Chapter 310: Leizu

Chapter 310: Leizu

"Brother Cheng."

With her hair braided into lamb horns, the Milk Tea Girl was leaning over, carefully examining the clay basin before her.

When she saw Han Cheng approaching, she lifted her face happily and called out.

After a period of good food and drink, the Milk Tea Girl had put on some weight compared to before and no longer looked emaciated.

Her face also appeared much brighter than before.

Han Cheng squatted down, fiddling with her braids, then squatted there to carefully examine the clay basin.

In the basin were some fresh mulberry leaves with small black dots crawling on them; these were young silkworms that had recently hatched.

From the cocoons previously spun, Han Cheng had compared and selected a few that were slightly larger, leaving the rest to be opened and the silkworm pupae removed.

After cleaning them, he fried them in some fat in a clay pot, which tasted quite good.

After the Milk Tea Girl had eaten, she became even more enthusiastic about raising silkworms.

Han Cheng smiled. This was possible now because they weren't yet relying on these cocoons to produce silk for weaving. When the weaving technique improved, they couldn't do this anymore.

Because of the large cocoon openings, they couldn't extract intact silk threads.

This was also why after the silkworms spun their cocoons, they had to be put in water to boil before they hatched into moths.

These young silkworms were hatched from eggs specially left behind by Han Cheng after the cocoons were spun and the moths mated.

In legends, silkworms were bred by Leizu, the wife of the Yellow Emperor, and passed down to the people, giving rise to the long and storied name of Leizu.

If their tribe could continue to pass down and develop, would the Milk Tea Girl with braided hair appear in ancient legends like Leizu and become a similar figure?

Observing the Milk Tea Girl place some mulberry leaves into the bowl, Han Cheng thought about these things.

Han Cheng shook his head with a smile, pushing this thought out of his mind.

This matter was too remote. It was better to imagine the plump Milk Tea Girl wearing clothes made of silk, gradually undressing as she walked towards him, revealing the silk garment underneath, than to think about these things...

"Brother Cheng, why are you smiling? Are you drooling again?"

The Milk Tea Girl's puzzled voice interrupted Han Cheng's reverie, returning him to reality.

Han Cheng quickly pretended nothing had happened and wiped away the drool.

Looking at the Milk Tea Girl's fish-like figure, Han Cheng couldn't help but sneeze.

While arranging manpower for this task, Han Cheng also increased the efforts to catch fish and hunt wild animals.

Many fish traps and rabbit snares were set out, bringing in a lot of fish and small game.

The original members of the Bone Tribe, who saw these things for the first time, were all amazed and couldn't close their mouths.

They had never imagined that catching fish and small game could be so simple and easy.

Wasn't this hunting?

It was clearly like picking things up for free!

The elders of the Green Sparrow Tribe, who were accustomed to these things, found them ordinary, but in their eyes, each day passed in surprise.

For the reactions of these newcomers to the tribe, the elders of the Green Sparrow Tribe responded with kindly smiles.

Because they all remembered their reactions when they first saw these things, which were not much better than the newcomers.

As for the grand arrangements made by the Divine Child, the ordinary people in the tribe didn't know what to make of it.

The original members of the Bone Tribe, who had just participated in the ceremony to join the Green Sparrow Tribe not long ago, thought that the Divine Child would hold a larger-scale ceremony similar to the previous one.

The elders of the Green Sparrow Tribe didn't quite agree with the speculations of these people.

They were more inclined to think it was a celebration.

After all, last year, before the celebration, the Divine Child, just like now, had them prepare food to entertain the guests who came to the celebration.

Otherwise, why would the leader and his people keep visiting the surrounding tribes these past few days?

Apart from notifying the surrounding tribes to come to the celebration, they couldn't think of anything else.

As for the fact that the celebration was held only once every two years, it was not impossible to change.

They also figured out the purpose of the Divine Child building this platform.

It must be for those strong men to... do something on the platform.

Thinking about anticipating being in the spotlight then, many people felt itchy inside...

Han Cheng didn't know what these people were thinking. If he did, he would indeed spit out blood ten feet away...

Translator’s notes: Leizu is a legendary figure in Chinese history who was known for discovering silk and inventing the silk loom. She is considered the goddess of silk in Chinese mythology.