"These two types of crops should be enough to harvest this winter, but our tribe's biggest problem is a lack of manpower. It's easy to harvest them, but it would be even better if we could plant them. Farming isn't too strenuous. I think you, as the chief, could use your position to mobilize the women, uh, the females, and get the females who are not in their reproductive stage to participate in the work."
Xiao thought for a moment and nodded. "As for salt, I think it's best not to tell anyone else for now."
“That’s fine, but we can get some for the people in our tribe. We can say that you brought them back from the Huaxia tribe. After all, you stayed there for a while, didn’t you?” Xia Yixin suggested.
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say." Xiao Zhuo looked at her intently. Sure enough, bringing this little one back was the right thing to do. Her affection for him had reached the point where she accepted the entire tribe and was doing everything she could to help him. The more he looked at her, the more his heart felt full.
Only then did Xia Yixin belatedly realize that the other person's gaze was too intense, but then she thought that she might be overthinking it.
The male supporting character still has feelings for the original female lead, so don't get your hopes up.
Perhaps it was because Xiao was grateful to her?
Thinking about it that way, she felt at ease. She stood on tiptoe and patted his shoulder. "You don't need to thank me too much. I'm happy that our tribe is doing better. But if all else fails, how about you appoint me as the deputy chief?"
"Vice Clan Chief?" He was taken aback.
There was no such title as "Deputy Chieftain" on this continent, but the next day, Xiao still gathered all the tribesmen and announced that Xia Yixin was the new witch doctor of the tribe.
The shaman is the person with the most power, second only to the clan chief.
At the same time, Xiao also mentioned the things she had said before about involving the females in labor, which caused an uproar among the females.
Most of the female Eagle Clan members retain the appearance of half-beast spirits, and some even have feathers on their bodies. Compared to the lean male Eagle Clan members, they are more rounded and plump.
They were implicitly led by a beautiful adult female named Li, who had the fewest feathers on her body.
Li is the most beautiful female in the Eagle Clan, and she already has a mate.
She was voluptuous, but as a member of the Eagle Clan, she also possessed a dashing air. She looked defiantly at the owl high above and said, "Since ancient times, female Eagle Clan members have been responsible for reproduction. Moreover, we all have some kind of illness. Are you going to make us 'farm' and do manual labor? What if we die from exhaustion? Wouldn't the Eagle Clan then become extinct?"
Her words drew agreement from the other females.
"That's right, giving birth is very dangerous for us. I almost died last month!"
Some people also expressed doubts about Xia Yixin.
“Chief, it’s not that we don’t believe you, but that female isn’t even an adult yet. Is she really a witch doctor? Our Eagle Clan hasn’t had a witch doctor for five or six years. Please don’t jeopardize the future of our clan…”
The speaker noticed the owl's increasingly cold and imposing aura and obediently shut up.
Xiao's face was grim, and his chilling aura was unrestrained. "It's settled then. Tomorrow at dawn, leave a team of guards behind, and all the other males will come with me to dig up two kinds of crops. Whether our tribe can get through the cold season depends on this. As for the females' work, I will make detailed arrangements when we get back."
As the clan leader, Xiao still held considerable prestige. Although some females, like Li, were still having reservations, most of the clan members were drawn to the two crops he mentioned.
For example, could those two foods be the same two fragrant smells they had smelled before that drove them crazy?
After the meeting, the hunting party continued their hunt.
Xia Yixin didn't go this time, but Li's words reminded her.
She had initially thought that the female eagles were lazy, but she hadn't expected that they were all sick. Fortunately, she hadn't forgotten to gather herbs along the way to replenish her storage ring.
She immediately went to the females to ask them to treat her illness, but none of them were willing to treat her, and they all avoided her like the plague.
“Little female, it’s not that we’re afraid to let you see, but the eagle clan’s females have had this disease for hundreds of years. You definitely can’t cure it. If you want to play around, go find someone else. Although we don’t dare to question the clan leader, you are just too young. We can’t trust you…”
Xia Yixin encountered setbacks one after another, and finally went around in circles to find that Li.
There was another adult female in Li's cave, and faint complaints could be heard coming from her.
"Li, do you still have that herb? I need to use it, I feel really bad."
Li handed her the bag of cooling herbs and said with a smile, "Everyone's been feeling unwell these past few days. Here, this is all I have. If you really need more, you can go find that new little witch doctor."
The gaunt female was about to speak when she caught sight of the figure at the cave entrance, and she swallowed her words.
"Greetings, Witch Doctor." The gaunt female bowed to Xia Yixin. Although they doubted her abilities, they still had to listen to Xiao's words.
Li also bowed reluctantly.
Sensing the tense atmosphere, the thin female said, "I'm going back now," and quickly left.
As Xia Yixin brushed past her, she caught a whiff of the cool, refreshing scent of herbs emanating from the cloth bag the woman was carrying—it was mint.
She then recalled the evasive attitudes of the females she had observed along the way, as well as Li's earlier words, and suddenly a guess formed in her mind.
Could it be a gynecological problem?
The females of the Eagle Clan do not appear to be sick on the surface, and some even seem to be quite strong.
Li was already getting impatient. She was wearing the unique clothing of the Eagle Clan, a small bib that revealed her slender waist, and a very short skirt.
In comparison, Xia Yixin's feather dress, which only revealed her arms and half of her calves, seemed somewhat conservative.
"Witch Doctor, if you have nothing else to do, please leave. My male will be back soon." Females are very territorial, especially since Li originally coveted Xiao. She originally wanted to wait until she came of age to become Xiao's mate, but Xiao rejected her. Helpless, she chose another male who was second only to Xiao, since a female has no ability to protect herself.
Despite the other person's unwelcoming gaze, Xia Yixin shared her guess: it was probably an adverse reaction caused by gynecological problems.
Seeing Li's increasingly shocked expression, she knew she had made the right bet.
Li was shocked. How could she know so much? But then Li thought that perhaps someone else had told her.
Li didn't believe her at all, and scoffed, "So what if you know? This is a curse on the female eagles that can't be broken!"
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