Chapter 91

It's starting to get cold... I've felt that for a few days now.

Suddenly, it's become much colder.

This world seems to have rather extreme temperatures, both hot and cold.

Since it's cold, I should do something inside the house... Hmm?

The one-eyed beings are working hard on threshing the wheat.

...Thank you.

For grinding it into flour...

Can the one-eyed beings use magic? That's impressive.

For making yeast... I can't see them, but the amount of yeast hasn't decreased.

For fish sauce, the number of fermentation bottles has increased.

For sugar, it hasn't decreased either.

For oil, they were making it... Thank you.

And for salt too.

...I don't have anything to do.

I can see the agricultural team mixed in with the one-eyed beings... Ah, thank you.

Maybe I should make a stone mortar.

I'll do that.

I know the shape and the structure.

First, I'll roughly make a 30 cm cylinder out of rock.

It should be about 20 cm tall.

Then, I'll cut the cylinder in half.

The key is to cut it slightly off-center.

The shorter part will be the base of the lower mortar.

The longer part will be the upper mortar that rotates.

...I remember the surfaces where the upper and lower mortars meet need to be processed.

The upper part should be concave and the lower part convex, as I recall from TV.

I'll adjust and carve it with magic.

...The height has decreased, but I don't mind.

The bottom part has become a bit thin.

It should be fine, probably.

I'll make a handle to grip the upper mortar when rotating it.

I'll make the handle out of rock and smooth it with gold ore to make it comfortable.

I'll drill holes in the center of both the upper and lower mortars.

I'll make a hole in the upper mortar to put the wheat in, and the upper mortar will be complete.

I'll insert a rod made from silver ore into the hole in the lower mortar, cover it with the upper mortar, and it's done.

No good, I forgot to carve grooves on the surfaces where the upper and lower mortars meet.

I'll use magic to carve the grooves neatly, and now it's complete.

I'll try it out by putting some wheat in and rotating it.

It's turning into flour nicely... One of the one-eyed beings is already next to me.

Um, I... please take over from here.

I'll remodel one of the rooms next to the kitchen on the first floor into a workspace for the one-eyed beings.

There will be a workbench and a stove.

Since the rock figures are a bit short, I'll add a step.

Also, a place to let the bread ferment?

...A shelf to check the fermentation status?

...A small storage room?

I made it according to their wishes, but isn't it a bit too elaborate?

And my job...

It's easy, but I should find something to do.

...

It seems to be a proper winter, and it's cold.

Snow is starting to fall.

I thought I hadn't seen Shuri, and I haven't seen the queen either.

When I looked for her, the queen was... a bit smaller, gathered with the baby spiders on the second basement floor, sleeping.

...Hibernating?

So, Shuri is also hibernating with her family in the soil?

I haven't seen them in the morning or afternoon, so they must be hibernating?

I haven't seen them for a few days.

At dinner time, they were there.

They weren't hibernating, I guess.

Today, it's fried chicken... Could it be?

...I ended up making an unexpected amount, so I worked hard.

The kitchen in the house has its limits.

I decided to make some modifications while frying.

The agricultural team is helping, but there are too few places to fry.

I'll work hard on the modifications.

...Eating while making it, I burned myself, but it's delicious.

Fried chicken, teriyaki, pepper fry, steamed, braised pork style, braised pork belly style, char siu.

Fried and simmered eggplant-like vegetables, crispy baked, grilled, and fried.

Fried and simmered radish-like vegetables, sweet and spicy, chewy baked, grilled.

The Shuri family and the queen's family wake up depending on the menu.

The queen's family likes the eggplant-like vegetables, the Shuri family likes the radish-like vegetables, and both families like the meat.

They're not hibernating!

However, they don't wake up for anything else... so it's like a pseudo-hibernation?

In any case, they have an amazing sense of smell, as I see the little ants and little spiders fighting over the food.