Chapter 524: Naive Little Sister

Wen slowly opened her brown eyes and looked up at the ceiling of the wooden house, blinking continuously.

She stretched her body and slowly sat up, muttering to herself. "This is so comfortable."

The little girl had not experienced this kind of life for a very long time. During previous snow seasons, she had always been hungry and cold. The feeling of being able to sleep in a wooden house now, covered with thick Animal Hide blankets, and having three full meals every day was truly incomprehensible.

"You’ve slept in quite late again. Come on, get up. We can have breakfast now." Min said gently.

Her Sister had got up early in the morning and prepared breakfast, waiting all this time for her Little Sister to wake up.

Recently, she had also been sleeping very comfortably, feeling exceptionally warm. This sensation was rather pleasant.

"It’s too comfortable, I don’t want to get up at all…" Wen buried her face back into the blanket.

Staying in bed was exceptionally comfortable, and this feeling made her reluctant to remove the covers.

"Even if it’s comfortable, you still need to get up and eat. If you don’t eat, I’ll finish everything myself." Min deliberately said.

The roasted meat on the fire pit in the middle of the wooden house was sizzling away, and waves of fragrant aroma instantly filled the entire wooden house.

Since it was snow season, the doors and windows of the wooden house were not opened but kept tightly shut, so these fragrant smells continued to linger inside the wooden house.

Wen took a deep breath, sensed this wonderful aroma, immediately sat up straight, and said. "I’ll eat, I’ll eat."

The little girl felt that being able to stay with her Family during the snow season, without having to endure hunger and cold, was truly wonderful.

Originally, she had not held any hope, after all, being exiled to the Wilderness, who could know whether one would live or die the next second.

But who would have thought she would now be living this kind of life? This was something she could never have anticipated, so life truly is full of unexpected changes.

Min placed the roasted meat on a wooden plate and handed it over, saying. "Eat up, don’t wait until it gets cold, it won’t be as nice."

In snow season weather, even freshly roasted meat could easily get cold, so it definitely had to be eaten while hot.

Wen took the plate of roasted meat and began to eat heartily, her brown eyes revealing nothing but complete satisfaction.

She swallowed a piece of roasted meat and asked. "Sister, why do you still have to work in winter? Can’t you stay in the wooden house?"

The little girl was very puzzled why her Sister still had to go to work every day as usual, instead of like before in the Tribe, where when snow season arrived, everyone would stay in their respective wooden houses.

"If I stayed in, then we wouldn’t have any meat to eat, so I still have to go to work." Min smiled.

Although her Sister knew this place was different from their previous Tribe, she was also very clear in her heart that having come to someone else’s Tribe, they had to follow the Tribe’s rules, otherwise they could only leave this Tribe.

However, the Flame Dragon Tribe had abundant food, treated its members exceptionally well, and the environment was also amazing. They simply did not want to leave. They could only follow the Flame Dragon Tribe’s rule that labour meant having meat to eat.

"That’s true, this is the Tribe’s rule – only by working can one have food to eat," Wen nodded thoughtfully.

The little girl was not resistant to this in her heart either; she was just thinking that she also wanted to help her Sister.

"Don’t worry. At where I work, no wind can get through. I won’t be cold." Min shook her head.

Her Sister’s workplace was in a cement house, though it was on the ground floor, specifically set up as a Linen Workshop where many of the Tribe’s women went to work.

The daily work only required staying in the cement house weaving linen. When mealtime came, someone would distribute meat, so there was no need to leave there at all, much less worry about the chilly wind outside.

Moreover, when the wind and snow became very heavy, there were Warriors who would specially escort the workers back to their respective homes, so safety was also guaranteed.

"Can’t I help too. That way you wouldn’t have to work so hard, and we could take turns going to work…" Wen’s inner thoughts were still very strong. Every time she saw her Older Sister braving the wind and snow to go to work in the morning, her heart felt heavy.

Apart from worrying about her Sister’s safety, she was also concerned that she was working too hard.

"I’ve told you before, you just need to study reading and writing properly. Once you can read and write, the food you’ll be allocated will be more than mine. So, if you want me not to work so hard, you need to study more." Min still said very patiently.

Although she kept hearing her Sister mention this sort of thing, after all, this was her Sister and her only relative, so she could only be patient. Moreover, she was not an impatient person by nature.

"Okay, but when will you be able to rest? It’s been snowing outside without pause. You shouldn’t need to go every single day, right?" Wen naively asked.

"There are four days of rest time each month, but I want to work a bit more, so that I can be allocated more food," Min said gently.

The Linen Workshop’s working hours were from 9 o’clock in the morning until 10 o’clock at night. Then, there were a total of 4 rest days each month. Of course, meat would still be distributed on those 4 rest days.

However, if one did not rest on their allocated rest days, the meat allocated would be doubled, so she generally did not rest and often worked overtime.

"I think you should still rest a bit. What if you get too tired and fall ill?" Wen was simply worried about everything.

Those who did not know might think the Little Sister was actually the Older one of the two, as every time she spoke, she had the mannerisms of an Elder showing concern.

"It’s fine. Working in the Linen Workshop isn’t tiring – it’s just handiwork. I won’t get ill over there." Min also took a bite of roasted meat.

These people had no way of being allocated salt; at most they could be given some homemade seasonings.

Those seasonings were made from wild vegetables or berries gathered from the forest.

Those wild vegetables and berries all had rather sour or rather salty flavours. They would grind these into juices or make them into dipping sauces to use as seasonings.

After all, their status in the Tribe was not very high, so they simply were not allocated precious material like salt, nor could they be allocated those seasonings grown in the farmland.

"But shouldn’t the rest time be very long during snow season, and shouldn’t you be allocated more meat too?" Wen still looked completely naive.

"Hehe…" Min laughed gently and said. "Silly you, the work is so easy, and the snow season doesn’t affect our work either. Why would the rest time be extended? Don’t worry."

Her Sister felt Wen was still too naive, though maintaining such a naivety was also good in her mind.

"Alright then," Wen said dejectedly. It seemed there was no way to get her Sister to rest more.