Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Half of the reason why Bai Tu had this idea was because of this little black wolf cub. Apart from the age difference, he looked 80% like Lang Qi.

It’s just that his feelings when looking at the wolf cub and wolf Qi are completely different, so he can tell that they are not the same one.

Bai Tu raised his hand and touched his flat belly, suspecting that he was obsessed with having a cub, which was why he dreamed about the cub so many times in a row. But this dream was too real. He was wearing the same animal skins he wore during the day. Even the buttons were exactly the same. The only thing that had changed was his stomach.

Not knowing when the door would open, Bai Tu simply carried the cub to the other side. Even if he did nothing, he would be happy just watching the cub quietly.

The three cubs have different sleeping positions. The white cub is timid and likes to sleep between the other two. The gray cub makes the most small movements after falling asleep, as if he dreamed about something interesting. He stretches his paws from time to time, or turns over, and gets farther and farther away from the middle position while sleeping. The black cub is the least troublesome. Maybe because he is a little older, he is very stable and hardly moves around after falling asleep, which is a bit like Lang Qi.

He raised his hand and gently combed the fur of the cubs. These three were younger and softer than the two outside, so Bai Tu didn’t dare to use any force.

The reactions after being touched were also different. The black wolf cub’s nose moved slightly, as if it was identifying the scent. It recognized that it was Bai Tu who touched it, and moved slightly, getting closer to Bai Tu. The little white wolf cub felt even more aggrieved after being comforted and rubbed his hand. The gray wolf cub turned over and laid its entire body on Bai Tu’s hand, sleeping with its legs spread out with its belly exposed. Bai Tu was worried that the cub would catch a cold, so he put it back into the animal skin.

The cubs slept in his arms for a short while before they woke up. The black wolf cub found himself sleeping in Bai Tu’s arms. He slowly turned his head to look away, with only his slightly shaking tail expressing his happiness. The little gray wolf cub regained a lot of strength after a good sleep. After seeing the white map, he started to bark again, as if he had endless things to say to him. The little white wolf cub grabbed the hide on Bai Tu’s body, with all four claws hooked on the hide.

With the experience of the previous two times, Bai Tu knew that he would wake up soon, so he lowered his head and rubbed against a few of them reluctantly: “I’ll come to see you next time, okay?”

As if the white wolf cub understood his words, it hummed a few times reluctantly, the black wolf cub didn’t make a sound, and the gray wolf cub called anxiously.

“I’ll be back soon.” Bai Tu kissed them one by one. The cubs couldn’t see anyone else here, but he couldn’t just sleep forever. What’s more, it was not up to him to decide whether to wake up or not. Basically, they would wake up naturally when the time came. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have woken up without any warning the first two times.

Bai Tu rubbed the wolf cubs and put the animal skin on the ground beside him. He didn’t know if he would suddenly disappear here after waking up. If that was true, the cubs would surely fall. The height of more than one meter is not low for the cubs. If they fall, they would probably feel pain for a long time. Bai Tu felt distressed just thinking about it.

The wolf cubs seemed to understand that he was leaving and grabbed the hide. Bai Tu gently stroked them during the last bit of time. A gust of warm wind blew from somewhere, making Bai Tu drowsy. The moment he closed his eyes, it was as if he suddenly missed the stairs.

When he opened his eyes again, Lang Qi appeared in front of him. Bai Tu couldn’t help but sigh. Sure enough, his intuition was right and he woke up again.

“Are you dreaming?” Lang Qi asked in a low voice.

“Yes,” Bai Tu turned back into human form, nodded, and touched his belly unconsciously, “I dreamed of several cubs.”

Surprise flashed in Lang Qi’s eyes, but seeing that he didn’t look particularly happy, he had to suppress the surprise and didn’t show it. He lowered his head and rubbed him: “What do you want to eat?”

Feeling hungry as soon as he mentioned eating, Bai Tu lowered his head to look at his arms and stomach and decided to let nature take its course: “I want to eat everything.” Recently, his food intake has increased and his appetite has also been particularly good. There is basically no food he doesn’t want to eat. In addition, the food the tribe can cook is limited, so he doesn’t have to be picky. He can eat whatever is cooked and is very easy to feed.

“Okay.” Lang Qi kissed him lightly on the lips, then got up, put on his clothes and cooked.

Bai Tu sat on the bed, watching the other person change clothes and leave the bedroom, then looked down at her belly, and finally changed into looser clothes.

For the next period of time, Bai Tu moved all his work into the cave and would not go outside unless necessary. The weather was cold and not many people wanted to go out, so his change did not arouse suspicion.

Time passes faster in winter than in summer. Daylight only accounts for about one-third of the whole day. Everyone tries to complete work during the day. It is nice to be able to see clearly at night, but the temperature is too low.

The thermometer they made was only suitable for measuring temperatures above zero. Bai Tu estimated based on the ice outside that the temperature should have dropped to around minus 20 degrees Celsius. Not to mention him, even the cold-resistant orcs didn’t like going out in this kind of weather. Not to mention it was too cold, but stepping on the ground deep and shallow would easily get their shoes and leg skins wet. And the roads that no one had walked on were so hard that one’s feet could be frozen after walking for a while.

Bai Tu went out seldom, but he could see other people going out. After thinking about it, he asked the carpenter to make a batch of wooden boards, and then made ski poles out of sturdy bamboo. He could just ski there to reach places that were far away and sparsely populated. It would take several minutes to ski once.

The new means of transportation was quickly accepted by everyone. The only regret was that it could not be used in the tribal residence because there was ice and snow everywhere and the speed was too fast. If the brakes were not braked in time, it would hit people or objects, causing minor bruises and swellings in the face, and serious injuries such as broken arms and legs. No matter how good the orcs’ recovery ability was, they could not endure this.

The orcs who originally stayed in the cave and didn’t want to go out didn’t want to stay in the cave anymore after learning this. When they had nothing to do, they took their skis and went skiing outside.

With the new tools, Langze, who had originally said that last time would be the last time, immediately came here on his skis the next day after he learned how to do it.

One of the reasons why people don’t want to run around in winter is that the ice and snow are too thick, which affects movement and makes it cold. With skis, you don’t have to worry about the thickness of the snow, and the cold alone is much easier to accept.

Bai Tu didn’t expect that they would skate over here in such a cold wind. Seeing that several people’s eyelashes were frosted, he was amused and sent them to another bedroom to warm up.

This room was originally occupied by two little wolf cubs. When the weather got cold, Bai Tu felt a little worried, so he added a smaller bed in the master bedroom and placed it on the kang for the two cubs to live in. He put some clothes and other items here, and after a little tidying up, they could live in it, which was just enough to keep a few people warm.

Langze was just having fun until he met Langqi’s gaze. He shuddered inexplicably and felt colder than outside. But when he looked over again, he felt it was not that scary and suspected that he had seen it wrong.

“Let them do it themselves.” Lang Qi stopped Bai Tu from working. He collected the animal skins and let Lang Ze and the others deal with the rest.

Several little wolves started to work very attentively.

Langze didn’t come here just for fun this time, he also had something to ask Bai Tu. In the summer, there were more prey caught, and those prey were in warm breeding areas, so they didn’t have to worry about food. Their appetites were getting bigger and bigger, and the hay in the tribe would soon be insufficient.

Bai Tu thought about it. The wolf tribe caught more prey than this side, but the amount of hay was about the same between the two tribes. The weight and food intake of the young prey cubs in summer increased rapidly over the past few months, so it was inevitable that the hay would be consumed quickly.

After thinking for a while, Bai Tu gave a plan: “Keep the big bulls and rams for breeding, and kill the rest for meat. Keep the females for foaling, and keep the small ones for feeding. If there is not enough hay, distribute some of it over here.”

The remaining hay of the Snow Rabbit Tribe is enough to last until the end of winter, but there is not much left. To evenly distribute the hay between the two sides, they need to kill a group of those that eat more grass and grow less meat, and keep the rest to continue raising. Bai Tu explained the reason to several people and they will do the same when encountering similar situations in the future.

After hearing Bai Tu’s explanation, the little wolves, including Langze, shuddered.

It seems that they eat more but gain less weight.

Because of this sentence, the little wolves ate significantly less at lunch. They were very greedy at the sight of the sumptuous food, but they did not dare to eat too much, for fear that Bai Tu would see that they were useless. There were not many people coming this time, only Langze, Langzuo, and Langyou. Plus, they hadn’t seen Langqi for more than a month, so they all ate here and didn’t go to the cafeteria.

It is generally recognized that the little wolves have a big appetite. Seeing them staring at the rice without moving, Bai Tu was surprised: “Why aren’t they eating? Are they not satisfied with the taste?” That shouldn’t be the case, half of it was cooked by Lang Qi.

Hearing this, Lang Qi glanced at the little wolves.

Langze immediately picked up the chopsticks and said, “Eat now.” He had to eat, and it was even more terrifying to be stared at by his own brother.

“Eat some vegetables.” Bai Tu used a serving chopstick to pick up some vegetables for several people, including Lang Qi.

Green vegetables are harvested after they mature and refrigerated, and then blanched and frozen when the weather is cold. Because orcs need to eat a lot of meat to replenish their physical strength, green vegetables are not popular. Almost no one eats them alone. Most of the time, they are added as side dishes to other dishes.

The temperature is low in winter, the kang is almost always heated, and since they are young and have high ergencies, the little wolves are all a little bit hot-tempered, so it’s best for them to eat more vegetables.

Bai Tu picked the dish for him, and Lang Qi was watching him, so even if Lang Ze didn’t like it, he had to eat it with a bitter face.

With the new tools, it was almost effortless to walk back and forth between the two tribes. In addition, a road had been built to facilitate walking, so they would not easily bump into trees, and the group slid even faster.

After coming here more often, Langze gradually realized something was wrong: “Tu, why don’t you go out and play?” Langze looked puzzled. The newly made skis had no other disadvantages except that they were easy to break and easily braked when skiing too fast. Even if they didn’t need to patrol, they would ski for a while, but Bai Tu had never skied before.

In the past, Bai Tu would try out new tools, whether he liked them or not, but this time he never used them.

Hearing his question, Bai Tu tidied up the animal hide and explained, “It’s too cold, I don’t really want to go out.” In fact, he was afraid that someone would notice something was wrong.

Bai Tu still hasn’t figured out what’s going on with him. It’s too shocking to say that he has a cub in his belly. After experiencing such an outrageous thing as time travel, he can barely accept this statement. Although it’s still a little hard to believe, he will be happy if it’s true. After all, they are his cubs no matter what, but other people’s may not.

He has gained some weight in his lower abdomen recently, and wearing thin animal skins can hardly hide it. Bai Tu tries to reduce contact with other people as much as possible. He wants to wait until the end of winter before asking Hei Xiao. In such a strange situation, he still trusted Hei Xiao more than anyone else.

Hearing Bai Tu say that he was afraid of the cold, Langze felt very sorry that he couldn’t play with them. He couldn’t stay in the cave for a while and went downstairs with his skis to find a place to ski. You can’t slide anywhere on the mountain or at the foot of the mountain where there are many buildings, but it’s okay to slide in an open space a little further away. A group of orcs even cleared out a large open space to have fun.

Bai Tu looked at Langze’s cheerful back, especially when he ran for a while and felt it was too slow and changed into beast form. He inexplicably thought of another smaller wolf cub and turned around to look at Langqi who came out from the inner room.

Lang Qi held a thick animal skin in his hand and spread it over Bai Tu: “It’s cold outside.”

The winter sun seemed to only have the function of lighting and could not bring any warmth.

“When are you going back?” Bai Tu suddenly asked.

“What?” Lang Qi asked in confusion, rubbed his forehead and helped him button his shirt.

Bai Tu raised his head and asked softly, “Now that you’ve recovered, aren’t you going back to the Wolf Tribe?”

Lang Qi paused, met his gaze, and was speechless for a moment.