I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 322, Like a River

Translator: Silavin

Yu Ying squatted down to examine the wheat, asking curiously. “It looks just like grass. Can we really eat it later?”

The newly sprouted wheat did indeed look like grass, so it was not strange for her to make that connection.

“You’ll see when the time comes. After it grows up, it’ll look completely different.” Su Bai explained.

He stood up and walked to the tomato area – to look at the newly sprouted tomato plants. In regards to this, the tomato leaves were quite distinctive, different from the wheat.

“This is growing slowly too…” Su Bai frowned. [Seems like this place really isn’t suitable for growing crops…]

He somewhat missed their previous location. Growing crops there has been so easy and convenient. There was always rapid growth, visible day by day.

He still remembered the lettuce seeds he had scattered there. The harvest time had been reduced by more than half compared to if it was grown on Earth. The taste of the yield was excellent too, no different from Earth’s, perhaps even sweeter.

[Maybe that’s because there is no pesticide contamination. That’s why the produce is larger and more sweet-tasting, so much so that it left a lasting impression. Especially when wrapping roasted meat with the lettuce, the taste was absolutely irresistible.]

When those lettuce were harvested and transported to the Ancestral Land, the fresh ones did not last long. They were all eaten in one night.

“That does seem to be true. When we lived over there, everything grew so quickly…” Yu Ying sighed in agreement.

“Different soil affects plant growth differently. I wonder why this is the case?” Su Bai pondered with furrowed brows.

“Shaman, could it be because that area floods every year? Maybe that’s why the soil there is good for growing plants?” Yu Ying speculated.

The fox eared girl could only think that since that area flooded every rainy season, that might be the reason.

“That’s not unreasonable,” Su Bai agreed this was the most logical explanation. “Do you know of any other places that regularly floods?”

He suddenly thought that some Tribes would certainly be flooded when the rainy season came, and perhaps those people could be recruited into the Flame Dragon Tribe.

This way, the Tribe’s population expands, and they would have more hands available for work.

Yu Ying thought carefully for a moment, then shook her head. “I don’t really know about that. Uncle Cang Shi, the Chieftain, or Sha Hong should know.”

To be fair, she had barely left the Tribe. Except when forced to leave during the Black Snake Tribe takeover, she knew little about the outside world, much less other Tribes.

Su Bai nodded thoughtfully and said, “I understand. Have the Chieftain come find me later.”

“Alright.” Yu Ying nodded.

Su Bai continued observing the tomatoes and the other crops with his head lowered, including the grapes he had planted a few days ago.

He was already thinking about making fine wine when the grapes could be harvested. He also had not eaten grapes for a long time.

“Shaman, what do grapes taste like?” Yu Ying was full of questions.

When Su Bai had first explained that these withered vines were grapes, the fox eared girl had been completely bewildered. Although she knew grapes were edible like berries, the name was really strange to her.

That night when the fox eared girl went to bed, she was so puzzled by this name that she could not sleep well, and early the next morning she ran to look at the grapes.

“Hmm… grapes have many different tastes. I’m not sure what variety these are…” Su Bai shrugged.

He was not yet knowledgeable enough to know everything about Heaven and Earth. He could not possibly identify the grape’s variety just from a single vine. After all, there were green grapes, purple ones, and even black ones. Each had their own distinct taste. Some were crisp and refreshing, some were sour, and others were sweet or sweet and sour. Though their textures were similar, their tastes were all different.

“This fruit has so many different varieties?” Yu Ying looked enlightened.

“Hahaha… Let’s go back to the wooden house. Go call the Chieftain over.” Su Bai laughed and left the greenhouse first.

“Shaman, wait for me…” Yu Ying followed quickly.

Twenty minutes later, Su Bai returned to the wooden house, and the Chieftain arrived as well.

“Shaman, what arrangements did you need me for?” Yan Jiao asked directly, as he was eager to return to supervising the construction.

Watching those buildings rise from the ground was truly exciting. Since he started supervising, he had rarely gone to watch the Warriors’ training.

After all, with Sha Hong, Yue, and the others there, he was quite at ease. His only concern was the construction of those buildings.

He personally oversaw the progress every day, clearly seeing who was slacking off or causing trouble.

“Do you know which Tribes get flooded when the rainy season comes?” Su Bai curiously asked.

His core plan was still to increase the Tribe’s population, as this would speed up development. The exchange of ceramics had gone so well that they could now realistically provide for more people.

The rainy season would be a good opportunity – there would certainly be many displaced Tribes, and people who came due to natural disasters would likely be more obedient.

Furthermore, due to the harsh environment, these people’s expectations would be lowered. In other words, their demand for meat would be at a discount.

“Tribes that get flooded?” Yan Jiao frowned in thought, then after a while shook his head. “I don’t really know, because no Tribe gets flooded twice.”

Those he knew of were Tribes that had experienced flooding before, but once flooded, they would not let it happen a second time. Naturally, there were no specific Tribes that regularly got flooded. After all, they were not fools, they knew to leave and settle at a new spot.

“Let me ask differently – do you know which areas flood frequently?” Su Bai changed his approach.

He had already guessed that to be the case, so he switched to asking about the areas, since some Tribes might not know and had settled in those places.

“Around where we used to live, that whole area gets flooded by rainwater, just like a river…” Yan Jiao said.

“Like a river?” Su Bai was somewhat surprised.

“Yes, you can go see it when it happens, Shaman. Walk a while into the forest and you’ll see this sight. The flooding covers a large area. From there to what we can see here.” Yan Jiao said seriously.

He remembered seeing it with his Father when he was young – it was truly spectacular.

“Alright, I understand.” Su Bai smiled slightly, having found his answer.

“Shaman, is there anything else?” Yan Jiao was eager to return.

Su Bai smiled and shook his head, seeing the other’s impatience. He waved his hand to let him leave.

“Shaman, why did you suddenly ask about this?” Yu Ying curiously asked.

“You’ll know when the time comes.” Su Bai said.