A stubborn choice

Shen Nong didn't have to wait long before he met the person he was waiting for.

He had a faint smile on his lips and a hint of smile in his eyes. He was in a good mood as he looked at the thin young man opposite him who was walking anxiously.

Considering that the other party didn't make him wait for long, he decided to give the other party an extra ceramic bowl as a gift if the deal was successful.

Yu Ji's mood was obviously not as good as Shen Nong's. He could even be said to be in a heavy mood. The clan leader was poisoned and unconscious, and he was helpless and could only keep him alive.

If the Yu tribe were attacked at this time, the tribe leader would definitely be implicated.

"I am Yu Ji, the priest of the Yu tribe. Who are you? What do you want to do by being around my Yu tribe?"

Although Yu Ji's voice was clear, it was also full of severity and warning. He immediately saw the most dazzling one among the orcs.

The other orcs also took the lead. After hearing what the other party said, Ze stood in front of Shen Nong without making a sound.

This action made Yu Ji completely confirm that this handsome and weak-looking young man was the leader of this group of orcs.

Shen Nong could understand the other party's feelings. In the interstellar space, if an unknown starship approached the galaxy, they would also be unhappy.

So Shen Nong rarely showed any displeasure. After all, in business, harmony brings wealth.

He still had a smile on his face, but he did not reveal his identity. He just said, "Priest of the Yu Tribe, we are from the Wood Tribe in the north. We come here with no ill intentions, just to do business."

Yu Ji frowned, "Transaction?"

Shen Nong gestured to Bao Qiu, who nodded slightly and then lifted the animal skin covering the large backpack.

Yu Ji and the orcs from the Yu tribe who were following behind him couldn't help but look at the animal skin in Bao Qiu's hand, and didn't look at the things in the backpack.

It’s not their fault, as they have never seen such soft animal skins.

The orc warriors of the Yu Tribe have excellent eyesight. Even when flying high in the sky, they can see their surroundings 360 degrees.

Now the two sides are only a few dozen meters apart, so it is no problem to see clearly the material of the object in the other party's hand.

It was just that the hide had always been with the hair side facing downwards, so they didn't pay much attention to it. But when it was lifted up, they saw the shiny hair and almost thought it was just taken off the animal.

No, that's not right.

It looks even fluffier than when it's not taken off the animal, and it looks particularly soft.

Shen Nong saw the amazement in the eyes of the Yu tribe members and knew that he would have no trouble replacing the animal skin.

But he brought more than just animal skins. Shen Nong coughed lightly, but it didn't bring the people of the Yu tribe back to their senses, but it made Ze turn around.

Seeing Ze's worried look, and the look as if he was about to check his body, Shen Nong hurriedly whispered, "You choked on your saliva, why are you so anxious?"

After being scolded by Shen Nong, Ze felt relieved and continued to be on guard against the Yu tribe.

After the commotion just now, Shen Nong stopped coughing and said directly: "Look at our pottery jars. I believe the orcs from the Yu tribe who were guarding us yesterday have already seen them."

Yu Ji looked at Shen Nong. Does this guy know that the orcs in the tribe are watching them?

When did you know?

But no matter when they knew it, the person in front of him didn't seem to care. Could it be that they really came to the Yu tribe just to trade?

However, the trade between tribes was between the surrounding tribes. He had never heard of the Wood Tribe here. It was not acceptable for Yu Ji to come here from so far just for trade.

Yu Ji did not relax his vigilance. Instead, he gestured to the patrol team in the dark to keep a close eye on the situation.

Then he looked at the backpack and asked, "What is the use of this pottery jar?"

"It can be used in the same way as a stone jar, but the clay jars in our tribe are lighter and have a larger capacity than stone jars."

Shen Nong looked at Bao Qiu and said, "Show them one."

Bao Qiu took out a pottery jar from his backpack and was about to step forward when he saw the people of the Yu tribe holding stone spears with vigilant looks on their faces.

Yu Ji stared at Shen Nong. Shen Nong's expression remained unchanged, with a faint smile on his lips.

Yu Ji couldn't understand this person, but he didn't want to get into a conflict. Although the other side didn't have many people, he could feel that their orcs were of a high level.

Everyone was taller and stronger than the people of the Yu tribe. Yu Ji could feel the kindness emanating from the fair-looking one. After a little thought, he waved to the tribesmen behind him, telling them not to worry too much.

Bao Qiu then walked forward holding the pottery jar, but Yu Ji was more interested in the animal skin that he had caught a glimpse of before, "Bring the animal skin here too, and let me see it."

Bao Qiu turned to look at Shen Nong, and after getting the other party's nod of agreement, he turned around, picked up the animal skin, and handed it over to the Yu tribe together with the pottery jar.

Yu Ji touched the animal skin again and again in his hand, and sighed in his heart, it was indeed very soft.

He sniffed lightly and felt a faint fragrance in the air. Then he lifted the animal skin and put it to his nose. The faint fragrance made him feel happy.

It's like the fresh air after the rain, refreshing.

Yu Ji thought of the animal hide under the chieftain. It was not only dry and hard, but he could smell a strange smell when he smelled it up close. But it was also the best animal hide that the Yu tribe could find. Yu Ji couldn't let it go.

I thought that if I replaced the animal skin under the patriarch with this one, he would be more comfortable lying down.

He returned the animal skin, took the pottery jar, looked at it carefully, and found that it was indeed better than the stone jar.

"The animal skin and this..." Yu Ji paused, recalling what the fair-skinned boy had called the jar before, "Pottery jar, how do I exchange it?"

In this era, there is no energy source, no interstellar currency, not even coins, gold, and jewelry from ancient Earth.

They could only exchange goods. Shen Nong had already thought about what he wanted to exchange. He said, "One pottery jar and three animal hides. The animal hides made by our tribe are of the same size. We have to exchange five for one."

If he gets animal skins from other tribes, he can take them back for tanning.

When the trade routes were formed later, the Mu tribe gradually formulated rules, and in the future, when exchanging things from the Mu tribe, one had to use the "currency" made by the Mu tribe.

Take it one step at a time, Shen Nong has plenty of time.

But he didn't make this trip just to exchange for animal skins. Shen Nong asked Ze to take the wooden board with wheat, rice, sweet potatoes and other crops painted on it to Bao Qiu who was standing on the other side of the Yu tribe.

After being handed over to the Yu tribe by Bao Qiu, Yu Ji returned the pottery jar in his hand to the other party, took the wooden board suspiciously, and looked at the pattern outlined by the black lines on the board.

Then his eyes fell on one of them, and Yu Ji heard the fair-skinned boy say, "No matter which one is painted on it, you can exchange it with me."

Shen Nong was afraid that the orcs had only seen a certain stage of these crops, so he painted the entire growth cycle of the crops on the wooden board, showing what they look like in each stage.

Yu Ji looked at the wooden board with wheat painted on it and glanced at Shen Nong strangely.

He seemed to not quite believe that Shen Nong would exchange such good animal skins and pottery jars for this thing.

"Are you telling the truth?" Yu Ji pointed at the animal skin and pottery jar in Bao Qiu's hand and confirmed, "Anything on the board can be exchanged for these?"

When Shen Nong heard the other party's question, his eyes lit up. There's a chance!

"Of course, which one of them has the Yu tribe seen?"

Yu Ji pulled out a wooden board, "This."

Shen Nong couldn't see clearly, Bao Qiu took a look, and Shen Nong told them all the crops the caravan was looking for. It can be said that everyone in the caravan remembered every change of these crops throughout their growth cycle.

He shouted, “Priest, there are ears of wheat!”

wheat!

Then you can eat noodles, buns, steamed buns, and dumplings!

Shen Nong did not show his joy, but asked Yu Ji where he had seen him before, as he wanted to take a look.

Yu Ji returned the wooden board to Bao Qiu, looked at the animal skin in Bao Qiu's hand, and agreed despite his hesitation.

But, this thing is called wheat?

They survive by eating this, but have never heard of such a name.

Yu Ji looked at Shen Nong and said, "We don't have this thing now. It will be available in autumn. But we still have some in our tribe. You can go with me to the tribe to have a look."

He glanced at the others who were about to follow him and stressed, "No one else can get close."

Without waiting for Shen Nong to speak, Ze frowned and said, "I want to go with you, otherwise I won't go."

Yu Ji said nothing, just looked at Shen Nong. Shen Nong was helpless, look at me? Look at him.

This matter is really not something that Shen Nong can decide. This child is too clingy. If he doesn't want him to follow him, he can destroy the Yu tribe.

After a silent confrontation, Yu Ji nodded for the sake of the excellent animal hide, "Only you can follow, everyone else is not allowed to move."

Ze knew he could follow, so he didn't listen to the other person's words. Some people from the Yu tribe stayed behind, and the others followed Yu Ji and returned to the Yu tribe together.

Ze walked beside Shen Nong, always paying attention to the movements around him, making sure he could protect the priest in his arms at the first time.

Lang Yu, who was standing behind them, looked at the two men’s backs, and images began to pop up in his head uncontrollably.

Why does it look like this Ze is walking with the priest in his arms?

But this thought was quickly dispelled by Lang Yu. Forget it! That's a priest!

The Yu tribe built a low wall with stones. As soon as Shen Nong got close, a foul smell went into his nose.

The smell reminded him of when he first arrived at the Mu Tribe. At that time, the Mu Tribe was also stinking. The orcs ate, drank, defecated and urinated in the tribe, so how could it not stink?

Later, Shen Nong ordered the bodies to be buried regularly in designated places, and the situation improved.

After receiving the new task, he built a public toilet not far from the wasteland, which could also be used to make manure.

It had been a while since he had been stimulated by such a bad smell. When he suddenly smelled it, Shen Nong felt dizzy and his head was swollen.

Sensing that the smell was unbearable to Shen Nong, he waved his hand to disperse the smell. This action made Shen Nong smile, "Don't fan it, it stinks to begin with, and you're making the smell spread even faster."

Ze obediently stopped, walked in front of Shen Nong, and half squatted down.

Shen Nong didn't understand what this idiot was going to do for a moment, he just heard Ze say: "Priest, I will carry you on my back, you lie on my shoulder, then you won't be able to smell the smell."

Shen Nong thought about how he was lying on Ze's back, his face buried in his neck and shoulder, talking business with Yu Ji.

He shook his head. No, that was stupid.

Shen Nong tapped the teacup lightly and said with a smile, "It's spring now, the smell isn't too strong, just bear with it."

He listened to Shen Nong's words on everything. He nodded and protected Shen Nong by his side as he did at the beginning.

Yu Ji didn’t know what happened next. He thought of his own cave where the tribe leader was lying.

So he brought Shen Nong and the other two to the clan leader's cave, and then asked someone to bring them the leftovers from the winter.

After a while, an orc with long white tail feathers on his head walked in with a large stone jar in his arms.

Yu Ji asked the man to hand the stone jar containing wheat to Shen Nong, and he said, "This is thorn grain, which is what you call wheat."

Ze looked at the big stone jar and took it for Shen Nong. Under Shen Nong's puzzled gaze, he said in a deep voice: "It's heavy."

Shen Nong:...Okay.

If you look closely, it is indeed quite heavy, but you can put it on the ground and don't have to hold it in your arms.

Seeing that Ze was still holding the big jar and refusing to let go, Shen Nong chuckled. He wanted to see when this stubborn guy would react.

Shen Nong wanted to play a trick on him, and stopped looking at Ze. Instead, he asked Yu Ji, "Cili?"

Yu Ji looked between the two of them, and when he heard Shen Nong talking, he replied, "When this thing is harvested, there are tasting threads. It feels prickly to the touch, and it tastes prickly when you eat it, and there are grains of it, so they call it thorn grains."

But the name Wheat sounds better than Thorn, so from now on their Yu tribe will be called Wheat.

Is it a prickly taste? Shen Nong leaned over with a question in mind, took out a handful from the stone jar he was holding and examined it carefully. It was indeed wheat.

It’s still unhulled wheat. No wonder it tastes prickly to the Yu tribe. How could it not be prickly?