Seaweed (continued)

One of the Xingchu Tribe members remarked, "Yes, we're all a bit tired of the food."

Jian Mo: "You're making me envious."

Xing Jiu: "When you go back, you can bring back some dried fish, dried shrimp, dried crab, and the like. Sometimes we come down here specifically to hunt, and what we can't finish, we make into dried seafood. These dried seafood items can also be used as medicine to help those who are physically weak."

Jian Mo: "I saw that. One of the prescriptions you gave me the day before yesterday was for using dried clam meat to strengthen the body."

Xing Jiu: "Yes, you have a good memory."

Jian Mo: "Great recipe, I'll definitely write it down carefully."

Seafood is delicious on its own, but it tastes even better when dipped in a tangy and salty sauce.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong ate quite a bit while sitting in the crowd.

Seeing that they liked it, Xing Jiu said he would take them to the seabed to collect seaweed the next day, which could be used to treat goiter.

Jian Mo was surprised that they had such a prescription. After listening, she said, "I know a little about this. It's the iodine in the seaweed that's working."

Xing Jiu: "We don't know about that, it's just a remedy passed down from our ancestors that we've been using, and it works quite well. We don't have many people with swollen necks around here, but you said your place is very far from the sea, so I guess you might find it useful."

Jian Mo nodded repeatedly, "It really will come in handy, you're so thoughtful."

Xing Jiu waved his hand. "It's nothing. It just so happens that you're interested in these things, so we'll show you around before you go back."

The witch doctor teaching here was different from what Jian Mo had imagined. They didn't compile textbooks first and teach step by step. Instead, they took the students with them and taught them whatever they saw in daily life.

Since we all live in the same place, if we don't understand something while we're learning, we can always ask our teacher for help when we encounter difficulties after we've completed our training.

The witch doctors didn't have a teaching syllabus, so if Jian Mo wanted to learn from them, they couldn't conjure one up. They could only follow the traditional method, taking Jian Mo around and teaching him whatever problems he encountered.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong haven't been here long, but they're already quite familiar with this place because of this teaching method.

Learning this way is fun and not tiring, Jian Mo quite likes this learning method.

The next day, after getting up, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong first went to check on the Fen Hui.

Fen Hui skin tone has become more normal, and he has gained some weight. It is foreseeable that as long as the treatment continues at this pace, he should recover soon.

Fen Hui wasn't very familiar with the people of the Xingchu Tribe, but he felt closer to Jian Mo and Wu Jiong: "Doctor Jian Mo, Chief Wu Jiong, why don't you take me with you when you go out? I feel a bit embarrassed that I'm not doing anything here."

Jian Mo looked at him with a smile, "Didn't the Witch Doctor Xing Yi tell you to get some sun and rest after drinking the medicinal soup? There's plenty of time to work later, no need to rush."

Fen Hui: "It's just that seeing you all working makes me a little uneasy."

Jian Mo patted his shoulder. "You're a patient, don't think so much. Get well soon, try to be almost fully recovered before we return to the tribe, so we can ask you for help when we bring things back."

Fen Hui Ashes nodded. "Okay."

After seeing the Fen Hui, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong went to meet Xing Jiu.

As soon as Xing Jiu saw them, he said, "We should be able to gather more things today, so everyone should bring two extra baskets."

Jian Mo had no objections. "Jiujiu and Ying'ao will come with us. They can help carry some things, and they can even carry a few more baskets."

Xing Jiu smiled and said, "As long as you have no objections, that's fine."

Today, a group of people went out to collect samples.

Jian Mo followed them out a few times and finally understood what was going on.

The Xingchu Tribe is located by the sea, just like the tribes in the mountains. Most of the time they have to go out to gather resources, except that others go to the mountains and they go to the sea, but the principle is the same.

Xing Jiu said that today they are going to collect seaweed in another, shallower part of the sea.

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong had no objections whatsoever; they would go wherever the others led them.

So, Xing Jiu and his group led them along the coastline for quite a distance, eventually arriving at a place dotted with small islands.

Seawater rushed between the island and the shore. The water here was relatively clear, but shallow, only about four or five meters deep.

Xing Jiu said, "This place is only filled with seawater in summer and autumn, so there are many seaweeds growing underneath. The people here don't really like to eat seaweed; they only come here occasionally to harvest it. Once they've harvested it and dried it, it can last them a year."

Jian Mo explained, "When meat is available, we tend to prefer eating it."

Xing Jiu laughed, "Right? Then let's go down and cut some seaweed. Just cut a little bit, it doesn't matter if you pull out the roots. Seaweed grows very fast, even if you pull out the roots, it will grow back quickly."

Jian Mo nodded repeatedly. "We understand."

Xing Jiu turned to look at Jiujiu and Ying'ao: "Jiujiu and Ying'ao, why don't you wait over there?"

Jian Mo had no objections. "Okay, I'll tell them to keep quiet."

Jiujiu and Ying'ao could roughly understand what they were saying. Seeing that Jian Mo let them come along, Jiujiu was a little unhappy, but she still obediently squatted under the tree and waited for them to come up.

After settling the two chicks, Jian Mo dived to the bottom of the water with the others.

There are so many seaweeds here, so abundant and lush, with incredibly thick leaves that stretch from one end to the other, it feels like an underwater grassland.

Jian Mo picked up the dagger and made a couple of quick cuts, slicing up a large pile of shards.

No wonder people don't really like seaweed. There's so much seaweed; if we wanted to eat it properly, who knows how long it would take?

While harvesting seaweed, Jian Mo discovered that there were many shellfish underneath, including some that looked like abalone.

The abalone here was much bigger than any he had ever seen; it was easily the size of his palm.