Chapter 14 – Is This How Eggs Are Eaten?
“Yeah.” Maybe it was because he just woke up but Lu Zhan’s voice was a bit hoarse, his emotions were not as excited as Luo Zhen, and after nodding lightly to answer Luo Zhen, he turned to look at the door, where there was a dirty little boy. With his head peeking around here, a pair of curious eyes swept back and forth between the two of them.
“Boy, why don’t you come in since it’s here?” Lu Zhan said to the child at the door.
Luo Zhen turned his head and saw A-Shui who was holding a small pack of animal skins.
“Daddy said to ask Luo Zhen if he wants to participate in the gathering in today’s tribe.” A-Shui glanced at Luo Zhen first before answering Lu Zhan’s question.
“Gathering?” Luo Zhen was puzzled. Jiao Zhu mentioned this matter last night, but the hunting team of the tribe just came back and is still busy dealing with the distribution of various meats. The gathering should be organized in a few days, why was it pushed forward now?
“Yeah.” A-Shui squeezed the animal skin in his arms. “Da Wu sent someone in the morning to say that he was going to gather the kind of weeds that can be treated.
Luo Zhen was stunned, “Da Wu did?”
A-Shui nodded.
Luo Zhen looked at Lu Zhan, and Lu Zhan was also looking at him. He knew before that the weeds Luo Zhen was looking for had hemostatic effects, and his healing ability had always been very good. As long as he could stop the bleeding, even if he didn’t care for the wound, it would still heal slowly.
“I can’t go out looking for food right now. Since there is an organized gathering in the tribe, then you can go with them.”
“But your injury…”
Lu Zhan saw the unconcealed worry in the other’s eyes, he was taken aback for a moment but he quickly recovered, “Since I am awake, I will be fine. I am not a member of the hunting team. What was assigned to us by the tribe is limited, don’t you feel hungry?”
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How could Luo Zhen not be hungry? Although Jiao Zhu also gave himself extra food, the amount was not large. People in the tribe would only eat two meals a day despite being accustomed to doing a lot of work. For Luo Zhen, a modern man who eats three meals a day, he is a bit uncomfortable. If there is nothing to eat at noon, he will only feel lethargic in the afternoon, and he can’t use much strength.
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Thinking of Lu Zhan being able to eat a hog deer in one meal, Luo Zhen swallowed his saliva. The food at home was not enough to stuff his teeth, right?
It seems that he would have to go out today, they can’t be hungry together.
“Okay, I’ll cook some broth for you first. If you still feel hungry after eating, just bear with it. You just woke up so it is not suitable to do too much movement.” Luo Zhen turned around and took off after he instructed the other man. He picked up the jerky hanging by the tent and prepared to go out.
Now the daytime sun would be big and the temperature is a bit high. The food brought from the tribe is freshly cut raw meat. There is no stone salt in Lu Zhan’s house so Luo Zhen is worried that the raw meat will deteriorate easily, so he can only slowly dry the meat with fire. At least it can last a little longer.
“No, since A-Shui is here to call you, the time should be almost up, you can go with him directly.” Lu Zhan stopped him, then gently raised his arm and beckoned to the child standing next to him. “Boy, did you bring something to eat?”
A-Shui walked over, but instead of walking towards Lu Zhan, he stopped in front of Luo Zhen. He carefully opened the animal skins in his arms, revealing a few shriveled fruits, as well as a few eggs who were not much bigger than his thumb. Snowy…eggs?
“Oh, so you are willing to take out your snacks.” Lu Zhan stretched out his uninjured hand and took out the eggs in one hand. He stuffed most of them into Luo Zhen’s hands and only picked one of them up. He was worried that Luo Zhen would not recognize this thing so he explained, “These are bird eggs. Those with wings can hide these things very tightly. It is not easy to find them.”
A-Shui glanced at Luo Zhen a little shyly, “This is for you.”
“Thank you.” Luo Zhen reached out and touched the top of A-Shui’s head, then smiled and thanked him.
Lu Zhan demonstrated, “Just eat it directly like me. Although the taste is a bit unpalatable, it can at least fill up the stomach.” Lu Zhan said and put the egg in his mouth, sharp. With a few clicks of the teeth, the egg shell was crushed, and the whole egg was chewed together with the egg shell as he swallowed.
Luo Zhen: “…”
Are bird eggs eaten like this?
Lu Zhan licked his lips after eating. Luo Zhen realized that the other party’s lips were a bit dry and chapped. He used the fruit shell to scoop a little water in the warm stone pot by the firepit outside and gave the other party a drink.
Lu Zhan raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised by the other’s carefulness, and felt a warm current flowing in his heart, which made him feel a little awkward.
“Let’s put these bird eggs away first, and I’ll cook them for you when I come back.” The number of bird eggs is not large. Luo Zhen doesn’t want to waste this rare food, since he knows how to put these bird eggs into use then he’ll make it delicious, so why bother with eating directly? What’s more, it’s not safe to eat raw food. It is a primitive society that lacks medical care and medicine, so it is natural to pay more attention to such things.
Luo Zhen left all the fruits that A-Shui had brought to Lu Zhan, and moved the stone pot with water outside to the tent where Lu Zhan could reach it. After checking him again and again, he followed with confidence.
A-Shui did not take Luo Zhen to his home, but directly to the square where Luo Zhen had been to deal with prey.
The sun hadn’t come out at this moment, and the sky was a bit dim, but many people had already gathered in the square. There are many women and children, and some are very strong, and he recognizes them as warriors who are beastmen.
Seeing Luo Zhen and A-Shui coming, Jiao Zhu standing on the edge beckoned to them. The place where they would be collecting was not dangerous, so the lame Hei Ya went with them.
Jiao Zhu didn’t ask why Luo Zhen came so late, but simply asked about Lu Zhan’s situation. Hearing that Lu Zhan had woken up, Jiao Zhu’s husband was very happy, but they both lowered their voices when they spoke. He didn’t plan to let other people in the tribe know that Lu Zhan had woken up.
While the four were talking, the leader Hei Shan and the wizard Da Wu walked out of the tent behind. The gathering activities will be conducted every once in a while, so there is no need to say anything before leaving. Seeing the two leaders come out, the people who were sparsely standing in the square chatting picked up the hides used to hold things, and left the tribe with the leader.
“What are those people doing?” There are no barriers such as walls in the tribe, only a large stone erected not far from the outermost tent as a sign. The large areas of wilderness beyond the large stone belong to the Panthers tribe.
As soon as they left the tribe, a few people carried a few large bags and walked in the other direction. Jiao Zhu glanced over there and explained, “They are going to throw the bones and internal organs of the prey.”
Luo Zhen paused, “Bones and internal organs? Don’t you eat these things?”
Hei Ya next to him looked at him strangely and interjected, “The bones are so hard and the internal organs are dirty and smelly, how can we eat them?”
Well, this primitive society is even more primitive than he thought. Perhaps the biggest life change for these people is learning to use fire and stone salt. Other things can’t be expected too much.
“Can you give me some if you don’t need it?”
Luo Zhen thought it shouldn’t be difficult to just ask them for something to throw away, but the panthers and Hei Ya looked at each other hesitantly. Even if some of the prey came back from the throwing, he couldn’t deal with them so why would he ask for them?
“These things were taken to the territory of hyenas. Our tribe has territory that overlaps with the territory of hyenas. However, because we often throw some unwanted parts of prey to them, they will not attack people in the tribe.” Hei Ya said.
“Hyenas?” Is there such a dangerous and greedy thing near the Black Panther Tribe? Although he doesn’t know if the hyenas here are different from the hyenas that Luo Zhen knows about, the hyenas dare to clamor with the lions directly, and they eat everything. The hard bones and the fur of other animals can be chewed directly.
And as long as the prey targeted by the hyenas isn’t taken down, they won’t give up easily. Why would these beastmen choose to settle next to the hyena’s territory with confidence?
“Don’t worry because with them, ordinary predators don’t dare to hunt nearby. On the contrary, this place is much safer than other places.” Seeing the shock on Luo Zhen’s face, Jiao Zhu explained soothingly.
Well, the Black Panther tribe doesn’t know how many years they have lived here. If those hyenas really pose a threat, they won’t be able to stay here so peacefully.
Luo Zhen glanced at the beastmen who were far away, and quickly stepped forward to keep up with the large group.
The speed of the collectors is not fast, and they are still in the mood to talk and laugh along the way. The atmosphere is very happy, giving Luo Zhen the illusion that he is going out for an outing.
But in the opposite direction they were advancing, the two hyenas moved their ears and poked their heads out of the half-person tall grass. The hyena’s nose moved towards the beastman warriors carrying large bags, sniffing the smell in the air.
The two hyenas made a few “whoops” in their throats. One of the hyenas turned around and drilled into the grass, and soon disappeared, while the other hyena followed the beastmen cautiously, although it was very careful, it didn’t seem to be afraid that the powerful beastman warriors would take action against them, but the beastmen only glanced at it faintly, and continued to walk forward in the same direction.
Lu Zhan just ate the egg raw? Just like that? No thought to try cooking it? 😭😭
I mean, he eats everything raw…
I forgot abt him eating raw meat smh 😭