I thrived in the primitive tribe

The next day, the group packed their things, carried wicker baskets to the market, laid out the prepared animal hides on the ground, and then arranged the items in the baskets one by one.

"I wanted to check the current exchange rate yesterday, but I was too busy watching the excitement to ask around. Should we go and ask again now?" Lu Yao asked Luo Ya.

"Inquire about the exchange rate? Didn't you already know that yesterday?" Loya asked, puzzled.

"Huh? What do you know?" Lu Yao was even more confused.

Seeing the two whispering in front of them, the others felt that they were no longer needed here.

"Lu Yao, Luo Ya, everything's set up here. I don't think there's anything else for us to do. Shall we take our things and go for a walk?"

The two looked at the group of people standing in front of them upon hearing the sound.

“Okay, the two of us will watch the stalls here. After you’re done browsing, go catch some game, and we’ll grill it online,” Loya said after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, we're off then."

The two sat behind the stall watching the group of people walk away.

"Are they going to exchange some personal items?" Lu Yao asked Luo Ya, puzzled.

"uncertain,"

"what?"

"Don't you remember that we received some things from our tribesmen before we left? Their friends and relatives should have asked them to help carry some things."

"Oh dear, I almost forgot," Lu Yao said, starting to rummage around for things. "I remember I made a note of what they wanted to exchange for. Where's that animal hide I used to make that note?"

Looking at Lu Yao frantically searching around, Luo Ya thought, "What an adorable little scatterbrain!"

"Wow, found it!" Lu Yao looked at the animal hide in front of her. The writing on it, done with charcoal ash, was already a bit blurry. "Oh dear, it's a bit faded. What should I do?"

Loya took the animal hide from Lu Yao's hand and looked at it. "Can you still understand it?"

"It's barely acceptable, but won't it become even less noticeable after a while?"

"It's alright, you go and exchange your currency first. I'll watch the stall for now. Once you've exchanged it, go back to the tribe and let them come and collect it themselves."

Is this okay?

"can."

Lu Yao took the animal hide and began rummaging through the items according to the list on it. By the time she had found everything, Luo Ya had already exchanged some animal hides for other items.

"Then I'll go exchange for the things my people need." Lu Yao looked carefully at the items on the animal hide and found that she didn't seem to recognize many of them. "Why don't you go? I don't think I know what they're talking about."

“You want to stay here and watch the stall? That’s fine, but I don’t understand what you’ve written. You’ll have to explain it to me.” Loya agreed, looking at the conflicted person.

“No problem,” Lu Yao unfolded the animal hide in front of the two of them, and then began to point to what was written on it and explain to Luo Ya what it was.

Unexpectedly, Loya had an excellent memory; he memorized it in just a few minutes. Lu Yao marveled at the orc's intelligence while tidying up the things on the stall.

"What is this thing? I've never seen it before."

Not long after Loya left, a very well-dressed girl arrived. She had her hair in pigtails and looked very lively.

"Is this what you mean?" Lu Yao asked, picking up the pottery jar from the ground.

"Yes, what is this? What kind of transaction is required?"

"This is a clay pot, recently developed by our tribe. It can be used to boil water, cook meat, and store things, etc. What do you want to use it for in this exchange?"

"I just thought it looked special, that's why I wanted to trade it, but I don't know what it might be used for."

“Oh~, then you can exchange it and try it. Our tribe uses this to cook meat soup, and it seems to make it just right for us,” Loya recommended to the person in front of him.

"So how exactly do you plan to conduct this transaction?"

"We'd like to trade some plant seeds, specifically the kind of seeds from plants that can be grown and eaten. We'll need you to bring out the rest so we can take a look."

"Plant seeds? How about plant fruits?" the pretty girl asked after hearing this.

"That's fine too, please wait a moment."

The person ran away quickly. Lu Yao thought she would be back soon, so she didn't pay attention. Later, they exchanged some small items.

Looking at the sky, Lu Yao figured the person who wanted to exchange the pottery jar probably wouldn't come. It'd been so long; [Looks like this deal's off.]

"Lu Yao, how did it go?" Luo Ya asked, looking at Lu Yao who was tidying up her stall while holding the items she had exchanged.

Hearing the voice, Lu Yao looked up at the person standing there, "Have you exchanged them all?"

"Yes. How's it going on your end? Are there many people exchanging items?" Looking at the items in front of him, Loya knew that there probably weren't many people coming to trade.

"As you can see, not many people came to trade. Only a few small transactions were completed, and there wasn't much to gain."

"It's alright, let's think of another way."

Lu Yao's stomach started rumbling.

"You are hungry?"

"A little," Lu Yao said, pressing her uncooperative stomach, her face showing some embarrassment.

"How about we set up a fire here and make some meat soup to tide us over?" Loya suggested.

"Is it okay?" Lu Yao asked nervously.

“What’s the big deal?” Loya put down the items he was tidying up and began to gather firewood, preparing to start a fire right there.

"You said we use earthenware pots to make a fire here and cook things, and then we share them with everyone. If people see that, wouldn't they be more willing to trade earthenware pots with us?" Lu Yao suddenly asked Luo Ya, who was busy at work.

"Maybe."

Lu Yao separated the cured salted meat from the wicker basket and the leftover fresh meat from before, put them into a ceramic jar filled with water, added some spices she had found earlier, and placed it on the already lit fire.

As time went by, a fragrance gradually wafted from the earthenware pot, and a gentle breeze carried the aroma of meat to all directions.

"It smells so good!" Someone came over, drawn by the aroma. "What are you making?"

The man looked at the strange vessels placed on the fire.

"We're a little hungry, let's make some meat soup."

"Can you trade this meat broth?"

"Breakfast, trade? How do we trade?"

"Look, I have some freshly caught prey here. Can we exchange it for the meat soup you're cooking?" The man held up the prey he was holding.

Lu Yao and Luo Ya exchanged glances. "It's possible, but we don't know the exchange rate." Luo Ya looked at the person.

He looked at the prey in his hand, then at the pottery jar that had been boiling, and then thought for a moment.

"How about this, I'll give you the whole prey, and then I'll eat it with you, how about that?"

The two looked at each other, seemingly communicating silently.

In the end, it was Lu Yao who spoke up.

"Alright, let's consider this a friendship this time, but we can't do this again in the future."

When the two men agreed, the man handed his prey to Loya, then went inside the stall, found a seat, and stared at the steaming earthenware pot in front of him.

"Can I eat it?"

Loya glanced at it. "It should be fine. But brother, how do you want to eat it?"

"How do you all eat?"

He watched as Loya took two earthenware bowls from the wicker basket behind him and then used a wooden spoon to scoop the broth into the bowls.

"Can we trade this ceramic bowl?" the man asked, looking at the ceramic bowl in Loya's hand.

"Sure, what would you like to exchange it for?"

He rummaged through his animal skin bag and pulled out a very beautiful fruit.

"What do you think of this?"

"What is this?" Lu Yao asked, looking at the fruit in his hand with a puzzled expression.