Chapter 423 - Brought Back To The Tribe
Shao Xuan observed. Although the duck was still guarded and cautious around him, if there was anything dangerous around it, the duck would immediately run towards him, screaming.
Should he really bring it back to the tribe? Or just cook it?
Shao Xuan thought about it. This duck was special. If they could really tame it, it was not a problem to rear it in the tribe. However, Shao Xuan studied its tail feathers. It was probably a male. If he brought it back, it could not lay eggs. Should he eat it? There were no female ducks in the tribe.
After thinking about it, Shao Xuan decided to leave it alone for the moment. If the duck managed to follow him back to the tribe, then they’ll just rear it there. It will be an experiment to rear it as poultry.
Shao Xuan set off once again after resting a few days at Gongjia Heng’s place.
This time, he did not take the path through the water-covered swamp area. He went around it, taking the longer route instead. He wanted to fill out his map after checking the area.
The duck followed. It had gotten used to him. Since Shao Xuan hadn’t eaten or beaten it during this period of time, even helping it a few times, it followed him even closer.
Now that he was back home, he walked into the backyard to see three-meter tall plants. Shao Xuan stopped in shock.
When he had seen the plant on that hill, it was not like that. It wasn’t this tall.
There were about forty plants left in his yard when he left. At that time, they were barely at his shoulder. Now, although there were only twenty-three of them left, all of them were growing very well. They weren’t just taller than humans, every leaf was wider and thicker than he remembered! And their stalks were almost as thick as a person’s waist.
Most importantly, there were grains growing on the plants too!
Even an idiot would know that these plants were growing a lot healthier than the wild ones! They just didn’t know what would happen to the grains after harvest. If they were valuable, he would plant the rest of his grains.
In the yard, there were both Flaming Horn and Taihe tribe members. They surrounded the plants, never growing tired of staring at the twenty plants every day. They used to visit twice a day but now, they even slept in this yard. The yard was expanded partially for this reason.
“Everyone wanted to watch over the plants but there was limited space in the yard so the shamaness told us to expand it.” Qi Qi looked at his face timidly. When she realised he was not mad, the weight on her shoulders lifted.
“Thank you for your hard work!” said Shao Xuan.
“It’s nothing at all, it’s all worth it!” Qi Qi had a sense of pride and accomplishment as she looked at her plants.
Since he was back at the tribe, he could finally relax and that night, he slept soundly.
During the next few days, Shao Xuan was summoned by Zheng Luo to talk about crafting. His position was not even needed here– Shao Xuan met a Xia and went to Gongjia Mountain. Naturally, the blacksmiths here were all willing to listen. They asked him questions when they did not understand the notes. Shao Xuan also briefed everyone about the development of the core seed and the Xia people so everyone had an understanding of it.
A few days had passed when he went down the hill again.
On this day, he planned to check on the duck.
Everyone who lived at the bottom of the hill plus the ones on patrol all knew of it. The fat duck bobbing its head left and right, fluttering here and there was Elder Shao Xuan’s prey. No one dared touch it, some even voluntarily tossed some food at it.
On the first day, the fat duck, being in a new environment, was flighty. It was always worried, flying off whenever there was a slight movement. Then, it realised these people meant no harm, it even received food from them. Although it did not like the food, it still thought it was a good thing.
On the second day, the fat duck attempted to swim in the water. It swam around in the manmade river surrounding the Flaming Horn tribe. However, every time someone passed by, it would immediately fly away into the forest, only returning when there was no one.
The third day, fourth day passed…
When Shao Xuan arrived, the fat duck was swimming happily along the river, sometimes even diving into the water. When someone approached, it merely looked cautiously at the person but did not fly immediately.
Looks like this duck isn’t leaving.
Since it was living well, Shao Xuan did not chase it away. He just told someone to watch it and make sure it did not cause trouble.
Until one day, Shao Xuan noticed there were several female ducks in the river.