Seeing him like this, Meng Yuqing covered her face with one hand, and couldn't help but reach out with the other hand to mess up Xuan's hair again, "Don't look at me like that."
Feeling Meng Yuqing rubbing his head randomly, Xuan narrowed his eyes and rubbed his palm in coordination with Meng Yuqing's movements.
It was already afternoon when the orcs had packed up. Meng Yuqing climbed onto Xuan's back again with her woven bag. "Where are we going next?"
"It's time to start the return journey. There will be a few more tribes on the way back. We can just stop by and visit them." Xuan carried Meng Yuqing on his back and walked in the middle of the team.
On the way back, the several tribes we passed by were just like the previous tribes, and the trade was very smooth. Although they were not living as well as the Qingshan tribe, they were not to the point where they could not survive.
However, because there were enough people, Meng Yuqing was no longer so anxious.
Until the system issues a notification.
"The Qingshan Tribe has successfully increased its external population by ten people. Host, please continue your efforts."
Meng Yuqing suddenly realized that the people Bo brought this time had almost all been integrated into the Qingshan tribe, and in the eyes of the Xiaoxi tribe and the later tribe, Bo and his group were members of the Qingshan tribe.
In his excitement, he accidentally grabbed a handful of Xuan's back hair. Xuan paused obviously, then continued walking as if nothing had happened.
Meng Yuqing touched his nose awkwardly, then immediately stroked the hair he had pulled, smoothed it out, and then touched Xuan's back. Then, after he felt Xuan stiffen again, he didn't dare to move anymore.
"The next tribe is the last one. After trading with them, we can go back directly." Xuan turned his head and said when he found that Meng Yuqing suddenly became honest.
"This place is not far from our tribe, right?" Meng Yuqing said lazily, lying on Xuan's back.
"It's not far. The Shanjian tribe is behind our tribe. We have to go back from the big mountain behind the tribe. I think I haven't taken you to that mountain yet. I will take you there in winter. There is a very wonderful place there." Xuan said softly.
"Okay, then it's a deal. Take me there in winter." Meng Yuqing immediately nodded in agreement. He thought he would have to stay in the tribe for the entire winter.
The Shanjian Tribe is located in a quiet valley with a stream flowing over the rocks.
Xia and his men walked for three days before reaching the territory of the Shanjian tribe.
The people of the Shanjian tribe were waiting outside the valley early for the people of the Qingshan tribe to arrive.
As soon as they met, the leading orc of the Mountain Stream Tribe greeted Xia enthusiastically. Meng Yu saw that the leading orc was a sika deer, very young, and looked only a few years older than Xuan. The other orcs in their tribe were also deer orcs. It was a tribe with a relatively single type of beasts.
They seemed to be very familiar with and trusting of the people of the Qingshan tribe. Seeing that the Qingshan tribe brought more people this time than usual, they just looked at Xia and asked. After Xia told them why he brought them, they no longer asked questions and directly led the people of the Qingshan tribe into the valley.
"Our tribe has discovered a new thing this year. It's very soft and you will definitely like it." The leading sika deer orc said with a smile.
"Really? Take us there to see it. We have a good harvest this time and you will definitely like what we brought." Xia responded with a smile.
Walking behind the people of the Shanjian tribe, Meng Yuqing confirmed that the Shanjian tribe and the Qingshan tribe were indeed very familiar with each other. The tribes they had visited before only knew that they did business with Xia and his group, but they had no idea which tribe Xia and his group came from, and they didn't even know the name of the Qingshan tribe.
But the Shanjian Tribe is very different. The leading orc and Xia are really familiar with each other. They know the name of the Qingshan Tribe and where it is.
"Xuan, do you know this tribe?" Meng Yuqing climbed to Xuan's neck and asked softly.
"I know. Father Beast has mentioned them many times. They are also a small tribe, but their population is larger than the tribes we've visited before. They have nearly three hundred people in total." Xuan slowed down and came to the end.
"Even Qiuye seems to be very familiar with them." Meng Yuqing sighed as he looked at Qiuye who had been talking to the orcs from the Mountain Stream Tribe in front of him.
Of the tribes they had visited before, Xia, Lan, and Li, the orcs who often led teams to the market, all acted quite familiar with them, but Qiu Ye just stayed quietly at the back and wouldn't talk to them actively, which was very different from meeting the people from the Mountain Stream Tribe.
"Because their current tribe leader Che, the leading deer orc, lived in our tribe for a long time before." Xuan continued to explain without waiting for Meng Yuqing to ask.
"I heard from my father that when Che was twelve, he mischievously ran out of the tribe to play. He was discovered by three medium-sized wild beasts, who wanted to kill him. In a panic, he ran farther and farther from the tribe. After running for several days, he ran out of energy and was overtaken by the wild beasts. Just when he was about to be killed, he met our tribe's hunting party, who rescued him."
"Then what? How did he end up settling down in the Qingshan tribe?" Meng Yuqing continued to ask.
"Because he didn't know the way back, he said he was a little orc from the Mountain Stream Tribe. But our tribe didn't even know about the Mountain Stream Tribe at that time, so we couldn't send him back, so we could only bring him back to the tribe."
"Oh, so how did he get back in the end?"
Xuan recalled for a moment before speaking, "His people didn't give up looking for him. He lived in our tribe for about three months. Their people came near our tribe and were discovered by our people.
They said one of their orcs had gotten lost and wanted to ask if anyone in our tribe had seen him. After carefully asking about the missing orc's characteristics, they discovered it was Che, so they brought Che out for identification. After confirming that it was Che, and that he hadn't been mistreated, they let him go.
"So the two tribes became familiar with each other, right?" Meng Yuqing said.
“Yes, after that, their tribe specially sent us a lot of animal skins to express their gratitude. We thought the people of this tribe were pretty nice, so we became familiar with them. However, they were not very willing to leave their territory.
After getting to know us, they no longer wanted to go to the market to exchange things by themselves, but instead asked us to help them bring things back from the market.
It was also from that time that our tribe began to trade with small tribes."
"Are all the people in their tribe deer orcs? How do deer orcs hunt? Their teeth aren't as sharp as yours, right?" Meng Yuqing suddenly became curious as he looked at the group of deer orcs in front of him. In fact, what he wanted to ask more was that deer orcs mainly eat meat, so when they hunt, do they bite people... not... wild animals?
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