these things.
The only relatively troublesome thing was that he couldn’t kill…
Zhou Ji shared the simplest method for dealing with the seafood, and then let Xiong Ye handle all of these things. After that, he steamed the things that should be steamed and fried the things that should be fried.
For example, for the clams and such, Zhou Ji first had Xiong Ye put them into water to boil, then removed the meat and stir-fried it with chili peppers.
On Earth, restaurants would generally keep the shells on when they stir-fried clams and such, but not only did that method waste seasoning, it was also more likely for sand and dirt to end up in the dish. Zhou Ji had people take the meat out of the shells, then stir-fried the meat directly.
Hai Feng couldn’t help swallowing hard.
The people of the Beach Tribe were just as greedy for the food as he was, their eyes wide open as they stared at Zhou Ji incredulously.
They also ate these things, but they usually roasted them instead. They had always felt that they didn’t have much meat and were very inconvenient to eat, but now… these things looked so tasty!
Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye ate non-stop for a few hours.
The people of the Big Bear Tribe were all more or less given a portion of the food. They also learned from Zhou Ji and steamed fish to eat, but Hai Feng and the people from the Beach Tribe could do nothing but watch.
By the time they were finally finished, the sky was already dark.
This time, Zhou Ji had eaten more than ever before-the previous big fight had consumed a lot of his physical strength.
Before, in the Big Bear Tribe, Zhou Ji had always been a picky eater and eaten very little. Now, the people of the Big Bear Tribe were very shocked when they discovered how much Zhou Ji could really eat.
However, Zhou Ji had done too many things that were shocking to them, and they soon moved past it. Instead, they scrambled to build a shelter for Zhou Ji.
They stuck a few pieces of wood into the mud, then covered the wooden fame with a layer of animal hides, making a very simple shelter. In order to ensure that Zhou Ji could sleep comfortably, these people even lit a fire inside to dry out the space.
Zhou Ji felt that they were becoming more and more capable!
He was just about to go and sleep with Xiong Ye when Zhu Zhan came over.
Zhu Zhan’s expression looked a little tangled… Zhou Ji asked, “Did you need something?”
Zhu Zhan said, “Yes… Zhou Ji, can you take me across the river?”