Yingbao and Wei Zhan were talking and gesturing animatedly, and she handed out a handful of hard candies to the dirty and bare-bottomed children.
The children eagerly took them and immediately put them in their mouths.
Within moments, they were screaming with joy, surrounding Yingbao, hoping for more.
Yingbao picked up a twig and began to draw on the ground, her drawings indicated that if they wanted more candy, they would need to trade something from their homes.
Anything would do, even seeds from vegetables.
Most children didn't understand, but the adult primitives did. They immediately went home to find some seeds to give to the dark-haired witch.
Yingbao inspected each seed. Among them, she found one kind of seed that was similar in size to soybeans and was elongated.
She gestured and asked the locals, "Can these be eaten?"
The Primitive with yellow curled hair nodded in response.
Eventually, Yingbao bartered wheat for many of these beans.