Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 98 The Hunting Team Returns

However, the interaction between the children is something the tribe welcomes, and Chief Jing will not have any negative emotions because his son was pushed down.

After flicking his son on the forehead, Chief Jing picked him up and led the group to continue towards the top of Dashi Mountain.

At this moment, the crowd, which had been quiet for a while, erupted into loud cheers because of the children's play.

Jiang Luoluo finally understood what had caused the sudden burst of noise.

The children hanging on the edge of the rock stopped scrambling to climb up and instead went down one by one to help the hunting party members return home.

Some children will slowly climb down, while others are impatient and will simply let go and jump down, aiming for an efficient and quick landing.

It was hard work for the few tribesmen below who were there to catch the children; their hands were practically smoking from all the swinging.

Jiang Luoluo was the only one left standing at the highest point, looking down: ...Isn't there anyone who can catch me? Or do I have to jump down myself?

Don't...

Fortunately, Jiang Luoluo was not truly forgotten. From the group returning from the hunt, a lithe figure quickly darted out and leaped onto the top of a rock more than ten meters high in just a few steps.

"Luo, you were really good just now," Ge said with a smile, opening his arms to Jiang Luoluo. "Let's go downstairs."

Although they hadn't spent a long time together, Jiang Luoluo still felt inexplicably at ease the moment she saw Ge.

Jiang Luoluo threw herself into Ge's arms, and was then pulled down by Ge.

Of course, he wouldn't jump to the bottom in one go. Although Ge could do it, the impact would be quite unpleasant for Jiang Luoluo.

So Ge stepped on the protrusions on several rocks, jumping in several leaps to cushion the impact, and finally landed steadily on the ground.

Jiang Luoluo only felt the thrill of riding a roller coaster.

Ge put Jiang Luoluo down from his arms, took her arm, and returned to the middle of the hunting team.

The tribesmen in the group laughed good-naturedly at Jiang Luoluo, clearly having witnessed her heroic performance.

That's Chief Jing's son, the strongest boy in the tribe, right? Jiang Luoluo actually managed to defeat him head-on, that's really amazing.

No one would think that the leader's child must give way, nor would they teach their own children to please the other party. Instead, they would educate their own children according to the leader's child's requirements.

After all, a leader becomes a leader by virtue of his own strength, and the same applies to the leader's children. If they do not inherit the same strength as their fathers, they are not entitled to any special treatment.

However, because of the leader's power, his descendants will usually inherit that power as well. Therefore, relatively speaking, the leader's children are more likely to inherit the leader's position than other ordinary people.

Just like a child who learns from a shaman from a young age, because he knows more than other children, he is most likely to become the shaman's successor.

This is a kind of "small tradition" within the tribe.

Jiang Luoluo observed the returning hunting party up close.

The group wasn't entirely made up of members of the hunting party; the majority were ordinary tribesmen who had gone out early yesterday morning to meet them, especially those carrying various giant prey.

Go's assigned task was "guarding," which meant protecting the tribespeople transporting the prey and preventing other wild animals from attacking and stealing the game.

Therefore, Ge Cai did not need to help carry the prey.

The entire procession was grand and lively, filled with joyful laughter.

Jiang Luoluo listened for a while before she understood. It turned out that this hunting team had a great harvest. Not only did the hunting team led by Chief Jing have a lot of catch, but the other two hunting teams also brought back enough prey.

Even if the rainy season lasts for two months, the tribe will not experience food shortages.

The group continued forward, heading from the big rock mountain towards Silver Peak Mountain. Jiang Luoluo was still wondering where to put so much prey—it certainly wouldn't fit in her own cave. A wild beast that was over ten meters tall was too big to fit in her small cave.

Then they saw the leader turn his flag and instead of going up the mountain, he started to go down.

Jiang Luoluo hesitated.

The three mountains, "Xiaoshishan-Yinfengshan-Dashishan", are not completely independent; rather, they are more like three peaks of different heights branching off from a single mountain.

So basically the three mountain peaks are connected at their mid-slopes, and there are paved roads connecting them.

The small rocky hill connects to the big river, the large rocky hill connects to the Taz Forest, and below the Silver Peak Mountain are Fish Cave and some abandoned cave dwellings.

Jiang Luoluo really had no idea what lay beneath the back of Silver Peak Mountain.

As Jiang Luoluo followed the group forward, a huge hollow, as if half a mountain had been hollowed out, appeared before her eyes.

As soon as she stepped inside, Jiang Luoluo felt the temperature drop suddenly.

A freezer?!

The edges of the cavity were covered with countless huge blocks of ice, releasing a chilling cold air.

The entire group was stopped at the wide entrance of the hollow, and not allowed to enter completely. A dozen or so tribesmen who looked particularly taciturn came out from the depths of the hollow and directed different people to carry the prey inside.

Jiang Luoluo saw a member of her tribe writing and drawing on animal hide paper, as if he were making some kind of inventory record.

Jiang Luoluo finally knew where Ge always brought back the meat chunks from.

It turns out that in order to preserve the prey and allow it to be eaten for a longer period of time, the tribe prepared such a large icehouse to store food, and there were also people specifically responsible for keeping records of who took how much meat and what kind of meat.

The amount of food each person stores here, or their food allowance, is also recorded.

For example, in the hunt that Ge participated in this time, all the prey would be divided into two parts. One part was handed over to the tribe and belonged to the "group". The other part would be distributed to all members of the hunting team according to different proportions.

Based on his performance in this hunt, Ge is firstly a member of the hunting team and can receive a basic portion of food. Secondly, he took on the responsibility of transforming into beasts multiple times during the hunt, so he can get an extra portion of food. Finally, he performed exceptionally well in the hunt, so he can get an extra portion of food.

Go also single-handedly wiped out half of the Ghost Monkey tribe, which earned him an additional reward of 3 servings of food.

With this added together, Ge can directly obtain 6 portions of food. Not to mention raising Jiang Luoluo, even raising another one would be easy and no problem.

Other ordinary tribesmen, such as Mao's father Ke, could only receive a basic portion of food for participating in the hunt, and another portion for guarding the stronghold or transporting the prey.

When he got home, it was just enough for him and his child Mao to live on.