Taking the Meat

“What is meat and potatoes?” Xiao Hua was tempted and couldn’t help asking.

Before Cheng An opened his mouth, Shitou explained for Cheng An: “It’s a method invented by An. It’s much more delicious than just throwing meat and potatoes into the soup!”

“How is it made? Can I know?” Xiao Hua looked at Cheng An with sparkling eyes.

Cheng An nodded, “Of course! Shitou can make it, let Shitou tell you!”

Xiao Hua thanked him immediately, “Thank you An! Shitou, tell me how to make it.”

Shitou muttered: “I said it first, why don’t you thank me?” But when Xiao Hua came close, Shitou still told Xiao Hua how to make meat and potatoes.

Cheng An moved Yu’s ears, and the pink and white ears moved.

 “Stop it.”

“Oh.” Cheng An’an said, “Yu, let’s walk along the river. Do you know where the river water comes from?”

Yu looked in the direction of the river and said, “It comes from the mountains. The streams all flow here and become a big river like this. The big rivers also flow eastward and eventually flow into the sea. That’s the territory of the fish people.”

“Fish people?” Cheng An imagined a fish-headed man with a fish head and a human body, and suddenly felt a chill.

He shook his head and threw this idea out of his head. It should be the same as the beastmen, the beast form is fish, and the human body is the normal human body. In this way, it seems more appropriate to call them mermaids.

 “Mm, the fish people live in the sea, but they also build houses on the shore. I went there once, and they are quite different from our caves. Sea fish are tastier than the fish in our river, but I don’t know how they can bear to eat fish every day. The fish people can make salt. When we run out of salt, we will exchange animal skins and potatoes with them.” Yu carefully recalled the memories in his mind and told Cheng An bit by bit.

Cheng An listened carefully, and at the end he couldn’t help asking: “Can you take me there next time?”

Yu: “The seaside is far away, you have to think about it if you want to go.”

“I’ve thought about it!” Cheng An quickly replied, fearing that Yu would not take him to play if he said it a step slower.

Yu’s voice seemed to have some smiles, “Don’t worry, there is still a lot of salt in our tribe, so we won’t go to the fish people for the time being. You can think about it slowly.”

“Okay.” Cheng An agreed well, but in fact he was thinking that when the time comes, he will pester Yu every day, and he will have no way to leave him and go to the seaside.

 “Let’s go downstream! See if there is a lake.”

Yu agreed softly. Now the snow has stopped. Although the sun is not out, it is much better than when they first went out, so it’s okay to stay a little longer.

There is no trace of the meat pie that Cheng An drew, and the original route has changed, but Shitou and Xiao Hua don’t think there is anything to complain about.

They didn’t really believe in this, so if there is no lake, they just go out to relax.

About half an hour later, Cheng An stood up.

Yu noticed Cheng An’s movements, and was afraid that Cheng An would fall down if he didn’t stand firmly. He stopped and asked: “What’s wrong?”

Cheng An was very excited, “Is there a big lake ahead? Let’s get closer!”

In fact, they have been out of the tribe for a while, but this place is also near the tribe, which is safe, so Yu has not reminded them.

“Mm, lie down well, otherwise it’s easy to fall down.” Yu reminded.

 “Mmm!” Cheng Anfu lay down again, his tail wagging excitedly. Yu felt the tip of Cheng An’s tail brushing against the back of his neck, which made him feel a little itchy.

The lake is not very big, it just looks like a small lake that has just taken shape.

Cheng An guessed that it should be this piece of land, because the terrain is relatively low, so the rivers converge here to form a small lake. When this low place is filled, the water will flow towards the sea again.

This is a live lake, and the scale is not too small, there should be a lot of fish below.

“Xiao Hua, Xiao Hua, have you ever caught fish here? Are there many fish?” Cheng An looked at the big black bear beside him and couldn’t help asking.

Xiao Hua scratched his head, “No. I always catch fish in the river, I haven’t been here. I don’t know if there are many fish here.”

Despite this, Cheng An’s interest is still unabated. Even Xiao Hua, who loves to eat fish so much, has never come to the lake here to catch fish. Doesn’t this just show that the fish in the lake have no natural enemies and will grow very big!

This is a good thing!

 Yu seemed to have guessed what Cheng An was thinking, and reminded him: “Although the lake here doesn’t look very big, it is very deep and dangerous. In the past, a beastman came here to bathe and play in the water, but he almost drowned in it, so few beastmen are willing to come here.”

Cheng An thought for a while and said: “It should be safer in winter. The river surface is frozen and you can walk on it, and the lake surface should be the same. When the time comes, we can smash a small hole and cast a net. Maybe there will be unexpected gains.”

“Net? What is that?” Shitou and Xiao Hua asked in unison.

Cheng An was a little embarrassed. Could it be that their tribe didn’t have a net?

But it was normal thinking about it. After all, they didn’t like to eat fish, so naturally they wouldn’t bother to study it.

“T-this, a net is a thing. Yes, it’s from the Beast God! It’s made specifically for fishing!” Cheng An thanked the Beast God again in his heart.

Beast God, Beast God, your name is really useful!

 “Oh, so it is from the Beast God! The Beast God knows so much.” Shitou and Xiao Hua were full of admiration.

Gurgle.

It has been a long time since they came out, and Cheng An’s stomach made a protest.

Yu naturally did not miss this movement.

Yu: “Do you want to go around again? It looks like it will snow again, why not go back.”

Although they didn’t visit all of the tribe’s territories today, he remembered the location of the river and found a lake, which is a big gain.

Cheng An nodded, “Okay, let’s go back! I suddenly remembered that I seem to have got the wrong place for the meat.”

“Go back, go back!” Shitou shook off the snow that he had just gotten from playing with Xiao Hua, “It’s so cold outside. Let’s go back to the cave and warm ourselves by the fire! An, can I go to your cave again today? I always feel that the soup I make is not as delicious as Yu’s.”

Cheng An nodded, “Sure.” Shitou and the others were tired of coming out with us, so it’s nothing to go back to the cave to eat together.

 He still has the beef he won in the lottery. It is enough for him!

“And Xiao Hua, let’s go too?” Cheng An looked at Xiao Hua.

“Hm? Can I go too?” Xiao Hua looked at Yu hesitantly.

“Yes, yes! Yu, don’t you think so?” Cheng An leaned over to Yu’s ear and spoke. Afraid that Yu would not agree, he lowered his voice and said coquettishly: “Let Xiao Hua come too! It will be more lively with more people, okay?”

Yu nodded, “Okay, okay.”

Halfway back, Cheng An felt that it was almost done, so he secretly took out all the meat on the way back a little to the left.

In order to prevent exposure, Cheng An also specially discussed with the system and put the meat under the snow.

After doing everything, Cheng An happily began to act.

 Cheng An pointed to the place where he had just taken out the meat and stored it and said, “Wait! I think I’ve seen that place over there!”

Xiao Hua scratched his head, “We walked here to the river. It’s a bit strange if you don’t remember it.”

Shitou looked at the place Cheng An pointed to, and there was nothing special.

Yu seemed to have realized something.

Cheng An pretended not to hear Xiao Hua’s complaints and continued, “I remember it! I came here with the Beast God in my dream! This must be the gift from the Beast God!”

“Yu! Let’s go over there quickly! I didn’t see it when I walked by here. It must be a different angle. Fortunately, I suddenly remembered it, so I didn’t miss the gift from the Beast God, otherwise the Beast God would not like me.” Cheng An urged Yu to go over quickly.

He feared that the meat would be stolen by other animals if he went too late.

“Yes.” Yu agreed and took the lead to walk in the direction designated by Cheng An.

 “Left, left, a little further ahead… yes, it’s here!”

Xiao Hua followed closely, and suddenly bent down to sniff. He raised his head and said in a daze: “I seem to really smell a very fragrant meat.”

“Where is the meat?” Shitou followed and sniffed, but didn’t smell anything at all. He followed and didn’t fall behind the team.

“Xiao Hua, Shitou, you guys dig here quickly! The meat is below. Be careful, don’t dig the meat badly.” Cheng An lay on Yu’s head and pointed out the place without any hesitation.

Xiao Hua nodded: “An, don’t worry, I will be gentle!” After that, Xiao Hua began to work seriously.

Shitou was lazy and waited for Cheng An to start urging him for the second time before he started to work. At the same time, he did not forget to complain about Cheng An: “An, did you confuse the last time we went to dig for giant deer meat with your dream? You can’t just find a place to dig and there will be meat! Yu, don’t you think so?”

Shitou has given up asking Xiao Hua, because no matter what Cheng An said, Xiao Hua believed it from the bottom of his heart, but he was different. Although Shitou worshipped the beast god, after the excitement, he thought about it carefully. The legendary beast god suddenly appeared to give meat to their small tribe. How could it be! There were no particularly powerful beastmen in their tribe.

Well, except Yu. Shitou glanced at Yu and silently added the last sentence in his heart.

Yu said lightly: “I believe in An.”

“Is that right? An is…” Shitou’s words of agreement stopped abruptly, “Ah? Yu, what did you just say? Did I hear it wrong?”

Yu repeated again: “You didn’t hear it wrong, I believe in An.”

Shitou felt incredible and looked at Yu in surprise, even the movement of his claws stopped.

Yu was unmoved. 

Even though Cheng An’s words seemed incredible, Yu’s intuition told him that Cheng An was not just talking casually.

Even though he had watched Cheng An grow up little by little, the things that happened to Cheng An seemed to be beyond common sense. Many times, Yu could not regard Cheng An as just a kid.

An’s logical thinking was very mature, like a grown-up beastman.

Yu was unable to describe this wonderful feeling. In short, he would respect Cheng An’s words and decisions, and was willing to believe that he was organized in his actions, rather than a child’s play.

“An! There is really meat down there!” Xiao Hua’s surprised words interrupted Yu’s thoughts, and everyone looked at Xiao Hua.

Shitou didn’t care about what Yu just said, and hurried to Xiao Hua’s side, “There really is meat?”