Haitang looked at Dongfang Chen and said, "Mom is getting old, and you are still young. The future of the Tiger Clan, its development, and the direction of the beastmen's growth are all in the hands of you children, not in Mom's hands."

"Okay, I understand." Dongfang Chen nodded and said, "Mom, I will find out everything you don't know." He smiled as he looked at the mermaid baby.

The baby mermaid was at Haitang's house. Dongfang Chen thought that when Haitang was writing her book, Dongfang Chen would take care of the baby mermaid. The baby mermaid just looked at Dongfang Chen and said, "I don't understand what you're saying."

"But it's okay. Mom said that in a few days you'll be able to talk, and you'll have to call me brother." Dongfang Chen really liked the mermaid baby.

When Shi Hu came to Haitang's house, he saw the baby mermaid and said, "How come there's another baby? Huo Qiu is too rude." He loves to leave all his children with Haitang.

Haitang is practically a daycare center now. After writing something down, Haitang said, "There's nothing I can do about this child. He's a mermaid-beastman, and I don't know how to raise him. I can only figure it out by trial and error. If I don't keep him here, I'll leave him somewhere else. I'm worried about that..." Haitang said.

Upon hearing this, Shi Hu nodded and placed a jar of honey on Haitang's plate. Haitang looked at Shi Hu and said, "If you have a child, take it. Also, don't go to your sister's place where she gave birth. Take good care of yourself during this time."

"Hmm." Haitang nodded. She felt a little guilty about Xiaohe giving birth, but she also understood that she couldn't go.

Now that she was not only pregnant, there were many other things she needed to take good care of herself. Upon hearing this, Shi Hu looked directly at the child.

The child immediately turned fierce, baring his teeth at Shi Hu and about to bite him. Shi Hu, however, was not going to back down and grabbed the child by the back of the neck. "Grandpa, be gentle, you're hurting the child."

"You brat, where did I hurt him? This child is trying to bite me. Tangtang, you shouldn't raise this child anymore. Haven't you seen such a ferocious creature?" Shi Hu said to Haitang as he looked at the baby mermaid.

"Dad, don't worry too much, I'm fine. The little mermaid is very good." Haitang reached out and hugged the little mermaid. The little mermaid was fierce at first, but after sensing Haitang's presence, it immediately became obedient and whimpered pitifully.

It was so heartbreaking to see him like that. Anyone who didn't know better would think that Shi Hu had bullied the baby mermaid. Shi Hu couldn't help but feel a toothache. That brat.

However, seeing the mermaid baby's quietness, he breathed a sigh of relief, then said a few things to Haitang before leaving. Haitang's child was getting older, and her writing was starting to be somewhat delayed.

Fortunately, although many people enjoyed reading Dream of the Red Chamber, no one urged her to finish the manuscript. It was at this time that Huo Qiu came to find Haitang and told her about the situation outside.

"The people from the Lion Clan have been cooperating well with us. The Leopard Clan sent some people this time, saying they're here for a marriage alliance." It was a female. "Several young beastmen in the tribe are just about to be married off, so they're going to start choosing."

"Oh, right, the Lion Clan also sent some, but... they also brought some young beastmen, intending to arrange marriages with the Tiger Clan's children." Huo Qiu said, looking at Haitang. "What do you think we should do about this?"

Huo Qiu was still very unhappy that the children of the Tiger Tribe were to be married off to other tribes, but she still planned to ask Hai Tang for advice.

"Don't worry too much. Just talk to the young female in the tribe. If she says she likes you, then you can just get married. Besides... everyone in the tribe knows each other and has relatives. It's not good for close relatives to marry," Haitang said.

“Oh, you’re right about that. Children born to close relatives can have genetic problems,” Huo Qiu said.

“It’s genetics, not chicken genes,” Haitang said. Huoqiu nodded. Although he planned to change it, he underestimated the fact that it was almost entirely chicken-like.

Haitang shook her head. After Huoqiu left, she went to hold this large-scale matchmaking event. Under these circumstances, she confided in all the young females of the tribe.

"This time, all the young women who came were from the Leopard Clan and the Lion Clan. If you like, you can choose one. The Leopard Clan and the Lion Clan have been on good terms with us for many years. If you really marry into them, they can't do anything to you. What you've learned over the years is ingrained in your bones, and those people will protect you even more."

These girls who are about to get married are almost all educated; almost every one of them went to school. There are none who didn't go to school. Those who didn't go to school got married right away. Hearing this, the females hesitated but still nodded.

"Let's go take a look." Yes, there are quite a few good young people in the tribe, but some of them either have partners or don't plan to find one.

Both Xingxing and Yueyue directly refused, saying they didn't plan to look for other women for the time being. Under such circumstances, the females could only choose others. Moreover, sometimes, after the men of their own tribe married young females from outside, it was not a problem for them to find other women.

Moreover, with the concept of "not marrying close relatives," many females no longer insist on finding someone to marry within their own tribe.

Under these circumstances, Huo Qiu nodded and took the little female to a blind date. Of course, he told the little female, "If you like her, then go for it; if you don't, then don't take her. The little females in our tribe are all valuable, so men must be very selective."

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