(The protagonist is gentle and introverted, a patriarch. Doting on the team + slightly charismatic + no CP + friendly ending.)
Just a few years after Zhang Moyu became the patriarch, he was d...
Chapter 208 Silence is Tonight’s Dinner
"Although the tribe has been relatively peaceful recently, the few little ones who have just regained their human form are a bit noisy. If the tribe leader is free, it would be helpful to go and look after them a few more."
Facts have proved that nature is something that is difficult to erase. Even though they grew up in the laboratory, the little ones are still very lively. And because of the oppressive living environment in the past, they are now a little too energetic after releasing their nature.
"good."
Anyway, the main reason he came back this time was to get to know all the tribesmen, and he wouldn't stay here for long. So even though Zhang Qiling thought there might be a lot of naughty kids in the tribe, he still agreed readily.
Zhang Moyu took Zhang Qiling to visit every household and was very happy to see that every member of the clan was humble and polite and looked like a noble person.
However, this joy did not last long. When everyone gathered together to welcome the patriarch and have dinner together, Zhang Qiling saw the dishes on the table represented by various small groups of tribesmen, and suddenly he had a new understanding of his own tribesmen.
As the only three remaining members of the "Sheng" generation, Zhang Shengxin took the lead in presenting Zhang Qiling with a dish of salt water water lice.
Zhang Qiling saw the dish in front of him. It was beautifully presented and decorated with mint leaves, but the main ingredient looked like cockroaches. For a moment, he suspected that these people had lost their minds.
He was silent for a while, thinking that it was impossible for someone to be so desperate as to deliberately embarrass him, the clan leader, in public.
They said it was a tribute, maybe they... really thought the dish was delicious?
Although he had eaten various insects before, Zhang Qiling felt a little at a loss as to where to start eating when he saw the dish being served to him in such a formal manner.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Zhang Qiling decisively chose not to embarrass himself anymore. He ignored Zhang Shengxin's eager gaze with a calm expression and had no desire to pick up his chopsticks.
Then came the dishes presented by several other small groups. Zhang Qiling took a look and found that all of them were difficult for him to eat.
Either the insects are cooked in various ways, or there are strange dishes like stir-fried watercress, candied coriander, and cold-mixed bitter melon shreds.
If Zhang Moyu hadn't told him in advance that the tribesmen here had some mental problems because of the experience of being captured, and even their hobbies had become strange.
With so many clansmen present, all looking at him with excitement and joy in their eyes, Zhang Qiling really wanted to not give them face and just put down his chopsticks and leave.
The above ones are just side dishes, and there is a grand finale at the end, a bowl of pearl rice and earthworm soup presented by Zhang Ruiping.
Zhang Ruiping is the energetic young man who painted a picture of a beauty bathing in his spare time and was seen by Zhang Qiling.
It should be said that Zhang Ruiping is worthy of being an artist. The name of the soup he served sounds very elegant, and it is completely on a different level from the previous dishes with straightforward names.
But in fact, it is just a pot of soup made with termite eggs, black-backed centipedes and other ingredients.
Zhang Qiling smelled the aroma of the soup with a faint medicinal flavor, and inadvertently discovered that this was actually a pot of genuine medicinal food!
Thinking about the ingredients of other medicinal foods and then looking at this pot, Zhang Qiling had never heard from Zhang Moyu that medicinal foods could be prepared like this. It was as if a new door had been opened, and Zhang Qiling's gaze towards Zhang Ruiping seemed a little strange.
I didn't expect you to have such talent!
The two impressions of painting erotic pictures and creating insect medicinal food fell on one person, and Zhang Qiling had only one idea in his mind.
This person must be transferred far away. If he wants to cause trouble, he should do it to outsiders. The family does not need this kind of talent at the moment.
Seeing the clan leader staring at him with deep eyes that seemed to be glittering with starlight, Zhang Ruiping's face was calm, but his heart was cheering.
It seems that today's medicinal meal was prepared correctly. The patriarch should have seen his talent and seriousness.
He didn't expect anything else. He would be satisfied as long as he could further replace Zhang Ruijin. It looked like the clan leader would give him a chance soon.
Everyone gathered together and had a pleasant dinner, and then Zhang Qiling went back to the attic to rest.
Zhang Qiling had never thought that the Qinling clan had not even built a clan temple, but had actually built a main attic for the clan leader to live, work and rest.
Zhang Moyu said that this was a joint decision made by the only three remaining people from the "Rui" and "Sheng" generations.
After sleeping very safely in the main attic for a night, Zhang Qiling walked around the entire attic the next day and found that every part of the attic was very detailed and the construction was in line with his aesthetic taste, making it very comfortable to live in.
There were call bells hanging in both the bedroom and the study. When the bell rang, someone would come to serve him immediately, although Zhang Qiling felt that he did not need it. There were also special people assigned to take care of the daily cleaning and adding incense.
In addition to these high-end treatments, Zhang Qiling also found that even the handrails and pillars had patterns, which showed that they were carefully carved. With so many and such a large area, it is obvious that it would take a lot of time.
The tribesmen really cared about him. Zhang Qiling felt that this was because these people had escaped from the unbearable environment in the past and now came to a new place. They suddenly couldn't relax and adapt, and they couldn't forget the painful memories of the past, so they put all their emotions on him.
As the clan leader, he should have been a spiritual haven for his clan members and a guiding light for their thoughts, so Zhang Qiling had no intention of rejecting the enthusiastic yet restrained kindness shown by his clan members.
Because the people in the Qinling tribe are very emotionally sensitive and feel uneasy from time to time, Zhang Qiling stayed here for a longer time.
He stayed there for more than ten days, until after the Chinese New Year in February, when Zhang Qiling finally found an opportunity to leave these enthusiastic tribesmen.
The first thing Zhang Qiling did after leaving was to go to the Zhang family in Hong Kong and Taiwan to pick up Zhang Benshan, and then prepare to pick up Zhang Molan.
Zhang Benshan was originally taken out by Zhang Molan to broaden his horizons, but he didn't expect that some small accidents that were not planned would happen during this trip.
Their "weight lifting plan" was suddenly discovered while they were escaping, and their action was exposed.
Because Zhang Molan was worried about Zhang Benshan, who was not very skilled in martial arts, he arranged a retreat for him in advance. He asked him to hide in the crowd with empty hands and return to the country to inform others of the situation. He then took the "spoils" and smuggled into other countries, and then found a way to go back.
In fact, their original target was a "small workshop" of a high-tech company, not this dangerous base.
However, Zhang Molan got the information from somewhere and found a large base that looked very technologically advanced, but the architectural style didn't seem like it was from the Sakura Country.