'Master, the fire is going out!'
Little Ball came to the cave entrance and called out to Moss.
"Ah, don't worry about it. This batch has already finished smoking, so let's stop for today."
Moss came back to herself, turned around, and smiled at Little Ball. As she walked toward the cave entrance, she said:
"Put away the smoked sea fish first. Today's experiment is about to begin."
'Okay, Master!'
Little Ball watched Moss pass by, then happily bounced along behind her as they gathered the sea fish from the smoking oven.
"Heave-ho~ Whoa..."
Moss carried a large sack of sea fish back to the cave, placed it in a dry corner, and let out a light breath.
She looked at the sacks of sea fish piled up in the corner, as well as the sea fish packed into her storage space, and couldn't help smiling happily.
Moss had gathered vines from the forest, dried them, and woven them into these sacks. They were fairly sturdy and useful.
"We've prepared almost enough food for winter. And with the seasonings I made earlier, it looks like I won't have to worry about food this winter either. I'll be able to do plenty of other things!"
Moss put her hands on her hips and nodded in satisfaction. Then she turned to look at the five wooden barrels beside her, each more than a meter tall.
The barrels were all filled with seasonings Moss had made from materials she collected nearby.
Dried seaweed and shrimp shells could be ground into powder to make MSG, and there was fish sauce brewed and boiled from sea fish.
There was also wild Sichuan pepper and chili pepper she had found in the forest, along with an entire barrel of dried shiitake mushrooms.
"Ah, this year