The next day, Qiu Ye came to Meng Yuqing's house early. They had agreed that from today on, Meng Yuqing would follow Yashou out to collect.
Sub-beasts do not have to go out to collect every day. Each sub-beast can choose to participate once every three days. Qiu Ye volunteers to go out to collect every day because he is the patriarch's partner, but if there are other things, he can also choose to do other things.
"Yuqing, get up! Let's go out and collect things today." Qiuye's voice came from outside the house.
Meng Yuqing, who had already greeted the system, had woken up and washed up before Qiu Ye arrived.
When he heard Qiu Ye's voice, he had already opened the door with his woven bag on his back.
"Qiuye, good morning! Are we leaving now?"
"Yes, let's go, it's almost time to gather." Qiu Ye, carrying a fur bag, pulled Meng Yuqing's arm and led him out.
Along the way, several sub-beasts came out of their homes, and Qiu Ye greeted them all the way. Some sub-beasts joined them and went to the gathering place with them, while some sub-beasts just smiled and greeted them and then hurried away, looking very busy.
"They are not going to collect today. They have to take care of things at home." This is what Qiu Ye said.
Arriving at the gathering place, Meng Yuqing saw from afar more than thirty sub-beasts waiting in the open space.
There were four adult orcs standing next to them. Today it was their turn to protect the sub-beasts collected in the patrol area.
What was surprising was that Lie and Mu also came. They were two years younger than Xuan and were only 16 years old and not yet adults. However, this age group was also the age when the little beastmen had the most freedom.
After two years of learning practical combat in the wild from adult orcs, they have acquired strength close to that of adult orcs, but have not yet shouldered the responsibilities of adult orcs. As long as they complete their own practical tasks, basically no one will care what they are doing.
"Lie, Mu, why are you two here?" Qiu Ye was a little curious. Little orcs of this age group can't sit still. They often run away and disappear after completing actual combat.
"Xuan told us that Yuqing said she would treat us to a meal today. We thought since we have nothing to do today, we might as well follow you to collect the food. After we finish collecting, we will go directly to Yuqing's house."
Mu spoke excitedly, he always looked full of energy, Lie nodded, agreeing with him.
"Are you going to treat them to a meal today?" Qiu Ye looked at Meng Yuqing with an even more puzzled look.
"Yes, I was grateful for their help when I was building the house. Yesterday, Ronglin sent a sharp-toothed beast, and I thought it would be a good opportunity to treat them to a meal as a thank you. And Xuan, it was Xuan who helped me deal with the sharp-toothed beast yesterday. I also left a portion for you and the clan leader. I'll have Xuan deliver it to you when the time comes."
"No need, just keep it for yourself. We don't lack food." Qiu Ye quickly waved his hand to refuse.
"This is the meat I specially marinated. Xuan tried it yesterday and it was delicious. You guys should try it too. If it tastes good, I'll teach you how to make it."
"Cured meat? What is that? Can I see it too?"
A young sub-beast in the team came over when he heard them talking.
He knew Meng Yuqing and knew that it was this sub-beast who discovered the life-saving medicine. He was a very powerful sub-beast. This time, he heard something from him that he had never heard before, so he wondered if he could learn it too.
"Ruya! Come back!" An older sub-beast snorted softly and called out to the young sub-beast that was approaching, then looked at Meng Yuqing and said apologetically.
"I'm sorry, Ruya is still young and doesn't understand. He didn't mean to listen to you. He was just curious and didn't want to steal your knowledge."
The older sub-beast looks somewhat similar to the sub-beast named Ruya, so they must be related by blood.
Ever since they learned that Meng Yuqing knew about herbs, the older people in the tribe thought that Meng Yuqing must be the witch's apprentice or even the witch himself.
Not everyone is qualified to learn witchcraft. Meng Yuqing's willingness to teach everyone three kinds of herbs, two of which can even cure diseases and save lives, is his kindness, but they are not allowed to covet the witch's knowledge.
Before Xuan brought Meng Yuqing back, there was no witch in this tribe. They were worried that their coveting of the witch's knowledge would make Meng Yuqing unhappy, and he would become dissatisfied with the tribe and leave the tribe. After all, Meng Yuqing was not born in this tribe.
If he wanted to leave, the surrounding tribes would rush to have him join their tribe.
Xuan was of course aware of the tribesmen's speculations and thoughts, but he chose not to tell them that Meng Yuqing had denied being a witch.
He did not tell Meng Yuqing what his people thought of him. He just quietly let this matter go from speculation to a fact recognized by most people.
The sub-beast named Ruya shrank his shoulders when he heard his sub-father's scolding and immediately ran back to his sub-father's side, but he still looked over here from time to time. When his sub-father found out, he hit his head hard several times.
Meng Yuqing felt a headache when he heard the sound.
"Well... it's just a way to make meat taste better. It's not a secret. If you want to learn, I can teach you. It's not a big deal." Meng Yuqing didn't quite understand why Ruya's father reacted like this, but when he saw Ruya grimacing after being hit, he immediately tried to smooth things over.
After hearing what he said, Ruya's father breathed a sigh of relief and let Ruya go.
They soon arrived at the place where they were going to collect the crops today. More than 30 sub-beasts scattered and concentrated on collecting edible plants on the ground.
Meng Yuqing followed Qiu Ye. Qiu Ye looked around, pulled Meng Yuqing to a place with few people, and mysteriously took out a long object wrapped in animal skin from the animal skin.
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