In addition to making cheese, she also used the slingshot to hunt birds. After plucking the birds, she would stew them in a large pot. Once cooked, she would vacuum-pack them. These food items had no additives, and she didn't know how long they could be preserved; if she wanted to eat, she would tear open a packet. This cycle helped her preserve food.
The same method applied to seaweed-based dishes. Besides kelp, the sea offered many other edible plants that were incredibly delicious. Fearing she might not be able to enjoy these later, she would part-dry them and seal them in airtight or vacuum bags. These plants, fished out from saline water, were quite salty and, when vacuum-sealed, should last a long time.
In an effort to take as much of these delicacies with her as possible, Xiao Yu had racked her brain to find ways to preserve them.
Just the dried fish alone, she lost count of how much she had dried. Now, the entire cave was almost stuffed full by her.
