Chapter 52: Re-encountering Golden Lion

  "That's great!" Mo Yi'er let out a sigh of relief, it seemed that the plan to make clothes was going smoothly. Then she discussed with Chu Yan again about making clothes for the elderly first, as expected, Chu Yan didn't have any objections and instead showed strong support.

  Mo Ye'er knew that in this primitive era, the elderly were not looked down upon by the tribe. The young and strong did not despise the elderly for being unable to hunt or work, so when distributing food, they would give less to the elderly. But within the Kan tribe, Mo Ye'er had never seen such a thing!

  After saying all that, Mo Yier thought of leaving to help with the soup, but Chu Yan stopped her. "Mo Yier, I also have something to say to you."

  "What's wrong?"

  Chu Huo hesitated for a moment, his heart was extremely conflicted. He didn't want to let Mo Yi'er leave the tribe's territory again, nor did he want others to discover her goodness. He wanted to hide her away, but he also found that Ka Sa's words were very right, he didn't want any estrangement between him and Mo Yi'er. Moreover, he vaguely understood that this couldn't bind Mo Yi'er, and he didn't want Mo Yi'er to be unhappy after knowing about it! "It's like this, the Grand Harvest Festival is about to begin, I'll take a few tribesmen to participate in the festival and exchange goods, do... you want to go?"

  "Harvest Festival?" Mo Yier first carefully pondered the meaning of this festival, which should be a harvest festival. At that time, there will also be an exchange of goods, it must be very lively, how could she miss it? "Want to go, I certainly want to go."

  Chu Yan heard this and smiled bitterly, his eyes slightly dimming. In fact, he had already expected such a result, but still couldn't help feeling annoyed in his heart. He only said one word: "Good!"

  "What are we going to exchange? What do we need to bring?......" Mo Yier became curious and started asking Chu Xuan many questions about the Grand Harvest Festival.

  Chu Yan's heart felt even more bitter, he knew Mo Yi'er wanted to go, but didn't think she would be so excited! Telling her about this matter, was it right or wrong? "Alright, dinner is almost ready, let's eat first! These things need to be decided bit by bit!"

  "Uh-huh, okay!" Mo Yier could only shut up, but she wasn't in a hurry. Chu Yan seemed to have already decided to take her along, and she'd find out soon enough anyway?

  At dinner time, Chu Yan and Fan Ge sat on either side of Mo Yi Er, just like when they slept. The wooden bowls were filled with the tenderest meat that the two had allocated to themselves. Mo Yi Er subconsciously glanced at her waist, had it gotten thicker or not? Every day eating meat, this couldn't go on, but there was little staple food and not eating meat would quickly lead to an empty stomach, truly a dilemma.

  Mo Yu'er's meat soup in the bowl was not yet finished, when Si Fen Ni wiped her oily mouth and walked over. Xiao Hei had been left to Zhang Peng's care again. Although Zhang Peng had initially taken a liking to Sang Zhen, he was really good to Si Fen Ni after being with her! Especially since Xiao Hei looked just like him, he gave all his love to the child. Sometimes Si Fen Ni would complain that ever since having Xiao Hei, the men's gazes no longer revolved around her as they had before. "Mo Yu'er, let's go make clothes together after we finish eating!"

  "Alright!" Mo Yier agreed, and her eating movements quickened a lot. This made Chu Yan and Fan Ge very displeased, their gazes at Silfeny became even more fierce, and small flying arrows shot towards Silfeny one after another.

  Although Si Fen Ni's nerves were quite big, she could also see the dissatisfaction of the leader and Fan Ke! "Hehe... Mo Yi Er, you eat slowly, I'll go wait for you in the cave."

  "Uh-huh!" Mo Yier responded, but her eating pace didn't slow down. She hastily hid back into the cave. Chu Yan quickly said: "Slow down, don't choke! Starting tomorrow, there will be women helping you make clothes, it'll be quick, no need to rush like this!"

  "It's true!" Mo Yier slowed down a bit, savoring the food slowly. Especially since they ate meat every day, they didn't want to mess up their intestines and stomach.

  "Mo Yu'er, there's another fruit tree ripe by the water pond, after lunch I'll take you to pick some!" said Fan Ke with his last mouthful of roasted meat.

  "Huh? The leaves are almost all gone, are there any fruits left?" Since the big water tank was completed, Mo Yier's use of water has become much more convenient, and she no longer needs to run to the water pool every day, so she is not very clear what kind of fruit will be ripe in these few days.

  "Some of them were fruits with colors like the sun just rising."

  "Oh, it's orange-red! I wonder if it's an orange or a tangerine!" Mo Yi'er guessed, and finally finished dinner. Whatever fruit it was, as long as they could pick some back, that was good enough. A few days ago, Fan Ge had picked a basket of fruit from the forest, which were dark brown in color, sweet but slightly tart, similar to the taste of 21st-century persimmons. Mo Yi'er experimented with them and found that they stored well, and after being stored for several days, they became less tart, just like persimmons!

  "Let's go and take a look, then we'll know."

  "Good." Mo Yier still decided to try the fruit first, and it turned out that making jam with the fruit and spreading it on roasted meat was actually quite tasty! If it's convenient for storage, using it to supplement vitamins in winter would be great too.

  Fan Ge and Mo Yi'er picked up the torches, brought a basket, and walked towards the edge of the pond. After walking a few steps, Fan Ge turned back to glance at Chu Yan with a complacent look. Chu Yan shook his head and smiled wryly. Now these two brothers had begun their open and secret struggle, both striving to win Mo Yi'er's heart.

  The temperature near the water pool is slightly higher than in the dense forest, so the leaves haven't fallen off yet. Mo Yi'er looked in the direction Chu Huo pointed and indeed saw a tree with orange-red fruit in the faint firelight. Mo Yi'er hadn't seen it when she came over a few days ago, apparently this kind of fruit suddenly turns orange-yellow when it's ripe! This primitive society is really wonderful, very different from the 21st century.

  "Wait here for me, Mo Yi'er, I'll go up the tree to pick some fruit." Fang Ge handed the basket to Mo Yi'er to hold, and after Mo Yi'er nodded in agreement, he quickly climbed up the tree.

  Mo Yu'er found two large lotus leaves to pad the basket, and then waited under the tree for Fan Gong. Fan Gong's movements were quick, and in a few minutes he would come down with a big hug of fruit and put it in the basket. Although this fruit looks fragile on the outside, Mo Yu'er found that several fruits that fell to the ground were cracked, so they could only be picked from the tree one by one.

  Banga hunted in the jungle all day, but didn't feel tired at all. He went back and forth on the fruit tree seven or eight times before filling up his basket, and he didn't think it was a bother either. "Is that enough? How about we come again tomorrow night?"

  "Ah, okay!" Mo Yier said with a smile, turning around, and coincidentally saw two golden bright spots on a tree not far away!