Chapter 203 Green Grape Bread
Chapter 203 Green Grape Bread
"Lezhi, Leixiu, have you packed everything?"
Outside the Windwalker Clan, Qinglin, Qingjin, and several familiar guards were saying goodbye to Lei Xiu and Lezhi.
The mission to their birthplace was a complete success. Not only did Lezhi's body recover, but she also benefited greatly and grew wings. Because she was the mother tree, all the tree spirits who knew the truth took it for granted and were happy for Lezhi. The doubts that Lezhi had imagined did not materialize, which was a great relief.
It's already the end of the White Hidden Season and the Winter Season is just around the corner. The tribespeople can't wait for Lezhi in the Windwalker Tribe forever, so they've already set off and are probably arriving at the tribe's territory one after another by now.
So the remaining Lezhi, Leman, Leyun, and Leixiu had to set off on their own.
"Yes, we already checked them yesterday. Thank you for your concern, Chief Qinglin." After adjusting the position of the bundle in front of her chest, Lezhi nodded to Qinglin.
Since the storm escorted them back the day before yesterday, Lezhi and the others had explained their ordeal to Qinglin and the others several times. The supplies that Lezhi had agreed to for his treatment had also been delivered one by one in the past few days, so Lezhi simply left the cleanup to Lei Xiu and willingly let himself be submerged in the sea of supplies.
The list of supplies he compiled consisted of everyday necessities he could think of, with the most frequently delivered items being hard-fleshed fruit and prickly fruit. This was the peak harvest season for plants, so these two types of plants were easy to obtain.
Secondly, there were other fruits and plants, mostly golden vines, mixed with some other specialties unique to the Windwalker Clan. What surprised Lezhi the most was that Qingti brought him a plant seed that he had never seen before. It was pure black, pointed at both ends, and each seed was about the size of a little fingernail.
Lezhi tried one, and the fruit had a unique oily and nutty aroma. Qingti said that this kind of fruit is only available in this season and is usually quite popular among the tribe, but it can be a bit cloying if you eat too much of it.
Eating too many nuts can be cloying, especially these black ones which are so oily.
Regardless, Lezhi sincerely thanked Qingti for bringing him these things, since Qingti had not received his treatment and these black seeds were purely a gift from Qingti as a gesture of goodwill. Lezhi felt quite embarrassed.
"It's nothing. Lezhi, you taught us the correct way to eat prickly grains and helped cure the Shadow Disease in our tribe. You are a friend of our Windwalker tribe. It's just giving a friend something. Don't be so polite." Qingti felt a little guilty after being thanked by Lezhi.
"Oh, right, I have something else for you, here... ta-da~"
Previously, Lezhi had given Qingti a general overview of various ways to eat wheat, including the great invention of leavening dough. Lezhi even mentioned how to build a traditional bread oven.
And most importantly, the yeast fermentation method was also taught to the green grape growers step by step by Lezhi.
However, all of this is still in the theoretical stage, because I have never done baking before. I was bombarded with a lot of information in my previous life and had a general impression of it by chance. So I can only provide ideas in this regard. The specific implementation is up to Qingti herself.
When Qingti casually pulled out a basket of bread that exuded a familiar aroma, Lezhi's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Bread? You actually made green grapes..."
"Yes, I've experimented with your idea many times. I even asked a friend to help me build the bread oven you mentioned. I also categorized the wheat flour according to your suggestions. I failed many times, but this batch is the best. See if it's the bread you described."
There are actually many ways to make bread. In his previous life, Lezhi wasn't obsessed with bread making; he just occasionally wanted to change things up. He preferred various Chinese pastries.
However, bread is also a very important staple food, and it is widely used in daily life, making it comparable to steamed buns.
"I'll try it." A few months ago, Lezhi would never have imagined that this day would come. His friend serving him bread seemed like a fantasy, but it really happened.
Tear open a piece of soft bread and slowly put it in your mouth. The aroma of the grains becomes even richer after fermentation and baking. The bread tastes great. You can taste a faint egg and milk flavor in it, which is what I suggested. I can add some eggs and milk to the recipe. It seems that Qingti has implemented this very thoroughly.
"How is it?" Qingti watched Lezhi chew carefully, her eyes filled with anticipation as she awaited her judgment.
"Delicious..." Her eyes suddenly welled up with tears, but Lezhi covered it up by swallowing. She then took another bite, nodded repeatedly, and gave a big smile. "It's so delicious. It's the best bread I've ever eaten. Qingti, you're amazing."
Until he actually swallowed the bread, Lezhi had a premonition and deeply realized that his arrival had brought about some real changes to Jormungand and the tree spirits. Although the changes were only in terms of food, Lezhi still gained a great sense of accomplishment.
"Hehe, I knew you'd like it. I asked a lot of people to help me taste it, and this is the most popular one. Many of my friends have asked me to teach them how to make it, and many people from my tribe have asked me to trade. I've been so busy baking bread lately that I haven't had a moment to rest."
Upon receiving Lezhi's affirmation, Qingti was visibly excited, happily dancing and sharing with Lezhi some changes in his life that had recently occurred because of making bread.
Smiling, Yuezhi listened to Qingti's chatter and before she knew it, she had devoured a whole loaf of bread. "Hmm, I think you have a real talent for this, Qingti. I only mentioned a few key points, and you've already achieved this level on your own. You can definitely continue to study this as a craft, of course, provided you like it..."
"Hey, Lezhi, do you mean you're going to make bread specifically to trade with your tribe?" Having already been inspired by Lezhi and his group's stall, Qingti quickly grasped the core meaning of Lezhi's words.
“Yes, you can build a bigger bread oven and bake bread every day to exchange with the tribe. That would be a family bread workshop. You can name it, um, let’s call it Green Grape Bakery.”
Lezhi had mentioned the concept of baking to Qingti, so Qingti didn't object to the name. Instead, she stroked her chin and seriously considered Lezhi's suggestion.
"Let me think about it some more. Oh, right, you can put this away. And these too, I heard from Qingze that you might be leaving soon, so these are good for you to take on your journey." Taking Lezhi's suggestion to heart, Qingti stuffed the basket in her hand into Lezhi's arms, and then took out several more baskets of various kinds of bread, gesturing for Lezhi to put them away.
Having already considered Qingti a friend, Lezhi naturally wouldn't refuse a gift from a friend's kindness. As a return gift, Lezhi stuffed Qingti with many of the cola fruits he had ripened himself.
"Thank you for the green grapes. Please accept this one too."
"Wow, these are cola nuts, they're huge..."
“Yes.” Lezhi smiled and mentioned the origin of the plant to Qingti. Lei Xiu hadn’t said that his ability to ripen plants needed to be kept secret, so Lezhi told Qingti the truth, “I ripened this before. You really like the cola we sell at our stall, right? It’s made with this…”
He casually told Qingti how to make Coke, since he was leaving anyway. Sharing this method with Qingti would be a benefit to those Coke-brained people in the Windwalker Clan.
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