LSLFBW: Chapter 13

Mornings in the tribe were always the busiest time.

Adult horned beastmen like Lang Ze had already carried huge stone jars to the waterfall to fetch water before dawn. The water was needed to meet the tribe’s needs for the day.

After the weather cleared up, Yang Luo asked people to move two large stone pots outside the cave.

The plants outside the cave could no longer maintain their wild growth due to the invasion of the beastmen. They were forced to give up a large piece of land.

The land where the weeds had just been pulled out was still a bit muddy and wasn’t very flat, but the range of the children’s activities suddenly became larger.

Right now, Hu Xue and She Li, who were responsible for making breakfast, were already outside the cave.

They grabbed fire from the fire at the entrance of the cave, lit the firewood pile under the stone pot and took out some wild vegetables and meat from the corner of the cave that was specially used to store food.

Qi Bai saw that a lot of collected firewood had been piled up outside the stone wall of the cave.

As the heavy rain passed, the animals gradually returned to the mountains and forests. The hunting team slowly obtained more prey, and some animal skins had been collected in the cave.

There were just too few adult beastmen in the tribe who could continue hunting due to the salt seeking team’s departure. The amount of prey obtained by the hunting team couldn’t meet the needs of the tribe, so everyone’s main food was still wild vegetables.

Qi Bai found that the diet of beastmen was very different from that of the humans on Earth. There were very few carbohydrate foods in the diet of the beastmen, and meat seemed to be a staple food. They had to eat a lot of meat every meal to meet the needs of the beastmen.

In any case, in the ten days since they left, the life of the Black Mountain Tribe finally went from being hungry to being full. It gradually got on the right track.

As an older underage beastman, Qi Bai couldn’t help much at the moment. He walked towards the waterfall in the direction indicated by Bao Xing.

Turn right after exiting the cave and it was easy to find the waterfall. Just follow the path that had been trodden by others.

Qi Bai walked for around ten minutes before hearing the sound of flowing water.

He bypassed a towering tree, and the entire waterfall came into view. Qi Bai took a deep breath. He had never seen such a beautiful scene before.

The low black stone mountain was in a semicircular state, embracing a pool of water. Clear water flowed down the black cliff, hitting the boulders in the pool slowly and splashing out circles of water like jade beads. The water splashed in the pool for a short time before gathering into a trickle, flowing into the mountains and forests.

At this time, the morning light shone in front of one side, and the valley was filled with a warm orange halo. It was mixed with silver and snow-white water mist like a fairyland.

“Bao Bai, what are you looking at?”: Hu Huo saw Qi Bai standing there in a daze and couldn’t help asking.

“I came here to wash my face and brush my teeth.” Qi Bai came back to his senses and saw the beastmen who were filling water in a low place not far away.

Xiang Yu smiled and said, “Bao Bai is probably the cleanest beastman in the tribe. Even in the wild, he has to wash his face several times a day.”

Seeing Qi Bai look a bit uncomfortable, the other old beastmen also laughed.

Qi Bai was actually a bit uncomfortable with such a scene. He felt a bit like a group of elders was looking at their beautiful young lady. Qi Bai shook his head and quickly shook off the image of himself in women’s clothing from his mind. He greeted everyone and walked towards the pool with some sadness.

He also wanted to be a majestic beastman…

Hou Yan saw Qi Bai walking towards the center of the waterfall and reminded him loudly, “The stones under the water flow are very slippery. Bao Bai, you should walk carefully. Hurry back to the tribe after washing your face. We will be eating soon.”

Hou Yan saw Qi Bai nodding like a chicken pecking at rice and smiled. Then he shouted at everyone to lift the big water tank and walked towards the tribe.

Qi Bai found a clean big stone, crouched down, and scooped a handful of water. The icy spring water slipped into his hands. Qi Bai tasted it and found that it was sweet and refreshing. He couldn’t believe that this was the taste of water.

It felt really luxurious for Qi Bai to wash his face with such good water, but this was all commonplace for the beastmen.

By the time Qi Bai returned to the tribe, everyone had already started to eat breakfast.

The tribe only ate two meals a day, so breakfast couldn’t be taken lightly. It was related to whether everyone had enough physical strength to work the next day or not.

Hu Xue, who was responsible for serving the food, smiled and served Qi Bai a large bowl of wild vegetables stewed with meat. Qi Bai felt his hands sink when he took the stone bowl.

But even with such a full bowl, Qi Bai finished it in a short time.

Today, the gathering team would be divided into two groups. She Li and Hu Xue would lead their teams to collect food, while Tu Ya and Niu Xi’s teams would go to the bamboo forest not far away to cut bamboo.

There was no tradition in the tribe of taking a vacation after coming back from a business trip. As one of the main laborers, Qi Bai naturally had to follow Tu Ya to work.

The bamboo forest around the tribe didn’t seem to be the same species as the bamboo on the seashore. The branches of the bamboo weren’t that thick, but still basically required two hands to hold together.

Of course, the species of bamboo didn’t make much of a difference to them. Even if it was a big bamboo like the seaside, they wouldn’t cut the thickest one. It was better to cut a few smaller ones if they had the strength.

The two teams dispersed after arriving at the bamboo forest and got busy.

The breeze in the bamboo forest was refreshing and pleasant. Time seemed to pass very quickly despite doing heavy work. After an unknown amount of time, Qi Bai put down the stone axe in his hand and stretched his body. However, he wasn’t paying attention to his feet and was tripped by something.

He was on the edge of the bamboo forest at the moment. Thanks to this fall, he plunged directly into the haystack outside. His figure disappeared immediately, and a ‘meow’ came from the haystack.

Qi Bai bit his tail in a speechless manner. It was definitely due to the nature of a snow leopard. Qi Bai was now very easily frightened and often turned into a beast without paying attention.

Moreover, his tail was a bit disobedient and always caused trouble for him.

Still, Qi Bai happened to be a bit tired. He rolled on the ground and had just stretched out his limbs when a pungent smell rushed into his nose.

Sneeze!

The little snow leopard sneezed loudly, and his whole body trembled. Qi Bai sniffed and decided to go back to work.

No, wait.

What was that smell just now?

Qi Bai turned around and carefully sniffed at the place where he had just fallen. He followed the smell just now and used his claws to push aside the tall grass.

A small patch of a tender green plant was stretching its body.

The little snow leopard stared blankly at the green plant.

Green onion!

It was actually green onions!

Qi Bai held back the surprise in his heart, ran up to it, and opened his mouth to bite the green onions with his mouth. He didn’t expect to be stopped and picked up.

The freckled face of Niu Xi, the head of the collection team, appeared in front of him and said with a smile, “Why are you eating things indiscriminately? This grass will hurt your tongue if you eat it.” Then she stroked the fluff on Qi Bai’s head.

Qi Bai shrank back with a bit of embarrassment. His body might be underage, but his heart was already that of an adult. It was really embarrassing to be touched on the head. He struggled for a while before Niu Xi put him on the ground.

Qi Bai turned into his human form and asked, “Sister Niu Xi, this grass isn’t poisonous, right?”

Niu Xi shook her head. “It isn’t poisonous.”

“It is fine if it isn’t poisonous. I like the taste of it.” Then he pulled a bit of the green onion leaves and put them into his mouth, slowly tasting it.

The moment the leaves entered his mouth, Qi Bai knew that he wasn’t mistaken. Since he had never cooked, his impression of green onions had always been the Shandong green onions that were circulated on the Internet. Shandong green onions were often over a meter tall, so he didn’t pay much attention to these short plants. Unexpectedly, he almost missed green onions.

Next to him, Shu Lin smiled and said, “If you like to eat wild vegetables that make your mouth hurt, I know where there is a more powerful one.”

Qi Bai couldn’t help holding his breath. Could it be chili?

Qi Bai hurriedly asked, “What type of food is it? Where can I find it? I want to take a look.”

Shu Lin blinked when he saw Qi Bai’s anxious expression. “I’ll show you on the way back. I guarantee you will cry after eating it.”

Niu Xi smiled before glaring at Shu Lin. Shu Lin was very handsome. Unfortunately, he always spoke and acted in a messy manner, making people annoyed with him.

Qi Bai thought that Shu Lin was very interesting and liked to chat with him.

At this time, Tu Ya’s voice came from the hillside. “Bao Bai, come and count. Are the bamboo we cut enough for the number required by Priest Yang Luo?”

Most of the people in the tribe couldn’t count individually, so before leaving, Yang Luo told Qi Bai about the number of bamboo that needed to be cut today. Qi Bai would count them before bringing them back to the tribe.

“I’m coming!” Qi Bai replied loudly.

There were eight people in total today. Qi Bai waited for them to gather around before he started to count it one by one.

After counting it, QI Bai nodded to Tu Ya. “There are exactly ten. Tu Ya, you’ve learned to count.”

Tu Ya smiled shyly. There was a small dimple on her left cheek, which would show up when she smiled.

Qi Bai heard that they were going to return to the tribe, so he hurried to the bottom of the hill and picked a few pieces of green onion leaves. He was ready to use it to add to his dinner in the evening.

What Qi Bai was looking forward to even more was the plant that Shu Lin would show him.

After walking for a while, Shu Lin and Qi Bai fell behind the team.

The place where they cut bamboo was very close to the tribe. There was no need to worry about their safety.

Shu Lin put down the bamboo in his hand, crouched on the side of the path, and started to search. Qi Bai watched him searching the field and guessed that Shu Lin wasn’t looking for chili.

Nevertheless, Qi Bai’s eyes still shone with joy when Shu Lin appeared in front of him with a small head of garlic.

Shu Lin peeled a garlic clove and handed it to Qi Bai with a smirk on his face. He was ready to watch Qi Bai cry due to the ‘pain’ of this white fruit.

Qi Bai happily put the garlic into his mouth and really cried.

Shu Lin quickly put away his smile. Oh, he was just joking with the child. Why did the child really cry?

Qi Bai really cried. It was partly due to the spiciness, but more importantly, he found both green onions and garlic today. He was so excited that he cried with joy.

Shu Lin watched Qi Bai sniffing while crouching on the ground to dig for garlic. For a moment, he was overwhelmed with emotions and didn’t know what to say.

After filling the animal skin bag with garlic, Qi Bai was content and dragged the bamboo back to the tribe with Shu Lin.