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"Sumino?"
Nan Qing lazily opened her eyes and found that the screen surrounding her small room had been moved open by a large gap. She knew without a doubt who had done it, but she called out to him several times without getting a response.
Um... no, she seemed to remember that while she was sleeping, she vaguely heard him say to her that they were going... hunting?
She made herself something to eat, then looked at the blazing sun outside and really didn't want to go out...
So he took a rocking chair, placed it in front of the stone house, and slowly rocked it.
But as she swayed, she got bored again, and finally found another straw hat from the Nebula Palace, put it on her head, and slowly walked towards the center of the tribe, following the path that Mo Ye had led her back on yesterday.
As she approached the central square of the tribe, she suddenly tripped. Looking down, she saw a fluffy gray wolf. The little wolf was only up to her calves, its round body resembling a dusty gray cotton ball.
"Oh, where did you come from, little one?"
She crouched down and gently touched the little wolf's pink, wet nose with her fingertip. The little wolf tilted its head to look at her, its amber wolf eyes watery. It stuck out its pink little tongue and licked her fingertip.
Nan Qing was charmed by his cuteness and chuckled softly. She was about to rub his soft ears when the little wolf suddenly turned around and hopped away.
She looked in the direction the little wolf had gone and was immediately charmed by the sight before her.
In front of a semi-circular stone house, a dozen wolf cubs of different colors were chasing and playing. Some were biting their companions' tails, some were rolling around in a ball, and some were lying on their backs, showing their soft, pinkish-white bellies. Besides the wolf cubs, there were also several little girls dressed in animal skin skirts, playing and frolicking with the wolf cubs.
At this moment, a female sitting at the entrance of the stone house suddenly beckoned to Nanqing. As she approached, she saw that the contents of the bamboo basket on Nanqing's lap were likely some herbs.
Bai Ya looked at the young female in front of him with tenderness, who was as white and beautiful as a cloud.
"Child, are you Nan Qing?"
Nan Qing wasn't surprised that she knew her name. Along the way, many females had spoken to her, and many of them could call her by name. She quite liked the personality of the beastmen in this tribe; they were kind and easygoing.
She smiled and said, "Yes, my name is Nan Qing."
Bai Ya took a bright red fruit from another bamboo basket and put it into her hand.
"I am Baiya, Moye's mother. Moye doesn't know how to take care of females. If you feel uncomfortable, you can come to me."
"Thank you, Bai Ya."
Nan Qing also liked the female in front of him very much; she had an aura of wisdom, compassion, and kindness about her.
The beastmen of the Beast World Continent are very simple. Apart from their father and mother beasts, there is no other complete kinship system. All beastmen call each other by their names. Males will also live separately after reaching adulthood. Only females will live with their father and mother beasts until they find their own male mate.
Therefore, she never abruptly called people "Auntie" or similar titles.
Bai Ya looked at the straw hat Nan Qing was wearing on his head with some curiosity.
"Nanqing, the thing you're wearing on your head is very interesting. Did you make it yourself?"
She took off the straw hat she was wearing. It was a hat with a very large brim and openwork design with bits of dry grass scattered around the brim. She thought it was cute, so she put several of them in the Nebula Palace.
Did she do it...?
"Yes, it's made of hay, woven in the same way as the bamboo basket in your hand."
Could it be that she said she conjured this up out of thin air?
Knitting little hats is definitely simple; you could easily say you made them yourself.
Nanqing handed the hat to Bai Ya so she could examine it closely. Bai Ya took the straw hat, studied it carefully, and her eyes were full of surprise.
"Nanqing, you are so clever. You actually came up with such a good way to block the sunlight."
Nan Qing chuckled sheepishly. This wasn't her wisdom, but rather human wisdom...
She simply pointed to the straw hat, then to the bamboo basket in Bai Ya's hand, and said:
"This is called a hat. Besides being woven from straw, it can also be woven from bamboo. Bamboo is woven finely, so it can block the rain from the sky during the rainy season."
The names of most of the plants and animals in the Beast World are not much different from those in other worlds. However, the Beastmen live a simple life and have a special physique, so the methods and effects of many things have never been developed.
There are only three seasons in this world: the rainy season, the hot season, and the cold season. Each season lasts for four months.
The rainy season lasts for four months, while the hot season sees temperatures reaching over forty degrees Celsius, and the cold season can drop to minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius. For male orcs, these temperatures are nothing, but for the relatively vulnerable females and cubs, both the hot and cold seasons are very dangerous.
Bai Ya was very interested in the hat that Nan Qing mentioned, and immediately asked the female next to him to find some bamboo and hay, as the tribe had plenty of these.
The items were brought over quickly. Nanqing didn't join them, but gave them the hat and let them study it themselves. She sat alone on a small stone stool, looking at the herbs in the bamboo basket with some curiosity.
She picked up a herb with long roots and leaves covered in white hairs and probed it with the system.
[Hemostatic herb]
[A plant unique to the Orcish Continent, non-toxic, used externally to stop bleeding]
Then she picked up a plant with a long stem covered with many small thorns. Its leaves were very small, only half the size of her little finger, but there were many leaves.
Paralysis herb
[A plant unique to the Orcish Continent, mildly poisonous, capable of causing localized mild paralysis; not edible.]
Nan Qing gently fiddled with the plants in the bamboo basket, some emerald green and some dark purple. If she wasn't mistaken, Bai Ya should be the shaman of the wolf tribe.
Earth Fire Root, Golden Bell Fruit, Bone-singing Flower, Summer-cooling Vine, Perilla Leaf, Moon Shadow Artemisia, Stone Heart Grass, Green Moss....
She discovered that although the world was relatively underdeveloped in terms of daily life, it was quite advanced in the use of herbs. These herbs included those for treating external wounds, relieving summer heat, dispelling cold, and treating bone fractures.
"Duoya is finished."
"It's so beautiful!"
"I'll weave another one out of bamboo later."
"Duoya, let me see, why does this part of my weaving feel a bit off..."
Nanqing turned her head and saw that the tribe's females had already woven the bamboo hats; they were very pretty little hats.
Duoya is a young female who has not yet found a male. She has a healthy complexion, is beautiful, and loves to laugh. However, she is a bit shy, and I had been secretly watching her the whole time.
Nanqing also walked over. This hat was also openwork, with a pointed top and a round brim. It was also wrapped with a trim. Although it didn't keep out the rain, it was very pretty. She gave Duoya a thumbs up.
"Duoya, you're amazing! You braid so fast and it looks so beautiful."
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