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...
When Teng Ning went over, things had already gotten a bit ugly. Several people from the fox and cat tribes were wrestling with each other, and people on both sides were bleeding. The most seriously injured was a young male from the fox tribe. Blood was pouring down his head, and half of his face was red.
"What's going on? What happened?"
Teng Ning looked at the leaders of both sides. This fox tribe was not that fox tribe. It was not the fox tribe that came to seek refuge with them during the cold season. Therefore, Teng Ning was not very familiar with both sides.
He frowned, looking unhappy.
"Brother Teng Ning, this was entirely the cat tribe's provocation. Look at what they did to our children," the fox tribe said, pushing the young male with the beheaded head forward. "They were the first to attack, so we had no choice but to fight back."
Teng Ning took a look and said, "What are you standing there for? Go and treat the wound. He's so young, how will he find a female in the future if he has a scar on his face?"
"Go quickly!" When the leader of the fox tribe saw the tiger tribe coming to uphold justice, he also pushed his own child.
The cat tribe saw the fox tribe trying to twist the facts. The cat beastman who had started the fight stood up and said, "It was clearly them who came here to trade but failed. They secretly damaged our things and tried to get a low price in exchange. When we found out, they said some nasty things. I was so angry that I started the fight."
Cats are a rare small carnivorous race. When it comes to hunting, they can only catch small prey and have to guard against large wild beasts. Their living space is actually very small.
The foxes had a much easier life, each of them was muscular and beautiful. When they were trading with the cats, they looked down on them because of their skinny appearance.
The cats were not fools and could naturally see through their attitude, so they did not want to trade with them. The foxes were cunning and the male was young and ignorant, so they secretly did something bad and scratched all the animal skins brought by the cats with their sharp claws.
The cat tribe got angry and used the farm tools they were using for exchange to chop open the fox tribe's heads, and then the two tribes started fighting.
Teng Ning glanced at the fox clan, and the fox clan didn't say anything, and the matter became clear.
"When you came here, didn't I tell you in person that fighting is not allowed when trading here?" Teng Ning showed a fierce look, and the cat and fox tribes were scolded together.
The cat tribe was almost furious: "They were the ones who started the trouble first, you better be fair!"
The Fox Tribe said, "Just tell me if you were the first to attack me! You only bully us young beastmen because you only pick on the weak and fear the strong."
"Don't you deserve to be beaten? The Fox Tribe doesn't allow fighting in the trading center, but does that mean you're allowed to damage other people's property? It was clearly you who broke the rules first!"
The cat orcs got angry, exposed their sharp claws, and panted, ready to fight with the fox people again.
"Okay, stop it! They damaged your goods. You should ask the orcs in our tribe to help maintain order and make them compensate you instead of fighting. If everyone fights when there is a little conflict, how can the trading center continue to trade?" Teng Ning looked at the cat orcs. The cats were very angry, but they also felt a little guilty.
Teng Ning looked at the fox tribe again: "The orc from your tribe asked for it. You said that the cat tribe bullies the weak and fears the strong, but why don't you provoke the lion tribe next door? We don't welcome restless tribes to come here to exchange!" If there were no rules, according to the character of the tiger tribe, they would not only beat the cat orc to a pulp, but it would be a blessing if they didn't take his life.
The Fox Clan was in the wrong to begin with, so upon hearing Teng Ning's words, they quickly admitted their mistake: "Our child was young and ignorant. We promise we will never do such a thing again."
"Promise? Whoever causes trouble here and then gives us a bland promise and lets it go, what's the point of these rules?" Teng Ning looked at the foxes. "For three years, you foxes are not allowed to trade with our tribe. From now on, please pack up your things and leave immediately!"
Teng Ning reprimanded the cat-tribe orcs, but directly drove away the fox-tribe. The orcs from other tribes thought that this solution was fair, so they gave up the idea of imitating the fox-tribe.
The leader of the Fox Clan tried to save the situation, saying, "Brother Teng Ning, we truly know we were wrong. We'll definitely teach that brat a lesson when we get back! But you can't refuse our entire clan's exchange just because of the mistake of one man."
Teng Ning said: "If you still want to continue to pester me, we can only use coercive means."
The fox tribe was indeed afraid of the tiger tribe's strength. Just after the cold season, the tiger tribe used gunpowder to blow up the Baichuan wolf tribe, leaving not even a complete corpse, and directly wiped out the tribe.
Their leader gritted his teeth and told the tribesmen to pack up and leave the tribe quickly.
Teng Ning lectured the cat tribe again, telling them that they had done something wrong and that the damaged items should be blamed on themselves. After seeing what happened to the fox tribe, how could the cat tribe say no? They needed the convenience provided by the tiger tribe, as here they could exchange with more tribes for things that they, the cat tribe, could not get. At the very least, they could still get silk fragments as a guarantee from the tiger tribe.
Moreover, the tiger tribe also gave them justice and drove away the fox tribe orcs. Facing Teng Ning's preaching, the cat tribe nodded repeatedly and did not refute.
Teng Ning went to Ling Yun's house and told Ling Yun about this.
Lin Qiu was taking a walk outside and overheard it.
After Teng Ning left, Lin Qiu said, "Thank goodness we explained the rules at the beginning, but now it seems those orcs don't take them seriously."
"After this happens, they'll follow suit. We have to set an example." Ling Yun said as he used his foot to push away the cubs who wanted to pounce on Lin Qiu: "Don't walk around your mother's feet. If you dare to trip your mother, I will kill you!"
"Ahhhhh!" Shao Zheng, who was kicked away by Ling Yun, rolled several times. Protected by his thick fur, he didn't feel any pain at all. He even jumped up and jumped on Ling Yun, thinking that it was his father playing with him.
Lin Qiu sat under the tree outside the house, reached out and picked up one, placed it on his lap, and stroked its fur: "Mother is pregnant with a little sister now, you guys have to be careful."
Lin Qiu's belly is now round, completely different from when she was pregnant with her first child.
The five tiger cubs in her belly were not as big as this little female.
Lin Qiu knew that her due date was approaching, so she was extra careful and even took a walk just casually outside the door.
Ling Yun and Song Mu almost never left the house. Only Dongxue and the females who played well with Lin Qiu would come to visit her from time to time. Before, Lin Qiu was still teaching the females knowledge, but after half a month, he told everyone that he would no longer continue.