Chapter 52 Is She Willing to Teach Us?

Xiao Yan thought he wouldn't survive that winter, but he didn't expect that after the winter passed, they went hunting in the mountains and met him again. This time he had many new wounds on his body, and even his eyes were full of defense. Xiao Yan didn't know What he had gone through, but remembering how he had led them in the winter, he felt compassion for Ashu and took the initiative to give him some prey.

What happened afterwards was very logical. Xiao Yan gave him food. Sometimes he would take Xiao Yan to hunt where he saw prey. If they found prey, they would share some with him.

Even if Ashu doesn't lead the way, Xiao Yan will often give him some prey to keep him alive, but the amount he gives is not a lot. After all, he hunts with the tribe, and he can't take everyone's hard work to be a good person, so What he often gave Ashu were some birds. Although there wasn't much meat, it at least ensured that he wouldn't go hungry.

At first, Ashu was very defensive, but slowly he let down his guard. If he couldn't catch any prey, he would pick some wild fruits for Xiao Yan.

After a few years like this, Ashu later lived with other wandering savages. Although Xiao Yan was worried that he would be bullied, the tribe was unwilling to let Ashu join, so he had to let him go.

Ashu would often give him some wild fruits, but he wouldn't take any food he gave to Ashu, saying that he could eat enough now and didn't need to worry about him.

Because they were wandering savages without a fixed residence, the last time he saw Ashu was three months ago. He didn't expect that he would be like this when he met again.

Just now, he forgot to ask why Ashu was here and why he was alone.

Although Shen Xiaoxiao had already guessed it, he wasn't too surprised after learning about it. After all, if he had a family, he wouldn't be in such a mess.

"What is this?" When they returned to the tribe, the people who stayed in the tribe asked curiously. This thing looked familiar.

"Isn't this an astringent fruit? Xiao Yan, what are you doing picking so many astringent fruits?" Someone recognized what it was and asked strangely, no one eats this thing, what are they doing picking so many? And what is used to hold astringent fruits? It can hold so much at one time, and this thing looks familiar.

"Xiao Yan, are you asking the goddess to eat the astringent fruit?" As soon as he said this, the others stared at him with burning eyes, as if they would attack him immediately if he said yes.

"This is edible." Xiao Yan said calmly, "It's not astringent, and it's still very sweet." He put the basket down, took a few more and handed them out, "Don't eat the skin, it's edible, and it's not astringent."

The others looked at each other in confusion, obviously not believing what Xiao Yan said. Shen Xiaoxiao took one, broke the stem apart, pinched the middle with his thumbs and divided it into two halves, then separated one half, then took a bite and said, " It’s edible, you can give it a try.”

After a pause, he said, "That tree has a lot of fruit. If it suits your taste, you can pick some and eat them."

It is impossible for the two of them to eat all the persimmons from a tree. Even if they can be made into persimmons, it will take a lot of effort to process. The most they can do is pick another day tomorrow, and they will pick chestnuts the day after tomorrow. It takes a day to make pottery, so thinking about it means living everywhere.

The others took a bite with suspicion, then their eyes lit up and they looked at each other in disbelief. This... was really edible. How much they had wasted before. Thinking of this, they felt full of regret.

"We have to go into the mountain, so I won't talk to you anymore." Shen Xiaoxiao smiled, and she and Xiao Yan put the persimmons in the cave. These are all to be made into persimmons. It will be troublesome to take them out when they are placed in the cave.

"Drink some water." Shen Xiaoxiao handed him the water cup. The water was directly filled with water from the river. Although she felt it was unhygienic, the current conditions were like this and she could only adapt to it.

After Xiao Yan finished drinking the water, he handed the water cup back to her. Shen Xiaoxiao covered it with a lid and said, "When the pot is boiled, you can boil hot water and drink it. I won't drink cold water anymore."

"Yeah." Although Xiao Yan didn't know why he wanted to drink hot water, he was used to listening to Shen Xiaoxiao every day.

The two put the persimmons away and left the cave. As soon as they appeared, the people who stayed in the tribe immediately gathered around them. "Xiao Yan, what are you holding here?" someone pointed at the basket on his shoulder.

"This is a basket for carrying things."

"How is it made?" Someone couldn't help but touch it, and their eyes lit up after seeing the depth. If they also had this thing, wouldn't it be much easier to pick it in the future?

"It's made of rattan." He added, "Xiaoxiao and I have to go up the mountain, so we have to leave first."

Although others were curious, Xiao Yan had already pulled Shen Xiaoxiao away.

"Why do you think Xiao Yan has so many things? He knows that astringent fruits can be eaten, and now he still knows how to knit baskets to hold things."

"I think it's probably the goddess who told him. How else would he know."

"Yes, the goddess comes from the beast god. She may know something that we don't."

"You said that if we asked the goddess to teach us weaving, would she be willing?" This thing is of great use to the tribe, and they naturally want to learn it. After all, it will be much more convenient for their tribe to pick or hunt.

Especially when picking, they sometimes go far away, but can only bring back a few wild fruits. If they have a basket, they can bring back a lot more.

"But our attitude towards the goddess was so bad before, is she willing to teach us?" As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, thinking that they had rejected Shen Xiaoxiao so much before, and even said bad words to her, and even wanted to drive her out. Tribe, how could she be willing to teach them.

If they were treated like this, they would definitely not want to.

But this basket is really good for the tribe, and they are unwilling to give it up.

Shen Xiaoxiao didn't know what they were thinking. She had just arrived at the persimmon tree, but found that there were many more branches with persimmons hanging on the ground. She looked up and found that Ah Shu was grinning at them, "Sister, Brother Yan."

Shen Xiaoxiao was a little surprised. Why did he run up the tree? Thinking of the injury on his foot, the smile on his face disappeared immediately, "Didn't I tell you to take good care of it?"

Ah Shu said indifferently, "Sister, I'm fine." In fact, it still hurts a little, but it's nothing compared to the pain before. In the past, when it hurt more than now, he still had to go hunting with others, which was difficult.

"You come down first." Shen Xiaoxiao shouted, "Hurry up."

Although Ashu was reluctant, he saw that Shen Xiaoxiao seemed unhappy, so he slowly climbed down, "Sister."

Shen Xiaoxiao was relieved to see that he was intact, "Don't do this next time. If I told you to heal your wounds, you should heal them well. Why are you climbing up and down?" If he had to do this, it would be fine. The key point was to help her. It was completely unnecessary. There were many persimmons on this tree. The two of them could pick two baskets full in no time.

Of course, she was not the kind of person who didn't appreciate it. She just felt sorry for him for living such a homeless life at such a young age, and now he was dragging his injuries to help her pick persimmons.