Transmigrated into a fox spirit in the beast world, the villain boss chased after her

The salt crystals in the animal world are all large-grained coarse salt, which is relatively rough, but the advantage is that they are crystal clear and have no other impurities.

It also contains a variety of nutrients, making it an indispensable necessity for orcs. And because salt crystals are only found in distant sea areas, they are extremely valuable.

If the orcs living in the Central Plains want to eat salt, they can only cross thousands of mountains and rivers and walk to the sea before the cold winter comes, and exchange salt with the mermaids there using materials such as barbarian crystals.

Salt crystals are hard to come by, and they are always distributed first to females with delicate bodies, and the remaining portion will be distributed to male orcs.

Male orcs are allocated salt crystals according to their contribution to the tribe, and they basically only get a small jar, which can't last a year.

However, male orcs are physically strong. Even if they cannot eat much salt, they can eat raw prey and absorb power from the barbarian crystals without becoming malnourished, weak, or sick.

As a slave who did not join the hunting team, Makino did not get any salt crystals every year. Although the original owner got the most salt, he would not give any to Makino.

Thinking of the poor boy who was hungry and cold in the past, Hu Feifei's heart ached.

She softened her tone, "Don't worry about me, I can take good care of myself."

"I will also wait for your safe return at home."

In fact, she really wanted to tell him that in addition to sea salt, there is also lake salt on land, and salt can be obtained through refining.

But these are the rules of the animal world, and she cannot break or interfere.

When he heard the word "home", Makino's originally empty heart was instantly filled and his eyes felt a little sore.

"Okay, I'll catch more prey during the rainy season and store them. This way, you don't have to work so hard to fish."

There is no spring, summer, autumn or winter in the Orc Continent. The year is only divided into rainy season and winter.

In winter, all things wither and the cold climate causes prey and wild beasts to hibernate. If the orcs want to survive the long winter safely, they can only stock up on salt crystals and plenty of food in advance.

Even with adequate preparations, tragedies like orcs and females freezing to death or starving to death often occur.

Especially for newborn cubs, the mortality rate is extremely high.

Therefore, every winter is a huge test for the orcs.

The team sent by the tribe to the sea to exchange for salt crystals must not only return before the arrival of winter, but also have to guard against stray beasts that steal supplies along the way.

If the salt crystals and other precious materials were taken away by stray beasts, the entire tribe would face life and death.

Females and cubs would also become sick and starve to death because they could not get salt or clean food, resulting in heavy losses.

Therefore, the journey is full of dangers, and the orcs sent by the patriarch are all strong and young males to ensure that the supplies arrive at the tribe safely.

But Hu Feifei discovered a serious problem, that is, if all the powerful male orcs were sent out, wouldn't the tribe be vulnerable?

Will those stray orcs take advantage of the situation and attack the tribe to snatch the females?

She felt that she had to take precautions before it happened and not be passive.

I need to find time to discuss this with the clan leader, Grandpa.

Seeing that her expression suddenly became serious, Makino thought she was worried about Dongji.

After all, she was most afraid of the cold, so she had to keep the house warm in winter. He used to think she was too troublesome, but now he was worried that she would be cold in winter.

He said in a deep voice, "Madam, I will chop more firewood before next month comes, so you don't have to worry about heating."

Hu Feifei looked around the yard and found that there was indeed not much firewood left. She nodded and said, "Okay, let's prepare more firewood just in case."

"Well, I'll take care of the game and then go chop some wood."

After saying this, Makino worked hard to skin and gut the prey he had brought back.

He peeled the colorful fur very carefully, intending to use it to make beautiful animal skin skirts and shoes for the female master.

As for the internal organs, he threw them all into a bowl, planning to eat them later.

Females don't like to eat the internal organs of their prey, but male orcs think these tender and soft parts are the most delicious.

After peeling off all the good-looking animal skins, he washed them several times with clean water to remove the blood stains and fishy smell.

After washing it, he laid the hide flat on the ground, took a stone knife and scraped off the excess grease on the inside of the fur, leaving only a thin layer of inner skin, added wood ash and continued to scrub the hide until the remaining fat was further washed away.

After washing it again with water, he hung the animal skin on a wooden rack to air-dry. After three or four days, a piece of animal skin that could be sewn into clothing was ready.

The remaining animal skins were all processed in the same way, but this was a technical job and there could not be any mistakes. For a while, Muye was so tired that sweat kept coming out of his forehead.

But it was almost the end of the month and he didn't have much time left. Before leaving the tribe, he had to tidy up the house inside and out.

Hu Feifei was also not idle. She cleaned a big fish and planned to pickle it into dried salted fish.

This way we will have fish to eat during the winter.

However, when she picked up the stone jar containing salt, she found that there was only a thin layer of salt left, which was not enough for her to marinate the fish, not to mention the mountain of prey on the ground.

So she pretended to go back to the house to get something and secretly exchanged some more salt in the system mall.

It’s as much as half a stone jar.

This is almost enough for marinating meat.

With the salt, she boldly gutted the remaining fat fish in the bucket, carefully scraped off the scales and gills, and cut a knife along the spine from the tail to make it easier to spread the fish out and dry them.

Then she prepared salt, pepper, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves and other spices and poured them all into the hot pot, stirring constantly until the salt turned yellow and a fragrant smell came out. She then poured out the salt and spices and let them cool.

She evenly spread the cooled spices and salt on the fish, which would remove the fishy smell and enhance the flavor without causing it to spoil or become moldy.

After applying a layer of paste all over, she put the fish into a large wooden barrel, covered it with a wooden lid and placed it in a cool and ventilated place to marinate.

After being marinated for a few days, the fish meat will be fully flavored. Then hang it in the sun to dry out all the moisture, and the cured fish that can be preserved for a long time will be ready.

After being busy for so long, my stomach is growling with hunger.

Hu Feifei drank a few sips of water, fished out all the river shrimps in the bucket, and planned to make salt and pepper shrimps to eat.

She used a stone knife instead of scissors to remove the shrimp legs, shrimp whiskers and shrimp claws, and used a bone needle to pick out the shrimp thread.

Clean all the processed shrimps, put them in a stone bowl, add ginger, onion, salt, etc., mix well and marinate.

She heated the oil in a pan, poured the marinated river shrimps in and fried them slowly over low heat.

The hot oil splashed everywhere, and the river shrimps quickly turned red and curved. They were fried until their skin was golden and crispy, and she took them out to drain the oil.

At the same time, pour out the remaining hot oil in the stone pot, add peppers, onions, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, add fried river shrimps and spices such as pepper and salt, and stir-fry quickly.

She sniffed the aroma with intoxication, happily scooped the salt and pepper prawns from the stone pot into the wooden plate, and called out to Makino to come over and taste them.

"Madam, what is this?"

Makino looked at the golden shrimp meat on the plate curiously, hesitating and not daring to take a bite.

She was making food again that he couldn't understand.