"What's that sound?" Hu Jiaojiao stopped suddenly and looked around vigilantly.
It was finally determined that the sound came from more than ten meters behind.
"Help...Help me..."
The faint voice came again, as if the voice would die at any moment.
Only then did Hu Jiaojiao hear clearly that it seemed like someone was calling for help.
It just so happened that the wind was blowing outwards. She took a few steps closer before she smelled a strong smell of blood coming from the grass, but the smell was quickly blown away by the wind.
Hu Jiaojiao carefully parted the grass, and what came into view was a blood-stained hand.
The dense weeds obscured the orc's body, so his full appearance could not be seen, but it was certain that he must have been seriously injured.
The injured orc seemed to sense someone approaching, and his cry for help became louder, accompanied by a violent cough:
"Please... ahem, save me..."
Who is this orc and why is he appearing near their tribe
Hu Jiaojiao frowned, her mind full of thoughts, but she also realized that the other party had discovered her.
So he said:
"Don't be afraid, I will save you right away."
After saying that, he turned around and left quickly without saying another word.
The injured orc who felt the footsteps fade away: "..."
The cry for help suddenly became weaker.
Hu Jiaojiao turned back to look for the chief, and found a strange injured orc in the wasteland. She didn't dare to go forward to rescue him casually, so it would be safer to ask the chief to come.
“Chief!”
Fox Jiaojiao called out while pulling away the grass. The grass here was too deep, otherwise the orc would not have remained undiscovered for so long.
Hearing Hu Jiaojiao's voice, the clan leader immediately rushed over.
"What happened?" The patriarch heard the anxiety in her voice.
"There's an orc covered in blood over there." Hu Jiaojiao said, pointing in the direction she came back from.
"Orcs? Why are there orcs here? There are no other orcs living near our tribe."
The chief's expression suddenly became serious. He waved his hand and asked two strong orcs to follow him and go to check it out.
Any corpse will attract wild beasts. If an orc dies here, they will have to guard against attacks from wild beasts when building a wall here.
Even if we don't rescue them, we have to take the orcs away from here.
With the tribe leader and other orcs around, Hu Jiaojiao followed behind with peace of mind.
Soon, several people came to the place where Hu Jiaojiao had just been. Two orcs stepped forward and pushed aside the weeds around and stepped on them. Only then did Hu Jiaojiao see clearly that the person lying on the ground was a male.
The male was covered in blood, his body was unrecognizable, with wounds of varying sizes, it was impossible to tell which wound the blood was coming from.
Surprisingly, there was a female cub lying next to him.
The cub was about ten years old, a small male. Although there was blood on his body, it was obvious that his injuries were much lighter than his.
The male cub was already unconscious, and he was holding it in his arms in a protective manner.
Fox Jiaojiao had an illusion that the male seemed to be worried that wild beasts would come and eat the cubs, so he used his body to shield them, so that even if the wild beasts wanted to eat them, they would eat him first.
He is protecting this cub with his life.
Seeing that there were still cubs, the chief's brows frowned even more tightly.
"Chief, what should we do? Should we bring them back to the tribe?" asked one of the orcs.
Another orc said in a heavy tone, "With such a serious injury, even if we bring him back to the tribe, I'm afraid the old veterinarian won't be able to save him..."
After a moment's silence, the patriarch raised his hand and motioned for the two men to lift them up.
"Take it back first."
At least the cub had a chance to survive, and he probably didn't want to wake up without seeing the corpse of the orc who protected him.
Orcs will not stand by and watch females and cubs die, because females and cubs are the foundation of the tribe's continuation.
The remaining eight orcs stayed in the wasteland to continue working, and Hu Jiaojiao went back with them at the request of the tribe leader.
The other side.
Long Mo arrived at Hu Qingyuan's house early.
Before leaving, he took some ingredients from Hu Jiaojiao's kitchen.
"Long Mo? Why are you here so early?" When Hu Qingyuan came back from Hu Jing's house, he found Long Mo already standing outside the yard, with a look of surprise on his face.
His cabin was too simple, so he let Hu Jing continue to live in her original place. He would let Hu Jing move into the new house after the stone house was built. He also stayed at Hu Jing's place at night.
Hu Qingyuan didn't expect that Long Mo would be so enthusiastic in helping him build the stone house.
He was moved and immediately cheered up, rolling up his sleeves and saying:
"I'll be right there. Let's go build a stone house."
"No hurry." Long Mo stretched out his hand to stop him.
"If there's no hurry, then why did you come so early?" Hu Qingyuan was stunned. It turned out that he didn't come so early to help him build the stone house.
Long Mo glanced at him indifferently, and a strong aura emanated from his cold face.
"Does your previous promise count?"
"What's the matter?" Hu Qingyuan was still a little confused, but when he saw Long Mo's sharp eyes looking at him, he suddenly remembered.
"Oh, it's just a food tasting, no problem."
He waved his hands and didn't take it seriously at all.
If Hu Qingyuan knew that his cub had diarrhea after eating the food made by Long Mo, he probably would not have answered so straightforwardly.
It’s a pity that he knows nothing about Long Mo’s cooking skills.
He just thought that Long Mo was unskilled and burnt the meat.
It was still early, so the two began to practice cooking in the yard. Long Mo took out the ingredients from the kitchen and prepared them one by one according to the order he remembered.
Hu Qingyuan looked at him curiously.
Seeing Long Mo's "skilled" movements, it doesn't look like he can't cook at all.
"Long Mo, what is this white thing?" He picked up an ingredient.
"garlic."
"What counts?"
Hu Qingyuan showed a black question mark face.
Long Mo was concentrating on making the "delicious food" and didn't notice Hu Qingyuan's expression. As for the steps, since it was for Hu Qingyuan to eat, he saved as much as possible.
Just peel the garlic, no need to chop it.
Just cut the beef into large chunks, it's all meat anyway.
Cook first and then mix the ingredients. Long Mo confidently put the meat into the pot and started waiting.
"Long Mo, let me ask you a question." Hu Qingyuan suddenly came over and smiled slyly, "How do you usually make my little sister happy?"
"Hello?" Long Mo said with a hint of doubt.
Hu Qingyuan moved his butt and gestured with his hands to explain: "That's it, what can you do to make me happy?"
He heard that Hu Jing had no parents and that although she was a female, she had a hard life, so he wanted to make Hu Jing happy.
Hearing this, the first image in Long Mo's mind was Hu Jiaojiao holding the little rabbit with a bright smile, and he said:
"Catch some baby rabbits for her."
"Is it that simple?" Hu Qingyuan widened his eyes, not daring to believe it.
"Yeah. It's that simple." Long Mo nodded with an affirmative tone.
Hu Qingyuan touched his chin and nodded, "It turns out that females are so easy to coax."
He would catch baby rabbits some other day to make Hu Jing happy.
As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Qingyuan smelled a burnt smell. He turned around and hurriedly put out the fire.
"Long Mo, your pot is smoking!!"