Chapter 92 Rice finally showed off its affection
Yu Yan had the opportunity to visit other tribes and wanted to explore them further. He was also very interested in the delicious little fish that Ke Yun had mentioned.
He glanced at Lan Xiu and readily agreed, "Okay! Then I'll leave it to Shu Qiao."
Ke Yun said, "Or you can wait for us, help Jing Ce clean up, and I'll take you there."
"No need, you guys go ahead with your work."
Shu Qiao jumped up anxiously, "I'll lead the way! I know how!"
Ke Yun smiled and said, "Okay."
Yu Yan: "Oh right, is it alright for us to hunt and gather in your tribe?"
"Of course! The clan chief said you can have whatever you want."
Yu Yan was relieved.
Ke Yun found them a fishing rod that Jing Ce had made himself. The fishhook was made of some kind of plant, thin, long, stiff and sharp.
Yu Yan put the things in the basket on her back, which Lan Xiu carried, and the two adults and one child set off.
Shu Qiao hadn't been out to play for several days, and she turned into a little musk deer, extremely excited, skipping and jumping all the way.
"Brother Yu Yan! Brother Lan Xiu! Over here!"
He led the two men out of the tribal settlement and followed a path through the wilderness up the mountain.
Lan Xiu transformed into beast form, and Yu Yan also sprouted wings, following closely behind Shu Qiao while enjoying the scenery.
When they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they could already hear the gurgling sound of water.
The mountain is covered with many tall trees, mostly ginkgo trees. At this time of year, their leaves turn golden, creating a dazzling and beautiful sight.
Yu Yan said affectionately to Lan Xiu and Shu Qiao, "Before my father and I moved, we lived in the ginkgo tree."
Shu Qiao turned her head, her big eyes filled with surprise: "Wow, you live in trees!"
His eyes lit up when he noticed Yu Yan's wings.
"yes."
“That’s wonderful,” Shu Qiao said enviously. “We all live in the mountains, but we’ve never lived in a tree before. It must be so much fun.”
Yu Yan curled the corners of her lips: "Thinking about it now, it's quite interesting."
They chatted and laughed as they climbed the mountain. Shu Qiao leaped through the forest and eventually led them to a stop by the Everlasting Spring.
The spring water had formed a clear pool. Yu Yan stood on the bank and could not see the spring source; only the surface of the water was rippling.
The spring must have a large flow rate, as the overflowing water is rapid and flows down the mountain along several naturally formed ditches.
The surrounding area is lush with vegetation, creating a tranquil and beautiful environment that is truly refreshing.
Yu Yan took a deep breath of fresh air and exclaimed, "So beautiful."
Shu Qiao transformed into human form and proudly said, "People in our tribe love coming here to play! Brother Yu Yan, look, these little fish are delicious!"
Yu Yan looked down and, sure enough, saw a small fish with a silver back and a length of about an arm swimming by the clear, cold pool.
Shu Qiao, with the air of a "host," said in a childish voice, "Then, Brother Yu Yan and Brother Lan Xiu, you wait here. I'll go dig up some earthworms so you can fish."
Yu Yan was worried: "We'll go with you."
“No need,” Shu Qiao waved her hand, “I’ll just dig under that tree over there.”
It's not far at all; you can see it from here.
Yu Yan smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, Shu Qiao."
"You're welcome!" he said happily, shaking his head, and quickly ran off.
Lan Xiu stood beside Yu Yan and asked, "The water isn't very deep; we can catch fish. Do you want me to go catch some?"
Yu Yan: "No need, fishing has its own fun."
Since we've come to the Sky Blue Tribe, we should do as the locals do. Besides, he hasn't fished in a long time.
"Um."
Just then, a gentle breeze blew by, and a small golden ginkgo leaf gracefully landed on Yu Yan's shoulder.
Lan Xiu reached out and plucked the leaf off, and the two smiled at each other.
Seeing this, Shu Qiao blinked thoughtfully.
He dug up a lot of earthworms and taught Yu Yan and Lan Xiu how to put them on fishhooks. The three of them sat by the pond and fished.
The little fish are clever and don't like to bite the hook. Whoever catches a fish will immediately win the envious glances of the other two.
Just like that, leisurely fishing, playing in the water, and watching the white clouds drifting across the pond, time seems to slow down.
Besides fishing rods, Lanxiu also packed food and water bags, and would ask them from time to time if they were thirsty or hungry, and give them some.
Yu Yan felt very comfortable with him, and when she was too lazy to reach out, she would just eat from Lan Xiu's hand.
Shu Qiao, holding his little fishing rod, finally couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yu Yan, Brother Lan Xiu, are you couples?"
Yu Yan was taken aback and looked at Lan Xiu.
Lan Xiu's icy blue eyes flickered, and he asked in return, "Do you think we are?"
Shu Qiao replied firmly, "Yes!"
Lanxiu was very happy. He had been showing off his scarf in the peninsula tribe for a long time, but no one asked him anything.
Finally, someone has discovered us in the Sky Blue Tribe.
He said with a smile, "We're not partners yet, but we're ready to become partners."
"Oh—" Shu Qiao drawled, as if she knew very well, "I know, you've taken a liking to them now."
The human form he transformed into was about the size of a four or five-year-old child in modern times. His speech was still unclear, but he talked about "whether or not you've taken a liking to it" with the two adults in a very serious manner, which made Yu Yan laugh.
Lan Xiu's smile deepened, and he said to Shu Qiao, "You're right. When we decided to become partners, we even gave each other gifts."
Shu Qiao was very supportive: "What gift is it?"
"that is……"
Lan Xiu finally said what he had been preparing for a long time, and Shu Qiao listened with great interest, occasionally exclaiming in surprise.
They fished there for almost the entire morning, and by the time they finished, Lanxiu and Shuqiao had become good friends.
Where is Yu Yan? He was too busy laughing to listen to the two talking.
Shu Qiao is now closer to them and has become much bolder.
As they were about to descend the mountain, Yu Yan asked, "Wouldn't it be faster to get back to your tribe from this side of the mountain? Why is everyone going up the mountain from the other side?"
Shu Qiao: "Because the spring water flows down from here, there is a large wetland at the foot of the mountain, with lots of grass and thorny shrubs. After walking through it, your feet will be covered in mud, and my legs and stomach will get wet! We don't like to walk from here."
Yu Yan nodded: "I see."
Shu Qiao blinked her big eyes and said longingly, "If only I could fly, I could fly up from here."
Yu Yan: "You really want to fly?"
Shu Qiao nodded repeatedly: "I want to!! I've never flown before."
“That’s easy. I’ll carry you on my back and fly you back from here.”
"Okay, okay!" Shu Qiao jumped up and down with joy. "Thank you, Brother Yu Yan! Brother Yu Yan is so kind!"
"Hahaha." Yu Yan rubbed his little head.
He squatted down and let Shu Qiao climb onto his back. Lan Xiu found a rope and tied Shu Qiao up.
Yu Yan moved around a bit: "Okay, it's pretty tight, now I don't have to worry about falling."
He pulled Shu Qiao's hand forward: "Hold onto my neck."
"Hold on tight!"
"Alright! Take off!"
With a "whoosh," Yu Yan spread his white wings, flapped them a few times, and took flight!
Shu Qiao felt a brief moment of weightlessness, closed her eyes in a panic, and when she opened them again, she was already flying in the sky!
Lan Xiu then transformed into a large tiger and descended the mountain.
"Wow!!" Shu Qiao turned her head, completely stunned.
They're flying so high right now! And they're still going up!
The clouds that seemed so far away from the ground before are now right in front of him!
"We're about to break through." Yu Yan carried him on her back and flew towards the clouds ahead.
The clouds looked so soft. This time, Shu Qiao didn't close her eyes and focused on feeling her body moving through the clouds.
So light, so comfortable.
He couldn't help but shout excitedly, "This is so much fun! Hahaha! I can fly too!"
Yu Yan wanted to play with him a little longer, so she turned around and hovered in the air.
After Shu Qiao got used to it, he even tried a few "difficult" moves.
Shu Qiao kept excitedly shouting, "This is so much fun! This is so much fun! Let's do it again, Brother Yu Yan! I want to play again!"
Yu Yan also said happily, "Great! Hurry up!"
The two men's laughter carried far, even attracting the attention of the patrolling orcs who rushed to higher ground to watch the spectacle.
Shu Qiao excitedly directed, "Brother Yu Yan, let's go down, down!"
As Shu Qiao said, the area below was indeed a wetland, with wild grass growing wildly, and large patches of golden yellow interspersed with a few green spots.
As the autumn wind blew, my nostrils were filled with the smell of withered grass.
Yu Yan flapped her wings and accelerated her dive in the air, while Shu Qiao screamed excitedly.
"Ahhh, we're going to crash!"
With a short distance still above the ground, Yu Yan was about to pull herself up when the birds foraging in the grass below were startled. Several of them frantically swooped down towards their faces.
Shu Qiao was startled: "We're going to crash!"
Yu Yan reassured her, "No, don't be afraid."
He nimbly flew twice, dodging their impact.
Up close, he saw that one of the birds had a string of tassels in its beak.
It looks just like a rice stalk!
Yu Yan's heart skipped a beat, and she blurted out, "Lan Xiu! Grab it!"
Lan Xiu below reacted quickly, using his hind legs to leap high into the air and swatting the bird down with his front paws!
The bird cried out sharply and was pressed under its claw pads.
Yu Yan landed with Shu Qiao on her back, turned her wings back into arms, and gestured for Lan Xiu to raise his claws.
The bird wasn't dead; it lay on the ground chirping.
Yu Yan picked up the ear of grain next to it and peeled off a kernel...
It is long and whitish in color, and smells like millet.
He popped it into his mouth and chewed it; the familiar aroma of rice made his nose tingle.
Lan Xiu transformed into human form, walked over, and said, "This is..."
Shu Qiao obediently lay on Yu Yan's back and asked, "Brother Yu Yan, what's wrong?"
Yu Yan happily held up the rice stalks: "It's rice! There's rice here!"
Lan Xiu's eyes lit up: "That's great!"
Shu Qiao: "What is rice?"
Yu Yan: "It's a particularly delicious food!"
He instructed Lanxiu to inform the people of the Tianlan tribe to put Shuqiao down and take him to find rice nearby.
Similar to when I was looking for wheat, this place is now covered with many wild grasses that look very much like rice.
When Chief Shang Qi arrived with his people, they found some ears of rice.
The entire Tianlan tribe was shocked to hear that the wetlands contained the seeds Yu Yan was looking for, and everyone who could come out was mobilized.
Yu Yan showed them the rice, and they immediately scattered to search for it.
“It’s too much trouble to find them and then cut them,” Yu Yan suggested. “The rice is already ripe anyway, let’s cut all the grass in this area and then pick them out when we get back to the tribe.”
"Okay!" Everyone agreed.
Chief Shang Qi said with a smile, "Yu Yan, I also found a rice plant. I peeled it and tasted it, and it's delicious!"
Yu Yan: "It tastes even better after steaming. And the rice ears are so plump that a handful of rice can make a lot of rice. From now on, we will have another food that is plentiful and delicious."
Hearing his words, the people of the Sky Blue Tribe became even more excited.
Ke Yun also came over to cut grass and said, "This area is difficult to walk on. No wild vegetables or fruits grow here, so we don't like to come here. If we had come here more often, we probably would have found rice by now."
Yu Yan: "It's not too late now."
Shang Qi: "Come on, everyone, let's work harder and try to cut all the grass before dark!"
In the end, they couldn't finish harvesting it all because the area was too large.
Yu Yan worked all afternoon, and for dinner she ate fish cooked by Ke Yun, which was indeed delicious.
When he went to change Jing Ce's dressing, Shu Qiao was pestering Jing Ce, saying, "Father, do you know how big the clouds we flew over today were?" He opened his arms, "So, so big—! Did you fly over them?"
Jing Ce smiled helplessly: "Yeah, I haven't flown. Shu Qiao, you've said the same thing to me five times already. Go and talk to your father."
Ke Yun, who was not far away, called out: "Shu Qiao, come here! I'll get you something good to eat!"
Shu Qiao: "Coming!"
Watching him run away, Jing Ce smiled and said to Yu Yan, "Thank you for taking him out to play. He was especially happy today."
Yu Yan smiled and said, "No need to thank me, we're just as happy. Come on, let me see how your foot is."
"Much better."
Indeed, the swelling has gone down quite a bit, and my toenails are starting to grow.
Yu Yan said, "Judging from this, it won't be long before you can walk normally again."
Jing Ce was very happy and kept thanking him.
Yu Yan was preoccupied with dividing the rice ears, so she didn't stay here any longer.
Before leaving, Ke Yun asked him, "Yu Yan, I heard from Shu Qiao that you and Lan Xiu are going to get married?"
Yu Yan smiled, her eyes clear and bright. "Yes."
Ke Yunxin said happily, "Congratulations!"
"Thanks."
The people of the Tianlan tribe were very excited after the rice harvest, and spent the whole night picking the rice with torches.
The next morning, Yu Yan separated some dried rice ears, ground them with a stone mortar, and steamed them to make rice.
The side dishes were pickled vegetables brought from home and fried quail eggs.
Yu Yan held the rice bowl, shoveled a mouthful of rice into his mouth, chewed it, and was almost moved to tears by the sweet aroma of the rice.
After being here for so long, I'm finally getting to eat rice!
People really can't live without rice!
The rice irrigated by the mountain spring water was so delicious that he ate half a bowl in one go before continuing to eat with fried eggs and pickled vegetables.
The people of the Sky Blue Tribe also received some rice, and after eating it, they were all stunned.
"It smells so good! It tastes so good!"
"Now I understand why Yu Yan was so happy to find rice."
"With rice available, who would want to eat steamed stems!"
"Clan Chief Shang Qi, let's do what Yu Yan did and clear out a piece of land! I want to grow rice, I want to eat rice!"
"Count me in! I want to farm too!"
"I'll plant it too!"
Shang Qi laughed heartily: "Good, good, let's plant them all. Let's learn from Yu Yan!"
Jing Ce's foot was fine now, so Yu Yan went to find Shang Qi and suggested taking some rice back to the peninsula tribe.
The two tribes are not far apart, so carrying rice back home won't cause it to mold on the way.
He will dry the rice in the peninsula tribe and then grind it.
Shang Qi urged, "Won't you stay a few more days?"
Yu Yan shook her head: "No, the tribe's weaving workshop is about to have its assessment." He's the "chief examiner."
Shang Qi nodded: "Yes, this is indeed a big deal. We picked out quite a lot of rice last night, you can take it all back."
Yu Yan glanced at it and saw that there were indeed quite a few.
Shang Qi: "Can Lan Xiu carry it by himself?"
"I can carry it. What's wrong?"
“I was thinking, don’t quite a few people from our tribe also need to participate in the assessment? Why don’t we go with you? We can help carry your things.”
Yu Yan smiled and said, "That's great! We can look out for each other on the way."
Shang Qi: "Wait a minute, I'll go get someone."
"No rush, we can leave before noon."
This small tribe had over thirty people participating in the assessment, and with the orcs escorting them, the team was close to fifty.
Shang Qi, as the clan leader, also accompanied them, which shows how much importance they attached to this assessment.
If all the tribes send this many people, their tribe is going to be quite lively for a while.
What Yu Yan didn't know was that the thirty-odd people had already been screened.
If we open up the situation, most of the tribe will have to mobilize.
Ke Yun and others came to see them off.
"Goodbye, Yu Yan and Lan Xiu! Welcome to visit again next time."
Goodbye! And welcome to our tribe!
The people of the Sky Blue Tribe, carrying food and supplies, marched in a grand procession towards the peninsula tribes together with Yu Yanlan.
Halfway there, they encountered people from other tribes, and their group grew larger.
Everyone chatted happily and enthusiastically with Yu Yan, wondering why he was there too.
The people of the Sky Blue Tribe immediately recounted how Yu Yan saved Jing Ce.
Anesthetic, disinfectant, nail avulsion... all sorts of novel terms drew exclamations of admiration from the audience.
"I had heard before that Yu Yan had made an anesthetic, but I didn't expect it to be this amazing!"
"Jing Ce is so lucky to have met such a good doctor as Yu Yan."
"Not only him, but we're lucky too!"
"Yes!"
Bai Lang from the Caiyun tribe was also in the group. When they reached the Mingyuan tribe, he finally got a chance to talk to Yu Yan.
"Yu Yan, can I have the surgery too?"
Yu Yan smiled and replied, "Yes, it's possible. I was planning to send you the message when I went back this time, and now that you're here, let's have the mole removal surgery done after the workshop assessment is over."
"good!!"
When Zhu Yu and the others from the Caiyun tribe learned of this, they were especially happy for Bai Lang.
Bai Lang always smiles at everyone he meets, and people outside the Caiyun tribe think that he is naturally cheerful and talkative.
Bai Lang made many friends and came to understand more and more the importance of self-confidence and sincerity.
At the same time, they also heard something from the people of the Blue Sky Tribe—
Yu Yan and Lan Xiu are getting married!
Many people came to congratulate them, and the joyful atmosphere of the procession made Yu Yan feel that he was not on a journey, but rather welcoming a bride.
They said thank you so many times their mouths were practically dry.
Turning her head, Yu Yan teased Lan Xiu quietly: "Weren't you and Shu Qiao quite talkative? Why aren't you talking now?"
Feeling embarrassed to show off when there are too many people around, right? Haha.
Lan Xiu didn't make a sound, his furry tiger ears twitching back and forth.
"Lanxiu? Lanxiu!" Yu Yan called out to him deliberately.
Lan Xiu raised his upper body, and Yu Yan, who was on his back, was caught off guard and "slipped" to the base of his tail.
"Hahaha!" Yu Yan burst into laughter.
As the group grew larger, by the time they arrived at the new site of the peninsula village, the open space in front of the village was too small to accommodate everyone, and many people were squeezed into the woods further ahead.
People gazed at the new site of the tribe, their eyes filled with envy and anticipation.
Feng Gui and Rui Hua came to pick up Yu Yan and overheard many people discussing Yu Yan and Lan Xiu's relationship.
When people saw them, they smiled and congratulated them.
Feng Gui and Ruihua: "..."
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