Chapter 28: Want to freeload

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Chang Xia, what are you doing?”

Ya Dong’s lively, lilting voice came closer.

He and Shan Kun walked over with meat in their hands. They had gone out hunting with the tribe hunting team today and had a good hunt.

Thinking of coming to Chang Xia’s house to freeload, they brought the meat and ran over.

“Shan Kun, come quickly. Chang Xia’s fried yam fruit powder pancake.” Nuan Chun waved her hand and shouted for her partner to come quickly. She could not compete with Nan Feng, let alone Chen Rong, who was favored by Chang Xia.

The yam fruit powder pancake was golden in color, and its skin was crispy and fragrant. It was sweet and sour in one’s mouth. The two different fillings allowed one to experience double the pleasure. It tasted delicious!

Ya Dong and Shan Kun suddenly quickened their pace.

The powdered fruit pancakes in the morning made them reminisce when they went out hunting.

“Stop looking. We’ve used up all the fruit powder at home. If you want to eat it, wait until the white fruits outside are dried and grounded into powder.”

After a round of snatching, everyone was not satisfied.

Hence, they all shouted for Chang Xia to continue making more.

Chang Xia shook her head and told everyone the bad news. The fruit powder that the tribe had given to Chang Xia had been successfully finished after the past few days of consumption. Not to mention the yam and fruit powder pancakes, they didn’t even have any fruit powder left.

“Tell Shan Kun to go home,” Nuan Chun said. “I still have half a jar of powdered fruit.”

She became hungry quickly when she was pregnant with her cubs. Fruit paste was the most convenient food. For example, Chang Xia emphasized soaking it in hot water to eat. The clansmen usually mixed it with cold water and fed it to the cubs of the tribe.

Chang Xia shook her head and pulled Shan Kun to his feet. “Don’t bother,” she said, pointing to the stewed yam stew and roasted meat. “Lunch first.”

Her white fruit had been in the sun for two days, and the green white fruit gradually turned white.

It looked as if it had been stained with white frost.

After drying the fruits in the sun for another half a day, they were almost ready to be grounded into powder.

Immediately, everyone around sighed in pity. However, they did not insist on eating. After all, lunch was already prepared.

They took their seats and got their bowls and chopsticks.

“How’s the house cave building going, Chen Rong?”

“Very well.”

He was already digging into the second hole.

In the afternoon, they continued to dig out the three-hole house cave in the west.

Chang Xia calculated that with the help of Nan Feng and the others, it would not take two or three days to finish digging the house cave. Next, they would tidy up the house cave.

It was possible to get the house cave built before the rainy season.

It could take as long as ten days, or as long as half a month or twenty.

Chang Xia could live in the newly built house cave and no longer worry about the weather.

“With your help, the house cave might be built in half a month!” Chang Xia gave everyone a thumbs up and sighed. “According to my initial calculations and Chen Rong’s slow construction, we can expect to move into the house cave before the cold season. Now with you guys, I think we can move in before the rainy season while filling up the furniture.”

Considering the Earth calendar, it was April in the Twilight Forest and close to May.

The rainy season was a little over a month before summer.

The Twilight Forest was rainy in the summer, and it would rain for almost half of the season.

“Chang Xia, can I move in and be your neighbor?” Nuan Chun asked.

As soon as she said that, Shan Kun’s eyes suddenly lit up. The tribe lived close to each other, so it was not very convenient to build a house cave. Moving to Chang Xia was indeed a good suggestion.

Chang Xia smiled and nodded. “Sure!”

The area of the White Lake was very large, and the yellow soil was very suitable for building a house cave. Moreover, it was convenient to get water from the White Lake. In comparison, it was more convenient than the tribe.

The Heluo Tribe had been developed for thousands of years, and the internal space of the tribe was already limited. It was fine to build a beast lair, but it was a little problematic to build a house cave. After all, the beasts were beasts and more or less had a certain territorial awareness, so they would not live too close to each other.

“Me too,” Nan Feng said quickly and pushed Shan Kun away.

Immediately, everyone turned to look at Nan Feng.

Nuan Chun smiled and asked, “Have you found a suitable companion, Nan Feng?”

“No,” Nan Feng replied righteously. “Who says you have to have a mate to build a lair?”

That said.

Beside her, Ya Dong was equally tempted.

“Chang Xia, I want to build a house cave near your house too.”

If he lived next to Chang Xia and Chen Rong, wouldn’t he be able to freeload anytime and anywhere?

Perhaps it was because the foodies had the same attributes, in an instant, Ya Dong’s thoughts directly connected to Nan Feng, Nuan Chun and the others. They looked at each other and smiled.

“No problem. You were all there yesterday when the foundation was built. You can pick any place nearby that’s suitable for building a house cave. However, you’ll have to ask for the patriarch’s opinion…”

After all, this was the edge of the tribe. It was not as safe as inside the tribe.

Back then, Chang Xia took a long time to ask for Root’s permission.

Root reluctantly agreed to let Chang Xia move out of the tribe.

Even so, he deliberately asked the totem warriors patrolling the tribe every day to wander around White Lake. He was afraid that if he did not pay attention, Chang Xia, the child that he had painstakingly raised, would be gone.

Chang Xia worried Root and the tribe.

From now on, he would probably continue to worry.

“It’s fine. We’ll discuss it with the patriarch after we choose,” Nuan Chun said excitedly.

She was sure the Chief would nod in agreement on this small matter.

Root had been looking forward to Nan Feng’s marriage for a long time. If the patriarch didn’t agree, they could say that it would be easier for her to find a male to marry after her house cave was built.

After that, who cared if Nan Feng got married or not?!

The beasts had always been straightforward and did not care about trifles.

Marriage was all about looks.

Chang Xia shrugged and said no more. She was convinced that with Nan Feng and Nuan Chun’s insistance, it was only a matter of time before Root agreed.

Moreover, improving the living environment of the tribesmen was also a good thing for the tribe.

Especially with the invention of the house cave.

In the afternoon, apart from the three-hole house cave on the right, Nan Feng and the others had even dug two holes in the five-hole house cave on the front. This speed amazed Chang Xia. The remaining three-hole house cave would be ready tomorrow morning.

Thinking about it, the house cave could be ready in two days.

Fuck—

Chang Xia felt dizzy.

Doesn’t that mean the making of doors and windows should be considered now?

“Chen Rong, are they crazy?” Chang Xia stood in front of the cave with his mouth agape, looking at the cave that already had a general appearance. Satisfaction, happiness, all kinds of emotions swarmed over. At this moment, Nan Feng and the others had already returned to the tribe.

The two of them stood in front of the cave and reminisced.

Chen Rong smiled, brushing sand from his hands.

“A house cave. Much better than a beast lair.”

The nobles of the Western Continent lived in the Royal Court, which was formed by countless yurts sewn from animal skins. The interior was very gorgeous, and in Chen Rong’s opinion, it was not practical at all.

In comparison, the house cave was rustic and hard.

It brought a greater sense of security and comfort.

“Of course.” Chang Xia nodded proudly, gesturing toward the house cave’s cliff face. “I’d like to build eaves here using wood and stone. I will watch the snow, listen to the rain, and bask in the sun. Don’t you think it’s beautiful?”

Chen Rong cocked his head, thinking about the eaves Chang Xia had mentioned.

He hesitated. Could it be the eaves?

“You draw the blueprint, and I’ll do it,” Chen Rong said. “The light will be weaker that way.”

The Westland was lit by oil lamps and there were no oil lamps in the Eastland. However, oil lamps were simple to make, and Chen Rong knew how to make them. The light was dim, and oil lamps could be lit in the house cave.

Now that he thought about it, he decided that the eaves Chang Xia had mentioned were pretty good.

“Nan Feng says the birds have a stone that glows. I’ll ask the shaman about it when he gets here,” Chang Xia said.

“I know how to make oil lamps,” Chen Rong added with a nod.

Chang Xia shook her head gently and said, “The oil lamp is okay at night but it feels awkward to light it during the day. But we have skylights at the top of the house cave. It won’t be too dark.”

Holding hands, they chatted as they walked back to the beast lair.