I Became The Chief of A Primitive Village

Chapter 239: Homemade Chili Sauce

Su Bai stepped forward to the dug hole, examining whether the foundations were up to standard. He found that the hole was dug out quite well.

He nodded with satisfaction and said, “It’s acceptable, well dug. Continue digging the next one.”

Yan Jiao blinked his red eyes in confusion and asked, “Shaman, do we need to dig more holes?”

“Of course, all the Teepees in the Tribe need to be replaced with cement houses. Keep digging,” Su Bai nodded.

“Where else should we dig?” Yan Jiao asked.

“There are markings on the paper I gave you. Dig according to those markings.” Su Bai instructed.

Yan Jiao took out the paper from his Animal Hide Bag and spread out the crumpled paper to examine it.

He leaned in very close, as if he could not see, and after looking for a while, he raised his head and exclaimed in surprise, “Shaman, looking at it this way, the entire Tribe will be full of holes.”

Su Bai nodded slightly, raising an eyebrow and asked, “Hmm? The entire Tribe needs to change to cement houses, so we need to dig holes everywhere.”

“If we keep digging like this, many people won’t have a place to live,” Yan Jiao expressed his concern.

“I understand that. I’m not asking you to dig them all at once. Just dig the ones near the centre point first, build the houses nearby, then dig the outer areas,” Su Bai paused, then continued arranging, “Then for those demolished houses, let the people inside temporarily live with others.”

He certainly knew it was impossible to dig out all the holes at once, after all, the Tribe was not small.

For now, they could only build houses at the centre point, as there might not be enough time to build houses in the outer areas.

“Alright,” Yan Jiao nodded and turned to lead people to start digging again.

Yu Ying blinked her pink eyes and asked, “Shaman, what do we do after digging the holes?”

“Once the cement is made, we can start building houses. But there’s no rush right now. Let’s dig the holes first,” Su Bai said softly.

He had already asked Gu Mu to start making stone slabs, wide and long ones. They would be attached on all four sides, and then cement would be poured in.

“Oh, okay…” Yu Ying nodded, still somewhat confused, “Shaman, do you want to go check on the chilli peppers?”

After being dug up from their previous location, they were immediately replanted near the Tribe’s current main gate.

“Sure,” Su Bai nodded and took the lead, walking towards the gate.

A few minutes later, they arrived at the Tribe’s main gate. Looking around, quite a bit of land had been cultivated.

The land was prepared using hoes that Shan Qiu had previously forged. Sweet potatoes and chilli peppers had been replanted.

However, they did not look to be in very good condition, with leaves wilting.

Su Bai crouched down to look at the chilli peppers and frowned, “It seems like the chilli peppers have been out of the soil for too long, they’re not doing so well.” ?

Yu Ying looked distressed, reaching out to touch the leaves, mumbling, “They were like this when I checked this morning. Shaman, does this mean they’re dead?”

The fox eared girl had carefully tended to the chilli peppers for a long time, personally watering them every day. Now that the chilli peppers were in this state, she naturally felt upset, like having her cabbage eaten by pigs.

“Yes, there’s no help for it. Pick all the surviving chilli peppers and we’ll replant them.” Su Bai nodded.

“Replant? Shaman, didn’t you sow all the chilli pepper seeds last time?” Yu Ying asked curiously.

“Silly girl, these grown chilli peppers can be planted,” Su Bai smiled slightly.

Yu Ying blinked her pink eyes and asked, “Do we just bury the chilli peppers directly into the soil?”

“That’s one way, but there’s a better method. Pick them now, and we’ll make chilli sauce later,” Su Bai smiled.

“Okay,” Yu Ying, hearing they could make chilli sauce, perked up and agreed, starting to pick the chilli peppers.

Su Bai stood up to check on the sweet potatoes and found their vitality was quite strong. The leaves were still very green, without any signs of wilting.

He withdrew his hand, satisfied, “It seems like we can increase the planting of sweet potatoes. Let’s keep more of this batch for seeds.”

The lettuce had already been harvested before they left. Due to the short time, there was no way to let it grow bigger and save their seeds. So, the lettuce production line was cut off, and they could only wait for the next Assistance Package to see if they could get lettuce seeds.

As for ginger, garlic, and sweet potatoes, they could be dug up and replanted, so there was no worry.

The chilli peppers were the same. They had already produced so many peppers that the field had turned red. They could be cut open and the seeds inside could be taken out for replanting.

More than ten minutes later, Yu Ying cradled a pile of chilli peppers in a large leaf, smiling brightly, “Shaman, I’ve picked all the chilli peppers.”

“Good, let’s go back to the Teepee,” Su Bai clapped his hands and walked in front.

After returning to the Teepee, he asked the fox eared girl to wash the chilli peppers first, then put them out in the Sun to dry.

Half an hour later, Yu Ying came into the Teepee excitedly carrying the chilli peppers, saying with a smile, “Shaman, the chilli peppers are dry now.”

Su Bai nodded, took the bowl of chilli peppers, and started by putting a small amount in a bowl. He took a relatively thick piece of wood and began to mash the chilli peppers.

Yu Ying squatted in front, cupping her cheeks in her hands as she watched this series of operations, her pink eyes full of surprise.

More than half an hour later, all the chilli peppers had been mashed and were placed in a basin. The fox eared girl had also taken turns mashing the chilli peppers.

“Shaman, here are the jars you wanted,” Yu Ying came in carrying two ceramic jars.

“Put the chilli peppers in them, then add the garlic paste, and seal them up.” Su Bai instructed.

Earlier, when he was checking the chilli peppers, he had dug up some garlic to bring back, because adding garlic to chilli sauce would make it absolutely delicious.

“Okay,” Yu Ying was most willing to do this kind of thing, and she put all the chilli peppers from the basin into the two ceramic jars.

The two ceramic jars were filled with mashed chilli peppers. Finally, Su Bai heated the lids of the ceramic jars with fire.

Lastly, he covered them with a piece of linen cloth first, then put on the ceramic lids.

“Alright, in a few days we can take them out to eat,” Su Bai clapped his hands.

Yu Ying was so excited that her fox tail kept wagging, and she happily asked, “Shaman, will our homemade chilli sauce taste good?”

“Well, we’ll have to try it and see, haha…” Su Bai was also making chilli sauce for the first time, so he was not very confident.

“Then I’ll go plant those chilli peppers, so we can make chilli sauce again at a later date.” Yu Ying said with a smile.

“Good,” Su Bai nodded. While making the chilli sauce, they had set aside some chilli peppers as seeds.

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