Si Yan sat on the ground, clutching her stomach, thinking to herself that right now, her four kids were probably cursing her to death.
The eldest son, Dongchi, would probably say, "The bad female really did abandon us. I knew it."
Second son Nanmo... Second son probably doesn't need to hide anymore. He stood with his four brothers and quietly listened to everyone discussing this bad female.
As for the third child, Xiqing, she's a bit awkward, but she seems to have accepted him to some extent. I wonder if he'll be a little worried about her.
As for her fourth son, Bei Ji, he was the only child Si Yan was certain would worry about. Unfortunately, she couldn't tell Bei Ji where she was.
...
Yanxiang Village, Siyan's cave.
Inside the cave, there was no hot food or soup. In the darkness, four pairs of vertical pupils stared, and the atmosphere was deathly still.
Dong Chi coldly said to his three younger brothers, "Don't wait anymore. That wicked female is dead outside. She won't be coming back."
The atmosphere in the cave was extremely tense. Bei Ji suddenly became a little angry: "Big brother, stop talking. You're clearly worried about her too!"
"I'm worried about her? What a joke."
Bei Ji retorted angrily, "You're just saying things out of anger!"
Dong Chi's voice was icy cold, "She sold me once, and she can sell me a second time. Besides, my arms and legs are broken. I'm a useless piece of trash. It's only a matter of time before she abandons me!"
After saying this, Dong Chi became even more depressed.
"She will abandon me again sooner or later."
While Si Yan was still mentally unstable, Dong Chi, as the eldest brother, took on the responsibility of caring for his brothers. At the same time, he was also the one among the four brothers who cared for Si Yan the most and worried about her the most.
Sometimes Si Yan would run away and disappear, and Dong Chi would search for her all night long in the back mountain.
Back then, even though everyone knew Si Yan was unreliable, and even though Si Yan would be frightened by them and then scold and beat them, none of the children actually left her.
Bei Ji hurriedly said, "Big brother, don't worry, Mother said your hands and feet will get better."
Dong Chi smiled coldly. In the years he had been in the Yanxiang tribe, he had never seen anyone recover after losing a hand or foot.
In the Yanxiang tribe, males who suffer broken hands or feet, even if they recover, are rendered useless because their hands and feet are still broken.
What use are those extra wooden boards on his hands and feet?
He's a piece of trash, a piece of trash who'll be discarded sooner or later!
Xi Qing was silent for a moment, then said, "She probably won't abandon us now. I think she might have encountered an accident."
After Xi Qing finished speaking, the cave was quiet for a short while. Suddenly, Bei Ji got up and ran out of the cave.
Bei Ji: "I finally have a mother, I can't let her disappear. I have to go find her!"
Dong Chi gave Xi Qing a chilling look.
Xi Qing followed along helplessly: "I'm worried about Bei Ji being alone, so I'll stay with him."
Dong Chi leaned gently against the stone bed and turned to Nan Mo, saying, "You stay with Xi Qing."
Nan Mo nodded and turned to leave.
...
She didn't know how she struggled while she was in the air, but somehow her tattered shoes were rubbed off.
Si Yan was barefoot, her left and right feet rubbing together.
By the moonlight, Si Yan watched as sea turtles lapped against the shore.
Various kinds of creatures grow in the ocean, one of which is called barnacle.
Barnacles are hermaphroditic organisms that prefer to attach to smooth surfaces and parasitize them, with a particular fondness for sea turtles.
Look, the little sea turtle that Si Yan just fished out already has a layer of barnacles about the same size as it on its shell.
This parasite, clinging to the turtle's shell, not only erodes the shell but also reduces the turtle's movement speed due to its weight, thus impairing the turtle's ability to survive.
Feeling bored, Si Yan used her dagger to scrape barnacles to relieve her boredom.
Her dagger sliced off a large patch of barnacles in one swift motion, and she saw the little turtle shrink back.
“I’ll help you clean the barnacles; I’ll use them for dinner anyway,” Si Yan said.
I don't know if the sea turtle understood, but it cooperated with Si Yan quite well.
After cleaning the barnacles off the turtle's back, Si Yan released it back into the sea. Just as she was about to get up to barbecue the barnacles, she saw more and more turtles crawling ashore and surrounding her.
The baby sea turtles carefully surrounded her and nudged her bare little feet with their heads.
"You all want me to clean the barnacles for you?"
The baby sea turtles nodded their round little heads in unison.
So Si Yan sat down again. Interestingly, she saw that the little sea turtles lined up neatly one after another, just like people queuing up for a haircut at a barbershop.
Si Yan cleaned the barnacles off the sea turtles one by one to pass the long night. There were probably enough barnacles behind her to feed her for a week.
Finally, after cleaning up the last barnacle, Si Yan put down the last little sea turtle and stretched out her arms.
Just then, the blue waves rippled, and Si Yan saw the heads of cute little sea turtles on the surface of the sea. They seemed to be expressing their gratitude to her, and then one after another they splashed into the water.
Si Yan blinked; she had never experienced this wonderful feeling in the apocalypse.
Before long, a huge white falcon returned carrying a wild beast in its beak.
Just as Mu Xiao was about to process his prey, he saw Si Yan already starting to process the barnacles and exclaimed in surprise, "You've been hunting again?"
Si Yan's eyelids twitched. Why did he say "again"?
Mu Xiao stared at the food Si Yan had prepared, and then scrutinized her from head to toe several times, making Si Yan uncomfortable. Mu Xiao quickly said, "Little female, wait for me!"
Si Yan turned around and saw Mu Xiao bravely hoisting the prey onto his shoulder and running to the other side of the beach to process it.
Just as Si Yan started a fire to roast the animals, Mu Xiao came over carrying a pile of furs. Si Yan recognized them as the animal pelts from earlier.
Mu Xiao put down a pile of furs, took out two newly made shoes from among the furs, and was about to put them on her feet.
The red ankle boots were trimmed with feathers that matched the color of Wood Owl's own fur, clearly his own feathers.
Si Yan pulled her foot back, but Mu Xiao grabbed her small foot with one hand.
"So small. The female's feet are so soft," he said as he observed.
Si Yan hesitated for a moment. Her shoes were gone, leaving her feet unprotected; she definitely needed a new pair.
So he said, "I'll take your shoes and return them to you later."
Wood Owl said, "No need to return it. It's only natural for the male to prepare clothes for the female."
Si Yan didn't understand.
Is this also a rule in the beast world?
She hesitated briefly before slipping her foot into her boot.
Surprisingly, it's the perfect size and incredibly soft and comfortable!
Seeing that the results were good, Wood Owl excitedly picked up the sea crocodile's hide and said, "There's also a hide coat and a hide skirt. Try them on!"
Sea crocodiles are extremely ferocious beasts in the ocean. Green crystal beastmen dare not approach them, and only red crystal beastmen like Wood Owl dare to fight them.
It is notoriously ferocious and terrifying, but its hides are quite good and its meat is delicious.
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