Chapter 108 Meeting on a narrow road
Perhaps because he finally got the rice he had longed for, Jian Mo slept very soundly that night.
When he fell asleep, the corners of his mouth kept curling up.
The next day, when it was his usual time to get up, he did not wake up, and slept soundly with a thin animal fur blanket.
Until a loud voice shouted downstairs: "Chief, it's not good, the people of the Baizhi tribe are blocked by the people of the Yuqi tribe——"
This loud voice was like thunder in a clear sky, which woke Jian Mo up immediately.
He shook a little and sat up holding the quilt.
The loud voice below continued, "People from the two tribes are fighting right now, right outside our tribe!"
Jian Mo got down barefoot, picked up the clothes beside him and put them on hastily, hopping on one foot and shouting to Wu Jiong, "What's going on? I want to go see it too!"
Wu Jiong was obviously almost at the door, but he walked back and his voice reached Jian Mo's ears from far away, "Okay."
Jian Mo put on his clothes, put on his animal leather sandals and ran out.
Wu Jiong was waiting at the stairs. Jian Mo was too lazy to go downstairs, so he jumped down directly and threw himself into Wu Jiong's arms, "Hurry up, let's go see it."
Wu Jiong pulled him outside, and turned back into a giant wolf in the yard. Then, led by the giant cat waiting outside, the two giant beasts ran out of the tribe.
They explained the situation while running.
Jian Mo listened for a long time before he understood the whole story.
It turned out that the people of the Baizhi tribe felt too tired yesterday evening, so they flew out of their tribe and rested in the wild.
Unexpectedly, the news of their coming to the Riverside Tribe was not kept secret at all. When they set out, the people of the Yuqi tribe already knew about it and kept chasing after them.
Just when they were resting outside, the people of the Yuqi tribe finally arrived and blocked them outside.
The people of the two tribes started quarreling.
As the masters of this territory, the people of the Riverside tribe could not tolerate them quarreling or even fighting outside, so they hurried to find Wu Jiong.
If someone was killed in the fight between the Baizhi tribe and the Yuqi tribe, the Riverside tribe would be wronged.
The giant cat and the giant wolf were running very fast. While they were talking, they had already crossed the river and ran into the woods outside.
Before entering the woods, Jian Mo heard a very familiar quarreling sound.
The chirping sound was clearly made by the people of the Baizhi tribe.
There was another "meow, meow" sound, which did not sound like the voice of the people of their riverside tribe.
Could it be that the beasts of the Yuqi tribe are also cats?
Jian Mo lay on the giant wolf to see more clearly.
With his hard work, he soon saw that the group of giant beasts with gray fur confronting the fat birds in the woods.
Wait, isn't that a caracal?
Jian Mo widened his eyes and identified it carefully.
The ones facing the fat birds were really big caracals.
The caracals were not that big, just a little bit bigger than the fat ones, and the two sides were arguing back and forth.
When the giant cat and the giant wolf came over, the fat ones seemed to have finally found their backbone, and turned around and shouted: "Chief Wu Jiong! It is these guys who bullied us, stole our supplies, and scolded our people. Please help us get justice!"
The big caracals looked at Wu Jiong and his friends in confusion.
After understanding the fat birds' accusation, the big caracals were furious: "Don't you guys bully us or scold us?" The
fat birds ignored the caracals and only looked at the riverside tribe: "We wanted to go back and bring you supplies,
but these guys wouldn't let us!" The big caracals: "Isn't it just supplies? Which tribe doesn't have them? We also brought a lot of supplies today! You want to leave after scolding us? You won't get away with it that easily. "
The fat birds: "You were the ones who scolded us first!"
The big caracals: "No, you were the first ones to speak!"
The fat birds were so angry that they flapped their wings: "You are talking nonsense, you dug our nest first, and you even trained your little ones to dig our nest!"
The caracals were so angry that they shouted loudly: "You are still shitting on our heads!"
The last word was broken, almost like a tearful accusation.
Jian Mo and the others were silent after hearing it.
The caracals were filled with grievance when they talked about this, and turned to the people of the Riverside Tribe and said, "Do you know how excessive they are? This is not the first or second time they have pooped, and they specifically poop on our beast-shaped heads, and each time they poop is different!!!"
Jian Mo was stared at and fell silent for a moment: "Those with white fur poop black, those with black fur poop white, and those with gray fur poop spotted?"
The caracals were stunned: "How do you know?"
Jian Mo coughed lightly, touched his nose, and stopped talking.
The fat birds were so angry that they cursed wildly: "We have already started fighting, what's wrong with using some tricks? Are your fighting methods so clean? All the little guys who sneaked, robbed, followed and instigated rebellion in our tribe have come..."
The fat birds cursed with reason and evidence, and their words were particularly fluent and their voices were particularly clear.
The caracals tried to refute at first, but after just a few rebuttals, they found that they couldn't win.
A big caracal was so angry that it rushed over, pushed a big fat bird down, pressed its butt down, sat on the big fat bird, and pressed it completely.
The big fat bird: "Ga!"
The white eyes were pressed out.
Jian Mo: “…”
Qing Kuo: “…”
The orcs and sub-beastmen of the Riverside Tribe: “…”
The remaining fat birds were fed up and flew up immediately, planning to start shitting.
Jian Mo and the others widened their eyes.
Seeing this, the fat birds withdrew their plans and chased the giant caracals madly to peck at them.
As cats, the giant caracals naturally restrained the fat birds. Upon seeing this, they immediately showed their claws, began to pounce, and tried to sit on the fat birds and press them with their buttocks.
It was not a big deal, but it was extremely insulting.
The sub-beastmen of the two tribes screamed and pounced on each other at the same time, ready to fight.
The beastmen from both tribes were relatively small, so when they fought, it was like a fight between teenagers.
Wu Jiong couldn't stand it anymore, so he said to Ban Ming and the others behind him, "Go up and stop the fight."
Ban Ming and the others had been waiting on the side for a long time, and they were very excited when they heard the order, and immediately changed back to beast form and ran forward.
This group of big cats joined the battlefield, some holding the fat chub, some holding the caracal, and didn't let go of either side.
After a burst of feathers and animal hair flying around, the scene finally calmed down.
Wu Jiong looked at them: "Change back to human form and discuss slowly."
Caracals: "Let us go first, meow!"
Fat Birds: "That's right, if you hold us down, how can we change?"
Wu Jiong: "We can let you go, but if you fight again, our Riverside Tribe will ask both of your tribes for an explanation."
The caracals and Fat Birds froze and reluctantly agreed.
Jian Mo saw something and whispered in Wu Jiong's ear: "Are they all teenagers?"
Wu Jiong nodded.
Jian Mo said, why are the people from the two tribes so childish?
It turns out they are all teenagers.
That's understandable, Ban Ming and the others are also quite childish.
After everyone changed back to human form, Wu Jiong asked everyone to go back to the Riverside Tribe to discuss.
It's not far now, just cross the river, there's no need to change into beast form.
The people from the Baizhi and Yuqi tribes were no longer quarreling, but they were walking on opposite sides of the road, ignoring each other.
Jian Mo found it funny to see their chins raised. They
were indeed energetic teenagers, coming all the way to another tribe to quarrel.
Jian Mo asked Wu Jiong, "What should we do now?"
Wu Jiong, "Wait a moment and see if the people from the two tribes come out to look for them. If not, let them stay for two days and let them go back at different times."
Jian Mo smiled, "Which tribe should go back first and which should go back later? The two tribes will quarrel again over the time to go back, right?"
Wu Jiong, "Draw lots."
The people from the Riverside tribe looked around, and sure enough, the adults from the Baizhi and Yuqi tribes came out to look for them, and the chiefs of the two tribes led the team out in person.
The adults of the two tribes all looked very elegant and polite.
Especially the two chiefs.
The chief of the Baizhi tribe was called Zuozhi, a tall and good-looking sub-beastman.
The chief of the Yuqi tribe was called Qiming, who was also very good-looking and had the unique fierce temperament of a feline beastman.
The two chiefs met in the Riverside tribe and apologized to each other. It seemed that they had a pleasant exchange.
Jian Mo felt that he could not understand the relationship between these tribes.
After a brief exchange of ideas, Zhu Zhi looked at Jian Mo and the others and said, "We are sorry to bother you this time. We brought some rice to you as compensation."
Qi Ming said, "We are the same. This time it was our fault. We specially prepared five baskets of rice as compensation."
Zhu Zhi said, "In addition to five baskets of rice as compensation, we also brought some special nuts and berries. You can try them."
Qi Ming said, "I heard that Doctor Jian Mo likes spices very much. We brought some spices that are unique to the tribe. Do you like them?"
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Jian Mo listened to them arguing and vying to exchange things. He realized that the adults of the two tribes were only peaceful on the surface, but in fact they were not much more mature than the teenagers.
It seemed that the two tribes really didn't get along.
How does the saying go? When the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman benefits.
Jian Mo felt that if they quarreled a few more times, they would compete to give gifts to the Riverside Tribe.
Even if the people of the Baizhi Tribe and the Yuqi Tribe were willing to give, Wu Jiong and his people had no intention of taking advantage.
These materials could be exchanged for whatever they should be exchanged for.
However, the quarrel between the two tribes did bring some convenience to the Riverside Tribe. Normally, the Riverside Tribe could not get such a favorable exchange method, nor could they exchange for so many exclusive good things.
Jian Mo had never thought that he could exchange for so much pearl rice this year, which was enough to eat for a year.
And if he wanted to exchange so much normally, he would at least have to pay a little.
Now the two tribes are almost half exchange and half gift, not only did he not bleed, but he also got a small advantage.
After the exchange, the people of the Baizhi Tribe and the Yuqi Tribe had no intention of keeping any more.
Zhu Zhi said to Jian Mo elegantly: "I heard that you, Doctor Jian Mo, are looking for chili peppers. We will send someone to tell you when we have news."
Qi Ming smiled gently and said: "We will also help. Doctor Jian Mo, just listen to our news."
Jian Mo hurriedly said: "Thank you for the trouble."
Both of them nodded to Jian Mo, indicating that you are welcome.
After the people from the two tribes left, the Riverside Tribe returned to peace.
Jian Mo put his arms around Wu Jiong's shoulders and jumped onto his back: "I didn't expect the people from the two tribes to be like this."
Wu Jiong: "The two tribes aren't that hostile."
Jian Mo: "They've already started fighting, isn't that considered hostility?"
Wu Jiong nodded: "Many people are fighting for fun, and it seems like they have fun with each other. The atmosphere between Zuozhi and Qiming is also different."
Jian Mo: "???"
Jian Mo: "That's what I thought . That one is different? !”
Wu Jiong nodded again: “Maybe someday, the two tribes will merge into one.”
Jian Mo’s mouth was about to open: “No way? How did you find out? I didn’t find anything!”
Wu Jiong stretched out his hand and rubbed his head: “I liked you at the beginning, didn’t you not find out for a long time?”
Jian Mo opened his mouth to explain, but after thinking about it, he really didn’t feel that Wu Jiong had that intention for a long time. He couldn’t
compare to Wu Jiong’s sharpness, so forget it.
People from the two tribes came and left, leaving behind a lot of pearl rice and other seeds.
Jian Mo couldn't help it, so he asked the tribe members to help him open up the wasteland, and he opened up a large piece of land on the other side of the river.
A lot of fertilizers have been accumulated in the past six months, and they have all fermented, just right to be used as base fertilizer in the wasteland.
The beastmen and sub-beastmen in the tribe are all very strong, and Jian Mo doesn't need to do anything else to help with the work, they just want to eat the meals they cook.
Jian Mo worked hard to go home and cook big meals every day, whether it was braised pork, braised bird nuggets, steamed fish, or fried shrimps, they were all warmly welcomed by the people who came to help.
In particular, Jian Mo can make some pastries, such as buns, flower rolls, etc., which are even more praised.
Inspired by the food, a lot of wasteland on the other side of the river was opened up.
Most of them are Jian Mo's family land, and a small part is the tribe's public farmland and land opened up by others.
Jian Mo led everyone in breeding and planting.
After half a month of busy work, lush seedlings grew in the fields on the other side of the river. Compared with the original bushes and weeds, these seedlings were particularly neat and green.
Every time Jian Mo passed by the river, he was filled with a sense of accomplishment.
This large piece of land will bring them huge harvests in autumn and winter.
Although farming is a bit tiring, and the harvested crops are not much more than those collected outside, the crops grown are much more delicious than those collected.
Others can endure it, but he can't.
He just wants to eat all kinds of delicious things, even if it takes a lot of sweat, he is willing to work hard to improve the quality of life.
On this day, Jian Mo went to inspect the fields again, and after returning, he said to Wu Jiong: "We may have to build a granary."
The food that their family had harvested before was piled on the second floor.
As the harvest increased, the second floor was filled with boxes on three walls and bags on one wall. The boxes were piled up one after another and almost became a wall. It looked very messy and uncomfortable to live in.
If there was no warehouse, the second floor would be flooded after another harvest in the fall.
Not only would it be unsightly, but it would also be a huge safety hazard when lighting the charcoal pot.
Wu Jiong had heard him mention it twice and had a plan: "When the weather is sunny for a while, we will use stones to renovate the animal shed at the back, raise the oxen in the lower part and use the upper part as a granary."
Jian Mo immediately said: "I think it's okay, we can build another warehouse and also build a bathroom behind the kitchen."
They don't have a proper bathroom yet, they just use animal skins to surround it.
Wu Jiong agreed: "We will replace more stones during this period, and we will start the construction when the materials are ready."
Jian Mo was very excited: "I will draw the design first, and we will plan the renovation well this year!"
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