Han Cheng smiled as he reached out and tapped Bai Xue on the head. “How else am I supposed to guess?”

Bai Xue, eager to show her labor results to her older brother Cheng and receive his praise, suddenly realized what she had done, and her face turned a bit sour.

After pausing momentarily, she quickly pulled her hand back, stuffed the item back into her pocket, and smiled again. “Now Brother Cheng can guess again.”

Is there such a magical operation?

Han Cheng rolled his eyes helplessly in his mind, surprised. This girl had already grown up but was still adorable and naïve.

“Is this the torn little underwear you made?”

Han Cheng pretended not to see what Bai Xue held and joked casually.

Bai Xue quickly shook her head. She wouldn’t be like her brother Cheng, wasting a perfectly good piece of underwear by cutting a hole in it.

Thinking of the holey underwear made her heartbroken; it was her favorite pair.

However, remembering Brother Cheng’s happy expression made her feel less heartbroken.

“Well... it’s a piece of hemp cloth handkerchief!”

Having successfully teased his little wife, Han Cheng put on a serious expression, pondered for a while, and then spoke with certainty.

Bai Xue showed a joyful smile, happily shaking her head, her braids swaying back and forth. “Wrong, wrong! Brother Cheng, guess again.”

Han Cheng pretended to think deeply for a moment, then frowned. “What on earth is it? I can’t guess anymore.”

“Brother Cheng, look!”

Seeing that even the usually clever Brother Cheng couldn’t guess, Bai Xue giggled, her eyes squinting into crescent shapes.

She quickly pulled her hand out of her pocket again, happily extending her palm in front of Han Cheng, presenting it like a treasure.

In her hand lay a small piece of cloth.

It wasn’t hemp but a piece of fabric that was much smoother and whiter than hemp.

This was a piece of silk woven from silkworms!

Han Cheng held the silk in his hands, examining it closely.

The silk was incredibly smooth; it felt cool and slippery, giving an excellent hand feel like he was touching...

It was whiter and denser than hemp, though inevitably, there were some fine stitches on it, making it far inferior to the silk of later generations.

However, for this era, it was already quite rare.

“Little wife, you’re competent!”

Han Cheng earnestly looked at the piece of silk in his hand and said to Bai Xue, who was watching him with a mix of expectation and nervousness.

He didn’t hold back his praise.

To produce such silk using rudimentary tools at this time truly deserved commendation.

For both public and private reasons.

Bai Xue immediately beamed joyfully; she loved hearing Brother Cheng praise her for being capable.

She took the silk from Han Cheng’s hand, her face full of delight and determination. “After a while, I can weave even better ones...”

As she spoke, she was about to jump over the wall to continue her weaving project.

But Han Cheng reached out and stopped her.

“Rest a bit before you go; don’t wear yourself out. Stay here and keep me company for a while.”

Bai Xue’s palms had developed calluses from frequently weaving, making them hard to the touch, which made Han Cheng feel a bit hurt.

Bai Xue originally wanted to say she wasn't tired, but after hearing Han Cheng's suggestion to stay here and keep him company for a while, she obediently stopped.

Han Cheng pulled Bai Xue in front of him, wrapping his arms around her from behind as they stood on the wall, quietly looking outside.

In the courtyard behind them, the lucky dog, seeing this scene, rolled its eyes repeatedly and then, with its tail drooping, walked away listlessly. It wanted to get as far away from this place as possible; a sour and unpleasant atmosphere had made breathing hard...

As the poor lucky dog retreated in despair, the warriors of the Qing Que tribe, led by Eldest Senior Brother and guided by Tu Mao, along with their weapons, gradually approached the lair of the Flying Snake tribe.

Eldest Senior Brother, carrying a rattan shield, felt somewhat worried.

He feared that the people left behind in the Flying Snake tribe might abandon their cave and flee to another place in fear after learning that most of those who had gone out to attack their tribe had either died or been captured.

Such a thing was not impossible. After all, they hadn’t managed to capture all the attackers.

Furthermore, during their journey, they discovered two fresh sets of human bones, likely eaten by someone.

The fleeing members of the Flying Snake tribe probably left behind these bones.

Apart from the bones, they hadn't encountered a single living person.

This meant that some of the Flying Snake tribe members had already fled back to their tribe before them.

In this situation, they would not likely abandon the cave or move elsewhere.

If they did so, finding these people again would be pretty tricky.

From Tu Mao, he had learned that this tribe knew the locations of many abandoned cave dwellings.

Because of this, Eldest Senior Brother had been leading his group rapidly.

“Over there, ￥~”

Tu Mao, who could now say some simple Mandarin, pointed at a big tree ahead and spoke in a mix of Mandarin and her own language.

After passing that tree, they only need to walk a short distance to reach the Flying Snake tribe's lair.

After hearing this news through the translation from Shang, Eldest Senior Brother, he pondered for a moment before instructing Tie Tou and a few others, who often tended the deer, to tie the deer up here and not proceed further.

At the same time, Tie Tou and his companions would stay behind with their weapons to watch over the deer.

This arrangement was made because deer were quite timid; while they could handle ordinary walking and transportation, they could quickly get startled and scatter in a fight.

These deer carried their food supplies, and as the tribe grew, they became increasingly important, so Eldest Senior Brother didn’t want any accidents to happen to them.

Moreover, bringing the deer closer to the target made them a larger target, likely to alert the enemy.

The significance of Tie Tou and the others staying behind was not fighting but taking good care of this group of deer.

Following their instructions, they tied the deer to the trees to prevent them from running off.

After years of contact, the deer gradually became accustomed to this treatment.

While Tie Tou and his companions were doing this, Eldest Senior Brother had already led the others to continue moving forward, getting closer to the Flying Snake tribe...

In the cave of the Flying Snake tribe, a heated argument was taking place.

The two arguing were the Fourth Leader, who was left behind, and the Second Leader, who had escaped with his life and rushed back to the tribe.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Aunomay