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Telling the little fox to stay still and not run around, the two of them sneaked out of the water tribe just like they were digging iron ore in the mountain tribe and ran towards the bamboo forest.
They ran deep into the bamboo forest. It was completely silent all around. Feeling that they could not hear any sound from the Water Tribe, they took out their hoes and started digging.
"Try to dig out the root system as completely as possible and dig out more soil. If the bamboo is too long, you can cut off part of it." It would take too long to go back, and Wu Yue was afraid that the bamboo would die during transportation. While directing Xiao, he sprinkled water on the soil at the roots of the dug bamboo, and then placed the bamboo roots carefully on the rattan basket in the space and wrapped them with wet old fur.
With bamboo, the tribe's stone and rattan products can now be retired. After all, rattan stalks are of varying thicknesses, and the baskets woven from them are not as fine and neat as bamboo strips, which are both practical and beautiful.
Xiao worked tirelessly until late at night. After digging ten bamboos, he stopped and took a breath. "Is that enough?"
Wu Yue felt that it was not enough. There were no bamboos growing in the Liya tribe. He was afraid that the climate and soil were not suitable and that these ten trees would die after being transplanted.
But this work was indeed tiring, and the bamboo roots were so deep. He smiled and leaned over to kiss Xiao, holding her hand and smiling ingratiatingly: "Hey, hey, how about digging ten more trees?"
Seeing him act like a spoiled brat for the first time, Xiao immediately became excited and picked up the hoe to start working again.
Wu Yue didn't want him to be too tired, so he lit a fire and cooked soup next to him. He let him rest for a while after digging one, drink some hot soup, and give him a kiss and a hug.
After they had dug up twenty trees, Wu Yue had him chop down some more, until the space was half full. They burned the cut bamboo leaves and tidied the ground. When they were all done, it was already dawn.
"Hey, why is it already daybreak?" Wu Yue looked up in surprise, looking at Xiao with some guilt, "I kept you awake all night, why don't you talk to Chief Azhu and rest here for another day today?"
Xiao shook his head: "I would rather sleep in a tent in the wild." The female chief of the Water Tribe had evil intentions towards Yue, so it was too dangerous to stay here.
Okay, Wu Yue shrugged, and the two slowly walked back to the Water Tribe.
As soon as I entered the tribe, I ran into Ah Zhu. She looked them up and down with a strange look on her face: "You guys are outside...? Uh, aren't you cold?"
It's no wonder she misunderstood. Both of them had messy hair and were covered in dirt and leaves. Xiao looked exhausted after working hard for most of the night, while Yue had a look of satisfaction on his face. No matter how you looked at it...
Wu Yue didn't understand the implication and replied with a smile: "Not cold, not cold."
Xiao raised the corner of his mouth and lifted the man's shoulder: "Move and you won't be cold anymore."
Tsk tsk, this couple is really... Azhu walked away with a twitching mouth.
The five of them gathered again, but only Ma Zong had a good sleep and was now full of energy. The other four were in terrible condition.
The Shui tribe didn't have the habit of eating breakfast, so Ah Zhu had only come out to ask if they could be taken across the river. Wu Yue wasn't in a hurry to leave, so he took out a clay pot and cooked some soup for Ah Zhu, thinking of asking her about the situation on the other side of the river.
The most important goal of this trip, bamboo, has been obtained. It would be even better if he could understand the distribution of forces in the vicinity. If others have any good things, he doesn't mind making an extra trip.
Seeing that there was warm soup to drink, Ah Zhu happily sat down and drank the soup while briefly chatting with them. There were several tribes nearby, none of them were large, and they didn't have any special products.
But if you follow the river to the end, you'll find a very large tribe with a large population and countless salt. They exchange salt with other tribes for large, strange-looking dried fish and shrimp, as well as some plants that have been dried to a black color.
It sounds like a tribe by the sea! Is that plant laver or kelp? Wu Yue became interested and asked, "How far is it from here? Do you also exchange salt with them?"
"I don't know how far it is, maybe more than fifty days." Ah Zhu spread his hands. "They have something called a boat, which can travel on the water just like our bamboo rafts. During the harvest season, they come up the river to exchange goods with everyone. They speak a different language than us, so we can only communicate in simple terms. I don't know many specific details."
Oh, that's interesting. Wu Yue became interested and wanted to go to this tribe to see it for himself. Unfortunately, it sounded like the tribe was very far away and would not be reached in a short time.
We can only wait until later. When he returns to the tribe and gets a boat, he can go along this river to the seaside to see the big tribe.
After learning that there was nothing good nearby, Wu Yue, thinking about the bamboo in the space, asked the water tribe to take him back to the other side, then pretended to put on the cart and left.
"Messenger of God, the bamboo you want..." Eagle had been silent in front of the water people before, but now that he had walked away, he came close to Wu Yue and asked in a low voice.
"Oh, you still remember it." Wu Yue rolled his eyes at him, "Relying on you and Shan? Xiao and I already got it last night."
The eagle stuck out its tongue and quickly apologized and begged for mercy. Hearing this, Horse Mane rode over on horseback, his voice as cold and indifferent as ever: "Why didn't the envoy of God call me?"
"There are too many people watching that bamboo building, and I don't want to alert them." Wu Yue smiled at him, "It's okay, Xiao alone is enough."
"Did you hear that?" Xiao, who was following behind him, rode forward, frowning and chasing them away. "I'm enough. All of you, get out of here. Don't get close to my partner!"
Shan and Ying quickly retreated to the side. Ma Zong snorted coldly and walked forward to clear the way.
After walking for half a day, they had to stop and set up camp to rest because they were tired. They asked Ma Zong, the only one who had slept last night, to stand guard, while everyone else went into the tent and fell asleep.
When Wu Yue opened his eyes again, it was already dark. He couldn't tell whether it was morning or evening. He was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He rubbed his eyes and got up. A fire had been lit outside the tent. Xiao and Shan each had a rabbit roasting.
"Did you go hunting?" The aroma of the roasted rabbit made Wu Yue swallow his saliva. He took out a clay pot, put some dried fish in it and started to cook soup.
Xiao nodded and handed over two rabbit skins: "I dug two rabbit holes. Winter rabbit fur is thick and soft. You can use them."
Wu Yue tossed the unprocessed skin roll, still stained with blood and fat, into the space and sat down next to Xiao. He felt cold just waking up, and it was more comfortable to be next to this human heater.
Xiao enjoyed it very much. He curled his lips and roasted the rabbit happily.
Wu Yue brought a lot of seasonings this time, so the roasted rabbit sprinkled with chili powder, pepper powder, ginger juice, and shallot powder smelled very fragrant. The five people ate with gusto until all the bones in their hands were chewed clean. Those who were not full drank a few bowls of fish soup, so they were not hungry.
After eating and drinking, it was time to go to bed again, but Wu Yue had slept too long during the day and couldn't fall asleep for a while, so Xiao didn't sleep either, but sat quietly in his arms.
Wu Yue was very satisfied with this spontaneous human heater. He curled up in its arms and looked up at the sky.
The sky without air pollution is a very pure blue-black, and there seem to be more stars than those seen on Earth, big and small, and extremely bright.
He was looking at the stars, but Xiao was looking at him. As he looked at them, he felt itchy and couldn't help but reach out and poke the shallow dimple on his face, calling his name: "Yue..."
Wu Yue tilted his head and bit his finger, but then let go after gnashing his teeth lightly. Their eyes met, and Wu Yue saw his own reflection in the other's dark eyes.
Wholeheartedly, purely and frankly, without any impurities.
With a slight movement in his heart, he suddenly made a decision.
"Xiao, when the growing season begins, let's become partners."
Xiao was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and immediately came up to kiss him passionately. Wu Yue kissed him honestly for a while, but because of the increasingly tight embrace, he had to slap him to let him go.
After being released, he stretched his shoulders, frowned and complained: "You're so tight, are you an octopus? Would you crawl into a clay pot?!"
Xiao didn't know what an octopus was, but he obediently slowed down his movements and came forward to kiss her again.
"Alright, that's enough. I'm going to bite your lips off." Wu Yue refused, gently pushed his head aside, looked at the ground, and pulled out a piece of dry long grass to weave a ring.
"What is this?" Xiao was in a very good mood today. He was not annoyed when he was pushed away and came closer again.
"Ring." Wu Yue carefully placed the small ring made of woven grass on Xiao's ring finger. "In my hometown, if you want to ask someone to be your partner, you have to give this. If they accept it, it means they agree."
When Xiao heard him say that, he was immediately very surprised. He raised his hand and looked at the grass circle on his finger. He was so moved that he immediately found some grass on the ground to weave one for Wu Yue.
"Ah, that's not necessary." Wu Yue declined. The grass ring was too childish, and he didn't want it. But to avoid spoiling Xiao's fun, he lied, "I asked you to be my partner, so I'll just give it to you."
Upon hearing this, Xiao was so happy that he almost burst into bubbles. He reached out to grab Wu Yue's hand, but when he touched the space ring on Wu Yue's hand, his movements suddenly stopped.
This is also a ring!
As soon as his expression changed, Wu Yue noticed it and immediately raised his hand to tap his head, "Don't let your imagination run wild! The one worn on the ring finger is the real one. The ones on the other fingers are just decorations. This one of mine is a space, you know."
Xiao curled his lips and snorted, still not very satisfied.
Oh, it’s so difficult.
Wu Yue sighed. To cheer up his lover, he took out a piece of wool from his space, took off his ring, strung it on his wrist, and said, "Is this okay?"
It was simply amazing. Xiao was very satisfied. He hugged the person tightly and kissed him again.
The next day, Eagle and Shan noticed that their leader was acting a little strangely. He would raise his hand in front of his eyes with an inexplicable smile from time to time, and there seemed to be a circle of grass on his hand.
Is it worth being so happy about just having a circle of grass on your hand? I don’t understand.
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