Chapter 25: Collecting Nectar
Jian Mo came back, and the others went back.
Jian Mo squatted in front of the flying wing beast and taught it a lesson with a stern face: "Don't do this next time. You must tell me before going out. Sneaking out is not something a child should do." The flying wing beast
squatted there with its head down and a sad face, occasionally making a "嘤" sound, but did not dare to refute.
Jian Mo taught it a lesson in front of its furry head for a long time. Only when he was sure that it really got the lesson did he stand up and plan to cook first.
The flying wing beast raised its head and looked at him cautiously, revealing half of the white of its eyes, looking guilty and pitiful.
Then, it dragged the wood dinggen it had harvested today, put it in front of Jian Mo, and nudged Jian Mo with its big head.
This guy had just been criticized, and he kept his mouth shut and refused to say anything, but the meaning was very obvious - he wanted to give the wood dinggen to Jian Mo.
Seeing that Jian Mo did not take the wood ding root immediately, it became anxious and nudged Jian Mo again, whispering, "Chirp."
As a veterinarian, Jian Mo had heard many people talk about their pets bringing back prey, but this was the first time he had experienced it personally.
He couldn't keep a straight face at all, so he had to touch the flying beast's furry head again, and he and Wu Jiong picked up the wood ding root to go home.
For dinner, Jian Mo steamed two large stone pots of wood ding root, took them out and mashed them, added milk and fried minced meat, and after mixing, he gave a large bucket to the flying beast.
The flying beast was happy again, and kept "Chirp Chirp Chirp" with varying pitches, just like singing, and kept wagging its tail, trying to use its big head to nudge Jian Mo to act coquettishly. It seemed that it had completely forgotten that Jian Mo criticized it.
Jian Mo was no longer angry. He reached out and touched the big head of the flying winged beast, comforting himself: People say that a blow is a good thing, and education requires both criticism and coaxing. He just criticized this guy, and now it's time to coax it.
After interacting with the flying winged beast and returning to the house, Jian Mo seemed a little absent-minded and stumbled when he entered the house.
Wu Jiong seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. He supported him immediately: "What's wrong? Didn't Jiujiu come back?"
Jian Mo: "It's sad because it's back. It's so well-behaved, but we still tie it up."
Jian Mo stood up straight: "I was wondering, can we not tie it up and let it move freely? It regards the tribe as its home and it shouldn't run away."
Without waiting for Wu Jiong to answer, Jian Mo said: "I know there are a lot of children running around in the tribe. But Jiujiu is gentle and smart. If we teach it well, it shouldn't get close to children. Winged beasts are originally... It's not a fierce beast, it's hard to cause any harm to the children."
Wu Jiong: "I'll go ask others tomorrow morning."
Jian Mo thought for a while: "If it doesn't work to keep it in the tribe, we can try to raise it outside and keep it away from the tribe, there won't be any risk. The main thing is that it is so smart and treats us as companions. It's too cruel to tie it up all the time."
Wu Jiong nodded: "Don't worry, I'll discuss it with others tomorrow, and we'll think of a way if it doesn't work."
Wu Jiong did what he said, and went to discuss it with other people in the tribe early the next morning.
The tribe finally agreed that Jiujiu could roam freely, but he couldn't leave the vicinity of their home.
If the flying beast ran out, the patrolling beastmen would tie it back to prevent it from causing any harm to the children in the tribe.
This is as it should be, and Jian Mo has no objection.
It is a happy thing that the flying beast can roam
freely. When Jian Mo went to feed it in the morning, he loosened its leash and told it the good news.
The flying beast tilted its head: "Chirp?"
Jian Mo patted it: "In short, you can only move around near the house. You are not allowed to run outside the tribe, and you are not allowed to bully children. Do you understand?"
The flying beast: "Chirp!"
Jian Mo: "Do you understand
what I said?" No matter what Jian Mo said, it chirped loudly beside him.
Jian Mo was so annoyed by the chirping that he had to say: "Okay, you get used to it first, and I will teach you slowly."
The flying beast itself doesn't like to move much, and it is even less active when winter comes.
Even if Jian Mo and others untie the leash, it will not run around.
After a few days, the family seemed to suddenly understand that Jian Mo and his family were not going to tie it up anymore.
This morning, when Jian Mo was feeding it, its eyes were particularly bright, and it kept chirping in varying pitches, scratching Jian Mo with its claws, and nudging him with its head.
Jian Mo was shaken by the nudging, and didn't understand why the family was so happy?
After a while, Jian Mo suddenly realized that Jiujiu might not want to nudge him, but wanted to carry him on its back, but was not experienced in the business, and failed after trying for a long time.
Stupid Jiujiu.
After reacting, Jian Mo went to find Wu Jiong and told him the news: "Jiujiu seems to want to take me somewhere."
Wu Jiong: "I'll go over and take a look."
When they were going over, the flying beast suddenly raised its head and looked at them hopefully: "Jiujiu."
Jian Mo gestured for it to lie down.
The flying beast understood and readily lay down on the ground. It turned around and signaled Jian Mo and the others to climb on its back: "Jiujiu!"
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong put the reins on it and sat on its back.
After it sat steadily, Jian Mo patted its neck and signaled it to fly.
The flying beast immediately stood up, took a few steps, and flew up with its wings flapping.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong did not control the direction of the flying beast.
The winged beast circled in the air for a few times, as if it understood what they meant. After calling out happily a few times, it flew in a certain direction.
Jian Mo watched for a while, but couldn't tell where the winged beast wanted to go.
It was already winter, and the endless snow completely covered the withered and yellow earth. The fields turned white and unusually clean.
There seemed to be nothing underneath, and even animals rarely appeared.
He turned and asked Wu Jiong, "Where does it want to take us?"
Wu Jiong looked at the direction the winged beast was flying and judged, "It may be the mountain behind the Green Swamp Source, the one next to where we pick noodles."
Jian Mo was puzzled: "There seems to be nothing there now? Could it be that Jiujiu wants to go over there to catch fish?" When
the winged beast heard Jian Mo and the others mention its name, it shouted, "Jiujiu!"
Wu Jiong had a smile on his face: "I guess not, maybe it's looking for something else."
Jian Mo had no idea what the winged beast was looking for.
The winged beast flew for quite a while, and before Jian Mo's face was numb from the wind, they finally arrived at their destination.
The temperature in the valley below was relatively high, and under the snow, some branches could be seen occasionally.
Jian Mo was about to ask what was underneath, but the winged beast had already landed on the ground. Before it could put them down, it stretched out its two front paws, scratched the snow, and called out happily twice: "Chirp!"
Jian Mo leaned over to see.
After the snow was pushed aside, there was actually a field of pink and white flowers underneath.
Most of the flowers are long tubes with tiny petals opened at the top of the tubes, which looks a bit like the shape of the flowers of the hollyhock, but the flower tube of this flower is larger and the petals are smaller.
The flying beast turned to Jian Mo and Wu Jiong and said, "Chirp!"
After that, it turned back, lay on the ground, opened its mouth wide and bit off a series of flowers, and put them in its mouth to chew.
It grinned, its eyes sparkling, and looked very happy: "Chirp."
Jian Mo got off it and understood a little: "This flower is especially delicious?"
Wu Jiong picked a half-opened flower and handed it to him: "It's not that the flower is delicious, it's that there is nectar underneath, and the nectar is delicious."
Jian Mo was very unfamiliar with the word "honey" in the beastman language. He blinked his eyes and thought for a while before he figured out what it was.
Wu Jiong removed the bottom of the flower, sucked it, and said to Jian Mo: "You can eat it like this."
Jian Mo imitated Wu Jiong and sucked the flower.
In an instant, the sweet nectar was sucked into his mouth, and his whole mouth was filled with the sweet taste of nectar.
This was the first time he had tasted such a sweet taste since he came here.
The sweet substances he obtained from other sources were all sour or bitter, but this nectar was sweet! It was
really delicious.
Jian Mo sniffed: "This nectar tastes so good, why don't you come out to collect it?"
Wu Jiong: "It's too far, and if you eat too much of this nectar, you'll get drunk."
Jian Mo: "Get drunk?!"
Wu Jiong nodded: "It's just like drinking too much fruit wine, if you eat too much, you'll get drunk."
Jian Mo turned around and looked at the flying beast that was happily eating the flowers: "Then don't worry about it?"
Wu Jiong: "Everyone knows that if you eat too much of this flower, you'll get drunk, so don't eat too much."
Jian Mo expressed doubt: "Do you think Jiujiu looks reliable?"
Wu Jiong turned around and saw that the flying beast's movements of chewing the flowers had slowed down, squinting its eyes and chewing slowly.
Wu Jiong: "...It's particularly careless."
The flying beast ate too many flowers and was already a little drunk.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong didn't let it eat more, and pushed it aside to rest.
Jian Mo ate a few flowers and felt a little dizzy. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, we can't eat anymore. Let's pick some to take back."
Wu Jiong: "Pick them and eat them?"
Jian Mo thought for a while and said, "Pick them and soak the nectar in water, and then concentrate it to see if we can get a thicker honey water."
Wu Jiong had never thought that this was possible before, and said, "Let's try it."
The two picked the flowers and put them in the basket.
They didn't want to eat the flowers, but wanted the nectar inside, so it didn't matter if they picked them and pressed them tightly in the basket.
They picked them for a day, and when it was evening, the flying beast finally regained consciousness.
The two tied two large baskets of flowers to the flying beast and rode it back.
The flying beast didn't fly as fast as before, but it was in a good mood and kept chirping all the way.
Jian Mo knew before that it might be a chatterbox, but this was the first time he realized the power of its chatterbox. He felt a little dizzy because of its chattering.
Jian Mo leaned on Wu Jiong and whispered, "We have to train it next time so that it won't bark."
Wu Jiong: "It ate too many flowers today and is quite excited. Normally, if you pat it, it won't bark."
That's right, normally the flying beast is very obedient to commands.
Today it was too excited, so Jian Mo patted it and it would be quiet for a while, but after a while it couldn't help chirping again.
Jian Mo guessed that it was not only excited because it ate too many flowers, but also because it was particularly happy to share these edible flowers with them.
In this case, Jian Mo couldn't restrain it any longer and could only bear with it.
They returned to the tribe, and the winged beast went back to its den to rest.
Jian Mo and Wu Jiong took out the flowers and processed them quickly while they were still fresh.
They put the flowers in a large wooden basin, removed the bottom, and soaked out the nectar. After
soaking again and again, the water in the basin quickly turned brown, exuding a sweet honey aroma and a faint smell of wine.
Jian Mo lit a fire and put the nectar water on the fire to boil slowly.
After the honey water boiled, the alcohol and water slowly evaporated, and the water inside became more and more viscous. As it boiled, it exuded a charming aroma.
By bedtime, the honey water became more and more viscous, even a bit like the texture of maltose.
It looked completely like syrup.
Jian Mo couldn't help it, and made three cups of honey tea, one for him, one for Wu Jiong, and one for the winged beast.
Having something sweet before going to bed may not be healthy, but it really makes you feel happy.
Because he drank honey tea, which may have residual alcohol in it, Jian Mo slept very soundly that night.
So a loud noise in the middle of the night scared him so much that he sat up suddenly, his heart pounding.
"What happened?" Jian Mo paused for a few seconds before he remembered where he was. He asked Wu Jiong in a hoarse voice, "Did it thunder?"
Wu Jiong came over and tucked the quilt for him: "No, it's snowing heavily outside. Maybe something was crushed. It's okay."
Jian Mo: "Is it a tree?"
Wu Jiong: "Probably not. I'll go out and take a look."
Jian Mo tried to crawl out of the quilt: "I'll go too."
Wu Jiong pushed him back forcefully, "It's snowing heavily outside. It's cold and slippery. It's not safe. You should continue to sleep. I'll go take a look."
Jian Mo moved uneasily. He seldom saw this side of Wu Jiong. He didn't know what happened outside, which made him a little panicked.
Wu Jiong patted him through the animal skin quilt, "Go to sleep quickly. I'll transform into an animal and go out. Nothing will happen."
Jian Mo: "Okay, call me if you have anything."
Wu Jiong nodded and left quickly.
After a long while, Jian Mo's heart was still pounding and couldn't slow down.
He lay alone in the dark, tossing and turning, but couldn't fall asleep.
The weather today was extremely cold. He moved a little, and all the heat in the quilt escaped. His feet were as cold as iron, and he couldn't fall asleep.
After an unknown amount of time, he heard some movement downstairs, so he raised his voice and called out, "Wu Jiong?"
"It's me." Wu Jiong's deep voice rang out.
Jian Mo instantly felt extra safe and breathed a sigh of relief: "You're back? How's it outside? What happened?"
Wu Jiong: "Two families' houses collapsed."
Jian Mo immediately asked: "Are they all okay?"
Wu Jiong: "Nothing serious, the two beastmen were slightly injured, they've been treated, I'll ask them to come back to see you tomorrow."
Jian Mo replied, "Okay."
Not long after, Wu Jiong came up from downstairs with a charcoal brazier in his hand.
The charcoal fire ignited, emitting an orange-red flame.
He put down something in his hand, and then put the charcoal brazier back.
Jian Mo looked closely, and after a while he realized that there were two stones under the charcoal brazier.
Wu Jiong walked to the window and moved the bark window open: "Go to sleep."
Jian Mo felt that the temperature in the room had risen slightly, but he still couldn't sleep, so he couldn't help asking: "Can the house be collapsed by the heavy snow so easily?"
Wu Jiong: "The two collapsed houses are the homes of single beastmen."
Jian Mo didn't quite understand: "Ah?"
Wu Jiong explained: "The fathers of both families went out to travel, and no one took care of the family, and they didn't repair the house. A few days ago, the foot of their house was loosened by the melted snow, and today the roof collapsed under the heavy snow."
Jian Mo didn't know what to say when he heard this.
Wu Jiong whispered: "Go to sleep, it's almost dawn."
Jian Mo responded softly and prepared to sleep.
It was too cold, and Jian Mo's feet took a long time to warm up.
He tossed and turned but still couldn't fall asleep. Wu Jiong heard the noise, so he moved the charcoal brazier away, transformed into a giant wolf, and slept next to him.
Jian Mo felt a little uncomfortable.
Wu Jiong whispered, "In winter, everyone will turn into beasts and sleep together, otherwise it will be too cold. This is our old tradition."
Jian Mo relaxed a little: "Yeah."
Uncomfortable as it was, it was really comfortable to sleep next to a giant wolf.
Jian Mo fell asleep quickly next to the warm giant wolf, and woke up late the next day.
It snowed all night and was still snowing the next day.
The snow was up to their thighs, and they had nothing to do. After feeding the tuo beast and the flying beast and lighting the charcoal brazier for them, the two took out the animal skins to wash them.
The beastmen are used to taking out the animal skins after the new snow falls, patting them in the snow, cleaning off the grease and dirt on them, making them drier and fresher.
Jian Mo had heard before that people in the north would use snow to wash mink skins, but he didn't expect that the beastmen also had this tradition. He felt very friendly for a moment.
When they were washing the animal skins, Ban Ming and several beastmen dragged an orc to them.
The beastmen pulled and tugged, and the beastman being pulled looked reluctant.
Jian Mo had a face full of question marks.
Ban Ming greeted him warmly: "Brother Jian Mo."
Jian Mo stood up straight: "What happened?"
The beastmen talked at once:
"Ahu's house collapsed last night."
"He slept in beast form, but he didn't expect the house to collapse. Not only did it hit his head, but it also broke his butt."
"The chief asked him to come to see you during the day yesterday, but he was embarrassed to come, so we brought him here."
The beastman Ahu is a tall and thin young man with amber eyes and fair skin.
At this time, he was so angry that his face turned red: "Whose butt is broken?!"
Ban Ming: "You! Don't you have a few holes on your butt?"
Ah Hu reached out and patted Ban Ming's head: "No!"
Ban Ming didn't mind at all, and pulled him together with other orcs: "Hey, we all saw it, what are you embarrassed about?"
Ah Hu was very embarrassed and refused to come over: "No."
Ban Ming: "Are you embarrassed to show it to the Asian orcs? Don't be shy, Jian Moge is a doctor, so many orc warriors at the hunting meeting were treated by him, you are not special."
Ah Hu's face was about to burn: "Their injuries are not on their butts!!!"
Ban Mingbai pulled him with a smile: "Some are injured on their thighs. Besides, if you don't let Brother Jian Mo see it now, you will come to him when the injury becomes serious. By then, you will probably be in so much pain that you won't care about any beastmen or sub-beastmen."
The beastmen around added: "A Hu is in so much pain. When he was a child, he cried because of the pain of losing his teeth."
Jian Mo understood what he meant and said sympathetically: "If it's inconvenient to be in human form, you can turn into a beast form and let me see."
A Hu nodded, turned around with red ears, and turned into a long-haired cat that looked like a tiger and a cat, looking a bit like an enlarged version of an orange cat.
What Jian Mo didn't expect was that the first thing he did after turning into a beast form was to chase and beat his friends in beast form.
The beastmen couldn't stand being beaten by the big cat, so they quickly changed back to beast form and fled.
Then, Jian Mo saw a big orange cat using cat fists to beat a group of big cats and dogs.
The angry big orange cat won an overwhelming victory and beat a group of big cats and dogs until they screamed.
It was quite cute.
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