Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 05

Chapter 5

In order to prevent the group of children from asking any more questions, Bai Tu assigned them a new job, digging.

Bai Tu separated out an area of ​​more than ten square meters at the edge of the open space at the foot of the mountain and loosened the soil to make ridges. I brought back a few seedlings in the morning, but I didn’t dare take them out because the temperature was high at noon, so I kept them in the cave. Now they can be planted.

Collecting is not a long-term solution. Planting it yourself is the fastest way to increase production.

Bai Tu and a group of children had just planted the seedlings and were organizing the watering when the hunting team came back early again.

There are two situations in which the hunting team returns to the tribe early. One is that the prey they caught is large enough and there is no need to catch new prey, so they return with a full load. The other situation is that someone is injured and has to return early.

Yesterday, the wild boar gave everyone the illusion that they had caught too many prey. But today was different. When the hunting team came back, they only caught two chickens and a snake. The tribesmen who stayed in the tribe knew it was the second case at a glance.

The young man named Tu Cheng who had been following Bai An was injured. Fortunately, he only had a scratch on his arm, and the wound was not big, so he could still maintain his human form.

Bai Tu asked someone to boil some water and pointed to the side: “Sit there and take a rest, I’ll go get some medicine.”

This time, Bai An didn’t need to say anything, people rushed to make a fire and boil water. Someone else remembered that they used salt yesterday and volunteered to go to Tucheng Cave to get it.

Tu Cheng, who was sitting there thinking about something, saw someone taking out his salt and refused with a look of refusal on his face: “No salt!” More than half of the salt was used up in one go, even the members of the hunting team would feel sad.

“It will easily cause infection if we don’t add salt. Are you sure you don’t want to add salt?” Bai Tu asked.

Tu Cheng looked at him and insisted, “Sure.”

Bai Tu actually preferred to use light salt water to rinse the wound, but he also knew the importance of salt to orcs. If the other party insisted, there was no need to force it. After the boiled water cooled down, rinse off the dirt and plant debris on the surface of the wound, and then apply medicine.

During the whole process, Tu Cheng seemed to be worried and kept staring at him intently, not missing a single move.

Bai Tu frowned slightly. Although he didn’t intend to hide it from others, this kind of surveillance-like gaze still made him uncomfortable.

Fortunately, there was a lot of ointment prepared at noon, so there was no need to make it now. Bai Tu quickly applied the ointment to Tu Cheng: “Okay, don’t get wet for the next few days. Try not to make big movements to avoid tearing the wound. Come back tomorrow evening to change the dressing.”

“Is that all?” Tu Cheng looked at the ointment on the wound with an unsatisfied look in his eyes, “This is just a little medicine.”

Bai Tu: “This is enough. The more medicine, the better.”

Tu Cheng looked skeptical.

“Cheng, Tu Cheng has already agreed to come out, why don’t you come out?” Bai An had been standing next to him. He came to see Bai Chen. Seeing that Tu Cheng didn’t go out after applying the medicine, he asked curiously, “What’s wrong with you today? You didn’t respond after I called you several times.”

Bai Qi came in with a cleaned chicken. He just happened to hear what Bai An said. He glanced at Tu Cheng and complained dissatisfiedly, “We almost caught the cow today…”

Large prey such as pigs, cows, and deer are enough for the tribe to eat for several days, so they basically don’t want to miss it if they see it. However, many animals often travel in groups, especially cows, which are difficult to deal with whether alone or in groups. Before catching them, you have to choose a good target to chase.

Capturing a large prey requires the joint efforts of all members of the hunting team, but today Tu Cheng was distracted when everyone was surrounding the prey. The sharp stick in his hand not only failed to pierce the cow’s neck, but also almost stabbed Bai An.

In order to avoid the sharp stick, Bai An moved his position, and the sharp stick poked the bison’s front leg. The bison, which was surrounded by everyone, was stimulated and broke free from the clamp. Once again, Tu Cheng was stunned and pulled aside by Bai An, but he still injured his arm. If others had not dodged quickly, more people would have been injured.

Not only did he fail to catch the prey and get frightened, Bai Qi was very dissatisfied with Tu Cheng’s performance today. His brother would never make such a mistake, and Tu Cheng even wanted to compete with his brother for the position of clan leader!

“It was obviously you who failed to surround the cow!” Tu Cheng shouted, “If the chief doesn’t change his position, the cow won’t be able to escape!”

Bai Qi was even more furious when he heard this: “Your sharp stick is about to hurt my father! He will get hurt if he doesn’t dodge!”

Tu Cheng subconsciously retorted: “You are talking nonsense, I didn’t touch the chief!”

“If you don’t dodge, you will get stabbed!” Bai Qi saw clearly that the sharp stick was aimed at his father.

Bai An interrupted the quarreling couple with a cold face: “Stop arguing! Get out! Don’t you see where you are?” Bai Tu’s good temper doesn’t mean that the tribe can do whatever they want. Tu Cheng was injured, and Bai An couldn’t teach him a lesson anymore. He patted Bai Qi and said, “Go help Tu cook!”

Tu Cheng snorted disdainfully and walked out of the cave.

Bai Qi wanted to say something, but suddenly he saw Bai Tu behind Tu Cheng shaking his head at him. He swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth and didn’t say anything else. He was still unhappy in his heart and went to get the water angrily.

He helped Bai Tu cook, but Bai Tu didn’t help him, and his father sided with others. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. Bai Qi buried his head in his work without saying a word.

Bai Tu did not participate in the argument. He inferred the general situation of the incident from the conversation between the two. Combined with their attitude just now, it can be basically confirmed that Tu Cheng is dissatisfied with Bai An and his son.

As members of the hunting team, if there is any conflict of interest, it is probably who will take over the position of chief in the future. After all, Bai An is not young anymore, and most of the orcs in the tribe tacitly agree that Bai Chen will take over the position of chief, while the rest support several other strong orcs in the hunting team, among which Tu Cheng’s supporters are second only to Bai Chen.

At this point, it doesn’t matter who was responsible for not catching the prey. Looking at Tu Cheng’s attitude, it is clear that no matter what is said, he will not admit that the fault is his. Now Bai Tu wants to find out another thing. After Tu Cheng walks away, he asks Bai Qi: “How did Chen get injured yesterday?”

If the stabbing at Bai An was intentional, then is it possible that Bai Chen’s injury was not an accident?

Bai Qi was still angry.

Not getting an answer, Bai Tu was surprised: “Qi?”

Bai Qi took two deep breaths before answering: “Everyone surrounded the wild boar, and the wild boar suddenly bumped into it.”

The strongest person in the tribe has always held the most important position. That position was previously held by Bai An, and after Bai An’s physical strength declined, it became Bai Chen. It can be said that except for the title of clan leader, most of the things that the clan leader should do during hunting are done by Bai Chen, otherwise so many people would not believe in him.

Bai Tu continued to ask: “Do you still remember everyone’s position?”

Bai Qi shook his head and explained in a muffled voice.

Ambush positions would be allocated before hunting, but the prey would constantly change direction during the escape, and the orcs would follow suit. The original positions would have been disrupted long ago, and it would be impossible to change back. Bai Chen went to the front because he wanted to find the right opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the wild boar. Only he could do this. Others might not be able to kill the prey due to lack of strength or wrong direction. Tu Cheng’s performance today was a typical example.

The scene when catching up with the prey was very chaotic. Everyone surrounded the prey and waited for Bai Chen to take action. Unexpectedly, the wild boar surrounded in the middle suddenly rushed towards Bai Chen. Bai Chen was worried that he would hurt others if he avoided the wild boar’s fangs, so he knocked it with a stick before the wild boar hit him, but his thigh was scratched by the powerful impact of the wild boar’s fangs.

Bai Tu seemed to be lost in thought. He was thinking about Tu Cheng’s behavior yesterday. Before treating Bai Chen, the other party’s attitude was very bad. At that time, there were many tribesmen who did not trust him. Tu Cheng only said a few words, and he did not take it to heart. Looking back now, Tu Cheng’s reaction at that time was not so much that he didn’t believe it as that he didn’t want him to take action.

Others said those herbs were weeds because they could be seen everywhere and were not tasty, but Tu Cheng insisted that they were poisonous and could kill people. You know, there are so many plants around the tribe that even the oldest person in the tribe cannot immediately judge which plants are poisonous and which are not. This is why the orcs have never dared to eat plants casually. Tu Cheng’s words were firm and decisive. If Bai An had taken those words seriously, he would never have agreed to let him treat Bai Chen yesterday. If that was the case, no matter how effective the herbs were, Bai Chen would be powerless to recover.

Tu Cheng’s attitude just now was also a little strange. He seemed to believe that saline solution was useless, but he trusted the ointment very much. He wanted him to apply a lot of it, and even after it completely covered the wound, he still felt it was not enough.

Having witnessed the entire treatment process he performed yesterday, others believed that salt water and ointment were equally important, so they immediately boiled water to get salt, just as they believed that the witch doctor’s magic water and ointment were indispensable. They wanted to repeat every step of yesterday completely, because they didn’t know the principle and were afraid that any wrong step would affect the final treatment outcome. However, Rabbit was dismissive of the saline cleaning and was extremely interested in the ointment.

Connecting the two things together, he could only guess one possibility: Tu Cheng had seen someone use herbal medicine to save people, or had been treated, and knew that herbal medicine was useful, but that person did not use saline solution when treating the patient, but used clean water for flushing, or did not go through the flushing step.

Bai Tu continued to ask Bai Qi who was squatting in front of the fire: “Qi, has Tu Cheng been injured before?”

Bai Qi, who just remembered that he was angry, was interrupted again, and his depression was replaced by surprise and admiration: “How do you know?! Cheng was injured while hunting last year!” Could it be that what Xiong Tuan said was true? Can the witch doctor see through all orcs?

Although the tone was a bit strange, he guessed correctly. Bai Tu continued to ask: “Did he meet anyone from the Crazy Lion Tribe after he was injured?”

Bai Qi was shocked for the second time. He completely forgot his previous anger: “You know this too?!”

Bai Tu: “…I guessed.”

Bai Qi had not yet recovered from his shock, but his mouth was faster than his brain, and he told the whole story: “The injured orcs don’t need to go to the hunting team. Cheng went to the picking team. That day Zhou’s sister saw Cheng and Fox Bu talking.”

Bai Tu listened and it was not difficult to guess. The tribe would not send the injured tribesmen to exchange for supplies, so the people who would help with treatment would only be people near the tribe. The nearest tribe nearby is the Mad Lion Tribe, and Bai An mentioned yesterday that because of some things that happened in the past, no witch doctor is willing to come here.

There is only one person left to help Tu Cheng with his treatment, Foxstep.

If the tribesmen’s attention to him was divided into ten parts, nine parts were due to his successful treatment of Bai Chen, and the last part was to remind him not to conflict with the Mad Lion Tribe.

He had been advised by familiar tribesmen, young and old, and after hearing so much, he naturally knew more about the Crazy Lion Tribe and Foxstep.

The Crazy Lion Tribe retains the characteristics of the lion clan, which is different from many tribes.

Foxbu has lived in a big tribe and knows how to make medicine. He is deeply loved by Shihong, who even ignored his previous favorite companions. It was with Foxbu’s help that Shihong got the position of the chief of the tribe. Foxbu, who can cure diseases, has a status in the Crazy Lion Tribe that is no worse than Shihong, and he often walks around the edge of the tribal territory.

“Was Tu Cheng’s attitude towards the tribe leader good before?”

Bai Qi recalled: “He was very good. Cheng’s father was injured and died before he was born. His mother had to raise two other children, so she sent Cheng to the big cave. It was his father who gave him food, so Cheng survived.”

For orcs, injuries while hunting are common. If one of the parents is injured and the remaining parent cannot feed so many children, in order for the older children to survive, the youngest child will usually be sent to the big cave where the tribe lives.

The big cave is home to old people who cannot join the picking team and children abandoned by their parents, and the food they get is the least and the worst.

Bai An would often share some of his food with them, and sometimes he would share some of the small prey he caught when he went out. The food that Bai Tu ate after waking up was given by Bai An, and even the cave was arranged by Bai An with Bai Qi.

While Bai Tu was thinking, Bai Qi frowned: “It’s getting worse and worse. Last time he didn’t listen to father’s orders.”

Bai Tu: “Did it start after that injury?”

Bai Qi thought for a while: “It seems to be…” It has been too long, Bai Qi can’t remember the exact date, but it was definitely around that time.

Hearing this, Bai Tu had a bad guess and put down the herbs in his hand: “Qi, go call the clan leader, I have something to say.”

It was the first time that Bai Qi saw him speak in such a serious tone, and he even forgot to be angry. He nodded in agreement and ran downstairs to find Bai An.

They were cutting up half a pig that was left over from yesterday when they heard that Bai Tu was in a bad mood. He put down the stone knife in his hand and ran towards the cave, asking nervously, “Tu, what’s wrong?” The witch doctor’s dissatisfaction with the tribe was a big deal.

Bai Tu asked Bai Qi to guard outside and not let others get close, and asked Bai An: “Chief, who will be on guard tonight?” Bai

An: “Zhou and Cheng.”

Bai Tu shook his head and disapproved: “Cheng is injured, let Qi take his place, and find two more people who are close to you, and ask them to keep a close eye at night. If there is any movement, pretend not to see it. Follow them if you can, and hide if you can’t. Let’s see what they want to do.”

“It’s just a little wound…” Bai An was about to say that the wound was small and would not affect the night watch, but when he saw Bai Tu’s serious expression, he swallowed the words and agreed, “Okay.”

Bai Tu warned: “Don’t tell Cheng that there are more people on guard.”

Bai An always felt that something was going to happen, but due to the various taboos of the witch doctor, and Bai Tu’s look like he didn’t want to say it, he had to make arrangements.

…

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

Bai Tu was awakened by Bai Qi. It was pitch black outside the cave. Although the night vision of the rabbits was not as good as that of cats, it was better than that of pure humans, and they could see everyone’s expressions clearly.

The joyful firelight from all around reflected on Tu Cheng, who was tied up in the middle of the open space, illuminating his eyes full of resentment.

Bai Tu sighed slightly in his heart, it was indeed so.