Chapter 5 I want to go into the mountains to find something

Yuanyuan stuffed bubble fruit into her mouth and reached out her other hand to catch berries. The little tiger was still rubbing against her, trying to get the food from her hand. She didn't hesitate to feed herself and the little tiger at the same time.

In the open space not far away, several strong orcs were dancing around a campfire.

They were shirtless, with animal skins tied around their waists, and held feathered animal bone clubs in their hands. They stomped and turned with shouts, their movements both forceful and powerful.

Yuan Yuan was quickly drawn to the attention, waving her little hand and shouting along with the people around her.

She didn't actually understand what they were singing, and just randomly echoed their words.

The little tiger jumped down from her arms and ran to the campfire where people were dancing. It imitated the orcs, tiptoeing and spinning around. Its round body wobbled and almost fell to the ground, making everyone around burst into laughter.

Yuanyuan was amused by him, "The little tiger is so cute! Can we play with it again tomorrow?"

"Of course."

Lu Yun ruffled her hair. "From now on, in the Black Tiger Tribe, tell us who you want to play with and what you want to eat, and we'll make sure you get it."

...

The next day, Yuanyuan was woken up by the system's voice while she was still asleep.

Rubbing her eyes, she came out of the cave. The tiger-beastman was sleeping in front of the cave entrance. Hearing the noise, she opened her eyes.

"Little female, you're awake?"

"Okay, just call me Yuanyuan." She really wasn't used to hearing "little female."

The tiger-beastman was utterly flattered and so excited that he stammered, "Little female... Yuanyuan."

Yuanyuan smiled sweetly, "I... I want to go into the mountains to look for something."

"I'll find you whatever you need. The forest is too dangerous." The tiger-beastman calmed down and disagreed. How could such a delicate little female be allowed to leave the tribe?

Even adult females rarely leave the tribe.

Just then, the curtain of the cave next to them was lifted, and Lu Yun walked out and stopped in front of Yuan Yuan. "Yuan Yuan, we've made some meat soup. Come and have some with us!"

Yuanyuan didn't really want to drink the fishy, ​​saltless meat soup she had yesterday.

Before she could refuse, Lu Yun pulled her into his cave. As soon as they entered, a meaty aroma filled the air, and a male was sitting by a fire cooking something.

He nodded to her as she came in, then continued stirring the contents of the stone pot.

"Yuanyuan, don't mind it, that's just how Sheqi is." Lu Yun pulled her to sit on a stone table to the side.

Her cave was very large, and the place where they were sitting was like a living room, with commonly used tools and food placed there.

Yuanyuan looked around curiously. There were several more cave entrances behind the large cave, which must be where they slept.

"Try it quickly, this is meat soup made with ginkgo nuts."

Yuanyuan looked away and fell on the stone bowl in front of her. The milky white soup looked quite tempting, but she didn't know how it would taste.

I took a small sip carefully. This time they added salt. Although it tasted a bit fishy, ​​it was still acceptable.

Yuan Yuan took a bite of what Lu Yun, the female, called ginkgo, and was surprised to find it was actually sweet potato.

No wonder it doesn't have a fishy smell; the flavor has all been absorbed by the sweet potato.

"Is it delicious? Snake Seven has cooked a really good meal."

Yuanyuan nodded, saying that it would taste even better with ginger.

Although she is only five years old, she can do things like washing clothes and cooking. After her mother disappeared, she learned to cook from the family's nanny in order to please her father and make delicious food for him.

But Dad has never eaten it before.

The housekeeper said that her father didn't like her because she was disobedient, and that he wanted her to be more sensible and learn to do laundry and cook.

She wanted her father to like her more, so she cooked for herself, took a bath, and did her own laundry every day after school.

Even though she learned everything, her father still didn't like her.

Yuanyuan tightened her grip on the soup bowl and nodded.

"What is Yuanyuan thinking about?" Lu Yun talked to her for a long time but she didn't react, so he waved his hand in front of her.

"Ah, no."

Yuanyuan quickened her eating pace, finished the last mouthful of soup, and put down the bowl.

"Aunt Lu Yun, I need to go to the valley in the west to find something."

The system says that you must find three kinds of herbs to exchange for a fertility-enhancing pill.

She wanted to complete the first task within a day and deliver it to Aunt Luyun.

Snake Seven, who was standing to the side, turned to look at her, his eyes filled with surprise.

Lu Yun put down the soup spoon in her hand and looked at her with concern. "Is that thing very important? Why don't we arrange for someone to get it for you? You're not familiar with this forest; it's too dangerous."

Yuanyuan shook her head; she herself didn't know what those strange herbs looked like and had to find them herself.

Lu Yun wanted to persuade her further, but remembering the witch doctor's words that she shouldn't refuse whatever the witch doctor wanted to do, she nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll find two more warriors to accompany you. Go early and come back early; you must be back before sunset."

Even their hunting team returned before sunset, as the forest at night was much more dangerous than during the day.

...

Yuanyuan sat on the back of the leopard beastman. The leopard beastman was extremely fast. After running for about half an hour, they could faintly hear the sound of flowing water.

"The valley you mentioned is just ahead." The leopard-beastman slowed his pace and turned to speak to her.

"Look around and see if you can find what you need."

"OK."

Yuanyuan jumped off the leopard beastman's back and began searching the vicinity.

She was looking for a hemostatic herb today, but the name was too difficult for her to remember.

The system thoughtfully showed her a picture of the hemostatic herb, and she only needed to locate it according to the picture.

After crouching under the tree and searching carefully, we finally found it more than an hour later, under a huge, unnamed plant.

She carefully used a twig to pry open the mud, and soon a large branch of hemostatic grass was dug out.

The rhizome is red, and the veins of the leaves are also red, just like human blood vessels.

This was the first time Yuanyuan had ever seen this plant. She couldn't resist digging up all the surrounding hemostatic herbs, since there was space left to keep them, and she planned to give them to her handsome uncle for research when they got back.

Uncle Lu Yuan said that Uncle Shuai loves studying these flowers and plants, and he would be very happy to receive this as a gift.

Yuanyuan put the hemostatic herbs into the small animal skin bag given to her by Luyun, and took the opportunity to store a few of them into her space. She also reminded 1008 not to secretly take away her things.

The system doesn't matter; her system settings only require one plant.

The rest is up to her to do as she pleases.

"Uncle Leopard, I've found it. May I go to the woods to the north to take a look?"

"Huh? We have to go over there again?"

"Yes, I need to find two more things." Yuanyuan nodded.

"Okay, let's have some water first before we go. It's quite a distance to the woods over there from here."

He took the water pouch off his waist and handed it to Yuanyuan. He looked around warily. There were only a few antelopes drinking water in the valley, and there was no danger.

After drinking the water, the two walked along the stream towards the forest to the north.

This time, Uncle Leopard was even faster. As the weather gradually warmed up, they had to go back before eating, otherwise the little females might not be able to withstand the heat.

The closer you get to the forest, the thicker the surrounding trees become, and sunlight filters through the gaps in the branches, casting dappled shadows on the ground.

The leopard-man suddenly stopped, its tail taut.

"Don't move, hold on tight to my neck so you don't fall, there's the smell of wolves ahead."