Jiujiu was both happy and sad about the respect and reverence she received from the orcs.
Although she had led the orcs out of hunger, it was still far from her ideal.
Because of the vats and pots made by Jiujiu, the orcs had the motivation to survive. They hunted even harder because they knew that the prey they hunted would not be wasted. All of it would be turned into strips of meat and stored for their daily needs during the rainy season.
The rainy season was coming soon.
A month before the arrival of the rainy season, many Orcs had already started preparing. For example, the Orcs who used to go hunting early in the morning would not go hunting after waking up early in the morning. Instead, they would start packing their things in their houses and prepare to move them to their cave halfway up the mountain.
Be it male orcs or female orcs, or even young orcs, everyone would try their best to move their belongings to the cave halfway up the mountain, bit by bit.
The only beastman in the tribe who could fly, Sha Qing, turned into his beast form and asked Jiujiu to put all the things in the house on his back. He let Jiujiu sit on his back and grabbed his feathers. Then, he spread his wings and flew into the sky. Soon, they arrived at the cave.
After Sha Qing landed, Jiujiu took everything off his back bit by bit. Sha Qing returned to his human form after Jiujiu took everything off his back. Then, he put everything in his cave.
Because of Jiujiu's status as a priestess, Sha Qing and Jiujiu's caves were relatively large. There were three caves in each cave. Two of them could be used as bedrooms for Jiujiu and Sha Qing, and the other one could be used to store food and cook.
Moreover, Jiujiu also found that the temperature in the cave was very low. It was about four to five degrees Celsius. If the jerky was stored in the vats, it could definitely be stored until the rainy season.
Although the other orcs weren't as lucky as Sha Qing, they all tried their best to move all their belongings into the caves. Under Jiujiu's guidance, they all specially found the cave with the lowest temperature to store their belongings.
Before the rainy season, all the orcs in the tribe safely moved. Everyone had at least two large vats of jerky, and they also brought a lot of fresh meat.
Even though the rain was pouring outside, none of the orcs were worried about not having enough to eat. Every orc had a happy smile on their faces. Even Huang Sha, who had the most young orcs in the tribe, was the same.
In the past, when they did not know how to store food, they were worried that the food they prepared would not be able to survive the rainy season. But now, they were discussing which animal's meat would taste better.
One year ago, they did not dare to believe that there would be a day when they would live so carefreely. But now, they were really living so carefreely. And all of this was thanks to their Priestess, Jiujiu.
Jiujiu had already displayed such talent when she was still underage. If she had the ability of divination when she became an adult …
Once they thought of that day in the future, these orcs all smiled joyfully. Everyone was looking forward to this future life.
Not only did Jiujiu prepare some jerky, she also accidentally found many small yellow croakers in the river in front of the door. As the orcs were not interested in those small yellow croakers that did not have much meat, they especially helped Jiujiu catch a large vat of them when they saw Jiujiu catching them. Although they did not produce much jerky in the end, but in this Beast World where resources were scarce, small yellow croakers were also a rare delicacy.
Jiujiu sat at the entrance of the cave and looked at the heavy rain outside as she ate the small yellow croakers in small bites. She could not help but smile with relief.
One year ago, when she and Sha Qing only had a small piece of rotten meat, she clenched her fist and swore that she would definitely lift all the orcs out of poverty. Now that one year had passed, she had already achieved her goal of lifting all the orcs out of hunger. The next step was to let the orcs eat better food. Of course, it would be better if she could find seasoning like salt.
Once she thought of those delicacies that she had eaten in the past, Jiujiu could not help but salivate.
Looking down at the small yellow croakers that had a slightly fishy smell, Jiujiu took a bite with resentment. When would she be able to eat the things that she wanted to eat?
Especially the dry and tasteless barbecued meat in the Beast World, when compared to the soft and fragrant barbecued meat that she had eaten in her previous life, especially the barbecued meat that was sprinkled with large pieces of cumin, chili powder and sesame seeds, the difference was like heaven and earth. Jiujiu swallowed a mouthful of saliva and looked at the endless rain. She carried the small jar of dried fish and returned to her and Sha Qing's cave.
Because they had sufficient food, they did not need to rely on sleep to reduce their energy consumption. The male orcs in the tribe could not stay idle. Moreover, because it was the rainy season now, they did not need to go out to hunt and could not use their excess energy. The male orcs all went to one of the smaller caves to compete.
And Sha Qing was the most powerful orc in the tribe. Naturally, there were many who came to challenge him.
However, some orcs knew their own capabilities and would not directly issue a challenge. But more of them did so. So after not finding Sha Qing in the cave, Jiujiu went directly to the cave where the orcs usually competed to look for Sha Qing.
At this time, Sha Qing was in the middle of a competition. The Orc that Sha Qing was competing against was a tiger. His name was Hu Sheng. Because he was in his prime and was a tiger-type Orc, he was over two meters tall. His muscles were tangled, and his arms were thicker than Jiujiu's waist. He was clearly a powerful character.
He was also one of the most powerful orcs in the tribe. Moreover, he was Yang Mei's suitor, so he was especially brooding over Sha Qing's rejection of Yang Mei. He was not convinced by Sha Qing and now that he had the chance to challenge Sha Qing, he immediately stood up.
When Jiujiu came over, she happened to see Hu Sheng throwing his sandbag-sized fist towards Sha Qing's head.
Sha Qing dodged at a speed that could not be seen by the naked eye. He played to his strengths and avoided his weaknesses, attacking from behind.
The two orcs each had their own strengths and each had their own style. The two of them fought for one to two hours. In the end, Sha Qing won by a small margin. Although Hu Sheng lost, he was not convinced by Sha Qing. After all, if Sha Qing won with an overwhelming advantage, it would be fine. But the problem was that it was a small margin, so it was more subtle.
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