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Jian Mo: "Yes, your sweet tea is delicious too. I'll take some back with me."

Kuang Ning immediately replied, "I have some at home, I'll make you some later."

Jian Mo gave a thumbs up. "Satisfied, truly satisfied."

Kuang Ning was the kind of person who was very enthusiastic towards his friends. After they finished eating the barbecue, he actually gathered all the sweet leaves from his house, stuffed them into a large basket, and gave them to Jian Mo and Wu Jiong to take with them.

Jian Mo, "If you give it all to me, what about your own family?"

Kuang Ning: "What's the big deal? There are so many people in the tribe, we can just exchange some with any family later."

Jian Mo: "Then I won't be polite. Oh, by the way, here, take this knife."

As she spoke, Jian Mo drew the metal knife she carried with her. "Thank you for your hospitality."

Kuang Ning was taken aback when he was given a knife. He hesitated, saying, "This is far too valuable."

Jian Mo smiled and placed the knife in his hand, "It's alright, I'll go back to the tribe and fight another one. Don't be shy with me."

Kuang Ning couldn't refuse, and he really wanted the metal knife, so he finally accepted it, his eyes sparkling as he said, "Then next time you come to our tribe, I'll share some delicious food with you!"

Jian Mo: "Okay, see you next time!"

Jian Mo and Wu Jiong stayed in the Qin Sea Tribe for a total of four days and three nights, and then spent another two days and one night on their way back.

The entire process of leaving home took about ten days.

As soon as they returned to the tribe, most of the tribe came to see them.

Qing Kuo said, "I thought you wouldn't be back until spring."

Jian Mo, unusually quick to pick up on the sarcastic tone, smiled and put her arm around Qing Kuo's shoulder, "No way, if we don't come back soon, we'll miss the tribe so much we won't be able to sleep."

Banjiu meowed beside him and hooked its long tail around Jian Mo's leg. "Jian Mo, we missed you too."

Jian Mo bent down and picked up the slightly larger long-haired cat, laughing, "Would you like to come back with us and see what good things we got in return?"

Banjiu: "Meow, I want it!"

Jian Mo and her companions brought two large baskets of garlic rootlets, one large basket of sweet leaves, and some cloth, animal hides, cured meat, stones, and other items.

Fortunately, the roots and sweet leaves weren't heavy, otherwise, carrying things back from such a long distance would have exhausted Jiujiu.

Jian Mo took out the items one by one to show everyone, and then specially opened the fried and ground garlic powder for everyone to smell. "This is the spice we've been looking for. Doesn't it smell especially good?"

Everyone smelled it and exclaimed in unison, "It smells delicious!"

Ye Luo said, "It really smells wonderful. Your trip was definitely worthwhile."

Jian Mo: "I think so too."

The people from the tribe chatted with them at their home for a while before going back.

Jian Mo specially invited Qing Kuo's family, Min Dang Ye Luo to stay for barbecue. After the garlic powder is fried, the aroma will slowly dissipate, and it won't taste as good if left for too long, so it's better to finish it with your friends quickly.

It just so happened that Jian Mo and the others hadn't been back for several days, and there wasn't much food left at home, so everyone went home to get some vegetables and meat and had a barbecue together.

Jian Mo then cut some Tendon Grass on the back mountain and steamed some starch noodles, intending to use them to accompany the roasted meat.

Jian Mo checked on Ran Wu's condition and then had him transform back into his beast form in the courtyard.

The little molting puppy has basically recovered. Although its fur hasn't fully grown back, you can see many new little downy hairs sprouting. Presumably, after a while, it will be able to completely get rid of the shedding problem.

After reviewing the report, Jian Mo said to Ran Wu with satisfaction, "You're recovering well. Keep it up, and eat more today too."

Ran Wu shyly, "Thank you, Jian Mo."

As his physical health improved, Ran Wu's psychological problems were also largely resolved. Apart from being a little shy, he was not much different from other orc teenagers.

Min Dang also thanked Jian Mo: "Thanks to you, our lives have gotten better."

Jian Mo waved her hand. "Let's not talk about this anymore, come on, let's go inside and eat meat!"

Despite having tried grilled meat with garlic powder in the Qin Sea Tribe and on the road, Jian Mo's interest in it remained undiminished.

Everyone placed the stone slab over the fire pit and sat down around it.

Jian Mo called out, "Quick, quick, let's eat!"

Qing Kuo: "We'll have to wait until the meat is cooked before we talk about that."

Jian Mo: "We'll get used to it quickly. By the way, I gave away my knife when we went to the Qin Sea Tribe. If the tribe makes knives during this time, could you make me a new one?"

With nothing much to do in the winter, the forge in the tribe was always running, but Jian Mo didn't go there to work much anymore; it was mostly the orcs in the tribe who did the work, with De Jiang in charge of coordination, Qing Kuo would occasionally go to check on it.

Qing Kuo agreed, "Okay, but you have to give me a metal block the size of Banjiu's claw as payment."

Jian Mo had stored a full hundred baskets of metal in the cave that she hadn't used much of, so she didn't care about the expense at all. She generously said, "No problem, take as much as you want."

As she spoke, Jian Mo couldn't wait to start eating the meat.

Mmm, golden-brown roasted meat dipped in garlic powder is so delicious and fragrant!

After eating the meat, having some tender Tendon Grass makes the taste even more amazing.

Jian Mo ate two pieces of pure meat, then took a translucent starch pancake, rolled it up with roasted meat and Tendon Grass, and put it in her mouth—it was a completely different flavor.

The combination of meat and starch feels so good.

Jian Mo ate until her eyes were squinted.

He not only ate some himself, but also gave some to Wu Jiong next to him.

He completely ignored the teasing looks from those around him. Everyone knew he was dating Wu Jiong anyway, so what was wrong with taking care of his lover?

Qing Kuo: "This garlic powder really tastes good; it's delicious no matter how you eat it."

Jian Mo: "Yes, I'll share some with you guys after I'm done. Sprinkle some on top of your barbecue or something, it tastes amazing."

The method for processing large-leaf garlic is a secret of the Kuang Ning family. Jian Mo promised to keep it a secret, so there's no way to pass on this secret recipe to others. However, once it's processed, sharing some with others is no problem.