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When his fingers felt the other person's warm lips, Xiao felt as if he was being scratched by a small animal and it was extremely itchy.
He carried the people on his shoulders, went out and went straight to the hut, put them on the warm kang, and began to pull at their clothes.
"Be gentle! It's not you who sewed the clothes if they were torn!" Wu Yue was afraid that he would tear the precious modern coat on his body, so he quickly scolded him to stop him.
Seeing him let go, she quickly checked his clothes and sneered, "Why are you pulling my clothes? I'm not injured and I'm hiding it from you."
"Yue..." Unexpectedly, he was still angry about that matter. Xiao came up to him, hugged him, and lingered and acted coquettishly.
Wu Yue patted the furry head in his arms twice and yawned: "I'm sleepy. I'll take a nap."
Xiao quickly grabbed a piece of fur nearby and wrapped him up in his arms, "You sleep, I'll watch over you."
How can I sleep when I'm wrapped up like a mummy? Wu Yue complained in his heart, but being wrapped like this made his body feel safe, and he fell asleep quickly lying on the warm kang.
Xiao bent down and kissed him, then raised his left hand to look at his ring and chuckled twice.
Wu Yue slept until the next morning. He slept very soundly, and it seemed that all the fatigue from being away from home for such a long time was swept away.
Xiao was not in the room, perhaps he was busy with something. The little fox had come back at some point and was sleeping soundly on the kang. Wu Yue saw that its belly was bulging and must have been full, so he did not wake it up. He made a pot of dried meat and stewed radish on the stove.
The broth in the earthenware pot soon began to boil, bubbling with a hot aroma. Wu Yue was so greedy that he kept swallowing his saliva, but he never waited for Xiao to show up.
Never mind, just eat first.
Wu Yue drank half of the pot, including the soup and ingredients, and added water to the rest and continued to stew it on the stove, while he went out to look for someone.
Compared to the warmth inside, it was freezing cold outside. All doors, big and small, were tightly shut, with only a few people occasionally emerging to take care of themselves. Wu Yue went to Xia's place, Yu's place, and Shi's place, but saw no one. Just as he gave up and was about to go back inside, he saw someone approaching from the other side of the river in the distance.
"Where have you been in such a cold day?" Wu Yue asked with a frown.
Xiao grabbed his hand and stuffed something into it: "This is for you."
Wu Yue opened his palm and saw that it was a ring, or rather, his space ring.
He hurriedly looked at his wrist, and sure enough, the ring was no longer hanging there. Then he looked again and saw that there was a circle of fine but delicate brass branches and leaves on the space ring, which made the ring smaller.
"I also want to make a ring for you, but I'm not sure about the size, so I'll just use this one of yours to make it." Xiao picked up the ring and put it on Wu Yue's left ring finger. It was neither too big nor too small, just the right size.
Wu Yue raised his hand to take a closer look. Even from a modern aesthetic point of view, this ring was quite exquisite. Thin but even branches and leaves were wrapped around the ring, and each small leaf was lifelike.
"You have good skills!" He praised. He didn't expect that Xiao had talent in this area.
"Of course." Xiao raised his head with a proud look on his face.
"Then let me see your hand." Wu Yue smiled. He had already noticed it.
Xiao paused, remembering how he had previously concealed his injury, which had angered Wu Yue, and obediently extended his hand. The calluses from years of hunting protected his hand, so the injury wasn't too serious, just a few blisters on his palm.
"Alas... Can't you get some fur or something to protect yourself?" Wu Yue sighed, pulled people to find Xia, asked for some herbal medicine for treating burns, crushed it and applied it to him.
Seeing that he was not angry this time, Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and made up his mind not to hide such things from him in the future.
After taking the medicine and leaving Xia's hut, Xiao looked around to see if there was anyone around. He then stuffed another circular object into Wu Yue's hand: "Yue, actually... I also made this..."
What is it? Wu Yue took it and looked at it. It was a brass ring. It looked a little too big to be a ring, but it looked a little too small to be a bracelet. What was it for?
As he watched, he suddenly realized something. His face flushed red as he threw the thing back, swearing through gritted teeth, "You rascal!"
Xiao hurriedly took the thing and hid it in his pocket. His face was burning, but he still shamelessly hugged the other person: "Well, I've done it anyway, why don't we go back to the house and give it a try..."
Try it! Wu Yue struggled, but was dragged back to the house.
Only they two knew whether they tried it that day, and maybe the boiled radish and meat stew knew too.
Afterwards, they both spent their time in the house, waiting for the growing season to arrive. Of course, they needed to patrol the city walls. Even though it was still winter, there was no guarantee the Blessed Tribe would get angry and attack.
After dozens of days, the weather finally began to warm up, the snow melted, the ground became soft, and the dry branches became a little greener.
It's time to get to work! And the most important thing now is planting.
The tribe's houses were all built in the north, with a plot of land in the south reserved for livestock farming and a large open space. Wu Yue planned to plant crops on this land first, and if the population grew and housing became necessary, he could move the planting area outside the city.
There was ready-made farm manure in the animal shed and toilet. It was piled up into several piles and covered with fallen leaves to ferment slowly. At the same time, Wu Yue directed the tribesmen carrying hoes to start hoeing the fields.
The Yellowstone tribe had endured an unprecedented snowy season in their warm, secure homes, where they had enough to eat every day and even had access to hot water for washing. Now, no one wanted to leave, and everyone worked diligently, focused solely on earning more coins. The envoy had said that in the future, if there were enough houses, they could buy separate, smaller houses, even one for each person!
At the same time, Xiao also started taking people out hunting. Every time he went out, he could also find out if there were any signs of attacks from other tribes. The good news is that there are none yet.
After all, manual hoeing was too tiring and slow, so Wu Yue called a few people who were good at handicrafts to research and make a few simple plows. He selected a few strong horses to harness them to plow the fields, and the speed suddenly became much faster. The freed-up hands only had to pick out the stones, grass roots and other debris in the ground that hindered the growth of crops.
In order to facilitate irrigation, Wu Yue had several canals dug and a small pond dug to plant foxtail millet and lotus flowers, and he could also catch some fish and raise them in the pond later.
After watching everyone cultivate dozens of acres of land and apply farmyard manure, Wu Yue began germinating the seeds in his space. This batch of seeds wasn't enough to supply the entire tribe, just enough to give everyone an occasional change of pace. But as the saying goes, "A grain of millet planted in spring yields ten thousand seeds in autumn." He was confident that within a few years, everyone in the Sharp Teeth Tribe would have daily staples and vegetables, along with snacks like sunflower seeds and peanuts.
After sorting out all the crops and arranging water and taking care of the fields, Wu Yue no longer had to worry as much as he had last year. The people of the Sharp Teeth Tribe already knew the benefits of these crops and would definitely take good care of them to prevent them from being destroyed by birds, beasts, or ignorant children.
This time, Wu Yue also planted ground eggs in the field, hoping to try a more sophisticated planting method to see if he could increase the yield of this plant. This plant is rich in starch and is durable in storage, making it a very good staple food. It is definitely not a bad idea to plant more.
After working in the fields for more than ten days, the weather became warmer after all the crops were planted. Wu Yue no longer needed to heat the kang. He felt warm just lying in Xiao's arms every day, covered with long-wool sheepskin.
But... after throwing the other person's hand out of his clothes for the third time, Wu Yue frowned and warned: "If you mess around again, I will throw you out!"
Xiao curled his lips. He had been told before that he had to be busy with work, but it didn't work. This forced him to go on a hunting spree to vent his energy. Now that he had finally finished all the work, it still didn't work.
He also has a temper!
Seeing the person turned his back to him, he snorted softly and turned over in anger. But not long after, when the sleeping Wu Yue turned over and hugged him in a daze, he immediately hugged him back with a smile on his face.
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