Stone Age Husband Raising Jornal

C17 - Priest

translator: xiin

editors: apricot & juurensha

In fact, Zhou Ji was also very surprised. He hadn’t thought that he could eat so much. He even felt that he hadn’t had enough yet and eating another five kilograms wouldn’t be a problem.

However, he didn’t continue to eat. This was Xiong Ye’s food, and it wouldn’t be polite to eat too much of it.

Xiong Ye noticed his hesitation and said, “If you like the elephant bird meat, then eat more. The honey you’ve given me is very precious and can be traded for a lot of meat.”

“I’ve had enough.” Zhou Ji said.

“In that case, you can cook it again tomorrow.” Xiong Ye said. He thought about it, then added, “It’ll spoil if it’s not eaten soon.”

“You can give away part of it.” Zhou Ji said. The original owner of this body’s mother had left behind a lot of salt, and he could help Xiong Ye cure a portion of the meat. Although it was spring now and they probably wouldn’t be short on meat for the next six months, nothing was certain.

“May as well…” Xiong Ye nodded, then suddenly thought of something, “Zhou Ji, can you help me roast another piece of meat? I want to give it to the priest.” Zhou Ji had boiled about three kilograms of meat and roasted fifteen kilos that they had both finished off.

Zhou Ji was aware that there was a priest in the tribe. He had even made it a point to observe the priest for a while and had discovered that this priest who lived in a spacious south-facing cave located under their own cave was a very ordinary old man with no special features.

However, the priest probably served as both a healer and teacher in the tribe. He had a lot of knowledge and was therefore very popular. He also held a high status in the tribe–Xiong He would give the best cut of meat to the priest every time the tribe returned from their collective hunts.

Zhou Ji had no objections to Xiong Ye sending something over to the priest.

The people of this tribe believed in the Beast God and believed that the priest was the Beast God’s spokesperson. Building a good relationship with the priest wouldn’t be bad at all. “You can also give the priest some of this sweet cane.” He pointed at the sugarcane-like plant he had brought back. Zhou Ji had decided to call it sweet cane.

“Alright. I’ll tell Grandpa Priest that it’s from you.” Xiong Ye was very happy.

Zhou Ji laughed once and began to roast the meat again. Xiong Ye took this time to gather up the bones and intestines of the elephant bird as well as the scrap pieces of meat left over from when they had cut up the meat. He then brought all of it to the collective cave, giving it to the elderly and children who lived there.

The tribe’s big stone pots were usually left there. The elderly members of the tribe could use the stone pots to cook and eat those scraps with the children.

There had been no shortage of food in the tribe recently, but nobody would disdain extra food, and everyone enjoyed piping hot soup.

After sending everything over, Xiong Ye scooped up water to wash his hands and returned to the cave where Zhou Ji had already finished roasting the meat.

The piece of meat that Zhou Ji had roasted wasn’t very big and looked to be about two or three kilograms, but he had chosen meat from the elephant bird’s upper thigh and roasted it so that it was glistening with oil. It exuded a sweet fragrance and looked very appetizing. He had also peeled off the outer skin of the sweet cane and set the prepared pieces to the side.