Chapter 14 To Capture the Heart, First Capture the Stomach

Auro feared that she would worry about her future, and he said solemnly, "Yanyan, don't worry, in the future your dad will provide for you. Even if you remain an old maid all your life, it's not a problem."

After the relocation, many of their tribe had died on the road, some clans even perished entirely. He now had both a son and a daughter, and both were safe and sound, which was a fortune. He didn't dare to ask for anything more.

"I can also support my sister," Robby followed in expressing his support.

Sally climbed up Auro's arm, onto his shoulder, "Don't worry, dad, I can hunt too, right, brother?"

"Yes, yes, my sister is much more formidable than me," Robby remembered her Fire Element talent and couldn't help feeling instinctively intimidated.

In the Beast Clan, except for those with the Fire Element talent, almost none are unafraid of fire. Therefore, Sally's talent was absolutely intimidating.

Auro didn't believe it, he patted Robby, who was still gnawing on jerky, "Okay, let's close up shop early today, dad will make you something delicious to eat."

Zulu Deira, a Rabbit Beast, came carrying a live deer to find Auro and heard Auro say they were closing up shop.

Laughing, he said, "Auro, why are you closing up shop?"

Auro hurried forward to take the deer off his shoulder, "My son and daughter have both returned, I'm so happy, and your deer has come at just the right time, to welcome my daughter. Come to our house for dinner later."

"You have a daughter?" Zulu's eyes lit up instantly.

In the Beast Clan, females of any species are very precious, and those with good Fertility Strength can be traded for many resources.

Therefore, every family hopes for daughters, especially those in worse conditions.

"My daughter isn't marrying anyone." Auro knew what he was thinking and immediately cut off his following words.

Sally jumped onto Robby's head, a tiny one.

Zulu noticed Sally, saw that she was so young, presumably still a child, and said, "Your daughter is like my daughter, don't worry."

Sally sized up Zulu, quite young, with an impressive and striking appearance and carrying the fresh scent of grass and trees, not bad at all.

"Zulu, you're about the same as me. How come you're addressing my dad as if you're brothers? Aren't you taking advantage of me?" Robby felt dissatisfied.

Zulu chuckled, "How about calling me 'Uncle' and let's hear it?"

"...Scram!" Robby shouted.

"Hahaha~ Then I'll disturb you at your house later," Zulu said with a smile to Auro.

"The kid doesn't understand things, don't take it to heart," Auro, now unable to hunt, relied on Zulu to sell him game to maintain his business and couldn't afford to offend him in the slightest.

Zulu waved it off, "No problem."

Auro sized up the deer in his hands, "How about 5000 Red Coins?"

"Let's make it 4000, and that thousand can be a meeting gift for my niece," Zulu said, glancing at Sally again, the tiny white mouse, very cute; she would probably grow up to be a beautiful little female.

As Sally watched him walk away, his tall and straight figure standing out among the surrounding people, she patted Robby's head, "What's his talent?"

"Zulu's talent is the Water Element, Yellow Rank," Robby spoke softly, "Don't even think about it, he is the Rabbit Tribe's third most valued son by the Clan Leader, and also the number one warrior of the Rabbit Clan. Many females vie to get into his den. Even Rona Resh is pursuing him."

Sally appeared contemplative, though she was actually conversing with the System.

"Xiaomei, how good is Yellow Rank talent?" Xiaomei was the name she had given the System, wanting to call it Dimei at first, but that was rejected…

"Not very high, nor is it low. You can use Golden Marrow Pills to enhance talents."

"I don't have very good targets right now anyway, so I might as well get him first. Earning points is more important."

"The host is very wise."

…

Sally changed into a pink, plum blossom embroidered fine cotton maternity skirt with lace sleeves around the wrists.

Although it was a maternity skirt, if she didn't say anything, nobody else would know what it was.

Moreover, this style and fabric were unprecedented in the Western District.

When Auro saw it, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.

Of course, when Sally wore it, she indeed looked even more stunningly beautiful, without a doubt.

Auro was even more surprised that the fabric of her dress, that finely woven soft cloth, especially around the cuffs, was probably only available in the Eastern District.

"Yanyan, where did you get this dress?" he asked with some seriousness.

"Xiaomei gave it to me," Sally replied truthfully.

Recognizing the name as a female's, Auro replied, "This is too valuable. Did you give her Red Coins... no, it should be calculated in Crystal Coins."

"I got it through labor." Giving birth should count as physical work, after all.

"Does it look good?" Sally twirled around in the dress.

The flowing hem accentuated her figure, making her look like a fairy.

"It looks good," Auro said with a smile, "Robby, come over here."

Robby was busy working, but when he was called over and saw the dress on Sally, he was immediately stunned, "Where did this come from?"

"A friend gave it to me."

"From the Eastern District?"

"Eastern District?"

"Such beautiful clothes can only be found among the big Beast Clans of the Eastern District. Here, only the particularly wealthy Beast Clans could afford it, but even they might not be able to buy one."

Sally suddenly realized that even wearing a simple cotton maternity dress might be considered a luxury.

If it were the Glazed Cyan Feather Garb that needed points to redeem, wouldn't that be even more shockingly extravagant!

"Auro—" someone called out from outside.

Hearing the voice of the person outside and looking at Sally, Auro asked, "Yanyan, tell Daddy, do you have feelings for Zulu?"

"I'm not sure yet." She just wanted to have children, not to marry or to take a husband.

This thought was indeed a bit selfish, but she couldn't help it; Xiaomei only recognized children, after all.

Zulu didn't come alone, he brought someone with him, Lin Lang!

The two of them often hunted together, and it could be said that when they were together, no prey could escape. It was also Lin Lang's suggestion for Zulu to sell the game to Auro.

To capture a man's heart, one must first capture his stomach. Sally cooked a deer leg herself.

With hardly any ingredients, she just sprinkled on some salt and added fruit wine.

The meat was fresh and fatty, combined with the charred aroma from grilling, Sally, who hadn't eaten cooked food in a long time, swallowed saliva mouthful after mouthful.

Robby, lured by the fragrance, slipped in, "That smells so good!"

"Have a taste and see if it's good enough to serve," Sally cut a piece of the golden, juicy meat for him.

Robby had never eaten cooked food before; upon tasting it, his eyes widened, "Does this have a taste of salt?"

"Yes, eating salt can make you stronger." Sally remembered that the dried meat Auro made didn't taste salty, "Why doesn't our family's dried meat have salt?"

"Salt is too expensive," Robby replied. "And dried meat with salt added would be twice as expensive, not many Beastmen can afford it."

"Oh," Sally realized the salt in her System Space must be worth quite a bit of money.

"Where did you get the salt from? You didn't dig out the little bit that Dad keeps at the bottom of the chest, did you?"