Chapter 69: A Tribe Like Home

  It's unclear whether the physical cooling had an effect or if the garlic soup water worked, but Xiao Hei's temperature dropped slightly and he seemed more comfortable, no longer crying and fussing, and soon fell fast asleep.

  Mo Yi'er and Si Fen Ni both let out a sigh of relief, at this time Chu Yan also learned about the situation and walked into the cave. "How's Xiao Hei? Is he okay?"

  "Ah, much better now, all thanks to Mo Yi'er. Mo Yi'er, thank you so much, this is the second time you've saved Xiao Hei." Xī Fǎng Nī put Xiao Hei on a fur cushion and let him sleep, then she knelt down and kowtowed to Mo Yi'er.

  "Xī fěn nī, what are you doing? Get up quickly." Mò yì ér hastily pulled Xī fěn nī up. She had only done something she knew was a weak gesture, and couldn't bear to receive such grand courtesy from others. Moreover, she wasn't accustomed to the local custom of kneeling and bowing at every turn.

  But Silfenie's strength was much greater than hers, and she couldn't pull it at all. She still knelt down several times before getting up. Chu Huai only smiled and watched from the side, thinking that Mo Yier deserved Silfenie's grand courtesy. Mo Yier was a bit speechless, sighed, and sat down with Silfenie to say: "Xiao Hei is still so young, you must take good care of him."

  "These days, Huáng Bǎo has been wrapped in animal hides, but I don't know why he still got sick." Xī Fǎng Nī was worried, she was careless, but her man was more careful than her. When Huáng Bǎo and the others went hunting during the day, Zhàng Jī even came to help take care of Xiao Hei, really not letting him catch a chill!

  Chu Yan touched the animal skin and said: "The weather is cold, under the animal skin it's a bit chilly, at night you might get cold even if you sleep soundly."

  Mo Yu'er also touched it, indeed, winter is about to arrive, even in the mountain cave, it's much colder than before. At night, she had to rely on Chu Huo, this big stove, to keep warm. Xiao Hei was so small, and it was reasonable that he would catch a cold. But what could be done? Winter was approaching soon, and he couldn't get sick again. It wasn't possible to build heating or geothermal systems at this time, what alternatives were there?

  Mo Yu'er couldn't help but fall into deep thought again, and Chu Ge and the others knew she was thinking about something when they saw her like this, so they didn't disturb her, each doing their own thing, preparing to eat dinner. Mo Yu'er continued to think until dinner time, Fan Gong felt sorry for her hungry stomach, and couldn't help but interrupt her: "Mo Yu'er, eat first and then think about things!"

  "Oh? Is it time to eat?" Mo Yi'er looked outside at the completely dark sky, now that the weather was cold, the tribe had already started eating in the cave.

  "Yes, I've already started eating." Banggo handed over the tender roasted meat and mushroom soup to Mo Yier, steaming hot, giving off a warm and cozy feeling of home. "Thank you, Banggo."

  The base of Fang Ge's ears had a suspicious flush, it had been so long since he saw Mo Yi Er, he was thinking about her day and night, but when he saw Mo Yi Er, his heart skipped a beat, even speaking made him nervous.

  "Huang Ge, how's the tribe lately?" Chu Yan didn't give them a chance to talk alone, sitting down beside Mo Yi'er and handing her the chopsticks that had just been washed and polished with twigs. The action was so smooth, as if it had been done countless times before, and being together with Mo Yi'er felt especially harmonious. This gave Huang Ge a very bad premonition...

  "Fan Ge, Ah Di, what's wrong with you?" Chu Huo waited for a while, but Fan Ge still didn't respond to his words, just staring blankly at himself and Mo Yier, couldn't help but ask, could it be that there was something else besides Xiao Hei.

  "Hmm... nothing much. The tribe is doing well, and the recent hunt was also successful. Don't worry about food during the cold days, and don't worry about offering food to the chief's tribe either." Bango told Chu Huai about the situation in the tribe, and Chu Huai returned, which also meant that he had shed the heavy responsibility of taking care of the tribe.

  "Hmm, that's good. This time we also exchanged a lot of things, and the crystal sugar is now known to everyone in the tribe, all thanks to Mo Yi'er. As a reward, you can have more to eat tonight." Chu Huo said with a smile, and handed some of the meat to Mo Yi'er.

  "No need, I've had enough to eat. Look at how much meat has grown on my waist." Mo Yi'er hastily pushed it back, but Chu Yan was like this every time, always wanting to share some of his own food with her, making her a big eater now.

  "You're so thin, you should eat more, now the tribe has plenty of food, everyone can eat their fill."

  "Haha, yeah! In the past, before winter arrived, everyone was afraid to eat their fill and would use animal hide belts to tightly cinch their waists! Haha!" One of the men said with a big laugh, his face full of satisfaction. Now they not only can eat until they're full, but also have an extra breakfast compared to before. Primitive humans are just that easily satisfied, and they all feel extremely happy.

  Many people followed suit and burst out laughing, everyone was like family, men and women gathered around eating and sharing stories of what had happened to each other during their time apart. Mo Yi'er listened quietly, occasionally nodding or smiling, feeling very satisfied.

  However, Bango was depressed. He increasingly felt the closeness between Moyi and Chuyan. Their closeness had become a habit, revealing itself in their conversations and ordinary movements. Was it really so?

  After dinner, Fan Qiang found an excuse to call out Chu Yan, and the two leaned against the stone wall in front of the cave, next to which were the two rabbits raised by Mo Yier, now plump and large.

  "Little brother, what are you looking for me about? Why can't you say it in front of the others?" Chu Yan was puzzled, as Fan Wu rarely acted like this.

  "Big brother, I just want to know what happened when you and Mo Yier went out this time."

  "Oh? What do you want to ask?" There were many things that happened this time when we went out, and Ba Jin has already told everyone about it. Why does Fan Ge still need to come out and ask separately?

  "Big brother, you should understand what I'm asking, have you and Mo Yier already..."

  When the conversation reached this point, Chu Yan already understood. He patted Fan Wu's shoulder: "Younger brother, I can give you anything else, even the position of leader, but Mo Yi'er is someone I won't let go of."

  "Brother Ah, I won't give up!" Bang Ge gritted his teeth and stared at Chu Yan, the raging fire in his heart had already been ignited.

  "Hehe, I know your personality, you won't give up. But I can take better care of Mo Yi'er than you, and now there are outsiders who have their eyes on her, we need to be careful."

  "What? Who is it? What's going on?"

  Chu Yu then told Mo Ye about the leader of the Yue Shu tribe, Mo Ye, and the fact that the Ni Ba tribe also wanted him. He knew that if Mo Ye's intelligence continued to be known to them, they would continue to pester him.