I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 366, Crooked Characters

Translator: Silavin

Su Bai stood before the floor-length window watching the drizzling rain outside, saying softly, “Feels like nothing much has changed except for the rain.”

Life in the Tribe continued as usual, with the Warrior Trainees still training as they should.

Some people in the Tribe were going out with umbrellas, or visiting others’ homes.

The cement houses in the Tribe stood out particularly prominently in the rain, making the wooden houses appear notably smaller.

“Shaman, the meal is ready.” Yu Ying brought out two bowls of Wolf Tail Grass Noodle from the kitchen.

On top were some minced meat and vegetables, the vegetables being sweet potato leaves.

Back on Earth, sweet potato leaves were also considered a delicacy, well-loved by many.

Su Bai turned around and sat at the table, asking, “Xiao Yu, is this how you all spend your time during the rainy season?”

Yu Ying tilted her head, puzzled, and asked, ” I don’t understand, what do you mean by ‘spend time’?”

Her pink pupils kept blinking, clearly bewildered by the question.

“Is this how you spend every day during the rainy season? Eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, with nothing happening in the Tribe?” Su Bai continued asking.

He felt this was not quite the same as what they had told him before. [Did they not say that the rainy season would always be terrible? But now, looking at things, the Tribe seemed no different from before. The only differences being the addition of umbrellas and more food options.]

“Such things are arranged by the Chieftain and the others. Especially for those out on patrol. For example, some will be sent to the riverside to guard against Ferocious Beasts, or check outside the Tribe for when Ferocious Beasts gather so that we can hunt.” Yu Ying said.

“Guard at the riverside? Against Ferocious Beasts there?” Su Bai’s eyebrow was raised, he had not heard about this before.

“Yes, during the rainy season, the water level at the riverside keeps rising, and the Ferocious Beasts in the river normally take the opportunity to climb ashore, or do other things.” Yu Ying nodded and explained.

Although Yu Ying knew about these things, she had never seen them personally. Just head about it. Why? Because every time the rainy season came, she would hide in her wooden house.

Su Bai nodded thoughtfully, [Guess it would not be strange for other creatures to appear during the rainy season.]

He ate some noodles and asked, “How long do Ah’Lan and the others need to train for?”

These past two days, they had been training in the forest with the other Warrior Trainees. He had thought they would rest when the rainy season came.

Unexpectedly, they were quite diligent, not letting up on training even during the rainy season.

“Just the first few days, because in the later days, they’ll all need to help out with the riverside.” Yu Ying said.

“I see,” Su Bai knew that when it continued raining, the river water would rise accordingly.

“Shaman, why are you suddenly asking about these things?”

Su Bai shook his head and said, “It’s nothing, I’m just curious. I want to know what everyone does during the rainy season.”

“Wasn’t your previous Tribe like this? Was everyone very busy?” Yu Ying asked.

She had forgotten to eat the noodles in her hands, looking at him with great curiosity, eagerly awaiting an answer.

“The place where I lived before?” Su Bai smiled slightly and said, “Even when it rained, it didn’t affect our lives, we would still do whatever needed to be done.”

“Were there many people in your previous Tribe? There must have been very, very many, right?”

“Yes, there were many, many people. So many you wouldn’t be able to count them all…” Su Bai smiled as he recalled the past.

Yu Ying’s pink fox tail kept wagging; her expression full of yearning. She blinked her eyes and asked, “Shaman, will our Tribe become like that too?”

Su Bai put his noodles on the table, thought for a moment and said, “Yes, but it will take time.”

Yu Ying nodded heavily, her face showing clear anticipation for the future. [I wonder what that place is like? Must be quite nice. If not, how can the Shaman be so smart and wise? Most importantly, how could he be so good-looking? That delicate face, tall height, and pleasant voice. Everything about the Shaman is strangely captivating.]

“Eat quickly, your noodles are getting soggy,” Su Bai urged, worried that if he did not remind her, the fox eared girl might forget to eat altogether.

Yu Ying nodded, took a few bites of noodles and continued, “Shaman, Ah’Lan asked me to tell you that people that are needed for weaving linen and papermaking have been recruited.”

These past few days, because the cat eared girl had been leaving early and returning late, she had no time to report to Su Bai.

So, she had the fox eared girl relay the message instead. Otherwise, it would have taken another two days before she could personally inform him.

“How many people were recruited in total?” Su Bai asked.

Yu Ying blinked her pink eyes thoughtfully and said, “Six people were recruited for weaving linen, and more for papermaking, twelve people were recruited for that.”

“How did you remember all this?” Su Bai raised his eyebrows curiously, since he knew her memory. It was… not that great. Incomparable to the cat eared girl.

Yu Ying pulled out a crumpled piece of Wolf Tail Grass Paper from her linen clothing pocket. She smoothed out the paper and passed it over, saying, “I wrote them down, so I wouldn’t forget.”

“Oh? You wrote them down?” Su Bai took the paper with surprise and began to review it with interest.

On the crumpled Wolf Tail Grass Paper were two crooked characters, one for ‘麻’ (hemp) and one for ‘纸’ (paper).

There were not just these characters, there were also drawings, including something that looked like a bowl, followed by the number four.

“What’s this?” Su Bai asked with a smile.

“This is the number of people recruited for making ceramics, four in total,” Yu Ying said.

The fox eared girl had no choice but to draw out a bowel, as she had not learned of the character. Those two written characters were something she had only learned after asking Su Bai.

Since she knew that her memory was not as good as Sha Lan, she could only use this method to record things down.

Although she did not know many Chinese Characters, she did know numbers. Thus, as long as she could understand what she wrote, it was fine.

“Hahaha… Now that you mention it, this really does look like ceramics, huh?” Su Bai was impressed.

“Shaman, there’s more on the back/” Yu Ying said.

Su Bai turned the paper over and saw several more crooked numbers written on the back.

He put down the paper puzzled and asked, “Hmm? What are these numbers for?”

“I don’t know how to write carpenter, stonemason and the others, so I just wrote the numbers.” Yu Ying smiled and scratched the back of her head.

“Hahaha… Bring me paper and pen, I’ll teach you.” Su Bai smiled and said. [Man, its cute that she is trying so hard. To think she had thought of this without being taught.]

However, it was precisely because of this that Su Bai felt the literacy education in the Tribe really needed to be further accelerated.