The moment Yang Luo got closer, he found that Xiong Feng was not only fine but also looked more energetic.
He was the first to see Yang Luo and he greeted Yang Luo with his uninjured hand, “Priest.”
Yang Luo saw Qi Bai, Lang Ze, and a few others surrounding Xiong Feng’s arm, not knowing what they were doing. After he got closer, he found that Qi Bai was tying a wooden board to Xiong Feng’s arm.
“What are you doing?”
Qi Bai knew that Yang Luo was approaching, but he was much more nervous than Xiong Feng at the moment. He didn’t dare to distract himself to greet Yang Luo.
Just now, Lang Ze pulled Xiong Feng’s arm outward. Qi Bai seemed to hear a snap and felt uncontrollable pain in his teeth. On the side, Lang Ze asked, “Do you think this is okay?”
Qi Bai felt that he had definitely found the right person. Lang Ze wasn’t afraid of breaking bones at all and didn’t care about Xiong Feng’s shouting. He looked like he was going to pull it and press it again if Qi Bai thought it wasn’t okay.
“Let me see, let me see,” Qi Bai quickly touched it.
He had no experience either. He just felt that the broken bones seemed to have overlapped, so he nodded. “Okay, put on the splint now.”
The next scene was what Yang Luo saw. Qi Bai placed two thick wooden boards next to Xiong Feng’s arm. He took the straw rope handed to him by Shu Lin, clamped the boards tightly on Xiong Feng’s arm and repeatedly told Xiong Feng that he must not move his arm. If he felt that the splint was loose or his arm wasn’t right, he had to tell Qi Bai.
Xiong Feng’s mood could now be described as joyful because he felt that his arm didn’t hurt at all. He could really get better, and he wouldn’t be disabled.
Yang Luo carefully examined Xiong Feng’s arm up and down before asking in shock, “Is this it? His arm is really healed?”
Qi Bai shook his head quickly. “I’m not sure yet. I don’t know if this will work. It is just an attempt.”
Yang Luo looked at Qi Bai with some inquiry in his eyes. But seeing that Qi Bai was still the same as usual, like he was completely unaware of what he had done, Yang Luo could only give up.
At this time, he remembered the herbs that he had dropped on the ground and hurried back to find them.
However, he didn’t need to find them himself. Dian Lan, who had followed him, had already sorted out the herbs.
Xiong Feng, who was the most seriously injured one, looked the best at this time. On the contrary, Hu Huo next to him was bleeding and crying. He looked particularly embarrassed.
Yang Luo didn’t say anything else when he saw this. As a priest, he had to maintain a sense of mystery at all times. How could he have time to care about a crying horned beastman?
Yang Luo didn’t even have time to rest. He ground the herbs they brought back into a paste and applied it on the wounds of the wounded. After applying the medicine, Yang Luo would put his hand on the head of the wounded and say some blessings. The blessed people closed their eyes and prayed sincerely, hoping that the Beast God would bless them so that they would get better soon.
By the time they finished dealing with it, most of the day had passed.
The Black Mountain Tribe had been busy since yesterday evening. Everyone hadn’t rested for over 30 hours. Even though there were red, bloodshot eyes, no one felt tired.
Yang Luo asked the children and several people with serious injuries to return to the tribe in advance. The rest of the people needed to do something that everyone had been looking forward to for a long time.
It was to carry the prey back to the tribe.
Looking around, Qi Bai felt that the mountains and fields were full of meat. After a busy day, he felt hungry looking at these unprocessed wild boars.
As they were treating the wounded, Healer had people gather some wild boars in the distance, including the two wild boars that Qi Bai and Shu Lin had tripped into the pit.
Qi Bai counted them. Wow, they actually hunted twelve wild boars.
Six were dead. Some were crushed to death in the pit or bitten to death by the horned beastmen while fighting. The remaining six were still alive. Most of them were tripped by straw ropes or fell into the upper layer of the deep pits.
Xiang Yu had already transformed into an animal. He dragged the largest wild boar and walked in front. The rest of the people worked in groups of several people. They tied up the wild boars with straw ropes and dragged them into the tribe. Fortunately, they had made a lot of straw ropes to trip the wild boars. Now all the ones that weren’t broken were put to use.
It took four trips to move all the wild boars back to the tribe.
It was impossible to move these piles of meat directly into the cave. They were all piled in the open space usually used to make bamboo tubes.
The hunting team hadn’t found other large animals at present, but Hou Yan still arranged for people to guard at night. After all, there were so many wild boars and the smell of blood would spread far away. They must be on guard at all times.
Yang Luo had already started to slaughter the first wild boar when it entered the tribe.
At this time, the processed wild boars were placed in the middle of the square with seven or eight fires lit around them. On top of each fire, a large piece of barbecued meat was supported by wooden sticks.
The two stone pots near the stone wall in the distance weren’t idle at this moment. But unlike usual, the stone pots were full of pork.
Qi Bai could smell the fragrance from a long distance away.
Qi Bai suddenly thought of the ginger they brought back a few days ago. There were too many things to do these days, and he almost forgot about it.
Qi Bai entered the cave, took out the ginger from the place where food was stored and took it to the side of the stone pot.
Today, Hu Xue and She Li were still making soup next to the stone pot. The two of them looked at the pungent ginger in Qi Bai’s hands and didn’t dare to put it in the pot casually. After all, today was pure meat soup. They didn’t want to add anything and ruin the taste of the meat soup.
But Yang Luo just waved his hand. “Let him do whatever he wants.”
Qi Bai had Yang Luo’s agreement, so he went a step further. He found Shu Lin, who was drooling by the fire.
He immediately ran away when Qi Bai asked him to pick some onions and garlic. Now everyone was still busy moving things, and the meal hadn’t officially started. Shu Lin couldn’t hold back his greed. Instead of getting hungrier by smelling the food, he might as well find something else to do.
Qi Bai slicked the ginger and chopped the onions before adding them directly to the broth. Then he took a bamboo scoop and carefully skimmed off the foam.
Qi Bai went to ask Yang Luo for some big bones. Yang Luo frowned. “There is so much meat today. Why are you bothering with bones?”
Qi Bai smiled. “Grandpa Priest, the bones aren’t for eating. The broth made with bones tastes better.”
Yang Luo ignored his crooked logic. But since there were enough pig bones in the tribe today, he picked a large piece of pig leg bone for him.
Qi Bai got the bone and ran back to the stone pot. He cut the bone in half with a stone, and put half of it in one pot.
Hu Xue and She Li both looked puzzled. However, they had to admit that after cooking it for a while, the broth in the pot seemed to smell better.
Qi Bai tasted the flavor with a bamboo scoop and added a bit of salt.
There was no blood foam in the pot at this time. The bone soup was filled with clear oil. The meat on the pig leg bones wasn’t shaved clean, and it could be removed by gently using a bamboo stick. The bone marrow on the cross section of the big bone almost became milky white and elastic. Just looking at it, he could tell how delicious it was.
The children surrounding the stone pot couldn’t stop drooling, but no one dared to taste it before the priest and the chief said to start the meal.
Finally, Yang Luo danced and sang a harvest song in the middle of the square.
He was holding a bear bone staff and wearing a mountain phoenix tail feather on his head and a necklace made of beautiful stones and animal bones around his neck. Due to his movements and singing, he seemed to be a mysterious priest who could communicate with the gods.
Qi Bai, Hu Xue, and She Li hurriedly put down the bamboo utensils in their hands and ran around the fire.
The 54 members of the Black Mountain Tribe were now forming a big circle, singing and dancing around the bonfire.
Under the light of the fire, everyone’s face was full of joy.
Qi Bai tried hard to remember the dance of Mao Bai’s tribe, but he soon gave up. There was no need for any specific dance. He swayed his body casually along with Yang Luo’s melodious singing.
This wasn’t only a great harvest for their tribe, but more importantly, all the 54 tribe members stood here well. What could be more gratifying than this? Everyone needed to express their joy through dance.
Everyone could eat meat tonight.
A wild boar weighed in tons was enough for every tribe member to have a full meal.
There were eight people around Qi Bai’s fire.
Lang Ze, Shu Lin, Sun Qing, Sun Yuan, Lu Guo, Lu Xia and Zhu Ya.
The fact that Sun Qing was expelled from the tribe made the relationship between them closer. Of course, this definitely didn’t include Zhu Ya, the instigator. However, Zhu Ya was shameless and the seats in the tribe weren’t fixed. He insisted on sitting here and no one could do anything.
It would be fine if he ate quietly. Who knew that Zhu Ya would eat the meat in big mouthfuls before suddenly bursting into tears. “Wow, this meat is so delicious. I never want to leave the tribe again.”
In fact, Zhu Ya wanted to say that he missed home. He had never been hungry in the Pig Tribe before, but after Hou Yan’s education last time, he never dared to mention his former tribe again.
From the bottom of his heart, Sun Qing was disgusted with Zhu Ya, who was useless and troublesome. But this person was a piece of dead matter. No matter how they scolded or hit him, he never gave up easily. Letting Zhu Ya sit here was the limit of Sun Qing’s tolerance. He would never comfort Zhu Ya. The others had similar ideas, so they chatted quietly as if they didn’t hear Zhu Ya’s crying. Only Sun Qing turned his back to Zhu Ya and rolled his eyes silently.
Zhu Ya cried and found that no one comforted him. He seemed to find it boring. He pursed his lips and continued to chew the meat in his hand.
Qi Bai didn’t have time to care about the grievances between them. He and Lang Ze had the same idea. They had just eaten. According to Yang Luo’s housekeeping, it wasn’t known when they would have to wait for the next meal after eating this one.
At this time, a large piece of pork that had just been replaced was placed on their campfire, and some chestnuts were buried in the fire.
Qi Bai still took his small bone blade to cut the meat. Once he got tired of it, he would bite some garlic. If he was thirsty, he would drink a mouthful of bone soup in a bamboo tube. Qi Bai felt that life was so nourishing that he could eat another five catties of meat.
Speaking of bone soup, there was a small episode. After the bone soup was cooked, everyone lined up to get a bamboo tube. However, everyone liked to eat meat. By the time it was Qi Bai’s turn, the two big bones were still there.
Qi Bai only asked for soup and bones. He didn’t ask for the meat in the pot. Yang Luo, who was dividing the soup, was very angry. Yang Luo really thought that Qi Bai was a smart kid, but sometimes he was really stubborn.
Everyone looked at Qi Bai like he was a fool as he left with two large bones wrapped in leaves, but Qi Bai was very happy. He loved to eat bone marrow since he was a child. Besides, there was some meat attached to the big bones. The meat on the bones was much more delicious than meat from other parts.
Qi Bai squinted his eyes in enjoyment. The campfire was warm, and he was full of food. It was only then that he finally picked up a wooden stick and pulled out the chestnuts from the fire.
These chestnuts were mixed with wild vegetables and fruits and placed on the open ground. Anyone could take them at will, but it was obvious that the beastmen had no interest in chestnuts that were very troublesome to handle. Qi Bai used leaves to pack a pile and returned to the fire.
Perhaps it was because wild chestnuts weren’t as good as the modern varieties, so the chestnuts that Qi Bai and his team collected weren’t very big. However, they tasted surprisingly good.
Qi Bai especially enjoyed the moment of peeling the chestnut shell. After all, peeling chestnuts was like constantly opening a lottery. Most of the time, he would only find ordinary and delicious chestnuts or chestnuts eaten by insects. Still, as long as he persisted in peeling, he could always get a golden and perfect chestnut.
Qi Bai looked at the golden fruit in his hand with surprise before putting it in his mouth. It had a soft and delicate texture and a mellow and sweet taste. At this moment, Qi Bai felt extremely happy. He chewed it carefully, savored it slowly, and was reluctant to swallow it.
After seeing that Lang Ze had eaten meat all night, Qi Bai picked up a few round chestnuts and handed them to Lang Ze. “This is delicious. Do you want to try it?”
Lang Ze had already seen Qi Bai’s happy expression, but hadn’t expected Qi Bai to share his favorite food. He thought that Qi Bai was the cutest sub-beastman in the world, and naturally wouldn’t refuse the kindness.
However, Lang Ze was far from full and didn’t have time to slowly peel the shell of the chestnut. Therefore, Lang Ze wiped off the ash on the skin without thinking and threw the chestnut directly into his mouth.
Before Qi Bai could stop it, he heard Lang Ze biting the chestnut shell and swallowing it in a few bites. This made Qi Bai anxious. “The outer skin of the chestnut can’t be eaten. It is hard to digest. Don’t scratch your stomach.”
Lang Ze had long been accustomed to the words Qi Bai occasionally said that he couldn’t understand. He didn’t study it in detail. He just shook his head and said indifferently, “It’s okay. I can bite off harder bones and flesh than this.”
Qi Bai was so angry that he laughed. He snatched the chestnuts he had just handed over and said, “Forget it. How can you taste it if you eat it like this? It is a waste of this delicious food. I won’t give it to you.”
Lang Ze opened his hand and let Qi Bai take it back. But the traces of Qi Bai’s fingers on his palm remained in his hand like a substance. Lang Ze felt the temperature of QI Bai’s fingers in a daze and silently retracted his fingers.
Qi Bai spoke fiercely, but in fact, after taking the chestnuts, he peeled one and threw it into his mouth. Then he peeled another and threw it into the bone soup in Lang Ze’s bamboo bowl.
Chestnuts and meat were a perfect match. So by the time Lang Ze remembered to drink the bone soup, he finally tasted the sweet chestnut.
He was stunned for a moment. He looked at the layer of chestnuts floating in the bowl before turning his head. He found that Qi Bai had turned into a little leopard, sleeping with a big bone as a pillow.
But even when asleep, the snow leopard’s pink little tongue kept licking his mouth. His two front paws slid occasionally as if he was eating something delicious in his dream.
Lang Ze savored the taste of the chestnuts carefully. This might be the sweetest food he had eaten. He thought he might never forget the taste of this moment.
After staring for a long time, Lang Ze looked into the distance. His eyes flickered in the firelight with a solemnity and determination that he himself didn’t notice.
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