After taking a short break after lunch, the two continued on the road. This time Zhu Yuanyuan deliberately speeded up.
"People from the herb collection team often wander around. Since we have to go further to find seeds, I might as well stop wandering around and go directly into the old forest."
"Okay," Shiraishi said without objection, "Follow me closely and don't stay too far away."
There are many dangers in the old forest, so be careful. It will be very dangerous if you get separated.
Zhu Yuanyuan patted her pocket and said proudly, "It's okay, I have medicine powder, which can kill even the mutated Jingluo beast."
Shiraishi raised his eyebrows, "So powerful? Are you not lying?"
"That's right," Zhu Yuanyuan said confidently, "The medicinal powder I made is very powerful and the effect is naturally good."
"Really? How come I didn't know that you could defeat the mutated Jingluo beast?" Shiraishi chuckled. "I have only encountered you twice in my life. I didn't expect you to be encountered near the tribe."
"Uh~" Zhu Yuanyuan's eyes were rolling, looking at the sky and the earth, but not at the person who was trying to undermine her.
She just exaggerated the effect, so why bother to get to the bottom of it.
Shiraishi understood, and passed on this frivolous topic without leaving a trace, "There is some movement in the bushes ahead, do you want to go take a look?"
"Yes," Zhu Yuanyuan lowered her voice and said excitedly, "it must be a rabbit or a pheasant. This time it's my turn to show off my skills."
"It could also be a snake," Shiraishi reminded in an unflattering tone.
Zhu Yuanyuan's eyes widened in anger, "Don't be so cunning!"
Bad people will cause trouble.
Thinking that there might be a snake in the bushes, Zhu Yuanyuan's enthusiasm for hunting suddenly dropped to freezing point, and she said sadly, "Go ahead and catch it. I'm tired and want to sit down for a while."
Shiraishi said with a smile, "We just finished lunch, so there's no need to rush to hunt. Let's rest together."
"No," Zhu Yuanyuan pursed her lips and scolded rudely, "You are the one who asked me if I wanted to arrest you. If you say I want to arrest you, you have to arrest me. You can't go back on your word."
"I was wrong," Shiraishi admitted honestly, "I'm going to catch you now."
But before he could take action, the rustling sound coming from the bushes suddenly became louder, and then a green figure jumped out from the other end, but disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Even though it was running very fast, people could still tell it was a snake, a very big, long, and fat emerald green snake.
Zhu Yuanyuan sighed in disappointment, "Let it run away."
She doesn't like catching snakes, but she doesn't dislike eating snake meat, especially the stew of snakes and old hens, which is delicious and nourishing.
Hiss, tears of dissatisfaction flowed from the corners of his mouth.
"Don't worry," Shiraishi comforted with a soft voice, "Snakes often appear in this area. It's still early before the sun sets. I can definitely catch them before I get to the cave where I will rest today."
"Well," Zhu Yuanyuan nodded heavily, "I need to catch a few more."
If you miss a big one, catch a few to make up for it. It will definitely not be a loss.
Although she doesn't want to catch snakes, she can catch rabbits, pheasants, and even larger prey.
The weather is hot, so just two people can't eat hundreds of kilograms of meat, and it's hard to store the meat in space. The rest can only be wasted, so it's enough to eat.
Bai Shi was right. He walked forward and met a snake again not long after. He grabbed the snake with lightning speed and presented it to Zhu Yuanyuan as a treasure. "Look, it's not smaller than the one that ran away just now."
"Stay away from me!" Zhu Yuanyuan took a few steps back and said frantically, "You know I hate snakes but you still stay alive. Is that intentional?"
"How could it be?" Shiraishi finally realized what stupid thing he had done. He quickly got rid of the snake and stuffed it into the animal skin bag he carried with him. "It's okay. Fortunately, there are no snake orcs in the tribe..."
Zhu Yuanyuan sighed, "Yes, fortunately I was not born into a tribe of snake orcs, otherwise it would be hard to say whether I would have survived to adulthood."
Shiraishi was quite speechless, "What you said is so false. You didn't understand anything when you were a cub. How could you be afraid of your own beast form and your own kind? You only feel close to them."
"No," Zhu Yuanyuan retorted loudly, "I didn't feel close to the mutated wild boar when I saw it."
If there were, how could the clansmen be right?
Wild boars are ruthless and will not eat pork.
"You're right to say that," Shiraishi said thoughtfully, "When I meet a mutant tiger, I just want to trample it under my feet."
Speaking of mutant tigers, Zhu Yuanyuan became more energetic, "The mutant tiger skin is very beautiful, but it's a pity that there are none nearby. The big and thick fur is well treated. It should be very warm to sleep in half a bed and half a cover during the snowy season. You don't even need to burn the kang." "
Don't ask her how she knew it, just ask that her master had one, and Xue Ji would take it out.
The big witch lived alone, so the cave space should be enough. However, most of the medicinal materials in the tribe were kept in his place, and there was some room for a few single beds. It seemed very crowded, and he couldn't store much when he was stocking up on firewood in the fall.
Zhu Yuanyuan was worried that her master would not have enough dry firewood in the winter, so she thought about asking people to dig inside and expand the cave. Only after being rejected did she find out that this was the case.
There are too many beasts in the orc world, especially the mutated beasts, which are astonishingly lethal, but there is no saying that they should be protected. Putting aside the past life, let alone killing and skinning and eating meat, don't even think about it. If it is spread, you will know what it is. Social death.
Therefore, no one dares to make any decisions about anything like tiger skin or wolf skin, otherwise they will just wait to cry behind bars!
Things that were once unthinkable have become the norm in this world, making Zhu Yuanyuan sigh and lament the impermanence of life.
Forget it, what if it won't come true after all, she just needs to know that she is very satisfied with her current life, and she can be content with what she has. Greedy people tend to live their lives in a mess.
What Zhu Yuanyuan said was forgotten in the blink of an eye, but Bai Shi kept it silently in his heart, thinking about going farther away if he had time. If he could meet a mutated tiger, Yuan Yuan's favorite big animal skin quilt would be available.
Wait, I seem to hear a strange sound somewhere.
Bai Shi stretched out his hand to stop Zhu Yuanyuan, listened attentively, and after a few seconds, he leaned closer and whispered, "There is the sound of sheep moving ahead."
"I heard it too," Zhu Yuanyuan said not paying much attention. "Ignore them. They get angry after eating mutton in the summer and don't go back to the tribe at night. There is really no need to catch them."
If they met on the way back, she would really catch a few and feed them to the eighty or ninety year old orcs back home.
The cave is humid, and it is easy to get rheumatism if you live for a long time. Even in summer, the elderly will feel cold hands and feet when sleeping at night, but they are reluctant to part with firewood and refuse to burn the kang. It should be better if they drink some mutton soup.
She once made a suggestion to the leader to build a larger house with red bricks and large tiles so that all the old orcs over eighty years old could move in, but the stubborn old people rejected it.
After living for decades, the old orcs have long been accustomed to it. They believe that orcs should live in caves, with big rocks blocking the door, and mutant beasts can't do anything about it. It is safe and trouble-free. It is not safe to burn some adobe to build a house like Zhu Yuanyuan.
There was even an old orc who earnestly advised her, "Don't always do things that don't have what you have. You have to live a steady life." After months of tossing, she still didn't figure it out.
Zhu Yuanyuan suddenly figured out that what she thought was good might not necessarily be what others thought too, and some things should not be rushed.
