Chapter 10: Pickling Salted Vegetables

That's right, He is watching over there, Mu Qing's female can't really be hitting people.

Gong happily patted the shoulder of the male beside him.

Other females' beast husbands:... they clearly did hit.

After drugging and forcing the male to become a beast husband, they daily ordered him to go hunt outside, but in the end he wasn't willing to bear even a single offspring.

If they were Gong, they would also feel it's not worth it for their younger brother.

All right, all right! A Li, look, Lvcao is crying.

Even if He and the others thought Lvcao's actions were wrong, seeing Lvcao cry so pitifully, a female still came over to advise Yun Li twice, 'It's just a male, is it worth you all arguing like this?'

Yun Li pulled her hand out of that female's grasp and said, 'Then you should be advising her, to have her come less to annoy me. Besides, this is my home; she came to my home on purpose to provoke me.'

Yun Li pulled her hand away from the female's grasp and said, "You should be advising her, telling her to come less often to annoy me. Besides, this is my home; she came to my house on purpose to make me angry."

Lvcao's face was full of grievance.

Hearing that, Yun Li snorted coldly, 'That's who started saying sour words, saying Mu Qing would take a liking to a female like you. He, you yourselves say, if you heard such words in your own home, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable in your heart?'

Upon hearing that, Yun Li gave a cold laugh, "That's who started making sarcastic remarks, saying, 'How could Mu Qing take a liking to a female like you?' He, you yourselves say, if you heard such words in your own home, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable?"

He said while giving a light glare at the female who had just advised Yun Li, clearly knowing Yun Li's temper was bad, yet still provoking her.

Lvcao will bear the consequences of her own actions.

They came to make peace with Yun Li, not to argue with her, nor to mediate.

Seeing He stand on her side, Yun Li also felt a bit appeased, saying something pleasant.

I just let her stay out of respect for you all; otherwise, seeing her crying like that, I would have already kicked her out.

Even the original owner, who was insecure, didn't love crying that much; what right does a beastman who took advantage and acted cute have to come dancing before her?

If it weren't for He and the others holding her back, Yun Li would have slapped her a few more times, just to vent for the original owner.

If it weren't for He and them holding her back, Yun Li would have slapped her a few more times, just to vent for the Original Owner.

All right, all right, all right, it's just out of respect for us, A Li, calm down.

Seeing that I spoke, Yun Li calmed down.

He also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately felt even more satisfied with Yun Li; although her temper isn't good, at least she listens to advice.

Thinking that, her gaze at Lvcao became even more dissatisfied: 'Lvcao, you shouldn't cry either; you yourself said you snatched the male A Li fancied, so why are you still crying here? A Li hasn't done anything to you.'

Lvcao looked at He in disbelief, 'But she just......' Clearly she had just slapped her.

Those who can come along with He are surely on good terms with He; seeing Lvcao still wanting to entangle, they also grew impatient.

'What just happened? We were all holding Yun Li back from hitting you. You also shouldn't cry, okay? Which female cries like you?'

'If you want to cry, go cry at your male; we came to see what Yun Li is doing with those stone tools. If you weren't obsessing over Yun Li's male, Yun Li wouldn't have scolded you.'

Lvcao panicked and hurried to defend herself, 'Mu Qing is just a snake beastman; how could I possibly like a snake beastman?'

'Oh, so you're saying my taste is bad~'

As soon as Yun Li's words came out, He immediately sank her face and said, 'Who says your taste is bad? Mu Qing is a Qing Rank beastman; even if he's a snake beastman, so what? He's strong enough to protect you and take good care of you; who dares say he isn't a good male?'

'Yeah, yeah, Lvcao, since you yourself look down on snake beastmen, don't say anything about A Li. A Li clearly has good taste.'

He's also bold, daring to take a cold-blooded snake beastman as a beast husband.

Actually, several other females also know why He and Yun Li are on good terms.

After all, Mu Qing is one of the few Qing Rank beastmen in the tribe; previously, no female clan leader would ask Mu Qing to handle things without having to humbly entrust him.

Now that he finally has a female, we don't have to worry that he'll one day run away unable to endure the tribe's prejudice against snake beastmen, and we can even let his female whisper sweet nothings by his pillow.

The clan leader simply summoned his own female to make peace with Yun Li; if Yun Li is willing to get close to He, then the clan leader won't have to humbly beg others for anything in the future.

Therefore, between Lvcao and Yun Li, He and the others will definitely favor Yun Li.

Lvcao still wanted to say something, but He and the others didn't want to hear anymore.

All right, all right, Lvcao, are you still going to watch what Yun Li wants to do with those stone tools? If not, just go back.

Seeing them like that, Lvcao could only swallow her grievance down into her stomach.

She never expected that the formerly unheard Yun Li would now actually have someone speaking up for her.

Thinking about how her own female used to be inferior in every way, yet now lives better than her, Lvcao couldn't help but feel jealous—jealous that her female could live better than hers, that her beast husband is stronger than hers, and that he dotes on her, indulging her in wasting household food at will.

Just thinking that the female used to be inferior to her in every way, but now lives better than she does, the green grass is unable to restrain jealousy; she is jealous of how the female could be better off than she is, jealous of how the female's Beast Husband could be stronger than her own Beast Husband, and how he dotes on her so much, indulging her in wasting the household's food at will.

Seeing Yun Li actually boil the wild vegetables for several days then lay them on a stone to dry into dried vegetables, He and the others were shocked.

Their method of curing meat is, taking advantage of freshness, after washing clean they rub with a fist-sized salt ore stone back and forth, then place outside to dry, and then store in the stone jar.

This is a method discovered in the dry season that dried meat could still be kept for several days, and the reason they rub with salt ore stone is because they discovered that meat dried with salt ore stone won't develop an off-flavor when stored for the cold season.

The beastmen didn't know salt could sterilize, but they could tell good meat from bad, and over time this method was passed down.

Although dried meat still shows its form, dried wild vegetables become just dry sticks—who could believe they could still be eaten?

Yun Li nodded, 'Yes, should I call A Qing to bring these over for you to make something?'

He and the others exchanged glances, then quickly shook their heads, 'No, eating this probably isn't good for the body.'

Even if it were edible, but He and the others aren't lacking food at home.

Only females with few males at home or whose males lack strength would eat even the dried wild vegetables; thinking that Yun Li used to be a lone beastman supporting herself, He and the others' gaze toward Yun Li inevitably gained a bit more sympathy.

'What's wrong with it? These wild vegetables are just dried, not spoiled; if they were spoiled, why would I bother curing them?'

Hearing Yun Li's explanation, He and the others still forced a smile, obviously not believing these dried vegetables would be fine.

Yun Li looking at them like that also felt a bit puzzled, 'If we don't dry and cure them, how did you used to cure wild vegetables before?'

She went to the countryside to visit relatives, just watching them do that—blanch the vegetables, then dry them, then put brine in, cover, and after a month or so take them out as a dish.

Yun Li has a heart condition; although she can't eat cured salty vegetables, she has smelled the boiled salty vegetables and they are truly fragrant—her parents love eating them, and whenever she visits relatives she brings a jar or two of salty vegetables.

Yun Li has a heart condition; although she cannot eat pickled vegetables, she has smelled the cooked pickled vegetables and they are really fragrant. Her parents both like to eat them, and whenever they visit relatives, they bring one or two jars of pickled vegetables.