"I'm sorry, it's all because of me. I've caused you trouble." Lu Mian'er apologized to Hu Min and Long Yu with a guilty look on her face.
If it weren't for her, Long Yu wouldn't have been injured, and Hu Min wouldn't have offended Li Sha.
Li Sha was fierce and rude, and he would definitely not let them go easily.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What does that kind of bastard's mistake have to do with you?" Hu Min glared at Lu Mian'er angrily, and was very opposed to her taking the responsibility on herself.
After that, without giving her a chance to speak, she lowered her head and asked Long Yu:
"Yu'er, how are you? Did you fall somewhere?"
"I'm fine, grandma." Long Yu stood up, shaking his head.
His mouth was covered with Li Sha's blood, and it didn't hurt when he fell on the snow, but he was not injured.
Hu Min heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"Lu Mian'er, you will follow me from now on. If he dares to bully you again, you will kick him in the vitals so that he can't have cubs in the future. Then see how he can bully you again."
"Thank you, Auntie Min, I'll remember that." Lu Mian'er bit her lip and nodded seriously.
She had to protect herself and couldn't cause trouble for everyone again.
"Long Yu, thank you for helping me just now." Lu Mian'er looked at the little cub beside her with gratitude.
He was only half her height, but he was so brave. He was worthy of being a petite cub, as powerful as Jiao Jiao!
Even the cub was so brave, how could she be weaker than the cub.
Long Yu nodded to her and ran to pick up the food that had fallen on the ground.
After the farce, Liza didn't send anyone to cause trouble, probably because he was badly injured and was still
trying to stop the bleeding. During the break, the other females knew what had just happened and gathered together to prevent any females from being bullied alone.
Long Xiu didn't like to stay with everyone, so he and Long Yu found a quiet place nearby and sat down to eat bacon.
"Brother, when his injury heals, he will definitely take revenge on us." Long Xiu, who was always taciturn, took the initiative to speak.
"Yeah." Long Yu frowned, unable to deny it.
We have to think of a way to prevent Liza from taking revenge on them.
The two brothers looked at each other, one deep and the other shrewd, and their thoughts were the same.
...
When they were about to set off, the rat beastmen came to count the number of people. After
Shu Er counted, he found that the number was not bad, and was about to go back to report to Lizard Sha and let the team set off.
When he was leaving, a small hand grabbed the hem of his clothes. He looked back and found that it was Long Xiu with poor eyesight.
Shu Er looked at his companion who had already walked away, hesitated for a moment, bent down, did not pull his hand away, and asked in a low voice:
"What do you want?"
He knew the feeling of living under someone else's roof. This kid was very pitiful and had a congenital disability. He would help him if he could.
"Uncle, my eldest brother and grandmother hurt Boss Lisha today. I'm sorry. I apologize to Boss Lisha on their behalf. Can you help me to intercede for him and ask him not to deal with them?"
Long Xiu's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of white mist. Shu Er could see his eyes as soon as he lowered his head. They were empty and lifeless.
He couldn't bear it any more.
"You offended Boss Lisha last time. You hurt him this time. He's angry now. It's useless for me to intercede for you. You should stay away from him recently. Don't provoke Boss Lisha again."
Shu Er sighed and advised.
"Then..." Long Xiu hesitated for a moment, and continued: "I have some news I want to tell Boss Lisha, can you help me convey it?"
After saying that, as if afraid that Shu Er would not agree, he continued to explain:
"It's about supplies. I want to make up for my mistake and let Boss Lisha spare my brother and grandmother."
"Okay, you tell me what message you want to convey." Shu Er nodded. He could still help with this small matter.
Long Xiu turned around and looked around. Seeing that the other beastmen were not paying attention to him this time, he whispered:
"In addition to fruit smoked meat, our tribe's supplies also include a kind of pickled meat, which is pickled with salt. It tastes very good and can also replenish salt. It's in the animal skin bag at the bottom. You probably don't know."
He had secretly observed these days and found that these beastmen had not carefully counted the supplies. They ate whatever they got and distributed whatever they got.
However, most of the meat was kept for themselves, and the fruits were distributed to them.
"Made with salt?" Shu Er was shocked and couldn't help but sigh.
"Your tribe is really extravagant!"
Long Xiu pursed his lips, as if he had made some important decision, and continued in a low voice:
"Our tribe also has an important material, which is salt flower. As long as it is ground into powder, it can be eaten like salt and placed at the bottom like pickled meat."
"Now that there is a shortage of salt in winter, can you ask Boss Liza to look at the salt and show mercy to my eldest brother and grandmother..."
Long Xiu said, while putting his hands together in pleading, begging Shu Er.
"This..." Shu Er was so shocked that he couldn't speak a complete sentence.
After a while, he came back to his senses and nodded happily.
"Don't worry, I will convey this to you. Boss Liza will definitely be very happy and may spare you."
He patted Shu Er on the shoulder and turned to find Liza to report.
Looking at the blurry back of Shu Er, the expression on Long Xiu's face disappeared completely, and he turned indifferent and returned to Long Yu.
The team set off quickly.
"Are you done?"
"Okay, the rest depends on big brother."
Long Yu came over to help him, and the two supported each other and followed the team. The crunching sound of snow covered their voices.
...
In the evening.
The team stopped again to set up camp, preparing to rest in the original place for a night and set out again early the next morning.
The giant lizard orcs got the news from Long Xiu and began to count the supplies. Sure enough, they found salty meat and a lot of salt flowers in the back.
"This kid actually hid so many good things. In view of so much salt, let's let them go this time."
Liza was delighted to see these supplies.
Salt is a good thing, and even if he secretly hides some, the leader will not know.
His face was covered in blood from being hit during the day, but he was not seriously injured, just a few cuts, scabs, and a slightly crooked nose. Seeing these things, the pain was gone.
"Come on, take these pickled meats and salt away, I need to have a good rest tonight!"
Liza waved his hand, and took his men to carry the pickled meat and salt away. Under the envious gazes of many orcs, he began to eat the pickled meat.
The fresh prey caught in the past few days was also roasted, and a handful of salt was sprinkled on it luxuriously, and he ate it with big mouthfuls, enjoying it with relish.
The other orcs could only look on with envy.
They had been out for so long, and they had absorbed salt by drinking blood on the road, and had never eaten any meat with flavor.
Liza ate a lot of salt, drank several jars of water, burped with a mouth full of salt, and fell asleep with a satisfied look on his face.
It was late at night
and the animals were asleep.
Liza suddenly shuddered and was awakened by the urge to urinate. He pulled up his pants and walked into the darkness with his legs tucked together.
He didn't notice the figure following him from a distance.