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Holding up the Flour Fruit she had just tasted, Zhou Fu interrupted their conversation with teary eyes, "Mine wasn't bad either... Ugh..."

Ye Luo: "Mine is good too."

Ban Ming: "Oh no, mine's spoiled! Ugh, it tastes even worse now that it's spoiled!"

Everyone returned to the shore and compared their findings. They discovered that most of the Flour Fruit and fruit that had floated to the bottom of the lake were of good quality.

Zhou Fu: "I wonder how many years ago all these Flour Fruit accumulated at the bottom of the lake are; they can store them for ages!"

Jian Mo thought of lotus seeds on Earth, which are said to sprout even after a thousand years of dormancy; perhaps the same is true for Flour Fruit.

Wu Jiong and Jian Mo exchanged a glance and said, "Let's fish it out and take a look."

The lake is quite deep with high buoyancy, so diving down to retrieve it is a skill that not everyone can do successfully.

Finally, Wu Jiong selected a few orcs and sub-orcs who were good swimmers to go down to the bottom of the lake to fish, while the others continued to pick the Flour Fruit from the branches.

There were more Flour Fruit at the bottom of the lake than they had imagined. The baskets they brought were not enough, so they had to dump the Flour Fruit they had scooped up onto the open ground on the shore to make room for more baskets before continuing to scoop them up.

Fortunately, the Flour Fruit at the bottom of the lake were piled up in a heap. When scooping them up, you could just sweep them directly into the basket, and you could fill a basket in no time. It was much simpler than I had imagined.

Everyone was very excited, running from the lake to the shore and jumping back into the lake, going back and forth, seemingly without feeling tired at all.

By the afternoon, they had finally managed to scoop out most of the Flour Fruit from the lake.

Looking at the pile of Flour Fruit that looked like a small mountain on the shore, everyone lay down wearily Flour Fruit, not wanting to move.

They were so tired; they had never been so tired, nor had they ever been so happy.

Zhou Fu looked at the mountain of Flour Fruit front of him, his eyes filled with disbelief. "There are so many, more than if we had to travel a long way to the True Scarlet Tribe to collect them, as many as this small mountain."

Qing Kuo laughed and said, "Thanks to Jian Mo and Ye Luo, everyone should be able to get by this winter without going hungry."

Ban Ming continued Qing Kuo's words, "Forget about going hungry, I'm worried that we won't be able to finish all this Flour Fruit by next winter."

Di Ya smacked her son on the head. "You're exaggerating."

Everyone laughed.

De Jiang said, "In any case, this is definitely the most relaxed winter we've had in recent years."

De Jiang is the most powerful cat-type beastman in the tribe, and he competed with Wu Jiong for the position of chieftain.

Everyone was surprised by his words and turned to look at him.

De Jiang looked towards the distant mountains, avoiding eye contact with everyone else.

Qing Kuo said, "We can stay in the tribe this winter and won't have to brave the snow to find food anymore."

Everyone felt a sense of relief upon hearing this.

Going out hunting and gathering in winter is hardly a pleasant experience.

Today was indeed very tiring, but no matter how tired we were, everyone still chose to carry the Flour Fruit back to the tribe first.

After returning to the tribe, the orcs took other orcs who were free in the tribe on a second trip.

Most of the orcs from the tribe came out and finally managed to carry the Flour Fruit back.

By the time all the Flour Fruit was carried back, it was completely dark.

The beastmen were so tired they didn't even want to move their fingers, so Qing Kuo simply led the sub-beastmen to bring out food and fruit wine again and have a meal together in the open space.

In this way, orcs, whether they have partners or not, can enjoy hot and delicious food.

After dinner, Qing Kuo and the others distributed their day's harvest under the starlight.

Today, most of the people in the tribe contributed to the gathering process, and when the Flour Fruit was distributed, it was collected back into the tribe and then redistributed.

No one had any objections.

However, when Qing Kuo others were dividing the spoils, they gave Jian Mo and Ye Luo an extra portion.

Jian Mo received a total of two Flour Fruits.

Jian Mo looked at her small mountain of pasta and Flour Fruit, feeling a little uneasy. "Is this a bit much? I seem to have taken too much?"

Qing Kuo looked up and asked, "Is this a lot?"

Before Jian Mo could answer, he waved his hand. "Keep it. We've harvested so many Flour Fruit thanks to your and Ye Luo's contributions. Besides, aren't you going to raise the Flying-Winged Beast and the Pack-Pack Beast? No matter how many Flour Fruit you have, it won't be enough for them. How can you complain about having too many?"

Jian Mo thought of the gluttonous Flying-Winged Beast and silently swallowed her words.

After Jian Mo received his Flour Fruit, Wu Jiong came over to help carry Flour Fruit back.

For the first time, his harvest was greater than Wu Jiong's.

Looking at the two piles of Flour Fruit on the first floor, one large and one small, Jian Mo felt a surge of pride.

Although his individual strength is not as strong as that of the orcs or sub-orcs, it is not bad either. He can support himself if he goes out into the world.

Seeing that Jian Mo was still staring at the Flour Fruit, Wu Jiong said, "Let's wash up and go to bed first. We can look at them again tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Jian Mo turned her head. "There's no room downstairs, so why don't you move it up today?"

Last time, Jian Mo suggested that Wu Jiong move upstairs to sleep, but Wu Jiong was probably shy and ultimately didn't agree.

He probably can't refuse today.

Jian Mo looked at the first floor piled high with Flour Fruit, and felt even happier.

These past few days, Wu Jiong has been sleeping on the first floor, Jian Mo feels quite guilty for taking over someone else's place.

While there should indeed be some boundaries between orcs and sub-orcs in this world, he is actually a Homo sapiens, not the same species as orcs and sub-orcs, so there's no need to be so superstitious.

Wu Jiong: "We'll move them later. With so many Flour Fruits, should we make them all into Flour Fruit cakes? Or should we make some and store some?"

Following Wu Jiong's gaze, Jian Mo looked at the Flour Fruit: "If we make them all, we definitely won't be able to finish them, and they'll go bad and go to waste."

Wu Jiong: "How many do we need? I'll borrow a shell cutter tomorrow and process some first."

Jian Mo hesitated. "I haven't decided yet."

After a pause, Jian Mo said, "I'd like to try using Flour Fruit to brew wine."

Wu Jiong: "Wine?"

Jian Mo: "Yes, theoretically, with such a high starch content, the Flour Fruit should be able to ferment into wine, but I'm not sure."