A few days later at noon, Yao Xiaoqing saw most of the basket of wheat sent by Yan Yu, grabbed a handful in his hand, and found that the wheat grains were slender and not as short and fat as later generations, and there were more than a dozen flat grains in a handful.
Her family in her previous life rarely grew wheat, and she couldn't figure out which variety of wheat it was. Then she thought it would be great to have it. No matter what variety it was, she would have steamed buns to eat next year.
Yan Yu saw her looking at the wheat in her hand without saying anything, thinking that she thought it was too little, so he said apologetically: "Qing Wu, we only harvested one basket of wheat, and there is only so much we can give you."
His voice pulled Yao Xiaoqing back from the steamed buns and happily took the basket, "These are enough, thank you!"
Seeing that she was not dissatisfied with the lack of wheat, Yan Yu happily accepted it and said with a blush, "If the tribe collects other seeds in the future, I will compensate you."
The people here are still simple and honest, and they feel sorry for others even if they give half of it.
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "It's really enough. There is no need to compensate. You have collected new seeds and we can exchange them!"
Hearing her mention the exchange, Yan Yu thought of Wu He's instructions and took out several carefully selected animal skins from his backpack, including two white fox skins and two long-velvety sheepskins.
"Qing Wu, this is Chong's father. Wu He asked me to bring it to you. Thank you for saving Chong."
"I can't ask for this, I've already received the reward." Yao Xiaoqing refused.
Yan Yu awkwardly put the animal skin back into his backpack, "Wu also asked me to bring you a message. He wanted to exchange food with you for the two medicines you gave Chong to treat his injuries."
Yao Xiaoqing thought that there were quite a lot of elderberries, and Panax notoginseng had not been seen anywhere else except what he discovered last time. As a favor, he could get some things back. After exchanging bits and pieces, they would sooner or later
He will also know what the elder trees look like, and if he wants, he can bring them back with some living animals.
After thinking about it, she said to Yan Yu: "I don't have much medicinal powder left. If I want to exchange it, I can only exchange it with you for herbal medicine."
Yan Yu thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay, do you want to exchange for animal skins or food?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "As long as you help me hunt a few live calves and come back, I will give you a plant of that herb, and you can collect it yourself in the future. I can also tell you how to use it and what it can do."
What injuries and illnesses are treated?”
Although live calves are not easy to catch, it is still cost-effective to know what the herbs look like and how to use them.
"Okay, I agree to this exchange," Yan Yu looked at Yao Xiaoqing puzzled, "Can I ask, why do you want a small one, not a big one?"
Yao Xiaoqing did not hide it from him, "I want the smaller ones so that I can catch them and raise them. Big beasts are ferocious and difficult to tame. If you catch the smaller ones and raise them, they will become more mature!"
"Oh!" Yan Yu suddenly realized, "What you are thinking in your mind is different from ours. We only thought about catching the big ones, which would have more meat. We never thought about catching the small ones and raising them ourselves."
"You can also catch a few more and raise them. When you catch the calves, I will give you the herbs." Yao Xiaoqing said with a smile.
Yan Yu nodded, and seeing that she had not asked about the first request, he looked at her curiously, "Don't you ask, did my father agree to your first request?"
I didn’t ask you to save face, but you rushed to mention it! Yao Xiaoqing rolled his eyes, "If your father agrees, you will tell me when you see me. You haven’t mentioned it all the time, so I still need it."
Do you want to ask?"
Yan Yu said with shame: "You are right, my father did not agree, but he said..."
Yao Xiaoqing originally thought that Da Ma would refuse directly, but with Da Ma's promise to ventilate in advance, she finally got her wish.
"If we know the news in advance, we can also be prepared. Please thank your father for us!"
Yan Yu saw that she was not dissatisfied and thanked them. He bowed his head in shame and said, "I failed to fulfill my promise, you can punish me."
Yao Xiaoqing was amused by his words, "Why should I punish you? Just remember not to make random promises in the future."
Yan Yu didn't expect that she would say the same thing as his father. Thinking about it, he felt that what he said at that time was too absolute. He was secretly glad that she was a good talker.
Seeing that the matter had been settled, Yao Xiaoqing was busy going into the mountains to collect, and said with a smile: "Do you have anything else to do?"
Seeing Yao Xiaoqing rushing him away, Yan Yu felt a little disappointed for some reason, "It's gone. Please accept these furs."
The medicinal materials were agreed to be exchanged for the great witch. Yao Xiaoqing put away the gift and felt no burden in his heart. He took the basket readily, bowed and saluted, "Please tell Wu He for me to thank him for the gift. I will wait for you to send the calf."
We hand over the herbs in one hand and the calf in the other!”
"Okay, I will deliver it as soon as possible." After Yan Yu finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.
After taking two steps, I suddenly remembered that I forgot to ask, did Yao Xiaoqing Jinmao come to see her?
"Qing Wu, has Golden Retriever come to your place?"
Yao Xiaoqing shook his head, "No, he hasn't been here since he left last time. Didn't he return to the tribe?"
"You have gone back, maybe you went to play in the old forest of Qiu Shan." After Yan Yu said that, he turned and left.
The warriors waiting on the mountain followed him. Yan Yu looked at them and said, "Isn't Qing Huo here yet?"
"Coming! Coming!" Qing Huo came out of the forest, looked at him and said, "Yan Yu, that man didn't go to see Huo Li, he met Kun. They met in a cave in the Qiushan forest.
Yes, I can't hear what they said?
These two bad guys are bound to get into trouble together. Ignore him for now and go hunt down the calf. Yan Yu ordered Qing Huo and several others to follow him towards the mountain forest to the east.
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"You little heartless boy, you won't come to see your sister when you're not in the tribe!" Yao Xiaoqing muttered, carrying the basket on his back and walking towards the yard where he lived.
They went back to dry the wheat seeds upstairs and put the animal skins in the rattan box. They came out with the taro. The two of them carried the baskets on their backs and went up the mountain, heading towards the mountain col where the soap locust was found. When they arrived at the mountain col, they found several members of the Lingque tribe.
A woman uses a bamboo knife to dig out rhizomes in the ground at the foot of the mountain.
Yuzi looked at her, "Xiaoqing, they are here too, do we still want to go down?"
Yao Xiaoqing nodded, "Let's go a little further."
The woman from the Lingque Tribe heard the voices, looked up and saw the two of them, and shouted with a smile: "Qing Wu, are you also coming to the mountain col to collect food?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said, "Yeah! Let's take a look."
The round-faced woman bumped the woman standing next to her with her elbow, "Ayan, this is the green witch who saved you."
Ayan glanced at Yao Xiaoqing numbly, then bent down and continued to dig at the roots of the thatch.
The round-faced woman smiled awkwardly at Yao Xiaoqing, "Qing Wu, Ayan doesn't like to talk."
Yao Xiaoqing shook his head, "It's okay, you are busy, let's go first."
Yuzi hurriedly caught up with Yao Xiaoqing. The two heard the old lady scolding Ayan in a low voice.