We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 149 Aheiyan's Little Shepherd Spirit

"It seems we still need to develop as soon as possible. With scarce resources, it's inevitable that the bad side of human nature will show. We can't always rely on Liba's suppression in the future."

Xia Minghao frowned and walked towards his honey-glazed roast chicken.

What just happened was an argument that left him both amused and exasperated—a dispute that arose over a chicken's rear end.

Xia Minghao had no intention of eating the chicken's rear end; he hadn't even put any honey on it when he was applying it.

After all, having experienced modern science education, I know quite a bit about this stuff containing toxic and harmful substances.

But it was a different story for these primitive people who had never seen the world. Chicken butts are very fatty, and when they are put on the fire, they start to sizzle and ooze oil.

During this period, they mainly relied on fish and meat to fill their stomachs, and their bellies were not very oily. In their eyes, the chicken's tail was the best treasure on the chicken.

This led to a dispute between the two men of the Wa clan, and the Wa clan itself was not very united, especially after leaving their original environment and coming to the Great River Plain, where they split into several groups.

It was quite obvious just now that the fight between the two groups was caused by two people. Most of the others remained neutral because their own interests and those of their respective groups were not significantly harmed.

By the time I arrived, the chaos had already been quelled by Lippa's six strikes in one second.

Xia Minghao first explained the basic laws of the Xia tribe, and then punished them by confiscating their chicken butts and depriving the two who had fought at the beginning of the fight of their chance to eat chicken, which can be regarded as killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

As for the chicken butts, including his own, he gave them all to Liba as a reward.

Before the reclamation of the plains is completed, internal conflicts will gradually intensify, and stability will depend entirely on Liba to ensure the foundation for production and construction.

With a sigh, Xia Minghao sat back down in front of the fire, temporarily putting the matter out of his mind and preparing to enjoy this moment of bliss.

He reached out to tear off the second chicken leg, but just as his hand was about to touch it, a thoughtful look appeared in Xia Minghao's eyes.

Wait a minute, where's the chicken leg?
I think I just broke off a chicken leg myself.

Where's the chicken leg?
Where did it go?
Xia Minghao then remembered what had happened and immediately began searching for the chicken leg.

Looking at the earthenware bowl in front of the fire, I thought, "It was just here a moment ago, how did it disappear?"

What's the situation?
Make up the difference!

Xia Minghao immediately realized something was wrong and went on high alert.

The chicken leg couldn't have just vanished; something other than myself must have stolen it.

This "thief" is quite interesting; he left the whole honey-glazed roasted chicken and only took the chicken leg that he had taken a bite out of.

Xia Minghao naturally didn't think this was some kind of "honor among thieves," since there was no such thing as "honor among thieves" in primitive times.

It was probably some kind of small carnivore that couldn't carry the whole chicken, so it just took a chicken leg instead.

I was just about to call Liba out to search the neighborhood; if it turned out to be a tamable animal, that would be a great find.

Even if it's not a fox, or even just a weasel, we can skin it and use it as a pillowcase to rest our heads on, just like resting our heads on a young girl's soft thighs.

Just as he was about to speak, Xia Minghao suddenly noticed a trace on the ground.

footprint……

These footprints don't belong to any wild animal, they belong to humans!

There are people around here!
Could it be someone who stole my chicken leg?!
Finding one person is equivalent to finding an entire tribe; this means they can be incorporated into the Xia tribe's workforce!

Xia Minghao followed the direction of the footprints.

The footprints were shallow at first, then became deeper and deeper until they turned into the bushes.

His hand remained on the wooden box hanging around his neck, inside which was the wolf totem stone, to deal with any emergencies.

Carefully approaching closer and closer, when they reached the bushes, a patch of snow-white jade suddenly appeared, and they could clearly see the shoulder blades like butterfly wings and the spine like piano keys.

So thin?
This is not just thin, it can even be described as bony.

Xia Minghao had never seen such a thin person in the primitive era, not even Ye Zi, nor the other women of the Feng clan.

She's slim, and of course, she's beautiful. In modern society, countless self-objectifying celebrities and internet personalities aspire to have such a stunning figure.

However, this is ultimately a morbid kind of beauty, just like someone who has never eaten meat.

Surprised by the girl's figure, Xia Minghao paused for a moment before looking at the figure.

At this moment, he was completely turned away from me, and it seemed that he was holding something in his hands and eating it.

It's like a stray cat that just found grilled fish in a trash can.

It's obvious he's eating his own chicken leg.

Xia Minghao thought for a moment and decided not to disturb her. She did look quite pitiful, and it wouldn't be too late to ask her after she finished eating.

At the same time, I was also puzzled. There are many kinds of animals in this flood plain. How could they let the child starve like this? He was so hungry that he became skin and bones.

Mmm...delicious...

Mu Ling had finished the chicken leg meat. It was a delicious taste that she couldn't quite describe, giving her little tongue the first and only enjoyment since she became an adult.

After gnawing the bones clean, a strong sense of emptiness follows.

She... still wants to eat...

But since they only took this one chicken leg, they can only pin their hopes on the remaining chicken bones.

So Mu Ling started crunching on the chicken bones.

The taste is naturally not as good as real meat. After you've chewed up the soft parts on both sides and sucked out the chicken marrow, it's completely worthless.

They could only put the bone in their mouths and lick and suck it with their tongues, just like eating a lollipop.

As the chicken flavor grew increasingly bland, Mu Ling's thoughts drifted back to the campfire, where there was still a whole chicken!

I wonder if that person has come back yet. If not...

Bold ideas are born again under the temptation of delicious food, and because of the added enjoyment of the taste, these ideas are even bolder than before.

She turned around, about to look up at the fire, when she saw a pair of feet.

Mu Ling subconsciously looked up and saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face, which collided with those black eyes she had never seen before.

For a moment, Mu Ling was stunned.

Xia Minghao was also stunned.

Looking at the leaves that Mu Ling used to cover her chest, her eyes widened.

The already tattered and mottled light green feathery leaves revealed glimpses of snow-white skin.

Xia Minghao wasn't looking to peek at the spring scenery behind the leaves, but rather because the leaves looked too familiar.

The reason it looks familiar is because I've seen it before, and it left a deep impression on me.

It was a picture on the packaging of a palm oil product. I had never tried it before, and it seemed very novel, so I carefully selected and bought a bottle.

But I've never used it since I bought it, because when I get home from get off work I just want to rest quickly, so I don't have time to cook.

But those huge, feathery oil palm leaves remained in Xia Minghao's memory.

Oil palm!

The girl is wearing oil palm leaves!

Xia Minghao's thoughtful expression turned into surprise; what would it mean to have oil palm?

If large-scale production and cultivation are possible, then there will be no need to worry about edible oil, and we won't have to be limited to animal fats with extremely low yields.

When the time comes, we'll make an earthenware pot, put palm oil, river fish, and red salt in it, and make some pan-fried fish. Who wouldn't be hungry then?

Not only will the Xia tribes on the plains have enough food, but the entire Xia tribe will have plenty of oil and fat.

Once the oil palm of this other world is found, the Xia tribe will obtain a controllable, stable and efficient source of fat energy. When the agricultural society arrives in the future, it will make up for the "oil gap" caused by the food-based diet. Its significance is no less than that of red salt.

"what!"

I was wondering where palm trees came from in this plain area, and I hadn't noticed them before.

Suddenly, the girl in front of them let out a loud bang.

But the bone was still in her mouth, and with a scream of terror, it got stuck right down her throat.

Mu Ling collapsed to the ground and began to cough violently.

broken!

Seeing this, Xia Minghao quickly stepped forward.

You better not get stuck, or who will replenish my palm trees and my cooking oil!

He had just taken two steps forward and was about to pick up the emaciated girl when suddenly the sound of clattering hooves came from afar, and it was approaching at an extremely fast speed.

Xia Minghao suddenly looked up and saw a large antlered deer charging towards him with its head down.

The giant horn charged straight at him, and its body was even accelerating!
If that crashed into me, I'd be crippled or killed!

His fingers moved instantly, and in the blink of an eye, just before they touched the wolf totem stone, Xia Minghao suddenly remembered something and quickly grabbed the palm leaf in front of the girl's chest.

Through the somewhat dry leaves, soft flesh flowed through my fingertips.

He didn't linger on the feel of the stone in his hand, but instead shielded the girl in front of him, while the fingers of his other hand remained not far from the wolf totem stone.

At that very moment, the giant stag suddenly changed direction and flew past Xia Minghao's body.

With a bang, the antlers got stuck in the Jianmu tree behind it and couldn't be pulled out no matter what.

really!

No wonder a large antlered deer suddenly appeared and attacked me; it must be related to this girl.

Not only did Xia Minghao's correct judgment in a short time save him a precious wolf totem stone, but it also led to an even more important discovery.

The great antlered deer seemed to be protecting its owner. Could it be that this girl had actually tamed the great antlered deer?
That's a real talent!

They need to be properly trained and put to use!
But these questions are not something we can explore now. The girl was still coughing after being picked up, and if we don't save her soon, she will die.

Heimlich maneuver!
Holding her slender waist, Xia Minghao clenched his fists and began to pound her while thrusting his hips against Mu Ling's little bottom.

Mu Ling, however, struggled as if drowning, her hands flailing as if grasping at some straw for salvation. With a chicken bone stuck in her throat, Mu Ling was indeed no different from drowning, on the verge of suffocating.

At this moment, nestled in Xia Minghao's arms, it rolled its eyes, stuck out its little tongue, and wore an ahoge-gao expression.

At the same time, there is also a sense of panic.

She had no idea about the Heimlich maneuver; she had only seen the position she felt being used on before.

It was on that day...

The day after that, she heard her father recount the tragic end of a girl he had witnessed being toyed with by the hairy men.

Would I do that myself...?

Just when I was in despair, a chicken bone suddenly flew out of my throat and landed on the ground.

Worried that Mu Ling's frail body would fall apart, Xia Minghao gently placed her on the ground and then looked at the chicken bones on the ground.

Wow! It's amazing that such a thick chicken bone can get stuck.

I never expected that such a small and thin girl could have such a large object stuffed into her throat.

As Xia Minghao looked at the chicken bones, Mu Ling also saw them.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Mu Ling realized in a daze that this man was saving her...

Slowly turning her head, Mu Ling looked at Xia Minghao with eyes that were no longer filled with fear and panic, but with gratitude.

"You, save, me."

Mu Ling stammered out his first words.

How could you possibly know that I was saving you?
Xia Minghao smiled faintly upon hearing this.

This girl is quite clever; by saying that, she's already gained some goodwill, making it easier to get information out of her later.

Since he had to rely on the girl in front of him to answer his questions, or rather, to unlock the door to the Xia tribe's plant oil business, he had to rely on this girl.

Then I'd better be careful when inserting this key; it's definitely a good idea to increase my favorability rating.

Instead of asking questions right away, Xia Minghao looked at the palm leaves, which were now tattered and offered almost no shelter after all the fuss, and spoke first.

“I have something better, something better than this leaf.”

He immediately thought of giving this girl a spare bra that he had given to Huo Li.

Turning around, Xia Minghao was surprised to find Huo Li watching from not far away.

I guess they came looking for me to play PUBG or something, and just happened to run into me.

"Huoli, go and get a bra."

Having witnessed what had just happened, Huo Li felt a pang of sadness.

She didn't want her man to have that kind of physical contact with other women, even though that wasn't actually the case.

Hearing Xia Minghao's order, he felt an even greater sense of loss.

"That was given to me by you."

"I know, I'll have the ship send you another one next time."

I don't know why Huo Li is so hung up on this; it's unlikely that her clothes would wear out so quickly.

Hearing Xia Minghao's words, Huo Li didn't say anything more, turned her head and went to get her bra.

Xia Minghao looked at Mu Ling in front of him again, thought for a moment, then quickly took a few steps and picked up the honey-glazed roast chicken.

"If you want to eat it, then eat it."

As soon as the honey-glazed roasted chicken was handed over, Mu Ling licked his lips, seemingly having completely forgotten the pain he had just endured from the chicken bone that nearly killed him.

But she still looked up and hesitated as she looked at Xia Minghao. She couldn't believe that this man, who had always been somewhat afraid of her, was actually so good to her.

"Ah."

Xia Minghao held the honey-glazed roast chicken even closer, almost right in front of Mu Ling's little nose.

Unable to resist the aroma of honey and chicken fat any longer, Mu Ling opened her mouth and took a big bite.

After wolfing down several mouthfuls, he finally remembered that the honey-glazed roast chicken was still being held by the person in front of him who had saved him and was so kind to him.

Mu Ling then changed her sitting position, and her dirty little hands, which had been supporting her on the ground, completely took over the honey-glazed roasted chicken.

This should max out their favorability rating.

It will be much easier to communicate later.

As Xia Minghao was thinking to himself, Huo Li also walked over.

Taking the bra, Xia Minghao squatted down, just about to put it on Mu Ling.

Suddenly, Huo Li's voice rang out.

"I come."

"You can come too."

Why has Huo Li suddenly become so kind?
Xia Minghao looked at Huo Li, who was helping Mu Ling, who was busy eating honey-glazed roast chicken, put on a bra, with some surprise.

Previously, she treated everyone as mere tools, adopting a condescending attitude.

How did she suddenly change her gender?

After he was dressed, Xia Minghao still didn't disturb him. Instead, he turned around and helped the silly deer pull it out.

After snorting a few times, the Great Horned Deer did not attack Xia Minghao this time, but silently walked to Mu Ling's side.

Looking at the large antlered deer, Xia Minghao recalled the scene from earlier and thought to himself that the deer in this other world had also been strengthened, and by quite a bit.

It crashed right into the Jianmu tree; it would take half a day to chop that thing down.

If we could really tame this deer, its usefulness might be no less than that of an ordinary donkey.

Looking at Mu Ling again, Xia Minghao felt a surge of impatience; he desperately wanted to know what was going on.

Finally, under Mu Ling's ravenous appetite, the entire chicken was devoured.

This hearty meal also caused her once-flat stomach to bulge slightly.

He swallowed hard, savoring the delicious taste of the food.

At this moment, he regained some of his senses, and even felt that he had become much smarter.

Looking at the chicken bones scattered all over the ground, I suddenly thought of my father.

Father must never find out about this...

"What's your name? Where are you from? And where did this one come from?"

Xia Minghao squatted down, looked at Mu Ling, and asked directly.

After a slight pause upon hearing Xia Minghao's words, Mu Ling immediately replied.

"My name is Mu Ling, I am from the Mu tribe, and I am the daughter of Mu Tuo."

"I came from inside, and this one came from inside too."

in?

Are you referring to inside the forest?
Deep in the plains, far from the riverbank?
Looking at the woods, Xia Minghao's eyes lit up.

Deep in the woods, there are palm trees!

It was still early, and Xia Minghao couldn't wait to set off immediately.

"I want to go, can you take me?"

"Go inside?"

Upon hearing this request, Mu Ling shook his head vigorously, like a rattle drum.

"There are terrible things inside, there's water in the pit, a very big pit, lots of water, and hairy people."

"Mao, a person?"

"A hairy person?"

Upon suddenly hearing this new term, Xia Minghao frowned.

Seeing the fear on Mu Ling's face when he mentioned the hairy people, he figured they must be some kind of dangerous being, so he quickly asked.

What is a "hairy person"?

"Mao Ren... Mao Ren..."

But this time, Mu Ling couldn't answer at all.

Knowing there was a threat, and unable to fully understand the situation, Xia Minghao certainly wouldn't dare to act rashly and search for palm trees so recklessly.

With a change of heart, she looked at Mu Ling again.

"Could you take me to your tribe, the pastoral tribe you mentioned?"

Hearing the request made by this "great person" in front of her, Mu Ling was grateful and immediately nodded.

But then, as if remembering something, he immediately shook his head.

A smile had already appeared on his lips, but seeing Mu Ling's change of heart, Xia Minghao was both puzzled and anxious, and quickly asked.

"why?"

Mu Ling stared at the scattered chicken bones on the ground for a long time. When she looked up again, her eyes held a hint of pleading.

"Could you please not tell me that I ate this?"

(End of this chapter)