Chapter Thirty-Eight: Communication

  Lin Bei had never seen a snake that had just come out of its shell before, and he thought the newly hatched snakes were so small, about the same thickness as a toothpick, only five or six centimeters long, their entire body covered in egg liquid, Lin Bei couldn't even see if their eyes were open or not, but their bodies were twisting, definitely alive.

  He bowed his head, Lin Bei didn't even dare to open his mouth, afraid that blowing a breath would blow the small snake in front of him away. Because the snake was small and its color wasn't very clear, Lin Bei couldn't tell what kind of snake it was. Moreover, Lin Bei found that this little snake didn't resist his approach at all, seeming not to care. This time, Lin Bei was certain, the little snake must have been familiar with his aura.

  Never underestimate the instincts of living things. Many animals are able to continue to thrive in this world because of their strong instincts. Snakes have been able to live on Earth for nearly 150 million years, and while many other animals have become extinct, they remain active and thriving. This is precisely because of their powerful instincts, which even newborn snakes inherit, allowing them to sense whether the animal in front of them has hostile intentions.

  Under Lin Bei's gaze, the first-born little snake began to absorb the remaining egg liquid in the shell, and some broken eggshells were also eaten into its mouth. Although the snake was very small, its mouth could open very wide. After eating the egg liquid, the little snake probably felt full and slowly twisted its body, finding a comfortable position, and fell asleep there.

  What made Lin Bei very satisfied was that this position was closer to himself compared to the previous one, which meant that the little snake's instincts were getting closer to him. Otherwise, it would have moved away instead of staying by his side. It seemed that the effect of bringing back the snake eggs to hatch was quite obvious.

  But then Lin Bei furrowed his brow, because of food, the snake's food he had not prepared yet.

  In fact, Lin Bei had also been thinking about what to feed the little snake these past few days. He had searched through his memories as a snake's body, and Lin Bei actually knew what the little snake could eat - nothing more than those few things: eggs, small insects, small fish and shrimp. Eggs referred to various birds' eggs, including snake eggs which they also ate. There were many types of small insects, such as grasshoppers, mosquitoes, flies, and ants, which were their food. As for small fish and shrimp, they were those tiny things that had just hatched in the water. However, knowing was easy but doing was difficult - Lin Bei knew what to do, but he couldn't manage to get these things.

  "I hope this guy sleeps for a few more days so I can find something for Little Snake to eat."

  Lin Bei was getting anxious now. A small snake had already hatched, representing that more and more small snakes would hatch out. If they didn't make preparations, all these small snakes would starve to death.

  The sky brightened, and the sun jumped out of the horizon, emitting endless light and heat.

  Lin Bei didn't sleep one night but still had plenty of energy, now Lin Bei's actual sleeping time is very short, only needing to sleep for two or three hours a day, Lin Bei can stay awake all day, which was impossible in the past.

  Doudou and Qiqi woke up, poked their heads out of their nests, and started chirping towards Linbei, calling for "mother" to feed them. The two little guys were not sparing any effort in enslaving Linbei.

  Lin Bei still acted as usual, putting lobster meat in the small river and placing it in front of them. While eating, they were not honest, would cry and even fight each other, not loving at all.

  When they had eaten enough, Lin Bei began to drive them away with a small wooden stick. They were about to fly, and Lin Bei was eager to see this moment.

  The morning passed just like that.

  At one o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Bei heard the sound of human footsteps and stood up straight from the wooden house roof to take a look. It was Jiulang and Hututou who came, but no other hunters or Cui Shi Alan were present.

  Lin Bei was startled at first, thinking that the hunters had encountered danger and someone had died. But upon closer inspection, he saw that both men's clothes were intact and didn't appear to have been in a fight.

  "Boss." Jiulang and Huto walked in, greeting Lin Bei.

  Lin Beidong nodded and looked at them.

  Although he didn't understand Lin Bei's meaning as well as Cui Shi Alan did, Jiulang still knew what Lin Bei meant at this moment, so he explained: "Alan and the others haven't come because something has happened in their village."

  Lin Bei continued to watch.

  "Sir, it's some private matters," Jiulang said with a wry smile. "These are the salt and seasonings you needed, sir. I brought them for you."

  Last time when leaving, Lin Bei asked the hunters to bring some seasonings over. After all, although the flavor of the called flower chicken is delicious, without seasonings, it feels bland and tasteless after eating for a long time. Lin Bei originally also asked them to prepare some wine, but unexpectedly, the hunters told Lin Bei that in recent years, there have been very few wineries because grain was not enough, so the imperial court restricted brewing.

  Lin Bei only then knew that in ancient times, brewing was only done by government officials because wine was made from grains, and grains were a country's most important resource. Therefore, brewing only took place in years of abundance, and if it was a year of disaster, there would be almost no wine, and ordinary people naturally had no way to buy it.

  Lin Bei still stared at Jiulang, who felt that the adult's eyes were really cold today, and it was a scary feeling. He forced a smile and said, "Adult, it's just some private matters."

  Lin Bei continued to stare, and Jiu Lang let out a sigh, saying: "Forget it, originally Ah Lan said she wanted to keep it from the adults, but since you want to know, I'll tell you anyway. Your gaze is really scary..."

  "This thing is still the fault of the prey, it has already attracted a lot of attention several times before. Maybe the adults don't know, but we...people...are not all that harmonious either. So the villagers have many suspicions. Last time, the lingzhi we brought back sold for 300 gold coins. In Xishan Village, even some wealthy families don't have that much gold. Just like my family, although we're not struggling to make ends meet, it's still very difficult to take out 300 gold coins. Do you understand what I mean, sir?"

  Lin Beida nodded, no one gets rich without ill-gotten gains, but the more ill-gotten gains one has, the more they are resented by others. It's only normal. In later generations, people even kill for a few pieces of silver. Although the common people are still simple and honest nowadays, there are still bad people around.

  "This matter has been passed around, and the people of Dongshan Village also know about it. Just a couple of days ago, Xu Datou sent two wandering warriors over, with very arrogant words, wanting to let Alan tell him about this wealth route. Alan was unwilling, and those two left in anger. And yesterday, the wandering warriors from Dongshan Village ran to our Xishan Village, and many even ran to Alan's house to provoke a fight. Cui Dalang couldn't bear it, and had a verbal argument with one of the wandering warriors, got beaten up. Although they were driven away later, Alan was very vigilant. If today wasn't the day we agreed to meet with you, sir, we wouldn't have come out."

  Lin Bei was speechless, never expecting that just a few items would cause the hunters so much trouble.

  "Alan won't let us talk about adult things, and we can't even say where our stuff comes from. Now the villagers are also gossiping about us, sir. It's possible that Alan won't come for a while now. After this time, we'll try to reduce going out as well. Those wandering warriors really dare to kill people." Jiulang looked a bit fearful, because he had never killed anyone before.

  "Just tell them, let them come find me," Lin Bei said with a gesture. However, Jiulang and Huto didn't understand the meaning of Lin Bei's gesture, and looked at each other in confusion. Lin Bei felt frustrated, realizing that gestures alone wouldn't work, and language communication was necessary. It would be best if they could write to communicate.

  PS: National Day has been quite busy, so I'll just update once today, sorry about that.