Chapter 34 Wish

The second floor of Aunt Qiao's house has three rooms. Aunt Qiao showed her the two rooms in which Hu'er acted curiously, even though she knows what those things are. Aunt Qiao only told her that those rooms are the rooms where she can mate in relish. She even told Hu'er to ask her mate to make one too. That those rooms will be useful for deepening their feelings and such. That she will only know what she means when she grows up.

"Your mother doesn't have those though. She couldn't make one since she decided to live in a treatment house instead. Come on. Let's go in here. This is my study room. No other female has ever come here. Since I like you very much, I will let you in." Aunt Qiao opened the last door, in excitement.

The room is double the rooms from earlier. There is also a window but it is in the back of their house, that's why Hu'er didn't see it earlier. There are three huge drawers from the north, east, and south. Every drawer has a carve stating what's inside. There are two long tables; one from the north and the other from the south that is in front of the drawer. The ones from the north have jars filled with a liquid with colors. The ones from the south have some dried strips.

Aunt Qiao put Hu'er in the middle. There are fur blankets to cushion them and a very small table.

"This is where I spend my time the most. This is my working table." Aunt Qiao pats the table proudly.

Hu'er nodded as she inspected the room with her eyes. She has seen many study rooms way back when she 'visited' the house of her patron. It is the same as this one, except the drawers here are shelves that hold books and scrolls there. She saw these kinds of drawers once when she visited a pharmacist. "What are those?" pointing at those strips she saw at the table.

Aunt Qiao smiles, "Those are materials to make a rope. There are grass, bark, vines, and other plants. The drawer is full of those too."

Before Hu'er even asked she explained the other one, "The other one that is in the jar is called dye. Those dyes are made from plants. Mostly, I make these dyes out of flowers so the smell is fragrant. For some reason, I don't like the smell of vegetables and some fruits when using them as a dye. The tribe mostly uses vegetables as a dye. Females like fruit the most so it can't be used as a dye." Aunt Qiao took some grass fiber and two jars from the tables. She sat down beside her.

Pointing at the materials in front of them. "My mates will gather the materials, dry them and give them to me. I will make them into a rope, dye the rope, and will be given them to my mate as an accessory. My sons can only have one bracelet each."

She pointed at the small boxes that have names on them. "Those boxes contain my sons' first prey's teeth. I will wait for them to transform and make a rope bracelet with the tooth attached."

Hu'er remembers that some beastmen she saw outside back then had a bracelet. Then a memory flashed in her head, "How about uncle's necklace?" She saw that when they are drying the fruits and vegetables Xin Hua's Daddy had tons of teeth on his necklace. But today he only has two.

"Those are altered every time they make me feel very happy. They only wear the latest necklace with those teeth, but the truth is they also have boxes downstairs where they put all the necklaces they had. I'm glad they all treasured it. Now everything made sense to Hu'er. She also has an idea for the tribe but she still needs to ask Aunt Qiao for approval since this idea and design originated from her.

Hesitating for a bit, "Aunt can I use the idea you have and tell it to Grandmom?"

Curious, Aunt Qiao inquires, "Idea? What idea?" Hu'er told her about it. Aunt Qiao's eyes shine, nodding in excitement.

"We don't know if your grandma will agree but if she did that's a huge help for us females. At least I won't feel useless anymore." Aunt Qiao is very happy. She isn't the same as any other female who only wants to live without working or doing anything. She thought that maybe other females are like that too.

Aunt Qiao remembers four females who ate like that. One is Hu'er Grandmom, she helps manage their household and sometimes checks the tribe's storage. There are two from the east who kept on doing trades with their mate. One of them likes to create hair accessories and the other likes to sew clothes. She didn't know much about the south but the west do have one female who uses flowers and leaves to clean her body. It is where she got the thing that made Xin Hua's fur smooth and shiny. Even Hu'er asked for it.

If the plan succeeds there will be a way for females to do some work and gain points. Points can be used to ask for help from a tribe's men, trade for food, and such. Although points only work for their tribe, it's a huge thing to have points when they suddenly need something.

Aunt Qiao starts teaching Hu'er how to make room and insert a random wild animal tooth. Hu'er got some difficulty though. The strength isn't enough, her chubby and small hands are a bit clumsy. However, Aunt Qiao still patiently taught her.

When Hu'er already knows how to do it, she tried to make more to perfect it. Aunt Qiao is watching her. She also couldn't help but talk to Hu'er, "I heard your Dada told Jiu Lin to ask the Tribe leader for land nearby to build your home. Will you really take Jui Lin as your first mate?"

"I will." She still focuses on the rope. Hu'er wants to perfect it this time. The rope is red, and she wouldn't put anything on it.

"You're still young yet you know how to choose a mate. Will you keep your word that if my Xin Hua is handsome you will make him your mate?" Aunt Qiao's originally just going to tease her but Hu'er answer is serious.

"Hmm." She nodded and said, "Not second though. Shun Su will be my second."

Aunt Qiao has confidence that her son's face is good. After all, Aunt Qiao knows how pretty she is and how attractive her mate is."Good. It's great that you're very sure about that. Remember, once Jiu Lin and Shun Su start creating your house, you can never deny them anymore. When Xin Hua transforms and you like him, I will be reassured. If they are still building your house at that time, I will be shameless and let my son go there to help, so he will be for sure your mate too. Will you blame Aunt?"

Hu'er shook her head, "No. It's fine to let him help. Aunt Qiao, why do they need to build another house? Can we just live in a treatment house? Dada and Daddies are now living on the second and third floors. No one is living on the fourth and fifth floors."