Hearing these familiar words, Hu Jiaojiao's mouth twitched, and she suddenly had a strange premonition.
After putting the salt in place and getting up to go out, I saw my eldest brother Hu Qinglu standing in the yard. His stunning face was filled with a gentle smile, and his pair of charming fox eyes were almost narrowed into a slit.
Only with Hu Jiaojiao would Hu Qinglu laugh so happily and freely.
"Second brother..."
As soon as Hu Jiaojiao called out, Hu Qinglu strode over, stretched out the palm-sized animal skin bag in front of her, and said with a smile:
"Little sister, are you worried about not having salt to eat in winter? Don't worry, I've brought you some salt. It's not much, so you can make do with it for now. If it's not enough, I'll find a way to help you. I will never let you go without salt!"
This familiar line, this familiar tone...
Hu Jiaojiao looked at the animal skin bag in front of her and couldn't help but twitching her lips. The eldest brother and the second brother were really worthy of being brothers. They just sent salt and even said the same thing.
"Second brother, I actually..."
"Little sister, take it quickly, don't be polite to me, if you dare to refuse me, I will be angry with you!"
Hu Qinglu directly stuffed the animal skin bag into her hand without giving her a chance to speak. Then he suddenly remembered something and looked around.
Then he leaned close to Hu Jiaojiao's ear, lowered his voice, and whispered:
"Little sister, don't tell anyone about the salt that your second brother gave you, not even your eldest brother's guys."
After saying that, without waiting for Hu Jiaojiao to nod, he continued, "Also, you are not allowed to save some salt, otherwise if I know you don't eat salt, I will be angry. Okay, I will go hunting."
He raised his hand and rubbed her head lovingly, ruffling her soft hair, then quickly left.
She came in a hurry and left like the wind. She had a graceful and stunningly beautiful face, but her temper was so hot.
During the whole process, Hu Jiaojiao didn't even have the chance to speak.
It was not until Hu Qinglu's back disappeared from her sight that she came to her senses. She opened the bag of salt and looked at it with a smile. The salt was similar to the one her eldest brother had given her, but there was less of it.
But this amount of salt is probably all my second brother’s savings.
Hu Jiaojiao had no choice but to put it away carefully.
However…
Whenever she put the salt away and prepared to go out to find the patriarch, someone would come to her house.
The third brother, the fourth brother, as well as father Hu Qiang and mother Hu Min, lined up one by one as if they had made an appointment, and their times were precisely staggered!
Half a day passed, and Hu Jiaojiao fell into deep thought as she looked at a large stone jar and five animal skin bags of different sizes placed in the corner of the wooden house.
Did her funny brothers and her father team up to steal salt from other people's homes
Why can they produce so much salt like magic when other orcs are worried about having no salt to eat in winter
This feeling is just like when she was a child in the countryside, every time she was sad, her grandparents would conjure up some little gadgets to cheer her up. Although they were not expensive things, they were very precious to her.
Hu Jiaojiao found a wooden box, put all the salt in it, and put it away carefully to make sure that it would not be discovered by others.
This is the most precious thing she has received since coming to the beast world!
She must also work hard to repay her parents and brothers!
After putting away the salt, Hu Jiaojiao went out again. This time, she waited at the door on purpose, and only when she was sure that no one would come did she breathe a sigh of relief and go to find the tribe leader with peace of mind.
It was already noon when we arrived at the patriarch's house.
Hu Jiaojiao saw from afar several orcs standing outside the chief's house and talking to the chief. She was thinking whether she should wait until the orcs left before going over, but the chief saw her in the distance at a glance.
He immediately waved for her to come over.
"Jiaojiao, you're here just in time, come quickly!"
The patriarch was smiling and seemed to be in a good mood.
The orcs nearby turned around and looked at Hu Jiaojiao with a friendly expression.
Hu Jiaojiao walked over and found that they were holding all kinds of fruits in their hands, some as small as sesame seeds and some as big as fingernails, in all colors of red and yellow.
"You've come at the right time. I was just about to look for you. Jiaojiao, come and see if there are the salted fruits you mentioned?" The chief had a look of anticipation on his face and winked at a few orcs.
The orc hurriedly came forward with the fruit and asked Fox Jiaojiao to identify it.
"Let me take a look." Hu Jiaojiao nodded and looked over carefully.
Many fruits in the forest are poisonous, and orcs dare not eat them carelessly. They usually only eat large fruits that are suitable for filling their stomachs. Basically no one will pick these small fruits. They don’t know whether they are poisonous or not, and they dare not try.
Hu Jiaojiao looked at all the fruits carefully and found that they were all inedible fruits, and there were no salted fruits.
"Inside..." She was about to shake her head, but suddenly her eyes lit up. She peeled off a layer of red fruit and picked out a black bean-like fruit with her index finger and thumb.
The fruit was stuck in the middle and she almost didn't notice it.
The fruit was black with a layer of white crystals on it. It felt sandy to the touch, very similar to the salt fruit in her memory.
Hu Jiaojiao touched a layer of white crystals and licked it on the tip of her tongue... A salty and bitter taste immediately swept over her taste buds. This kind of salt fruit tasted bitter. Even if it was eaten, it was not as delicious as salt. The salt fruit in the orc world seemed to be even more bitter.
But compared to getting sick from eating fruit without salt, having salted fruit is already good!
"It's this kind of fruit. It's the salt fruit, Chief." She put the salt fruit in her palm with surprise and handed it to the chief.
She thought it would take some time to find the salt fruit, but she didn't expect that she would find it so quickly just yesterday. Orcs are worthy of being orcs, their execution ability is excellent!
"Really?!" The patriarch was stunned at first, then he widened his eyes and laughed out loud in surprise, with the wrinkles on his face squeezed into layers due to laughing.
"Hahaha, that's great, our tribe is saved!"
After saying that, he quickly turned around and looked at the orcs, asking:
"Who of you picked this? Where did you pick it?"
“I didn’t pick it.”
"It's not me..."
Several orcs looked at each other and shook their heads. They had no impression of this small black fruit and did not remember picking it at all.
Before the patriarch could finish his joy, a bucket of cold water was poured on his head.
Seeing this, Hu Jiaojiao hurriedly said, "It must have been accidentally mixed in when everyone was picking fruits. Go to the place where we picked fruits this morning and look for it. I think you can find it."
"At least it's been narrowed down, hasn't it?"
Regardless, it's a good sign.
After hearing what Hu Jiaojiao said, the clan leader's expression improved, and he ordered in a serious tone:
"Go look for it again. Don't be careless this time. Look for it according to the appearance of this fruit."
"Yes." Several orcs quickly memorized the appearance of the black fruit, turned around and left, continuing to look for salt fruit.
"Chief, I have something else to discuss with you." After the orcs left, Hu Jiaojiao spoke about the purpose of this trip.