CHAPTER 558: CHAPTER 541: GRAND LEADER 59 FOUR THOUSAND WORDS_3

Although honey is hard to come by, it’s not very expensive because honey cannot fill one’s belly, and to primitive people, anything that doesn’t satisfy hunger is considered worthless.

As for culinary desires, such concerns are not high on the list for primitive people. While the Great Tribe never lacks food, it’s merely that—never lacking. Eating to fullness doesn’t mean eating well, is the significance of eating meat every day the same as eating vegetables every day?

But for Yan Shuangshuang, honey is a treasure; it’s highly nutritious and leads to many culinary delights.

For example, the Yanhuang Tribe’s beloved dish, Immortal Tofu. With honey, whether it’s directly drizzling it over the tofu or making it into fruit jam paired with Immortal Tofu, the deliciousness is greatly enhanced!

Seeing Yan Shuangshuang standing in front of his stall, that primitive man selling honey enthusiastically greeted her, "Miss, are you looking to buy this sweet nectar? If you like it, I can give you a discount—a slice of meat for three shells of sweet nectar."

A slice of meat for three shells of honey is quite a bargain; by sight, the shells are even larger than those Yan Shuangshuang’s group uses to store salt! It’s an offer not to be missed!

In a generous spirit, Yan Shuangshuang decided to trade all the dried meat in her basket for honey. However, it turned out the amount of honey was too great for what she had, but she didn’t mind. She simply asked the tribe selling the honey to send it to the Yanhuang Tribe, promising to provide the remaining dried meat later.

The man selling honey saw Yan Shuangshuang’s generosity and became instantly delighted, his face brimming with excitement. If converting sweet nectar to meat was simple, then delivering it was no big deal. He immediately agreed, and with ten or so people, he carried all the honey away.

On the way, he learned that it was Yan Shuangshuang’s first visit to the Mutual Market and warmly shared various market news with her. Yan Shuangshuang also learned he wasn’t a professional honey seller—his primary job was weapon repair.

In this world, weapons were made from gemstones—extremely hard and rarely damaged, though not unbreakable. Like when Shuangshuang found the White Stone Fruit Forest, the Hunting Team’s Stone Axe got smashed by a giant ape.

Due to the hardness of gemstones, even if damaged, the weapons typically aren’t severely impaired. A simple re-sharpening can restore their use.

But gemstone polishing is tough, and many lack the patience to do it, choosing instead to send weapons to the Mutual Market, where specialized repairers help sharpen their damaged weapons. This honey-selling family also does this.

The reason they moonlight as honey sellers is due to their tribe’s location. Except during cold and hot seasons, flowers bloom all year—with flowers, there are bees. When a starving, lost individual stumbled upon the fact that honey was edible, the tribe brought honey back as food.

However, honey is sweet and delicious in one bite, perhaps enjoyable after several bites, but too much becomes overwhelmingly sweet. Eating it as a staple would be self-torture.

Though it can’t substitute meals, honey’s production is abundant. Due to a primitive instinct, they can’t resist eating. They compulsively gather honey, accumulating more than they can consume, making the sight of the excess bothersome, and with no room left, throwing away food is not their way. Thus, honey became a hot commodity.

Ultimately, their tribe’s leader and Witch decided to sell the honey at the Mutual Market as they were already going there for weapon repair. Taking honey along was no hassle.

After saying this, the man kindly advised Yan Shuangshuang, "If your tribe’s population is small, it’s best not to buy that much honey. Honey isn’t a meal substitute; buying a bit for a taste is sufficient, no need to waste so much."

Yan Shuangshuang felt a bit embarrassed by the man’s sincerity. Actually, she was certain the honey wouldn’t go to waste; it might even be insufficient. Having pondered, she decided to tell the man the correct way to use honey.

From his description, their territory’s honey was already flooding. Even if they learned the right way to consume honey, they wouldn’t run out of it to sell to her in the future. Yes, Yan Shuangshuang planned to establish a long-term purchasing relationship with them.