Chapter 36: Male-Female Equality

  Mo Yu'er's entanglement was actually Chu Yan's enjoyment. He walked forward with Mo Yu'er on his back, more energetic than anyone else. It had to be said that this serious leader was actually a very introverted person. However, among the primitive people, being able to have such an introverted personality was already a rare thing.

  This day they advanced at a slower pace than when they came, all the attention of the tribe was focused on the plants they passed by, hoping to find what Mo Yi'er said. But reality often goes against people's wishes, the more they want to find it, the less they can find it. In the evening, they stopped in the forest and made a fire to cook dinner, because there were ceramic pots, so dinner was no longer just roasted meat.

  Mo Yi'er and Ba Jin stayed behind to tend the fire, while Chu You led a few people to hunt nearby and also search for water sources. After a whole day, the water in the canteen had been almost drunk, and if they could find a water source, they could cook fish soup or seaweed soup.

  Mo Yu'er just picked up a piece of firewood and turned around, but the little furball was nowhere to be seen. "This guy has run off somewhere again, truly coming and going without a shadow!"

  "Come without a shadow, go without a trace?" Ba Jin repeatedly pondered Mo Yi'er's words, and it wasn't until after a long while that he vaguely understood. "Mo Yi'er, you're so impressive, the words you say are so strange, yet they make perfect sense."

  "Hehe, I'm used to it. People from our place always talk like this." Mo Yier smiled awkwardly, forgetting that there weren't many words or idioms here.

  "The gods are indeed formidable!" Ba Jin began to sigh, looking at Mo Yier's gaze full of worship, as if he was about to kneel down and pay homage.

  Before long, Chu Huo and the others returned. They were still in the jungle of the Haimu tribe, although they had walked far away from the periphery, but there were many prey. In about half an hour, they caught two fat wild rabbits and found a source of water, which was a very narrow stream, but it was enough to fetch drinking water.

  Chu Chu carried a rabbit and was about to go to the stream to deal with it, asking Mo Yier: "Do you want to come together? I remember that you have the habit of washing your face and hair every night."

  "Ah, okay!" Mo Yier nodded in agreement, her cheeks slightly flushed. She didn't expect Chu Yan to pay attention to such things, and she didn't think he was a considerate man.

  Ba Jin added a piece of firewood to the bonfire and stood up, saying he was going too. Chu Huo turned around and looked at him: "You take care of the fire! I'll go with Mo Yier, or we can rest for a bit. You're on night watch tonight!"

  "Yes, leader." Ba Jin somewhat dispiritedly responded, watching Mo Yier and Chu Yan leave, his eyes stuck on her back, unable to move away.

  The creek is also very close, just a five or six minute walk. The water is clear and cool. This is one of the good things about primitive society - it's absolutely natural and unpolluted, with all sorts of minerals in the water... Chu Yan filled up his canteen at a spot upstream, while Mo Yi washed her face and hair downstream, then used a towel made from silkworm threads to wipe down her arms and legs. With Chu Yan around, the creek was too small for bathing.

  Later, she followed Chu Yan to watch him deal with the wild rabbit. The stone knife was actually very dull, and Mo Yi'er just used it to cut vegetables. Cutting meat was always done by others, as she really didn't have the strength for it. Watching Chu Yan skillfully use a stone tool to open up the wild rabbit's belly, Mo Yi'er felt that she was truly too weak! She suddenly asked: "Will you take me hunting in the future?"

  "What?" Chu Yan was startled, almost dropping the wild rabbit into the creek. "How did you suddenly think of hunting? There are many beasts in the forest, it's very dangerous."

  "I know it's going to be dangerous, but I want to get stronger, as strong as all of you!"

  "Us? Are you referring to men?" Chu Yan looked at Mo Yuer's gaze and confirmed that she was serious.

  "Yes, I want to be like you, have your speed and strength, so I won't hold you back!"

  "Mo Yu'er, you're a woman, I'm here to protect you. You don't have to think so much!" Chu Yan's overbearing declaration made Mo Yu'er very displeased, her face was unhappy, her pink lips pouted slightly, and although she looked very cute, it made Chu Yan feel a bit pressured.

  "Zhuo, I may be a woman, but I also have great power. In our place, men and women can do the same work!"

  "Do women also go hunting?" Chu Yan was somewhat puzzled, in the eyes of men in primitive society, women were timid, had little strength and speed, and were not as good as men. Hunting was a very dangerous thing, how could this be possible?

  "In our place, neither men nor women go hunting. But we need to earn money to live, equality between men and women!"

  "Gender equality?" Making a living and whatnot was directly ignored by Chu Yan, no need to hunt, it seems the gods' food is too great, only this gender equality, needs Chu Yan to ponder, for a moment, he fell into deep thought.

  "In short, I must become stronger." Mo Yier's fist clenched tightly, and she psyched herself up in her heart. Even if it was just gathering, she had to train herself to make herself strong. Chu Yan wouldn't understand, and there was Xiao Ci as well! When the time came for gathering, she would let Xiao Ci and herself hunt small animals at the edge of the forest first. Moreover, Mo Yier possessed the wisdom of a 21st-century human, which primitive humans couldn't catch up with no matter what.

  With this decision made, Mo Yi'er was no longer so unhappy, which also let Chu Yan breathe a sigh of relief. Mo Yi'er's dark and gloomy face just now really made him very uncomfortable. "It's been taken care of, let's head back!"

  "Good!" Mo Yier responded, and the two of them walked towards where the bonfire was rising. As they walked, they discussed: "Let's roast these two rabbit meats! And boil a seaweed soup!"

  "Alright, you like to eat what, then cook what! Also, from tomorrow morning, we will start continuing to have breakfast." Since they arrived at the Haim tribe, they haven't been having breakfast. Now that they've left, they want to resume their own tribe's living habits.

  "Okay, tomorrow morning we'll have fish soup, this time with garlic and scallions, it's definitely going to taste better." Mo Yier smiled mischievously. These dried garlic should be able to keep for a while, but the scallions are prone to rotting. "How about we stir-fry some scallions with bird eggs instead? I wonder if we can dig any up."

  "After delivering the goods, I'll go to the bird's nest in the tree to take a look." Mo Yi'er wanted to eat bird eggs, so Chu Yan naturally went to climb the tree. Who knew that when he returned to the side of the bonfire, he saw a small ball of fluff sitting on the grass where Mo Yi'er had sat before, with a nest of bird eggs beside it. This guy had even brought the nest back together.

  Chu Yan was surprised and asked Ba Jin: "Is this brought back by Xiao Rong Qiu?"

  "Yes!" Ba Jin replied, having just been astonished, but still shocked in his heart.

  "Will Little Fluff still climb trees?" Chu Yan looked at Little Fluff's paws in disbelief, no matter how he looked at them, they just didn't seem like the kind of paws that could climb trees!