Ji Nuan was confused: "Can the stinky fruit become hard?"

Ge Ye nodded his head and said, "Yes! The stinky fruit hardens quickly after it matures. In the past, little kids would pick them up and bring them back to the tribe to play with.

As a result, when I peeled off the outer skin, I found that the flesh had become hard. When I smashed it with a stone, it turned into fine soil-like stuff, but it didn't have that unpleasant smell and was quite sweet.

I secretly tried a little bit, and it turned out to be a sticky lump in my mouth. It was not tasty at all, and my father found out and gave me a spanking!" Speaking of being spanked by his own father, Ge Ye's little mouth was so pouty that it could have been a giggle beast.

It's fine like dirt! It's sweet! It tastes sticky!

Why does this hardened, stinky fruit pulp sound so much like flour!

Ji Nuan was shocked, her eyes sparkling.

Ge Ye had a bad feeling instantly, she grabbed Ji Nuan's arm and said, "You little mountain boy! You are not going to collect stinky fruits to eat!

Let me tell you, although the stinky fruit is fine to eat, it really doesn’t taste good. You should catch more croaking beasts and bring them back. Isn’t the meat delicious?”

It smells good! But without salt, it can’t be preserved.

Ji Nuan patted Ge Ye’s chubby little arm and said, “Go back quickly. I’ll pick two to bring back. If they don’t taste good, I’ll just throw them away. Don’t worry!”

Seeing her insistence, Ge Ye had to compromise: "Then you have to hurry up and store the food. The stinky fruit really doesn't taste good."

It was not until Ji Nuan nodded seriously, indicating that she had listened, that she followed her male and walked towards the tribe, looking back every few steps. Her mother was going to take her out to gather in the afternoon.

Ji Nuan was thinking about the stinky fruit, so she didn't delay and went straight to the stinky fruit forest. Unlike the last time she came here, the familiar durian smell was no longer there. If she hadn't remembered this patch of shrubs that was obviously taller than other places, she might not have been able to find it.

Ji Nuan picked up a stinky fruit that had fallen in the grass and turned it a few times, trying to find a gap to open it and see the flesh inside, but she couldn't find an opening.

I picked up a few in other places, but there were no gaps in them. Even the stinky fruits hanging on the trees seemed to have closed their coats as if for the winter, and there were no gaps at all.

That's not right! Although it was scary last time, she remembered clearly that these stinky fruits had cracks to a certain extent. How come there are none now?

Ji Nuan picked up two and put them in the basket. She was going to go back and try them. If the hardened stinky fruit was really the same as flour, then she would be really lucky this time.

Carrying two stinky fruits and perhaps some flour that could serve as her staple food, Ji Nuan had no time to waste in the grove.

After much effort, they finally caught two cuckoo beasts. Looking at the flying cuckoo beast hairs, Ji Nuan felt depressed.

Because of the tribesmen's capture, this cuckoo beast is no longer as stupid as before. Instead, it is very agile. When it hears footsteps, it flaps its wings and flies away quickly. Ji Nuan used to catch five casually, but now she can only catch two with great effort. She couldn't be more sad.

It seems that it will be difficult for me to eat Cockroach Beast in the future.

Ji Nuan rolled up her sleeves and thought, forget it, there’s no need to rush back. It’s still early anyway, so she can catch as many Guluo beasts as she can. The ones she can’t eat can be kept in Chu Shi Cave. If she keeps more, it will be another kind of reserve food! And it’s meat!

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