Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 79

Chapter 79

The first time is new, the second time is familiar. Bai Tu has gotten used to waking up to find himself in beast form again. He even has the mood to pat Lang Qi’s nose.

An oversized giant wolf was sleeping in front of him, with its two huge paws covering him. He felt safe, but also oppressed. It would be better to change back.

Black Wolf opened his eyes, saw that Bai Tu was awake, and kissed him happily.

Bai Tu raised his paw and pushed him, but still failed. The next second, the giant wolf turned back into human form, and Bai Tu quickly turned into human form before his hand reached out.

“Eat, eat.” Bai Tu urged. He was a little hungry.

Lang Qi, who wanted to continue rubbing against him, didn’t want to let him go until Bai Tu became impatient and urged him for the third time, then he got up and put on his clothes.

Langze, who came to deliver food early in the morning, saw the stones in front of the cave and sensibly placed the food on the stones, waiting for Langqi to take it himself.

Bai Tu felt helpless when he saw the stone: “Push it away quickly.” He shouldn’t have left the stone in the first place! Lang Qi was so unscrupulous because he relied on the rocks blocking the cave and no one could come in.

Lang Qi rubbed his face against his and brought in food. He did not push the stone away until the two adults and two children had finished their food. Otherwise, Bai Tu had to go down the mountain.

We need to plant wheat today. The temperature will get lower as time goes by. The wheat temperature cannot be too high during the snow season, otherwise it will easily freeze to death. Wheat seedlings that are too small and weak are also prone to frostbite. The planting time is almost the same now. Wheat will not grow throughout the winter until next spring, when the wheat that has survived the wintering period will begin to continue growing, tillering and heading.

Previously, corn was planted first by the rabbits and later by the wolves. But this cannot be done for wheat. With less than a month until the temperature drops, all the cultivated land must be planted.

Because of planting, the orcs in the tribe didn’t even go hunting. Many adult prey they caught before were raised in the breeding area. In addition, the prey cubs grew fast, so now everyone doesn’t need to worry about food in the winter, let alone search for prey day and night like before.

There are many orcs, and with the hoes and other tools that Baitu had asked the blacksmith team to make before, the planting speed is faster than before planting corn. After all, corn needs to be planted one pit at a time, while wheat is planted directly in rows.

All the wheat was planted in two days, including the seeds from the leopard tribe who had just arrived. Bai Tu also gave some seeds to them. Bai Tu has always believed in one thing: it is better to rely on oneself than on others. Giving seeds to the leopard tribe and letting them grow them themselves is much better than giving them food when the time comes.

Ma Xin sent silk cocoons twice more, all of which were handed over to the textile team by Bai Tu. Now all the sweaters and blankets have been made and have basically been ordered up by their own people, with not a single one left.

Silk products are expensive, and fewer orcs are willing to exchange them for them, but Bai Tu has no plans to exchange them for supplies for the time being. He will not be able to give a good price to people who don’t know the value of them. There is another reason. Silk quilts have not been made yet. Clothes made of silk fabrics are more suitable for wearing in warm rooms in winter or in summer. Most tribes are not warm enough even inside caves, so they only need to wear a thin layer of silk pajamas. This thing is suitable to be promoted after kangs become popular.

Bai Tu planned the items he would take to the market. The first thing he needed to bring was various pottery. Not all of them were for sale, but a considerable part was needed for cooking. Stone pots were thick and heavy, not as practical as pottery jars. As the blacksmithing skills were not good enough, iron pots had not been made yet, and the main cooking tool in the tribe was pottery.

They also had to bring various kinds of jerky, dried and pickled meat, half of which they would eat on the road and the other half of which they would use to exchange for salt. Because they had added a lot of pickled foods, the amount of salt used was astonishing. Since they had not found a salt mine yet, they could only exchange more for it. According to the orcs’ appetite, they would need a lot of salt this winter, so of course they would have to exchange more.

Bai Tu doesn’t plan to take the ironware out for the time being. It’s not that he doesn’t want to give it to other tribes, but this thing is too conspicuous in the East Continent. Ironware is very scarce in the South Continent, not to mention here. Although the Mad Lion Tribe has just been defeated, it is not stable enough yet. It would be better to wait for a year or two, when all the defense measures nearby are in place, before selling such high-priced items to avoid being discovered. Bai Tu also reminded everyone to keep the knives away and not take them out to show off.

Corn and fruits are cheap and heavy, so it would be better to keep them for consumption rather than transport them thousands of miles to exchange for salt. Bai Tu only picked a few kinds of preserved fruits and took a dozen backpacks with him.

In a few days, the wolves with less serious injuries have almost recovered. At the same time, it can be confirmed that the wolves will replace the salt team members. Lang Qi will not recognize anyone except Bai Tu, so this matter can only be discussed by Lang Ze and Bai Tu.

There is not much change in the personnel from the last time they went to the market. The difference is similar to that of the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Only the members of the blacksmith team and the construction team were replaced, and the rest of the personnel remained unchanged.

It will be busy for several days as the market approaches. Even if everyone has prepared the supplies in advance, there are still many things to do later. As long as we set off, we can always find aspects that we have not considered.

However, it was not the first time for everyone to go to the market. When there was not enough food, they could just carry some barbecue and go. Now that resources were abundant, the quality of life had improved a lot. They could exchange for the salt they needed in any way, and except for salt, they hardly needed to exchange for other supplies. Most of the items in the tribe were used by the tribe itself. You can imagine how happy everyone will be this winter.

The Snow Rabbit Tribe, Blood Wolf Tribe, and Leopard Tribe were all busy preparing supplies to take to the market, and the imprisoned Foxbu was trying to contact the outside world.

It has been four days since he was locked up here. He has only drunk a few bowls of water. The orcs guarding them are like deaf people. No matter how hard he shouts or knocks on the cave, there is no response. Next to him was the seriously injured Shi Hong. Hu Bu walked away with disgust. He didn’t like Shi Hong. Shi Hong relied on being the leader of the Crazy Lion Tribe and usually yelled at him. He seemed to be doing well on the surface, but only he knew how much he suffered behind the scenes.

Now Shi Hong no longer even has the advantage of being able to fight. Foxbu looked at Shi Hong whose throat was bitten through. After a while, he slowly stood up and walked towards the other party.

Shi Hong opened his eyes. He had not taken medicine for several days and his wounds had rotted. There was no place on his body that did not hurt. He had not had a sip of water since entering the cave. He was hungry and thirsty. He wanted to get angry and curse Foxbu for not even leaving him water, but he only got a slap in the face. The current Foxbu was like two different people from the gentle and beautiful Foxbu before.

Seeing Foxbu approaching, there was fear in Shi Hong’s eyes instead of joy. His throat was bitten by Langqi, his hind legs were bitten by Langqi and Langze, his front paws were bitten by other wolves, and the mane on his neck that did not block the attack was in a mess. The whole lion was in a mess, and he struggled to move on the ground, but after moving for a long time he only moved less than a palm’s distance.

He was afraid of Foxbu. Foxbu had beaten him countless times in the past few days, but no one cared. The wounds that had not yet healed were even more painful after being kicked and beaten. Shi Hong’s love for Foxbu had changed after being beaten in the past few days. Now there was only fear left. He even regretted choosing Foxbu as his partner. His previous partners were not as pretty as Foxbu, but they would never treat him like this.

Foxbu walked to Shihong and squatted down slowly. The wolves had stuffed weeds into his mouth, so he couldn’t speak and could only make some noises, but that didn’t stop him from laughing at Shihong. Foxbu raised his hand and grabbed Shihong’s throat, the man’s most vulnerable part.

Shi Hong’s eyes were full of disbelief and horror. It was not until he felt pain and suffocation in his throat that he clearly realized what the other party had done.

Shi Hong opened his eyes wide and struggled, but how could an orc who was seriously injured and had not eaten or drunk for several days be able to match Foxbu’s strength? Gradually, Shi Hong’s struggle became weaker and weaker.

As his consciousness gradually blurred, Shi Hong suddenly thought of someone, his former partner who helped him secure the position of leader. The other party was the daughter of another small leader. Her father and brother were both the strongest orcs in the Crazy Lion Tribe. He was able to defeat the former leader thanks to her help. Later, she gave birth to two children for him. The two little lions, whose eyes had not yet opened, died that night with their mother.

The moon that day was as bright as it was tonight. Foxbu said that as long as the other party was around, the status of the little chief would become higher and higher, which would be detrimental to the unity of the tribe. Only when the other party died would the little chief completely submit to him and would not disobey him just because his daughter was his partner.

The pair of little lions had just come into this world and had no time to see anything. They only cried once before they were strangled to death by Foxstep. The furious former partner dragged his newly-born body to protect the two cubs and was strangled to death by him. The struggling former partner stopped struggling when he saw that the two cubs were dead. At that time, he was exactly the same as he is now.

Shi Hong thought of his other children, most of whom were strangled to death by Foxbu. What was he thinking at that time? As he was firmly seated on the position of leader, there was no need to raise offspring so early to replace him in the future. With Foxbu, their tribe would only grow stronger, so he did not stop Foxbu. Seeing Foxbu killing those cubs with jealousy, he felt that he was indeed his favorite orc.

In order to prevent others from finding out that it was Foxbuzz who did it, when Foxbuzz strangled the cub, he would bite it again, so that others would only think that he was the one who killed it. It is normal for lions to kill their cubs. As long as he says that the cub is not his, no one will say that his behavior is wrong, and they will only blame the child’s biological mother. Shi Hong was excited to see those partners facing their greater fears.

Now it was his turn. Shi Hong felt the pain in his wound. Foxbu’s nails pierced into the wound. Shi Hong struggled violently and soon died.

There was a very unpleasant smell in the air. Foxbu let go of his hands and sat down on the ground. After his strength recovered, Foxbu climbed up using his hands and feet, wiped the blood on his hands on Shihong, walked to the entrance of the cave, slapped the stones at the entrance, and pointed desperately into the cave.

The wolf guarding them said impatiently: “What are you doing? Today’s water is given to you!” The boss said, one bowl of water a day, no one can give more. He even shook away half a bowl today. These two people don’t deserve to eat their food or drink their water.

Foxtrot was still slapping the stone, occasionally hitting it with the thing that was restraining him in his mouth.

Seeing that he actually hit the bite stopper, the wolf tribe immediately changed their expressions: “What are you doing! Can you hit that thing??!” In the wolf tribe’s mind, Foxbu’s life is not as valuable as the bite stopper. It would be a waste to give this thing to Foxbu. If Foxbu hadn’t been talking nonsense, they would never have let him use it.

Fox Step pointed at Shi Hong in the cave with a look of panic.

The wolf walked to the cave entrance and looked inside: “Dead?”

Foxbu nodded desperately, wanting the other party to notify others.

However, the wolf tribe just casually said: “It’s dead, we’ll clean it up tomorrow.” It was too late now. They had to move it out and throw it down the mountain. The wolves, who had just finished their food, were lazy. They had unlimited energy for playing, but were not so enthusiastic about working.

Everyone expected Shi Hong’s death. You have to know that the wound was caused by the leader’s bite. If the leader had not been in a hurry to leave at that time, Shi Hong would have died on the spot. It was everyone’s kindness to let him live a few more days.

Fox Step opened his eyes wide, why didn’t he go and inform the leader? How could this be possible? Foxbu killed Shihong just to get people to come over and hit the rocks harder.

The wolves were too lazy to pay attention to him and warned him: “Be careful, or we’ll bite you to death if you move again!” Biting him to death was impossible, but no one would care if he was beaten with a few sticks.

Foxstep was frightened and retreated back into the cave.