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Chapter 308 In an exceptionally good mood

Bai Ling brought sausages, dried meat, dried vegetables, vermicelli, rice noodles, cassava cakes, and her own pre-cooked seasonings, so she could stew them outside.

He took out a tinderbox and lit a fire. After the fire in the hearth was fully burning, he used an iron pot to fetch water from the stream and then placed the iron pot on the hearth.

Yue wanted to help with the cooking, but Bai Ling stopped her: "Yue, you eat something there first, I'll cook. The dried vegetables have already been cleaned, all I need to do is cut the sausages and dried meat, it's not much work."

Yue didn't ask for help again. He walked to the mat that Bai Ling had laid out, picked up the ceramic bowl containing the snacks, and went to Bai Ling's side.

Bai Ling was cutting sausages when Yue squatted down beside him, picked up a pastry, and brought it to Bai Ling's lips.

Bai Ling turned her head to the side, smiled at Yue, and then, using Yue's hand, put the pastry in her mouth.

Yue's fingertips became damp, and his face turned slightly red, but he said nothing. Instead, he picked up a pastry and put it in his mouth.

After feeding Bai Ling two pieces of pastry, Yue went to get a ceramic bowl containing dried fruit.

The dried fruit is made by Bai Ling. The wild fruits are washed, sugar is added and they are pickled. After pickling, they are dried in the sun. When they are half-dried, they are put into a pot to boil. After boiling, they are placed in a cool and ventilated place to air dry naturally. Dried fruit made in this way can be stored for the whole winter.

Suitable fruits for making dried fruit are not easy to find. Fruits are obtained by exchanging goods with the Greenwood Tribe. The Greenwood Tribe also dries fruit in the fall, but Bai Ling's dried fruit tastes better. Yue likes Bai Ling's dried fruit the most.

As the weather gradually warms up, dried fruit becomes harder to store. Bai Ling divided the dried fruit in the house, leaving some for her father and father-in-law, and brought the rest out today.

Yue picked up a deep red dried fruit and held it to Bai Ling's lips, her eyes crinkling with a smile: "Ling, this is your favorite food, try it."

Bai Ling didn't speak. He lowered his head, bit into half a dried fruit, and slowly chewed it.

Yue didn't speak or eat the dried fruit herself, but just looked at Bai Ling with a smile in her eyes. After Bai Ling finished eating the dried fruit, she nodded and said, "Mmm, it's delicious."

Yue was finally satisfied. He looked down, picked up a yellow-red dried fruit, and put it in his mouth. This kind of fruit tasted rather sour, but after being preserved with sugar, it became sweet and sour, which was Yue's favorite flavor.

After feeding Bai Ling a few dried fruits, Yue picked up the bamboo tube, unscrewed the lid, and held it to Bai Ling's mouth.

Bai Ling's hands were now free, but he did not take the bamboo tube from Yue's hand. Instead, he drank a few mouthfuls of water from Yue's hand.

Bai Ling drank the water, and Yue brought the bamboo tube to her lips again, completely unconcerned that Bai Ling had drunk water from the same bamboo tube.

Bai Ling blinked, but ultimately said nothing.

*

A pot of sausages, dried meat, dried vegetables, vermicelli, and glass noodles was cooked, and it actually tasted pretty good. Bai Ling and Yue sat by the pot, each holding a ceramic bowl, and ate the freshly cooked food with gusto.

Once the hot food is in your stomach, a warm current flows through your stomach, making your whole body feel comfortable.

The cassava cakes had been heated up. Bai Ling broke one cassava cake in half, giving half to Yue and keeping the other half for herself.

Yue took it and said to Bai Ling, "Ling, that mountain is still quite a distance from here. After we finish eating and rest for a while, we'll go there, collect the stones, and then head back. We should be able to return to the tribe by evening."

After the two finished eating and rested for a while, Bai Ling transformed into his beast form and carried Yue to the place Yue had mentioned.

*

The stones collected this time were not stones that Bai Ling recognized.

The stone had a colorful surface and a very fine texture, feeling similar to jade. However, Bai Ling was certain it wasn't jade because its color was very murky. A single stone often had more than one color. Bai Ling broke off a piece and examined it. The outside of the stone was gray mixed with green and purple, while the inside was gray mixed with blue.

Bai Ling knew very little about geology. He didn't know how these stones were formed, nor could he understand whether their appearance was reasonable or not. Right now, he just wanted to collect some of these stones and see if they could be used to make glaze.

Bai Ling and Yue collected two baskets of stones, plus the stones they found and the clay they dug up elsewhere, making a total of four baskets. Yue tied all four baskets to Bai Ling, then pinched its ears, climbed onto Bai Ling's back, and patted its fur: "Ling, we can go now."

It was already past mid-afternoon when Bai Ling let out a long shout and started running towards the tribe.

Yue sat on Bai Ling's lap. He wasn't wearing a hat, and the spring breeze was still a bit chilly. He squinted slightly, looking at the low-hanging sky in the distance.

The sky is blue, a beautiful, clear, and lovely blue. Under the blue sky, everything has awakened from winter.

The withered grass has sprouted some green, and a few trees that have been dark all winter have sprouted star-like green dots. In the distance, there is a river, and the ice in the river has all melted. The sunlight shines on the river, making the cold river water warm.

Yue hummed an off-key tune, enjoying the still slightly cool spring breeze, and was in an exceptionally good mood.

He planned in his mind that he wouldn't go out for another three days. Tomorrow he would make porcelain with Ling, and the day after tomorrow he would go out with Ling to find some fruit trees to transplant into the new house. When the weather got warmer and the plants were fully awake, he would find some pretty flowers to plant in the yard.

The land in the yard shouldn't be left idle either; vegetables should be planted there as well. Yue became happier and happier as she thought about it, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her lips.

Bai Ling seemed to sense Yue's joy as well, and it called out to the sky several times, as if echoing something.

*

In addition to Bai Ling's family, the elder of the central tribe also came to prepare the porcelain.

The Central Tribe is capable of making porcelain, which is considered their most precious treasure. Now that Bai Ling wants to make porcelain, the Grand Elder has offered to help.

Bai Ling didn't stand on ceremony and immediately assigned the Elder a task: to smash the unknown ore that Bai Ling had found yesterday.

The elder didn't ask any questions, took the tools and started working. The rest of the family were also mining ore, while Bai Ling carried a basket on her back and went to the forest not far from the tribe to collect a lot of pine needles.

The pine needles that were collected were burned in the fire pit; Bai Ling wanted the ashes after the pine needles burned.

The porcelain stone is first broken into pieces, then ground with a stone mill, and then sieved. Only the finest part is used.

Fine porcelain powder and clay were mixed together, stirred repeatedly, and then water was added and stirred. In order to ensure that the porcelain powder and clay were fully mixed, Bai Ling and his people tirelessly pounded the mud repeatedly.

It's too cold now. If it were warmer, it would be easier to stomp on the mud with your feet.