Chi You, who came bounding over from the other end of the circle, called out to her with a grin: "Hey girl, come watch the iron-eating performance!"
Ai Cao vigorously wiped her face. The women around her exchanged a few words, and then someone handed her a dry cloth. Ai Cao looked at her mothers, tears welling up in her eyes, threatening to fall again.
But she took a deep breath and tried to hold it in.
She took the cloth and vigorously wiped her face. Her face was itchy from dryness, but she didn't care about such a trivial matter at the moment.
Ai Cao stuffed the cloth into her clothes, then smiled and nudged Chi You's side, watching the bear, who looked displeased, bite into a piece of black iron.
Chi You asked softly, "Sister, why were you crying?" She lowered her voice even further, "Did we eat too much?"
Ai Cao glanced at the empty bowls piled up next to the bear. She remembered that the last time she looked, there weren't so many bowls here... and they were full of food.
But since Chi You asked, she naturally had to answer...
Artemisia said, "It's because you ate too much."
Chi You's smile remained unchanged. She rubbed her hands excitedly and asked, "Then, sister, could we move the time when you were 'king' forward—just a little bit?" She spread her hands and said with a grin, "After all, we really eat a lot."
“A lot,” the bear whispered. It scratched its belly, trying to digest the pieces of iron inside.
The mugwort blinked.
She roughly guessed what Chi You wanted to say.
Sure enough, Chi You chuckled and said, "Sister, I secretly went to take a look." She leaned close to Ai Cao's ear mysteriously, "That Ji tribe over there? Is that their name... They're quite weak. But they have a lot of men. How about we kill a few to give them some iron supplements?"
Xiong repeated softly, "Replenish."
It scratched its soft belly again, opened its mouth, and yawned, giving off a rabbit-flavored yawn.
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