Elven settlers

Chapter 359

"Come here too, you've worked hard tonight."

Of course, Rock didn't forget the Hei Lujia who was also drooling. He used a knife to cut a piece of bacon the size of a palm, and threw it to the Hei Lujia who was watching him eagerly.

Rock has always followed the principle of clear rewards and punishments for the management of these assistant elves in the ranch.

He won't let this black Luga help the night watch in vain. Although this bacon is not too much, it is also a reward that other black Luga currently does not have.

Such positive motivation is very important, and it also plays a certain role in mobilizing the enthusiasm of the elves.

Sure enough, after this black Luga ate the bacon, his tail immediately wagged rapidly.

It was planning to go back to sleep, but at this time it also stayed behind attentively, and asked Rock with very positive eyes if there was anything he could do to help.

"Well, if you really want to help, just wait a while and help me light the new charcoal, and then go back to rest."

Seeing that this Heluga was so enthusiastic, Rock was naturally too embarrassed to refuse it, so he arranged a job for it to light a fire.

After the first batch of smoked bacon was collected, Rock re-cleaned the fire pits of the ten bacon racks, shoveled out the ashes inside, and put them away for later use.

Then, according to the previous steps, he placed a new batch of raw meat and charcoal again, and finally nodded to the black Luga who was waiting for him, signaling that the fire could start.

"The second batch of these raw meats has been marinated for a longer time, so the flavor of the smoked spices should be stronger. However, the taste is stronger and lighter. It doesn't make any difference to me, as long as it is delicious."

Rock looked at Heluga, who was concentrating on lighting the fire, and replayed the recipe for the bacon in his mind.

He is not a professional chef, nor does he have secret recipes, so every time he cooks delicious food, he will record the production process and steps.

And review it again, if you think of something that can be improved, try it the next time you make it, and improve the original formula if you succeed.

Today, most of Rock's personal cookbook has been recorded, all of which are food recipes that he has found delicious since he started reclamation.

After all, there are not many recreational activities in the wilderness, so researching and eating can be regarded as a kind of pastime.

Unknowingly, the black Luga who took the initiative to stay to help had ignited all the charcoal in the fire pit of the ten bacon racks.

The charcoal fire dispelled the chill of the autumn night and warmed up the open space by the river bank again.

"It's hard work, you go back and rest."

Rock cut another small strip of bacon for this black Luga, and waved him back to the camp.

It's not that he is stingy, it's because these bacon are reserved for winter, so they should be preserved until winter to eat.

After watching the black Luga leave with some unfinished thoughts, Rock covered the charcoal fires of the ten bacon racks with fresh oak branches, and the billowing smoke rose again.

He walked around among the ten smoked meat racks, and after confirming that each smoked meat rack started smoking normally, and the speed of smoking was roughly the same, he sat down in a place that was upwind. Made a small fire.

In the warm firelight, Rock felt a little sleepy, so he prepared to burn some tea to refresh himself.

"Huh? I ran out of the black tea I bought from the Stampede last time, so I can only drink birch pine needle tea."

Looking at the empty tea pot, Rock sniffed the lingering fragrance in the tea pot with his nose, and then closed the lid with some regret.

Fortunately, there are still some birch bark and pine needles of masson pine collected two days ago in the camp. They were originally used to boil water to improve the immunity of the sheep, and now they can just take some to make tea.

In order to maximize the refreshing effect, Rock did not amplify the needle honey this time, but picked a small handful of unknown berries and threw it in, as long as he could simply suppress the bitterness of the pine needles.

There was still a long time before sunrise, and Rock held a cup of warm tea like this, and took care of ten bacon racks.

As the footsteps of winter are approaching, the singing insect elves in the field are also becoming more and more silent, so the night is very quiet at this time.

In addition to the beeping of the fire, there are only occasional strange screams in the distant wilderness.In the middle of the night like this, to be honest, there is indeed a little bit of fear.

But Rock was not worried at all, because the geranium cleared by the river bank was very close to his camp. As long as he whistled, a large group of vicious elves would arrive immediately.

Those strange existences in the wilderness seemed to know this too, so until the sunrise of the next day, Roque did not encounter any strange things.

"Hey~"

Hei Lujia got up early and ran over to replace him.

"Ha~ I'm counting on you here, by the way, this is the first batch of smoked bacon, try it."

Rock yawned, gave Heluga a piece of bacon, and then returned to the camp.

At this time, the other elves in the camp hadn't woken up yet. Seeing this, he set an alarm clock on his watch for an hour and a half, and immediately fell down on his camp bed.

After a brief half-hour sleep, Rock regained his energy.

He didn't do morning exercises today, but the training of the eight Doudouges didn't stop. After arranging this matter, he prepared breakfast.

In addition to making bacon today, another important thing is to bale the hay that was dried a few days ago.

After washing the tableware and kitchen utensils, Rock took the geraniums, and the four Nido Kings and Nido Queens who were about to collect acorns, and came to the place where they were drying the haystacks.

Here the haystacks have finished drying and are basically all yellow in color.

Rock reached into the haystack and grabbed a handful of dry stalkless brome. After confirming that the moisture content of the grass stems had dropped to a certain level, he waved to the elves.

"It's time to start, let's practice first."

Following Roque's order, the four Nido kings and Nido queens immediately combed the haystack, and collected the hay in bundles in roughly the same direction and order.

After the hay bundles were concentrated to a certain width, the geraniums tied them with rattan whips and tightened them. At the same time, Nido kings and Nido queens squeezed hard at both ends of the hay bundles.

The dry grass stems are slowly compressed and linked together under the action of forces in different directions, and finally become a cylindrical haystack.

Such a haystack weighs about forty kilograms, and about five such haystacks are enough for Rock's current flock to feed for a day.

Based on the haystacks he had dried before, more than 800 haystacks can be made, which is enough for his current flock to survive the winter.

Of course, Rock will definitely buy some more sheep when he goes to Sunshine Town this time, so the number of sheep will increase.

However, he reserved a surplus of hay in advance, and together with the acorns collected by King Nido and Queen Nido, there was enough food for the flock for the winter.

　This one is made up for Saturday, and there will be another one tomorrow depending on the situation.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)