Women's Chat

Chapter 031 Women's Chat

''Um... that... so... your mother had more than one partner?'' asked Anindira with a slightly trembling voice. She was afraid that she had made a mistake.

''Yes!'' Zia nodded confidently, ''Five spouses,'' Zia answered then, while showing her five fingers.

Anindira remained silent, not reacting, her eyes wandering in tune with the thoughts that left her.

Slowly Anindira began to return to her senses.

''Has it gotten that bad?'' asked Anindira in her heart.

Anindira remembered Hans' story, which said the number of women was very small, compared very far from the number of men. Anindira remembered the Guanches Tribe that she had read about in an article.

{The Guanches Tribe are the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands on the northwest coast of Africa. During the famine in the 14th and 15th centuries, many girls died, resulting in a population imbalance. There are also more men than women. As a result, they practice polyandry so that women in the tribe can marry a maximum of five men.

There is also a tribe in a famous mountain range, which is located in the mountains, making some agricultural land difficult to cultivate and requiring a lot of physical strength. Women end up marrying multiple husbands because they are stronger and can help take care of the agricultural land.}

''Zia!... Is it normal here for women to have more than one partner?'' asked Anindira after calming down for a while.

Anindira started trying to find information. She was digging deeper now.

''Of course,'' answered Zia seriously, still with her forehead frowning, because she felt something was strange about Anindira.

''Why?... Do we have to?'' asked Anindira again, very enthusiastically.

''Hm?!'' Zia frowned even more.

But, this time the reason was different. Zia was thinking hard about answering Anindira's question.

''I don't know. Should we, or not... Because all women are like that. But, mother said, if there is only one man in the household. Then women will be in trouble. Because only one man can not take care of a woman alone. Therefore, my mother always taught me to find a spouse who can guarantee he is very capable of taking care of me. And choose two men at once. Therefore, as much as possible determine two men who can match each other,'' Zia answered with her eyes slightly rolling, she remembered her mother's advice.

''Eh?!... TWO AT ONCE?!?!?!'' Anindira exclaimed, even screaming.

Anindira, who came from a different culture, was certainly still surprised by Zia's explanation, she still could not accept all that.

''Didn't your mother tell you anything?'' Zia asked, probing Anindira back.

''Ehh ... um, that ... no ... '' Anindira hesitated to answer, she was confused about how to explain herself.

''Maybe because you are beautiful, your family is relaxed ... '' Zia said with a disgusted face, but she sincerely did not hate Anindira.

''Beautiful?!... Who?!... Me?!'' Anindira exclaimed with a surprised face again, ''Hahaha...''

Anindira laughed when hearing the word beautiful directed at her. But, of course, she was happy to be called beautiful. Except for her parents and grandparents. She didn't hear that from anyone else, not even her three older brothers.

''Of course you're beautiful. I have admired you since I first saw you,'' Zia said innocently, expressing her feelings, ''Look at your skin, it's nice. Your hair isn't sticky like mine either. How can that be?!''

Anindira has very healthy dark brown skin. Not dry and not oily. Her hair is black with a shaggy style cut, suitable for her tomboyish and simple nature. She doesn't like long hair because it takes a lot of time and effort to manage it. Her stature is small but full and slightly muscular because she is quite athletic. With a height of less than 150cm, it makes her look cute. Even so, Anindira's unique amber eyes make the aura of determination around her even thicker.

Zia is just a little taller than Anindira. Her hair is straight, shoulder-length, and caramel-colored. She has a beautiful face with fair skin without freckles. Her hazel eyes are very sharp, matching her firm, curt attitude, making her aura even more prominent.

''Zia, you are very beautiful. You just need to take better care of yourself, then I'm sure you will be a charming girl.''

After the awkward conversation earlier, their conversation finally turned to things that women usually talk about.

''How do you do it?'' Zia asked enthusiastically with sparkling eyes, ''How can hair not clump and stick together?''

Anindira then told her how to utilize the fruits and leaves around her as Anindira's experience on her three-month journey. In nature, which is still a thousand percent natural, of course, there are many organic ingredients that are utilized in everyday life. Armed with the knowledge taught by Anindira's grandmother, who is a botanist, Anindira teaches at length and in detail the function and how to properly use the potential of the surrounding nature.

Zia is quite different from women in the wild human world in general. Zia and Anindira's natures are similar to each other. Exploration is something they like. Because of this, they can both quickly become close. The abundance of new but general knowledge of Anindira makes her a new idol for Zia.

''Really?!'' Zia exclaimed seriously, ''That way our appearance could be better, are you sure about that?!''

Zia's eyes sparkled happily. She continued to be captivated by Anindira's explanation of utilizing various flora in the wild.

''Of course,'' Anindira answered with a proud and confident face.

Anindira and Zia became close and suited each other in a short time. They continued to chat until it was time for the next meal.

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The six clans inhabiting the Blue Forest Village are the Predator type. Most of them will start hunting early in the morning. Some of them also deliberately hunt at night. Therefore, from the morning until midday, there will be many people cleaning their catch on the riverbank.

During the summer period, beasts will take advantage of the time to hunt as much as possible. Because only in this season can they tan animal skins perfectly. Then, they can preserve the meat as a food reserve stock. They must prepare animal skins and meat in preparation for winter. Winter is the season when they need a lot of animal skins to warm their bodies. Especially if there are women and/or children in a household. Then the lack of game in winter makes them have to be able to make the best use of the preserved meat.

Winter is very extreme in this world. Not only can the temperature reach extremely low. Disasters in the form of storms also often occur. Of course, both of these conditions will make it difficult for anyone to move. That's why hunting is very difficult to do during winter. The situation will be worse if a long winter period that can last up to two years occurs. At that time, there will most likely be many casualties. Just surviving is very difficult, and it will be worse when there is a threat of invasion from destructive clans who take advantage of such crucial moments to attack.

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