Chapter 163: Homely affairs
"Yuxi, Yuxi! Open the door quickly, I have some big gossip to share with you!" Aya's loud voice rang out outside Lin Yuxi's cave, accompanied by the sound of her anxiously knocking on the wooden door.
Lin Yuxi was sorting the herbs collected yesterday in the cave. When she heard Aya's voice, she couldn't help but smile and shook her head.
She put down the herbs in her hand and said to Shen Minghui who was grinding stone tools beside her: "Aya is so impatient, I wonder what interesting things she heard again."
Shen Minghui looked up at her and smiled gently: "Go and have a look, don't let Aya wait anxiously."
Lin Yuxi stood up and opened the door. Aya rushed in and almost bumped into Lin Yuxi.
"Hey, Aya, slow down." Lin Yuxi supported Aya with a smile.
Aya was excited, her eyes sparkling: "Yuxi, did you know? Jiang Qingqing sneaked out of the tribe yesterday and was taken away by a stray beast that wandered here!"
Lin Yuxi already knew about this, but she still looked surprised. "Ah? How could this happen?"
Aya curled her lips and said, "Who knows? She's just restless! Wei and other strong orcs are willing to compromise and form a family for her, but she's just being pretentious and refusing to get married!
What challenging tasks are required? But he doesn't even do them properly. He just wanders around all day long. I don't know what he is thinking?
Now, he even dared to run out of the tribe in the middle of the night? And he forced the orcs in the tribe to go out to look for him overnight. I am so angry just thinking about it!"
Aya was angry when she said this. She wanted her husband to go out and find someone in the middle of the night. What was he supposed to do?
But thinking about Jiang Qingqing being taken away by a stray animal, he sighed again. How could she have a good life with a stray animal who had no place to live? Why was Jiang Qingqing so depressed?
Lin Yuxi also sighed in her heart. She and Jiang Qingqing both traveled to this beast world, but Jiang Qingqing was full of jealousy and calculation, while she just wanted to live a good life here with Shen Minghui.
"Oh, I hope she is safe." Lin Yuxi said softly.
Aya waved her hand: "Hmph, people like her don't deserve sympathy. By the way, Yuxi, I came here for something else today." Aya said, looking around the cave curiously.
"Your cave is so beautiful. It has three bedrooms and a living room, and it is decorated very comfortably. My cave is simply not worth looking at compared to yours." Aya said enviously.
Lin Yuxi smiled and said, "This is all thanks to Minghui. He is very good at digging holes and brought back a lot of good things. That's why we have the opportunity to decorate the cave like this."
Shen Minghui just happened to come over. After hearing this, he put his arm around Lin Yuxi's shoulders and said with a smile, "It's just a matter of putting in a little more thought. It's nothing difficult."
Aya looked at their loving relationship with envy in her eyes: "You are so lucky. I will ask my husband to take good care of the cave when I go back."
Lin Yuxi took Aya's hand and said, "Okay, Aya, I'll go and help you with some advice later."
Aya nodded happily: "That's great. By the way, Yuxi, tell me, how did you come up with the idea of making the cave like this?"
Lin Yuxi led Aya into each room, saying as they walked: "Look, we covered this bedroom with soft animal skins, so it will be very comfortable to sleep. And in the living room over here, we put some stone tables and stone benches that we made ourselves, so it's convenient for resting and eating."
Aya's eyes widened when she heard this: "That's amazing, why didn't I think of that?"
As she was talking, Aya suddenly saw a pattern on the wall. She moved closer and found that it was a tribal landscape painted by Lin Yuxi.
"What is this? It's so beautiful!" Aya said in surprise.
Lin Yuxi explained with a smile: "This is a painting, drawn with paint, it can be used to decorate the room."
Aya's eyes were full of novelty: "I have never seen such beautiful things, Yuxi, when our house is cleaned up, can you help us draw one too?"
Lin Yuxi readily agreed: "Of course."
At this moment, there was a commotion outside. Lin Yuxi and Aya looked at each other and went out to see. It turned out that the eight orcs in the tribe knew that Jiang Qingqing was taken away by stray beasts and could never be found again, so they started a commotion!
"No, we must bring Jiang Qingqing back. What should we do if she doesn't come back?" said an orc.
"Yeah, we agreed to give compensation for the challenge, but what is this now? Have we lost our reputation in vain?" another orc echoed.
"That's right, if people knew about this...would we still be alive?"
At this moment, the tiger leader came over with a gloomy face, "Shut up!" His roar instantly quieted the noisy scene.
"Look at what you look like! You're making a big fuss here over such a small matter!" The leader glanced at the orcs with a stern look in his eyes.
"Chief, can we be blamed for this? Jiang Qingqing just ran away like that, and we..." the orc who spoke before said bravely.
"Humph, are you still alive? The fact that you can say this means you are not tired enough, and you are probably just full!"
Hu Meng interrupted angrily, "You all agreed to the challenge. Now Jiang Qingqing ran away, that was her choice. You are all great orcs, can't you even bear this little setback? Do you really expect a little female to prepare things for you to survive the winter? Where's your face?"
Several orcs lowered their heads and dared not say a word.
Hu Meng continued, "You are responsible for your own winter! Don't embarrass yourself here. Everyone, go away and prepare for the winter. If you starve to death in the cold winter, it's your own fault!"
Although the orcs were unwilling to give in, the leader's authority was there, so they could only mutter and go back to think of a solution.
Seeing that the matter was resolved, Lin Yuxi and Aya turned around and went back to the house.
"Awei and the others really got into trouble this time. But it's all because of their poor eyesight that they chose the female Jiang Qingqing." Aya said in a low voice.
Lin Yuxi sighed slightly, "Maybe she was forced to do this. After all, who would want to face eight beastly husbands at the same time?"
Aya pulled Lin Yuxi back into the cave and said as they walked, "Don't worry about them, let's continue our conversation. Those tactless people are disturbing our fun."
Lin Yuxi smiled and nodded, and continued to enthusiastically introduce the layout of the cave to Aya.
"Aya, look at this kitchen. We made a simple stove for cooking. Shen Minghui spent a long time thinking about the ventilation design under the stove. In this way, when the fire is lit, the thick smoke can be quickly discharged, and the whole cave will no longer be filled with smoke."
Lin Yuxi pointed at the stove in the corner and said with pride in her eyes.
Aya walked over curiously, squatted down and looked at it carefully, muttering, "This is good, this is good! Every time I cook at home, it's simply a disaster with smoke and fire. I often choke and cry. After cooking a meal, I feel like I just crawled out of the dust."
"Also, we dug a cellar over here to store food. We don't have to worry about having nothing to eat in the winter, and we can preserve food for longer." Lin Yuxi took Aya's hand affectionately and led her to the cellar.
Aya's eyes widened with admiration: "Yuxi, you and Minghui are so smart. You can think of so many good ideas. Why didn't I think of it?"
Shen Minghui smiled and scratched his head, saying modestly: "These are all to make life more convenient. As long as you are willing to use your brain, you can do it. In this difficult environment, we have to think of ways to make life more comfortable, right?"
Aya patted her chest and said confidently, "I will definitely let my son learn how to do this when I get home. Humph, if he dares to be lazy, I will show you how I will deal with him!"