Chapter 22: The Son of the Patriarch
Mi Lan is getting busier and busier, finding a fruit like a coconut in the wild, and the juice inside is salty and can be used as table salt. The fruit is soaked in this juice and the people of the sect are tanned for the skins.
Several more apprentices were accepted, and Hu Nana was also among them.
"Miran, you...... Are you really willing to take me?" Hu Nana looked incredulous and a little dazed.
"What's the matter? I don't want to learn, what do I don't want to take, the more things you learn, the more it will help you, isn't it?" asked Miran.
Hu Nana stared at Mi Lan, this was the first time she looked at her so seriously, and she felt that Mi Lan was strange and familiar. She had always thought that Mi Lan was a timid and fearful little human who only knew how to eat and attract the opposite sex. I didn't expect ......
Hu Nana showed a wry smile, it turned out that she had always been the most selfish and narrow-minded person. "I'm ......sorry!
Mi Lan frowned and asked, "What are you sorry for? She really didn't know what this girl was doing when she suddenly apologized, and thought that Hu Nana was still for Bai Xuan's business: "Did Bai Xuan say something?"
"No, no, no...... No, I just don't understand, there are very few witch doctors in the beast world, the larger tribes do, and the smaller tribes don't have witch doctors at all. ”
"So what?"
"So every witch doctor is a treasure bump in the tribe, and they are provided by the tribesmen, who don't usually hunt, but only heal and save people. Their medical skills will not be passed on, and even if they accept apprentices, they will not accept anyone like you. ”
Hearing this, Mi Lan understood it, and there is an old saying about it: It makes sense for the disciples of the church to starve their masters to death. They are reluctant to teach medicine because they are afraid that if they teach their apprentices, they will no longer be able to enjoy the respect and treatment that their tribe deserves from them.
She also finally understood why the beast world was so backward, if everyone hid some selfishness, even if the beast world would still stop moving forward in a few hundred years.
Could this be why the system asked her to help the beast world?
"Nana is right, I'm so selfish, I've never thought about these issues before, and now I think about it. The witch doctor's face turned red, and he suddenly tried to find a crack in the ground to get into.
"It's okay, ask me if there's anything you don't understand. "I teach you that you can't admit anything to complete the task.
"Master, master, what is this flower called, and what is it for?"
A little girl ran behind her, who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, just when she was young. She is Mi Lan's newly accepted apprentice, holding a small yellow flower in her hand, and she looks curious.
"This is the flower of dandelion, dandelion has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and its flowers are dried and ground into powder to treat scabies. Mi Lan explained, "You'd better write down what I say in the future, so you don't forget it." ”
The little girl looked embarrassed: "Master, I ......"
"What's wrong?"
"I ...... I don't know how to write beasts, I don't know how to memorize ......" The more the little girl spoke, the quieter her voice became, and she lowered her head in shame, and her face turned red.
"......" heart plugged, "hehe... That one... It doesn't matter, it won't be forgotten, just memorize it with your brain. As a lazy person, she didn't want to teach them to read anymore. Literacy is not a day or two, and it is too cumbersome to learn from scratch.
"Drop, the system publishes tasks to teach the people to read. ”
Mi Lan: "......", you really know how to pick the time, are you here to slap me in the face?" "Don't teach, whoever likes to teach will teach." "She doesn't want to teach, and she can't compromise this time.
"Alas, I still have a few sets of beautiful clothes here, but it is very cold in winter, and there are a few sets of quilts. Alas, if you don't forget it, then you won't teach them, how troublesome. ”
"Hey, hey, hey...... You see this is your fault, why didn't you say it earlier? Isn't it just teaching literacy? Wrap it up on me. No trouble, no trouble. Mi Lan patted her chest and promised that she was willing to teach.
System: "......"
So Mi Lan became a spinning top, teaching them to read and write during the day, and teaching them medicine or making all kinds of simple tools by the light of the fire at night.
The clansmen knew that Mi Lan was literate, and their eyes lit up one by one, especially the witch doctor and the little girl that day, and later Mi Lan knew that her name was Xiao Jing.
The only thing that bothered her was the witch doctor, and he couldn't finish answering Mi Lan, who had a lot of questions.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the rainy season was approaching, and the patriarch called a meeting, and the males of the tribe were responsible for hunting, and the females were responsible for collecting wild fruits and medicinal herbs.
Milan asked the patriarch for a few orcs, and opened a field on the hillside, planting corn and cotton. As for the other seeds, which are not suitable for planting in this season, we can only wait.
"Master, master, do you see that this grass is the sweet potato you said?" Mi Lan took a few people out to look for medicinal herbs, and Xiao Jing pointed to a large field of vines on the side of the road and asked.
Mi Lan took a closer look and said, "Hehehe! I have roasted sweet potatoes to eat tonight." Hurry up and dig, it's getting dark. As he spoke, he had already started digging out several large sweet potatoes weighing several catties with a bone knife.
There is a lot of strength in numbers, and eight girls and two men quickly dug up this piece of sweet potato.
Mi Lan doesn't have to worry about keeping seeds, since there are sweet potatoes here, they should be found elsewhere, and they will be found after the rainy season, and they will grow bigger by then.
"Miran, let's go back! it's too far from the tribe. Hu Nana said that she had never called Master Mi Lan, not that she didn't know respect, but that she regarded Mi Lan as a friend from the bottom of her heart.
"Okay, let's go!" The baskets on the backs of ten people and two large animal skin bags were all full, and this time the harvest was not small.
A few people were just about to leave, when the birds in the treetops suddenly spread their wings and flew high, as if they were frightened by something.
"Everybody, be careful, speed up. Mi Lan looked up and said, "Usually in this case, there are large animals and orcs that scare the birds away.
Everyone hurried to follow, and just after a few steps, they heard a commotion and huge footsteps around them, and the ground shook.
"Hahaha, want to go? So many females, all brought back to the tribe for me. ”
Everyone looked up in shock, and four huge chimpanzees came out from the four directions of east, west, north and south, each of which was more than three meters tall. He was burly and muscular, and the earth shook with every step.
"The orangutan, it's the orangutan. The crowd panicked, "Run." ”
I don't know who shouted, Xiao Jing pulled Mi Lan and ran, but before they could run out, a male orc running in front was kicked by the orangutan and flew out.
With a "bang", the body hit a big tree, the bones snapped and broke, and they rebounded back and fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood and dying instantly.
...... "I'll go, King Kong." Mi Lan suddenly popped up such a word in her head, and she didn't know where she had seen it.
"Who are you?, we Tiger Clan and Ape Clan have never offended each other, why did you kill our people?" the remaining orc asked boldly, looking quite brave, but his trembling legs betrayed his fearful heart.
"I'm the son of the patriarch of the Ape Clan, my name is Yao, hehe, we don't offend each other, but who asked you to bring such a female out. The orangutans have been in a panic lately, so they brought back a few to play well. Hahahaha...... Catch them. ”