readsfreenovel Chapter 295 You're joking with me again.
Chapter 295 You're joking with me again.
However, compared to the miniature figures drawn by Bai Ling, the miniature figures drawn by Yue were really too rough.
It has a big head, thin limbs, eyes and nose that are just random black dots, and a mouth that is a curved black line. Only Bai Ling can recognize that it is a human. If other people in the tribe saw it, they would definitely think that it was just a child drawing it for fun.
However, the ears on the two little figures' heads are different, so Bai Ling can easily tell them apart: the little figure with round ears represents a little lion, and the little figure with long, pointed ears represents a little wolf.
In the first set of pictures, there is a cloud above the little lion's head, but his expression is happy. As for why we can tell that the little lion is happy, it's because his mouth is wide open in a smile, and the little wolf has returned and is holding the little lion's hand.
The second set of pictures: The lion cub and the wolf cub are both holding a large bowl, and it looks like they are eating.
The third set of pictures: A little lion and a little wolf are holding hands, with a big house behind them.
The fourth set of pictures: A little lion and a little wolf are standing together, with a jar in front of them. The jar has the number "nine" written on it.
The last picture only shows a little wolf lying on the ground. There is a semicircle above its head, and a crooked "think" character is written on the wolf's heart.
The paintings Yue drew were all very simple, and their meanings were also straightforward. The first painting showed that her mood would improve when he returned. The second painting showed that he wanted to eat the food she cooked, and she would cook a delicious meal for him when he came back. The third painting showed that the two of them would clean their new house together. The fourth painting showed that the two of them would brew wine together. The fifth painting showed that he missed her very much and would think about her even when he went to sleep at night.
The meanings of these paintings are simple, but Bai Ling still looked at them again and again, chuckling as he looked, as if he had gone mad.
The paintings by Yue were hardly beautiful; apart from him, no one else could probably tell what they depicted. Yet, Bai Ling was happier to receive such a set of paintings than to receive a pile of gold.
He wanted to keep the letter safe so that the two of them could reminisce about it when they were old.
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Bai Ling received gifts: one from Uncle Yue's tribe and the surrounding tribes, and another from a tribe that had come from the north to learn their skills.
Those tribes had made arrangements with the Sky Orcs in advance. When autumn arrived, the Sky Orcs went there, and when they returned, they brought back many plant seeds.
The tribes learning skills in Gaoshu Village are not just one or two tribes, but all the surrounding tribes come together. There are too many skills to learn, and if there are not enough people, they simply cannot learn them all. So several surrounding tribes come together to learn, and then teach each other when they return.
The High Tree Tribe treated all the orcs who came to learn their skills equally, never mistreating them just because they came from afar. The orcs who came to learn their skills were very grateful. Knowing that Bai Ling was collecting various seeds, the orcs from those tribes collected many seeds and gave them to Bai Ling as gifts.
Bai Ling was extremely excited to receive the seeds. Some of these seeds were familiar to Bai Ling, while others were not. Among them was a kind of round, white seed that was brought to Bai Ling by the tribes in the north. This seed was similar in color and texture to rice, but about the size of a longan.
According to the orcs, this plant is called water white, and it tastes delicious when cooked. It has a sweet and sticky texture. However, this plant grows in rivers and is one of the main foods that their tribe gathers.
Besides the seeds called "water white," there are several other seeds that look like melons. Last year, the Sky Beastmen of the Central Tribe also brought Bai Ling seeds that looked like melons, but the ones that grew were sour-tasting melons. Whether cooked or eaten raw, they didn't taste good. Bai Ling has decided not to plant them next year.
Now he has received melon seeds again, and he hopes to grow delicious melons next year.
Bai Ling carefully stored all the seeds away. He planned to plant them next year, hoping for a pleasant surprise.
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The moon returned, and they drove back many wild beasts.
The wild animals that the tribe had previously kept had all been distributed to the tribespeople. The wild animals they hunted this time would not be distributed; they would all be kept in the tribe and cared for by the orcs in the miscellaneous tasks team.
Winter is fast approaching, and the weather is getting colder every day. In previous years, the orcs would be busy storing food at this time because they need to store as much food as possible before winter. As long as winter is coming, they will not be idle for a single day.
Now things are different. The tribe has started farming and no longer needs to go out to gather food. They have enough food to get through the winter and don't need to rush to store food.
However, the orcs wouldn't be idle; since the ground hadn't frozen over yet, they could continue digging ditches.
Whether it was Bai Ling, Yue and Cang who had just gone out hunting, or Chen who was transporting supplies for the hunting team, they all picked up tools, put on gloves, and started digging ditches.
If we dig more ditches now, they can be completed sooner next year, and the fields in the village can benefit from them sooner.
The orcs who dug the ditches all had this in mind: for a better life in the future, they were willing to work harder now.
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Winter has arrived, and the beastmen have a temporary break. They have been working hard for more than half a year, and they can take a two-day rest when winter comes.
Bai Ling and Yue didn't rest; they wore hats and gloves and tidied up their yard.
The yard was almost tidied up, with only some miscellaneous items remaining. Bai Ling and Yue took shovels and shoveled the useless items into the baskets on the wheelbarrow. Once the baskets were full, they would transport the items to a place far from the tribe.
As soon as winter arrived, the ground froze over, and it was very cold inside the house if no fire was lit. The two of them walked around the house and began to plan what tools they would make.
Yue didn't have any requirements for furniture; he thought tables, chairs, and cabinets were enough and there was no need to make it too complicated. Bai Ling also felt that tables, chairs, and cabinets were sufficient.
However, the tables, chairs, and cabinets that Bai Ling thought of were completely different from those that Yue thought of. Bai Ling pulled Yue to their bedroom first, stood on the inside of the door, and said to Yue, "Yue, we need to put a dressing table here, which is specially for us to use for grooming and dressing."
Then he led Yue to the window: "We need to put a desk and chair here. We can do our own things here, and we can also drink tea and read books here."
Bai Ling laughed and said, "Yes, you can also draw." He moved closer to Yue, his voice tinged with a mischievous smile. "I think the little figures you draw are very cute. You should draw more of them in the future."
Although it was clearly a compliment, Yue gave Bai Ling a slight glare: "You're joking with me again."