Chapter 65

When the people of the Heaven Lion Tribe had almost finished touring everywhere in the Tiger Tribe except the forbidden area, the tribes that were to participate in this year's tribal gathering had also finally all arrived. Thus the chief of the Tiger Tribe, Bai, directly summoned all the participating tribes to the Tiger Tribe's tribal square and announced on the square that this year's tribal gathering had begun!

On the morning of the first day of the gathering, no one would set up stalls, because in the morning there would be a performance by the tribe responsible for organizing the tribal gathering to watch. However, the performers are all unmarried single beastmen and females. So this also counts as a kind of indirect matchmaking. When the single beastmen and females of the Tiger Tribe are performing, if other tribes' beastmen and females who also came to the gathering happen to be looking for a partner, they can also go up to perform. However, those beastmen and females who have already paired up cannot go up to perform; they can only perform from below the stage, they are not allowed to go on stage.

Because Zhang Fan and Fei Er were already paired, they didn't go dance or join the crowd below; they were sitting in their Beastmen companions' arms, watching the performance, eating snacks and chatting. Of course, they would also comment on which Beastman or female's performance was impressive or lacking. Whenever they mentioned a Beastman whose performance was impressive, they could feel their own Beastmen companion instantly tighten the embrace around their arms; when they mentioned a Beastman whose performance was poor, they could feel their Beastmen companion's inexplicable pleasure. Thus Zhang Fan and Fei Er enjoyed themselves endlessly.

When the performance ended, it was also lunchtime, and those who had come to perform and watch dispersed back the way they came. Zhang Fan and Fei Er were also taken back by their Beastmen companions. Now, because residences are separated by family units, food is likewise prepared per family. Of course, Zhang Fan and Fei Er's households are the exception; when they are not attending the Tribe gathering, they often eat together. Now, outside, to save time and ingredients, they also eat together.

After returning to the camp, Zhang Fan and Fei Er started washing rice and cooking, while Ba Ke Er and Mo De shifted into beast form and flew out of the Tiger Tribe to hunt. By the time Zhang Fan and Fei Er's rice was nearly done, Ba Ke Er and Mo De had already returned with the processed game.

Seeing them return, Zhang Fan and Fei Er had them slice the meat, because they were going to have stir-fried pork with pickled cabbage. While Ba Ke Er and Mo De sliced the meat, Zhang Fan also began washing the pickled cabbage, then after cleaning it cut it into fine strips, and also sliced some garlic and ginger. Once the meat was sliced, the preparations were complete.

Seeing Fei Er still cooking rice, Ba Ke Er volunteered to start the fire for Zhang Fan. Zhang Fan saw smoke rising from the pot, added oil, and after the oil melted, he dumped the meat in and stir-fried. When the fatty meat in the pot began to render oil and the lean meat was almost cooked through, he added the pickled cabbage to stir-fry. After stir-frying to a certain point, Zhang Fan began to dish out the stir-fried pork with pickled cabbage. At that moment, Fei Er's rice was also done.

While the four were eating, many of the families living around their tents came out to watch their meal. Under the tribe members' gleaming gazes, the four found it hard to eat. They had to invite them to join, but seeing that there was clearly only enough food for four, no one dared to accept. In the end, Zhang Fan came up with a compromise: he had the tribe members exchange their dishes for the stir-fried pork with pickled cabbage. The tribe members agreed, so that noon, the entire Heaven Lion Tribe camp was filled with the aroma of stir-fried pork with pickled cabbage, causing the people of the other tribes stationed nearby to silently swallow mouthfuls of saliva.