I Became The Chief Of A Primitive Village

Chapter 1007, The Musty Smell of Rainy Days

Translator: Silavin

Su Bai’s Daily Check In today yielded loquats. A box of fist-sized loquats.

Golden yellow in appearance, they looked incredibly sweet. He immediately brought them out to the living room to share with the girls.

Apart from Su Bai, everyone else was experiencing the taste of loquats for the first time.

After each person tried them, their eyes widened considerably, completely enamoured with this novel fruit.

After learning the name of this fruit, Yan Hua and the others all wanted to attempt writing the two characters for ‘loquat’ (枇杷).

However, these two characters were not simple at all. They had numerous strokes. Everyone fumbled for quite a while before learning them, though their writing remained crooked and uneven.

Su Bai did not want to waste the loquat seeds either. After finishing eating, he applied the Growth Acceleration Skill to the seeds.

After all, such excellent fruits needed to be preserved. Of course, it was not because of its cough-suppressing and thirst-quenching effects.

In reality, loquats did not actually have cough-suppressing or thirst-quenching effects. Only their leaves possess such properties.

However, loquat leaves were toxic and must undergo special processing to be made into commercially available loquat cough syrup.

“Shaman, the rain is truly annoying. It feels like our clothes never properly dry.” Yu Ying suddenly remarked.

Because of the rainy season, there was virtually no sunlight, so everyone’s washed clothes essentially relied on natural air drying.

Without wind, the clothes would not dry. Even after several days, once dried, they would carry a peculiar odour.

Because the clothes were hung quite close together during the rain, with completely inadequate ventilation, they would easily develop mould, producing an extremely unpleasant smell.

This was a phenomenon that frequently occurred during rainy days. In the modern world, it typically happened during the Monsoon Season. No matter how thoroughly one dried their clothes, that smell would persist.

Even after rewashing, if the smell was strong enough, it could not be completely eliminated. They would be forced to wash the clothes multiple times.

“This is normal during the rainy days. After washing your clothes, you can place them over a fire to dry. This way, the clothes won’t have that unpleasant smell, and they’ll be more comfortable to wear.”

Su Bai naturally knew about this smell. Last year during the Tribe’s rainy season, he had experienced this unpleasant odour himself.

“I understand. I’ll set up a fire pit on the balcony and have the people below pay careful attention,” Yu Ying nodded repeatedly, planning to instruct the maids thoroughly later to ensure they took care not to burn the clothes.

Because Yu Ying had other work to do normally, she definitely could not stand by the fire watching clothes all day.

Moreover, heating clothes over charcoal fire would certainly take considerable time. She could not leave her post for too long, so this task could only be delegated to the maids.

“You should delegate more work to others. Don’t take everything upon yourself,” Su Bai said gently.

He had been observing. Yu Ying was the type who loved to stay extremely busy.

Especially concerning Su Bai’s affairs, she wished she could monopolise all the tasks herself, allowing no one else to approach.

“I understand. I’ve been training new people recently. They’re becoming increasingly proficient. I fear I’ll be able to retire very soon.” When Yu Ying said this, there was a hint of resentment in her tone, her pink eyes flickering.

The word ‘retire’ was naturally something she had heard from Su Bai’s mouth. Finding it interesting, she remembered it until now.

To date, Yu Ying has memorised numerous modern vocabulary. She found them remarkably useful.

“Train more people, then they can work outside as well. After the rainy season ends, more and more people from other Tribes will come to our Tribe.” Su Bai picked up a cup of warm tea. “By then, many shops will need service personnel, and they can be deployed.”

Indeed, he had been contemplating opening some new shops recently, aiming to diversify the Flame Dragon Tribe’s commercial establishments.

“Does the Shaman mean to open more shops?” Yu Ying asked curiously.

“Yes, Shaman. Why haven’t we heard you mention this before?” Sha Lan quickly searched her memory, finding no recollection of such matters.

“Ah, I’ve been privately thinking about this without actually implementing it, so I haven’t mentioned it to you,” Su Bai explained.

“I see. What kind of shops does the Shaman plan to open?” Yu Ying asked curiously.

“Don’t you think our current food stops, just the barbecue shop and the ramen shop, are too few? I’m thinking of expanding the variety of food shops,” Su Bai explained.

If one wanted to develop a Tribe to become a modern city, ensuring food diversity was essential.

One could not have a modern city with only two food options. That would not differ significantly from a primitive Tribe.

“I understand. The Shaman wants to promote everything we eat daily by converting them into shops, correct?” Sha Lan speculated.

Sha Lan girl greatly enjoyed life at the Yong’an Building because the daily food was excellent.

“More or less, but not everything will be promoted. We’ll initially launch a few to observe their performance,” Su Bai explained.

“The Shaman can tell me now. I’ll remember immediately and have people begin these tasks straightaway, coordinating everything as much as possible before the rainy season ends.”

Sha Lan instantly straightened her posture, her expression becoming extraordinarily serious. She was completely different from a moment ago when she was competing for loquats.

Although Yan Hua did not deal with management, she still straightened her body as well.

“I want to create a juice shop, stocked entirely with juices pressed from the fruits we cultivate. You must know our current fruit production is very high. So, we don’t need to worry about our supply of fruits.”

Su Bai took a sip of tea. “Leaving them sitting in storage will only cause them to rot. Why not use them for business? What do you think?”

The Flame Dragon Tribe currently has three modern fruits: oranges, bananas, and coconuts. The remainder were wild berries brought back from the forest.

Naturally, those wild berries had been carefully selected. Su Bai had successfully processed them through Extraction and Conversion, essentially neutralising their originally sour and astringent flavours.

With the enhancement of the Growth Acceleration Skill, these fruit trees grew exceptionally fast. Some fruits had fruiting periods once annually.

However, after applying the Growth Acceleration Skill, the fruits could fruit once every month or so, with remarkably high yields.

Relying solely on the people at the Yong’an Building, the Chieftain and other high-ranking personnel, plus distributing even to close subordinates, they could not possibly consume everything.

Ultimately, everyone still preferred meat. Fruits were just supplementary. To most, they were not a great concern if there was a lack of them.