Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 97

Chapter 97

It is impossible to eat oneself to poverty. The supplies in the tribe are more abundant than ever before. Not to mention the prey in the breeding areas of the two tribes, but the prey stored in the caves is enough for everyone to eat until the middle of the snow season, not to mention corn, wheat and other grains.

All the sweet potatoes bought at the market were stored by Bai Tu. These are for planting in the spring. There was a lot of wheat, and only a portion of it was left as spring wheat seeds, and the rest could be eaten.

All the corn planted in the second round was harvested before it froze, because if we waited any longer the corn would be frozen. I have to say that the plants here are more tenacious. This batch of corn is not as mature as the first round of corn, but the corn kernels are basically grown. Bai Tu let everyone freeze them directly and left some to roast. Recently, about a hundred corns are roasted for every meal.

Of course, grilled corn tastes different from grilled meat, but after eating meat for so many years, we have recently gotten used to changing the taste occasionally.

In addition to corn and wheat, the tribe also stores a lot of fruits, most of which are in the form of dried fruits. Bai Tu initially planned to make dried fruits to sell at the market. There are especially many fruits this summer, and everyone mainly eats melons, which are not easy to process. There are many apples, mangoes, strawberries, cherries, etc. left over, which are directly transported to the market for sale. The food eaten by the orcs on the way is more valuable than these fruits. After being made into dried fruits, they are more durable in storage, and their volume is reduced, making them more convenient to transport.

I just didn’t expect that the dried fruits I made would be very popular with the orcs. When the weather gets cold, people don’t like to eat fruits very much because the temperature outside is low and the fruits are so cold. But dried fruits are different, especially some dried fruits have honey added to them, which make them taste more fragrant than eating the fruits directly.

Seeing that everyone likes it so much, and the food in the tribe is enough for everyone to exchange for the necessary salt, animal skins and other supplies, we didn’t take the dried fruits out to the market this time. After setting the price, everyone can exchange them and eat them at any time.

Dried fruits are durable in storage and can be kept in a low-temperature and dry cave for a year without any problem, not to mention in such a cold winter. As for the temperature rising after winter, there is no need to worry. According to the current situation, these dried fruits will not last until after winter. Fortunately, the fruits will gradually mature starting in spring and they can be replaced.

Compared with previous years, the living standard this year has risen more than a little. Not only the Snow Rabbit Tribe, but even the Wolf Tribe has stored more food than before. This is an extremely exciting thing. With sufficient food, even Lang Qi’s illness is not so worrying.

Movement in winter is not as convenient as in other seasons. Almost no orcs would choose to attack other tribes in winter unless food resources are so scarce that they cannot survive. So as long as they store enough food, they will be safe, because even if orcs invade, they can fight back. With more people, their combat effectiveness is higher, not to mention that when there is enough food, even if no tribe comes, the little wolves will want to move their claws.

Under such circumstances, even though there is more to do this winter than in previous years, everyone is still very happy. In the past, they didn’t like to move in winter because there was little food, and they tried to stay in the cave to reduce physical exertion. Now that they are full, they don’t complain about work at all.

Bai Tu handed the sickle pattern to Bai Hui and explained the precautions. The sickle must be thin and sharp enough, and the difficulty of making it is similar to that of an iron knife.

After this period of training, Bai Hui can already forge various iron tools easily. After Bai Tu finished explaining, he quickly understood it, asked about a few details, and promised to make the finished product and send it to him in the next two days.

Everyone is used to these processes. After Bai Tu draws the patterns, Bai Hui will not lead people to mass production directly. Instead, he will first make one or two and send them to Bai Tu to see whether the final product meets the requirements. If there is no problem, he will start mass production to avoid too much waste due to mistakes.

Bai Hui was very confident in making these plans. After making sure that the other party understood, he slowly walked towards the cafeteria, with Lang Qi following behind him.

In the afternoon, except for some orcs who were resting and got up late to eat, almost no one came. Bai Tu came at an unfortunate time, and all the food left over from lunch was eaten up.

“What do you want to eat, Tu? I’ll make it for you.” Tu Mu said. When others eat, he still has to check the time, but if Bai Tu is hungry, he can get up and make it for him even in the middle of the night.

“Let me see what’s available.” Bai Tu couldn’t think of any particular food he wanted to eat for the moment. After all, the food in the tribe was only a few different kinds, and if he kept eating the same food over and over again, he would get tired of it even if the chef’s cooking skills were good.

The kitchen was preparing food for dinner. Bai Tu wanted to go in and take a look, but as he opened the door, the bloody smell of raw meat hit him in the face. Bai Tu couldn’t help but frown.

He didn’t know if it was because his physical condition had improved recently, but his sense of smell seemed to be more sensitive than before. He had always been uncomfortable with the smell of blood, and now it was even more so. Not only was he not used to it, he also felt a little nauseous.

Bai Tu stopped at the door and didn’t go in. He closed the door, walked outside and took a few deep breaths until all the smells from his nose dissipated and he felt a little more comfortable. Turning around and seeing half a basket of wheat next to him, Bai Tu suddenly wanted to eat a pancake. Food that can be found everywhere in modern times, I have never eaten it since I came here.

There are some things that you just can’t think about. The more you think about them, the more greedy you

become. Bai Tu pointed to the half basket of wheat and said to Lang Qi, “Grind some flour.” It is definitely not possible to use wheat directly to make pancakes. The first step is to grind the wheat into flour. Before, the amount of wheat was small, and all the whole wheat grains were kept as seeds. The rest were eaten, so there was no chance to grind flour.

This time I exchanged dozens of baskets of wheat at the market. A small portion of it is enough for seeds, and the rest is all in the canteen.

It’s just that Tumu has his own way of cooking meat, and he can also cook some vegetables. Bai Tu had previously told him several ways to eat corn, and with his own research, he can now make it in several different ways. But when it comes to wheat, he doesn’t know what to do.

There are two ways to eat wheat now. One is to cook it directly into porridge like corn kernels, and the other is to grind it first and then cook it in a pot. It is similar to porridge, but the latter can be drunk directly without chewing.

I originally wanted to roast it like corn, but the corn that is not fully ripe tastes good when roasted, while the wheat is fully ripe and dried, so it would get burnt if it was even slightly roasted, and the taste is not good.

I couldn’t think of a suitable way to eat it at the moment, and the number of people in the tribe has increased recently, so the kitchen is under a lot of pressure, so all the remaining wheat is piled here.

Grinding flour is not an easy task. Bai Tu didn’t feel comfortable to trouble Tu Mu who was already busy enough, so he asked Lang Qi to do it directly.

Lang Qi had no opinion on what he wanted to do, as long as Bai Tu was there. With a white map in hand, he would be willing to work not only grinding flour but also digging coal.

There is a ready-made stone mill in the kitchen. It was originally used to grind cornmeal, and wheat has been ground before. However, if you want to grind the wheat into flour, it is not enough to just grind it once. You have to grind it repeatedly until the flour and the husk are separated, and then use a sieve to sift out all the wheat husks.

The sifted wheat bran can be kept as feed and will not be wasted. Wheat flour is added with water to make batter. Since there is no special griddle for making pancakes, Bai Tu makes it directly in a frying pan.

Batter, eggs, chopped green onions… everything was there except fried fruits. Finally, some barbecued meat was stuffed in it. Bai Tu was very satisfied.

Add eggs to one side of the pancake, and the two sides have different textures, one side is crispy and delicious, the other side is soft and salty. It would be even better if some fried dough sticks or fried fruits could be added.

All the ingredients are made by themselves. Due to technical reasons, the taste cannot be compared with those sold in small stalls, but Bai Tu is already very satisfied to be able to eat a pancake with an 80% authenticity in this environment.

There was still a lot of flour left, and enough batter to make a few more. Bai Tu simply made them all and ate three in one go. Lang Qi ate one and left one for Bai An, Bai Chen, Tu Bing, Lang Ze and others. Tu Mu next to him ate two in a row. Finally, he decisively put the making of pancakes on the agenda.

Thinking of this, Tu Mu rubbed his hands and said to Bai Tu, “Tu, the cafeteria is still short of people.”

Originally, there were enough people in the cafeteria, and even if someone came here hungry in the afternoon or at night, they could take time to help prepare some food. But recently so many people from the Vulture Tribe have come, and even if only one-third of the people remain in the tribe, the workload has increased.

Now they have almost finished cleaning up the lunch and have to start preparing food for the evening. There is almost no free time in between. Tu Mu originally thought that he could handle the heavier workload, but after a few days he felt that it was not going well and he still needed more help.

Although you can tell anyone about arranging people, it is most efficient to tell Bai Tu. If you report today, you can arrange people by tomorrow.

Bai Tu also realized that he had indeed missed the canteen when assigning work. It took a lot of time to consider just a few related tasks, and many tasks on the tribe side had not yet been adjusted.

These are what I have been busy with in my free time recently. I can only feel at ease if the staff related to food, ironware, etc. are from my own tribe. Bai Tu agreed: “I’ll go back and look through the list and add a few for you.” In order to facilitate the allocation of work and future adjustments, he classified the skills of the orcs. For example, if the cafeteria is short of people, priority will be given to those who have some cooking skills, so that they can get started more easily after they come.

Regarding the efficiency of adjusting the number of people, it is not that other people are not dedicated, but that Bai An and others will ask Bai Tu whether it is appropriate when arranging the adjustment work, but Bai Tu does not need this step when doing it himself.

After hearing the reply, Tu Mu knew that there would be no problem. He looked at the wheat next to him and thought about the food he had just eaten, and said excitedly: “I will grind all of these into flour.” Tu Mu didn’t know how Bai Tu came up with so many ways to eat it, but obviously, the pancake he ate today was better than the wheat porridge he made before.

So much wheat would be in the way if it was kept here, so he decided to make it all into pancakes. Tu Mu wants to see if anyone else says that he only knows how to make porridge with new foods! The orcs were not very interested in food with a light taste. They originally had corn porridge, and now they added wheat porridge. Apart from the different sizes of the ingredients, there was almost no difference in taste. They had complained about it more than once, and Tu Mu was so angry that he directly removed the wheat porridge.

Bai Tu had no objection to his arrangement. After all, the kitchen was managed by Tu Mu. He just gave a slight reminder: “Don’t make all the pancakes at once.” There was a lot of wheat, but if you made all the pancakes for everyone to eat, it wouldn’t last long and it would be easy to get tired of it. Flour could be used to make more than just one kind of food.

Apart from other things, once there is a large amount of flour, you can make steamed buns, as well as dumplings, buns and other pasta.

Recalling the fragrant white flour buns just out of the pot, the steaming meat buns, and the dumplings with various fillings… Bai Tu felt that he could still eat more.

Thinking of the pancake he had just eaten, Bai Tu couldn’t help but be shocked. Even if the frying pan in the tribe was not as big as the griddle on the stall, and the pancakes made were a little small, the three together were not a small amount, not to mention that the eggs would be large. In the past, he would not have needed to eat for the whole day after eating this meal, but now he still had an appetite for other foods, such as the braised meat that had just come out of the pot on the other side. He smelled the aroma. It took half an afternoon to grind the flour and make the pancakes, and dinner was almost ready.

Bai Tu’s appetite has changed for a few days, and Lang Qi can guess what he wants just by looking at him. Without him saying anything, he will just go to the side and get some food.

Bai Tu, who was hesitating whether to eat it or not, stopped hesitating immediately when he saw the steaming braised meat. He had eaten so much today, so he might as well have a bite.