Chapter 46: The Females’ Concern
Pebble immediately nodded wildly. “Yes! Yes!”
“Sister Tang Guo’s food is delicious!”
“Yes, yes!”
Almost as soon as Tang Guo finished speaking, the children who had come with Pebble to help Tang Guo nodded in unison.
They really wanted to eat Sister Tang Guo’s delicious food, because it was really, really delicious!
Even if their mothers or sisters learned to cook at home with Tang Guo, the taste was still not as good as the one Tang Guo made herself!
Although these little brats were young, they were not sloppy with their food.
Tang Guo smiled. Seeing that it was still early, she took the brats to the river.
Before they reached it, Pebble said, “I know. Is Sister Tang Guo cooking fish again today?”
Tang Guo nodded. “Yes.”
Then a few smarter brats immediately went to cut a few branches and made a few sets of harpoons like she had done when she was fishing.
Tang Guo took one. Seeing that they were about to go into the water to fish, she instructed them, “Be careful. Don’t go to the center of the river. The water is very deep there, and the current is very strong. It’s very dangerous.”
Pebble and the others immediately agreed loudly and began to paddle the fish.
In fact, they were not only competing with each other, but also with Tang Guo. Although they were still very young, they were both males. How could they lose to a female in hunting?
However, Tang Guo quickly taught them the cruelty of reality.
Every time Tang Guo poked the harpoon down, she would definitely hit a big fish. Each one seemed to weigh more than 20 catties.
As for Pebble and the others, they clearly saw the big fish in front of them, but when the harpoon entered the water, it missed every time.
They were very distressed. They watched helplessly as Tang Guo forked ten big fish. They couldn’t help but complain, “If only we were adults now!”
When they reached adulthood, they could take on their beast forms. Many of them were in the form of cats. It was a simple matter to go into the water and catch fish.
Tang Guo smiled when she heard this. Of course. Her harpoon had a wood-type superpower. With the help of her superpower, how could she not catch fish?
She waved at them as she went ashore. “Although you didn’t catch any fish, can you help me wash these fish?”
“These fish are too many and too big. I won’t be able to wash them alone!”
When Pebble and the others heard that they could help, they were no longer dejected. They went ashore and squatted beside Tang Guo to watch.
Tang Guo first scraped the fish scales clean with a bone knife, then cut open the fish’s stomach and dug out its internal organs. Seeing that they were looking at it seriously, she specially instructed,
“There’s gallbladder in here. You have to be careful when handling it. You can’t break it, or the fish will become very bitter and not taste good at all.”
“Yes! We know!”
Tang Guo washed a clean fish in the river, then began to shave the flesh along the bones.
The brats watched and learned on their own. They began to work on it.
When a passing female saw this, she couldn’t help but praise in surprise, “Tang Guo has a way with them. These little brats are usually very naughty in the tribe. Look at them now. They’re really doing a good job following Tang Guo!”
“Yes, yes!” a female echoed. “I wonder what delicious food Tang Guo is going to invent this time!”
“Yes, I’m looking forward to it. My males were so satisfied with the food she taught us!”
Amid all the praise and anticipation, an untimely voice suddenly said:
“Heh, this is a dirty fish! It’s fishy and smelly. Only lazy females eat such things! Don’t forget, there was once a female who ate such a thing, but she was choked to death by a fish bone!”
The person who said this was Aayun. Her mouth was pursed, her lips were swollen, and her face was bright red. Everyone knew that she had also formed a contract in the past two days. He was a powerful warrior named Ash.
It seemed Ash had served her well at night.
But what was with her attitude? She seemed very hostile.
No one spoke for a moment. They had come back from gathering to pass the river, so they looked at each other and continued walking.
After walking for a while, someone couldn’t help but ask, “Dirty fish are indeed very dangerous and not delicious. The female Tang Guo is eating with the cubs of the tribe? What if something happens to the cubs?”
Someone said, “I don’t think so. She ate it before, but she’s still fine. The males who helped her work before even praised her fish!”
Aayun pursed her lips. “That’s because she’s lucky. Look at how many fish she got today. How many fish bones are there? If she ate them all, oh my, it’s scary to think about!”
Everyone looked at each other and were anxious. Hence, they quickly took all the fruits they had gathered home and placed them there. Then, they hurriedly walked back to the river.