In her previous life, Lin Qiu, as a female, was spoiled and arrogant. She transmigrated to a backward mountain region in human society, receiving a twenty-year "Zhao Di" (call for a brother...
Lin Qiu raised his head and stretched out his hand, trying to pick Song Mu up from the tree.
Her hands were soft and weak, but Song Mu still held her hands and slowly moved down.
"Maybe there is no food for the squirrel here, so the squirrel moved away. Let's look in other directions." Song Mu landed steadily and said to Lin Qiu.
Ling Yun flicked his tail and said, "Then let's go!"
If he had known earlier, he would not have transformed into a beast. It would have been him who climbed up the tree like this, and it would have been him who was led down by Lin Qiu with a look of concern!
"Well, maybe if we walk a little further we can find some fallen nuts."
The hard shells of the nuts protect them from rotting easily and from starving every hardworking little squirrel.
Lin Qiu touched Ling Yun's head and climbed onto his back again.
After being rubbed by Lin Qiu, Ling Yun immediately raised his tail happily.
They continued to grope forward. Ling Yun and Song Mu were quite familiar with this jungle, so they were not wandering aimlessly.
"What tree's seed is this?"
Lin Qiu saw a lot of rotten fruits falling under a tree. Perhaps due to excess nutrition, there was only a foul smell coming from under the tree, and no other herbs or shrubs survived.
When the flesh rots, the brown core inside is exposed, which is as big as a bull's eye.
"No one has given this tree a name, Xiaoqiu. Squirrels probably don't like to eat the core of its fruit, otherwise its fruit wouldn't be rotting here. There are several other trees like this nearby, and they've dropped a lot of fruit over the years."
Song Mu explained to Lin Qiu.
The tree has thick, palm-sized dark green leaves and is covered with small, five-petaled yellow flowers.
Lin Qiu said, "Just because the squirrels don't eat them doesn't necessarily mean they don't have oil. Let's take some back and see. Seeds generally contain some oil. These seeds are so big, and there aren't any wild animals competing with us, so they're easy to collect. If we can squeeze out the oil, then we won't have to worry about making soap."
Lin Qiu also thought that nuts rich in oil, such as walnuts and hazelnuts, all have a thick shell. This brown seed also looks very hard, so it might have a high oil content.
Song Mu walked forward, picked one up, and shook it in his hand.
"Smash one open and show it to Xiaoqiu." Ling Yun said.
"good."
As Song Mu said this, he placed the seed on a brown stone, found another stone, and smashed the seed into several petals with two or three strokes.
Just as Lin Qiu expected, these seeds also had thick shells. The squirrels probably didn't eat them because they were too big to bite.
Lin Qiu felt the inside of the brown seed and found that the texture of the seed was similar to that of condensed wild boar oil. He was immediately delighted: "This looks like it has a high oil content! Let's collect more of this!"
Song Mu was stunned for a moment, then used his fingers to pinch the contents of the brown seed and said, "It does feel a bit oily."
"Then bring more back, as much as you can. If it is useful, I will bring a few males here next time to collect more." Ling Yun said.
Song Mu nodded and bent down to pick up the brown seeds.
Lin Qiu thought that the natural resources of the Somali Continent were still very rich. She just lacked the opportunity to go out. Otherwise, she would definitely find more unused plants or animals.
This strengthened Lin Qiu's desire to go out and walk more often. After all, in the forest surrounding the tribe, she would not be in any danger with Song Mu and Ling Yun protecting her.