Chapter 403: Chapter 353: Yuan Lang’s Little Secret

The females looked at her disapprovingly. "Yue, eggs are delicious. Why kill the chickens for their meat? That’s such a waste."

Wu Yue: "..."

’Seriously, is this really how you’re going to treat me?’

’Aren’t I doing this for your own good?’

"Chickens have males and females. You can’t have too many roosters in one flock, or they’ll fight all the time.

Right now, I only have two roosters in my coop."

Hearing this, the females all nodded. "Oh, so that’s how it is."

"So, Yue, when you talked about killing them for meat, were you talking about the roosters?"

Wu Yue nodded. "Yes. When we caught them, we obviously brought them all back. Once we fatten them up, we can kill them for meat. Chicken is really delicious, you know."

As she said this, she couldn’t help but swallow.

The other females also felt a craving stir in their bellies, wishing they could go to Wu Yue’s chicken coop right now, grab a rooster, and kill it for its meat.

"If any of you want to raise chickens, you can come ask me anytime. You can also ask the slave who helps me raise them."

The females found asking Wu Yue acceptable, but asking a slave was a different matter. They felt it was beneath them; he was just a low-status slave, after all.

"By the way, Yue, all the other chickens went out of the coop just now, but one of them stayed in its straw nest and didn’t move. Is it sick?"

Wu Yue, a bit stunned, scratched her head. "There was one that didn’t go out?"

The females all gave her a speechless look. ’What in the world are you thinking about?’

Wu Yue gave a couple of awkward laughs and waved over the slave who was cleaning the coop. "Grandma said there’s still one chicken in the coop that didn’t go out. Is it sick?"

’If it’s sick, it needs to be treated. We can’t have it spreading to the others.’

Hearing this, a wide smile spread across the slave’s dark face. "That hen is hatching her chicks."

Wu Yue slapped her forehead. She couldn’t believe she’d forgotten something so important.

"Some of these eggs can be hatched into chicks, so we’ll be able to get even more chickens."

After giving the females a tour of her small farm, Wu Yue finally let out a huge sigh of relief.

Grandma Hua Shu plopped down beside her. "There’s a trade fair in the autumn. Is there anything you want to trade for, Yue?"

Wu Yue was taken aback. "A trade fair? The Polar Forest trade fair?"

Grandma Hua Shu nodded. "Because many of our tribes live in different territories, we all need different things. The trade fair was jointly established by the four Great Tribes.

Everyone brings out their tribe’s best goods to show off their tribe’s strength."

"Only the Great Tribes?"

Grandma Hua Shu shook her head. "There are also many small and medium-sized tribes, but they are all tribes that are very close to the trade fair’s location.

The smaller tribes are weak. If they traveled through the forest to get here, there’s no guarantee they’d make it back."

Grandma Hua Shu had just told her about the trade fair at noon when the Witch summoned Wu Yue that afternoon.

"Do you know about the trade fair?"

Wu Yue paused, surprised, then nodded. "I do. Grandma Hua Shu just told me."

The Snow Tiger Witch nodded. "At the trade fair, there are three matters of utmost importance.

First, we must bring items selected from the tribe that can display our formidable combat strength.

The second matter concerns salt."

"Salt?"

Wu Yue looked up at the Snow Tiger Witch. "You mean salt is traded at the fair?"

"This salt is what our three tribes bring out to distribute to the surrounding tribes.

But they need to exchange food or Beast Skins for it.

The final matter..."

He looked at Wuyue. "Because we still need to go trade for more salt, we have to hand over Crystal Cores to the Great Tribes along the salt route.

When the time comes, they will send people to collect the Crystal Cores. This year, the number of Crystal Cores they’re demanding has increased again.

Moreover, among the tribes coming to collect the Crystal Cores are Beastmen from the Scorpion Tribe, but it’s uncertain if that Worm Witch will come again."

Hearing the Witch mention the Worm Witch, Wu Yue’s brow furrowed.

’I really don’t want to deal with those bugs. I can’t help but feel secretly glad I’m on good terms with my System. If I run into that Worm Witch, I have to be on guard against a sneak attack from that creep.’

’What if that creep catches me and feeds me to their bugs?’ At the thought, a chill ran down Wu Yue’s spine.

But then a thought struck her, and she looked at the Witch opposite her. "The way you’re saying this... does it mean..."

The Witch gave a wry smile. "This year’s trade fair will be held in our tribe."

Wu Yue froze, her expression souring. ’We’re just going to let them come to our own tribe?’