The next day, me and Ainaka decided to take care of themselves and rest.
I was fine without any signs of a cold, but just be careful.
I'm not just sleeping in a futon.
He focused on easy work that did not deplete his health.
There are a lot of work like that in Asia, so I don't have any trouble with work.
After all this time, the next holiday came.
Saturday, September 7.
Different World Life Day 52.
Hey, let's eat rice after all ~
Asaka said during breakfast.
It seems that the luxury of the meal has given rise to greed.
"If you still want to eat rice, can you eat it?
"Oh, it's okay."
It grows rice in a paddy field above Ajito.
The seeds used to make paddy fields were recovered from nearby natural terrestrial rice.
For that reason, if you want to eat rice now, you can harvest it from the land rice.
"Then why don't you eat?
"Terrestrial rice is not so high-quality. It would be nice if this place had more rainfall, but basically the sun is still shining. Furthermore, natural terrestrial rice does not care for weeds or spray fertilizers. First of all, there is no doubt that the rice harvested will taste bad."
I smile.
"You don't like the first taste of rice, do you? You want to be touched?
Rice is rooted in our culture.
Even bakers eat rice once a day for breakfast.
Rice does not compromise as much as possible because it is such a noisy people.
If we compromise on natural terrestrial rice, we will definitely regret it.
"Sure! But I miss rice!
Well, we're getting everything but rice.
About two months ago, I ate wild plants and mushrooms.
This place is incredibly full of stories like that.
For example, we're eating eggs in a progressive fashion.
It is carefully wrapped on a soaked olive oil.
It is eaten with salt extracted from seawater.
The flavor is pleasant enough to cross the Japanese egg grill.
"I think I want a little more seasoning than rice. I want to expand the range of flavors."
That said, Saori drank homemade miso soup.
Miso soup on egg grill... Asato sand also nods for rice.
Seasonings? Black pepper will be ready in no time. "
"Really!?
The eyes of the picture shine.
"Black pepper is pepper, right?
"That's right. There's a pepper tree nearby."
"I want it!"
"It looks like you're eating something amazing," laughs Ainaka.
"You don't have a taste for cooking, do you?"
Tanaka's gaze was flickering and poetry.
Shiori, who realized that, returned the love laugh to Tanaka.
Tanaka gets tense with just that.
"Chairman, whatever I say to a virgin, I don't think I can do it."
Yaeyama stabbed a nail in Tanaka who was about to run wild.
"Shadow Mountain seems to be able to graduate a virgin before Tanaka."
Pear said that the inside of Asia was wrapped in laughter.
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After the meal, they started the work that they liked.
Love vegetables disappear with the monkey army, and Sofia disappears with the sound of heaven.
Muscle Takahashi begins his mourning and Yoshioka draws on the blueprint.
The Asakura sisters took Mt. Yagami out to procure materials for their crafts.
Shiori will come too? I'll go fishing after I've maintained a fishing rod with Tanaka. "
"Are you sure?
"Of course, I'm worried about Tanaka and the two of us getting attacked!
"Don't do that! The thugs will be defeated when they strike."
"Hahaha! That's true too!
Asaka took Tanaka and Shiori to the river.
"Ah, I'll follow you. I want to collect shrimp from the river."
The pears follow the Asato Sands.
"Well, we're picking pepper."
Yeah!
All that's left is me and Saori.
We harvest pepper fruit and process it into black pepper.
But before that, I checked the condition of the wheat field.
"Finally?"
"Oops! It's a bud!
At last, sprouts are emerging from the soil of the field.
It's called timing, it looks good, and the cultivation itself is going well.
So I went to the next paddy field and fed the ducks.
"Hey, Fireshadow, why do you always feed in the same place?
Saori asks.
She went on before I answered.
"Can't it be done elsewhere? I'm definitely going to make sure you're there."
Yes, I'm fixing the feeding point for the duck.
Not only for me, but for other members and monkeys to feed.
Always at the corner of the paddy field, feeding at another point was prohibited.
Of course, there's a reason for this.
"We make it easy to collect by feeding in the same place. If someone actually stood up in this place, the ducks would stop by, right?
"Indeed."
"If we don't do this, we'll play tricks in the paddy fields when we collect it. It's inefficient, and above all, it could scratch the crop."
"I see. I've been thinking from the very beginning."
"That's what agriculture is."
"It's as cool as ever."
The duck has finished feeding and is now ready to pick up the pepper.
"Ah, yes."
- And before that.
"I forgot something I wanted to tell you."
"What? Cooking?"
The eyes of the picture are sparkling.
I smiled and nodded, "Yes."
"I thought I'd show you how to make pickles."
"Pickles!?
"I can do it right away, and I'll put the pepper on."
"Okay!
To make pickles, we went back to Asia for a while.
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"We make it in the sea."
"Seawater dipping is the one you used to store boar meat, right?
"That's right. Maybe Satori was the originator."
Immediately after starting activities in Asia, raw meat storage was carried out by immersing it in sea water.
Now that my head count has increased, I can eat all day and above all, I have a refrigerator.
Well, even if it's a refrigerator, it's the cool space we found in the back of Asia.
"Daikon radish, cabbage, and carrots are delicious when they're soaked in sea water."
I decided to use carrots this time.
Cut washed and peeled carrots into sticks.
Put it in a lacquerware container with sea water and lay kelp on it.
"All you have to do is close the lid and put a heavy stone on it."
"Eh!? Is this all you need!?
"Isn't that easy? It's going to last longer than usual, and it's going to expand the flavor."
"Why didn't you tell me sooner!
Her cheeks were swollen and pounding.
Her long black hair swayed to match the movement, and the sweet fragrance tickled her nostrils.
"Well, you can do it like this, so make it if you have time. If you keep excess vegetables in the sea, it might help when the rice is finished."
Got it!
Since we were taught to soak in sea water, we went to pick pepper with plenty.