The swallowtail butterfly was indignant.
She's seen all sorts of good things since she was little, and she gets whatever she wants. Wherever she goes, she's the center of attention.
This summer suddenly became beautiful and stole my thunder. Humph, serves her right for not being able to afford food!
"Butterfly, stop talking." Sifu stepped forward to persuade her. She was a little annoyed. This Butterfly was always aloof and unreasonable.
"Get away from me! I didn't say anything wrong!" Butterfly pushed Sifu away and said righteously.
Sephora was speechless.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. She awakened a superpower, and her beast form is a phoenix, a rare sight in a hundred years. The witch doctor said she is in good health and can have many offspring.
She was pampered from a young age, getting whatever she wanted, which fostered her spoiled and willful personality.
Sephora ignored her.
But the swallowtail butterfly persisted: "Silph, are you doing this on purpose? Lionrock likes me, and you two are always trying to steal my mate. You and Summer are both bad females."
midsummer:……
"You can't get through this, huh? She's getting shot even though she's just lying here."
Seph's face was grim. A year ago, she was rejected by Lionrock, and Phoenix Butterfly bumped into her.
Lionrock wasn't even paired up back then. Now that you've marked them all, who would want them? And you're bringing it up again, humph!
I'm so angry! That swallowtail butterfly is such a nuisance!
Sheng Xia watched from the sidelines, feeling overwhelmed. It seemed she needed to find an opportunity to explain things to her. The female lead's possessiveness, well, she could understand it.
The warriors who were protecting them were too scared to speak. Females arguing is terrifying. Please, please don't let them fight!
Chengguo pulled Shengxia along, saying, "Ignore her. That swallowtail butterfly is wicked. Let's go ahead. There's a big patch of twisted fruit there, and they're sweet and sour."
When it came to gathering, Shengxia's eyes lit up, and she grabbed Chengguo and headed away.
Before long, a large patch of bright red raspberries came into view, their delicate, translucent, and plump berries making one's mouth water.
The raspberry bushes in the Beast World are huge, with vines spreading out as far as the eye can see, and the females can only pick them from one end.
Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the raspberries here have no thorns, a delightful surprise in the height of summer.
She tasted one; it was incredibly sweet. Looking at the vast expanse of raspberries, she felt great—it was all jam!
Summer turned around and looked at the nearest male: "Hello, could you help me pick some palm leaves?"
The male was flattered and quickly agreed, then turned around and picked leaves from a nearby tree.
In less than five minutes, large, clean leaves were delivered to Shengxia.
Sheng Xia smiled and said, "Thank you."
"No need to thank me, it's my pleasure." Mu Sheng scratched his head sheepishly and stepped aside.
Helping a female with chores is a rare and wonderful thing, and he was bubbling with happiness. She looked so sweet when she said thank you.
The males nearby kept a safe distance, their eyes never leaving the females they were protecting.
Mu Sheng was protecting the summer. He watched with curiosity as the female picked a lot of twisted fruits, carefully wrapped them in leaves, put them in her basket, and started picking again.
She seems to really like this berry?
There are so many, they'll break tomorrow. Should he go over and remind them?
In the height of summer, I listened to the gossip around me and happily picked fruit.
It's so nice that the plants are big; I don't even have to squat down to pick the raspberries.
Chengguo loves eating twisted fruit; she picks and eats it as she goes, finding it sweet and delicious, like honey.
Looking up, she saw that Shengxia's basket was almost full and exclaimed in surprise, "You picked so much, it will spoil tomorrow."
After Chengguo finished speaking, he kept following the female in the height of summer with his peripheral vision, stopped what he was doing, and pricked up his ears. The warrior protecting the female beside him also listened attentively.
We picked so many in the middle of summer, maybe we know how to preserve them!
She knows how to preserve food, but will she tell me? She probably will; she taught me about rice and such in the summer!
Shengxia was unaware of the expectations in the hearts of the beastmen around her.
She smiled mischievously and winked, "It won't spoil. Pick more, and we'll make jam when we get back. It can last a long time."
Of course I'd think of my sisters when I get something good. I'm in a great mood this summer; it was definitely the right decision to come out for some fresh air.
The females gathered in twos and threes, and when they heard Shengxia say that the jam could be stored for a long time, they all came over.
"Can this fruit be kept for a long time?"
Twisty fruit is delicious, but it doesn't keep well; it spoils after just one day.
Some orcs tried to dry fruit, but before it was fully dried, it became watery, smelled sour and rancid, and eating it would cause stomach aches.
"Yes, this fruit spoils very easily. Do you have a way to preserve it during the height of summer?"
"Wow, Shengxia, how come you can do everything?"
Looking at the excited eyes, Sheng Xia smiled and said, "It can be made into jam and kept for a month. If you want to learn, pick more and I'll teach you when we get back."
After pausing, he added, "Have your partners come and learn."
"Great! Great!" Everyone cheered and dispersed.
For a moment, the picking team was more united than ever before. Everyone lowered their heads to pick fruit, and no one talked about gossip anymore.
Swallowtail: Are you being polite?
midsummer:……
Without gossip, even fruit doesn't taste good.
The males stared wide-eyed at each other, bewildered. What were they supposed to do by asking the females to work?
Everyone was quick to join the picking team; they only picked a little to play with, not wanting the females to get too tired.
And jam and stuff like that sound sweet and delicious!
Upon hearing that the fruit could be preserved, they became incredibly excited, eager to pick all the fruit in front of them at once.
They also made several large baskets, like in the height of summer, and wrapped the fruit in leaves before putting them inside.
Sheng Xia smiled so broadly that her eyes disappeared. She knew that the Beast World would not overlook any method of preserving food.
Things will get better and better.
Before long, the females stopped chatting and went back to their conversation. Shengxia breathed a sigh of relief and pricked up her ears, thinking that eating melons while picking them was still the best way to enjoy them.
"It's so strange that this tree trunk grows fruit," Yan'er exclaimed in surprise.
"This one is inedible; all these fruits have grown for nothing."
In the height of summer, I heard someone say that the tree had borne fruit but it was inedible, so I looked up.
!!
What did she see?
Pine oil!
Pine oil can be used to make candles!
Even though I'm afraid of the dark, I saw someone making traditional candles on Douyin (TikTok) and couldn't help but click to watch the whole process.
Seeing pine resin reminded me that she could make candles.
Pine oil candles can easily blacken your nostrils, but they're still good for occasional emergency use.
Sheng Xia looked at Mu Sheng with bright, sparkling eyes: "Mu Sheng, right? Can you do me a favor?"
Mu Sheng, who was picking fruit while keeping an eye on Sheng Xia whom he was protecting, immediately came over when he heard her speak: "Okay, what do you need me to do?"
"See this white thing on the tree trunk? Help me get it down. I'll take as many as you want. I'll make some candles for you when I get back," Sheng Xia said with a smile.
I'll make a pine resin candle for now, and then move on to beeswax when I have the means!
People were a little curious when they saw that in the height of summer, people were going to pick the white fruit from the tree. They wondered why pick it if they couldn't eat it.
The swallowtail butterfly pouted; it was just making a fuss over nothing!
Orange Fruit voiced everyone's question: "Can this be eaten?"
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