It was a clear morning. Birds were chirping in the valley, and the rising sun peeked out from the treetops. The sunlight shone on the green leaves, and the morning dew on the leaves reflected a colorful light. One of the leaves could not bear the weight and tilted, and a drop of crystal clear morning dew fell.
Under the shade of a tree, a vigorous figure flashed past. This drop of morning dew was left behind because of the slight difference. The figure had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, tall and slender.
This was Di Nai running in the morning. Because of the long period of exercise, his handsome face was already covered in a thin layer of sweat. Glistening beads of sweat slid down Di Nai's cheeks. In the morning light, one could almost see the fine hair on his smooth face.
He was wearing a sports tank top, and his sweaty shoulders slid down his tight and undulating arm muscles. He was thrown into the air, and as he ran, he looked like a cheetah, exuding a vibrant beauty.
Actually, Di Nai had woken up a little late this morning. Any normal man who had such a dream would not fall asleep immediately. He tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep again. This time, she actually overslept. Fortunately, there was no need to go out for training here, so Di Nai let himself sleep to his fill.
After running about 10 kilometers, Di Nai slowly stopped. After resting for a while, he began to practice boxing again. Di Nai's close combat skills were actually quite good, but unfortunately, he had no opponent now, so he could only show off his passion to a tree.
He thought, why isn't Frey here today? If he came, he would ask him to be his sparring partner. Damn it, I didn't sleep well last night and even gave me a fright. It was such a rare wet dream, but he didn't enjoy it. Di Nai rubbed his palms together and treated the tree in front of him as Frey, punching and kicking it.
After a while, Di Nai felt that this wasn't a real person and wasn't satisfied. It was too boring to argue with a tree like this, so he ran to wash up.
After washing up, Di Nai looked at his watch. It was already past eight o'clock. Normally, Frey would have already appeared at this time. A few days ago, Frey came every day. Now that he didn't come by chance, he really wasn't used to it. He had just told Frey yesterday not to take care of him like this. As expected, he was not coming today? Di Nai suddenly felt a little disappointed.
However, in the blink of an eye, Di Nai laughed self-deprecatingly. You're a grown man, when did you start to have thoughts of dependence? Didn't she take care of herself in the past? He patted his head and warned himself, What are you thinking about! Frey has no obligation to bring you food every day!
He shook his head and walked into the cave to see if there was anything to eat. He had picked a lot of fruits yesterday. Di Nai picked two mangoes and ate them. He had also picked up a few nests of bird eggs yesterday. After Di Nai took out a few bird eggs and cooked them, he felt that the taste was a little too bland. Anyone who ate the same thing every morning would feel bored.
He thought that with so many bird eggs, he wouldn't be able to finish them in a short time. He might as well marinate the bigger bird eggs and make them salty. However, Di Nai had only eaten salted duck eggs in the past and had never eaten salted bird eggs. He thought that he would just sit down and take a look. Anyway, duck eggs and bird eggs were all eggs, so the taste should be similar!
The method of making salted duck eggs was quite simple. When Di Nai was young, he had seen his mother make it many times.
However, salted duck eggs were usually made about a month before the Dragon Boat Festival. During the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone would usually eat a salted duck egg. However, Di Nai did not know why he had to eat salted duck eggs. He thought, maybe it was like eating dumplings, to commemorate Old Mister Qu Yuan?
There was no Qu Yuan in this world, so he could eat the salted bird eggs whenever he wanted. Sigh, who knew when he would be able to eat dumplings.
Di Nai wondered if this tribe had any special festivals every year. How boring would it be if there was no festival all year round and no place to join in the fun?
Di Nai first washed the eggs one by one and let them dry. Then, he took the helmet and boiled a pot of water. After boiling, he sprinkled a large amount of salt into it. Actually, he didn't know how much salt he should sprinkle. However, when he watched his mother make it in the past, she sprinkled quite a lot of salt. After all, if there wasn't enough salt, how could it taste good? However, he was afraid that the eggs would be too salty if he added too much salt. Di Nai thought that since it was his first time doing it, he would see the effect first.
After the salt water cooled, Dini poured it into a jar. He then placed the washed and dried duck eggs into the salt water one by one, sealed the jar, and placed them in a cool and well-vented place in the cave.
Di Nai had just put down the jar when he heard a child's voice shouting outside the cave,""Uncle Di Nai, Uncle Di Nai, are you there?”
Di Nai walked out of the cave and found a few children standing outside. There were little beastmen and little non-beastmen. The one leading them was Leo.
Leo held a top in his hand and said to Di Nai,"Uncle Di Nai, can you help us make a few more tops? Our friends all want to play with them.”A few children also echoed from the side.
Di Nai said,"Alright, I'll make it for you right away."”
Leo heard that Di Nai had agreed, so he raised his other hand and said with a little pride,""Uncle, you don't have to be a whip anymore. I've already learned it!”
Di Nai looked at the whip in Leo's hand. It was indeed new and made of palm leaves. He reached out and patted Leo's head." Yeah, Leo is really smart. You and your friends can be the whips. I'll be the top."”
Leo's eyes lit up with excitement. He immediately called his friends to follow him to pick the palm leaves. When the children heard this, they swarmed over to Leo. Di Nai wasn't worried that they wouldn't be able to pick the leaf. After all, if the little beastmen transformed into their beast forms, their claws would be very powerful.
Di Nai watched them leave. He took a thick stick and began to cut the top with a knife.
Speaking of which, it was all thanks to Di Nai that Leo could play with these children. The spinning top that Di Nai had made for him had attracted the attention of his little companions. Not only the beastmen, but even the non-beastmen also wanted to play with the spinning top, so they all came to get close to him.
Leo felt a great sense of pride because of this, and he couldn't help but respect his female uncle, Di Nai, from the bottom of his heart.
Di Nai was also very happy to see that Leo was no longer alone. Di Nai thought that a child without parents to take care of him was already very bitter. If he also had no friends, then this child's personality would definitely be very lonely when he grew up.
When Di Nai was on the third spinning top, Leo came back with his companions. He looked like a child king now. Di Nai looked at them carefully and found that there was a pair of non-orc twins among them. They had big brown eyes, black hair, and pink faces. They were so cute that one would want to pinch them.
Leo took the two sharpened tops from Dini's hands and turned around to hand them to the twins. The twin brothers took it generously, thanked him, and began to play on the ground. They played quite well, and it seemed that they had played quite a lot before.
The other children were a little envious, but they didn't say anything.
Di Nai laughed. He thought to himself,'These little guys are really mature. The little beastmen are so young, but they already know how to take care of non-beastmen.'
Di Nai sped up his movements. Soon, a few more tops were made. The children got their tops and started competing to see whose tops could spin longer. As a result, there was a noisy scene in front of Di Nai's cave.
At this time, Maji came over with Cheni. He smiled and said,""I knew it would be fun here. Look, it's really lively."
Canny had never seen a spinning top before, so she kept staring at it curiously. When Dini saw this, he made a spinning top for him and a whip for him from the palm leaves that Leo had just picked.
Canny took the spinning top and whip and began to play on the ground. When the children saw that Canny, an adult, wanted to learn how to play with the top, they all ran over to give pointers.
Di Nai was still sharpening the top. As he sharpened it, he asked Maji,""Where's Heda? Why aren't I with you today?"
" You just came here, so you don't know," Maji replied." Every month, on this day, the adult Orcs have to go see the chief. On this day, the tribe leader would inform everyone of some major events that had happened in the tribe and would also deal with some miscellaneous matters in the tribe.”
Dini thought, so Frey went to attend the tribal meeting today. It seemed that he might not have listened to his words and not come.
Speaking of which, the tribe was quite democratic. However, why couldn't non-orcs go? This was blatant discrimination! Di Nai thought that even if the orcs were stronger than the non-orcs, they couldn't deprive the non-orcs of their right to speak, right? Unfortunately, the non-orcs in the tribe seemed to be used to being taken care of by the orcs. They probably wouldn't want to fight for this right to speak.
Di Nai shook his head and gave up on the idea of changing the minds of primitive people.
Di Nai had finished sharpening another top. He saw Canny bending over and spinning the top. Although she looked happy, she seemed to be tired. After all, he was pregnant, and it was not good for him to keep bending over.
Di Nai thought that it would be great if he could make a game that was fun and not tiring. Di Nai suddenly thought of Gomoku. In his original world, Gomoku was a popular game. Gomoku was easy to play and learn, so it was the best way to distract Canny.
When Di Nai thought of this, he asked Maji to bring Canny to the cave to rest and drink some water. A thin layer of sweat had already formed on Cheni's face. After hearing Maji's words, she straightened up and let out a sigh of relief. She agreed. Di Nai told Leo to take the children somewhere else to play and not disturb the uncles. The children obediently ran away.
Di Nai took a small branch and began to cut the chess pieces. It was difficult to make the chess pieces smooth and beautiful. Di Nai only made a prototype and was too lazy to make more modifications. After Di Nai cut the 14 chess pieces, seven of them were blackened with the carbon strips in the fireplace and counted as black pieces, while the other seven were counted as white pieces.
Not far from the cave, there was a large flat stone. He used it to draw a chessboard with carbon strips. The chess pieces were placed on it, and a simple Gomoku was completed. Di Nai moved a few smaller stones to the side and used them as stone stools.
After all this was done, Dini called Maji and Canny out. He pointed at the chessboard on the stone and said,"Today, I will teach you a new game. Gomoku."
Maji's eyes lit up. However, Di Nai ignored him. Instead, he pulled Canny to sit down."Come, Chene, sit down. This kind of thing was quite easy to learn. I'll teach you."
Maji wasn't angry. She smiled and sat down on a nearby rock.
Di Nai briefly introduced the rules and let Canny go first. Canny thought for a while, then reached out and placed a piece. Di Nai followed suit and placed a piece. After going back and forth like this, Chani and Maji quickly understood the rules.
Di Nai taught for a while. Seeing that Maji had been staring at him eagerly and wanted to play, he got up and let Maji and Chene play. He only gave a little guidance occasionally.
The three of them were having fun when a grey winged tiger suddenly flew down from the sky.
The moment the winged tiger landed, it transformed into a human. Canny, who was playing chess with her head lowered, felt it. She raised her head and was stunned.
When Dini saw that the winged tiger wasn't from around here and saw the expression on Canny's face, he was 70 - 80% sure that this was the Vincent that Canny had mentioned. Di Nai noticed that the beastman was a little bruised and swollen. There were also many small wounds on his body. It seemed that he had been beaten up.
The gray-haired, gray-eyed orc only had eyes for Chene. He strode towards them and said to Chene,"Canny, it's great that you're here.”
Chani turned her head and ignored him.
Vincent didn't mind. He grabbed Chene's hand and naturally knelt down beside him.""Ryder fought with me today. I just found out that you're pregnant. I quickly ran to look for you, but you were gone. Later, I went to ask your father and found out that you were here. I'm sorry. It's all my fault for making you suffer.”
Canny covered her face with one hand and only shed tears, but she did not withdraw her hand. He actually had a good impression of Vincent. Now that he had his child, his heart was set when Vincent came.
Vincent took his hand away, wiped his tears, and comforted him,""Don't cry. I will take care of you in the future and never let you be sad again. Don't worry, I'll inform the chief and the Senior Magus right away and ask them to hold a ceremony for us.”
However, Canny didn't want to hold the ceremony so soon. He shook his head and said,""I don't want to go back now. I want to stay here…"
Vincent immediately agreed." That's good. You can take a break here first and recuperate. It doesn't matter if the ceremony is held later."”
Chani slowly stopped choking and lowered her head. Her face was a little red. He had forgotten about it for a moment just now, but now he remembered that there were two friends watching him!
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