Chapter 11 Little Fox

  Yang Zilu thought for a while before realizing what the sentence meant... Thank you! This sentence is not much different from Cantonese. If the other person speaks slowly and adds some gestures, Yang Zilu is confident that she can communicate with them.

  While making gestures, she slowed down her speech. The girl curiously communicated with Yang Zilu.

  During the conversation, Yang Zilu learned the other party's name. The one lying on the ground was the girl's brother, called Hei Xiong (Black Bear). However, this Black Bear wasn't much different from a real black bear (also known as dog bear) in terms of ferocity. The girl's name was somewhat strange, called Xiao Hu (Little Fox), and it was unknown whether it was derived from the fox's name. It was estimated that the people of their tribe used animals to make names. Were they a clan of beasts? Yang Zilu thought with malicious speculation in his heart.

  However, their actual tribal name is called Jiuku (Kui) tribe, a very strange name.

  As she spoke, Yang Zilu's stomach suddenly let out a low rumble. Yang Zilu's face turned bright red with embarrassment.

  The little fox curiously touched its own belly and then touched Yang Zilu's belly, asking strangely: "How can he make a sound?"

  Yang Zilu scratched his head awkwardly and said with a smile: "I'm hungry! Are you hungry?"

  The little fox may have already gotten used to the dietary habits of the mountain people, and like the ancients, they only had two meals a day, without any feeling. Yang Zilu couldn't do it, he was not spoiled in the 21st century, but he had never experienced a day with one meal and no other.

  Thinking of the rabbit, Yang Zilu told Xiao Hu to wait a moment. Not long after, Yang Zilu returned, busily peeling and washing with water from the canteen, which was only solved with Xiao Hu's help. Using branches to pick up the wild rabbit. However, when using flint, Yang Zilu was helpless again, and in the end, it was still Xiao Hu, this ancient person, who helped solve the problem of starting a fire.

  Picking up the roasted wild rabbit, Yang Zilu suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten to add salt, and hastily pulled out four or five grains of salt from his bag. In ancient times, the price of salt was so expensive that one kilogram of salt could be exchanged for fifteen kilograms of millet. Moreover, according to Zheng Datian's words, this was because Shanliu Village was relatively close to the sea, if it were in the capital of Chu State, without a price of forty or fifty kilograms of millet, you wouldn't be able to buy one kilogram of salt.

  According to Yang Zilu's prices in modern times, it seems that unless there is a nuclear pollution incident, under normal circumstances, the price of one kilogram of rice is roughly equivalent to two kilograms of salt. When did salt become more valuable than food?

  Thinking of this, Yang Zilu couldn't help but feel even more depressed, never thought that eating salt would be so stingy. Unexpectedly, the little fox saw the salt grains in Yang Zilu's hand and became excited.

  Yang Zilu took out a few grains of salt from her small bag and handed them to Xiao Hu, asking: "Do you want this?"

  "Hmm! My tribe really needs this, but they can only buy it in the town of the Viet people. However, the Viet people won't let them into the city, and when merchants come to our tribe, the price of salt is exorbitant! It takes ten pieces of smoked meat to exchange for one piece of salt!" Little Fox said, gesturing with her hands, but she clearly didn't know about units of weight, so she could only use "pieces" as a substitute.

  At the sight of Xiao Hu's resentful look, Yang Zilu knew that their tribe must have been exploited badly. No business is not deceitful. Moreover, you are not some cultured people from the Central Plains, it would be strange if you were not deceived. Chinese businessmen are so clever and have not been cheated by the Americans, let alone you guys who only know how to hunt and are mountain barbarians.

  Yang Zilu took out the small cloth pouch from his pocket, which was given to him by Zheng Dajie. Inside, there were only a few grains of salt, about ten or so. Yang Zilu hastily handed it over to Xiao Hu and said: "Here!"

  "Ah?" Little Fox shook her head, "I can't accept it! My brother and I already owe you a debt of gratitude. We haven't even repaid you yet, how can we accept such a generous gift again?!"

  Yang Zilu shook his head and said, "There's no such thing. From now on, you can come to me to buy salt! Those merchants are taking advantage of you because they think you're mountain barbarians. If I were the one buying, I would only need twenty catties of millet for four catties of smoked meat!"

  Deep in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, these mountain villagers were indeed simple and unsophisticated.

  "Ah! How despicable! They're selling salt at such a high price!" The little fox indignantly waved her fist, but looking at that fist which was full of vigor, it seemed that she wasn't as cute as she appeared on the surface. This power seemed to be quite considerable.

  Yang Zilu and Xiao Huo shared the roasted wild rabbit, but without any seasonings, there were only a few grains of salt, so the taste wasn't that great. However, this also made Yang Zilu's small heart feel content for a moment, having come to ancient times, it was just this one time to eat so much meat at once. Xiao Huo also seemed very happy and became more affectionate towards Yang Zilu.

  Yang Zilu looked at the wild black bear still lying on the ground and frowned, saying: "I think you can't leave today either. Why don't we go to the village to rest? It's just right that I need to find someone in the village to help carry the bear down the mountain!"

  The little fox was obviously very wary of outsiders, but now she wanted to leave and had no way. After hesitating for a while, she said, "Okay!"

  "Don't worry! With me around, no one can bully you!"

  However, Xiao Hu didn't take the hint and instead punched his fist fiercely, saying: "Wolf, I've killed a few wolves before, what's to fear from a few Yue people!"

  Yang Zilu heard this and broke out in a cold sweat. However, thinking back, if a girl who is delicate and refined could grow up in the harsh environment of the mountain wilderness, Yang Zilu would have doubted how she grew up like that.

  However, to prevent beasts from smelling the blood and coming over, Yang Zilu took the wild man Hei Xiong and Xiao Hu to a place 100 meters away. Yang Zilu also gave the only metal weapon, an axe, to Xiao Hu for self-defense, and instead used the obsidian dagger in Hei Xiong's hand. However, it was clear that Yang Zilu had made a mistake, because this area was the territory of dog bears, and when Yang Zilu brought people over, no beasts dared to come to Hei Xiong's place to forage. It was probably thought that the bloody smell was due to Hei Xiong finding food.