Primal Orcs 26 The Crisis of the Black Wolf Tribe
Because of Yue Lai's treatment, Xie Yunsui and his group had to stay in the Red Fox Tribe for two more days.
The Eagle Beastmen took the salt and other supplies they had exchanged and went back first. They still had a lot of work to do.
The wolf beastmen had nothing to do, so they cut down a lot of big trees for the Red Fox Tribe.
Xier has always been by Xie Yunsui's side, running around and acting as a handy assistant during his treatment.
The next day, Yue Lai woke up after drinking the herbal juice three times. When he woke up, he found that his legs were broken. He cried and told him to die.
Hu Yue talked to him behind people's backs, and Yue Lai didn't want to die anymore, so he decided to follow Xie Yunsui to the Abandoned Valley.
"Okay, let's pick some fruits in the forest on our way back. It won't be fast, so it's just right to take you with us." Xie Yunsui said with a smile.
Yue Lai's internal injuries have been stabilized a lot with the powerful treatment of the medicine, but even with the broken leg tied up with a wooden board, he still needs to lie down and rest, so it is not suitable for him to run around.
It is impossible for Xie Yunsui and others to stay in the Red Fox Tribe for that long, but they can still walk slower on the way back and take better care of Yue Lai.
Yue Lai's eyes were red: "I will work hard and work every day."
The night before Xie Yunsui left, Hu Yue came to him again and said, "Isn't your tribe short of people? I can lend you a few people to work with you."
Seeing the glint in his eyes, Xie Yunsui said with a half-smile, "Borrow? Then you have to pay it back. Why don't you just stay in the valley? We have plenty of food and drink there."
Hu Yue paused and said, "No, it's not right to eat your food for free. They will come back before the snow season, and our tribe will feed them."
Xier didn't understand the deeper meaning behind his words and thought Hu Yue was doing it for their own good, so he quickly said, "We had good food last winter. We were just a few people, so we could afford it. They helped us with the work, and we were able to take good care of them during the winter."
Hu Yue: “…”
Xie Yunsui laughed heartily and said, "Welcome to our valley to learn our skills. Please also ask the tribe leader to keep an eye on the elderly, the sick, or those who have been injured and cannot be cured in other tribes. As long as they are still breathing, I will take them all."
Hu Yue knew that he had heard it, so he stopped trying to hide it and said solemnly, "Okay. I'll tell them."
Many times, they would rather abandon their people because they really have no other choice.
Lack of food and lack of medical treatment can bring down their tribe. For the survival of the tribe, they have to make decisive decisions.
Even if he, the chief of the tribe, were to contract an incurable disease one day and could no longer contribute to the tribe, he would take the initiative to leave the tribe after selecting the next tribal leader.
After thinking for a moment, he promised, "From now on, I will set aside salt for your tribe, and you will never be short of it again."
He wanted to return the favor. Since Priest Yun was willing to teach his people skills, the only thing he could provide was salt grains.
But Xie Yunsui nodded and decided not only to teach the tribe members techniques such as bamboo weaving, vegetable drying, planting, and trapping, but also to teach them how to identify grass leaves, and then how to boil herbal juice and treat illnesses.
He does not hide his knowledge. Whether he can learn it depends on the fox orc's comprehension ability.
Hu Yue had to send more people, making a total of ten people. He thought that if each person learned one skill, it should be enough, right?
Xie Yunsui looked at the growing team and took them home with satisfaction.
Soon after they left, the Red Fox Tribe instantly quieted down and returned to its previous rhythm.
The salt-making team brought new ceramic pots to replace the stone pots. Finally, they no longer had to boil brine and polish the stone pots at the same time, and the salt-making team felt a lot more relaxed.
The newly acquired charcoal reserves are quite large and can be used for a long time. The tribe’s front camp also has large trees that were cut down in the past two days, waiting to be dried.
It can be imagined that they no longer need to go logging before the thunderstorm season comes.
Hu Yue arranged for his tribesmen to dig traps, pick grass leaves and fruits. After half a day of preparation, they finally had some time to relax and eat some fruits.
A little fox cub came running over happily to announce the news: "Chief, the salt exchange team from the Black Wolf Tribe is here~"
"Finally here." Hu Yue got up and went out.
I was just about to ask why the salt exchange team arrived so late this time, but as soon as I arrived at the entrance of the tribe, I saw that the wolf orc leading the group looked haggard, and he was not the one who came here often before.
The people following behind him seemed to be very young, and there was not a single veteran among them.
That’s not all. Even though the Black Wolf Tribe and the Red Fox Tribe are close to each other, there are many wild beast gathering places in between. Usually, a salt exchange team has at least ten people, but there are only six people coming this time.
If they didn't smell like wolves, Hu Yue would have thought that this salt-exchanging team was impersonating someone from some tribe.
"Something happened in your tribe?" Hu Yue asked.
The wolf orc in the lead had red eyes and seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end he just sighed and said, "Our tribe was attacked by orcs from the Big Bear Tribe."
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Early in the night, Xie Yunsui and his men set up camp and tents in the redwood forest.
The wolf beastmen soon found some straight wood and built a shed with them horizontally and vertically.
The red fox people are connecting the broad-leaved stems they have collected to make a roof to block wind, rain and attacks from UFOs.
The grass leaves and fruits picked along the way were enough for dinner, but Xie Yunsui still took Xier for a walk nearby and caught a two-hundred-pound wild beast.
Lang Feng smelled blood and muttered, "Why didn't you ask me to come along?"
Xier raised his head: "I can do it alone."
Lang Qi surrounded the Cloud Priest who was processing the beast meat and asked, "Should we roast it or boil it?"
They didn't replace all the clay pots, and kept one for their own use.
When you come across a river, fill it with water to replenish your water anytime and anywhere. You can also use the remaining water to make some hot soup at night.
"Do you usually eat so well outside?" The red fox sub-humans looked at him enviously.
Because most of the supplies they exchanged for were taken back by the Eagle Beastmen in advance, the team that returned home this time basically returned "empty-handed".
The red fox people were afraid of having nothing to eat on the road, so they all brought some stored food with them.
Who would have thought that if Priest Yun just took a detour along the way, he would see clusters of berries and inconspicuous green grass on the ground. He could pull out the bulbs from the ground and they would be delicious.
As he walked and stepped, the two empty bamboo baskets were almost full.
At first, the demi-humans thought that they might not be able to find food later, so they had to save what they had. They planned to leave these fruits and leaves to the orcs who worked harder, and just eat them for themselves. However, they didn't expect that Priest Yun would go out with a tiger orc and catch a wild beast in a short while!
Soon, a broth with bulb vegetables was cooking on the campfire in the makeshift camp, giving it a spicy aroma.
The remaining meat was coated with a sour berry juice, and then strung on branches and placed by the campfire in the light of the fire, and another wonderful barbecue smell came out.
This was the first time that the red fox sub-humans had tasted such a delicacy.
"This spicy broth is really delicious, without any meaty taste."
"The grilled meat actually tastes sweet! Is it because of those sour berries?"
"Are these all the ways of eating that Priest Yun figured out? That's amazing..."
Each of them held the barbecue and the broth and ate without any restraint.
Lang Qi slowly nibbled on the primitive barbecue and said, "This is just the beginning."
The people in the valley were used to eating better food, and they complained that the side dishes were not enough, so this meal was a bit shabby.
Take barbecue for example. They no longer use the original method of roasting in the tribe. They put a large piece of meat on the fire and roast it. When it comes out, the outside is woody and tough, but the meat inside is still raw and bloody. They can only finish eating the outside and continue roasting.
After arriving in the valley, they learned from Priest Yun how to cut the meat into thin slices, marinate it with salt or sour fruit juice, and roast it on a stone slab. The meat was roasted quickly, tenderly, and had a special aroma. It tasted salty with a hint of sweet and sour.
Or you can cut the meat into cubes, put it on fragrant branches together with fruits, and roast it over the fire. The meat will be infused with the aroma of fruits and branches, which is so delicious.
As the wolf-beast described the story, his mouth was full of saliva, and he wished he could run back to the valley and have a good meal.
They have only been away for a few days and they have become thin and hungry.
Xier also sighed. Who wouldn't?
In the valley, Xie Yunsui was able to make delicious dishes by combining all kinds of ordinary foods by coincidence. He had eaten many of the special dishes prepared by Xie Yunsui for him.
Outside, you just eat what's available. You're always short of this or that, and no matter how good you are, you can't make anything fancy.
...I really want to go home.
He stared at Xie Yunsui with his big round eyes, acting coquettishly with an expressionless face.
Xie Yunsui pinched his chubby cheeks and said with a smile, "There's plenty of food in the forest, and different places have different species. Let's take this opportunity to pick some fruits that aren't available in the valley, and then plant the seeds around the valley. That way, we'll have more food and can make more delicious food."
Xier was immediately convinced: "Then I will find more fruits that are not available in the valley tomorrow."
The wolf beastmen pricked up their ears and said, "I'm looking for it too! I'm looking for it too!"
The red fox people looked left and right, somewhat surprised. They had never thought that one day they would see wolf orcs and tiger orcs getting along so harmoniously.
After everyone finished chatting and dinner and were getting ready to go to bed, a wolf howl was heard in the distance.
The sound was loud and distant, it was the call of wolf-orcs to convey information to each other.
There are wolf orcs looking for companions!
Langfeng had sharp ears and was the first to react. He transformed into a beast and responded. Soon, two wolf-beastmen came running over.
As soon as they saw the majestic Lang Feng, they instantly forgot that they were recommended by the Red Fox Clan Leader to come to see Priest Cloud. They howled and huddled around Lang Feng, like little children who had been badly bullied, hugging their own parents and complaining about their grievances, crying and howling.
"Great, Chief, you're not dead!"
"Woo woo, our tribe was attacked by the big bear orcs, and they injured many of our orcs."
"Our current leader was beaten by a giant bear orc and vomited a lot of blood. He's dying. Awooo, wooo, wooo, leader, we're going to be without a leader..."
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