Chapter 33

Su Ce told Tan Tu like this. He had to say that males are all good craftsmen, Tan Tu is also talented in this regard. With his strength, he easily got a few stones and began to cut them according to Su Ce’s words.

The debris of the stove rustled down. Looking at the gradually formed millstone, Su Ce was surprised.

In some ways, the orcs are naturally gifted. If all the tools can be made so easily, then is it true that most of the forces are used to resist foreign enemies?

Soon, Tan Tu came to take credit with two millstones.

Su Ce smiled, pulled Tan Tu’s neck down and touched him in the face.

Tan Tu’s eyes lit up, “Ah Ce, is that all right? Shall we try?”

At Su Ce’s suggestion, Tan Tu showed him the millstone.

Su Ce looked at it carefully then recalled something and said, “Here...” He pointed to a place about five or six centimeters from the edge, “...dig a hole.” then measured the size by hand.

Tan Tu made a hole quite briskly and polished it with a strange iron tool that was almost round.

Su Ce used his fingers to point a smooth part between the two grinding plates and asked for some nicks. Tan Tu did the same and stacked the grinding plates one on top of the other—it looked quite like that.

Just, what else is wrong...

Tan Tu looked at this strange thing and blinked, “Ah Ce, how do you use it?”

Su Ce tried hard to recall that as an office worker, he only knew the simplest understanding of the concept and appearance of the tools commonly used in the countryside. He’s afraid he couldn’t do anything else.

After hearing Tan Tu’s question, he said, “Put the grains on this round hole then turn...yes, turn.”

Su Ce finally remembered what was wrong. Although the grinding plate had been docked, it would be inconvenient to rotate. There should be a handle.

The handle doesn’t use stone pillars. After all, if the stone isn’t good it’ll be a bit brittle and many of the woods in this world are very strong. Tan Tu brushed a log and made it into a long stick with the thickness of an arm which will penetrate into the newly drilled cylindrical hole on the other side of the millstone that directly lead through the entire plate.

That’s how it looks.

Unfortunately, as soon as Tan Tu pushed it, the top grinding plate fell off.

Tan Tu looked back at Su Ce innocently, “Ah Ce...”

Su Ce sighed. Tan Tu’s strength is great. It seemed there’s still something else to be done.

How can they keep the millstone from falling... If only he had studied the structure of the stone mill before, it would be great. But he never knew that even a hot spring would bring him to another world...

He can only try it himself. Anyway, it’s okay if it doesn’t fall off.

Su Ce thought about it. He used the branches to draw a line on the grinding plate about two centimeters wide. He asked Tan Tu to dig out ten centimeters divine groove, but the upper grinding plate can only be remade if it is suitable for this structure... Fortunately, for Tan Tu, it’s not too much trouble. It’ll be finished without much knowledge, with four more round ‘feet’ to be inserted into the groove.

Then he said, “Tan Tu, give it another try.”

This time, the chain didn’t dropped. However, the polishing inside is still not smooth enough and further polishing is needed. But this is only a small section, and doesn’t need to pay too much attention.

By the time the stone mill was completely set up, Su Ce put it in a large dustpan then poured the collected millet grains and smoothed down into the round holes. Tan Tu pulled with all his strength—after driving the stone mill around for a few turns, there began to be fine pieces falling out around the grinding plate, all leaking into the dustpan.

Tan Tu was very happy to see the results. He moved faster and livelier. He ran around the stone mill like a gust of wind, making Su Ce look a little overwhelmed.

At such a fierce speed, after about two hours, all the particles were finished. Tan Tu squatted down, grabbed a handful of them and cried, “Ah Ce, it’s really finer than just throwing stones!”

Su Ce followed and ran it by his hand... Actually, it was not enough.

“Tan Tu, you can grind it into noodles.” he said, “pack up the contents of the dustpan and start again.” Anyway, even if it doesn’t work once, it’ll always get finer and finer several times more.

Tan Tu immediately nodded, “Okay.” Although he didn’t know what ‘noodle’ was.

So for the next time, Tan Tu spent the same process again and again. Su Ce accompanied him for a while, looked at the timing funnel next to him, looked at the sky again, stood up and went to the kitchen.

It’s time to cook... Tan Tu is so tired today, let’s reward him more with food.

Su Ce thought of the possible expression of Tan Tu, the light in his eyes softened.

Tan Tu’s meals are all about pots. So first come a pot of chili meat slices then two pots of agaric meat, stir-fry two pots of tender wild vegetables then boil a big pot of mushroom and egg soup. Some strange bird eggs pulled out by Tantu—but surprisingly delicious. Finally, the meat is boiled in two large pots. It should also be sliced and mixed with seasoning after half cooling and another flavor of oiled vegetables should be added in the middle which looked good.

The tangy fragrance came on Tan Tu’s nose. Su Ce didn’t say anything and went on working with hunger, but the grunt from his stomach was louder than ever.

Su Ce’s hands kept moving, but the was still thinking about some other things.

In this world—at least in this tribe, there’s no race of rice... In other words, there’s no rice to eat.

Although there’s no problem at present, Su Ce as an earth person has become accustomed to eating rice and now suddenly he couldn’t eat. He really misses it. Moreover, eating meat all the time isn’t good for your health... If there is rice, it can be adjusted.

There are two kinds of rice: upland rice and rice paddy. Although there are wells in this tribe, there is also a clear water lake not far away, but if it is to be turned into paddy fields... This is a huge project. Besides, in this dangerous world, there is simply no room to pay attention to them all the time. Therefore, rice paddy must be abandoned and only upland rice can be tried.

Although the quality of upland rice is much worse than that of rice, it doesn’t matter if there is nothing to eat.

The most urgent task now is to find plants similar to upland rice... Su Ce considered that many plants he had seen on earth can find similar versions here, so should rice.

If he can’t, then he can just give up... Su Ce actually understood that even if he found rice and planted it, the ground rice can’t still be used as staple food. The land he was allocated was only one or two acres. It’s not a problem to grow vegetables and millet grains, after all, these are also occasional food. But if you really want to replace the staple food with rice... Considering the terrible appetite of males, this is absolutely impossible.

Not enough to eat at all...

Thinking of going uphill with Tan Tu in a few days, Su Ce finally made two pots of cold meat slices—Tan Tu especially liked crisp and sweet feeling between plumps.

Su Ce liked it too. The stews and boiled meat he used to eat were to light...

Su Ce opened his mouth and shouted, “Tan Tu, wash your hands and eat!”

Tan Tu has been listening to this with his ears up outside. As soon as Su Ce’s voice fell, he quickly ran to the barrel and scooped up water to wash his hands. Because he smelled the taste he liked, he also specially used some tree juice to wash his hands—this is absolutely very clean.

When Su Ce came out, he saw Tan Tu sitting obediently at the wodden table. Those pair of golden eyes chased him, and there was something coquetry in them. Su Ce held a heavy wooden pot and put all the meat in front of Tan Tu, “You eat first, I’ll get the rest.”

The first was the cold salad dish. Tan Tu’s eyes widened and couldn’t wait to reach out his hand—

After Su Ce came out, he saw Tan Tu eating all the grease in his hand. He smiled helplessly and brought up all the rest of the dishes.

Of course, he didn’t forget Tan Tu’s chopsticks.

As a ‘female’, Su Ce didn’t have a big appetite. When he was in the kitchen, he had already put some of each dish into his own special bowl, and the rest belonged to Tan Tu.

However, seeing Tan Tu’s big show really increased his appetite.

With both hands, Tan Tu kept stuffing the cold meat slices into his mouth. He didn’t stop at all. The chopsticks were put aside and not used. The big man quickly finished two pots and started to move to the third pot.

Su Ce knew that he was hungry. When he first saw Tan Tu’s ‘heroic bearing’, Su Ce was astonished. He also realized how much effort this guy spent before he was able to behave not so rudely in front of himself... He doesn’t impose restrictions on his instinct as an orc’s partner, but washing his hands before and after meals...is absolutely unavoidable.

At last, when there was only a pot left, Tan Tu sighed contentedly. He turned his eyes in Su Ce’s direction and said, “Ah Ce, there will be a festival in the tribe in a few days.” After that, he raised the pot and poured it all in then belched.