The people in this tribe are very friendly. They welcome even the ill-tempered Hongxiao and the sarcastic Muguang, treating them the same way they treat everyone else.
The overall atmosphere of this tribe is one of prosperity, warmth, and harmony. Moreover, because of their relatively close interactions with human territories, their lives are more convenient in every aspect.
With the help of some human technology and tools, they do not have to live a life entirely dependent on hunting, and the hierarchical relationship among the residents here is not as obvious as in other tribes.
Ye Nianzhen particularly liked the environment and atmosphere here, and she quickly found a suitable job for herself here, which was to teach children to read.
To be honest, this is not an easy task. First, you have to make them understand what written language is.
Then you need to connect the text with the objects in their lives, as well as their language habits, and take all of that into consideration.
Then, in her spare time, she would teach them to draw and sing. A group of children surrounding an adult friend—it was a truly heartwarming scene.
When Qin Qiu had nothing to do, he would transform into his beast form and lie nearby watching Ye Nianzhen teach the children, or rather, in his eyes, Ye Nianzhen was playing with the children.
He thought it was good; Ye Nianzhen looked very happy, much better than before when she always seemed to be worried about something.
Luo Shui also found himself a job that suited him. He went to the nearby river to catch a lot of fish, and then, with the help of the residents, smoked them into dried fish and distributed the dried fish to those in need.
This way he can get some money, which he can then use to buy the food he likes to eat, or some other little trinkets.
That day, he saw some girls selling cute little trinkets, including handmade dolls, simple accessories, and toys that children like.
He actually wanted to buy a straw teddy bear; it was really cute and lifelike, making him feel that it resembled his own animal form.
But then he saw a pendant made of colorful transparent stone that he felt would suit Ye Nianzhen very well. He only had enough money to buy one, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally decided to buy the pendant.
Then he excitedly took it to give to Ye Nianzhen. He didn't actually have any clear romantic feelings for Ye Nianzhen. He just felt happy being with Ye Nianzhen, and the feeling was different from being with other companions. It was quite special.
When he went to find Ye Nianzhen, she was teaching children to write.
Luo Shui watched quietly for a while, and then, when it was over, he asked Ye Nianzhen if she could teach him some characters related to bear.
Ye Nianzhen wrote it on the ground with a small twig, but Luo Shui looked troubled and said it was too difficult and he would give up.
Then Ye Nianzhen laughed and drew another cartoon bear: "This is easy, do you want to learn?"
Luo Shui nodded: "I'll learn!"
He then spent the whole afternoon learning to draw cartoon bears, only realizing at dinner time that he had forgotten to give Ye Nianzhen the gemstone pendant.
He took the pendant to Ye Nianzhen again, and this time he immediately gave it to her, saying, "It's for you. I bought it especially for you! It cost me the price of a meal!"
For him, eating is the most important thing, so the money spent on a meal has a very precious meaning.
Ye Nianzhen was pleasantly surprised: "Thank you."
She was surprised that Luo Shui was the one who brought her the gift, but she was also very happy, feeling like it was a gift exchanged between friends.
"Oh, by the way, this is for you too."
Ye Nianzhen took out a straw bear from behind her back, which was exactly the same as the one Luo Shui wanted to buy during the day!
"This is it! How did you get this? I really wanted to buy it during the day!"
Ye Nianzhen laughed again: "Because this is what I did! Have you forgotten that I do some work for payment?"
Luo Shui suddenly realized, "I was wondering when the beastmen girls would make such exquisite things. It turns out it was Ye Nianzhen who made them!"
He held the teddy bear and felt wonderful.
Ye Nianzhen made a hand-knitted bear that looks so much like his animal form; it must have been made based on his appearance!
He would often transform into his beast form in front of Ye Nianzhen and carry her around frequently, so that she would like his beast form even more and make more bears in his image!
happy!
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When Ye Nianzhen walked around the tribe wearing the pendant given to her by Luo Shui, people around her were always whispering.
She felt something was off, so she secretly asked a girl about it. It turned out that this stone was used for marriage proposals in their area. If the woman accepted the stone from the man, and vice versa, it meant that the two of them were going to get married!
Yeh Nianzhen felt quite helpless after hearing this.
The key point is that, in their view, Ye Nianzhen had already agreed to marry this bear-clan man, yet she was simultaneously dating that white tiger, leopard, deer, and so on!
Ye Nianzhen was speechless. It really wasn't a date! It was their team's team building activity! It was all normal friendship! Just proper colleague relations!
However, this explanation couldn't be made in a short time, and ultimately they didn't care how Ye Nianzhen explained it, so Ye Nianzhen could only put the stone pendant away.
This made Luo Shui unhappy, but after hearing Ye Nianzhen's explanation, he stopped worrying about it.
However, this little incident did not end there, because the other men in the group who had special feelings for Ye Nianzhen after hearing about it became unhappy.
They all took some action.
First, Mingyuan quietly prepared some delicious food, which Ye Nianzhen liked very much and praised highly.
Then rumors began to circulate in the tribe that Ye Nianzhen had dumped Luo Shui and was with Ming Yuan, and that Ming Yuan, a powerful beastman, was actually cooking food for her and taking meticulous care of her.
The second one is Qin Qiu. He doesn't understand those complicated matters. He just... found a bunch of those stones on the mountain for Ye Nianzhen, piling them up to fill the doorway of Ye Nianzhen's room.
Sure enough, everyone in the tribe said that this time, Ye Nianzhen dumped Mingyuan and accepted Qin Qiu's passionate marriage proposal.
The third was Hong Xiao. Although he always listened to Ye Nianzhen, this was only in front of her. He made threats all over the tribe, claiming that Ye Nianzhen did not associate with anyone. Of course, he did not mention himself among these "anyones".
Then the people in the tribe naturally assumed that Ye Nianzhen had rejected everyone else and was only with Hong Xiao.
Yeh Nien-jen really couldn't take it anymore this time.
She chuckled and taught Hongxiao a lesson. Then, she reluctantly sold most of the stones Qin Qiu had given her, leaving only a few with strong energy. As for Mingyuan, she really couldn't control him. No one could mess with the team's cook unless he didn't want to eat!
The rumors finally stopped, and Ye Nianzhen sighed deeply, feeling utterly exhausted.
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