Primitive Orc 20 Spring Outing to the Black Hawk Tribe...

Xie Yunsui took Yu Shuo and She Li to visit their big cave.

As the place where everyone in the valley lived for two or three months, it was filled with equipment for daily use.

There were charcoal for burning, clay jars for holding water, clay pots for cooking soup, bamboo baskets next to them, and a five-layer wooden rack with bamboo baskets on top, and dried grass leaves in the baskets.

Yu Shuo looked at the wilted grass leaves and felt a little distressed: "These grass leaves are fresh and delicious, why don't you eat them?"

"The leaves can be dried and preserved. When there's nothing to eat during the thunderstorm or snowy season, soak them in water and they'll swell to the same size as when they were picked, making them edible for a long time."

Speaking of this ancestral sheep, he no longer felt sleepy, his eyes full of admiration for Xie Yunsui: "This is what Priest Yun said. We tried it, and the grass leaves we soaked tasted similar."

Xie Yunsui added: "Only grass leaves with a lot of moisture can be dried like this."

The ice-melting season is indeed the season for all things to grow. In just a few days, the grass and fruits in the valley are already flourishing.

Adding the wild animals hunted and trapped, there were only about twenty people in the valley and they could not even get enough food.

Taking into account that it would be inconvenient to pick grass in the later seasons, Xie Yunsui planned to dry some of the grass leaves that could be dried and preserved.

Yu Shuo was thoughtful. This was a method he had never thought of before.

Where they live, whether in the mountains or at the foot of the mountains, there are countless grass leaves and fruits, but because they are difficult to preserve, each time they go out they only pick enough for one or two days and then go back, and only go out again when they have almost finished eating.

There is never a shortage of food and drink during the ice melting season and the harvest season, but the thunderstorm season and the snowy season are very annoying, so there is a season of hunger and a season of fullness.

The hungry season was only a little longer, so they could only desperately catch wild animals to make up for the food shortage.

"Good stuff, good stuff." Yu Shuo pointed at the bamboo basket and asked, "Do we really need this to dry it?"

"It's best to use something breathable and flat. If you use stone slabs to dry the grass leaves, they will stick to them and you can't remove them." Xie Yunsui felt a little distressed when he thought of the first batch of scrapped grass leaves.

Yu Shuo: "Can you exchange this bamboo basket for mine?"

Xie Yunsui thought for a moment. Bamboo grows fast, four or five meters a day. It only takes a few days for a mature bamboo to grow. Weaving bamboo baskets is also a specialty of the Asian people. So he said, "We can exchange it."

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She Li looked at it for a long time and said: "I want to change to dried grass leaves."

He needs to change the bamboo baskets and dry them, mainly because he doesn't know what kind of grass leaves can be dried. Wouldn't it be better to just change to the finished product?

Xie Yunsui smiled: "Okay."

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Jars of different sizes have their own uses. The large jars are used to store water, the small jars are used to cook food, and the smaller jars can be used to portion hot food. There are so many leftovers that you have to break off a broad leaf to hold them every time you eat, or your hands will be covered with food.

Yu Shuo: "I want all these jars of different sizes and shapes."

She Li hurriedly added the order: "Me too."

He then realized that buying big jars was not enough, small jars also had their uses.

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Yu Shuo also asked for charcoal, turned around and saw some strange wooden rope racks in the corner, and asked what they were used for.

Xie Yunsui said, "This is a trap device, used to catch wild animals."

Yu Shuo:!!!

She Li: ???

Now you don’t even have to catch wild animals yourself?

Yu Sheng followed at the end and scratched his head: "Oh, I forgot to mention this too."

Yu Shuo turned around, a dangerous light flashing in his eagle eyes.

…

When the members of the Black Hawk tribe returned home at night, they heard the howling of an orc echoing throughout the mountains.

This was the first time I saw the chief chase an orc away and not allow him to return to the tribe.

Yu Sheng didn't dare to appear in front of the clan leader for several days, because if he was seen, he would be kicked away with an eagle claw, and his shadow would disappear into the sky.

The Scaled Snake Tribe also welcomed She Li back, but they were puzzled to see a large jar hanging from the tip of his tail.

"Sheli, what is this?"

She Li brought the trial pottery jar to the patriarch and told him everything he had seen and heard in the Abandoned Valley.

The patriarch was surprised and asked, "Are there really such good things?"

He looked at the pottery jar. The body of the jar looked rough, but it felt smooth to the touch and made a crisp sound when knocked.

A jar may not look big, but it can hold three buckets of water from their stone buckets with some space left over.

"Is this jar made of clay? Can we make it?" asked a tribesman.

The snake said in a muffled voice: "No, they said it was burned with fire, so it won't crack when used to make soup."

Some members of the tribe didn't believe it, so they dug up some soil and imitated the shape of the jar, but they couldn't make any crisp sound. After drying it, it looked like the jar, but it cracked when they put it over the fire.

"We want to exchange the clay pot." The patriarch made the final decision and asked She Li what he wanted to prepare in exchange.

Their trade with the Red Fox Tribe was wild animal meat and dried wood in exchange for salt, and their exchange with the Abandoned Valley was naturally for things they had that the valley lacked.

She Li said, "Their priest said he didn't know what we had here, so he asked us to exchange the grass, fruits, and whole animals we had around us."

The chief was embarrassed: "But you said that the Abandoned Valley is very far from our tribe. It takes many days to walk there, and the grass, leaves, fruits, and wild animals will rot in a few days."

She Li: "Priest Yun told us to bring the things to the Red Fox Tribe when we go to exchange for salt."

The Scaled Snake Tribe would go to the Red Fox Tribe to exchange salt at a fixed time every ice melting season. This was an agreement between them and the Red Fox Tribe.

Moreover, compared with the distance between the two sides, if you hurry to get to the Red Fox Tribe, one day and one night will be enough.

"Will they also go to the Red Fox Tribe?"

"Yes, that Cloud Priest and the Red Fox Tribe have also agreed to exchange items. We will meet there when the time comes."

"That's a good idea. We don't have to walk so far."

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There is still some time before the day of exchanging items with the Red Fox Tribe, so the valley is now fully preparing for the order from the Black Hawk Tribe.

"Priest Yun, the traps caught three more Luo Luo beasts today, and we didn't have time to eat them." Hou Shu ran over to ask Xie Yunsui whether he should dismantle a few traps.

Now the orcs go out to work every day and eat meat with their heart's content at every meal. They eat four meals a day and still don't have enough time to finish.

They all began to pick the fat and tender parts of the meat, and listened to Priest Yun's instructions to throw the hard-to-chew corners into the river to feed the fish.

Even so, there are still several wild beasts waiting to be eaten every day.

The temperature rises during the ice melt season, and food starts to spoil after just one or two days, which is really heartbreaking.

Xie Yunsui smiled and said, "Who would complain about having too much food? Don't we have a refrigerator in our cellar? We can just freeze it."

During the snowy season, the wolf beastmen had nowhere to put their energy, so they dug a large area under the cave. Xie Yunsui specially opened up several compartments, which were filled with ice.

There is no sunlight there all year round, and since it is deep in the mountains, the temperature does not rise very high, so the ice cannot melt.

Putting the animal meat inside has the same effect as freezing it outdoors during the snowy season. After all, freezing means eternal life.

However, Xie Yunsui was also considering making the meat into smoked and pickled meat, or even dried meat that was more durable in storage, but...

There are not enough people!

Everyone has work to do, and they are busy from morning to night. Even after dark they have to stay in the cave to make clay figures and weave bamboo baskets. They really have no energy to spare.

He didn't even have time to make the dried fish he promised Xier.

"Cloud Priest!"

A black eagle swooped down from the sky and landed right next to Xie Yunsui.

Yusheng came here quite frequently, coming from time to time to see if their orders had been completed. Sometimes he would also deliver some fruits growing on the cliff as instructed by the patriarch.

Xie Yunsui: "The pottery jars you requested are almost done. You can pick them up tomorrow. The bamboo baskets will have to wait a few days."

"No rush." ​​Yu Sheng transformed into a human form and said with a smile, "I'm here to invite Priest Yun to our tribe."

"Invite me?"

"Hey, the cubs in our tribe have grown up, and we need to teach them flying hunting techniques. The tribe will select the bravest orc warriors to teach them, and the lesson will be tomorrow. The chief said he would invite the cloud priest to take a look."

Xie Yunsui became a little interested: "Can I bring someone else?"

"certainly."

This is a rare entertainment activity, and Xie Yunsui wants to take everyone in the valley to watch it.

The next day, the entire valley set out for the Black Hawk Tribe.

When they met several Eagle Beastmen who came to pick them up on the way, they were immediately shocked: What are all these big and small packages?

Each orc carried a large bamboo basket on his back. The bamboo baskets of the six wolf orcs contained the pottery jars ordered by the Black Hawk Tribe, and the bamboo baskets of the others contained food and fruits they had prepared in advance, as well as materials for making fire.

The main focus is on a self-guided spring outing, so as not to cause trouble to other tribes.

The two bamboo baskets that Xier carried on his back were filled with split bamboo strips.

There was no other way. Everyone wanted to watch the performance, but they were reluctant to waste their precious time just watching the performance, so they brought some handicrafts with them and planned to make something while watching.

The Black Hawk tribe warmly entertained everyone. Not only did they take everyone to the cave on the cliff to enjoy the best viewing position, they also provided fresh fruits and food.

"These are specially prepared for you. They are all delicious fruits."

"It's okay, we brought it ourselves."

Demihuman of the Black Hawk tribe:?

This was the first time in history that we visited another tribe. It was a first time for both the guest and the host, and no one knew what to do.

Xie Yunsui did have some experience, but seeing that everyone was getting along well with each other, he was too lazy to "follow the rules" and just let everyone get to know each other in a reserved manner, which was also a kind of fun.

He and Xier were arranged to stay in the chief's cave. The chief's partner, Yayin, was a very gentle demihuman. Today his child would participate in the warrior selection.

Yayin looked at the sky and said, "When the sun reaches the top of our heads, the competition will officially begin."

"How many orcs are participating in the competition today?" Xie Yunsui asked.

Yayin had never learned digital arithmetic, so she listed the orcs one by one. Xie Yunsui raised his eyebrows when he heard Yusheng's name.

"Yusheng is participating too? Do you think he will win?"

"Very likely." Yayin smiled. "He's taken good care of himself this snowy season and has grown a lot bigger. He's still young, but he's almost as big as the bravest orcs in the tribe."

Xie Yunsui thought about how when the snow season was almost over, Yu Sheng would drag the orcs in the valley to fight every day, even in the heavy snow. It turned out that this was all in preparation for this selection.

There were already eagle orcs outside transforming into beast forms and making preparations, and all you could see were flying orcs.

“Swoosh—swoosh—”

Yusheng ran over and flew around in front of Xier, showing off. He had been beaten by Xier many times in the valley, but he had been honing his skills. He wanted to let Xier see how he won this selection competition.

Maybe Yu Sheng was too cocky and deserved a beating, Xier suddenly changed into a beast and slapped the moving object in front of him with one claw.

"Gah!"

Yu Sheng screamed and fell off the cliff.

Xie Yunsui and Yayin were startled and hurried to the cave entrance to look down.

Fortunately, there was no danger. Yu Sheng rushed up again, and spun around proudly in a place where Xier was absolutely out of reach: "Hey, you can't hit me now."

Xie Yunsui: "..."

Yayin: “…”

Xier didn't understand, so he licked his paws and used his tail to pull Xie Yunsui away from the dangerous cave entrance.