âNow that we know the crux of the matter, this matter can be easily solved. Hehe, wait for my good news.â Lin Mu said and went out with a smirk; not sure what he had in mind.
Patrik pamperingly watched as Lin Mu left the room happily and shook his head. But then thinking about his evil smile, Patrik wondered what kind of shocking thing Mu Mu would do.
Lin Mu went out to find Lais and the rest, generously letting âthree little tailsâ follow him up the mountain together. Although Laisâs matter is really important, his plan must be carried out step by step. After all, itâs the harvest season right now, and winter is a difficult time to endure, so storing more food is the first priority.
Everyone carried their own baskets. Even Casso and Qiuqiu carried a bag Lin Mu specially prepared for them, the young ones liked to store food as well. Especially Qiuqiu, it hid a lot of food like nuts, which made Lin Mu wonder if it has a hamsterâs temperament.
Every time they went up the mountain, Lin Mu and the females strived to find new food. If they did found one, they will make a mark on the food and let the beastman who will be following behind to pick it up, since their abilities are limited and they canât carry so many things. Thinking about the food they are storing now, itâs safe to say that they donât have to worry about food this winter.
At the moment, Lin Mu is squatting among a bunch of flowers; picking flowers. It is a bunch of wild chrysanthemums, and Lin Mu decided to gather more so that they can make chrysanthemum tea in the future. Itâs easy to get heaty from eating fried foods frequently, and drinking some chrysanthemum tea will help cooling them down. After a moment of thoughts, Lin Mu went to explain the benefit of chrysanthemum to the females. Upon hearing Lin Muâs introduction to chrysanthemum tea and its benefits, the rest of the group started to pick chrysanthemum flowers. Of course, not counting the three small ones who were playing around.
While picking the flowers, Phil squatted down next to Lin Mu and whispered to him, âLin Mu, I am very worried to see Lais being despaired ah. What did you found out about his situation?â
Lin Mu turned to glance at Lais, who was picking flowers not far from them. Although Lais didnât look as serious as Phil said, he is obviously out of shape and can be seen he has something in his heart.
âDonât worry, I have already thought of a way, and the problem will be solved soon.â
âWhat way?â Phil asked in a low voice curiously, âI still donât know why they have that problem.â
âHehe, Iâm keeping it secret for now.â Lin Mu winked at Phil and spoke in a teasing tone.
âWhat are you two sneakily talking about?â No one knows when Sasha came over, but he looked extremely curious seeing the two muttering to themselves.
Lin Mu couldnât help rolling his eyes. âSasha, our behaviour can only be considered mysterious at best. Not sneaky, alright? You still havenât improved with your choice of words.â
Seeing Sasha being teased by Lin Mu, Phil covered his mouth and chuckled. Sasha felt dissatisfied and rebutted, âIâm progressing. Also, donât change the subject. What secret you two were discussing just now that you donât want me to know?â
âSecret?â Lin Mu gave Phil a smile, âActually, I was betting with Phil just now when Locke will eat you. My bet is before the ceremony.â
âI bet after the ceremony.â Phil cooperatively teased Sasha.
Sure enough, Sasha blushed after hearing what they said, âYou guys⌠You two are so wicked.â After saying that, he quickly distanced himself from the two.
Looking at Sashaâs embarrassed little gesture, Lin Mu and Phil both laughed presumptuously. Sasha couldnât help lamenting in his heart, âWuwuwuwu⌠you are all bad people!â
Noticing the excitement on their side, Lais smiled too as if being infected by their joy, and is in a better mood.\nAmid the talk and laughter, the females managed to pick a lot of food in a short time. Then, they moved on to another area and luckily encountered an area of honeysuckle flowers, which also has the effect of clearing away heat. It can also be used to make tea, so the group grabbed some as well.
Lin Mu looked at his almost full basket. Although it was not heavy, it took up space. Now, even if he managed to find other things, he doesnât know where to put it. He sighed for not arranging his back basket reasonably, but it didnât affect much of his mood. After all, they didnât go up the mountain is to blindly look for food, but to relax. It is not good for them to always cooped up in the room.
The females continued to walk and paid attention to their surrounding. Phil hopes to find useful medicinal materials and collect more to store while Sasha hopes to find delicious fruits. Lais paid more attention to find edible foods, and Lin Mu focused on finding new usable things, whether itâs food or something else.
Suddenly, Lin Mu came across an extraordinary tree. The tree was not very high and didnât have many branches. The reason why Lin Mu became curious was the transparent sap on the trunk. Long-term secretion caused a cone-shaped translucent condensed sap to accumulate more than 10 cm on the ground, near the tree trunk. Curious about what those transparent juices were, Lin Mu wanted to reach out to touch them but was caught by Lais.
âLin Mu, you canât touch that.â
âWhy? Is it poisonous?â
Lais shook his head, âNot poisonous, but very sticky.â
âEn, those juices are very sticky. I once touched it out of curiosity and got two fingers stuck together. In the end, I have to cut off a bit of my skin with a knife.â
The pain left a lingering trauma in Sashaâs heart. Since then, he would make sure to stay away from this kind of tree.
Hearing their words, Lin Mu wondered, âIs it gum? The effect seems to be very good.â Thinking about it makes his eyes lit up, âWe found a good thing.â Under their doubtful eyes, Lin Mu took out a bamboo tube to collect the sap.
Sasha: âWhatâs the use of this?â
In their opinion, as long as Lin Mu says something is good, then it must be useful.
âItâs handy for carpentry. With glue, you can do a lot of things.â Lin Mu replied while holding the bamboo tube to collect the gum.
The others also helped out. They managed to fill two bamboo tubes. Lin Mu decided to try these first, and if it works, itâs not too late for them to collect more later.
Lin Mu has just carefully placed the gum in his back basket when he saw Qiuqiu running towards him. It pulled at the hem of his trousers as if to take him somewhere.
âQiuqiu, what did you find again?â
Seeing that Qiuqiu didnât mean to answer him, Lin Mu followed behind Qiuqiu.
Sasha: âQiuqiu is so smart, I wonder what else it found.â Qiuqiu helped them find the flour ball and potatoes after all, and it helped them a lot.
âQiuqiu always finds edible things. It seems that Lin Mu is right. Qiuqiu is really a foodie. HahahaâŚâ\nThe rest followed behind Lin Mu to see what they found.
When they reached their destination, they found Misha holding a football-sized object and gnawing at it. A little wolf was also gnawing it next to him, while Rod (a member of the drifter beastman, responsible for the safety of the females who went up the mountain this time) stood by and guarded them.
Seeing them coming, Misha waved his hand and said, âCome over, this thing is delicious.â
Lin Muâs eyes lit up, âSweet potato?â
Lin Mu hurried over and picked up a piece on the ground. Slicing it with a knife, Lin Mu took a bite, and a familiar taste filled his mouth, âItâs really sweet potato.â
Sasha, who concerned about eating the most, saw them eating something and followed suit.
Sasha: âItâs sweet, crunchy, and very delicious. This kind of fruit is strange, itâs grown in the soil. â
âThis is not a fruit.â Lin Mu said as he cut two pieces for Lais and Phil for them to taste. âThis is called a sweet potato. It can be eaten as a staple food and can be kept for a long time if it is preserved properly. Other than that, there are many ways to eat it. Letâs dig some back, and I will make some for you to taste.â Looking at the big piece of land, their harvest this time is not small.
No one can resist food. Hearing Lin Muâs words, they all started to dig up the sweet potatoes.
On the other hand, Lin Mu stared at the sweet potato leaves, and he started picking some. He thought of sweet potato leaf wotou1, a type of food he missed a lot and felt that he is salivating. The others saw Lin Mu picking the leaves, and helped to pick some as well, thinking it should be a kind of vegetable.\nWotou / Cornbread?
Looking at the harvest in their hands, Lin Mu happily declared, âWe will eat something good today.â
It was lunchtime when they returned to their house. After the group finished their meal, they washed up and went back to their rooms to rest. As for the newly discovered sweet potatoes, Lin Mu felt a little tired, so he planned to eat them later.
Although everyone is busy building houses now, the beastman still will take an afternoon nap. Just like Lin Mu said, a combination of work and rest is the best. On the other side, Lin Mu is currently held in Patrikâs arms, and both of them slept soundly. When Lin Mu woke up, Patrik had already gone to work. After washing his face, Lin Mu walked out of the room and saw Phil.
âPhil, letâs go and clean the sweet potatoes.â
Phil nodded. After all, it was dug out of the soil and was stained with a lot of mud.
Lin Mu asked Lais who came out to help to start the fire. Then he selected some small, slender sweet potatoes out and put them in the pot to cook. After that, he put a few small sweet potatoes under the stove; baked sweet potatoes are very delicious. For dinner, Lin Mu made sweet potato porridge, boiled sweet potatoes, candied sweet potato and sweet potato wotou. Wotou is very popular since everyone can only eat one each. And the candied sweet potatoes are very much appreciated by the small ones and Sasha. It can be said that for sweet potatoes, everyone has expressed their liking, and they now have another kind of food for their winter ration.
Lin Mu also plans to make some dried sweet potatoes for snacks tomorrow. Of course, he didnât say it, worried that Sasha the foodie will ask him to do it immediately. Cooking food for so many people is very tiring.\nAuthor: Say no more, really now, you thought I donât understand you?)
When Patrik came in, he came across Lais going out of the room with a blush.
âMu Mu, what happened to Lais? His face was so red.â
âHeheheâŚâ Lin Mu smirked.
âWhat makes you so happy?â Seeing his smug look, Patrik couldnât help reaching out to scratch the tip of his nose.
âIâll tell you after my plan succeeds, so I wonât tell you yet.â Lin Mu raised his chin and said triumphantly.
âDonât tell if you donât want to. Do you want to take a bath? Then I will help you boil the water now.â
âYes, please. Patrik, you are the best.â
âNow you know,â Patrik said as he went out to boil the water while Lin Mu happily rolled around on the bed.
The next day, Lin Mu ran out to inquire about Laisâ situation as soon as he woke up.
âPhil, has Lais get up yet?â
âHuh?â Phil wondered, âI havenât seen him yet, whatâs the matter?â
âNo. Iâm going to wash my face then.â He ran away. âIf I knew earlier, I would wake up later.â
Phil looked at Lin Muâs back in confusion, âWhat happened?â
As expected, Lais didnât come out from his room the entire morning, and the curtains of his room had been dropped down (curtains down means they are not receiving visitors). Moreover, Jason brought Laisâs breakfast into their room. Therefore, Lin Mu felt that his suggestion to âcook rice into porridgeâ3Â is correct.
After he explained to the puzzled Phil and Sasha, Lin Mu went back to his room while the two is still surprised. He decided to lie down in his bed for a while.