Raising Honey Sparrows (continued)

Qing Kuo: "You're going to keep your Honey Sparrow in the back mountains, right?"

Jian Mo nodded. "I cleaned up the back hill a couple of days ago and plan to put the Honey Sparrow on the treetop. Could you please tell the little ones later that something was sprayed on the Honey Sparrow, and the honey inside is inedible; eating it might make them vomit."

When they brought the Honey Sparrow back, Ji Xun said that there was something in the nest that attracted the Honey Sparrow, and it was slightly poisonous, so they could not eat the Honey Sparrow for at least thirty days.

Jian Mo and the others had finally managed to get the Honey Sparrow's nest, so naturally they wouldn't eat it. But the little ones were a different story, so they had to be told in advance.

He Feng little imp Dadi popped out and said, "Jian Mo, don't worry, we definitely won't eat it."

Jian Mo reached out and patted He Feng's head. "So well-behaved?"

Before He Feng could speak, Ban Ming said, "If He Feng stops causing trouble, the other kids probably won't either."

He Feng glared angrily at Ban Ming: "Who's causing trouble?"

Ban Ming grinned and reached out to pat He Feng's head. "You."

He Feng turned her head away, huffing, "I'm not being naughty, you're the naughty one! Ban Ming, you're the most mischievous one. I wasn't even as mischievous as you before."

A Hu laughed and chimed in, "That's right, Ban Ming is completely unreliable."

Ban Ming said smugly, "Now that I have A Meng, he's reliable."

He Feng: "I can be well-behaved now too!"

The adults laughed heartily. Qing Kuo said, "Then you two keep an eye on each other and see who's the unreliable one."

He Feng: "That definitely wasn't me. I can be good for a few days too."

Everyone laughed again.

Instead of keeping the Honey Sparrow at home, Jian Mo and the others moved it to the back mountain overnight and placed the cage on a tree branch they had chosen beforehand.

After they put them away, the Honey Sparrow probably didn't smell the humans anymore, and their calls stopped as loud.

To help them get used to the place, Jian Mo and the others kept the Honey Sparrow locked up for three days and fed them a little bit of honey they had prepared in advance each day, following the guidelines provided by Ji Xun.

After three days, Jian Mo felt it was about time and removed the cage.

Almost immediately, all the Honey Sparrow fled in panic.

Jian Mo looked at the Honey Sparrow that had already flown high into the sky and asked with some worry, "Do you think they'll really come back tonight?"

Wu Jiong: "Guessing is useless, let's see tonight."

Jian Mo: "Hopefully they'll come back. We've gone to so much trouble; it would be frustrating if we got nothing in return."

Wu Jiong patted Jian Mo on the shoulder. "Let's go."

Jian Mo couldn't concentrate on anything else that day, constantly thinking about Honey Sparrow.

When it got dark, he couldn't wait to pull Wu Jiong to the woods behind the house to take a look.

There were forty Honey Sparrow on the branches of trees in the woods. The Honey Sparrow in thirty-one of the Honey Sparrow had returned and were now in their nests. The remaining nine Honey Sparrow were empty, and no Honey Sparrow had returned.

Jian Mo checked the markings they had made beforehand. "The Honey Sparrow in the Honey Sparrow Ji Xun gave us have all returned, but the Honey Sparrow in the Honey Sparrow we brought back casually have abandoned them."

Wu Jiong: "I guessed it."

Jian Mo sighed, "Taming Honey Sparrow is indeed not that simple; Ji Xun is truly skilled."

Wu Jiong: "Let's keep them for now. Maybe we'll gain experience and find a way to tame the Honey Sparrow."

Jian Mo: "This is the only way."

Jian Mo and her family raised Honey Sparrow in the back mountains.

The tribe's children were a little curious, but they didn't get close. They just watched from a distance and helped Jian Mo and the others keep an eye on the tribe's youths.

Ban Ming and the others laughed in exasperation, "Are we really that unreliable?"

The kitten Banjiu, contradicted him. "Yes, yes, there is!"

Ban Ming raised an eyebrow. "Now is not the time for you to come to my arms begging for food?"

The Banjiu turned its head and licked the fur on its back, pretending not to hear.

Jian Mo smiled and changed the subject, "Ban Ming, what do you want to see me about?"

Ban Ming: "We saw you pulling weeds in the field this morning, do you need any help?"

Jian Mo hadn't expected them to come to talk about this, and said with a smile, "If you're willing, then thank you so much."

Xi Lu asked, "Why didn't the clan leader help with the work? Why are you doing it all by yourself, Jian Mo?"

Jian Mo explained, "He had worked in the morning, but then De Jiang asked him to check on the metal plow, and he left. I thought there wasn't much grass left, so I pulled some more."

A Hu peeked out and asked, "A metal plow? The one we used to use for tilling the land? Didn't you already have one? Why did you make a new one?"

Jian Mo: "The plow we made before was based on the one from my hometown, but it wasn't suitable for use here, so we ordered a new one and wanted to redo it."

On Earth, plows are mostly pulled by oxen, while plows for orcs are used by orcs themselves. The designs that Jian Mo drew before, in terms of both size and style, are not suitable for this place.

So Jian Mo and her companions asked the tribe to remake a plow that was more suitable for this world.

A Hu: "So you're going to have to till the land again?"

Jian Mo smiled and said, "Yes, now that the crops are growing, the soil ridges are almost flattened due to erosion from the wind and rain. We need to rebuild the soil and raise the ridges, which is also a good opportunity to fertilize the crops."

This was a bit complicated, and no one really understood it, but they roughly understood what to do.

Ban Ming said, "Then we'll help. Jian Mo, whenever you need to work, we'll come over together."

Jian Mo: "How about tomorrow morning? Before the sun rises and it gets too hot, we can get some work done."

The young men readily agreed, "Of course! We'll get up early tomorrow and call more people over so we can finish the work first thing in the morning."

Jian Mo: "Then I'll prepare more dishes tomorrow and treat everyone to breakfast."

Jian Mo originally thought that only a portion of the young people would come to help, but when she woke up the next day, she found that most of the orcs and sub-orcs in the tribe had come.