114 – top people (3)
Monia sharpened her lard-stained claw knife on a nearby stone.
It wasn’t quite as good as the flat stone that Chester had spent a long time picking and choosing for his whetstone and moving it around the house, but it was fine when he needed to sharpen it quickly.
Monia swung the sharpened claw knife into the river to shake off all the stone powder and claw powder and took it back to the pig that was grooming it.
The bloodless and skinned pigs were horribly slaughtered for each part that Chester had told Monia about. And, this miserable and pitiful pig’s suffering did not end here.
Move the claw knife vigorously to cut the flesh, then find the hidden bones inside the meat and carefully apply the flesh attached to the bones.
“Whoa.”
After neatly removing the spine from the pig’s body, Monia carefully cut the removed body horizontally and spread it thinly and widely. In addition, the meat is tenderized by piercing and slicing the meat here and there with a claw knife, including cutting tough tendons.
In addition, Monia, who added seasonings, spices, and chopped fruits she brought from home, rolled up the pork body and tied it tightly with a string.
I can’t remember the name of the dish, but among the countless dishes Monia ate while living, there was a similar type of dish.
“I couldn’t make it because I couldn’t use a lot of meat, but here it is!”
There were many opportunities to create. However, when there was a lot of meat and fruit, I focused on making preserved food first, so I couldn’t cook extravagantly using large pieces of meat.
“How are you going to bake that thick one?”
“Well. To allow the flavor and aroma to permeate the meat, it is better to cook it slowly over low heat in a kiln. Or you can just cut it up and bake it!”
“Do whatever you want.”
As Chester said that, he thinly sliced the belly of the pig, cut it into square pieces, and lined it with leaves. I deliberately made it thin to make it easier to grill on the grill.
‘Those guys seem a little dissatisfied, but.’
When the black wind ate together, he liked to eat whatever he ate by putting it in his mouth and chewing it gently.
‘It seems the other guys do the same.’
Why are you making the meat so thin?
On the other hand, some seemed to be discussing and meeting with each other about why they cut the meat like that.
It’s funny to see how they’re divided into those who use their hair and those who don’t.
‘Do they have a clique to each other?’
The one without a head… So if we were to divide into factions and call them, should we call them ‘warriors’? When the Warriors fought each other a little while ago, the side that used their hair, that is, the ‘Hair Wave’ looked bad.
‘Still, it’s fortunate that it’s not as dark and sticky as our country’s aristocratic faction fights.’
Factional fights between nobles, political fights, and strife, how can a person do that?
Chester didn’t want to know more about it because he didn’t want to see the terrible behavior of those terrible human figures, but he couldn’t avoid seeing the terrible side of the aristocratic society at all, as long as he was in the position of Monia’s exclusive butler.
‘Compared to that, these are angels.’
There was only a bit of dissatisfaction towards each other, and when you look at their behavior, it was to the point of bickering because there was something they didn’t like between the brothers.
The baby warrior who had been hit by the black wind a while ago was also playing with the black wind, not caring much about being hit after waking up.
“Surely, if you’re going to use a kiln, is it okay to bake in a barrel? They will eat it on their own.”
“I will! There is so much meat at best, so let’s make it in various ways!”
“You look happy?”
While grooming the pig, Monia hums and twitches to let her body know that she is happy and excited.
“Whoop whoop. I never thought I would be so happy to be able to just eat while eating without worrying about the next day! I couldn’t eat comfortably because I was thinking ‘what if I eat this and run out of preserved food later when I’m in danger’ while eating together every day!”
“Ugh. He-was he?”
Chester was slightly taken aback. Chester, of course, was wary of the winter, but he didn’t feel as anxious as Monia. Preparing for winter is just a habit.
Yes, it was a very natural thing for the entire village to come out and prepare for the winter, as people in poor villages tended to die in the winter.
Of course, if you ask Monia if there is a concept or word itself of winter preparation, Chester will confidently say no.
For Monia, winter was all about enjoying a tea party while watching the falling snow drop the leaves and make pretty snowflakes bloom hanging from the bare tree branches.
‘what… You really have to go through that situation and overcome it before you can afford it.’
Chester also had a little big head, so he was very nervous when helping to prepare for the winter. Just the previous winter, one of my friends died of starvation.
However, after going through such a thing several times, and even running through the mountains to help hunt, led by his father on that cold and difficult winter day, he got used to it.
It was cold and dry, and I got used to the harsh winter, where even the slightest twist could take away my life.
It was only when I first knew that winter was coming that I was worried because I wasn’t prepared, but now I’m fully prepared and there’s winter information from the black wind, so I’m not worried.
You just have to be vigilant and careful.
“This side is finished.”
“Me too! All you have to do is cook!”
“great.”
Chester beckoned them to go now, and the black wind rose up and picked up the meat they had prepared and gathered in one place.
Then, with a high-pitched dance, they began to carry it home.
Other people at the top also rushed, chasing after the black wind.
* * *
– From now on, my friend Chester will make a little sun!
As Chester started preparing to light the fire, the black wind, noticing it, quickly called his friends and ordered them to gather together.
“… … .”
Chester, who was making the shape of a bonfire with Monia, who brought firewood, looked at the people at the top who were suddenly clinging to the surroundings.
‘The temperature seems to have risen suddenly.’
How on earth did the black wind talk about fire, so I wondered why I was looking at it so curiously?
Chester, who did not know that the Black Wind called the fire ‘Little Sun’, couldn’t understand their overreaction.
Of course, it was only natural for the people at the top to react like this.
To them, fire is a fragment of the sun that falls to the ground along with lightning that sometimes falls from the sky.
No matter how strong the people at the top are, they know that they cannot dare to resist a truly great and gigantic being, that is, ‘nature itself’.
And now, Chester can’t help but look at it with excitement because he’s going to make the little sun that great nature sometimes falls to the ground with that weak body.
– Will it? will it be real?
– Making a small sun with arms as thin as those branches? How do you make it?
– Couldn’t it be made by summoning the falling light?
– no way! If such a thing is possible, it cannot be a weak being.
– But isn’t it said that you can make a small sun?
– Well. that’s.
– Shh! move! moved!
– What did you do?!
– I touched a branch!
– Why did you touch that?!
– ! I’m breathing!
– That’s obvious, who just said something stupid? Could it be you? Are you called a baby head with that hair?
– Not me! Ugh, don’t hide behind me! you did it!
The people at the top keep making noise and snorting in excitement, their hot breath and snort making Chester’s hair fly around.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Monia fluttered and brushed the hair that hung over her nose and covered her eyes and brushed it back.
– Ugh! What is that! What does that mean?!
And the people at the top waited for the little sun, giving meaning to even that one action.
“It looks like the ladies making a fuss while watching the stunts of the circus troupe that came to town.”
– Oh oh! Started chanting! As expected, it summons the falling light!
– It’s witchcraft! It was a shaman!
Chester left the fuss around and began teaching Black Wind how to make a fire without a lighter.
Doing is the same
I just go through the steps I could have skipped because of the lighter.
Scrape the tree with a knife and collect a bunch of thin and long plucked pieces to make a kindling, make a small groove on one side of the tree, and then rotate the branch as straight as possible into the groove to generate frictional heat.
With constant repetition, the sawdust from the rubbed and peeled wood turns into charcoal, so now add it to the kindling.
After injecting wind into a kindling stick and charcoal to create a fire, start with twigs and pile them up step by step to make a bonfire.
If the job is done right, and the air is good, the fire will eat the twigs and grow on its own until it finally burns the wood and turns into a steady bonfire.
“braided.”
The moment Chester showed the finished fire.
– It’s a real little sun!
– Made a little sun!
– Whoa! That is amazing! Awesome!
– The words of the black wind were true!
The people at the top were excited and jumped up and down as a group.
“… … .”
Chester, who looked at the reaction of the people at the top with burden, said to Monia.
“Shall we grill some meat?”
“Yes… … .”
Monia also nodded with a somewhat tired face.
The two of them exploded in excitement and started cooking, leaving the top people running amok or beating each other.