Sugar is rarer than salt here. Some children even grow up to this age and have never really tasted sweetness except for a few wild fruits they occasionally eat.
The unique burnt-sweet aroma of pumpkin pie when it was fried made these children look forward to it, restless, and anxious.
Because the pumpkin was quite big and a lot of glutinous rice flour was added, each child was given three palm-sized golden pumpkin cakes.
Some children carefully took a bite, their eyes immediately widened, and then they wolfed it down, eager to finish it. Some were like small animals, taking small bites to taste.
Most of them held back their saliva after finishing the first one and cherished the remaining two to bring to their families to try.
Qiuhua was also divided into three. In the past, in the palace, not to mention the Princess would not touch such rough cakes, even a palace maid like her would not eat them.
After coming to the Di tribe for so long, she was no longer picky at all. It was just that she was full of expectations just now, but now looking at the performance of this group of children, she didn’t know why, but she felt a little overwhelmed.
After receiving Jiang Rui’s reminder, Urhan began to take people out early and come back late. Sometimes, he didn’t come back for several days in a row. Moreover, every time he came back, he was in a mess. It was unknown which rabbit nest he went to wallow in.
Without him to bother her, Jiang Rui copied the book faster. After writing the last word on the paper, she finally finished copying all the Buddhist scriptures. That thick stack would take most people at least three or four months to copy, but she could copy it in a few days.
She put the Buddhist scriptures into the box, stood up, stretched her muscles and bones, and went outside the tent to breathe.
The sun was about to go down, and smoke rose from the tent area. The herders in the distance were returning with their cattle and sheep, and the melodious pastoral songs were heard far and wide.
Jiang Rui slowly walked to the river. From time to time, people from the Di tribe stood up and saluted her.
Compared with when she first arrived here, when these people faced her, the smiles on their faces were obviously more sincere than before. Even if Urhan was not here at this time, no one was neglecting her.
This may be because they were already familiar with each other, or it may be that she was close to the children these days, and the children had influenced their parents. It was also possible that they knew that the idea of trade between Beidi and Jokhang was proposed by her.
In short, Jiang Rui’s position in Beidi had been improved and consolidated all the time.
A few children with no clothes and black skins were playing in the river. When they saw Yanshi’s appearance, they subconsciously wanted to surround her.
Suddenly, they remembered that they were naked, so they immediately hid back in the water, only their head was exposed, and their dark face turned red. The Di women who were washing clothes by the river pointed at them and laughed unceremoniously.
Compared to Jokhang, where seven or eight-year-old children had to guard against men and women, Beidi people were obviously more open-minded. It was rare for these naughty brats to be ashamed, and the elders were naturally ruthless when joking.
While they were laughing and joking, a loud cheer suddenly came from not far away. Jiang Rui turned around and saw Urhan coming back with his tribesman.
This time, they were away for five days without telling her anything. It was so mysterious. In addition to their group of people, there was also a large cage that returned at this time. From time to time, the deep roars of beasts could be heard from the cage.
“Oh– The Great Khan is back! The Great Khan is back!”
The children in the tribe cheered and jumped, and those in the water didn’t care about being ashamed. They stood up, climbed onto the shore naked, and ran toward the gate.
“Princess, what is that?” Qiuhua asked in surprise.
“It’s a clouded leopard!”
Before Jiang Rui could answer, a woman from the Di tribe took the initiative to tell her, with a proud look on her face, “The clouded leopard is the most ferocious beast in the grassland. It only lives in the snow-capped mountains where the ice and snow never melt all year round. My Old Abu once said that no one has ever been able to capture a live clouded leopard. Our King Khan is worthy of being the first warrior of the Di tribe and the first warrior of the grassland!”
Jiang Rui nodded with her and stared at the crowd.
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