amaotonovel Chapter 170: Do you still have time to pity others?
Chapter 170: Do you still have time to pity others?
As the weather gets colder, the sun comes out less often. Most of the time, there are not even any clouds. It's dark and gloomy, making people feel very tired.
The tribesmen were the same. When it rained, they all stayed in their own little houses and didn't want to come out.
In the past, people ate to live, but now they live to eat. Delicious food has become an indispensable part of the tribe.
There are light bulbs in the house, and it is bright at night. I sleep on the kang, eating seasoned dried meat and sweet candied fruits, feeling so warm and comfortable that I don’t want to move.
Except for the clan members who take turns to serve as gatekeepers, basically every family is like this.
There was continuous mist and rain in the morning, and the dark clouds seemed to be pressing down, making it very gloomy.
Mu Qingqing lazily lay on the sofa, watching the little kids playing, doing homework, and being criticized.
She was eating melon seeds, fried chicken and drinking happy water, feeling very happy.
It's more lively at home with more people around, and it's worth it for her to work overtime these days to strengthen the walls and security of the tribe.
Otherwise, it's raining now and she doesn't want to move.
It was at this time that the clan members knocked on Mu Qingqing's door.
He was a teenage wolf boy, picked up by his tribe in the mountains.
The wolf boy's family was a group of orcs who lived alone in the forest. Later, stray orcs became rampant and the family became a little worried, so they packed up their things and prepared to find a tribe to stay in.
As expected, they happened to encounter a group of brutal stray orcs.
Not only did they rob things, they also planned to bully the wolf boy's mother. Naturally, the wolf father stepped forward and fought them to the death, and both of them died.
The death of his parents was a great blow to the wolf boy, but he was not stupid enough to fight a group of them alone, so he took the opportunity to escape.
On the way, he met orcs from the Fuxi tribe, who rescued him and brought him to the tribe.
His brows were furrowed all the time, and they did not relax even after he finished talking to Mu Qingqing.
Mu Qingqing looked at him with amusement, "Just ignore it, why do you have such an expression?"
Mu Qingqing's tribe needs people, but not everyone is needed. The tribesmen have picked up people from the mountains many times, but of course they don't just pick up anyone they see.
They were finally pulled back from the brink of death, and with such good living conditions they were of course afraid of being driven out of the tribe by the beast owner, so they paid special attention when picking up people.
Sincerity is important; whether it is useful or not is secondary.
The wolf boy couldn't help but glance at Mo Xiao beside her, and said boldly.
"I always feel something is wrong, I feel like they..."
He scratched the back of his head, at a loss for words.
"Does it seem like they came prepared?"
The wolf boy's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly.
"Yes, yes, that's what I mean! Even though they are dressed in rags, are skinny, and look very pitiful, they seem to have come to us on purpose."
Mu Qingqing probably understood.
She has been quite active in the past two months. People from Wanshou City have been interacting with the tribe frequently, which may have aroused the vigilance of the surrounding tribes. They probably also know about the dark beasts in the east. Even if they know, they have nowhere to go and no way to resist, so they came here.
Mu Qingqing hesitated and asked, "How many of them came?"
The wolf boy had been in the tribe for almost a week and had mastered basic arithmetic, but he was a little slow in calculating. He stretched out his hand and counted on his fingers.
"Well, three...more than ten."
Mu Qingqing and Mo Xiao looked at each other.
There are nearly fifty people in their tribe now, and more than thirty of them have come all of a sudden?
"What else did they say?"
The wolf boy hesitated and said, "It's just a pitiful request. I want to see you."
Mu Qingqing nodded, stood up and put on her shoes.
"Master Beast, do you want to go out to meet them?" The wolf boy felt that there was no need for Mu Qingqing to do so.
"I'm a little curious and want to see what's going on."
Mo Xiao followed behind him and picked up a thick cloak.
The wolf boy followed behind Mu Qingqing in silence.
Mu Qingqing saw that he was worried, so she asked.
"Something on your mind?"
The wolf boy shook his head hesitantly, "No."
Near the door, there were already many people standing there, some from our side and some from outside.
"Beast Master."
"Beast Master."
They greeted each other, and Mu Qingqing smiled and nodded at them.
When they arrived, Mu Qingqing raised her eyes and glanced at the people outside. Just as the wolf boy said, there were about thirty people.
Most of them were elderly people or females, with only one or two orcs, and that was a half-grown cub.
They looked thin and tired.
Especially the old orc who was in the lead, holding a stick in his hand, spoke tremblingly.
"Are you the chief of this tribe?"
Mu Qingqing hummed.
Immediately afterwards, the old orc threw away the stick in his hand and knelt down in front of Mu Qingqing.
The tribesmen behind him also knelt down like him.
"Please ask the chief of the Fuxi tribe to take us in!"
At first glance, the picture is very moving. Some are disabled, some are old, some are thin, they are all weak.
Mu Qingqing's eyes flickered. She glanced at the tribesmen around her and asked them what they thought.
The tribesmen looked at each other. They had abundant supplies now, so it would be no problem to share some of them. Usually, they would be courteous to each other when distributing prey.
But that was just the trust built up based on the fact that they had all experienced something together, but why should these people divide things up for no reason?
An orc stepped forward and intended to whisper in Mu Qingqing's ear, but just as he was about to do so, he was glared back by Mo Xiao.
The orc touched his nose and said sorry.
He lowered his voice and said, "Master Beast, I don't think they can take it."
When Mu Qingqing asked why, the orc replied frankly, "They can't do their work like this, so what's the point?"
This statement seemed a bit too cruel, and sure enough, several females in the tribe disagreed.
"Do you look down on females?"
The orcs quickly shook their heads. Their beast masters were all female. How could he look down on females?
"But there's not a single useful one here."
Mu Qingqing smiled and asked, "Anyone else has a different opinion?"
A female also stood up.
She was silent for two seconds and said, "Master, they look pitiful. Why don't you take them in?"
When the wolf boy saw the female, his lips moved twice, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
The tribesmen had different opinions and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
At this time, it started raining again, and raindrops as big as pearls hit the orcs kneeling on the ground.
The rain seemed to come at the right time. The sound of it hitting people's bodies was so loud that it penetrated into the hearts of everyone present.
Another female couldn't help herself and whispered, "Master, why don't you take them in?"
She also holds the same opinion.
The majority of orcs disagreed. They looked at the females coldly, curling their lips in sarcasm.
"What? You've forgotten what happened in the past. You've been living a good life and have forgotten the pain. How can you still have the time to pity others?"