Shen Miao refused to believe it and, looking at the colorful juice, decided to try it herself.
Forget it, I can't stomach it.
Honestly, it tasted like water that had been moldy for a long time in a stinky ditch.
"Mother, we're back!"
Several children rushed in from outside, each one covered in sweat from playing.
Shen Miao's eyes lit up, and she said kindly, "You're back! That's perfect. I just made some fresh food. You've come back at just the right time. Come, have a taste."
"Really? Really?" The kids rushed forward.
Qingchen looked at her with a complicated expression, while Shen Miao gave him a smug look.
See? The things you can't drink are what the kids love.
The kids each finished their bowl of drinks in two gulps. Shen Miao stared intently at them and asked impatiently, "How was it? Was it good?"
"It's delicious, sweet and sour, Mommy, is there more?" the children asked loudly.
Qingchen questioned his existence: "Are you sure it tastes good? Does anyone have an upset stomach now?"
Shen Miao protested: "It's just juice, there's no need for that."
The children looked puzzled, touching their round bellies. "No, Daddy, why do you ask that? Did you drink the juice Mommy made too?"
"No." He didn't have the fortune to enjoy that.
Even though the cubs seemed to be fine, Qingchen still felt that the stuff wasn't meant for beastmen to drink.
...
"Waaaaah."
A faint sob was carried by the wind.
As Shen Miao walked along the bumpy, uneven road in the village, a chill ran down her spine.
She looked around but saw nothing, which made her even more uneasy.
She quickened her pace and walked a short distance, but the sobbing was still there. Shen Miao hadn't wanted to pay attention to it, but now she couldn't help herself. She wanted to see who was crying so frighteningly in broad daylight.
Following the sound, I slowly searched and found a small figure huddled in a corner, crying.
This place looks familiar. She looked up and saw that the cat and beast family was right next to her.
The figure crouching and crying was clearly Fulu, the eldest cub of the cat-beastman.
Shen Miao called out, and Fu Lu turned around at the sound. Her face was wet and covered in tears, like a little kitten. She asked curiously, "Why are you hiding here crying? Did the cat beastman hit you?"
"No, no, Father never hits me."
"Oh, then why are you crying?"
Fulu said sadly, "My family has no food left. We'll be starving from now on. Waaah, I don't want to go hungry."
Shen Miao thought to herself, "So that's how it is. The little one is most afraid of going hungry."
The cat-beastmen's situation has never been good. They can't advance in rank, their hunting skills are not high, and they may not be able to bring back food after going into the mountains.
He had no other skills and couldn't earn beast crystals, so he would often go hungry.
Shen Miao had previously taught the cat-beastmen how to raise animals, but unfortunately, the cat-beastmen couldn't even solve their immediate problems. They slaughtered the animals before they could breed.
Seeing the little one crying so pitifully, Shen Miao couldn't help but think back to when she first arrived, when her own children were in a similar situation to Fu Lu, and she felt a pang of sympathy.
"Fu Lu, don't cry. Come here, I'll give you some beast crystals. Tell your father to go to the beast farm and buy some food." Shen Miao took out a few beast crystals and handed them to Fu Lu.
Fulu was a little embarrassed to accept it. She put her hands behind her back, sniffed, and said softly, "Auntie, I can't accept it."
Shen Miao smiled and said, "Take it. When Da Bao's father was first injured, your father helped him. Now I'm repaying your father's kindness."
Hearing her say this, Fu Lu seemed to understand but not quite.
Shen Miao stuffed the beast crystal into his hand and patted his head: "Alright, go inside, your father should be looking for you."
After returning home, Shen Miao was still thinking about the cat-beast family, looking preoccupied.
She told Qingchen about her cat-beastman son hiding outside and crying. A look of helplessness flashed across Qingchen's face. The cat-beastman's family was in a bad situation. He could help them before, but now he was powerless to do anything about it.
Because he himself was supported by female animals.
"Qingchen, I'm planning to tell the cat-beastman how to make blood tofu. What do you think?"
Hunting can't help; it relies on strength and skill, neither of which the cat-beastmen possess, so they have to find other methods.
Teaching him how to make blood tofu was probably the best solution she could think of right now.
"Okay." Qingchen nodded, then asked, "You figured this out yourself, don't you regret giving it away?"
Shen Miao smiled and said, "I can hunt and make salt now, so I don't lack blood tofu. Besides, after I teach them, I can still make it myself. And for the cat beastmen, this may be a life-saving method."
Qingchen looked at her intently.
He could always see something different about Shen Miao.
How much more is she hiding that he doesn't know?
He lowered his eyes, suppressing the deep darkness within them.
The next day, Shen Miao went to the cat-beast's house.
The cat-beastman was also planning to come to Shen Miao's house to thank her in person. When he saw Shen Miao coming over, he quickly invited her in.
"My little one is so ignorant, he took your beast crystal. I was just about to return it." The cat-beastman said somewhat embarrassedly.
Shen Miao waved her hand, "Consider this beast crystal a loan to you. In any case, go buy some food first, so the little ones don't go hungry."
The cat-beastman was somewhat ashamed, "It's because I'm incompetent, otherwise..."
"Brother Cat, don't think so much. Life goes on. When my Qingchen was injured and fell down, I was depressed for a long time. But I figured it out. Life goes on no matter what," Shen Miao comforted her.
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