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400;\">Chapter 58<\/span><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27289d08 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"27289d08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b96ed63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b96ed63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi cut a bell pepper into pieces, and mixed it into the diced meat, along with some green onions and garlic. Then, he added salt to adjust the taste, and simply stir-fried it in a pottery dish. This was the first filling. Since he was not clear on which kind of filling would taste better in the stuffed large intestines, Chen Qi planned to experiment with a few different ones.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the second filling, Chen Qi had Ka Luo mash the diced meat into minced meat, which he mixed with chopped cabbage and added some rice berry, then stir-fried it to be ready to serve. Potatoes were added to the third portion of filling. Chen Qi made all the fillings he could think of, resulting in about five or six different fillings. However, the main raw materials of each of the fillings was meat; namely the fresh hydrochoerus dragon meat, yesterday\u2019s antelope-dragon meat, as well as various cured meats that had been cured before winter.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the fillings were prepared, it was time for the stuffing to begin. When the fillings were being prepared, the others could only watch idly from the side. However, for the stuffing, each person took a section of the large intestines and Chen Qi gave them each a plate of different fillings for them to stuff according to his demonstrations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi tied one end of the large intestine with a root thread, then he poured the filling into it, till about 70% to 80% filled before tying the other end of the large intestine. Thus a strip of stuffed large intestine was prepared. The production process was simple, convenient and hardly contained any technical content. Chen Qi sighed as he looked at the stuffed large intestines that were just made.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi used the stove beside the fire <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">keng<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He gently placed the prepared stuffed large intestines into the pot. The large intestines were relatively huge. Chen Qi was afraid that they would not get cooked thoroughly if the pot was too full, so he only placed two pieces of the stuffed large intestines into it. Then he added water into the pot until it covered the intestines, set a lid on the pot, and left it to boil. After the water was boiled out, he fried the swollen large intestines a little bit until the surface turned golden brown.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dragon-horn knife was washed then sterilized by scalding it in boiling water and Chen Qi used it to cut off root threads tied to the ends of the stuffed large intestine. The golden and plump large intestine was sliced and neatly packed in a pottery bowl. A section of the stuffed large intestine easily filled two large pottery bowls.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since he had considered that these would be boiled, Chen Qi deliberately made the fillings saltier. He just tried a piece and the taste was just right.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd6fbca elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd6fbca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Crossing\u00a0 to Live in the Wilderness Plains (CLWP)\u00a0 is translated by Betwixted Translations. The site you&#8217;re reading this chapter on stole our translation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-782a5f98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"782a5f98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow is it? Does it taste good?\u201d Smelling the aroma, Ka Luo almost couldn\u2019t help but want a bite, but when he remembered that the ingredient used was the large intestine of the hydrochoerus dragon, his heart, that had been tempted by the fragrance, managed to be suppressed. So when he saw Chen Qi eating a piece, he had to ask.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi smiled at him and did not answer him. Instead, he handed Ali another bowl of pottery that was full of the stuffed large intestine slices. Then, he picked up a couple slices from the pottery bowl in front of him into a smaller bowl and handed it to Ajing, who had finished separating the beans and was looking on curiously.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajing had eaten bark from a tree before when he was hungry. He did not have any qualms about eating the large intestine of the hydrochoerus dragon. He happily accepted the pottery bowl and took a slice of it into his mouth with chopsticks. This was the stuffing with the minced meat, cabbage and rice berry. After several rounds of cleaning, the large intestine itself had no taste. The flavor from the rice was still there and the cabbage added to the texture.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajing swallowed the food in his mouth after just a few chews. His little face, which was usually expressionless, unexpectedly picked up a small smile as he picked up another piece and continued eating.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi lightly flicked the other\u2019s forehead and scolded with a smile, &#8220;Why are you eating in such a hurry? No one is going to rob you of your food. Chewing it a few times before swallowing it is better for digestion.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajing paused before his next swallow of food and nodded his head. Then, he carefully chewed this mouthful and swallowed it down. His mouth empty, he said to Chen Qi, &#8220;It&#8217;s delicious.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou just finished dinner. Even if it\u2019s delicious, you can&#8217;t eat too much at once. Don&#8217;t burst your stomach.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ajing nodded obediently and agreed. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll just finish eating the stuffed large intestines Chen Qi gave me, then I\u2019ll stop. There\u2019s less than half a bowlful, so if I eat slowly, I can still eat it for a long time.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ajing thought to himself.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi also served Aze and Ake each with a half-filled bowl. Ali and Azhang had long since helped themselves to the food. Only Ka Luo stared at this for a moment, then looked at that for a while, as he was tempted by the aroma yet didn\u2019t dare to try it, wearing a fretful expression.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ake put a piece clamped between chopsticks to Ka Luo&#8217;s lips. &#8220;I\u2019ve tasted it. There wasn\u2019t any strange taste. The filling in it is quite fragrant. Try some.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ka Luo still hesitated a little, but, seeing how everyone else looked like they were enjoying what they ate, he grit his teeth and pressed down on the bit of resistance in his heart and opened his mouth for a small bite. Needless to say, it really was delicious. As Ka Luo ate the slice of stuffed large intestine Ake gave him and savored the taste, he didn\u2019t forget to toss Chen Qi a couple of looks full of bitterness.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, they had all already had dinner. So, after the cooked stuffed large intestines were finished, Chen Qi didn&#8217;t plan to cook more. After finishing such an after-meal snack, it was already late at night. After a simple clean up, it was time to rest. Before going to bed, Chen Qi told Ajing another Anderson fairy tale as usual, while the other beastmen laid under their covers with their ears pricked up to listen in. Since Ajing was told that first bedtime story, it had become a nightly program.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f208568 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f208568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Crossing\u00a0 to Live in the Wilderness Plains (CLWP)\u00a0 is translated by Betwixted Translations. The site you&#8217;re reading this chapter on stole our translation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11327b68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11327b68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next day was another Moonless Day. The sky was overcast and there was not a trace of sunshine. The temperature felt like it had dropped several degrees and it looked like a snowstorm was imminent. Chen Qi suggested that Azhang and the others not go hunting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the morning, all the stuffed large intestines that hadn\u2019t been cooked were cooked up for breakfast. Yesterday, Ali had assisted Chen Qi with preparing the stuffed large intestines, and Ali handled cooking them for breakfast. The taste wasn\u2019t far off from what Chen Qi made.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After breakfast, it started to snow, but it wasn\u2019t windy. Chen Qi asked Aze to go to the old house and move over the previously made table to serve as a desk. After winter started, Chen Qi had made a set of furniture and glued a table and a few chairs with gum fruits. Because the gum fruit took a long time to dry, he left the furniture in the old house to let it dry slowly. It had been left to dry for almost a month now and should be ready to be used.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A space in the corner of the living room was tidied up and the table and chairs were placed there. The chairs had no backs. They were simple, round, three-legged stools.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the first time these few beastmen encountered furniture and they were very curious about it. Chen Qi indicated that they could sit on the stool and carefully demonstrated it to them. There was no need to go out during the snowstorm, and things at home weren\u2019t too busy. So Chen Qi planned to let the few of them continue to practice writing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yesterday, he\u2019d collected six full bags of gum tree leaves and Ake had also brought back four bags on his own. Chen Qi took out a stack of the leaves. The leaves were very thick and their surface was slightly rough. Writing with quill pens might not be very effective. So Chen Qi took out the ink brushes he\u2019d made and gave one to each of them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thick dye-fruit liquid was mixed well. Previously, he had made several small wooden dishes. At the moment, there was just enough for each person to get one to fill with black dye-fruit liquid. Chen Qi wrote a string of characters on the leaves with an ink brush to try out the effect. Although the handwriting was still too ugly to look at directly, he had to admit that the texture of the gum tree leaves was really quite similar to paper. Chen Qi gave everyone a few leaves each. &#8220;Try using these leaves to review the characters you learned yesterday. After the dye-fruit liquid in front of you is finished, I will teach everyone new characters.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The few of them responded with sounds of acknowledgement. Chen Qi taught them the proper hand form to hold the ink brush, and they began to practice seriously. The room was quiet aside from the occasional crackling from the fire.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After lunch, a strong wind suddenly began to blow. The locust dragon windows did not have very good sound insulation. Sitting indoors, the loud howls could be heard from the outside. Chen Qi looked up at the roof, very concerned that the wind would overturn the whole roof.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s fine.\u201d Aze saw Chen Qi&#8217;s anxiousness and patted him on the hand. &#8220;The house was built very sturdily.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi nodded. He was a southerner. The number of times he\u2019d seen snow in <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dalian*<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was very small. It is his first time seeing such a large snowstorm. Although he was still uneasy, having Aze next to him, his restless heart calmed down.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Google says this is an actual city: Dalian is a modern port city on the Liaodong Peninsula, at the southern tip of China\u2019s Liaoning Province<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67a99261 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67a99261\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Crossing\u00a0 to Live in the Wilderness Plains (CLWP)\u00a0 is translated by Betwixted Translations. The site you&#8217;re reading this chapter on stole our translation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f6c5899 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f6c5899\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the afternoon, after they had all used up their own dish of dye-fruit liquid, Chen Qi handed them the sand trays he\u2019d made and they used wood sticks to practice writing on the sand trays. After writing, they could smooth the sand out with their hands and use it repeatedly, which was much more convenient than using the exhaustible gum tree leaves.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studying was a very boring activity. Although Chen Qi disliked his own handwriting, he couldn&#8217;t stand practicing it for a whole morning. While the others repeatedly practiced writing names, he ran off to pick out some sweet potatoes. He pulled out some cooled charcoal from the fire and buried the sweet potatoes into the charcoal, then added some red-hot charcoal over it to start roasting the sweet potatoes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strong winds occasionally forced some snowflakes to break in through the heavy fur door-curtain. The sudden gust of cold air made Chen Qi shiver. For the first time, Chen Qi regretted not having a wooden door for his new home. If they were to add a wooden door now, it would have to be after the snowstorm stopped. Chen Qi threw a few sticks of wood into the fire to let it burn more vigorously and found several heavier pieces of wood to hold down the hide curtain so that the wind would not blow in as easily.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChen Qi.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi, who was standing by the window watching the snow, was lost in thought when he heard someone calling him. He turned back and saw Aze approaching. Chen Qi smiled and asked, &#8220;What is it?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aze glanced through the window at the white snowfield outside. The yard that had been cleaned up before was covered with thick snow again. &#8220;I have learned to write everyone\u2019s names. Can you teach me new characters?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi was a little surprised. &#8220;Then write them out and show them to me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aze nodded, and the two men walked over to the table. Aze sat down, took a new leaf, and used the ink brush to write everyone\u2019s names on it, stroke by stroke. Chen Qi leaned over and looked at it. He found that even the little wolf cub\u2019s name had been written down.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAze, you are really amazing.\u201d Chen Qi praised. Just how long had it been since he learned to write? Aze even went out to hunt most of yesterday and hadn&#8217;t had time to practice much. Not only was his handwriting better than Chen Qi\u2019s, but as a beginner, these names could already be considered to be quite complicated. Yet Aze wrote them all without any mistakes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hearing Chen Qi&#8217;s praise, Aze&#8217;s ears turned reddish and a thin smile formed on his lips.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi wrote a simple sequence of the Arabic numerals 0 to 9 on a leaf and explained it to Aze. Although the beastmen did not understand the written characters, they could still understand their meanings. Chen Qi only had to say it once and Aze understood it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Aze was practicing, Chen Qi went to check on the others and found that besides Ka Luo and Ajing, the rest were already able to proficiently write down everyone&#8217;s names too. They could also distinguish them even when the characters were scrambled, with the correct pronunciation and meaning of each word.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One on one, Chen Qi taught them simple Arabic numerals. While everyone was immersed in their writing practice, he estimated that the roasted sweet potatoes should be ready, and took a wooden stick to rummage in the fire.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cChen Qi, you\u2019re actually sneaking off to eat on your own.\u201d Smelling the fragrant scent of the roasted sweet potatoes, Ka Luo shook out his slightly sore hand and muttered discontentedly.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi grinned mischievously and tossed a still hot roasted sweet potato directly at Ka Luo. Ka Luo hurriedly put down his writing stick and scrambled to catch it. Then, it burned him and he let out a cry.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi rolled all the roasted sweet potatoes out and piled them to one side. He picked one up and broke it in half, then blew on the steaming orange-yellow sweet potato flesh and took a bite. The sweet potatoes that had been left out for a long time in winter were soft and sweet. While eating contentedly, Chen Qi said to the few of them sitting at the table, \u201cYou\u2019ve all been writing for a long time. Are you hungry? Do you want to have a snack before continuing?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people at the table looked at each other, then all of them put down what they were holding and went over to the fire. Each of them picked up a hot roasted sweet potato and ate it. The hot sweet potato entering their mouths made their whole person feel warm from the inside out.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAze, here\u2019s one for you.\u201d Chen Qi handed half of his roasted sweet potato to Aze, who was sitting beside him. Aze accepted it with a smile, peeled off the slightly burnt potato skin and took a bite.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After eating, everyone continued their writing practice, while Chen Qi tried to work out how to teach them how to read.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi, who learned how to read in primary school, had long forgotten how he started learning the written characters. He wished he could follow the ancient scholars by commencing his teachings from the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Character Classic*<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thousand Character Classic**<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">las, all he could remember from the Three Character Classic and Thousand Character Classic was <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Man at birth is fundamentally good in nature\u2019***<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The sky was black and the earth was yellow\u2019****<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Reluctantly, he gave up that idea.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(From wikipedia) The Three Character Classic is one of the Chinese classic texts. The text is written in triplets of characters for easy memorization. With the short and simple text arranged in three-character verses, children learned many common characters, grammar structures, elements of Chinese history and the basis of Confucian morality, especially filial piety and respect for elders (the Five Relationships in Chinese society).<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">**<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(From wikipedia) The Thousand Character Classic is a Chinese poem that has been used as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children from the sixth century onward. It contains exactly one thousand characters, each used only once, arranged into 250 lines of four characters apiece and grouped into four line rhyming stanzas to make it easy to memorize. It is sung in a way similar to children learning the Latin alphabet sing an &#8220;alphabet song.&#8221; Along with the Three Character Classic and the Hundred Family Surnames, it has formed the basis of literacy training in traditional China.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***\u4eba\u4e4b\u521d r\u00e9n zh\u012b ch\u016b man at birth (is fundamentally good in nature); the first line of Three Character Classic.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">****\u5929\u5730\u7384\u9ec4 ti\u0101n d\u00ec xu\u00e1n hu\u00e1ng The first line of the Thousand Character Classic. <\/span><\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><br \/><\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi did not have any experience teaching people, and he was not sure how to make them not feel bored when learning. In the end, he thought that since the beast people liked to listen to his stories so much, he would start teaching with words from those stories. Fortunately, these beastmen students were very enthusiastic about learning, and were very smart, that they could afford to let Chen Qi, this inexperienced teacher, toss them about at will.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chen Qi simply recorded the mermaid story he\u2019d first told them on the gum tree leaves. It was just to help with character recognition, so he only wrote the story\u2019s summary. He wrote several characters incorrectly in the middle. In the end, he could only transcribe it again. Although the story was not long, it still filled two gum tree leaves.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He\u2019d already taught them the new Arabic numerals today, so he didn\u2019t plan to teach another new thing yet and put away the two gum tree leaves. Then Chen Qi also picked up a brush and continued to practice calligraphy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The snowstorm showed no sign of stopping until the next day. There was much less wind and the roof was already covered thickly with snow. Chen Qi was worried that the roof would collapse from the weight and asked Aze to clear the snow from the roof. It was then that Chen Qi learned that the beast people did not have the habit of clearing snow from the roofs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLetting the snow accumulate on the roof all winter\u2026 Aren&#8217;t you afraid the house will collapse?\u201d Chen Qi\u2019s head was full of black lines.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beastmen were silent for a moment before Azhang asked, &#8220;Why would the house collapse if the snow was not cleared?&#8221; He only knew that several houses in the tribe would be destroyed every winter. He always thought it was because of a problem with the viscosity of the melted gum fruits, and had never considered the issue of accumulated snow.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNaturally, snow has weight too. Before the snow freezes, better clear the snow off the roof first.\u201d Chen Qi said, supporting his forehead.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The few people looked at each other then split up to clear the snow from their new houses. Their new houses had just been built and the gum fruit was not completely dry yet. They absolutely can\u2019t let them be destroyed because they didn\u2019t clear the snow off the roof.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a89aa6d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1a89aa6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44373b6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44373b6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: Lato, Arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Words from the Translation Crew<\/span><\/h3><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal;\">Miiya: The studies begin&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-563a1ca5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"563a1ca5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60e6f737 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60e6f737\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71a7c28b\" data-id=\"71a7c28b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58978080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58978080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Translator: Miiya<\/em><br \/><em>Editor: MushroomNight73<br \/>Proofreader: Yume<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d02f6c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"50d02f6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e340787 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e340787\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71b50dfb\" data-id=\"71b50dfb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3078c43a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3078c43a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Editor stepping into the realm of MTL translating, starting with CLWP. 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