Vanilla chuckled. "It's just climbing a tree, I can do it!" She looked up at the mulberry tree. "Besides, this tree isn't very tall. Look at me."

After saying that, she took off her straw sandals, hugged the trunk with both hands, and in a few breaths, she sat steadily on the first branch of the mulberry tree. She sat on the tree and looked at Jiang Xue triumphantly: "Xue Wu, I didn't lie to you."

"Okay," Jiang Xue was overjoyed. Since she could climb trees, it would be easy.

"Look carefully on the branches and see if you can find those tiny, densely packed, neatly arranged brown eggs. If you do, pick up a piece of bark and drop it down for me. If you can't find any, try looking on another branch."

There will always be a few silkworms making their home and laying eggs on such a big mulberry tree. As for how many eggs there are, it depends on how many silkworms will stay on it.

Vanilla was confused by what she said, but she still started searching the tree seriously as she said.

After several days of exposure to the sun, the remaining snow on the branches was negligible. Vanilla searched the tree carefully but found no eggs, so she changed to another branch.

Then, Jiang Xue heard her shouting from the tree: "Snow Witch, I think I saw some eggs. I wonder if they are the kind you mentioned."

"Pull the bark off the tree and throw it to me. I'll take a look."

After listening to her, Vanilla carefully peeled off a piece of mulberry bark and threw it down. Jiang Xue picked it up and took a closer look. At first glance, the eggs on the bark, which were two fingers wide and one finger long, really looked like silkworm eggs. The entire bark was densely packed with these eggs, but she didn't know whether they were real or not.

And although it is spring now, the temperature is still relatively low, so she is not sure.

"Vanilla, first peel off the bark with the eggs on it and we'll take it back."

Never mind, even if it is the eggs of other insects, just take it back first.

The temperature was so low right now that Jiang Xue wasn't sure if they could hatch. Even if they did, she had no idea if they had been frozen in such cold weather.

Vanilla let out a cry and peeled off the piece of bark. She searched the tree again, but didn't find any silkworm eggs, so she slid down the tree with a whoosh.

Jiang Xue put all the eggs into the backpack. "Xiangcan, think about it, where else can you find trees like this? Since we plan to raise them, let's collect as many as possible."

To make a silk quilt, the silk spun by one or two hundred silkworms is far from enough; it requires at least tens of thousands of threads. And since there are so many people in the tribe, if we assume two people per quilt, we'll need at least seventy or eighty quilts.

This means that more silk is needed.

Although Vanilla has not lived in the Snake Tribe in recent years, she still knows exactly where the mulberry trees are nearby.

Soon, she climbed up another mulberry tree, peeled off a few pieces of bark and threw them down.

The two of them divided the work, one climbed up the tree to peel the bark, and the other picked up the bark under the tree and threw it into the backpack. In a short time, they had picked up half of the backpack with just bark.

With so many eggs, I don’t know how many silkworms will hatch in the future.

Uh, or in other words, whether the eggs hatched from these tree barks are actually silkworms.

Everything is unknown.

"Snow Witch, where should we put these barks?" Vanilla climbed three or four trees in a row and was resting against a mulberry tree.

"It can only be placed in the hole for now."

Vanilla looked at her hesitantly, with a hint of worry in her eyes.

Jiang Xue gestured for her to calm down. "Don't worry, I'll tell them not to touch these things. If anyone messes up in the future, I won't let her off."

Vanilla bit her lip and said, "Aren't you afraid that Ah Cai will do something bad?"

"Her?" Jiang Xue sneered. She didn't take her seriously at all. "I'm sorry, I really didn't take her seriously. If she really wants to do something bad, she'll be the one who suffers in the future."

Jiang Xue was not joking. Anyone who dared to sabotage secretly would not be forgiven by her, nor would the two great gods Mu Feng and Akagi.

At worst, she planned to keep these things in the cave. There were people in the cave 24 hours a day, so even if someone did something bad, they would definitely know about it at the first time.

Even if Acai knew how to win people's hearts, based on her current reputation, few people would believe what she said, and she probably wouldn't be able to cause any big waves.

The two returned to the tribe. Everyone in the tribe was still doing what they were doing, except Xiaohua, who had a long face and was sitting on the barrier at the door. When he saw them come back, he did not come out to greet them for the first time.

When Xiangcao saw this, she was about to ask something, but Jiang Xue smiled and said, "This little girl is angry."

Vanilla was stunned.

Jiang Xue explained: "She used to be my follower, but today I took you out but not her."

Xiangcao suddenly realized what was going on and was about to go forward to persuade her, but Jiang Xue stopped her and winked at her, "Let's leave her alone for now."

Xiangcao looked at Xiaohua in confusion, but was pulled into the cave by Jiang Xue.

Seeing this, Xiaohua became even angrier. She jumped off the horse angrily and walked towards the sheep pen in a huff.

Ever since they let the goats out yesterday and they knew the way back, Xiaohua took over A'er's job and became the well-deserved shepherd.

After Jiang Xue entered the cave and put down her backpack, the first thing she did was to pour herself a bowl of hot water. She sat by the fire holding the hot water, sipping it in small sips, but her eyes were always focused on the little flowers outside the cave.

Xiangcao also glanced at Xiaohua out of the corner of her eye. When she saw Xiaohua leading the sheep out, she shook her head and smiled: "This child is really silly and cute."

The days are getting warmer with the beginning of spring. Although Jiang Xue is not sure when spring started, the temperature is getting higher day by day. She used to wear three or four animal skins when sitting by the fire in the cave, but now she feels a little hot even wearing two.

The peach blossoms on the top of the mountain lasted for about ten days, and then they shed their petals, replaced by tender green buds.

The lazy bud changes every day. After three or four days, it grows into a leaf as wide as a little fingernail.

The leaves of the peach trees are getting darker day by day. In another three or five days, the petals on the tree will be almost gone, leaving only the lonely light pink flower core.

The ground at the door had been turned over several times after being exposed to the sun for such a long time, but Jiang Xue still did not move.

However, the thirty or so cabbages and twenty or so bags of radishes that she had specially left behind had sprouted rapidly during this period, and now they were even producing small pale yellow flowers.

Looking at the moss-depleted cabbages, the tribesmen felt very sorry and were about to pull some off to eat, but Jiang Xue quickly stopped them: "You must not eat the remaining cabbages and radishes. I saved them for seeds. Otherwise, when the cold season comes, what else will we have to eat?"