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Nanqing felt a surge of joy as she looked down at the once incredibly tall and strong male.
"Lin Tian?"
Lin Tian nodded happily. He had said that with such a strong and handsome male like him, how could any female not remember him?
But Mo Ye didn't like other males getting so close to Nan Qing, not even Lin Tian!
He deliberately limped, silently widening the distance between himself and Lin Tian, but Lin Tian didn't notice his increasingly unpleasant face at all. No matter how fast he walked, Lin Tian followed, not missing a step.
"Nanqing, I heard you discovered the stone melon? You're so clever! I ate several of those stone melons in one go, they were so delicious."
"Right? Did you cook it before eating?"
"Yes, according to Bai Ya's method, put it on the fire and roast it until it's soft and golden brown inside. It looks good and tastes good."
Speaking of roasting, Nanqing suddenly remembered that she had also thrown a gourd into the fire last night...
Um, it's probably turned into charcoal ash by now, right?
"Moye, we forgot about the roasted pumpkin we made last night..."
He didn't stop walking, but replied, "Yeah, it's all black. I saw it this morning, cracked it open and looked inside, and it was all black too. It's definitely not edible."
Actually, he ate it...
He didn't know what it was supposed to look like, but the taste was really strange after taking a bite.
But he still thought that's what the roasted melon would look like, and the little female said it was delicious, and that she had dug it out of the ground and carried it back herself, so he ate it all.
But the taste was really strange, so he didn't mention it to Nan Qing, afraid of upsetting her.
Lin Tian just said that the inside of his roasted melon was golden brown, so he knew the one he ate must have been overcooked...
"It's been baked for too long, the inside must be burnt. It's okay, we'll bake another one when we get back today~~"
Mo Ye: "...Hmm."
Today, Nanqing didn't have to walk on her own, and the other females didn't have to accommodate her pace, so it was much faster than yesterday. It took less than half an hour to reach the valley.
The others were happily digging for stone gourds. On the right side of the valley, there was a large patch of stone gourd vines. With the addition of the male orcs, the process was very fast, and stone gourds the size of footballs were being dug out of the ground.
Nanqing directed Moye to wander around the entire valley until they saw a clump of plants with bright red, long, narrow fruits hanging on it. She quickly patted Moye's head.
"Moye, put me down quickly..."
Mo Ye immediately crouched down and carefully helped her land, while Nan Qing quickly ran towards the clump of low plants she had discovered as soon as her feet touched the ground.
She touched the long, narrow fruits and even smelled them closely, just in case she was mistaken, so she used the system to test them.
【chili】
[Non-toxic and edible. Excessive consumption may cause numbness and swelling of the lips, and a burning sensation in the stomach and intestines. It can be used to ward off cold during the cold season.]
It's really chili pepper!!!
"Moye, look, these are chili peppers. With these, the barbecue will taste even better!"
She was so excited that she kept patting Mo Ye beside her. She really loved spicy food, but her Nebula Palace didn't have any spicy dishes, only some numbing and spicy dishes.
Before she could finish speaking, Mo Ye pulled her back several steps with a forceful pull.
Mo Ye embraced Nan Qing, lifted her chin, cupped her face, and examined her carefully from left to right. His wolf eyes were dark, but no matter how he looked, he could only see a white expanse...
Nan Qing was completely bewildered by his sudden action. What was he doing?
"What's wrong?"
Mo Ye frowned and pointed to the clump of chili peppers:
"That fruit is poisonous. Its smell makes orcs sneeze constantly, and it hurts if you touch it. You got too close. How are you feeling? Do you feel any discomfort?"
It's all his fault. He didn't notice that the little female was moving closer to those red berries. He had accidentally picked a few of those things when he was still a cub, and his hands and eyes hurt terribly. He even thought he was going to become a blind male.
From then on, all the red berries near the tribe were cleared away. Whenever the cold season ended and the newborn cubs began to explore the area around the tribe, the adult orcs would sternly warn the cubs not to touch the red berries, or anyone who did would become a pitiful wolf without eyes!
Mo Ye still remembers the dull thud of the old priest striking the ground heavily with his bone staff when he said those words, and now, he has actually let his most cherished little female touch such a dangerous thing!
Nan Qing suddenly realized that chili peppers, if they get into your eyes, do indeed burn, and even washing them with water doesn't completely relieve the spiciness.
So she was actually quite curious about how humans discovered that this kind of thing was edible.
How can they come up with so many ways to eat it?
She pulled Mo Ye's hand off her face, then pointed to the clump of chili peppers and explained to him:
"That's called a chili pepper. If you crush it and put it in your eyes, it will sting, but it's not poisonous. Its fiery nature is what makes it spicy."
"Remember the spicy blood curd and spicy chicken we had last night? You even asked me why it tasted so strange. That red stuff in it is chili pepper."
"Chili peppers are used to add to food, and they can also ward off the cold. Think about it, after eating that spicy blood curd yesterday, didn't you feel sweaty and warm?"
Listening to Nan Qing's explanation, Mo Ye recalled the taste of the things he had eaten yesterday. Come to think of it, the taste and the pain of the red fruit did seem somewhat similar...
But he still frowned, and his large hand remained on Nanqing's waist, preventing her from going over.
Even if those things were edible, they would hurt to touch, so he couldn't let the little female touch those red berries.
Even though Nanqing explained to him several times that as long as the chili peppers weren't broken, they would be fine and wouldn't hurt if touched, he still wouldn't stop, his lips tightly pursed, looking stubborn.
Nan Qing poked his sturdy chest: "Mo Ye, you shouldn't be a wolf, you should be a bull. You're so stubborn, there's no way to explain it to you."
Mo Ye felt a little wronged and whispered, "I'm a wolf... Male bulls are so ugly, I'm not..."
As he spoke, he pulled Nanqing a few steps to the side, turned his head to look at the distance between her and Hongguo, which was only five steps. He felt that it was not enough, so he pulled her back a few steps.
"You wait here, I'll go pick them. Don't touch them, and don't come any closer."
Only after Nan Qing nodded and responded did he feel relieved. He walked to the red fruit, squatted down, and slowly picked off the "devil" fruits one by one.
He couldn't understand how the red berries that had almost ruined his eyes could suddenly become chili peppers that could be added to food, especially since the bright red foods he had last night were indeed delicious...
Although he couldn't understand it, he still picked all the red berries that had turned red in this small patch. He had decided that if the little female insisted on eating these red berries, then he would eat them first, even if his eyes were damaged.
He still remembers the pain from the red fruit in his eyes. The little female was so fair and tender, how could she bear it? But he has thick skin and can withstand the pain even if it happens again.
Just as he was about to stop, Bai Ya's voice came from behind him.
"Mo Ye, what are you doing!"
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