Since Zhu Yuanyuan didn't ask, others were too embarrassed to dig deeper and the issue was thus left unsolved.

"Everyone, get back to work," Hu Yin scolded with a cold face, "Don't spread what Tu Yuan said. Once the leader investigates the matter, we'll know what's going on."

The witches bowed their heads and said, "Yes."

"Yuanyuan," Hu Yin said again, "Go find the leader and tell him what happened just now."

"Okay," Zhu Yuanyuan agreed obediently.

When Hu Yin returned to the pharmacy, Tu Yuan quickly stood up and said, "You should go early and come back early. Don't forget that you still need to prepare lunch for the witch later."

Zhu Yuanyuan curled her lips, "It doesn't matter if you make it or not. I've heard that Master also likes the stew you make."

"Eh~ It's so sour, even sourer than the sour fruit I ate yesterday," Tu Yuan stretched out his hand and fanned his nose, "Who knocked over the vinegar jar?"

Zhu Yuanyuan, "..."

Well, I have to go and report Hu Yun’s matter to the leader. If I delay any longer I’ll miss lunch.

It wasn't difficult to run errands and pass on the message. Zhu Yuanyuan returned quickly. She glanced at the time and saw that it was only a little after nine o'clock. She was not in a hurry to go into the kitchen, so she went to the pharmacy to find her master, "Do you need more medicine that needs to be ground into powder?"

Hu Yin was cleaning the medicine cabinet as usual. Hearing this, she didn't even turn her head and said, "We don't have any now. Go help the witches deal with the herbs they collected last night."

"Okay," Zhu Yuanyuan did not rush to leave after receiving the task, "Well, Master..."

"Anything else?" Hu Yin asked.

"It's about the witches," Zhu Yuanyuan said with a smile, "We've been busy these days, and now we're short of two workers. I'm afraid we won't be able to get back before the sun sets tonight."

Hu Yin nodded expressionlessly, "Okay, give each of them a few more pounds of meat tonight."

"I understand." Zhu Yuanyuan did not ask for the specific number and would just divide it up when the time comes.

Tsk, it seems that Master means not to recruit new wizards for the time being. Well, the snow season is about to begin, and even if we recruit now, we won’t have the time to teach them. It’s better to wait until spring.

After leaving the pharmacy and joining the work team, the witches looked at him eagerly, "Little witch, have you talked to the witch about recruiting people?"

We are already busy, and now there are two less people working. No matter how high the salary is, it won’t be enough!

"I did," Zhu Yuanyuan said slowly, "Master didn't agree."

The witches were disappointed and kept muttering, "What can we do? We are already too busy to handle it. If we have less people, how long will it take to finish it?"

Zhu Yuanyuan coughed lightly, "Don't worry, Master won't treat you badly. When you go home tonight, each of you can get some more meat. It will be more reassuring to have enough food during the snowy season, right?"

This is true. No one would complain about having too much meat. It is always better to get some meat from overtime than to work for nothing.

Thinking about the meat they could get every day, the witches immediately became energetic. They stopped wasting time on gossip and buried their heads in their work.

"Huh~" Zhu Yuanyuan breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a small stool from the corner and worked with everyone. They worked until eleven o'clock. She straightened up, pounded her aching waist, and walked to the kitchen quietly.

The master is a picky person and is not willing to eat from the big pot no matter how busy she is, so she has to hurry up.

After lunch was ready, the master and his apprentice were sitting at the small table in the main room to eat when Grandpa Zhu passed by the door pushing his two children.

"Grandpa," Zhu Yuanyuan put down the bowl and walked over, "Have you had lunch?"

"No," Grandpa Zhu said cheerfully, "I took the kids to watch the fun and just came back."

Zhu Yuanyuan frowned, "What's so good about this? He's not even afraid of going hungry."

"You don't understand," Grandpa Zhu said mysteriously, "If you miss the fun, it will be gone. You can just come back and make lunch. The ingredients won't get lost if they're stored in the cellar."

It was really exciting that the grandpa who loved to eat could postpone his lunch. Zhu Yuanyuan couldn't help but ask curiously, "What happened in the tribe?"

"It's a big deal, a very big deal!" Grandpa Zhu was so excited that he was almost incoherent. "A female despised the male in the family for being incompetent. The meat she brought back every day was not enough to eat, and she couldn't even store food for the snow season. She wanted to hold a separation ceremony."

Zhu Yuanyuan was stunned. "The members of the hunting team go into the mountains to hunt together. Although the prey they get is not divided equally, those who get more will give some subsidies to those who get less, which is enough to support the family."

Combined with the income from the females' daily labor, there is almost no shortage of food for the snow season.

"Perhaps her family is different," Grandpa Zhu said with a sigh, "That spendthrift little female eats and sleeps every day, and doesn't save the extra meat by making it into jerky or bacon, but instead exchanges it for useless things."

"What are these useless things?" Zhu Yuanyuan asked puzzledly.

"It's things like flowered cloth and candy, things you can have or not have," Grandpa Zhu replied.

Zhu Yuanyuan disagreed. "Making clothes requires cloth. It's normal to change some cloth if conditions permit. Since the production of cloth has increased, I will wear cloth clothes all year round, and only put on a fur coat in the snowy season."

As for sugar, it is normal to exchange some if there is surplus food at home, and occasionally cook some sweet porridge or make some desserts to reward your family.

According to grandpa, didn’t she also exchange for a lot of unnecessary things?

"You only change when you need it and have enough food, but she is different," Grandpa Zhu sighed, "She has two big wardrobes at home, all filled with her clothes. Her husband wears animal skins, and she has stored several large barrels of sugar."

It turned out that the female who was making a fuss about separating from her partner was fond of sweets and beauty. She made clothes one after another, and even exchanged sugar for meat every day, without caring whether her man could have enough food and clothes.

Seeing that the snow season was about to arrive, the male owner who went out hunting every day wanted to see how much food was stored at home, but he learned the shocking news that there was no food at home. He asked the female owner what was going on, but instead of getting an answer, she pointed at his nose and scolded him for being incompetent.

In this situation, even the most cowardly male couldn't bear it, let alone the violent male who could beat mutant beasts. The two sides started to quarrel, from accusing each other to fighting, and the matter became a big deal.

Zhu Yuanyuan was extremely shocked after hearing the story told by her grandfather. "She wasted all the meat herself, and she actually complained that others were incompetent and wanted to separate it?"

"Yes," Grandpa Zhu pursed his lips, "I have learned a lot. I have lived for nearly a hundred years and this is the first time I have encountered such a shameless person."

"Alas, the tribe is big and there are all kinds of people. Just get used to it," Zhu Yuanyuan said in a mature manner. "Grandpa, you can watch the fun in the future, but you have to pay attention to the time. What if you miss the meal and get hungry?"

Grandpa Zhu's stomach growled several times as expected. He blushed and said, "I was too engrossed in watching and didn't pay attention. I won't do that again next time."

I secretly thought to myself that I should put some dried meat and potato chips in the storage basket of the baby car in the future, so that I can take them out and chew them when I encounter a similar situation so that I won’t go hungry.

"Then you have to remember this," Zhu Yuanyuan said helplessly, "Wait a minute, I'll go back with you to make lunch."

The two cubs are awake and seem well-behaved and not making any noise. What if you just leave them alone and ignore them?

Perform a duet for everyone in every minute.

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