RPAGF Chapter 76 Catching Fish
Chapter 76 Catching Fish
Lin Baiyan looked at the little guy with amusement and coaxed him gently, "Xia is too young. It's dangerous to go to the river. How about we go together when you're older?"
Mao Xia's face immediately fell, and she shrank her head into the young man's chest.
Lin Baiyan seemed to have thought of something and lowered his head to say, "Then could you please ask Maoxia to catch some insects for the priest brother?"
When the little ones have nothing to do, they like to catch insects to play with. Lin Baiyan has seen several of the little ones circling around the chubby green caterpillars, turning over and over in amazement.
Things that seem ordinary to adults become very fun toys in the hands of little ones.
Upon hearing this, Maoxia immediately lifted her little face and responded in a very loud voice, "Okay!"
After the little guy finished speaking, he immediately got up from Lin Baiyan's arms, called to the wolf cubs, and transformed into beast form to leave the cave together.
The cubs quickly caught a lot of insects for Lin Baiyan, and he carefully put them into bamboo tubes.
They can actually use scraps of meat as bait, but they also need to give the little guys a sense of being needed from time to time.
I noticed that several of the little cubs were eager to help.
Just as the fishing nets were finished being woven, Lang Cang returned from his patrol with the male beastmen.
Lin Baiyan called Lang Cang, Lu Xiaoyang, Ye Shuyue, and a few others. They were really tired of staying in the cave and wanted to go out for a stroll.
When Yang Ye was going out, Hu Qiu would definitely follow, and Shu Yue also called his partner Ma Yuan.
Ma Yuan's broken leg has basically healed, and the healing time is much earlier than Lin Baiyan estimated, about a month.
Lin Baiyan was already impressed by this magical beastman continent. Good heavens, he had never seen a broken leg heal in a month.
Several people took bait and woven fishing nets and headed towards the east bank of the river.
Upon reaching the riverbank, the young man studied the ice for a while and selected a spot to begin chiseling a hole.
The ice layer had become very thick, and it took several people some effort to chisel a hole through it.
Several fish, lacking oxygen, jumped up in a frenzy.
How could anyone let go of a fish that's been given away for free?
Everyone pitched in, using their hands and bamboo baskets to catch the fish, and managed to collect eight or nine of them.
Lin Baiyan smiled, her eyes crinkling as she looked at the food that had walked right into her trap. The fish here were all ridiculously large, probably because they hadn't been caught before.
Look at these silly fish that jumped up on their own; each one must weigh four or five pounds!
It's just that it looks a bit different from what he saw on Earth.
Lin Baiyan squatted down in front of the fish lying on the ice. This was the first time he had come to the river to fish since he came to the Beastman Continent.
Why does this fish have teeth, and they're blue too?!
Lin Baiyan looked at it hesitantly, wondering if it was still edible.
The young man touched it and silently wondered what was going on. The following thought immediately came to mind: Bluetooth fish, its gallbladder is bitter and poisonous, but its flesh is edible. The gallbladder can be dried and used in combination with Qingying grass to treat phlegm and cough.
Lin Baiyan: "???"
what happened?
There was no explanation of how to treat illnesses without the subsequent cooperation!
A fleeting, strange expression crossed the young man's face before returning to normal.
Now is not the time to think about this, so Lin Baiyan suppressed his inner doubts.
The young man breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the type of fish. Only the gallbladder was poisonous, which meant the fish meat was fine. As long as he was careful not to break the gallbladder, the meat was perfectly safe to eat!
Lin Baiyan's eyes were practically glowing green as he looked towards the riverbank.
So much food!
Braised fish, boiled fish, grilled fish, fish hot pot, fish ball soup...
Lin Baiyan's mind was filled with all sorts of ways to cook fish, and he suddenly felt a craving.
The surrounding beastmen watched Lin Baiyan's actions silently without saying a word. They had never seen this kind of fish before and didn't know if it was edible.
Lin Baiyan pretended to study it, flipping it over from side to side. After a moment of contemplation, he stood up and said, "I've seen this kind of fish before. It's a Bluetooth fish, and its gallbladder is poisonous."
Upon hearing that eating this stuff would kill them, the beastmen immediately took a step back in unison.
Lu Xiao also pulled Lin Baiyan a little further away. Lin Baiyan was pulled away with a bewildered look on his face. Looking at their cautious actions, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He hadn't finished speaking yet!
Lin Baiyan said helplessly, "Don't be afraid. Although fish gallbladders are poisonous, they are still edible as long as you are careful not to break them."
He stepped forward, casually cleaved open a Bluetooth fish with his bone knife, pointed to the small dark blue sac, and pressed it with his hand; the fish's gallbladder was quite sturdy.
Lin Baiyan looked up at the beastmen around him. "Look, this is it. Just throw it away."
Although everyone hesitated after hearing Lin Baiyan's words, Lu Xiao was determined not to eat any of the fish once it was caught, but to give it all to Lin Baiyan.
Lin Baiyan could tell what the beastmen were thinking just by looking at their expressions.
You're not going to eat now? You'll only get one bite each after he finishes cooking! Lin Baiyan smiled mischievously.
Seeing that Lin Baiyan was still determined to fish, the beastmen had no choice but to start helping.
Lin Baiyan sprinkled bait packets into the fishing net, and together with Lu Xiao, they slowly spread the net out under the ice.
The male beastmen broke through another layer of ice not far away and began catching fish with their bare hands.
The fishing nets would be left in the river for a while, and the beastmen couldn't stay idle. So, Lin Baiyan and Lu Xiao took advantage of this time to dig for winter bamboo shoots.
Bamboo shoots are actually not easy to find in winter; you have to dig through a thick layer of snow to see the bamboo shoots emerging from underneath.
The ground was frozen solid, so the beastmen would find sharp stones to break the soil and pry it open from side to side to get a plump bamboo shoot.
Orcs are never afraid of difficulties, and they will not easily let go of food that is within their sight.
As Lu Xiao broke off bamboo shoots, she said to Yang Ye, "I never knew that bamboo shoots could grow in winter."
Yang Ye replied with a smile, "We didn't know bamboo shoots were edible before."
The knot-trees were everywhere, growing year after year, and they never noticed them.
Lu Xiao thought about it and agreed. He kept working and harvested another big bamboo shoot. He happily patted the soil off the bamboo shoot.
During the snowy season, most of the food they gather themselves is their own!
Lin Baiyan didn't know how much time had passed when he looked at the pile of bamboo shoots behind him, looked up at the position of the sun, and felt somewhat dazed.
It had probably been about two hours. Having been here for a while, he had roughly learned how to judge the time.
Goodness, they've been working for two hours straight without stopping!
Lin Baiyan only felt tired after stopping. He said to the few sub-beastmen scattered in the forest, "I think it's about time. Let's go check the fishing nets!"
Several sub-beastmen responded, put the bamboo shoots into their baskets, and walked towards the river.
When they saw the scene by the river, the several sub-beastmen widened their eyes in surprise.