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Jian Mo helplessly, "It tastes so awful, why do you eat it? Do you know it's poisonous?"

Su Yue whispered, "I didn't expect it to be so poisonous."

Wang Yue said even more softly, "We've eaten other kinds of grass before and we were fine."

Jian Mo could even discipline the two little ones, she suddenly noticed a vein throbbing on their father's forehead.

Sure enough, the next instant, their father's roar echoed throughout the room, "You've eaten other poisonous plants—"

Even if Jian Mo were here, she couldn't stop this father, who was in a terrible temper, from beating his child.

Of course, Jian Mo didn't really block it.

The two cubs quickly recovered, Jian Mo said they could go back to rest.

Eat more meat during this time and avoid eating random foods. Take good care of them, otherwise Jian Mo is really worried that it will affect their development.

Liver and kidney damage may not be visible in the short term.

On the day they left the clinic, the little boy's father said, "Thank you so much this time. In the past, some of the children died from eating poisonous plants, but they recovered so quickly. It's all thanks to your excellent medical skills."

Jian Mo waved her hand. "Their good health isn't entirely thanks to me. From now on, please don't eat those kinds of random foods; they're very harmful to your health."

The little boy's father patted his chest. "I definitely won't let them go out to play alone anymore. Doctor Jian Mo, what should we give you as payment? Would some fabric be alright?"

The child's father said, "If the fabric isn't good, we can go and exchange it for something else you want."

Jian Mo already has plenty of fabric, and really doesn't want any more.

He had already thought about it, "Do you have any stonewood over there? If you do, fifty pieces of stonewood will do. If not, hard woods like wakame, mingmu, or xingmu will also be fine."

The boy's father immediately replied, "Yes! We have stone and wood there. Wait a few days, we'll go back, cut it down, and bring it to you."

Stonewood is extremely hard, making it very difficult to cut with a stone axe. There is even a story of the Riverside Tribe that they shattered ten stone axes in a row but still couldn't cut down a single stonewood tree.

Jian Mo was a little embarrassed. "If you have difficulty chopping with stone axes, we can lend you metal axes. Just bring the metal axes with you when you bring the hardwood over."

They've been neighbors for generations, so Jian Mo wasn't worried that they'd keep the metal axe. If they really didn't return it, he'd just refuse to treat the people of the True Scarlet Tribe anymore.

The boy's father had heard of metal axes before, and upon hearing this, he said gratefully, "Thank you so much! We'll be very careful with them and bring them back when we're done."

Jian Mo smiled and said, "You're welcome, thank you for your hard work."

Jian Mo had a lot of metal in her hands, and her home had all sorts of farm tools and implements. Not only did they have metal axes, but they also had two.

He picked out the larger one and gave it to the little boy's father, telling him to take it back and use it temporarily.

After the cub's father accepted it, he transformed back into his beast form, carried his mate and child on his back, and headed towards the True Scarlet Tribe.

Jian Mo looked at his enormous beast-like form, then turned to look at Wu Jiong.

Although both are giant beasts, the giant wolf is clearly much more handsome than the True Scarlet Tribe, a combination of beaver and otter.

Noticing Jian Mo's gaze, Wu Jiong leaned over and touched Jian Mo's forehead. "What's wrong?"

Jian Mo jumped onto his back in a good mood. "Nothing, I just think you're so handsome, handsome in human form and handsome in beast form too."

Wu Jiong carried him steadily on his back, his ears turning slightly red.

Jian Mo touched his ear with a hint of regret. "But you orcs can't show your beast-like parts when you're in human form, otherwise you'd look even cooler."

Even when in human form, subhumans can transform into beast-like parts such as their ears and nose. However, apart from their pupils changing with the light, beastmen cannot transform into beast-like parts; they can only transform back into their beast form entirely.

Wu Jiong carried Jian Mo back home, asking, "Why do you like animal ears so much?"

Jian Mo smiled and said, "I like it, just like I like you."

Wu Jiong's ears turned even redder, but he still kept a serious face and said earnestly, "I like you too."

The people of the True Scarlet Tribe are very trustworthy.

Five days later, a large group of orcs from the True Scarlet Tribe arrived at Jian Mo carrying fifty huge stone logs, saying it was payment for treating the two cubs.

The trees felled by the Riverside Tribe were only about ten centimeters in diameter, True Scarlet Tribe were over thirty centimeters in diameter, making them look enormous at first glance.

The stone wood is dense and hard, and much heavier than ordinary trees. Heaven knows how hard it was for them to carry it all that way.

Jian Mo felt bad and looked at the stones and timber they were carrying, saying, "Hey, this tree is too big. You don't need to give me so much. If it's just like this, thirty pieces will be enough."

The old chieftain of the True Scarlet Tribe said with a smile, "It's alright, Doctor Jian Mo, you can keep it. Our tribe has more. Thanks to the metal axe you lent us, chopping down trees was much easier this time, and it wasn't tiring at all."

Jian Mo said seriously, "That won't do. We can't use that many. We have to be ethical in our dealings. Thirty is enough. You can take the remaining twenty back with you."

The old chieftain said, "Our tribe is far from yours, and it will be very heavy to carry back. Doctor Jian Mo, please don't be shy."

Seeing that she couldn't refuse no matter what she did, Jian Mo became a little anxious. "No means no, this is a matter of principle."

Qing Kuo, who had been helping to entertain the True Scarlet Tribe, saw that Jian Mo was getting impatient and quickly tried to smooth things over. "Why don't you exchange your supplies with the old chieftain and the others, Jian Mo? Carrying so much stone and wood back will be tiring."

Jian Mo immediately asked, "Should we change the line?"

The old clan chief, unable to refuse their hospitality, said, "Alright, just give us whatever you like."

Seeing their reluctant expressions as they handed back the metal axe, Jian Mo moment and hesitated, then said, "How about I trade you a smaller metal axe for these twenty pieces of stonewood?"