Eating raw deer heart has a slippery feeling, like eating a piece of fat.
Chen Ji didn't want to chew more and could only swallow it whole. In contrast, Old Ears seemed to enjoy it.
Old Ears noticed him looking and chuckled, "I've traveled far and wide, dug up wild vegetables, chewed on tree roots, eaten mice, and gnawed on tree bark. This experience is something you can't match, kid. In the 25th year of Jianing, Shan State had a big drought. I happened to be there. At first, there were wild vegetables and wild grass to dig up, then it was tree bark. Tsk, the best tree bark is from the elm tree, it's the softest to chew, followed by mulberry, acacia, poplar, and ailanthus."
