"Auntie, why are you teasing that young girl?"
After Jin Yu left, Ya looked at Lin Xue with some confusion.
"I think this little girl is quite interesting. I wonder what kind of interesting expression she'll have if she finds out I'm your mother?"
The thought of that possibility made Lin Xue's lips curl into a smile.
"slim Shady!"
Ya shook his head helplessly. Since he couldn't control Lin Xue anyway, he could only continue walking forward.
“Yes, son, have you heard anything about wheat? Our tribe only has a small amount of wheat seeds. Even if we plant them all, we can only harvest some seeds next year, which is not enough to eat!”
They've been here for two days now, and they still haven't found out where the wheat seeds are.
Lin Xue felt that their chances of survival were slim this time.
If it weren't for the few potatoes she received, Lin Xue might have been utterly disappointed with this exchange meeting.
"Not yet, we can only wait a few more days and see. If we still can't find it, there's nothing we can do!"
"Auntie, look over there, someone is selling black stones!"
Do you think this stone might have other uses?
As they were talking, Ya saw a stall with a pile of black stones on it. Curious, he led Lin Xue to the stall.
"This is coal!"
Lin Xue explained something to Ya, then squatted down and began to inspect the quality of the coal.
"How do you plan to exchange these stones?"
After looking at the items, Lin Xue's gaze fell on a small orc behind the stall.
"We'd like to trade for some dried meat. We have a lot of these stones in our tribe. They can be used as firewood in a fire!"
The short orc was only about 1.67 meters tall. On the orc continent, such short male orcs were quite rare.
"What race of orcs are you?"
Lin Xue finally couldn't hold back and asked!
"We are beastmen of the Sky Rat Clan. As everyone knows, we Sky Rat Clan are not very good at hunting, but we are quite good at digging and finding treasure!"
"These black stones are what we dug out from underground. They burn much longer than ordinary wood; each piece can burn for a long time!"
"If the tribe loses its fire source and goes to other places to exchange for it, bringing these stones with you and burning them thoroughly before heading back to the tribe will be safer than using burning wood!"
Sky Rat Clan?
Lin Xue felt something was off about it; it sounded just like a field mouse from later generations.
Could it be that this celestial rat is the prototype of the field mouse of later generations?
"You Sky Rat Clan members are too dishonest. It would be good to exchange a few pieces of this for backup, but this stuff cannot be burned in the cave, otherwise it will poison people to death!"
Just as Lin Xue was talking to the Sky Rat Clan, a simple, honest voice came from the side.
"Oh, sir, you understand?"
Lin Xue gave him a look that said, "If you can talk, then talk more." The big man seemed to understand what Lin Xue meant and continued to speak.
"Although this kind of stone can be used as firewood, it cannot be burned in caves, otherwise the orcs will be poisoned and die!"
"So, if you want a beautiful female, just exchange a few for fire seeds with other tribes later."
"These are poisonous stones; don't buy too many, they're practically useless!"
"You could even kill an orc if you're not careful! It's terrifying!"
Since someone recognizes coal, it means that someone has bought this coal as fuel before.
However, those orcs must have been burning coal in the caves during the cold season; they didn't know that ventilation was necessary when burning coal.
Because it happened in a confined space, it ultimately led to carbon monoxide poisoning.
“My orc friend is right, that’s exactly what I was thinking!”
"However, when it comes to exchanging for fire, this black stone is really more useful than wood!"
"So, beautiful female, would you like to exchange a few of these? These black stones aren't expensive!"
"Just this small bag of jerky can buy a lot!"
The Sky Rat Clan orc took a cloth bag from his waist. Lin Xue glanced at the bag and saw that it was actually quite small, only enough to hold three or four pounds of dried meat at most.
For an adult orc, this is just a meal's worth of food.
"Does your tribe still have these black stones?"
Lin Xue didn't rush to answer, but continued to ask questions.
"Yes, there are many! There's a rocky mountain like this near our Sky Rat Clan, filled with these black stones!"
Although Lin Xue kept asking questions without saying how much she wanted to buy, the Sky Rat Clan beastmen patiently answered her questions.
"Do you deliver these black stones to our door? If you're willing to deliver them to our tribe, we can buy more!"
Lin Xue had just asked Ya in a low voice and learned that these Sky Rat Clan beastmen were actually very weak and could not hunt many prey.
They are generally skilled at gathering and digging, especially during the cold season, when they will choose to dig a deep cave to hide in in order to avoid other orcs.
They will only emerge from underground after the cold season has passed to continue gathering food.
It can be said that the Sky Rat clan has always been searching for food, but has never truly been full.
When it comes to hard work, the Sky Rat Clan is truly more hardworking than anyone else, but unfortunately, most of their efforts are in vain.
After Lin Xue learned that these races posed no danger, she suddenly had some other ulterior motives.
"I don't know how many beautiful females you want to buy, but if you buy a lot, we'd be happy to deliver to your door!"
"However, if we are to personally deliver the black stone to your tribe, then you will need to pay extra for some dried meat as food for our journey!"
Just as Lin Xue had predicted, the Sky Rat clan was indeed diligent; they were willing to do anything as long as there was enough jerky.
"Alright, then come find me at our Shadow Beast camp tonight, and we'll discuss the specifics then!"
"Here, consider this bag of jerky as a deposit!"
Lin Xue pulled a bag from Da Shi's waist and threw it onto the stall, then left with the others.
"Beautiful female, I will be there on time tonight!"
He was initially suspicious that Lin Xue was playing a trick on him, but since she had already paid the deposit for the dried meat, she definitely wasn't playing him!
The Sky Rat tribe couldn't help but fantasize in their hearts, wishing that this beautiful female could exchange for more black stones, so that their tribe could get through this cold season more easily.
"Amu, what do you need that coal for? Our tribe doesn't lack wood or kindling."
The Qingshan tribe no longer faces a fire crisis. Even if all the fires in the tribe are extinguished, they can obtain fire again on their own and no longer need to worry about exchanging fire with other tribes as before.
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