Chapter 163 – The closure (2/2)

“Mum!” Chen Jia shouted while speeding up.

Shao Xuan looked over and saw Ping standing inside the house, now looking out from the window.

“Are you guys okay?” Ping ran out and checked Chen Jia, then over to Shao Xuan. No matter if it was the blood stains on Chen JIa or Shao Xuan, it was fine because it wasn’t theirs.

After checking that they had no injuries, Ping happily said: Quick go inside, I’ve prepared food to eat!”

Seeing that Ping was that happy probably also meant that Fu Shi was fine too.

Fu Shi was resting in the house, he had quite a lot of injuries on him, but it was fine as long as he could keep his life.

Seeing Shao Xuan carrying the rattan basket in, both Fu Shi and his wife could not keep in their excitement. Their mouth smiled to the point of cracking open. Their wide mouths looked almost terrifying.

If it wasn’t that Shao Xuan had been interacting with them all this time and understood them, he would definitely have had the same idea like the other tribes: The Drumming tribe people are really scary.

Leaving the family to connect more, Shao Xuan went out to look around.

He heard that baby crocodile calling, but it wasn’t because of fear, its tone sounded different. In the river outside Chen Jia’s house, there was an 8 meter long crocodile at the side crawling into the river. Its eyes were yellow brown, when looking at people, it was always cold and emotionless, making people feel their hearts freeze.

Before it went into the river, it picked up that baby crocodile and swam into the river to the other side.

Those conical teeths could easily tear apart a human’s body, but when picking up the baby crocodile, it did not use any force, instead it was like protective cradle. Cradling that baby crocodile.

This was also an animal that had a motherly sense to protect their cubs.

The guy who had been trapped by Shao Xuan and had his neck broken off by Qing Yi previously, his body had already been taken away. It was not left to be fed to the crocodiles. Shao Xuan knew that this guy must have had a special identity, after all he wasn’t a Drumming tribe member.

In the Drumming tribe, the people and crocodile lived in harmony. The real situation was just like today, they were not very intimate with each other, but they would not harm each other. The invaders were just their common enemy.

“WHAT?!!”

When Shao Xuan was observing the surrounding crocodiles, he heard Ping yell with surprise from inside the house.

“What’s wrong?” Shao Xuan asked walking into the house.

“Uh, it was just that we heard someone had their water moonstones stolen.” Ping replied.

The tribe members, because they were fighting off against the Martyr tribe’s invasion, had no time to constantly look after them. Until now, when everything was finished, they once again cleared out their rattan baskets.

It was secured properly with beast skin, but when it was opened once again, it was found that it had lessened a lot. The beast skin was not torn open, the rattan basket was not damaged, so why had the water moonstones disappeared?

“It must be a ‘thief’! Only they have the skill to do this.” Fu Shi said hatefully.

After hearing about it, Ping immediately went to check on their house’s rattan basket. Their house’s harvest this year was quite bountiful. If they were stolen, it would definitely be a huge loss.

The rattan basket was carried by Chen Jia most of the time. When Chen Jia was not watching over it, then Shao Xuan was.

“Still good, it wasn’t stolen.” After clearing them out, Ping breathed a sigh of relief. These water moonstones might just be what they have to rely on for the coming year.

“Oh yeah.” Ping was originally planning to continue holding on to the water moonstones, but after seeing Shao Xuan at the side, she remembered. She took out some water moonstones from the rattan basket, put them into a hide bag, and handed them over to Shao Xuan, “This time it was thanks to you, Shao Xuan.”

Many from the Drumming tribe don’t speak much. Fu Shi looked like he wanted to say something too, however in the end, he just shook his head and swallowed his words. Not knowing how to thank him, reminiscing the times when the other tribes during the trade fair had given him some tips, he tried his best to show his most sincere smile. Therefore when facing Shao Xuan, his mouth was split to the max.

Shao Xuan: “……”

Taking back his sight from him, Shao Xuan then pushed back the hide bag , “There’s no need for so much.”

Shao Xuan realised that what Ping took out was almost a fifth of what was inside. Don’t underestimate the value of a fifth, this was ‘money’ that could probably trade for a lot of stuff.

“Take them!” Ping then pushed the hide bag back into Shao Xuan hands, saying: “When this matter is over, the trade fair will start soon. At that time, you will be going with Fu Shi. You will be able to use them. This is your first time out, so there will be many things you will not understand.”

Not being able to refuse, Shao Xuan then took over the hide bag. After all, when going to the trade fair, this was a necessity.

Where do you usually go for the trade fair? To the other tribes?” Shao Xuan questioned.

“If it’s a small trade fair, there are times when it’s held in the Drumming tribe, and some other times in the Pu tribe. However if it’s a big one, then we have to go to the trading grounds.” Ping explained.

Fu Shi understood more on this matter as he was the one in charge for trading for their house every time.

“The nearest to us would be the Pu tribe, this time we are also going there for the trade. The Pu tribe has quite a few good stuff in their hands. Stone materials, pottery, sometimes even medicinal herbs, all these are good stuff….”