"Amu, the tree is awake!"

Just as Lin Xue finished preparing dinner and filled a large stone table, Ya walked in from next door.

"Come on, I'll go check it out. Ya, you stay here and watch the fire!"

There were only a few pancakes left on the baking stone. Anyway, Lin Xue had already taught Ya how to make them, and she believed that Ya could do a good job.

He followed Ya to the cave next door. The two females were still guarding the tree. When they saw the tree wake up, they were no longer as lost as before.

"Xue, you've arrived!"

"Xue, please take a look at my tree quickly!"

The two females tactfully made room for Lin Xue, who then placed her hand on the tree's pulse and carefully examined it.

"Ya, go next door and bring over the lean meat porridge I prepared for Shu!"

"The stone pot is very hot, remember to put something under it so you don't burn your hands!"

Lin Xuegang had just instructed Ya to fetch some lean meat porridge when she remembered something else and added another instruction.

"Don't worry, Amu, I won't let myself get hurt!"

Ya felt very warm inside from Amu's concern.

Since the tree seemed to be alright, Ya's mood was no longer as tense as before.

"Tree, I've stitched up your wounds. You can't overexert yourself these next few days, or I might not be able to save you!"

Lin Xue had to make her words sound serious, otherwise these burly orcs wouldn't take her seriously at all.

"Don't worry, Xue, your mother and I will keep an eye on him!"

Before the tree could speak, the spring buds spoke first.

"Yes, Xue! Chun Ya and I will keep an eye on the tree and make sure he doesn't reopen the wound!"

The older females also repeatedly assured them.

"You should stay in the tribe for the next few days to recover from your injuries. Once they have healed, you must let me see them first and get my permission before you can return to the hunting party!"

Lin Xue checked again and found that the tree showed no signs of fever.

"Did you take your medicine?"

Lin Xue glanced at the campfire and noticed that the stone pot had been taken down and the medicinal soup inside was gone.

"It drank it. I personally watched the tree drink it!"

The elderly female nodded repeatedly, indicating that the tree had drunk up every last drop of the medicine.

"The medicine tastes awful!!"

This was the first thing the tree said; his mouth was now filled with bitterness.

"Of course the medicine is bitter, it must taste awful!"

"But it's precisely because it tastes awful that it can heal your injuries! You'll probably have to take medicine for a few more days. You know medicine is a very precious thing. If you dare to waste it, don't come to me if you get sick again!"

Orcs have a strong ability to recover, and Lin Xue estimates that the tree's injuries will be fully healed in less than two days.

However, these beastmen still need to be disciplined when necessary, otherwise they'll get incredibly audacious!

"I know, I won't waste a single drop of medicine!"

Although the medicine tasted terrible, the tree wanted to live.

He has a beautiful wife and an elderly mother. What will happen to the two women in his family if something happens to him?

My father is very old and can no longer participate in the hunting team. He can only earn some food in the tribe.

But these things alone are not enough to support his family.

"That's good! You can stay here for the next couple of days so I can keep an eye on your injury!"

Just as he finished speaking, Ya came in carrying a stone pot.

"You two watch him finish this whole stone pot of lean meat porridge! If he really can't finish it, leave it by the campfire to keep it warm, and give him a little whenever he wants!"

Based on Lin Xue's understanding of orcs, this stone pot of broth was far from enough to satisfy the tree's hunger.

Because the stone pot in Lin Xueshan's cave was dug out for her by Ya, it was smaller than the stone pots of other orcs.

"Okay, we'll definitely take good care of the tree and make sure it gets enough to eat!"

After receiving affirmative answers from the two females, Lin Xue explained the precautions they needed to take before leading Ya back to her cave.

The last few pancakes had been cooked by Ya and placed in the wooden basin.

Let's eat!

Because of the tree, no one bothered us.

Tonight, only Lin Xue, Ya, and Ya are having dinner together.

"This pancake is absolutely delicious! I wish I could eat it every day!"

Ya took a bite of the pancake and felt it was the most delicious thing in the world.

"Ya, take two and send them over to the neighbor next door!"

Lin Xue then realized that she had been so focused on delivering meat porridge to the neighbors that she had forgotten to bring them some pancakes.

It seems the two females haven't eaten either, but their tribesmen will probably bring them food.

After all, the three of them lived right next door, so Lin Xue couldn't be too stingy. She picked up six pancakes and had Ya deliver them to them.

It wasn't that she was stingy, but rather that she hadn't prepared much for tonight, and if she had taken more, they wouldn't have enough to eat.

"Xue, so this is how delicious it is to fry scallions inside a Gugu Beast's egg!"

After taking a bite of her fried egg, Ya suddenly thought of something.

"Oh, right, Xue! When I came over, I saw that you had tied that Gugu Beast to the tree next to the cave."

"I saw it pecking at insects and grass seeds in the soil under the tree. Why didn't the Gugu Beast run away? What did you do to it?"

We've tried to capture wild animals and raise them before, but they were completely unruly.

After they were captured, they either refused to eat or went on a hunger strike, or they would go crazy and try to run away. There was never a moment of peace.

But today, although the Gugu Beast that Lin Xue caught was a bit listless, she did see it looking for food on the grass just now!

"Because I cut off the tips of its wings, so it can't fly and can only walk on the ground!"

"Once it gets used to our tribe, we'll feed it every now and then, and over time it won't want to run away anymore!"

Chickens, ducks, and geese are relatively easy to tame, but tigers and leopards are much more difficult to raise.

It's unclear what kind of animals the Qingshan tribe tried to tame before; they were probably either wild and difficult to train, or they were not properly cared for.

There were too many things to handle, and they had to be dealt with one by one. Lin Xue didn't plan to do everything at once.

Because in that case, they simply wouldn't have enough energy to do everything well.

What needs to be done now is to help the tribe find more food that can be preserved for a long time, and then build warm houses before winter comes.

As for planting and raising livestock, they can only wait until next year, otherwise they simply won't have enough time.

Lin Xue just arrived, and the most important thing is to stock up on food to get through this cold season.

Eat your food one bite at a time, and do things one step at a time.

Lin Xue knew that many things couldn't be rushed!

Ya returned from next door quickly. It was the first time he had eaten a meal cooked by his mother, and he was surprised by how delicious it was.

You should know that from childhood to adulthood, his father and he were the ones who cooked, or they would ask other females in the tribe to come and help.

This was the first time his mother had ever cooked.