Only now did she truly understand. Aman didn't like her, so nothing she did would matter. Hu Mao liked her, so even if she did nothing, Hu Mao would still like her.
Bailing raised her hand and rubbed her face, a smile appearing. Her choice was not wrong; Hu Mao was the one who truly treated her well.
The trade fair lasted for a full month. After Shu Yue finished registering everyone, she handed them over to Shu Xin. The boisterous month passed, and Leite even lost weight...
The mate issued the commands, and he was responsible for carrying them out.
The newly joined individuals also needed to eat. Shu Xin quickly drew up a charter, dividing them into dozens of hunting teams. The team leaders were all members of the original warrior tribe. People from different small tribes were mixed, and the small tribal leaders formed a separate team.
This was to facilitate faster integration. For the time being, the arrangement was like this. Once the houses were built and they safely passed the winter, a new system would be gradually implemented.
The area of Warrior City was re-planned. Based on the original area, the scope was expanded tenfold. Of course, there weren't that many tribesmen now. Considering that more people would be added in the future and the integration of the Barbarian tribes was also being planned, the place had to be large.
The hunting mode remained the same. Those who hunted went out to hunt, while those who rested stayed in the tribe to build houses. All of them were communal dormitories. With winter arriving in two months, there wasn't enough time to build too many houses, and they needed to store food for the winter.
The new females followed along to learn planting and making clothes. There were enough looms. The old beastmen mixed with the old beastmen. Everyone had something to do and was very busy.
Except for the young cubs who couldn't shapeshift yet, even the ones who could shapeshift were not idle, learning to weave baskets and the like.
Only when busy did they not have the leisure to cause trouble.
Ya looked at the person beside her with disdain. "The migrating herbivore herds are coming. Aren't you going back to your tribe to store food for the winter?"
Aman replied, "I'm not going back. I'm staying here to spend the winter with you."
Ya's expression was impatient. "I don't need you to accompany me. My house is almost built, and I need to start storing food."
Initially, she wasn't too concerned about storing food. Couldn't dragon beasts find food? Then, Yue emphasized it to her, and she vaguely felt that the winter here seemed different from that in the West Sea. To be safe, she decided to store food as well.
Aman looked a little wronged. "Ya, my efforts contributed to your house as well. But are you really going to live in Warrior Tribe?"
Ya nodded. "Of course. I want to see what the future Warrior City will look like."
Aman: "..." Alright, the reason he stayed was that he also wanted to see how things would develop after recruiting so many people.
With Aman's help, Went quickly finished building the house. However, Ya hadn't moved in yet, planning to do so when winter arrived. Currently, the tribe didn't lack places to live, but it lacked people.
Everyone was so busy that they wished they could learn to split themselves into multiple bodies. Especially the newcomers, who had a purpose in life and were full of energy.
A week later, the migrating herbivorous dinosaurs began to appear. Shu Yue was so worried that she couldn't eat or sleep well, constantly anxious. She looked at Da Jiao and her child, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Went saw his mate's indecision and hardened his heart. Without telling anyone, he took Da Jiao and left alone.
He had underestimated Shu Yue's sensitivity. As soon as he left, Shu Yue became extremely flustered. She handed the children over to Hu Sha and others to care for, then went to Ya to request to be taken out.
Ya was rational. "Yue, Da Jiao needs to return to its herd. You can't keep it forever."
Shu Yue said with distress, "I know, I just want to see it leave with my own eyes before I can rest assured."
Ya had no reason to refuse. "Alright, I'll take you to see."
Ya took Shu Yue to find Went, not allowing Aman to follow. Aman had no choice but to go to Ya's new house to furnish it. He had his own selfish motives. If Warrior City truly became viable, he would persuade his father to join, and this place would likely be his and Ya's future home.
...
On the wild grassland, Da Jiao affectionately rubbed against Went's calf. After a while, it happily rolled around in the grass. What a lush grassland!
Father indeed loved it the most, bringing only it, one cub, out to eat delicious food. Although it loved its brothers and sisters, it couldn't help but feel a little smug about its parents' favoritism.
Went looked at the carefree Da Jiao, feeling an indescribable sadness in his heart. If only it weren't a Triceratops, how wonderful it would be. He truly was willing to raise it until it died.
But it was a Triceratops, and the amount of grass it needed to consume increased every year. What would happen in winter?
When it grew up, it would also need to find a mate and have cubs. He couldn't find one for it. Letting it return to its own herd was the best choice.
When she found Went, he was watching Da Jiao eat grass, thinking that he should let the cub eat its fill before throwing it into the Triceratops herd.
As the saying goes, a full belly makes one not miss home.
Went saw his mate arrive and felt a moment of panic. "Yue Yue, I..."
Shu Yue shook her head. "Went, I'm not here to stop you. I just want to see Da Jiao leave with my own eyes."
Went swallowed his explanation and said bitterly, "Alright."
Da Jiao was overjoyed. It was the first time its parents had only accompanied it, one cub, to play.
Shu Yue shed tears of sadness, hugged Da Jiao's neck, and kissed it several times. "Da Jiao, you need to return to your herd. Follow your own kind and forget us."
Da Jiao didn't understand. It only knew that its mother was hugging it and crying. It wanted to comfort her, but its front paws couldn't perform such delicate actions. It couldn't even lick her with its tongue because its mouth would touch its mother's face first.
It dared not touch her, for fear of scraping her skin and causing bleeding.
"Went, send it away." Shu Yue hardened her heart and handed Da Jiao over to Went.
Went nodded slightly, without speaking. He picked up Da Jiao and flew into the sky, aiming for a Triceratops herd, and threw Da Jiao in.
Da Jiao, dropped onto the ground, was stunned. When it looked up, its father was gone, and there were cubs all around that looked exactly like it. It was surprised and delighted. When it returned, it would definitely tell Da Bao Ge Ge that it had seen so many cubs that looked just like it!
The reason Went threw it into the pile of young cubs was to let Da Jiao blend in. If it were thrown directly into the pile of adult Triceratops, it would be trampled to death.
The large-hearted Da Jiao wanted to play with those cubs, but no one wanted to play with it. Among these cubs, this suddenly appearing cub was the fattest, which made them jealous!
Could this be the leader's cub? Not only did they not play with it, but the other cubs also deliberately bumped into it with their bodies, trying to push it out of the circle, preferably to be trampled to death by the adult beasts. That way, they would have one less competitor.
Da Jiao was enraged by the bumping. This was too much! It had greeted them kindly, so why were these bad cubs hitting it!
Competition among Triceratops was fierce. From the day they hatched, they had to compete for resources with beasts of the same age. The cubs of strong parents ate better and more than others. The strongest cub in the herd was the leader's cub.