Beginning Backpack [Farming]

Today's Shen Huaijin was obviously favored by the goddess of fate. On the way back from the collection team, he found a familiar plant - lemon.

The lemon tree more than two meters high is full of yellow lemons.

Shen Huaijin raised her eyebrows with joy, raised her hand to pick one, lowered her head and smelled it, and it was indeed the fresh and sour taste of lemon.

Lemon is rich in vitamin C, which can reduce phlegm and relieve cough, promote fluid and invigorate the spleen, and is also the killer of scurvy.Usually it can be soaked in water to drink directly, or used to prepare dishes.

"Jin." Seeing Shen Huaijin's happy face, An really didn't want to hit him, but she had to say, "Although this kind of fruit is not poisonous, it tastes bitter and astringent, even the least picky orc would not eat it. "

Shen Huaijin shook her head with a smile, and retorted: "This kind of fruit can't be eaten directly. The way to eat it is special."

It is used for seasoning.

Shen Huaijin also knew that his current approach could not be understood by the sub-beasts, so she had to act coquettishly and said to everyone: "Let me take it back, try it, it will be delicious!"

Seeing Shen Huaijin's well-behaved appearance, Lu and the other beasts begged for him with a smile, "Ann, let him hold it. Maybe the Western Continent really has a special method."

An only thought that he was young and loved to play, and he was not willing to criticize him when he begged him so much. Thinking that the amount of collection today was enough, she acquiesced in Shen Huaijin's bringing these strange things, and let the collection team continue to return.

Shen Huaijin followed behind with a smile, holding a sweet potato in her left hand and a lemon in her right hand. Thinking of roasted sweet potatoes, lemon chicken feet and potato vermicelli in the future, she felt that this trip was really worthwhile.

Due to some delays on the way, the collection team returned to the tribe in the afternoon, and Li had already set off with the hunting team. Shen Huaijin couldn't help but feel a little pity. He originally wanted to ask the other party to catch some live small animals for him to test.

After the collection team came back, they were not idle. Some of them were responsible for chopping firewood, and some went to the stream to clean the collected fruits.

Shen Huaijin followed An to the stream. They collected a lot today, but not many kinds.At first glance, there are vermilion fruits that Shen Huaijin is familiar with, green leafy grass similar to Shanghai Qing, and some that Shen Huaijin does not know, such as the fist-sized flame fruit with flame patterns on the purple peel, thorns all over the body, and dark green thorns on the peel. fruit etc.

Shen Huaijin was quite curious about their taste.

The washed fruit was wrapped in big leaves and put aside, Shen Huaijin asked curiously: "Will the tribe dry the fruit?"

An shook her head, feeling a little helpless why Shen Huaijin always had strange thoughts, and asked, "Why don't you just eat it instead of drying it?"

Shen Huaijin blinked, and said, "Drying the fruit can make the fruit last for a long time."

An's eyes lit up, he was very smart, and he suddenly thought, "Does the Western Continent do the same? Then we can dry the fruit in the off season, so that we can eat it in the cold season."

There is no food source in the cold season. The tribe has always been able to eat frozen meat and animal bones. The orcs are okay, but the bitterness has spoiled the sub-beasts who generally have a light taste. Now I heard that drying can make the fruit last longer. , how can you not be happy.

Seeing him happy, Shen Huaijin nodded obediently.I thought it would be best to make some jam.He used to have bread and jam for breakfast, and he still felt aggrieved. After coming here, he didn't know if he would have a chance to have a bite of bread and a bite of white rice.

At this time, the sun was shining, and the sub-beasts and orcs in the tribe who had no work generally rested in the house at this time.Only some of the cubs are energetic and are still playing around in the valley.

After An and the others packed up the firewood and fruit, they also returned to the house one after another.

Shen Huaijin declined An's kindness, and stayed in the square. He didn't have time to take a nap now, after all, there were still these cubs in the valley that Shen Huaijin had never had direct contact with.

It's not that Shen Huaijin wants to use these cubs to do something, but he guesses that the tribe's plight may have something to do with reproduction, and if he wants to build a good relationship with the cubs, it's no harm even if he can't ask anything.

Judging from Shen Huaijin's memories of the previous two days, except for those who were too young to leave Apa, basically all the underage cubs in the tribe were playing around in the square. There were about fourteen or five. Considering the death rate, one A maximum of two cubs are born per year.

Orcs and sub-beasts spend most of their lives in their prime, and the proportion of orcs and sub-beasts in the Dahe tribe is also normal. This birth rate seems too low.

Shen Huaijin was sitting under the sacred beast tree at this time. He looked up at the tree with yellowed leaves and sporadic green fruits. It was almost certain that there was something wrong with the sacred beast tree of the Dahe Tribe.

And the big witch Xiu could cry with joy when he heard what he said two days ago that the beast god favored the magic stick. Maybe he didn't have the so-called ability to communicate with the beast god, which was contrary to the sacrificial system that Xiu had introduced.

How did a sub-beast who only knew herbs, couldn't communicate with the beast god, and couldn't take good care of the sacred beast tree achieve the position of tribal great witch? What has this tribe experienced?

Shen Huaijin fell into deep thought.

Beautiful things have a natural appeal to cubs.

While Shen Huaijin was thinking, this group of kids who had been playing around in the valley had pushed and shoved to get close to him.

"Jin is so pretty." A not-so-small cub sighed, "I told my father that I wanted to be a partner with Jin when I grow up, and my father beat me up."

"Stupid! Because Jin is Li's favorite sub-beast, even if you say that carefully, I will beat you." Another cub said seriously.

"Li can't beat a cub!"

"But he'll scare you with bugs."

"I'm too old to be afraid of bugs!"

……

Seeing the two little friends getting louder and more energetic, a kid next to him sighed quietly, "I really want to play with Jin..."

Of course, Shen Huaijin also noticed this group of shoving kids. The expectant and shy expressions on their faces reminded him of his own sister.

He was already a boarding student when his younger sister was born, and he only went home twice a month. Every time he went home, he could see his younger sister looking at him like this, and calling softly for his brother.

Thinking of the family members in different time and space, Shen Huaijin's heart softened, and he waved to the cubs.

The other cubs who looked young hesitated a little, but the three who spoke first came over quickly.

These three are said to be cubs, who are almost 1.7 meters tall and look like half-sized children, but their faces are still a little immature.

The two quarreling little guys are both lean and powerful, while the other soft-spoken one is more delicate and well-behaved.

The two cubs who were quarreling were named Hei, Xi Xi, and the handsome one Yu Yu.The three seem to have a good relationship, and they seem to be the leaders of the cubs.

What surprised Shen Huaijin was that the adult orcs had rich hair color, but this group of cubs were all dark brown like the sub-beasts.

So he curiously stopped the boy named Xi.

Although the tribe uniformly called minors cubs, Shen Huaijin looked at the other party's lean figure and slightly heroic face, and silently called them juveniles in her heart.

"Your hair, why, are they all the same color?"

Xi scratched his head, probably wondering why Shen Huaijin didn't know this kind of common sense, but he still replied seriously: "The cubs will differentiate when they reach adulthood, and those who have the shape of a beast after differentiation are beastmen, and their hair will also change color. Those that take on the form of beasts are sub-beasts.”

"However, you can guess some by looking at the physique when you were young. Like me and Hei, we will probably differentiate into orcs in the future, and Yu will become a sub-beast."

Shen Huaijin nodded. Although he didn't understand what "differentiation" meant, he roughly understood that cubs would distinguish between orcs and sub-beasts by whether they could transform into animal forms when they were adults.In other words, underage orcs cannot transform, no wonder the cubs were all detained in the valley and not allowed to go out.

Shen Huaijin had very little experience in communicating with children, so she didn't know what to say for a while, but looking into the bright eyes of Hei and Yu who hadn't been asked a question, it was hard to leave.

Looking at the flowing stream, he thought of the fish he saw when he was doing laundry. He had an idea and asked, "How about we go catch fish? That's the kind that swims in the water."

"Fish?" Yu tilted his head and asked, "What is fish? Did Jin mean Shuisheng?"

Shen Huaijin nodded, thinking that Shuisheng is such a straightforward and rude name.

"But Shui Sheng is so unpalatable." Hei frowned, "There is little meat, and it tastes fishy. The tribe only eats it when there is really no food."

Xi knocked Hei on the head, and said in a low voice: "You wanted to come and play with Jin just now, don't talk so much now!"

Hei immediately stopped complaining, heyed twice, and hurriedly said: "Then Jin, let's go quickly."

Shen Huaijin knew that these three teenagers thought they wanted to play, so they deliberately "give way" to herself, so she couldn't help liking them more.

He guessed that the fish here probably didn't know how to disembowel and remove the scales, so he found it unpalatable. Thinking of the few lemons he picked today, he said, "I know, how to make Shuisheng, it's delicious."

In fact, Xi and the others don't care whether the water is delicious or not, no matter how delicious it is, there is only so much meat, and it is not enough to clog the teeth. But since Jin wants to catch the water, they are of course willing to accompany him.

Shen Huaijin saw a group of half-sized children about to jump into a stream four or five meters wide, so she hurriedly stopped them.Although he knew that this group of teenagers were solid, but there was no way they could catch fish by thumping like this.

Shen Huaijin picked up a few twigs, sharpened their heads with a dagger, and distributed the remaining few to the older ones, and then went into the water by herself to demonstrate to the boys what a real spearfish was.

This is what Li saw when he returned to the tribe with his prey on his back.

The white and handsome sub-beast stepped in the shallow water, and its lower body, which had always been tightly packed, was now showing its slender calves, and its feet were stepping on the pebbles in the water. In contrast, it had a soft and fragile beauty.

He raised the wooden stick inserted into the water high, exposing a small section of his thin waist.With a big smile on his face, Sunset dyed his thick, long eyelashes and soft black hair a warm golden brown.

The water droplets that were thrown up seemed to be sprinkled on him.

Boom.Boom.Boom.

Li heard the sound of his own heartbeat.

He threw the prey to the ground, glanced at the other orcs in the square with a gloomy look to protect his territory from being violated, and then walked towards Shen Huaijin.

Shen Huaijin, who had several fish stuck in it at once, was just happy that he was "still alive", and suddenly he was hugged into a bloody embrace, and when he was frightened, he elbowed the strong body behind him.

Looking back, I saw the defenseless Li suddenly clutching his stomachache and bending over. Shen Huaijin, who was still relaxed, didn't even doubt the rationality of the crispy melee damage to the meat shield. He smiled triumphantly and kicked lightly. Kicked a hard knee.

"You know how powerful I am."

Beastmen are never shameless when courting sub-beasts, and Li is no exception.

It was the first time he saw Shen Huaijin so happy, and he didn't want to break the scene, so he could only pretend to be in pain and clutched his stomach, while reminiscing about the soft touch when the other's bare feet touched his knee, he raised his eyes greedily to see his cheerful smile.

Shen Huaijin was still complacent at first, but seeing his wolf-like eyes now, there was something she didn't understand.I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart, thinking that this guy could think of that kind of thing even when he was being beaten, it was a bit too perverted.