The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 36: Once it comes, make peace with it

"Sir, take care~"

Looking at the middle-aged man's departing back, Liu Chuang couldn't stop smiling, "Xiao Pi, did you hear that?"

"After completing this mission, I can activate the second star vein and have a second food spirit!"

"His Ka~"

Xiao Pi nodded heavily, with the same expectant look on his face.

When a new food spirit is born, it should recognize it as its big brother, right?

In this way, it will have a little brother!
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Liu Chuang clapped his hands suddenly, "We need to go buy groceries. We just received our bonus."

"Let's go, let's go. We haven't eaten meat for a long time!"

"Let's talk about the mission after we're full!"
-
"The Xiaxi Mountain is just ahead."

The next day, looking at the Xiaxi Mountain in front of him, Qin Lang took a deep breath, adjusted the slightly slipped straps of his backpack, and set foot on the mountain trail.

As the only mountain in Dongxia City, Xiaxi Mountain is about 500 meters high, covers a very large area, and has a not steep slope.

This time when entering Xiaxi Mountain, Qin Lang was already prepared to stay for several days, so he specially purchased various portable travel items in advance.

With one million, he became more generous in his spending.

"Gulu~"

Danbao followed Qin Lang excitedly. Climbing Xiaxi Mountain, which was covered with various vegetation, was also a novel experience for it.

"It's almost noon, we'll have lunch on the mountain." Looking at Danbao's active appearance, Qin Lang said with a smile.

In order to reduce the weight, he did not prepare any ready-made food.

But that's not a problem.

There is an abundance of wild game and mountain delicacies in Xiaxi Mountain, which is almost inexhaustible. The portable travel items he bought also include kitchen utensils and various condiments.

As for hunting, of course it is left to Danbao.

After walking a few steps, the sharp-eyed Qin Lang exclaimed in surprise. He walked about ten meters into the forest beside the mountain path, and his eyes cast towards the trunk of one of the trees, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

“What fresh wood ear mushrooms.”

Taking out a folded plastic bag from his backpack, Qin Lang carefully picked the wood ears one by one and put them away.

Danbao leaned forward to sniff, only to smell a peculiar smell of wood. He couldn't help but cast an inquiring look at Qin Lang.

"Gulu?"

"The wood ear mushrooms taste great after being cooked. They are crispy and springy, and have a light wood ear fragrance." Qin Lang smiled. "Freshly picked wood ear mushrooms are delicious whether they are stewed in soup or stir-fried."

After hearing what Qin Lang said, Danbao immediately became excited.

Qin Lang can’t be left alone to find ingredients, he has to work hard too!
Danbao looked around and soon saw an inconspicuous bright purple not far away, and his eyes lit up.

Is that also an ingredient?

It moved closer out of curiosity and soon saw an umbrella-shaped plant growing at the base of the tree trunk. It had bright purple lines on its surface and looked very beautiful.

If it looks so good, it must be delicious, right?
"Gulu!"

Danbao shouted excitedly to Qin Lang.

Qin Lang came over after hearing the sound. After seeing what Danbao had discovered, his hands trembled and he almost threw away the fungus in his hand.

"This is a poisonous mushroom. You can't eat it." Qin Lang touched Danbao, feeling both amused and helpless. "Mushrooms like this, with particularly bright and beautiful colors, are almost always poisonous. Eating them can cause hallucinations at best, and even death at worst."

Upon hearing this, Danbao suddenly stepped back, and his eyes quickly became alert as he looked at the poisonous mushroom, and he felt a little frustrated.

Finding food is no easy task. Seeing Danbao's thoughts, Qin Lang smiled and said, "We are still at the outermost edge of Xiaxi Mountain. Most of the wild game and game here have been taken by others. Finding some wood ear mushrooms is a surprise."

"The deeper you go, the better it gets."

He pointed in the direction deeper into Xiaxi Mountain and said, "Let's continue."

As Qin Lang expected, after going deeper into the mountains, there were indeed a lot more mountain delicacies. After an hour on the mountain, he and Danbao found five kinds of edible mushrooms and a nest of eggs of an unknown bird.

"Add some more meat and we'll have lunch." After counting the harvest, Qin Lang showed a look of joy.

At this moment, a slight noise was heard from not far away.

Qin Lang and Danbao quickly turned around, and then they saw a brown beast hiding behind a tree, peeking at them.

It is about one meter tall at the shoulder, with a deer-like body and short horns.

This is…

Silly roe deer!
Qin Lang's eyes lit up instantly.

The reason why roe deer is nicknamed "silly roe deer" is because of its cute personality, lack of vigilance, strong curiosity and courage. When it encounters humans, it will not run away but will come up to take a look.

A roe deer this big is almost an adult, and it is definitely more than enough to be used as lunch.

Looking at the silly roe deer that had no idea that danger was about to come, Qin Lang couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Now that you are here, let’s be buried here!

"Egg Baby, use Breath of Fire!"

After a lot of chaos, a man and a spirit got a silly roe deer x1.

"There's a mountain stream nearby that eventually flows into the Xiayun River." Qin Lang took out the map and glanced at it, then smiled with satisfaction. "We've found the ingredients. Let's go there and prepare lunch."

"Gulu!"

Danbao shouted excitedly and looked at the silly roe deer held in Qin Lang's hands.

At this moment, the fur on the surface of the silly roe deer had been burnt black by the flames, and a faint smell of meat was emitting.

Qin Lang said that this silly roe deer can be used to make roasted whole roe deer.

It has already begun to look forward to how delicious it will be.

Arriving at the mountain stream, Qin Lang took out various portable kitchen utensils from his backpack and began to prepare in an orderly manner.

The picked mushrooms can be used to make mushroom soup. Even without adding any other ingredients, the mixed flavor of various mushrooms is delicious enough.

Set up a pot, put the washed and cut mushrooms into pieces, add clear mountain stream water, and simmer on low heat on the stove.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Lang began to deal with the silly roe deer efficiently.

Bleed and remove the skin and hair, gut the fish, and apply marinade inside and out.

While waiting for the marinating of the silly roe deer, Qin Lang had already set up the grill and grilling net needed to roast the whole roe deer.

The roe deer is spread out along its ribs on both sides, lying on the grill with its limbs, torso and head fixed, and then placed on the fire to roast. While roasting, the grill is constantly rotated to ensure that every corner of the roe deer is heated evenly.

As time passed, the surface of the roe deer gradually became shiny with oil, and the bright red meat was roasted into a golden color, which was extremely tempting.

"Gulu gulu?"

The increasingly strong aroma of meat made Danbao beside him swallow his saliva madly, and he couldn't wait to pounce on it and take a bite.

"It's still missing a bit of soul." Qin Lang stopped Danbao with a smile, and then sprinkled a layer of secret sauce evenly on both sides of the roasted roe deer.

(End of this chapter)