Chapter 496, Achieving Seasoning Freedom

Translator: Silavin

 

Su Bai returned to the Yong’an Building early this morning from the farmland. Apart from going to perform the Growth Acceleration Skill in the morning, he also looked at the growth of those crops.

 

There was no other reason; a batch of seasoning seeds had been planted some time ago, and now was just the time for harvest.

 

These seasoning seeds were very useful. Su Bai had long wanted to open a barbecue shop in the Tribe.

 

But due to the scarcity of seasoning, this idea had been shelved.

 

Until the seasoning seeds were produced some time ago, his idea changed, and he immediately sowed the seeds and arranged for people to build a barbecue shop.

 

“Shaman, what are all these things?” Yan Hua asked curiously.

 

After training, Yan Hua went with him to harvest these crops from the farmland. Although these crops smelled fragrant, they looked small in size and did not seem like they could be eaten directly.

 

Previously, edible crops were not very small in size, and even if they were small, they were at least palm-sized. This was the first time she had seen crops as small as pebbles.

 

“These are all seasonings. This one is cumin, this one is sesame, this one you know is chilli, and this one is…” Su Bai patiently explained to Yan Hua.

 

These were seasonings, which could be said to be the essential trump card for a barbecue shop. Whether barbecue tastes good or not depends on whether it has these seasonings.

 

With these seasonings, those barbecued meats would taste much better than just sprinkling a little salt.

 

“They all have strange names, but they all sound quite good.” Yan Hua blinked her red eyes.

 

Although they were all unfamiliar terms, these terms sounded better than previous ones.

 

“Not only do they sound nice, they also taste amazing.” Su Bai smiled, already a bit impatient to try the barbecue.

 

“Shaman, can these be eaten directly? But they look so small, how many would I need to eat to taste the flavour?” Yan Hua mumbled.

 

Although she wanted to try the taste of these things, two or three handfuls might be eaten up, so she thought better of it.

 

“You can eat them directly,” Su Bai raised his hand to press down, and continued, “Of course, not eating them directly now, the taste wouldn’t be as good that way.”

 

Yan Hua withdrew her hands sheepishly. After hearing the first half of the sentence, she was about to take some, but did not expect there to be a second half.

 

She laughed awkwardly and asked, “Shaman, in that case, how should they be eaten?”

 

“You can eat barbecued meat, then sprinkle all these seasonings on top,” Su Bai said gently.

 

He imagined the scene of cumin dancing on barbecued meat and could not help but salivate.

 

“Barbecued meat? Are these things put on barbecued meat like salt?” Yan Hua asked curiously.

 

“Yes, you’ll know at lunchtime,” Su Bai smiled mysteriously.

 

He began to categorise these seasonings, and after categorising them, he placed them on a small piece of linen and pounded them with a stone.

 

“Hmm… this method doesn’t work well, the seasonings produced would definitely be too large,” Su Bai muttered.

 

Yan Hua had been staring blankly at this scene, and asked in confusion, “Shaman, what are you doing?”

 

She did not understand why the seasonings were being spoiled like this; wouldn’t it be better to eat them directly?

 

“I’m making seasonings. Crushing them a bit and sprinkling them evenly on barbecued meat would taste better,” Su Bai explained.

 

“I see, I thought the Shaman didn’t want these things anymore,” Yan Hua shrugged her shoulders awkwardly.

 

“How could that be possible?” Su Bai smiled lightly, getting up to look for a container that could crush these things.

 

Soon he found a wooden bowl and a fairly thick short wooden stick.

 

Su Bai again placed the cumin seeds in the bowl, then took the short wooden stick and began to pound.

 

*Dong dong dong…*

 

The wooden stick hitting the wooden bowl continuously made crisp sounds, and the cumin seeds in the bowl started to be crushed. After a few minutes, a bowl of evenly crushed cumin powder was ready.

 

“Have a smell, doesn’t it smell more fragrant this way?” Su Bai lifted the wooden bowl.

 

Yan Hua brought her delicate nose close to the wooden bowl, and after taking a deep breath, exclaimed, “It smells more fragrant than before.”

 

“Right? Many seasonings need to be processed like this for the flavour to be better,” Su Bai said and continued to work on other seasonings.

 

He began to successively fill jars with sesame, cumin powder, chilli sauce, and others, like star anise and Sichuan peppercorns.

 

However, these few items were relatively scarce, unlike the previous seasonings which were more abundant.

 

“Shaman, is it possible to start barbecuing now?” Yan Hua looked at those jars in amazement.

 

“Yes, at noon we can start to eat a luxurious barbecue,” Su Bai said softly.

 

“Great!” Yan Hua couldn’t help but happily shout.

 

*Step step step…*

 

Time passed minute by minute, and Yu Ying placed a stone slab on the fire pit, a thin stone slab specifically used for barbecuing.

 

Yu Ying skilfully placed slices of meat on the stone slab, and when the meat was cooked just right, she added those seasonings on top.

 

*Sizzle sizzle…*

 

Some of the seasonings fell onto the fire, making a sizzling sound instantly, and the aroma immediately spread around.

 

“Wow, it smells so good! Even better than what we ate before,” Yu Ying exclaimed instantly.

 

Although they had eaten barbecue before and had some seasonings, this was the first time they had such a complete variety.

 

“If it tastes good, that’s great. In the future, a barbecue shop will be opened in the Tribe,” Su Bai smiled, which was his main purpose today.

 

“A barbecue shop?” the girls asked in unison, confused.