This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 83 - 77: Do You Have Seeds?

Jiang Xuan led the people from the Black Teeth Tribe to the bamboo house, where Wu Yu observed their living environment.

What surprised Wu Yu was that such a small tribe actually had pottery, and quite a lot of it.

Of course, many tribes fired pottery, and those large tribes had rich experience, making very exquisite pottery with various beautiful patterns.

In contrast, the Vine Tribe’s pottery seemed somewhat crude, given their limited experience and technology.

Even so, for a small tribe to craft so much pottery was already impressive.

Jiang Xuan said apologetically, "Our Vine Tribe is relatively poor, we don’t have much food to offer you."

Jiang Xuan didn’t plan to cook for them, nor did he want to expose the fact that the Vine Tribe had salt, especially since he knew nothing about the Black Teeth Tribe, it was best not to reveal anything.

"It’s alright, we brought our own food."

Wu Yu didn’t mind, because most small tribes lacked food, even if they offered some to entertain guests, it often wasn’t as tasty as what they brought.

"Xuan Leader, is that giant eagle raised by your tribe?"

Wu Yu was curious, because in his view, a powerful creature like the giant eagle was quite proud, unlikely to be domesticated by such a small and weak tribe.

"The giant eagle is not ours."

Jiang Xuan admitted frankly, "An elder from afar resides in our tribe, and he brought the eagle."

"I see."

Wu Yu nodded, thinking it was indeed as he suspected, how could such a small tribe possibly afford to keep a giant eagle?

Wu Yu pondered, planning to visit the elder later; if he could trade with the elder, he might acquire some good items.

"Xuan Leader, what do you wish to trade with us?"

"We have salt, weapons, clothes, jewelry, gemstones..."

Wu Yu expertly listed the goods, introducing items that the Vine Tribe might need to Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment; items like food and entertainment, the Vine Tribe did not need, nor did they have equivalent value for trade.

It’d be better to find something of relatively low value but useful to the Vine Tribe.

"Do you have seeds of edible plants? Tubers or seedlings would work too."

"Seeds? Seedlings?"

Wu Yu was taken aback, having traded with numerous tribes, this was the first time he heard such a request.

"Yes, exactly, plants that can be eaten and are relatively easy to cultivate; if you have seeds, I’m willing to trade with you."

Jiang Xuan further explained, "Our tribe is small and weak, hunting in the mountains results in many casualties, so we’ve cleared a lot of land to plant edible crops for easier food access."

What Jiang Xuan said was mostly true, though he did not mention that the Vine Tribe mastered cultivation techniques, and now the land was empty, Wu Yu surely wouldn’t expect the Vine Tribe to acquire large quantities of food through planting.

Wu Yu furrowed his brow because what he wanted to trade was high-value items like salt, clothes, gemstones, things that could earn substantial profits, not seeds.

Seeds didn’t fetch much because tribesmen didn’t value them.

However, having come this far, leaving empty-handed was unacceptable for Wu Yu.

He was accustomed to trading something in each tribe he visited, making some profits, however small.

Trading seeds might yield less profit, but it’s better than earning nothing at all.

Wu Yu thought carefully and said, "Recently, we traded with a tribe for seeds of a plant called Ruby, which can be eaten after being cooked, but I can’t guarantee if you can cultivate them."

Jiang Xuan said, "Can I see what they look like first?"

Wu Yu nodded and motioned for a warrior behind him to fetch them.

Soon, the warrior returned with a small beast hide bag. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

Wu Yu took the beast hide bag, untied the rope, opened the bag, and pulled out a handful of seeds.

"Xuan Leader, look, these are Ruby seeds."

Jiang Xuan looked at the seeds Wu Yu held, they were about the size of pigeon eggs, resembling dates in appearance.

"Can I have one to examine closely?"

"No problem."

Wu Yu generously gave one to Jiang Xuan for him to inspect.

In fact, the seeds named Ruby were gifted to Wu Yu by a small tribe during a trade; they gave him two large bags.

Along the way, Wu Yu found the taste alright, so he cooked and ate most of them, leaving only this small bag.

But Wu Yu was clever; instead of saying they were gifts, he claimed they were traded for, making them seem precious, and allowing him to demand more from Jiang Xuan.

Though a tribesman, Wu Yu, long engaged in various trades, had developed quite the merchant’s shrewdness.

Jiang Xuan held the "Ruby" seed, first gently pinching it, finding it very hard and dry, lacking any moisture, unlike fruit.

Then he sniffed it, finding no scent.

And since Wu Yu also didn’t know what the plant looked like or its habits, Jiang Xuan couldn’t ask.

In this world, there were plants Jiang Xuan was familiar with and many he wasn’t; identifying them required time.

Jiang Xuan pondered and said, "Not knowing if it can be cultivated, nor if it’s a tree or a low plant is troublesome..."

Wu Yu saw Jiang Xuan hesitating and, worried he might back out, quickly said, "Xuan Leader, this thing is delicious, ask my warriors behind me, everyone loves it."

"Also, I think it should grow because the tribe I visited had plenty of edible Rubies."

Jiang Xuan was in a bit of a bind, saying, "But our tribe has nothing precious to trade..."

Wu Yu glanced around the bamboo house of the Vine Tribe and said, "We take everything, beast hides, beast teeth, beast bones, all are fine."

Ultimately, Wu Yu saw the Wild Boar Teeth hanging on the wall and pointed to a pair of large Wild Boar Teeth, saying, "These beast teeth look good."

Wu Yu approached the wall, examined the Wild Boar Teeth’s condition, and said to Jiang Xuan, "If Xuan Leader is willing, you can trade these three pairs of beast teeth for the Rubies."

Jiang Xuan thought, good heavens, he wants them all!

He immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, these beast teeth were hard to come by; several warriors were injured for them."

Wu Yu hesitated for a moment and, since the Rubies were given freely, wasn’t very insistent, so he said, "Let’s say, two pairs of beast teeth, no less, or the deal can’t happen."

"We traded these Rubies from very far away," Wu Yu added.

Seeing Wu Yu’s determined stance, Jiang Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, two pairs of beast teeth then."

Wu Yu eagerly took the two pairs of beast teeth and handed the beast hide bag containing the Rubies to Jiang Xuan, saying, "Xuan Leader, trust me, you won’t regret this trade."

"If successful in growing them, you’ll have endless Rubies to eat."

"Let’s hope so."

Jiang Xuan was merely holding a trial mentality, and besides, those three pairs of Wild Boar Teeth didn’t hold much value for him, merely decorative, so exchanging them for some new seeds was worthwhile.