"Alright, the coat is sewn up too." Yin Ji handed over a fur coat.
"Thank you." Jiang Zheyu took the fur coat and went to exchange it.
This fur coat only covers the key areas, revealing rounded shoulders and collarbones, as well as a beautiful waistline.
Jiang Zheyu expressed his satisfaction.
"Thank you." Jiang Zheyu came out, thanked Yin Ji, and smiled broadly, her eyes crinkling.
"No need to thank me." Seeing the female's unhappy expression, Yin Ji couldn't help but smile.
He originally planned to make some turf garments, but it was too hot. He had already lengthened the skirts that the little females wore at the bottom. If the tops were any longer, the females would probably get too hot, so he simply changed them to wraps around their bodies.
The other females were dressed the same way, which wasn't a big deal, except that his female master was fairer and prettier than most of the females.
"Tap tap tap..."
There was a knocking sound at the door.
"Yinji, Grandmother Witch wants you to bring the females over quickly, or it will be over soon!" the orc shouted while banging on the door.
Yin Ji looked at Jiang Zheyu: "Let's go."
"Okay," Jiang Zheyu replied.
Yin Ji took Jiang Zheyu's hand and walked out.
Jiang Zheyu glanced at Yin Ji's hand holding hers, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't pull her hand away.
The gate opened, and Yin Ji merely glanced indifferently at the orc; it was still the same golden-haired youth from before.
"Let's go, or the conference will be over soon." The blond-haired youth glanced at Yin Ji.
"Hmm," Yin Ji replied indifferently.
The three of them walked together toward the sacrificial altar in the village square.
The blond-haired youth walked to the other side of the river.
"Hello, female." The blond youth greeted Jiang Zheyu warmly. "My name is Jin Zuo. What's your name? I'm currently single."
Jiang Zheyu: ...
She could understand each of these words individually, but when put together, they sounded a bit strange.
Why add the sentence "He is still single" at the end? Is it to emphasize that he is single?
"Hello, my name is Jiang Zheyu." Out of politeness, Jiang Zheyu replied.
"Your name is so beautiful." The sunny and enthusiastic young man praised her without reservation, then stared intently at her. "I'm still single, and I'd like to become your beast husband. Little female, would you consider accepting me?"
Jiang Zheyu's brain didn't process it. Huh?
How did the topic jump so quickly to whether she should accept him? Whether she should accept him as her beastly husband?
“After each female’s fertility score is measured, single male beastmen can send a beast mate invitation to the female they like,” Jin Zuo explained. “I, I thought it would be good to be close to you first, so I’m expressing my feelings to you now. Wait, you must choose me later.”
After he finished speaking, he seemed to feel his cheeks burning, and quickly ran away.
Jiang Zheyu: ...
"When orcs extend invitations to you to become their companions, you can refuse them all," Yin Ji said slowly, reminding Jiang Zheyu, "You don't have to accept them."
"Okay, okay." Jiang Zheyu's lips twitched slightly.
Putting aside the fact that she went to have her fertility tested because she was following the tribe's rules, she had no intention of testing her fertility at all, let alone accepting any invitations from other male beastmen to become their beast partners.
However, she only kept these thoughts to herself and did not voice them aloud.
Soon Yin Ji led her to an altar square.
Jiang Zheyu could see from afar that the place was surrounded by people.
On the wooden platform, an old woman stood next to a stone, while the females lined up one by one to go up.
After Yin Ji and his group arrived, everyone's eyes immediately turned to them, or more precisely, to Jiang Zheyu beside Yin Ji, with many looking at them with amazement and fervor.
"That's the female that Yin Ji picked up?"
"Oh my god, she's so beautiful!"
"This is the most beautiful female I've ever seen!"
"I wonder what her fertility value will be. I really want to be her beast husband."
...
A subtle restlessness arose within the crowd.
Jiang Zheyu noticed the many gazes and frowned slightly, then subconsciously tightened her grip on Yin Ji's hand beside her.
When Yin Ji realized Jiang Zheyu's action, he paused slightly, felt a warmth in his heart, and then tightly grasped her hand in return.
"What are you looking at? She's just a female!" A bloated female slapped her beast husband across the face. "If you look again, do you believe I'll gouge your eyes out?"
The man paused for a moment, then immediately came to his senses and lowered his head in fear.
The other females were unhappy that this outsider, whom they had picked up, had attracted the attention of all the male beastmen.
"What's so great about it? Being that thin must mean you didn't have a good life before and didn't eat well."
"I wonder where she came from. I guess she was abandoned because her fertility was really bad. Only that idiot Yin Ji would pick her up."
"Yes, being abandoned outside must mean you have very low fertility."
...
The people were all talking, and Jiang Zheyu actually heard a few words, but she didn't pay any attention to them, since she didn't think she would stay here for long.
Yin Ji took Jiang Zheyu to queue up.
Jiang Zheyu was placed at the end of the line, but she still attracted many curious glances.
She felt very uncomfortable.
It feels like being an animal in a zoo being observed by people.
Jiang Zheyu: ...
While waiting in line, Jiang Zheyu also saw clearly how they measured fertility values.
The females all walked up to the old woman wearing a black cloak, who was holding a glowing stone in her hand.
The brighter the stone, the higher the fertility value seems to be, as long as the female places her hand on it.
Jiang Zheyu looked at the stone curiously. Did this thing that measures fertility really exist?
Why does it feel so mysterious?
A thin, malnourished female placed her hand on the stone, and the stone faintly glowed.
“Fertility value: 2,” the old witch announced from the side.
The female's face turned pale instantly.
With such a low fertility value, if no orc is willing to become her husband, she will be sent down to the female cave, which means she will be left there to fend for herself.
On this continent, a female beastman cannot survive without being cared for by a male beastman.
As expected, after the fertility test, not a single male beastman extended an invitation to her to become a beast mate.
The small female burst into loud sobs.
"Go wait on the left and see if anyone is willing to invite you to be their beast companion." The witch elder frowned and waved her hand to shoo people away. "Don't block other people's way."
Jiang Zheyu was completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
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