Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Recently, the two people’s eating habit is that Bai Tu starts eating first, and Lang Qi feeds the two cubs. After the cubs have finished eating, Lang Qi starts again. He eats fast, and in the end, the two of them just finish eating at the same time.

It was the same today, but Lang Qi was obviously absent-minded when feeding the cubs, as if he was thinking about something. His spoon was almost reaching the cubs’ heads. Bai Tu guessed that cooking was too tiring, and took the initiative to help share the burden: “Let me feed them today, or one each?”

Hearing his voice, Lang Qi’s hands trembled, and the porridge in the spoon almost spilled on the cubs’ heads, but his face was still calm: “I can, you eat first.”

Bai Tu saw that he seemed to be determined on the surface, but there was still something wrong with his hands’ movements. He was a little worried. Could it be that he was tired from cooking too much and doing too much tribal work recently?

Thinking of this, Bai Tu decided to assign less work to Lang Qi tomorrow. The main reason was that Lang Qi was always by his side, and he was used to asking him to do everything recently. Not only did it save the time of calling other people, but it also made him feel more at ease when Lang Qi was doing the work.

Thinking of this, Bai Tu quickened his eating speed and decided to help wash the dishes starting today. He felt embarrassed when he thought about it. There have been a lot of things happening in the tribe recently and Lang Qi has been busy with these. Bai Tu coughed lightly in embarrassment.

The wolf, who had just finished feeding the cubs, picked up the chopsticks and started to eat. He noticed from the corner of his eye that his eyes were not on him, so he relaxed.

Bai Tu was still thinking about Lang Qi’s recent hard work, so he picked up a small fish and put it into Lang Qi’s bowl: “Eat more, you’ve been working hard recently.”

Hearing the word “hard work”, Lang Qi’s heart, which had just been relieved, was lifted up again.

Fortunately, Bai Tu didn’t say anything else. Wolf Qi finished his meal without tasting the food. He stuffed the two cubs into Bai Tu’s arms more quickly than ever before and cleared the table skillfully.

Bai Tu had just swallowed the last bite of food and before he could even say anything, he met the gaze of the two cubs.

After a difficult choice between taking care of the cubs and clearing the table, Bai Tu decided to take care of the cubs.

Seeing that his attention was attracted by the cub, Lang Qi sped up. For the rest of the day, Lang Qi was almost busy. Every time Bai Tu wanted to call someone over, Lang Qi would get the job done in the first time.

Bai Tu originally planned to let him take a break, but he found that the other party had done more in the past two days.

Finally finding a time when both of them were free, Bai Tu immediately began to ask: “Do you have something to say?” He felt that Lang Qi was too abnormal today, completely different from before.

I originally guessed that the other party had recovered his memory, but was embarrassed to say it out loud, so he was compensating. However, after observing him for a day, I found that except for being too diligent in front of him, his behavior in front of other people was exactly the same as after he lost his memory, so it was not memory recovery.

Bai Tu thought about it for a long time but still couldn’t figure out what was going on. Although being more diligent is a good thing, Lang Qi already has enough things to do, and now he has added more work to himself. Bai Tu is not Zhou Baopi, so of course he can’t stand it.

“Just tell me what you want. There’s no need to be like this.” After thinking it over, Bai Tu realized that it could only be that there was something he wanted or something he wanted to ask for, so he just asked directly.

However, he was somewhat surprised by Lang Qi’s reaction after hearing these words. He rarely answered immediately.

Bai Tu couldn’t bear to see the other party in trouble, so he waved his hand and said, “Forget it.” There are not many things that can make Lang Qi feel entangled. Since he doesn’t want to speak, it must be a private matter. It is better to wait until the other party is willing to speak.

Soon, Bai Tu no longer had the energy to figure out Lang Qi’s abnormality.

Shi Ning gave birth to a cub in the Yellow Lion Tribe. However, due to too much stress during the pregnancy and the fact that she had been trying to find out the whereabouts of the previous cub, she was overthinking and malnourished, so the newborn cub had a very weak breath and was smaller than the other little lions.

The Yellow Lion tribe looked at the little lion, whose cries were almost inaudible, and then looked at Shi Ning, who was lying on the bed and not letting anyone get close to the cub, and they were helpless.

It would be fine if they were just not allowed to get close to the cubs, after all, there are orcs who are naturally very protective of their cubs. Some orcs can raise their cubs alone until they are three years old without letting their other partner see them, while others start taking care of their cubs with their partner as soon as they are born.

But Shi Ning was obviously not just protecting her cubs. Because of her last experience and the fact that she was weak after giving birth, she was very wary of everyone. She had hardly eaten anything for two days and only drank a little water.

Shi Ning’s body was weaker than the others, and she did not have enough milk to feed the cubs, and she refused to eat. If she continued like this, not only the cubs, but even the adults would not be able to survive.

Everyone couldn’t do anything about Shi Ning, and they couldn’t bear to see the little lion become so weak, so they had no choice but to ask Bai Tu for help and ask him what to do.

Bai Tu asked about the other party’s current condition, especially when he learned that the little lion had hardly eaten since birth. He immediately took a dose of tranquilizer and gave it to Shi Su, and asked Shi Jia to take Shi Su to the cafeteria to get some food that Shi Ning liked to eat when he lived here before.

Most of the reasons for Shi Ning’s current condition can be attributed to Shi Ken. The last cub was taken away just after it was born, which was a huge blow to her, so she is so protective of her cub. As for her refusal to eat, Bai Tu guessed that it was because she had just given birth and had turned into a beast, which slightly affected her thinking. In addition, she suddenly changed her environment before giving birth, and she probably felt that the place she was in was too dangerous, so she refused to eat or drink.

Shi Ning was doing fine during the few days he stayed in the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Bai Tu hoped that the familiar food would help him relax. The tranquilizer contained a sleeping pill. Thinking that the cub was not in good health, Bai Tu simply discussed with Shi Su about sending Shi Ning back.

“I’ll send Shi Ken to the Leopard Tribe.” Bai Tu said. At that time, Shi Su sent Shi Ken and others over. Shi Ning was afraid to be in the same environment with him. In addition, other pregnant lions had to go to the Yellow Lion Tribe. Shi Ning hesitated between the two tribes, and finally chose to stay away from Shi Ken.

Shi Ning obviously did not expect that she would be in her current state after giving birth to the cubs. It seems better to send her back now. Bai Tu thought that if she lives here, he can take care of her nearby.

Compared with the two, Shi Ning is definitely more important, so Shi Ken should be sent far away. It is very suitable to go to the Leopard Tribe, which is far away from the Snow Rabbit Tribe but has a not too low military strength.

The Leopard Tribe does not have as much work to do in winter as the Snow Rabbit Tribe, but it is not completely without work. For example, someone has to break the large pieces of coal that have been dug out into small pieces.

Shi Su went back to find a way to get Shi Ning to drink the medicine and eat, while Bai Tu asked the patrol team to send Shi Ken out at the same time, and both sides proceeded at the same time.

After the patrol team left, Bai Tu couldn’t help but curse Shi Ken again. The other party was definitely the most shameless person he had ever seen. Shi Ken had been in the Snow Rabbit Tribe for several days, but he was still asking others about Shi Ning’s whereabouts with a deep affection, as if he was not wrong and everyone else was a villain who was trying to break up the couple.

Because he couldn’t see Shi Ning, Shi Ken even went on a hunger strike for a few days. However, the Rabbit Tribe didn’t have a good impression of him to begin with, and when they saw him on a hunger strike, they didn’t try to persuade him and quickly took the food away. Every piece of food in the tribe is a precious commodity. Even if there is a lot of food, it cannot be wasted. If the lion is not willing to eat it, it certainly cannot be left there to be wasted.

Shi Ken’s appearance could only deceive himself. Everyone had seen or heard about what happened to Shi Ning. Although they were not from the same tribe, the act of abandoning even one’s own cubs was definitely something that all normal people hated.

Lang Qi listened silently to Bai Tu’s complaints without saying a word from beginning to end. Only after Bai Tu said a few words did he silently hand over the warm water that was just right for him to drink.

“Fortunately, you are not that kind of person.” Bai Tu took the water and sighed.

Lang Qi froze for a moment.

Shi Su quickly sent Shi Ning over, but he was tied up. Shi Ning did eat some of the food that was brought back, but he refused to drink a single sip of the medicine that was prepared.

The orcs in the Yellow Lion Tribe who were in charge of taking care of the cubs felt that they could not continue like this. After all, the cubs were even weaker, and it would probably take some time for Shi Ning to voluntarily drink the medicine. The cubs would definitely not be able to hold on. The group of people decided to go all out and tied up Shi Ning, and then poured medicine into her mouth while she was struggling.

Shi Ning still wanted to hold on, but she had not rested since giving birth to the cubs, and she had consumed too much energy while struggling. She fell asleep not long after drinking the medicine. Shi Su took advantage of this time to quickly send people over.

Bai Tu checked the cub first. It was definitely the smallest lion cub he had ever seen. Some of the orcs brought back from the Crazy Lion Tribe had given birth to cubs during this period. Bai Tu had seen those cubs. Because their parents were relatively large in size, the cubs were larger than the rabbit cubs when they were born, but the one in his hand was about the same size as a rabbit cub.

The smaller the cub, the harder it is to raise it, not to mention that the one in his hand had hardly eaten anything since it was born. Shi Ning cannot be blamed for this matter at all. She is now out of her mind and thinks that everyone else is trying to snatch the cubs, so she is so defensive.

When they saw Shi Ning in human form before, they could already tell that he had lost weight, but he was wearing animal skins after all, so they could only see the exposed parts such as his face and arms. Now that they saw him in animal form, they realized that he was even thinner than they had imagined. The ribs on his back were clearly visible, and his hair was messy and without any luster.

The mother is like this, not to mention the condition of the cub, which is not only small but also very thin. Bai Tu sighed, and asked Tu Mu to get some milk to feed the cub while Shi Ning was still asleep, and also cooked some nutritious food for Shi Ning that was easy to digest.

“It’s very obedient. It didn’t bark all the way.” Looking at the little lion drinking goat milk in Bai Tu’s hand, Shi Su praised. Many of the cubs he had seen were very noisy, but this one was particularly quiet.

Bai Tu, who was feeding the little lion, looked up at the other party and didn’t know how to describe his feelings for a moment.

The cubs need to be fed every few hours. The little lion has not eaten since it was born, not because it is quiet, but because it has fainted from hunger.

Bai Tu explained it to Shi Su, and told him that if there were any cubs in the tribe who had been sleeping for most of the day and were not awake, they must remember to feed them.

Orcs are more casual about raising cubs, and many of them do not know the correct way to raise cubs. How much they eat depends entirely on the cubs’ abilities. If the cubs are willing to eat, they will feed them. If the cubs are unwilling to eat, they rarely take the initiative to feed them, thinking that the cubs are not hungry. However, in fact, the cubs have fainted from hunger and of course will not look for food.

Not only Shi Su, but several other people nearby heard this for the first time, especially the orcs who had not taken care of the cubs. After hearing it, they suddenly realized that not all cubs would look for food when they were hungry.

“Take a few hourglasses back later.” Bai Tu still remembered the other dozen orcs, almost all of whom were pregnant, but some were pregnant at different ages. In addition, the Yellow Lion tribe would definitely have cubs born this winter. In order to reduce the number of cubs starving, Bai Tu did not even ask for supplies and took the initiative to give out a few hourglasses.

“If there are still cubs that haven’t eaten after the hourglass runs out, remember to feed them.” The hourglass he gave Shi Su was about four hours. The reason he added an “about” was because the time on an hourglass longer than an hour was not accurate enough and could only be an approximate time. The cubs needed to be fed every four or five hours, so it was reasonable to feed them according to the time on the hourglass.

Shi Su had seen the glass of the Snow Rabbit Tribe before, but in order to protect privacy and the safety of the glass, all the glass windows were positioned relatively high. Shi Su had seen it but had no chance to touch the glass. Seeing Bai Tu handing over a transparent and smooth hourglass, he took it carefully and solemnly promised Bai Tu that he would use it on the cub when he returned.

Shi Su is a good person, as can be seen from the fact that he not only saved his sister, but also saved all the lions who were imprisoned in the cave, not to mention that he made two special trips for Shi Ning.

Bai Tu didn’t feel sorry for giving the hourglass to the other party. After all, the main cost of this thing lies in the craftsmanship. It is not difficult to make after researching the formula. In addition, the resources around the Snow Rabbit Tribe are relatively abundant, so it didn’t take much time to collect the raw materials and the cost was not high.

It takes most of the day to travel from the Yellow Lion Tribe to the Snow Rabbit Tribe, and there is also a Black Haired Tribe next to it with which they had just had a conflict. Shi Su did not stay here for too long. He left after seeing the little lion finish drinking the goat’s milk, but took two sheep with him before leaving.

“We will send a cow over after winter is over.” Shi Su said. A cow is much heavier than two sheep, but their tribe really needs goat milk to feed the cubs, so they would rather catch more prey and send them over after spring.

Bai Tu knew that he prepared it for the dozen or so rescued orcs. After all, those people were almost as thin as Shi Ning, and they probably couldn’t feed their cubs by themselves.

After Shi Su left, Bai Tu continued to look after the little lion for a while. This little lion was too small. It was okay to keep it in his arms all the time, but it started to tremble as soon as he let it out.

Bai Tu arranged an incubator for the cub, and borrowed an orc from Tu Cai to take care of the cub, asking her to help feed the cub from time to time. After all, he had other things to do and couldn’t always have time to come over.

The task of taking care of Shi Ning fell on Shi Jia. On the one hand, the other party had recently taken care of his own cubs and had experience. On the other hand, Shi Ning had been with Shi Jia when he was in the Snow Rabbit Tribe before, so he was not so resistant to Shi Jia’s aura.

What surprised Bai Tu was that when Shi Ning woke up, he did not fight back desperately as Shi Su said. Although he was still in beast form, he seemed to have regained some sanity and was not very hostile to everyone. The first thing he did when he woke up was to look for the cubs.

Guessing that she would definitely not feel comfortable with the cub leaving her sight, Bai Tu placed the incubator directly next to Shi Ning’s bed after it was ready so that she could see it by lifting the animal skin on top.

The moment he saw the cubs, Shi Ning seemed to have regained some strength, but he did not have enough energy to transform back into human form.

Bai Tu had two portions of food brought up. Shi Ning ate very quickly, as if he couldn’t wait to replenish his strength. After taking a few bites, he would look up at the cub and then continue eating.

Perhaps guessing the purpose of the incubator, Shi Ning did not take the cub out of it, but instead wrapped his whole body around the incubator.

The temperature inside and outside the incubator is higher, so she can sleep more peacefully. Bai Tu told Shijia not to worry about it.

Back in the cave, Bai Tu couldn’t help but sigh, “Shi Ken is really evil.” He was angry when he heard what Shi Ken had done, but when he saw Shi Ning’s appearance, especially Shi Ning who was not only thin but also weak after giving birth to the cubs, as if she would faint in the next second, and the little lion whose cry was much smaller than that of the other cubs, he felt sad again, “Shi Ning is unlucky to have met him.”

Lang Qi didn’t say anything, he raised his hands to hold him in his arms, and lowered his head to rub his cheek.

Even though he knew that Lang Qi liked to do this when he had free time, Bai Tu was still stunned for a moment, because Lang Qi seemed to be in a bad mood today.

“What’s wrong?” He remembered that he had recovered in the past two days, so what happened today?

The guilt and uneasiness in Lang Qi’s eyes almost became tangible. He gently kissed Bai Tu on the head. However, no matter what he did, he could not hide the panic in his heart.

Bai Tu looked up, put his arms around the other’s neck, and stroked it gently a few times like stroking the fur, and said worriedly: “Are you feeling uncomfortable? Can you take a rest tomorrow?”

Lang Qi responded softly, feeling his comfort. The trace of blood red in his eyes struggled for a few times, and finally gradually disappeared. Lang Qi lowered his head and rubbed the white map as he did before. Countless emotions mixed together in his chest, and he felt even more uncomfortable than before.

The bloodshot in his eyes appeared and disappeared repeatedly. A familiar and gentle voice was in his ears. In front of him was his favorite person. In his heart was another kind of irritable and complicated feeling. Several emotions were mixed together. The whole person seemed to be divided into two halves, one half was enjoying Bai Tu’s comfort, and the other half was struggling in pain. Lang Qi closed his eyes.

Bai Tu asked two more questions, but didn’t wait for a reply. Seeing that something was indeed wrong with him, he raised his hand and touched the other person’s forehead, and was instantly startled.

Even if his body temperature was usually higher than his, it was too high today, at least over 40 degrees. This was no longer due to a naturally high body temperature, it was definitely a fever.

“Go back to bed and have some rest.” Bai Tu pushed Lang Qi, but the next second, instead of waiting for the other party to go to the bed obediently, Bai Tu saw a familiar big wolf.

Bai Tu was stunned for a moment. After Lang Qi was taken the medicine, it was indeed very easy for him to transform into a beast form. However, after coming back from the market, he could only transform into a beast form a limited number of times during the day. He would only transform into a beast form with him at night to rest.

The giant wolf seemed to be in great pain, and its eyes had turned blood red. Bai Tu remembered this state. It was like this when he had just been taken by the drug and had not yet recovered. But at that time it quickly turned into a human form, and he still hasn’t found the reason.

Bai Tu frowned. The orcs changing into beast form was his most difficult problem. After all, orcs in beast form could not speak and could only express their thoughts with their eyes and actions. He could only rely on guessing.

Fortunately, Bai Tu knew Lang Qi a little better and could feel that he was in great pain. However, this was the only feeling he had and he had no way to solve the problem.

Bai Tu rubbed Lang Qi’s head and wanted to go out and call a wolf to ask Chinese medicine whether there had been similar situations before. After all, the temperature was not much higher last time. However, before he could take a step forward, he was pulled back by Lang Qi.

Bai Tu hurriedly stopped. Under normal circumstances, there would not be much difference between the beast form and the human form. The thinking and behavior were exactly the same as those of a normal orc, and occasionally the characteristics of the race would be more prominent.

Like now, when they have turned into beasts due to some abnormal circumstances, it is often difficult to communicate, and sometimes they will become more paranoid. For example, when Shi Ning had just given birth to cubs, in her cognition, all beastmen would harm her cubs.

And now Lang Qi didn’t let him go out, which was also a behavior deeply engraved in his cognition. In addition, with the experience from last time, Bai Tu hurriedly retreated, gently rubbing the other’s back to comfort him, and coaxing him back into the cave.

Bai Tu was worried that the situation would be the same as last time and that he would be hostile to everyone again. Fortunately, although he was a little unclear this time, he was still easy to talk to. When he saw him walking into the cave, he did not make any extra movements but followed him.

Bai Tu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the two returned to the inner room. The blood red in Lang Qi’s eyes faded a little.

When all the red color faded away and Lang Qi regained consciousness, Bai Tu moved faster and gently soothed the other’s back.

Lang Qi raised his head and rubbed his face a few times. He seemed to like this feeling very much, and a hint of calmness flashed in his eyes.

While comforting the other person, Bai Tu touched his head from time to time and felt that the temperature seemed to be a little lower than before. He was relieved to know that this method was effective. It didn’t matter whether he could go out or not, as long as Lang Qi’s health was fine.

It should be the sequelae of the previous medicine. The Iron Elephant Tribe has had several cases of this symptom. They don’t know enough about it and are just judging Lang Qi’s situation based on their own guesses.

He kept kneading until it was completely dark. Feeling that Lang Qi in his arms seemed to have recovered a little, Bai Tu raised his hand and pinched his wrist. Even if he was kneading a cub, it would be tiring to knead for so long, let alone the big Lang Qi. He could hardly lift his hand.

Lang Qi looked down at his actions, rubbed his hand gently, and a trace of guilt and uneasiness flashed in his eyes.

Bai Tu smiled and comforted him: “Okay, it’s okay.” Compared with the Chinese medicine orcs of the Iron Elephant Tribe, Lang Qi’s condition was much better. It was okay if he was just a little tired.

Lang Qi lowered his head and rubbed Bai Tu’s arm.

Bai Tu was tired and sleepy. He hadn’t eaten dinner, but now he had no appetite at all. He closed his eyes and hugged him to sleep.

When he woke up, Bai Tu felt something was not right in his hand. He opened his eyes and found that it was his beast form self sleeping in the arms of the human form Lang Qi. He was immediately surprised.

He felt much better after regaining his human form. Bai Tu climbed up twice, kissed him on the face, and then turned into a human form: “Go and cook, I’m hungry.” He was really hungry. He hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday afternoon.

“Yeah.” Lang Qi nodded, rubbed his face slowly, got up and put on his clothes.

Bai Tu also started to wear animal skins. After buttoning them up, he couldn’t help but touch his waist and muttered, “I seem to have gained weight.” The animal skins were tight.

Wolf started to move and paused, feeling that the blood in his body froze for a moment.