Chapter 156

The next day, before dawn, that is, around five o'clock in the morning on Beastman Planet, Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er got up to prepare breakfast. After the two finished eating, less than half an hour had passed.

After tidying up the things at home, when it was time to go out, Ba Ke Er brought out the dragon egg and left the house together with Zhang Fan.

However, Ba Ke Er's outing today was not for hunting, because as early as yesterday morning, he had already prepared all the food for the whole day.

The two, just like the previous day, first went together to Lei Ya's house; after entrusting the dragon egg to Dier and Lei Ya couple, Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er couple then went together to knock on the chief's gate.

"Uncle Fei Ji, I'm Ba Ke Er, I came with Fan Fan to get the weapons for the females!"

Just as Ba Ke Er finished speaking, the gate of the chief's house was opened from inside. The chief stepped out, smiling kindly, and said: "You're here! I already had people pack them yesterday. Come in and move them!"

Saying this, Fei Ji stepped aside, making a gesture of invitation.

After Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er, as a couple, thanked the chief, they entered the chief's courtyard. Upon entering, Ba Ke Er saw neat stacks of bamboo baskets placed in the yard.

Before even getting close, Zhang Fan already smelled the wood and bamboo fragrance emanating from the baskets. Moreover, just looking at the quantity, Zhang Fan was already stunned.

Looking at the more than ten large baskets before him, Zhang Fan wore an expression of disbelief and asked Ba Ke Er blankly: "Ba Ke Er, are these really what you two rushed to make in these two days? Are you sure they weren't prepared in advance?"

In response to Zhang Fan's question, Ba Ke Er answered with full confidence and great pride!

"Fan Fan, these were certainly made by me and the other brothers working together! Don't you still believe me?"

"It's not that I don't believe you, I'm just curious about how many people participated in the making," Zhang Fan said, looking innocently at Ba Ke Er, and not only looking, he reached out to tug Ba Ke Er's arm, even shamelessly shaking it a few times.

Seeing that Zhang Fan really wanted to know, Ba Ke Er didn't hide it, gently rubbing Zhang Fan's head with his hand, and said with an indulgent smile:

"Weapons like these for self-defense are naturally each to sweep the snow in front of their own door; they cannot be left to others! So these weapons are actually made by the partners of each female in the Female Guard Team!"

"And for those females without partners, their weapons are made by their own relatives, such as brothers, or elders of the parental or grandparental generation."

After hearing this, Zhang Fan not only did not feel his doubts resolved, but instead felt a sense of "old worries not gone, new worries added."

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out why, if weapons were originally prepared by each family themselves, they still had to be brought to the chief's house, and then why he and Ba Ke Er had to make this trip to move them to the square and distribute them to the females.

Zhang Fan pondered this question over and over, but couldn't figure it out; having no choice, he turned to Ba Ke Er for help.

After hearing Zhang Fan's question, Ba Ke Er didn't find it strange that he would ask such a thing. Once again, he gently rubbed Zhang Fan's head, slightly curling the corners of his mouth, not knowing whether it was because he liked Zhang Fan's hair quality or because he was interested in the question Zhang Fan raised.

"Actually, Fan Fan, this problem is easy to understand, because the weapons made by each household basically differ somewhat, not just in appearance, but more often in size or aim."

"Therefore, to achieve a uniform standard, everyone brings the materials to the chief's house to make and adjust them uniformly. After all, in the whole tribe, aside from the tribe's central square where you train, only the chief's house has enough open space to accommodate so many people."

Zhang Fan listened to Ba Ke Er's explanation, nodded, thought for a moment, then frowned and asked: "Then why, after they're made, not take them directly home, but have us distribute them? Isn't that redundant?"

Regarding Zhang Fan's question, Fei Ji, standing nearby, couldn't bear to listen any longer; he shook his head lightly, walked over, and smiled at Zhang Fan as he spoke:

"That's because everyone wants to give the females a surprise! Alright, hurry up and call people to come move these things! Look, the sky is about to brighten, and everyone will soon be busy!"

At that moment, Zhang Fan suddenly realized that he and Ba Ke Er had come here specifically to move these things, though he still wasn't clear what exactly they were—weapons.

Thinking this, Zhang Fan gradually grew curious about what was inside the baskets. He took two steps in three strides to the front of a bamboo basket, lifted the top one, and peered inside.

It turned out to be neatly arranged sets of bows and arrows. Seeing them, Zhang Fan felt delighted, his eyes filled with smiles, and he excitedly turned to Ba Ke Er and said:

"Ba Ke Er, are the remaining ones also bows and arrows?"

As soon as Zhang Fan's words fell, Ba Ke Er smiled and shook his head. Seeing this, Zhang Fan also realized that the weapons here were certainly not just bows and arrows!

Thinking this, Zhang Fan could no longer contain his curiosity; he urgently wanted to know what weapons the males had prepared. So he reached his hand toward another basket, but upon seeing that it too was filled with bows and arrows,

His curiosity only grew stronger; after continuously looking at more than ten baskets, Zhang Fan finally got to see something different!

Taking a closer look, he found a basket full of bone daggers polished to extreme smoothness; just a glance revealed how much care the males put into making these knives.

Because, not only were the handles of each bone dagger tightly wrapped with cloth and animal hide by the males, but although each bone dagger was not made from the same bone or wild beast's teeth, the shape of each dagger achieved astonishing uniformity.

After seeing the bone daggers, Zhang Fan's mood remained unsettled for a long time. At this moment, he felt as if he had seen Ba Ke Er and the other males of the tribe squatting together on the open ground of the chief's house, jointly polishing animal bones and teeth throughout the whole process.

When Zhang Fan came to his senses, Ba Ke Er had already summoned several nearby male beastmen to help move the weapons. At this time, Zhang Fan also knew he was being overlooked by Ba Ke Er, yet he couldn't muster even a hint of anger.

Calmly watching the male beastmen carry away the bamboo baskets stacked in the chief's open ground one by one, when only the last basket remained, Zhang Fan finally walked over to Ba Ke Er.

Taking advantage of Ba Ke Er's inattention, Zhang Fan gave him a hearty slap on the back, laughing loudly: "Hahaha… Ba Ke Er, nice! You found people to help so quickly! Now everything's been moved, right? Only the last basket remains—let's take care of it together!"

After saying that, Zhang Fan stepped ahead and reached the basket, trying to lift it with force. But then, an embarrassing thing happened!

Although Zhang Fan had exerted all his strength, he couldn't move the basket even an inch. He instantly felt he should find a hole to crawl into, rather than toil here pointlessly.

Ba Ke Er, upon hearing Zhang Fan say he was going to move the bamboo basket, had not yet reacted; by the time Zhang Fan actually reached out to move the basket, Ba Ke Er had indeed wanted to stop him, but Zhang Fan's movements were simply too fast.

Ba Ke Er on this side hadn't had time to stop him, while Zhang Fan on the other side had already started lifting the bamboo basket. Seeing Zhang Fan look at him with an embarrassed expression, Ba Ke Er's inner feelings were in turmoil.

"Oh! No! Fan Fan, how can you be so cute! How could you want to move the bamboo basket!"

Although that's what he thought in his heart, Ba Ke Er's steps did not stop; he rushed straight toward Zhang Fan. Then he stood firmly in front of the bamboo basket, directly opposite Zhang Fan, and smiled indulgently as he said to Zhang Fan:

"Fan Fan, let me help you! You just need to support me a little and that's enough!"

After saying that, Ba Ke Er lightly raised his hand and effortlessly lifted the bamboo basket that Zhang Fan could not move no matter how hard he tried.

Looking at Ba Ke Er before him, who lifted the bamboo basket without breaking a sweat, Zhang Fan instantly felt unloved! He felt as if he had suffered ten thousand points of damage!

Indeed, between people, if there is no comparison, there is no harm! As long as you compare strength with the beastmen of your own tribe, you will end up utterly defeated.

Thinking this way, Zhang Fan simply stopped dwelling on it, and obediently walked beside Ba Ke Er, together they left the chieftain's courtyard gate and headed toward the Tribe Center Square.

By the time Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er reached the square, it was already 6:30 a. m., very close to morning training time. Moreover, the female members of the guard team had already arrived early.

Zhang Fan glanced at his watch, thought for a moment, and still decided to first have the males who had come to help move the bamboo baskets also help distribute the weapons. After he told Ba Ke Er his idea, he stopped worrying about it, because he believed Ba Ke Er would handle it well.

After stepping onto the platform, Zhang Fan took out his short flute, gave a light blow, and the females neatly took their original positions in formation. Looking at the females below, Zhang Fan cleared his throat a few times, then spoke.

"I think everyone has already seen the items that our tribe's warriors have brought over. Exactly! These are the weapons that each member of our Female Guard Team will use from now on! Moreover, these weapons were all handcrafted by our closest people!"

As he said this, Zhang Fan unintentionally glanced toward Ba Ke Er. Seeing Ba Ke Er return a smile, Zhang Fan then somewhat unnaturally turned his head and continued:

"So, I want everyone to come up and claim your own weapons. All right! Let's start with the first row!"

As soon as Zhang Fan finished speaking, the females below erupted in excitement! It turned out these weapons were so meaningful!

Fei Er, as the leader of the first row, naturally was the first to step forward to claim his weapon. After Zhang Fan finished speaking, while everyone was still discussing, Fei Er had already eagerly stepped forward.

Although the females' sense of smell is not as good as that of the male beastmen, compared to Zhang Fan, an outsider from Earth, these natives' sense of smell is nothing to sneeze at!

Take Fei Er as an example! He didn't even think; he just stood before the bamboo basket, took a sniff, and accurately found the bow and arrow and bone dagger that Mo De had made for him!

That speed left Zhang Fan feeling inadequate! In fact, his motive for letting everyone choose first was partly selfish, after all, his nose couldn't match the females' sensitivity; he simply couldn't detect the scent left by the males on those bows and arrows and bone daggers.

What's more, it's to have him find those that Ba Ke Er made for him among that huge pile of bows and arrows and bone knives! So he thought of this good idea: let everyone choose first, and after everyone has taken their pick, the remaining portion is likely what Ba Ke Er prepared for him!

It must be said, Zhang Fan's clever plan indeed rang like a bell, but he forgot: what if, among these females, someone catches a cold and gets a stuffy nose, unable to smell? What then?

So, Zhang Fan still lacked some consideration. But at this moment he didn't expect that this coincidence would really happen to him!