This Is My Primitive Tribe-Chapter 217 - 147: New Staple Food_2

Jiang Xuan looked at the seeds of the red vegetable, without making any comments about them.

Because until he saw the actual red vegetable, it was difficult for him to judge its value based on descriptions alone.

Next, Wu Yu introduced a type of gourd to Jiang Xuan, called the snake gourd, because it was long and curly, resembling a snake from a distance.

Wu Yu brought two snake gourds, dried naturally after aging, containing a lot of seeds inside.

This intrigued Jiang Xuan a lot, because of their large size, and according to Wu Yu, each plant could produce dozens, with a very high yield.

"Leader Xuan, what do you think? Bamboo wheat seeds, red vegetable seeds, and snake gourd seeds, are you interested in trading?"

Jiang Xuan pretended to think for a while, then said, "The seeds are indeed good, but we don’t know whether they can grow in the Vine Tribe, and if they can flower and bear fruit after growing."

"Never mind, since Leader Wu Yu has come all this way, we can’t let you go back empty-handed. We can trade these seeds for some beast teeth and hides, just as a trial."

Being said so by Jiang Xuan, Wu Yu felt embarrassed to brag about how rare and precious the seeds were.

In fact, most of the seeds were not valued by various tribes. Wu Yu had collected them without much cost, and many were even gifted after trades.

So when Jiang Xuan brought out some jackal hides and jackal fangs, Wu Yu raised the price symbolically, then smoothly completed the trade.

Jiang Xuan was inwardly delighted; the red vegetable and snake gourd were nothing special. To the Vine Tribe, they were just two new vegetables.

But the bamboo wheat was actual food. If cultivated well, it could become a staple grain for the Vine Tribe, solving more food problems.

Of course, he still had to pretend indifference on the surface, casually tossing the seeds into the bamboo hut, then continued trading other goods with the Black Teeth Tribe.

Salt, weapons, and such didn’t interest Jiang Xuan much, but his real desire was for the spider silk clothing, a lifesaving good that he wished every warrior in the Vine Tribe could have a set of.

However, while seeds traded easily, the spider silk clothing was hard to exchange, as the Black Teeth Tribe knew its value well, preferring no trade over lowering the price.

"Leader Xuan, if you want to trade for the spider silk clothing, your Vine Tribe needs to bring out some truly good stuff, like beast teeth and bones of wild beast grade, or beast hide will do."

Wu Yu glanced towards where the Old Witch lived, indicating he wanted Jiang Xuan to fetch something good from the Old Witch to trade for the spider silk clothing.

But Jiang Xuan was unwilling to do this.

The Vine Tribe had already gained much from the Old Witch, and couldn’t treat her like a sheep to keep shearing indefinitely.

Jiang Xuan contemplated for a while and said, "We don’t have wild beast-grade beast teeth and bones, but we have other good things in the Vine Tribe. Leader Wu Yu, please wait."

Jiang Xuan went into the bamboo hut and took out two thick candles made of insect wax from a beast hide bag.

Such candles were scarce in the Vine Tribe because last year’s yield of insect wax wasn’t very high.

If not for the trade for spider silk clothing, Jiang Xuan would never bring out these insect wax candles.

"Leader Wu Yu, do you recognize this?"

Jiang Xuan presented the thick candle to Wu Yu.

Wu Yu took a candle as thick as an arm, and smelled a faint fragrance, exclaiming in surprise, "Insect wax from the Rock Sheep Tribe!"

"That’s right, it’s insect wax from the Rock Sheep Tribe. But now I call it a candle because it can illuminate at night with very stable light."

Jiang Xuan returned to the bamboo hut, lit an insect wax candle, and then walked over to Wu Yu.

"Leader Wu Yu, look."

Wu Yu stared at the huge candle for a while and found, just as Jiang Xuan said, it burned very steadily.

"Whew..."

Jiang Xuan blew out the candle and said, "Leader Wu Yu, I don’t need to say much about the value of insect wax, do I? It illuminates and can heal, truly a great item."

"One candle for two pieces of spider silk clothing!"

Wu Yu hurriedly waved his hands, saying, "No, no, one candle is not worth two pieces of spider silk clothing."

Jiang Xuan said, "Leader Wu Yu, look, such a thick candle can be lit for many nights, trading for two spider silk clothing is not a loss."

"If you take the insect wax candles to other tribes, their witches will surely love them."

But Wu Yu still shook his head, saying, "Even so, one candle can only exchange for one piece of spider silk clothing at most."

The two of them went back and forth, but Wu Yu was adamant about one candle for one piece of spider silk clothing.

Evidently, such items as spider silk clothing were also very rare and valuable, not inferior to insect wax.

Reluctantly, Jiang Xuan said, "One candle for one piece of spider silk clothing is still too little. How about adding some other goods, is that okay?"

Wu Yu asked, "What additional goods does Leader Xuan have in mind?"

Jiang Xuan pointed to small beast hide bags containing sugar on the ground and said, "Add two bags of sugar."

This sugar was white and block-shaped. According to Wu Yu, it was traded from a medium-sized tribe.

The medium-sized tribe raised a type of honey insect, which during certain seasons, would produce a large amount of sugar, solidifying into blocks for the tribe to consume and trade.

In this barren world, sugar and salt were the two most beloved things for the tribespeople.

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