Orc Girl's Tribal Daily Life

Chapter 35 Little Fish King

As the hunting party ventured deeper into the Taz Forest, Jiang Luoluo wore the grass raincoat she had made for the first time.

With its short legs, it jogged through the rain.

Because the rain wasn't heavy, activities on Xiaoshishan Mountain wouldn't stop.

In other words, the light rain couldn't dampen the children's playful spirit at all; in fact, the rain made it even more fun for them.

Even some children who are rarely seen before appeared on Little Stone Hill at this time. After all, it was raining, and there were many other things that could not be done, so they could only come to Little Stone Hill to play.

Jiang Luoluo still carried several wooden jars of jam in her burlap backpack, which she used to exchange for things with the children on Little Stone Mountain.

However, after the initial period, very few children exchanged jam with her anymore—and the jam they exchanged with Jiang Luoluo was not enough to last them a day or two.

If you were to treat it as a snack, kids could finish it all in less than half a day. But who would eat jam as a snack? It's a great thing to use in soups or as a dip for meat.

A single spoonful of jam can make a large pot of sweet soup. The moment the children bring the jam home, it is usually taken away by the adults in the family. At most, when making soup, the adults will take pity on them and let them lick the spoon that held the jam.

So before the first batch of jam is used up, Jiang Luoluo is unlikely to encounter the exaggerated exchange activities of the previous two days. At most, she will take out a little jam and exchange it with some children who did not exchange jam before, like she is doing now.

Or it could be a secret exchange for jam with some of the children who have a sweet tooth—meaning that the children would secretly pick some plants or things that grow in the tribe, not take things from home to exchange with Jiang Luoluo.

Jiang Luoluo accepted all comers. These children were willing to spend time collecting various plants from the tribe to enrich her knowledge. She only had to pay a little jam, so what?

Jiang Luoluo's appearance instantly attracted the attention of the children on Little Stone Mountain. They saw Jiang Luoluo wearing a straw raincoat she had made herself, walking around like a little straw man.

Many older children gathered around, exclaiming, "Wow, this straw coat really works! Look, Luo isn't wet at all, he's still dry!"

"Luo, can we have fruit puree today?" Some people's attention was completely off the grass and straw raincoat, their minds were only on the jam.

Jiang Luoluo nodded. The grass raincoat only covered the body, so before going out, she made a grass hat out of grass leaves and put it on her head.

The other children didn't see Jiang Luoluo nod; they only saw the little grass figure swaying up and down, which immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Jiang Luoluo weaved through the crowd and returned to her own little corner to begin her day's exchange activities.

Mao stood silently not far from the cubs. The children, who had gotten used to the exchange process in the past two days, no longer needed Mao's help to keep an eye on them, and Hei had not asked him for help again.

However, Mao still stood beside the cub, because he really couldn't think of anything else he could do to repay the cub for the jam it had given him.

The little girl happy and the little boy Zhuang have become Jiang Luoluo's personal assistants, and they stay by Jiang Luoluo's side when they have nothing else to do.

When Jiang Luoluo arrived today, she only saw the little girl happy and not the little boy Zhuang, which she found a bit strange.

The little girl was delighted to see the cub looking around, but because of the light rain and the rocks on the small hill obscuring the view, she couldn't see clearly at all. She smiled and asked, "Luo, are you looking for Zhuang?"

"He's over there."

Following the little girl's finger, Jiang Luoluo finally saw a familiar figure among the children who were fighting or playing.

Jiang Luoluo couldn't help but show a puzzled expression. She remembered that the little boy Zhuang had only been on Little Stone Mountain for a short time. He was the youngest and the weakest, and basically no one could beat him. Why would he take the initiative to fight with the other children?

“Those are from Fish Cave.” The little girl pouted, not because of Fish Cave, but because she was disdainful of the little boy Zhuang’s behavior.

"It's raining today, so they can't catch fish at Fish Cave. They've come up to Little Stone Mountain to train, and Zhuang insists on going to try it out with them."

Looking at those overly slender, lean, and muscular dark figures, if it weren't for the little girl's explanation that they were all twelve or thirteen years old, Jiang Luoluo would probably have thought they were about the same age as the little boy Zhuang.

Even a ten-year-old boy like Zhuang might look older.

It's no wonder the little girl looked down on the strong boy for bullying a group of malnourished children from Fish Cave who had never had enough to eat and sometimes had to catch fish to fill their stomachs.

However, it was only because the little boy was young and had only been in Xiaoshishan for a short time, and was a few years older than the other children, that no one said anything to him.

Otherwise, someone like the little girl who dares to do such a thing will be taught a lesson by the authorities.

But it's a one-time thing. Just like the fights that determine status in many animal groups, once the status is established, doing this again would be considered bullying.

As for whether the boy Zhuang being beaten by other children during training constitutes bullying—it was Zhuang who actively challenged them, and he asked for the beatings.

Because the little boy Zhuang was unwilling to be the weakest on Little Stone Mountain, he would keep challenging the children who were stronger than him, failing again and again until he finally won.

The same goes for other children; the weak always challenge the stronger ones until they surpass them.

The powerful, in order to protect their position, must constantly defeat those who dare to challenge them until finally no one dares to challenge them anymore.

The children who had come to exchange jam dispersed, and the result was also in the case of the little boy Zhuang—unsurprisingly, the strong and well-fed little boy Zhuang won, even though he was the youngest.

The little girl Xi was talking to Jiang Luoluo about something else, about the herb-gathering team. Her father, as a member of the team, was going out in a few days to collect a special plant that only grows on rainy days for the witch.

"I've already talked to my dad, and he'll bring you lots of flowers and plants... Oh wow..."

Seeing that the victorious little boy Zhuang was not walking towards them, but instead walking in another direction, the little girl happy suddenly stopped talking, her expression turning strange.

Jiang Luoluo looked over, but didn't find anything wrong.

The little girl didn't forget to explain to Jiang Luoluo, "He's going to get beaten up."

Jiang Luolu tilted her head, "?"

The children in the Fish Cave were indeed mostly hungry and cold, and could only rely on fishing to fill their stomachs... But there are always exceptions.

Just like in any animal group, if there are more than two people, there will always be a stronger one.

The same applies to the fish cave; there will always be a stronger and more capable child who gets to snatch the most food.

The target that the little boy Zhuang was approaching was the most powerful child in Fish Cave at present.

"That's fat," the little girl explained happily.

"He's only 11 years old, but he's amazing. He's already the little fish king of Fish Cave. I heard he always catches the most fish."

The Little Fish King is said to be either the leader of the children in the Fish Cave, capable of managing the other children in the cave, or, more specifically, the powerful individual who can catch the most fish.

From any perspective, Little Fish King is different from other ordinary fish cave children.

The little boy Zhuang was probably a bit overconfident from his recent victories, so he headed straight for the little fish king, Biao, in the fish cave.

Jiang Luoluo looked over with curiosity upon hearing this, but since they were far apart and there was a light drizzle filtering through the rain, she could only see the more pronounced movements.

Conversation—Getting beaten up.

The battle ended so quickly that Jiang Luoluo was still a little taken aback when the little girl next to her burst into loud laughter.

"Come on, let's go watch the show." The little girl smiled and pulled Jiang Luoluo towards the show.

Upon closer inspection, Little Fish King was indeed thin, but this thinness could also be described as robust. He was a shade darker than the other children, and his cold gaze swept over the little girl Xi—Jiang Luoluo was too young to be considered a target.

Seeing the little girl rush straight to the fallen little boy, Xiao Yu Wang Biao finally looked away and continued training.