Chapter 19: Revisiting the Snake Department, Qiu Lun
The rice fields are green, and when the mountain wind blows, the green rice seedlings rise and fall like waves, and bursts of fragrance come. A slight smell makes people feel relaxed and happy.
After a while, the group arrived at the snake handling department.
Looking around, Gongliang found that the snake handling department was much bigger than when he came before.
The people from the snake handling tribe slowly drove the snake towards the tribe. As soon as they got closer, an old man from the snake handling tribe who was sitting outside the tribe came forward and asked, "What happened outside?"
Ava replied: "It's okay, it's our tribe's benefactor, Da Yanbu Gongliang, who is here."
Only then did the old man see Gong Liang, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but my benefactor has grown a lot. Ava, go back and tell your father that you should treat your benefactor well."
"knew."
"go Go!"
The old man waved his hand, and the group continued to walk forward. In front of them was the Snake Club. Nowadays, the streets of the Snake Club are extremely wide. There are some wine shops and restaurants on the side. There are also street stalls on the roadside. Some lower-class tribes and reckless people
Wild tribes, as well as the barren people passing by, were walking on the streets, buying and selling things. These were scenes that Gongliang had never seen before in the snake handling department. It seemed that the straight road had changed a lot of things.
After entering the tribe, the tribesmen following Awa left one after another, and finally only Awa was left walking home with Gongliang.
The little bug hadn't eaten enough of the pickled monster meat, so he desperately wanted to follow him, but unfortunately he was dragged back by the snake egg.
After a while, Ava returned home with Gongliang. Before he could enter the door, he shouted loudly: "Abba, Ammu, come out quickly and see who is coming."
Rui and Awa'am, the leaders of the Snake Control Department, heard the words and walked out. When they saw Gongliang, Rui happily stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said, "We're back. Come sit inside." Ava'am also quickly turned around and went to the house.
Prepare things for guests.
The three sisters of the Yan family followed Gongliang from beginning to end, while Mi Gu sat on Dad's shoulders, turning his head and looking around, not idle at all.
The golden-winged Dapeng eagle chick is hovering in the sky for thousands of miles, staring closely below. If there is danger, it will fly down immediately to solve the problem.
For it, which accompanied Gong Liang through the wilderness, it knew the dangers of the wild jungle far better than anyone else.
Kui Long flew to the high mountain behind the Snake Department, and revealed a huge dragon body. He walked up to his mother, Dragon Viper, and kissed her affectionately. His pair of giant eyes were full of attachment and joy.
Dragon Viper, the ancestor of the Snake Tribe, looked at his son, a hint of joy flashed in his cold eyes. It seemed that the decision he made back then was the right one, otherwise Chi'er wouldn't have been so lucky.
Rui took Gongliang and the others to the stone table in the courtyard and sat down. Awa'amu brought out a plate of Tianxiang spirit fruits and several plates of other spirit fruits, and persuaded him enthusiastically. Gongliang was not polite and took a few Tianxiang spirit fruits.
The fruit was divided between Migu and the three sisters of the Yan family.
Migu took the fruit from Dad and ate it with big mouthfuls.
The three sisters of the Yan family are more ladylike, nibbling small bites and chewing slowly.
"I heard that you have been practicing in Dongtu Dazong in the past few years. Why did you come back?" Ruiqi asked.
"I haven't been back to the tribe for a long time, so I want to go back and have a look." Gong Liang explained.
"It's good to take a look."
Rui nodded and said: "After the temple and the straight road here were opened, more and more people from the Great Wilderness tribes went to the ancestral land. Now they have opened a road from the Giant Turtle Sea to the Yan tribe. You don't have to go back now.
We went over mountains and ridges, through forests and wading as before. But there are too many ferocious beasts in the ancestral land, and even the main roads are not safe, so we still have to be careful on the way back."
"Um..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Before the two of them could say a few words, there was a loud noise outside. When I turned around, I saw Ling Gong walking quickly from outside with a spear, followed closely by Wu, Moa and other people who were familiar with Gong Liang.
Some of them knew Gongliang, but Gongliang didn't know them, nor the snake handlers who came to join in the fun.
For a time, the large courtyard of the leader Rui's family was packed to the brim.
Rui was also a man. Seeing that there were so many people, he announced that a banquet would be held in the temple square in the evening to entertain the tribe's benefactor Gongliang when he returned from the east.
There is a rule in the Snake Control Club: as long as there is a banquet in the temple square, the dishes for the banquet must be prepared by each family.
So when the people in the Snake Department heard what the leader said, they quickly went back to prepare.
The temple dedicated to the snake-controlling god used to be on the mountain, but after it was moved here, because of the vast plains, it was inconvenient to go to the mountain when worshiping, so the leader Rui Hewu and some elders of the tribe discussed it.
A temple and square to worship the gods were built in the plain in imitation of the temple.
This square is usually used by tribesmen to practice martial arts, and it can also be used as a place to gather people when something happens. It can be said that it serves multiple purposes.
After night falls, the left and right sides of the square in front of the temple are filled with torches, illuminating the square brightly.
Behind the torch, there are many companion spirit snakes of different sizes, colors and shapes. These spirit snakes are arranged in a row from large to small according to their size.
If you are timid, seeing so many snakes and insects will probably scare you to death.
On the ground in front of the torch, there are long tables and benches made of giant wood. Delicious delicacies with the characteristics of the wilderness are constantly being brought out from every household in the Snake Department. It seems to be different from his family's dishes. These dishes are all kinds of.
, the materials are also all kinds of strange.
Even for someone like Gong Liang, who has traveled through the wilderness of the East, there are many ingredients for dishes that he cannot tell what they are.
"Gongliang, try this, it's delicious."
Ava brought a plate of something about half a meter long, fat and white, in front of Gongliang and persuaded him enthusiastically.
Gongliang picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat from above and put it into his mouth. The dish was stewed from someone who knows what and it melted in the mouth, with a sweet aftertaste and no meaty taste at all.
"Not bad." Gongliang praised and asked, "What kind of meat is this?"
"Qiu Hu." Ava also picked up a piece of meat and started eating.
"Qiu Hui!" Hearing this, Gong Liang's hand that was about to reach out to pick up the meat was stopped.
Others may not know what Qiuji is, but they have read the Dahuang Jing and the Illustrated Catalog of Eastern Native Products, so how can they not know what Qiuji is? Maybe this name sounds unfamiliar, but I believe many people know the other name.
That is the earth dragon, which is also the earthworm.
That's right, the earth dragon, like the earth dragon, both grows in the soil.
But I don’t know why, the earthworms growing in the ground are long and slender, and have a strong earthy smell, but in some places in the wilderness, the earthworms grow fat, and the meat is almost the same as an insect chrysalis, very
tasty.
Gongliang just paused for a while, and then picked up the chicken meat and started eating it. No matter what it was, it wouldn't kill anyone.
However, Jing Shu and others are much more cautious and will never eat dishes whose names they don't know, lest they eat something terrible.
Migu, like Gongliang, has no taboos and eats them happily.
Because although Gongliang’s cooking is delicious, he has never cooked so many things at once like this.
As everyone knows, the people in the Snake Department have put a lot of thought into preparing for the evening banquet. In order to avoid making their own dishes the same as others, they all thought about strange things and things that no one had ever eaten before, so that they were cooked.
There are so many different things that it’s dazzling to see.
Regardless of the craftsmanship, the meal served by the Snake Club tonight can be regarded as the best in the wilderness.