Chapter 76: and ===GLOSSARY=== sections

Zhang Fan and Fei Er were returning to their stall when Ba Ke Er and Mo De had already finished packing, preparing to find Zhang Fan and Fei Er to go home together. Just then, Zhang Fan and Fei Er came back together, so the four of them set off toward the camp.

On the road, Zhang Fan and Fei Er kept talking about the fresh things they encountered today while going to the market together with the mermaid Ou Ya and Ban Ban. At the same time, Ba Ke Er and Mo De would also tell Zhang Fan and Fei Er about the various people and things they had encountered today.

Of course they also mentioned the recent happenings of the tribespeople who came together with them to attend the Tiger Tribe gathering; among them was mentioned the unmarried young female of Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er's neighbor's household—Wu Na. It is said that Wu Na has already found a future partner during these days of the gathering, preparing to pair up at the collective wedding of this gathering. Zhang Fan and Fei Er, upon hearing this, were both very happy for Wu Na.

"Wu Na is a good young female, with a nice personality and cute. It's just unknown which species' male beastman will be fortunate enough to pair with him." Zhang Fan said that, then couldn't help thinking of Ji Lie, who often silently waited by Wu Na's side.

"Right, right, Wu Na is going to pair with which species' beastman? Mo De, do you know?" Fei Er looked at Mo De with eager eyes.

This pleased Mo De greatly, and he no longer kept Ba Ke Er in suspense, saying: "I still know this; that male, you all know him—he is my and Ba Ke Er's good brother Ji Lie."

"'So it's him! But why does he have to wait until the tribe gathering to confirm things with Wu Na? When we were in the tribe, we didn't notice he had any interest in Wu Na!'" Fei Er was a bit puzzled.

When Zhang Fan heard it was Ji Lie, he understood. But seeing Fei Er's brows knotted in worry, he quickly said to Fei Er: "Alright, Fei Er, no need to worry! Isn't this simple? Don't you remember Wu Na just came of age? The day before we came to the tribe gathering, didn't we go to his house for a meal?"

Upon hearing Zhang Fan say that, Fei Er really recalled: "Yeah, I forgot Wu Na just came of age not long ago! Haha, Ji Lie must have liked Wu Na for a long time; otherwise he wouldn't have rushed to confirm with her as soon as she came of age. He must be afraid Wu Na would take a liking to another male! Haha, Ji Lie truly lives up to being a male beastman of our Heaven Lion Tribe."

Zhang Fan heard Fei Er's words, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily again. Good heavens! Fei Er this guy is so slow! Could it be that he hasn't noticed that every time Wu Na appears, they can see Ji Lie often lurking nearby? But after thinking it over, Zhang Fan still told Fei Er these things.

While Zhang Fan was telling Fei Er everything he had seen and heard, and all the gossip about Wu Na and Ji Lie, the four of them unknowingly walked back to the tribe's camp.

Because it's not early now, it's also time to cook dinner. Thus, when the two male beastmen had put their things back into the tent and taken out the cooking utensils and food, Zhang Fan and Fei Er also began washing their hands clean, and started organizing the ingredients together with Ba Ke Er and Mo De.

Zhang Fan and Fei Er looked at the various ingredients the beastmen had taken out, and actually discovered there were still some vermicelli and leftover wild boar meat from noon. So they decided simply to cook pork stewed with vermicelli today. Meanwhile, Mo De had already started the fire, and Ba Ke Er had begun washing rice to cook. Seeing Ba Ke Er already washing rice, Zhang Fan hurriedly said to him:

Zhang Fan and Fei Er looked at the various ingredients their Beastmen had taken out, and actually discovered that there were still some vermicelli and the wild boar meat from noon left uneaten. So they decided to simply cook pork stewed vermicelli today. Meanwhile, Mo De had already started a fire, and Ba Ke Er had begun washing rice to cook. Seeing Ba Ke Er already washing rice, Zhang Fan hurriedly said to him:

Ba Ke Er, upon hearing Zhang Fan say that, quickly replied: "Okay! Today we will eat dry rice; I will start cooking the rice now. Fan Fan, wait a moment—once my rice goes into the pot, come help you prepare the ingredients."

Zhang Fan knew that whatever Ba Ke Er decided to help him with, Ba Ke Er would do it even if Zhang Fan disagreed. So he simply didn't refuse, nodded and said okay. Then he lowered his head and continued preparing ingredients with Fei Er. Actually, preparing ingredients merely meant cutting the wild boar meat piece by piece into small bits, then boiling water to soak the vermicelli, and meanwhile chopping some garlic, ginger, and other seasonings. Just because beastmen eat a lot of meat, the ingredients Zhang Fan and Fei Er had to process were more.

Zhang Fan and Fei Er hadn't been cutting for long when Mo De and Ba Ke Er finished their own tasks, came over, took over the work from Zhang Fan and Fei Er's hands, and began cutting meat and the various seasonings that Zhang Fan and Fei Er hadn't finished cutting.

Zhang Fan and Fei Er were not idle either; they took over the task of cooking dry rice from Mo De and Ba Ke Er.

After the meat and seasonings were cut, Mo De and Ba Ke Er began washing the diced pork pieces, then put the meat into the pot to start stewing. At that moment, Zhang Fan and Fei Er also began draining the rice water from the pot, then poured the drained rice into the steamer to start steaming.

Because stewing pork and vermicelli takes some time, after Zhang Fan and Fei Er's rice finished steaming, they began taking out the unprocessed wheat to process it. Meanwhile, the soup in Ba Ke Er and Mo De's pot, after coming to a boil, switched from high to low heat to simmer slowly. Fortunately, it is not the cold season but a pleasant harvest season; the weather is not considered cold, so there's no need to worry about the rice getting cold.

When Ba Ke Er and Mo De's pork stew with vermicelli was done and they announced mealtime, Zhang Fan and Fei Er's wheat had also been partially processed. Since they weren't in a hurry to eat, Zhang Fan and Fei Er merely hulled the wheat. Now that the two males had announced the meal, the two of them quickly gathered the wheat, preparing to continue processing it tomorrow.

During the meal, Zhang Fan thought it over and still decided to first confirm with everyone the work time, work location, and personnel allocation, so he brought up the matter with Ba Ke Er and Fei Er and his spouse. Upon hearing this, Fei Er became enthusiastic! He immediately began discussing with Zhang Fan and his spouse and their own male beastmen when to start processing the wheat tomorrow.

After discussing for a while, they finally managed to confirm the time, location, and personnel allocation.

Since everything had been decided, everyone began lowering their heads to continue eating.

After the meal. Having tidied up their things, Fei Er and his spouse returned to their own tent, while Ba Ke Er and Zhang Fan each went into their own tents to begin resting.

After the meal. After tidying up, the Fei Er couple returned to their own tent, and Ba Ke Er and Zhang Fan also went into their family's tent and began to rest.