Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 100

Chapter 100

Not only Bai Tu, but even Bai Qi and others could tell that there was something wrong with this statement.

Several people had the same thought at the same time: someone was trying to sow discord.

“Who said that?” Bai Tu frowned. His first priority now was to find out the source of these words.

“My brother is asking.” Bai Qi explained. Because of what happened last night, Bai An and Bai Chen, father and son, started counting the number of people early in the morning and planned to increase the number of patrols.

There is no need for hunting in winter, so it is not difficult to find patrollers. Some less important personnel have been transferred out. What they didn’t expect was that they heard someone talking about the cubs just when they started counting people.

In order to prevent this kind of situation from happening, Bai An specifically instructed that what happened last night should not be spread randomly. But now, what is being said outside is even more serious than what happened yesterday. Originally, there was a conflict between the two tribes, but now it has turned into a situation where the Black Haired Tribe is about to attack their tribe.

The worries of several people yesterday were not false. When they heard that the Black Mane Tribe might come to attack them, many orcs stopped working and tried to find ways to hide.

Bai An didn’t refuse people from hiding in a safe place, but the current situation is not yet the time to hide. If everyone hides now and does nothing, what will happen to the work in the tribe? It’s impossible for everyone to hide and wait for the Black Hair Tribe to start a war. If we don’t tell them, they may not start a war. Even if a war breaks out, it wouldn’t be appropriate to just hide.

In the past, there were few supplies in the tribe, and the first reaction when encountering problems was to hide and minimize the losses. Now the tribe is full of supplies, and there are hundreds of animals in the breeding area alone. With so many supplies, wouldn’t it be the same as giving them away for free if they are hidden? When the Black Hair Tribe left, what awaited them was hunger and cold.

In winter, cold and hunger are more terrible things than war. Every year, more orcs die from lack of food than from fighting between tribes. After several months of freezing, many orcs will die in despair of not being able to find food.

Bai An watched the tribe’s assets accumulate bit by bit. It would be more painful for him to throw away these supplies than to kill him, not to mention that without these supplies, the tribe’s life would likely become even worse than before. After all, after having experienced a life with plenty of food, who would have thought of the days of having no food to eat?

The orcs who were frightened by the rumors obviously didn’t think too much about it. They just thought about how to hide more safely. The Black Mane Tribe is a tribe of lions. After all, races with low martial arts values ​​have an inherent fear of orcs with high martial arts values.

Bai Chen investigated the source of the rumors, Bai An was responsible for persuading the frightened orcs, and the task of arranging the wolf tribe together with Langze was given to Bai Tu.

This was also the reason why Bai Qi was in a hurry to come here. Bai An, Bai Chen and others hated the originator of the rumor, but at the same time they were worried that the Black Haired Tribe would really come, so the sooner the Wolf Clan members came, the better.

The situation was urgent, Bai Tu didn’t even have breakfast before looking through the list and calling out all the wolves that could be mobilized.

Unlike the somewhat tense atmosphere in the Snow Rabbit Tribe, Langze was excited after listening.

“Do we really want to fight?” Lang Ze rubbed his hands together and asked Bai Tu excitedly, “When do we start?”

He had not gone out hunting since returning from the market. The only chance to go out for exercise recently was patrolling. The little wolves could not wait any longer. Now there was finally a chance to fight openly. If Bai Tu and Lang Qi were not here, Lang Ze would have wanted to rush directly to the Heiban tribe to ask whether they wanted to fight or not. If they were going to fight, they had to do it quickly. What was the point of dawdling?

Bai Tu: “…” Although Langze didn’t say anything, Bai Tu had already guessed his inner thoughts from the other party’s excitement.

Bai Tu handed him the list and said, “Don’t fight if you can. Remember to listen to Chief Bai An.” The combined number of people in the several tribes is always greater than that of the Black Haired Tribe, so they won’t lose. But no matter how many times it happens, Bai Tu is still not used to the culture of fighting at every turn. Fortunately, Bai An is more stable than the young and energetic wolf tribe, and can stop them to some extent.

Langze agreed, took the list and ran towards the tribe.

Bai Tu rubbed his sore wrist. It was still not convenient enough to write on bamboo slips, especially since he had to move around a lot recently. His fingers were shaking after a day of work.

Near noon, Bai An and Bai Chen came over, looking a little unhappy.

Bai An has been the tribe leader for so many years, so his status in the tribe is needless to say. Bai Chen grew up in the tribe since he was a child. The father and son worked together and quickly investigated the cause of the rumors.

However, the source of the rumor made the two of them somewhat afraid to face Bai Tu.

Because the person who spread the rumor was none other than Tu Bing’s younger brother Tu Lei. The reason for doing this is that Bai Chen’s position is felt to be threatened.

The tribe is a whole, but within the whole it is divided into near and far. In Tu Lei’s heart, Bai Chen is her sister’s partner and is definitely closer to her than Bai Tu. But from the rainy season to now, Bai Tu’s status in the tribe has become higher and higher, especially when the cat clan was taken in. Bai An not only listened to Bai Tu’s words, but also said in front of the cat clan and the wolf clan that Bai Tu was another leader of the tribe.

Tu Lei took this sentence to heart at that time. In his mind, after Bai An abdicated, Bai Chen should replace Bai An to take the position of leader. In this way, he would be the younger brother of the leader’s partner, and naturally more people would please him in the future. Now Bai Tu’s status is higher than Bai Chen, and Bai Chen’s status has to be relegated to the back. Naturally, his status is not as good as before. From then on, Tu Lei began to think of a way.

But later on, Bai Tu produced more and more things and made great contributions to the tribe. There were almost no orcs in the tribe who disobeyed him, so naturally he had no chance to do anything. The only time he wanted to get a few orcs to be lazy, Bai Tu saw through his plan not long after he started. Once the points system came out, the orcs who had been tempted by him not to work before dared not to be lazy anymore. During this time, Tu Lei had been looking for other opportunities.

This time Bai Tu brought back the Red Eagle Tribe and the cubs, which gave him a reason to cause trouble, especially since the Black Eagle Tribe had a bad attitude. Tu Lei deliberately made the matter serious. His original idea was to say that Bai Tu had caused trouble to the tribe and wasted food for the tribe by bringing the cubs back, but the Yellow Lion Tribe and the White Lion Tribe had both sent food in the past two days, so the point of wasting food was not true. He could only use the fact that the cubs had offended the Black Eagle Tribe as an excuse.

Tu Lei was worried that if he pointed the finger directly at Bai Tu, the orcs who heard it would turn around and accuse him of being wrong. He did not target Bai Tu in the middle, because in the end, the task of dealing with the cubs would definitely fall on Bai Tu’s shoulders anyway. If Bai Tu disagrees to abandon the cub, he will be complained by people in the tribe. If Bai Tu agrees to abandon the cub, he will find opportunities to spread the word that Bai Tu is cruel, and finally he will achieve the goal of destroying Bai Tu’s reputation.

Once most of the tribesmen are dissatisfied with Bai Tu, Bai Chen’s status will be restored to what it was before. As the younger brother of the leader’s son and his partner, there will still be people who will please him. When Bai An abdicates, his status will be even higher.

Bai Tu was helpless after hearing what happened. Seeing Bai An and his son looking embarrassed, he quickly advised them: “It will be easy once we find the people. Let them continue their work. Langze has already brought people from the Black Bin Tribe.” Now the Black Bin Tribe and the Snow Rabbit Tribe are connected by an area. Until this matter is resolved, the wolves will have to stay there most of the time.

As for how to deal with Tu Lei, Bai Tu decided to leave it to Bai An. Based on his understanding of Bai An, he was sure that the other party would be able to come up with a solution that everyone would be satisfied with.

After Bai An and Bai Chen left, Bai Tu sighed and rubbed his temples. Tu Lei’s reaction was what he was most worried about. The rise and fall of a tribe largely depended on whether the tribe was stable enough. It was like tug-of-war. It was correct for everyone to push in one direction. Once someone pushed somewhere else, the end result would be half the result with twice the effort. If someone pushed in the opposite direction, it would be even more disastrous.

“It’s too difficult.” Bai Tu sighed. No matter what he did, it would be impossible to satisfy everyone.

Lang Qi reached out and smoothed his frown, his tone flat: “Let’s go back to the wolf tribe.” He seemed to be the leader of the wolf tribe, and no one said anything when he arrived at the wolf tribe.

Bai Tu: “???” Changing tribes just because of a disagreement?

“Forget it, it’s good here.” Bai Tu grabbed Lang Qi’s hand and fiddled with it back and forth. Lang Qi’s body temperature was higher than his, and his palms were warm even in winter, and they felt very comfortable to touch. As for changing tribes, he had no such idea at the moment. It would be embarrassing for Lang Qi to regret it after he woke up. Besides, he felt very comfortable in the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Although there were some minor problems now, they would be fine after being dealt with. If he changed tribes because of such a small matter, then even a few more tribes would not be enough to change to.

The tribe is the result of his hard work, and Bai Tu wants to see it develop better. What’s more, even if he had to change tribes, his first choice would be to follow Hei Xiao back to the Black Hawk tribe.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Lang Qi’s eyes, and finally he lowered his head and kissed Bai Tu gently on the forehead: “Hmm.”

The cub inside let out a soft hum, and Bai Tu immediately said, “I’ll go check on the cub.” It was noon now, and it was time to feed the cub.

Due to the cold weather, the layout of Baitu’s cave was renovated again. After entering the cave, one has to lift up two thick animal skin curtains to be considered to be really inside. In order to achieve the effect of light transmission, gaps were left in both curtains, but the positions of the gaps are different, so the cold wind cannot blow in at once.

There were more renovations on the inside. There were two bedrooms. The one on the outside was for the two cubs, and the one inside was for the two of them. Lang Qi was somewhat dissatisfied that the two bedrooms were only separated by a wall, and wanted to move the cubs outside. It took Bai Tu’s persuasion for a long time before he reluctantly accepted it.

Outside the bedroom is a room that is similar to a living room and dining room, with a dining table and a desk. A smaller kang was built on the basis of the original stove. Bai Tu usually does things in this room. The temperature is not as high as in the bedroom, but it is much better than outside.

Symmetrical to the bedroom at the other end of the living room is the pharmacy, which contains various herbs and prepared medicines. The temperature is the lowest in the entire cave, which makes it convenient for the preservation of medicines. However, Bai Tu usually does not go there unless it is necessary because it is too cold.

Bai Tu only recently realized how afraid of cold he was. Not only did he wear more layers of animal skins than others, but his hands and feet were frozen like ice when he walked from the mountain to the kitchen. He had to stay in the cafeteria for half a day before he could recover. When he just lay down at night, he felt quite warm, but every time he woke up, he had fallen under Lang Qi’s belly. It was obvious that he had crawled into the bed because he was cold in the middle of the night.

However, now is not the lowest temperature. Thinking about the sky covered with ice and snow that everyone is talking about, Bai Tu has begun to worry about how to get through it.

Thinking about how cold winter is, Bai Tu sighed as he walked towards the bedroom. Lang Qi looked at his back thoughtfully.

Because of the cold weather and their young age, the cubs still like to sleep. Apart from eating, they are only alert for two or three hours a day at most, and spend the rest of the time sleeping. Once they wake up, they either want to eat or go to the toilet.

Bai Tu took advantage of Lang Qi not catching up yet and took the two little wolves into his arms, rubbing them one by one.

The little gray wolf whined aggrievedly as Bai Tu had not been hugged for a long time, and his claws tightly grasped the animal skin on Bai Tu’s body. The little black wolf did not whimper, but also grabbed Bai Tu.

Just when Bai Tu was about to go to the bathroom with the two cubs in his arms, Lang Qi reached out and lifted the cubs in his arms.

The cubs grabbed Bai Tu’s hide, but their strength was no match for Lang Qi, and they were lifted up without any effort.

Lang Qi walked the cubs over in a few steps and looked at Bai Tu with disapproval: “You spoil them too much.” How could such big wolf cubs still act like spoiled brats?

Bai Tu: “…They are less than three years old!” Many tribes like to give birth to cubs in the spring because summer is the season when resources are the most abundant, and cubs born in spring have a higher survival rate. Winter is the most difficult time of the year for cubs. Every winter before the age of three is a major threshold in the life of the cubs, and it is not easy to get through it safely.

These two cubs will not turn three years old until next spring and still need careful care. Even though this winter is their last winter before they turn three, Bai Tu still dares not be careless.

Lang Qi did not refute Bai Tu’s words, but just touched his hand twice: “What do you want to eat?” He went down to get it.

“I’ll go down later.” Bai Tu guessed that Lang Qi was going to bring the food up and shook his head. The weather was cold, and if the food was brought up from the bottom of the mountain, even if part of the way was into the cave, it would be cold when it came back. The food reheated for the second time would definitely not be as fragrant as when it was freshly out of the pot, so he would rather walk a little further and go down to eat.

In winter, people can go out less often. If he skips eating, he won’t be able to go out for the whole winter.

Lang Qi frowned, but finally listened to him. However, he made a lot of preparations before going out. He wrapped Bai Tu in an oversized animal skin and put on a pair of shoes.

“Alright.” Bai Tu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. He was already wearing a lot of clothes, and after putting on another layer, his figure was already turning rounder.

It was not until Bai Tu said for the third time that he didn’t want to wear new clothes that Lang Qi stopped, washed the paws of the two cubs, threw the cubs back on the bed, closed the guardrail beside the bed, and took Bai Tu down the mountain.

Bai Tu watched his smooth movements from behind and couldn’t help but sigh that Lang Qi was becoming more and more skilled in taking care of the cubs.

It was lunchtime and there were many people eating in the cafeteria. When they saw the white map, some of them lowered their heads in embarrassment.

Bai Tu’s attention was all on today’s lunch. Due to an emergency in the morning, he just made some food to fill his stomach and then got busy. Now his stomach started to growl at the sight of the food.

Bai Tu raised his hand to cover his stomach. Fortunately, everyone around him was hungry, and they were in the cafeteria, so it was normal for his stomach to growl, and no one paid attention.

Lunch is usually the most sumptuous meal of the day. After looking at the dishes, Bai Tu took three bowls of meat, a serving of soup and two flatbreads.

Lang Qi didn’t let him move. He carried the food for both of them to the empty table with a tray in each hand.

Bai Tu looked at the dishes he had chosen and was silent for a few seconds. Not to mention the portions, just the types of dishes were very different from before.

In the summer, we basically had one meat dish and one vegetable dish, and sometimes we could only eat half a portion of the meat dish. But now, three out of the four dishes are meat dishes, and the only soup dish has very few vegetables in it, and most of it is meat slices.

What’s even more frightening is that this has been the norm in recent days. Knowing that the tribe cannot be eaten out of money, Bai Tu began to worry again. If this continues, won’t they gain dozens of pounds by the end of winter?

Although he was worried, he did not stop moving his hands. The pancakes were not the soft ones, but baked shortbreads. The dough of hot flour and warm water was kneaded together, spread with oil and rolled into small pancakes, and sprinkled with sesame seeds on the surface. When you take a bite, your mouth is full of fragrance, so fragrant that even the wolves who like to eat meat will order a few. However, shortbreads are much more troublesome to make, so Tu Mu can only limit each person to two, otherwise the people who come later will have nothing to eat.

Bai Tu enjoyed the fragrant and crispy biscuits and the stewed meat more and more. After the meal, he had some sweat on his forehead.

Lang Qi took the plate to the other side and brought food for the two cubs.

Most of the food for the cubs is liquid food, which is placed in special pottery jars. In order to make it easier for everyone to bring food to the cubs, Bai Tu also designed a double-layer pottery jar, one large and one small, placed together. Hot water is added in the middle, and the smaller pottery jar is used to hold the food. In this way, the food will still be hot when it is brought into the cave. However, because hot water is dangerous and one has to go up the mountain, this tool is relatively small and is only suitable for holding food for two or three cubs.

The wolf was holding the pottery jar, so Bai Tu only needed to watch the road. The two of them left the cafeteria and walked towards the cave. When they reached the bottom of the mountain and were about to go up, they heard some movement in a cave at the bottom of the mountain.

Bai Tu stopped and decided to go and take a look. Although most of the orcs in the tribe were simple and kind, it was inevitable that some would bully the weak when there were many of them. Bai Tu absolutely cannot tolerate bullying and will stop it as soon as it starts. Even if it is a child, it is rare for him to bully other children.

Lang Qi carefully guarded beside him and glanced in the direction of the cave.

Bai Tu walked forward for about ten meters and when he reached the entrance of the cave, the rabbit Bing in the cave just stopped.

Inside the cave, Tu Lei was tied up with only a layer of the lowest quality animal skin on his body. The temperature of the cave at the bottom of the mountain was low, and there were no kangs like those caves on the mountain. The cold wind from outside blew in, and Tu Lei shivered with cold. But what was more terrifying than the cold was the rattan in Tu Bing’s hand.

Tu Bing is taller than other rabbit women. She looks thin, but she is just as strong as the others. Before she got pregnant, she led the picking team to look for food everywhere. At that time, the cats didn’t come, so it was Tu Bing who climbed the trees that other rabbits didn’t dare to climb. She got the position of captain of the picking team thanks to her hard work. Because of this, she disliked Tu Lei’s behavior even more and wanted to beat him to death directly. Naturally, she didn’t show any mercy.

“I was wrong, sister, I know I was wrong…” Tu Lei felt pain all over his body. He has been afraid of Tu Bing since he was a child. No matter how powerful he was in the eyes of others, when he saw Tu Bing, he felt like a captured chick and wished he could hide himself.

This was the worst beating he had ever received. Tu Bing really had no intention of asking others to plead for mercy. The cave he chose was also the most remote one. He took advantage of the time when most orcs were not in the cafeteria to beat him, just to make Tu Lei remember this lesson.

“If I find out that you are doing these little tricks again, you will leave the tribe immediately.” Tu Bing put down the vine in his hand and touched his belly.

Before Bai Tu rescued Bai Chen, she almost lost her partner and her child almost lost his father at birth. Bai Tu’s kindness to her and Bai Chen cannot be expressed in a few words. When Tu Bing heard Bai Chen say that those rumors this morning were spread by Tu Lei because he felt that Bai Tu threatened Bai Chen’s position as the future leader, she almost fainted from anger.

Anyone with a little bit of common sense knows how different the current Snow Rabbit Tribe is from the previous one. Tu Bing would rather be an orc without any rights in such a tribe than worry about food every day when he opens his eyes like before.

Now even the defeated warriors captured by their tribe can have enough food to eat. This kind of treatment is only available in the Snow Rabbit Tribe, and these changes in the Snow Rabbit Tribe have occurred because of Bai Tu.

Not to mention that Bai Chen is not the leader yet, even if Bai An directly gives the position of leader to Bai Tu, Tu Bing will not have any complaints. For the sake of a little power, Tu Lei actually disregarded the safety of the tribe. Not only did he deliberately scare people, he also wanted to ruin Bai Tu’s reputation. Neither of these two things was something Tu Bing could tolerate.

After Tu Bing finished speaking, Tu Lei, who was howling because of the pain all over his body, was so shocked that he even forgot the pain: “Sister?” Being expelled from the tribe is the most serious punishment besides death. Especially in winter, being expelled from the tribe means there is almost no chance of survival. The surrounding tribes are either on good terms with the Snow Rabbit Tribe, or hostile to them like the Black Haired Tribe. They will not take in the orcs driven out by the Snow Rabbit Tribe. He thought that if the matter was exposed, he would at most be beaten.

When Tu Bing saw Tu Lei who was frightened by her words, her eyes turned cold and she felt a sense of fear in her heart.

Bai Tu gave the right to punish to Bai An, but Bai An was in a dilemma. Normally, he would not consider Tu Bing’s feelings, but Tu Bing was pregnant now, and the safety of the cub was important at all times. He was worried that this matter would affect the unborn cub. But Tu Lei’s intention to slander Bai Tu must not be let off lightly. Just when Bai An and Bai Chen discussed sending Tu Lei to the mining area without telling Tu Bing, their conversation was overheard by Tu Bing.

When Tu Bing heard the news, the first thing she did was to find Bai Tu to apologize. Tu Lei was her only relative left, but wrong was wrong. However, Tu Bing didn’t expect that when he walked to Bai Tu’s cave, the first sentence he heard was Lang Qi inviting Bai Tu to join the wolf tribe!

The relationship between Lang Qi and Bai Tu is already a recognized fact in the tribe. Although the two have become partners, they have not publicly said which tribe they will go to. Now Lang Qi lives in the Snow Rabbit tribe. In the final analysis, they are taking advantage and do not have to worry about safety issues at all. Moreover, with the wolf tribe suppressing the lion tribe and the vulture tribe, they will be more honest. Once Bai Tu leaves, there is almost no need for other members of the wolf tribe to stay here.

Lang Qi’s words scared Tu Bing so much that she broke out in a sweat. Fortunately, Bai Tu did not agree in the end, otherwise even if she killed Tu Lei, she would not be able to save the loss of the tribe. Tu Bing had no idea what would happen to the rabbit tribe after Bai Tu and the wolf tribe left.

For a small tribe, having abundant supplies is not always a good thing, especially in seasons when food is scarce. A small tribe with sufficient food is like a piece of fat meat on dry land, and everyone wants to take a bite.