Chapter 17
The snow werewolves' vision would not be greatly affected at night. Yu Sui thought they would go back after dinner, but he didn't expect Qi to turn into a big snow wolf and lie down on the spot after dinner.
It looked like he was really tired after running around for several days. Yu Sui didn't want to disturb him, so he wanted to walk around a little more. He was quite curious about the runes on the weapons. It was said that if the weapons were injected with energy, their power would be greatly increased. The specific power was related to the warrior's energy and the strength of the runes.
The bows and arrows specially provided to the elves are engraved with runes and magic circles, which can only be engraved on the bows and arrows by very skilled dwarf craftsmen.
Yu Sui was very curious about these settings when he read the original text. Since he was not in a hurry to go back today, he might as well take a closer look.
Just as he was about to start walking, Qi's big tail suddenly came around and encircled him, nearly tripping him.
He looked at the lying Qi in confusion and saw that he had his eyes closed. Could it be that he had fallen asleep and Wei Tail was sleepwalking?
Qi didn't seem like such a boring person, so he didn't think much about it and planned to step over his tail.
Before he could lift his feet, the thick silver wolf tail in front of him suddenly rose up, wrapped around Yu Sui's waist and pulled him in front of Qi's big head.
Yu Sui was startled. He looked at Qi with his eyes closed and couldn't help but hit his big nose angrily.
"I won't run far, I just want to see the dwarf's weapons." He thought Qi was worried that he would run around like he did when he met the hedgehog, so he explained.
Qi opened his eyes slightly and saw the little cub trying helplessly to pull itself out of his tail, a smile in his eyes.
"Do you like the Black Rock Tribe?" he asked in a low voice and serious eyes.
The cub looked up at him curiously, not knowing why he suddenly asked that question, his dark eyes blank and innocent. "Of course I like it. Everyone's been so nice to me, and of course, Brother Qi is the best," he said flatteringly.
Not knowing whether Qi Man was satisfied with this answer, he did not say anything, but just rolled up Yu Sui's tail and folded it, and rolled Yu Sui next to his paw, and closed his eyes again.
Does this mean he should go to bed early? Yu Sui looked at Qi in confusion and guessed. "Then we'll see tomorrow. We've already come to the Tu tribe, and the weapons won't run away. Who made him follow a serious head of the family?"
The air in the other world was not polluted. The moon hung brightly in the sky, and the moonlight sprinkled on the earth like water. The stars were dotted everywhere, which was a scene that Yu Sui had not seen for a long time in modern times.
He lay on his belly, looking at the stars on his big furry tail, and fell asleep unknowingly. After he fell asleep, Qi opened his eyes and looked at him with a complicated expression, and sighed softly.
The next morning, Yu Sui completely forgot about the rune weapon and was only focused on spinning around the coal excitedly. He was happy to think that he could save a lot of time after pulling it back. Moreover, the high temperature of the coal meant that he had always wanted to make pottery by himself, and now he could finally do it.
There are many carts for transporting ore in the Tu tribe, but unfortunately they are too small for the snow werewolves to pull much, and it is not suitable to pull such a small amount for a long distance.
I'll have Rob build me a big one when I get back, Yu Sui thought. For now, I'll just make do with wooden planks, nailing a few more pieces of wood around the big planks to prevent the coal from falling. It doesn't matter if it doesn't have wheels, it can still be pulled, but I'll need to slow down to prevent the coal from flying around and being lost.
They tied one end of the vine to Qi and the other to a large wooden basket, and then they began to return to the tribe. Yu Sui really liked the iron pot, so he even took one away.
Unable to run at full speed, the two returned to the tribe at noon. Xiaochu was already squatting outside the tribe waiting for him. The little golden figure wagged its tail when it saw him.
Yu Sui jumped off Qi's body, ran over happily, picked up Xiao Chu, kissed his little head and held him in his arms.
Xiaochu shyly buried her head in Yu Sui's arms. Qi brought the coal to Yu Sui's doorstep and piled it under his hide tent.
These tons of coal should be enough for Yu Sui to use for a while. "Thank you, Brother Qi!" He sincerely thanked Qi. But the next second he burst into laughter. Qi's handsome face was stained with several pieces of charcoal-black coal, and his hands were also black, which was particularly funny.
Qi looked at him suspiciously, then followed his gaze to his hands and smiled helplessly.
Yu Sui fetched him some water for him to wash. Seeing that there was still a spot on Qi's forehead that hadn't been washed off, he reached out and wiped it off for him.
"Ahem, you're back." Robert's voice sounded behind the two of them.
Seeing Yu Sui turned his head to look at him, Rob smiled and said, "I've been watching the fire for you. It has been burning until now. Do you want to put black stones in?" He had just been sitting on the other side of the wood kiln, and neither of them saw him.
"Yeah, if we use black stones, the temperature will be higher. I think we can burn it until night." Yu Sui nodded. He saw that Rob had a strange expression on his face, so he asked again, "What's wrong?"
Rob shook his head repeatedly, "It's okay, it's okay." He glanced at Qi with a reproachful look, then helped Yu Sui move the black stones.
Dwarves have strong recovery abilities. If a human had sustained that wound, it would have taken at least three months to heal. But now Robert can move freely and always wants to help him move things.
Yu Sui sternly rejected him. Although he was a cub, he was stronger than a dwarf. There was really no need to treat him like a child!
Robert couldn't beat him. Seeing him using wooden boards to carry black stones, he wanted to make a cart for Yu Sui. Unfortunately, they didn't bring their tools with them. Chief Bangbo planned to wait until his tribesmen were better and then go back to move things. Then he would bring all his own tools and make a cart for Yu Sui.
Qi glanced at the strange dwarf, and really didn't know the reason for the dwarf's expression just now, so he got up and left.
Yu Sui placed the coal in the stove, and the flames from the wood soon ignited it. The wood stove was close to the house, making it easy to add coal. He placed a wooden plank of coal next to the stove; the coal inside would burn for a long time, and he had other things to do.
He lifted the straw from a stone basin, revealing soybeans covered in white hair. Fermenting the soybeans to this point had already achieved the first step. He broke apart the clumping soybeans, rubbed them into individual pieces with his hands, spread them out on a wooden board, and placed them in the sun to dry.
The beans needed to be dried for a few more days. When Yu Sui saw Rob, he thought of the dwarf children with wounds all over their bodies, each of them cowering. There was also a child who seemed to be seriously injured and kept curled up in his father's arms.
It was so pitiful, Yu Sui felt sorry for them. It just so happened that he had refined a lot of sugar, so he decided to make some candy for these children, at least to cheer them up. The little ones in their tribe loved sweets, and every time he made honey jam, these little guys couldn't walk.
He remembered there seemed to be some uneaten wild fruit at home. Yu Sui went to the tent in the corner where they stored food and found a lot more than he remembered. It must have been something Lu had brought him while he was away today. Ever since he noticed he was using up wild fruit so quickly, Lu would always pick some for him whenever he went out.
The main reason was the exceptionally delicious jam Yu Sui made. Every time they were given jam, everyone couldn't get enough; it was even more delicious than fresh fruit. Even Qi, though he didn't say it out loud, drank the juice he made for him incredibly quickly.
Cut the wild fruits into pieces, mash the juice, filter it and set aside.
Yu Sui put sugar and water into a clay pot and slowly boiled it. If there was rock sugar available, it would be even better. After the sugar melted, the syrup gradually thickened. When white bubbles formed around the edges, he poured the juice he had just prepared into it.
Stir gently with a wooden spatula and continue to cook for a while. When making candy, do not stir it constantly, as it will easily become gritty.
The juice in the pottery pot became thick and white at the edges. Yu Sui quickly picked it up and poured the boiled sugar juice onto a clean wooden board. He cut it into small pieces with a fish scale knife while it was still hot. After it cooled and became crispy, it became fruit candy.
"Awoo~" The sweet smell attracted Xiaochu to keep acting like a spoiled child at his feet. Although Rob was embarrassed to be as greedy as a cub, his eyes were also full of desire.
Yu Sui jokingly gave each of them a piece. It was still a little soft, and the candy was still sticky, so Xiaochu used his claws to pick at it as he ate.
Robert raised his beard and looked at the candy in his hand with cherishment. After licking it with his tongue, he carefully put it away and put it in his pocket.
It was funny and a little sad. Yu Sui said, "Uncle Robert, please eat it. There are still so many here. You can take them all back later."
Rob looked at the wooden board full of candies, speechless with shock. He pointed at the candies and said, "Give me all this, all this?"
Yu Sui looked at him strangely and said, "Of course." He filled the tent with sugar made from red beets, and Rob was standing next to him watching him make it.
He mashed the remaining wild fruits into juice, boiled it with sugar to make fructose, and covered several large wooden boards.
After the candies cooled, Yu Sui kept half and gathered the rest together before putting them away. "Come on, Uncle Robert, let's go to your people," he said with a smile.
Robert looked at the candies at a loss. Just as he was about to speak, Yu Sui walked ahead with the candies in his hand, giving him no room for refusal. He had no choice but to follow him.
Yu Sui's house was built earlier, in the inner circle of the tribe, while the dwarves' tents were set up outside. For the dwarves, the Snow Wolf's tents were enormous, each accommodating dozens of people. The Snow Wolf had set up five tents for them, housing approximately three hundred members of the Tu tribe.
The Snow Werewolves were strong and had no problem living in these animal hide tents or wooden sheds year-round. However, the Dwarves were no match for the Snow Werewolves. They were stronger than humans, but these drafty houses were a stretch for wintering.
In the simple tents, many dwarves were busy making mattresses, stoves, and other daily necessities, while the children gathered around the adults to help. Having just experienced a crisis, they were listless in the unfamiliar environment and did not dare to play loudly.
These children have been helping their parents forge tools all year round, and their skin has been burned dark. At an age when they should be lively and cheerful, laughing freely, their eyes are filled with fear and worry.
Yu Sui's heart ached. He was so lucky to be born in a peaceful country, and to have traveled through time and space to a powerful tribe of werewolves who loved and cared for their cubs. Although the conditions were difficult, the tribesmen were very kind to him. Whenever he encountered difficulties, someone would come to help.
He squatted down, smiled, and beckoned the children to come over for some candy. Worried that they wouldn't dare come over, Yu Sui gave one to Xiao Chu first.
The sweet smell of fruit wafted into the noses of the dwarf children. They swallowed, looked at each other, and were somewhat afraid to go over.
Their parents, remembering this was the cub that saved Rob, smiled and nudged them.
"Come over and have some candy! This is fruit candy, something we couldn't even eat in the human world before." Rob said with a smile to the children. Seeing his father, his cub Hank ran over first and took a piece of candy.
The dwarf cubs, already craving the aroma of Xiaochu's candy, also came running over. Yu Sui smiled and placed a large piece of fruit candy in each of their hands. The candy he made wasn't as finely crafted as modern ones; it was simply cubed and larger in size.
A dwarf girl with pigtails carefully held the candy in her palm. The bright yellow candy exuded a sweet fruity aroma. She took a light lick and her eyes immediately widened.
Yu Sui was very happy to see them eating the candy with such sweetness. Then he saw the boy who was more seriously injured being held in his father's arms, also looking at him longingly. Another little boy happily ran to the boy after receiving the candy from him, divided his candy in half, and gave one half to the boy.
A friend who can share delicious food with him. Yu Sui smiled knowingly. He gave the remaining candy to Rob, asking him to keep it and share it with the cubs next time.
Seeing the cubs eating the candy so happily, Rob couldn't bear to refuse and put the candy away.
Seeing that the dwarves were busy, Yu Sui didn't bother them and took Xiao Chu home. He couldn't stop the fire while burning bricks, so he had to go back and add more coal.
As I was walking home, I ran into the two tribe leaders, Heiyan and Bangbo. Uncle Heiyan was still in the tribe at this time, so I guess something happened.
He held Xiaochu in his arms and greeted the two. Heiyan came over and patted their heads, then walked towards the dwarves with Bombur.
Yu Sui remembered the iron pot he had brought back in a fit of excitement and said quickly, "Oh, Chief Bangbo, when I came back today, I couldn't help but take an iron pot..." He scratched his face shyly. "I'll bring it to you later."
Bombur laughed heartily, his gray beard twitching. "It's nothing, just an iron pot. The last thing we dwarves lack is iron. But the pots we use are probably too small for you snow wolves. Wait for your Black Rock leader to bring us the iron furnace, and I'll make you a big pot with all those shields and other spoils!"
Yu Sui was overjoyed and kept thanking him.
Bombur patted his chest. "What's the big deal? You saved our entire tribe. If you need any tools in the future, just come to me!"
He already has his big pot and next year's farm tools! Yu Sui watched them go away excitedly, hugging Xiao Chu and spinning around in his arms. He really wanted to sing. Today is a good day!
The wood-fired kiln fueled by coal burned fiercely all day. In the evening, Yu Sui sealed the stove mouth and smoke outlet with mixed yellow mud, and let it cool down.
If you continue to water the top at this time, what will come out is green bricks. However, Yu Sui thought that red bricks are bright in color and are also a beautiful sight in the tribe, so he decided to use red bricks. Of course, it was definitely not because he wanted to be lazy.
The collection team caught a lot of fish today, and Lu sent him a processed big fish.
Yu Sui used the iron pan he had been longing for to make pan-fried fish fillets. Sure enough, the feel of the iron pan was different. It heated evenly and conducted heat quickly. Although the capacity was small, it was much faster than using a clay pot.
After returning home, Yu Sui rummaged through the box of spices he had seized and discovered some chili peppers. So today, he chopped the fish head into pieces and made spicy fish head. God knows, when the chili peppers were added to the pot, he almost cried. He, a person who loves spicy food, finally got to eat chili peppers again.
Yu Sui carefully collected the small yellow seeds from the peppers to plant next year. There weren't many peppers, but each one had a lot of seeds, so Yu Sui collected quite a few.
The fish was large, so Yu Sui pan-fried half and skewered the other half on branches and grilled it over a fire. He also prepared the fish in two flavors: one sprinkled with chili powder and pepper, the other with just pepper.
With the addition of spices, the aroma of this meal is stronger than usual.
It had been many days since they had eaten the food cooked by Yu Sui. After the training, Notting and Ashan ran to Yu Sui's house crying, and even Xiangcao ran faster than usual.
"Woo woo, Xiao Yu Sui, you have no idea how much I missed you out there." Ah Shan picked up Yu Sui like a little chicken and tucked him into his arms. The Snow Wolf Man's broad and powerful chest was so suffocating that Yu Sui's vision went dark.
Qi, who was following behind, had a dark expression on his face and reached out to pull Yu Sui out.
"Do you miss me or the food I cooked?" Yu Sui, who was rescued, asked maliciously.
Ah Shan laughed innocently a few times and said, "I want both. I want both."
Vanilla Notting and Xu looked at Qi and Yu Sui with a teasing look.
The dwarf Rob was used to Yu Sui's cooking, so he shamelessly brought his wife Ellie and cub Hank to come and eat. At this time, he showed that condemning look and looked at Qi.
Qi didn't know what these people meant, and looked back at them one by one in confusion.
Yu Sui, oblivious to the eye contact these people were making behind his back, took out all the candy and proudly gave each of them a piece. "Look at the candy I made with those red beets. I tasted it, and it's much better than anything else with chemical additives... ahem, it's just much better than other candies."
"Sugar?" The snow wolves exclaimed in disbelief. They carefully reached out their hands to take a piece and gently took a sip. The rich sweet fruit aroma melted in their mouths. The snow wolves were shocked and speechless.
Midori and Heiyan looked at each other and saw their own surprised faces in each other's eyes.
"You said this is made of that red plant?" Xu asked the common question in everyone's mind.
Yu Sui slapped his forehead, wondering how he could have forgotten the most important sugar. He went to the tent and took out a bamboo tube of brown sugar and a bamboo tube of white sugar and placed them in front of everyone.
Originally, most of the prey and food gathered by the Snow Werewolf tribe had to be handed over to the tribe leader for distribution. Now, the orcs basically all practiced this system of communal ownership. However, ever since Yu Sui arrived, the tribe took great care of him because he was a young cub. Furthermore, Yu Sui's harvest wasn't very large, so he never submitted anything to the tribe. Over time, Yu Sui even forgot about it.
Everyone opened the bamboo tube's lid and dipped their chopsticks into the candy inside. It tasted even better than the candy they'd exchanged with humans, without any impurities. Furthermore, exchanging fur for even a small can of candy was a lot of work, so most wolves, except those with cubs, were reluctant to part with it. Even for their cubs, they only used a tiny amount, diluted in water, to feed them.
"This is sugar made from red beets. The white one was purified by me. These fruit candies are made with wild fruit juice." Yu Sui explained to them one by one.
The bamboo tubes used by the tribe were like small buckets, each holding 20 to 30 kilograms of sugar. Hei Yan stared at the two bamboo tubes filled with sugar in front of him, then looked at the bamboo tubes filled with sugar in Yu Sui's tent. He swallowed and said, "Those bamboo tubes can't be filled with sugar..."
"Yes." Yu Sui answered calmly. He smelled the aroma of the grilled fish and saw that the skewered fish pieces were almost cooked, so he put them on the wooden board for everyone.
Rob had been surprised on the day Yu Sui cooked candy, and now he calmly fed Hank fructose blocks.
His cub, Hank, was a little boy, his brown eyes gazing at Yu Sui with admiration. He was truly a wise snow werewolf, able to make such delicious and precious candy!
Xiaochu had already started eating the non-spicy grilled fish that Yu Sui had given him. When he saw the look in Hank's eyes when he looked at Yu Sui, he thought proudly, "Brother is so awesome. I'm the first one to know it."
Yu Sui finished his grilled fish, feeling somewhat guilty. This wasn't something the original owner was supposed to know. How was he going to cover it up this time? The other Snow Werewolves probably wouldn't overthink it, especially since Qi, the main character, wasn't as naive and easily fooled as the other Snow Werewolves. He secretly glanced at Qi, and when he saw he didn't show any particular reaction, he let out a sigh of relief.
"I forgot about them when I first made them a few days ago and left them there. I only remembered them today when I was making fruit candies. Uncle Heiyan, please move them away when you leave," Yu Sui said embarrassedly. He really didn't forget to hand them in on purpose. It just happened that Uncle Heiyan took Qi and the others out those days, and he put the candies in the tent and forgot about them.
Xiaohua slumped over to Xiangcao, happily eating the candy and even biting off half of Karan's portion. Their playdate was a bit far away today, so they hadn't smelled Yu Sui's candy, but luckily she'd caught up. Karan, smiling, waited until Xiaohua had taken half before putting the candy into her own mouth, savoring it slowly and lovingly.
"Are all these going to the tribe?" Heiyan was shocked again. The valuable things obtained by the Snow Wolves, such as the magic cores of high-level monsters killed by Qi himself, do not need to be handed over to the tribe. Yu Sui does not need to hand over these candies, or only needs to hand over a small portion.
"Of course, I can't eat all that candy, and everyone has helped me so much, so I want to contribute back to the tribe," Yu Sui said with a shy smile. If he kept all that candy, Xiaochu and I would definitely break our teeth, and the little ones in the tribe would all have black teeth.
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