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Upon hearing the sound, Nan Qing and Mo Ye turned their heads at the same time and looked in the direction from which the sound came.
Bai Ya strode forward, her gentle expression gone, replaced by a serious one, her eyes filled with disapproval of Mo Ye's actions.
"Have you forgotten how you almost went blind and nearly ruined your claws playing with these red berries when you were little? Now that you're an adult, why are you still so playful!"
Mo Ye remained silent, but when Bai Ya reached out to snatch the basket of hawthorns from his arms, he sidestepped and avoided Bai Ya's movement.
The little female liked the red fruit so much that he couldn't let the mother take it away.
Seeing this, Nan Qing quickly stepped forward, but before she could get close, Mo Ye quickly retreated a few steps to the side with his basket, as if the red fruit could harm her if she got too close.
Nan Qing: "......"
"Bai Ya, I asked Mo Ye to pick this. This thing is not poisonous. It's called chili pepper. You can add it when grilling meat or stir-frying. It tastes great. However, if you break it and get it on your hands or in your eyes, it will burn a bit, but that feeling will go away after a while."
"Moreover, this thing can ward off the cold in the cold season."
Nan Qing knew that the orcs had very little curiosity about these things. They had learned their lesson from chili peppers before, so they were reluctant to touch them. But if he explained that chili peppers could ward off the cold, they might suddenly become interested.
Sure enough, even though she said she could eat, Bai Ya's eyebrows were still furrowed, and she looked at Nan Qing with a pained expression, as if to say with her eyes, "Poor child, you must be starving to eat even red fruit."
It wasn't until Nan Qing mentioned that it could dispel the cold that Bai Ya's expression changed. He turned to look at Mo Ye, who was a few steps away, and then turned back to Nan Qing, his tone becoming somewhat excited.
"Nanqing, are you saying that red chili peppers can ward off the cold?"
Nan Qing nodded and continued, "Where we're from, chili peppers are a very important ingredient."
"Didn't I tell you before that there are many ways to cook food besides grilling? Chili peppers are a type of food seasoning, similar to salted fruit. Some people don't like them, while others do. Eating chili peppers can warm you up and help ward off the cold in the winter."
"Just remember that if you touch chili peppers, you have to wash your hands with clean water before you touch your eyes, otherwise your eyes will hurt. But even if you do touch your eyes, don't worry, just wash them with clean water and wait a while."
Nan Qing felt that she had gone to great lengths to keep these chilies. Look at how much she praised them; she was practically ready to eat one on the spot to prove that they were truly non-poisonous.
In fact, Bai Ya believed Nan Qing as soon as she said it, but the concept that the red fruit was poisonous was deeply ingrained in the minds of the beastmen, so she asked a few more questions.
Moreover, after Rock returned yesterday, she and Rock went to the priest together. The priest only said that Nanqing's arrival in the wolf clan was a blessing from the beast god, and a good fortune for the wolf clan.
Moreover, upon hearing that the red fruit could dispel the cold, as the tribe's shaman, she could not contain her joy. Last winter, three cubs and six elderly beastmen from the wolf tribe returned to the embrace of the beast god.
She still remembers how she futilely boiled the last bit of herbs into a bitter soup, only to watch helplessly as life faded away in the bitter cold.
With only sixty-odd sunrises left until the next cold season, her tribe now has 17 cubs. Every day, she gathers herbs and hangs the dried herbs all over the stone house, praying that the cubs can survive the harsh cold season.
She beckoned to Mo Ye: "Alright, bring the red fruit over here."
Mo Ye glanced at Nan Qing, and seeing that she nodded, he picked up his basket and walked over.
Bai Ya took a bright red chili pepper out of his basket, examined it carefully in the sunlight, and suddenly put it directly into his mouth, biting off a small piece.
"Mother beast!"
Mo Ye was about to step forward instinctively, but Bai Ya stopped him with a look.
At first, Bai Ya frowned slightly; it was clear he was bothered by the spiciness of the chili peppers...
But gradually, as she chewed, Bai Ya slowly relaxed her eyebrows and eyes, and a blush appeared on her face. Her eyes sparkled with surprise as she looked at Nan Qing.
"Nanqing, thank you for bringing such wonderful things to the tribe!"
Having tasted many herbs, she naturally knew what the tingling, fiery sensation on her tongue, the slight sweating, and the feeling of a fire burning inside her body that chili peppers brought meant.
During the cold season, this is exactly what orcs need – something that can make them feel warm.
If it weren't for Nanqing, no matter how many cold seasons had passed, they probably wouldn't have bothered to try and see if the red fruit was edible.
In her gaze towards Nanqing, there was not only affection but also gratitude. This little female, who had only been in the tribe for a few days, had brought so many surprises to the tribe.
Nan Qing was not surprised at all; the effects of chili peppers are something you'll know once you try them.
"It's nothing. These chilies can be picked, dried, and stored for several winters."
"Then grind the dried chilies into powder and sprinkle them on the meat when grilling, or throw a few into the soup when cooking."
"However, I still need to remind the orcs of the tribe that if they touch the chili peppers, they should not touch their eyes for a short period of time, and then they will be fine."
Bai Ya nodded and immediately turned to call out to the others. There were also some chili pepper trees scattered around in other parts of the valley. She picked all the chili peppers and took them back. She also wanted to ask if any other beastmen knew where there were any more chili pepper trees.
Bai Ya now deeply regrets her earlier decision to uproot the red fruit tree.
After Bai Ya left, Nan Qing walked to Mo Ye's side and looked up at his red and black face.
"Are you no longer worried that this chili pepper might cause any harm?"
Don't think she didn't see it. When Bai Ya was eating chili peppers, he also put one in his mouth. It was a small red chili pepper, not very big, but extremely spicy.
He stuffed the whole chili pepper inside, and in the blink of an eye, he was covered in sweat, and his honey-colored face quickly turned red, resulting in his current dark reddish-black appearance, which was rather amusing.
Mo Ye opened his mouth, but the burning sensation in his mouth made him speechless. He had been enduring it, but now that only Nan Qing was in front of him, he began to inhale deeply, hoping that the burning sensation in his mouth would dissipate quickly.
Now he believed that the red fruit that had almost ruined his eyes was indeed not poisonous. The taste and the tingling sensation were the same as the tingling sensation he had experienced from the foods he had eaten the night before.
No, that's not right either. Today's event is even more exciting...
Looking at the smiling little female in front of him, he lowered his head, leaned closer to her, pointed to his still stinging lips, and stared at her with burning eyes.
"pain,,"
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