Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 116

Chapter 116

People who are familiar with Bai Tu know that Bai Tu will occasionally say words that other people cannot understand. Sometimes he will explain, sometimes he won’t, it all depends on his mood at the time and how much he has on hand.

But Bai Tu has a good temper. Even if he was busy at the time and didn’t explain, he would tell you if asked later.

When Bai Tu first coaxed the cub to call him dad, Lang Qi didn’t know the meaning of the word. Later, after hearing Bai Tu’s explanation, he realized that the cub’s way of addressing the two of them was wrong! It’s ok for them to be both fathers and both uncles, but it’s definitely not ok for them to be both a father and an uncle.

After hearing the explanation that night, Lang Qi began to teach the two cubs to change their names.

Lang Qi taught the words dad and father, while Bai Tu taught the word uncle. The two cubs had just transformed into human form not long ago and were not yet fully adapted to their new bodies. Plus, the two men taught in completely different ways, so they only learned the two simple words dad and uncle. They have not yet learned the more difficult word father.

He originally wanted to secretly give the two cubs some special treatment while Bai Tu was away, but he was caught in the act by Bai Tu who had returned.

Wolf Qi was too focused on teaching the cub, and Bai Tu deliberately slowed down his footsteps, so the cub didn’t notice Bai Tu had returned until he found that the cub was too excited.

Lang Qi, who was squatting beside the bed teaching the cubs, coughed lightly, stood up, and first smelled the scent of the many cubs on Bai Tu, and paused.

The scent of the cubs is lighter than that of an adult orc, but the fact that they can carry so many scents proves that Bai Tu has been in contact with the cubs for quite some time. Lang Qi lowered his eyes and glanced at the three cubs who were still sleeping soundly.

“It’s cold outside, let’s take a bath first.” Lang Qi said, taking Bai Tu away from the cub.

Bai Tu, who hadn’t asked any questions yet: “???”

“You smell like the other cubs, they won’t like it.” Lang Qi explained, and reinforced a layer of fence around the bed to prevent the two cubs who could already crawl from going down.

Bai Tu thought that he had indeed come into contact with quite a few cubs. Although he himself did not feel anything wrong, the cubs seemed to have more sensitive noses and could even distinguish their own relatives. It was indeed easy for them to smell. What Lang Qi said was right. Thinking of this, Bai Tu looked at the two cubs who were waving at him excitedly, and whispered to comfort them: “Be good, baby. Uncle will come to hug you later.”

After he finished speaking, he was about to go to the bathroom, but Lang Qi followed him. Before Bai Tu could speak, Lang Qi spoke first: “Let them call me dad in the future.”

“Huh?” Bai Tu was stunned. The name issue could be a big deal. After all, these two cubs were the children of the previous wolf king. If he called them dad, what would someone say about it in the future?

“In the tribe, cubs whose parents have died will be adopted by their brothers and sisters, and some of them will be called by the same name as their offspring.” Lang Qi said, “Don’t you like them?” ”

How is that possible!” Bai Tu immediately retorted. If he didn’t like them, how could he have taken care of the cubs for so long? These two little wolf cubs were the ones he had taken care of the longest. They had basically never left his sight since he brought them to them, even when he went to the market, not to mention other times. After spending so much time with them, even a stone would have warmed up. What’s more, he liked the cubs from the beginning.

“That’s good.” Lang Qi felt relieved and helped him add hot water.

Bai Tu was busy before he could say anything. Even if he had a heart of stone, he couldn’t say anything at this time. It was not until he got into the bathtub that Bai Tu suddenly realized, what does whether he likes the cub or not have to do with calling him daddy? I would still like it even if you call me uncle! How can feelings change because of a name?

But Lang Qi obviously preferred the cubs to call them dad and father. When Bai Tu came out after washing and drying his hair, he heard Lang Qi still teaching.

I used to avoid him, but now I don’t even try to avoid him and just start fighting right in front of him.

But the cub is not interested in learning the strange name now, and is only interested in finding Baitu.

Bai Tu was silent for a few seconds, walked to a place where the temperature was higher, and watched the uncle and nephew fighting each other in a battle of wits and courage.

The word “father” is still a bit difficult for such a big cub. The cubs in the Beast God Continent do not grow at a uniform speed, and the changes in the same age group are also different from the children he saw in his previous life. For example, now, a three-year-old wolf cub is similar to a one-year-old child after turning into a human form, but the human form will grow faster afterwards until it reaches adulthood at around seventeen or eighteen years old.

The two cubs were blowing bubbles towards the wolf, but when they saw Bai Tu coming, they stared at Bai Tu without moving. After a moment, one of them slowly turned over and crawled towards Bai Tu, and the other one quickly followed.

Bai Tu was sitting a little far away from the cubs. One of the cubs was a little anxious. He crawled twice and suddenly stopped. He slowly exerted force with his legs and slowly stood up.

Bai Tu, who was originally thinking about the problem, was pleasantly surprised. Learning to walk on two feet is more difficult for orc cubs than human children. After all, they have walked for three years before their first transformation into human form. A habit formed in three months is not easy to change, let alone three years. The cubs are young and cannot understand what is said, so it takes more time for them to learn.

Knowing that it would take time for the cubs to adapt to their human form, Bai Tu did not teach them too early. Instead, he let the cubs slowly explore while they assisted from the side. Seeing the cub staggering towards him, Bai Tu stretched out his hand and took a few steps forward to meet it.

The other cub noticed that he stood up and became even more anxious. He started to stand up just like him, and the first thing he did after standing up was to pounce on Bai Tu.

“Dad!” After several days of practice, the pronunciation of these two words has become very correct. So far, the cub has not been able to utter any words as clear as these two words.

Originally, he wanted to discuss the issue of address with Lang Qi again, but when he saw the cub stumbling towards him, Bai Tu found that he felt different when he heard this address.

Bai Tu held the two cubs in his arms, thinking that they should just be the dad. He would explain everything to them when the cubs grew up and became sensible.

Lang Qi saw that Bai Tu’s hair was not dry yet, so he picked up a clean towel next to him and wiped it.

The towel was soft and seemed to be made of the same material as the blanket they slept on. Bai Tu sighed and said, “I hope I can find sheep or cows with long hair next year.” The first batch of blankets and other products were made from the wool that the orcs had shed in the past. All the wool from years, decades or even longer ago was taken out and has now been used up, and the finished products are not enough for each person to have a set.

It will be impossible to collect the fluff so quickly next year. The amount of fluff shed in a year is limited, so we must find other prey to replace it.

Lang Qi listened carefully and asked about the characteristics of the sheep from time to time.

Bai Tu explained it and drew a simple picture. Lang Qi looked at Bai Tu’s drawing thoughtfully.

“What’s wrong?” Bai Tu was a little surprised. He was fine just now, why did he suddenly stop talking?

“I’ve seen this kind of sheep.” Lang Qi said, “Further north in the northern continent, the weather there is colder than here.”

“Then wait for Xiao to come and see if we can catch a few.” Bai Tu said. As long as there were some, he could breed them himself and expand the scale of breeding. Wool fabrics were much more useful than animal skins.

The two cubs didn’t understand the conversation between the two. They just felt that their father’s gaze from them to someone else. They immediately became dissatisfied and grabbed Bai Tu’s clothes and tried to climb up.

However, the weight difference between the human form and the beast form is more than ten times. Bai Tu can hold a cub weighing one or two kilograms crawling on his body, but with two children weighing more than ten or nearly twenty kilograms on his body, moving around, Bai Tu became a little flustered.

“Okay, okay, play on the ground. Be good, we won’t climb on our shoulders.” Bai Tu picked up the two cubs and put them on the bed, then sat beside them and coaxed them to play.

“When did you eat?” Bai Tu asked Lang Qi. He had been out for a few hours. He raised his hand and touched the cub’s stomach. Children digest food quickly, so it was difficult to judge, but at least it was not bloated.

Lang Qi glanced at the hourglass beside him: “Three hours, I’ll go cook.” Bai Tu’s hair was almost dried, Lang Qi put away the towel, kissed Bai Tu on the mouth, “What do you want to eat?” The cubs’ food has always been the same, and Lang Qi didn’t want to make it fancy, but he wanted to make what Bai Tu eats, no matter how troublesome it was.

Bai Tu hesitated for a moment, and couldn’t think of what to eat. He had basically eaten everything that was available, and the vegetables that had been dried or blanched before winter had also been eaten up. He really couldn’t find anything he particularly wanted to eat for the moment.

It all comes down to the fact that there are too few types of seasonings. Now the only seasonings in the tribe are a few kinds of onions, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, cumin, salt and honey that he collected before winter. There are no other seasonings.

I had thought about this problem before, but it was a bit inconvenient at the time, so I asked Lang Qi to see what ingredients were left and cook something first, while Bai Tu started thinking about the seasonings.

The easiest to make are vinegar, soy sauce and wine. The production methods of the three are similar, mainly through fermentation, but there are some differences in raw materials and steps.

Bai Tu originally planned to put the wine aside for a while. After all, some of the food in the tribe was previously distributed to the Leopard Tribe, and later lent to the Yellow Lion Tribe and the Spotted Deer Tribe. Now there is not enough to consume casually. However, besides drinking, white wine has another function, which is disinfection, so it can be used in the future.

In this way, all three need to be produced. There are many raw materials for liquor, such as wheat, sorghum, corn, rice, etc. Soy sauce uses soybeans, and there are also many raw materials for vinegar, but there is no fruit now, so only rice can be used.

I did bring back some rice and soybeans from the last time I went to the market, but that amount was insignificant compared to the number of people in the tribe, and Bai Tu also planned to save some for seeds, so I didn’t eat them.

We ate a lot of wheat in the winter, but most of what we brought back was left in several large baskets. We definitely won’t need so much as seeds, and we can’t make too much wine or vinegar at the beginning. Now we’re just trying it, and a small amount is enough.

Now that there were food raw materials and various tools in the tribe, Bai Tu began to think about several other very important raw materials, vinegar yeast, wine yeast, sauce yeast and yeast.

In modern times, it only takes two or three days to buy several items, but now it takes more than ten days to make them yourself. In order to save time, Bai Tu just does them all at once.

Speaking of it, the production principles of several types of koji are similar. Provide a comfortable environment to allow the bacteria in the air to reproduce. During the entire process, attention must be paid to controlling harmful bacteria, otherwise what is produced will not be food but poison.

When he first started making it, even though he knew the general steps, Bai Tu still divided the raw materials into several portions and only took a small part to try.

The method of making vinegar koji is relatively simple. Steam the wheat bran, spread clean straw on it, and then wait for the vinegar koji to be inoculated.

To make the sauce, the steamed beans need to be wrapped in white flour and then placed separately.

The production of koji is the most complicated, requiring several plant raw materials. Now it is icy and snowy, and it is all white outside, but he has the most plants in his hands. He has more or less some of the raw materials for making koji. Bai Tu crushed several plants such as hot pepper flowers and mixed them into rice flour, kneaded it into a ball, and put it aside, waiting for the fungus to reproduce on its own.

Although yeast has never been made before, it has actually been used. For example, the tribe used white flour to make steamed buns. Because there was no yeast at the time, it took a longer time for the dough to ferment naturally after it was kneaded. However, the final product was just as delicious.

The method of making yeast this time is the same as the previous steamed buns. The first half is to knead the dough, then wait for natural fermentation. Add water and corn flour to the fermented dough, wait for the second fermentation, and decide whether to add corn flour depending on the situation.

Generally, it is better to produce these songs in an environment with higher temperature, but if you have to wait for the temperature to rise, it will take at least two months. Bai Tu directly moved several raw materials into the empty bedroom next door. Anyway, no one lives in this bedroom now, the temperature is high, and it might as well be left there idle.

Over the next period of time, Lang Qi clearly felt that Bai Tu spent much less time with the cubs, not to mention himself, who spent half of his time busy in the next room.

But Lang Qi looked around the house for a long time and found nothing in it except some food, and it smelled a bit weird.

Under Lang Qi’s strange gaze, Bai Tu took out the prepared songs, packed them into different types of pottery jars, and sealed them. Finally, he tied a small wooden sign on them with a rope and hung it on them.

Lang Qi thought that the matter was over, but he found out that Bai Tu had a lot more things to do. Not only did he do it himself, but he also had to arrange for the free people in the tribe to do it.

Lang Qi, who originally thought that Bai Tu could stay in the cave until the end of winter, was silent for a while. Finally, he decisively took a few cubs with him and followed. While taking care of the cubs, he memorized the steps arranged by Bai Tu. In just three days, he was able to help Bai Tu.

Many people in the tribe had been idle for most of the winter and were suddenly assigned to work. Although it was their duty, they could not help but feel a little lazy. I originally wanted to talk to Bai Tu about this.

After all, Bai Tu is famous for his good temper. If he plays the victim and says he is tired at this time, even if the final points do not increase, he will definitely compensate them in other places.

But before the group of people could use their cleverness, they discovered that Lang Qi not only had the cubs with him, but was also doing more work than they were. In an instant, everyone looked at Bai Tu differently.

Even the leader of the wolf clan had to work honestly in front of Bai Tu, how could they dare to be lazy? Moreover, Lang Qi followed Bai Tu closely, and if they wanted to go over and act pitiful, they would probably be spotted by Lang Qi before they could finish their words.

Lang Qi is as famous for his pettiness as Bai Tu is for his good temper. Bai Tu risked being remembered by Lang Qi to ask for better treatment. Even if he lived a long life, he would not have seen that the orcs of the wolf tribe were all obedient in front of Lang Qi, let alone other people.

Bai Tu thought that after a winter break, there would inevitably be some obstacles when starting work again. Unexpectedly, everyone’s performance was surprisingly good, and the progress on the first day of work was faster than he had planned.

Everyone is working hard, and Bai Tu will definitely not let their hard work be in vain. The food standards for the working orcs are all based on the patrol team’s.

Throughout the winter, the patrol team worked the hardest in the Snow Rabbit Tribe. In the past, food was limited in the tribe, so it didn’t matter whether they patrolled or not, as long as the enemy didn’t attack where they lived.

But there is plenty of food in the tribe this year, and even with the wolf tribe around, Bai An still expanded the patrol team again and again, and they would go out for a patrol almost every two or three days.

In such a cold day, who wouldn’t want to curl up in a cave and have a good rest? But the tribe also needs protection, so the patrol team’s treatment in all aspects has been improved a lot, including food, clothes, points… basically everything you can think of has been increased.

There is a lot of food in the tribe, but it is divided into different types. The orcs who are not working have more grains in their meals, while the food of the patrol team is almost entirely meat.

Even so, no one raised any objections. After all, everyone knew how hard it was to walk outside in this weather. If anyone wanted to raise any objections, they could just join the patrol team so that they could eat the same food.

After Bai Tu started arranging the work, they had some ideas about having a group of people come out to work before the winter was over, but they couldn’t say it because Lang Qi was there. When they found out that the food they received was different at night, they realized that even if everyone didn’t mention it, Bai Tu would still increase their treatment.

After all, whether it is winter or summer, we are busy just for a bite to eat. If the food is good, our mood will be good, and we will be much more motivated to work the next day than on the first day.

Bai An looked at the orcs who were busy under Bai Tu’s arrangement and felt a little suspicious. Are these the people who used to stay in the cave all winter and never come out?

This year, a kang was built in the cave, which is more comfortable than in previous years. Except for some necessary work, no one was assigned to other work after the snow. Now this is the first newly added job.

Bai An was worried that Bai Tu could not control so many orcs by himself, so he was measuring the central area drawn by Bai Tu at the edge of the territory. When he heard Bai Tu had started to arrange work, he finished his work and ate something and rushed over in a hurry. Unexpectedly, when he entered the tribe, he found that everyone was working hard, and the laziness he was worried about did not happen at all.

Seeing Bai An coming back, Bai Tu went straight over, took the topographic map drawn by the other party and began to study it.

It is called a topographic map, but in fact it is as simple as it can be, using various symbols to indicate whether there are high slopes or low places.

The entire area looks like a plain, but there are some places with different heights in the middle. The white map will be adjusted according to the terrain to minimize everyone’s workload. For example, buildings that need to be raised should be built on high slopes as much as possible.

Bai Tu made a simple ruler out of wool and gave it to Bai An, who wrote down the height and size of the slopes. Because there was still a layer of ice on the surface, he had not started measuring the low-lying areas and only wrote down a few high slopes.

Although it is called a high slope, it is actually only three or four meters high. The orcs in the tribe can flatten it into a flat ground in just a few days. There are not many transportation tools on hand now, so Bai Tu tries to reduce everyone’s workload and use them as much as possible.

However, some slopes can be used, while some places can only be leveled. Bai Tu began to think about making a simple vehicle.

There are many types of vehicles. Considering that there will be many places to transport supplies after the residential area is transformed, Bai Tu plans to make wheelbarrows and carts first.

Both tools can be used by one person or by multiple people. They were common tools in rural areas in the past, especially the cart. Bai Tu saw others using it when he was very young, but he saw it less often after he grew up and could only see it in documentaries or TV dramas.

A cart is relatively large and requires at least two wheels. As the name suggests, a wheelbarrow only requires one wheel, but of course it can transport less supplies each time.

Anyway, Hei Xiao would bring the rubber, so Bai Tu didn’t waste any time and directly arranged for the carpenters to make the frames of the cart and wheelbarrow first, and then handed the wheels to the blacksmith. The finished products could be used, but without rubber, the wheels had a relatively short lifespan and would be deformed after a short time.

But Bai Tu is not in a hurry. Now is just the preliminary stage. He can upgrade again after Hei Xiao comes.

Bai Tu originally wanted to make some condiments and white wine, but when he got busy he found that there were so many things that could be made. Now the weather is not as cold as it was some time ago. Except for the first two days which were quite difficult, everyone gradually adapted to working outdoors.

After all, this group of people have experienced such a winter for the first time. They have experienced temperatures that could freeze people to death a month ago. Now it is just a little colder. Moreover, Bai Tu has moved all the work that can be done indoors to indoors. Only those things that cannot be done indoors are done outside. Everyone takes turns, so it is not difficult to endure.

When the ice and snow outside had not yet completely melted, the entire tribe was already busy. After a winter of rest, my strength and energy have improved a lot compared to last year.

After working for a few days, everyone realized that it was time to move around. In the past, they just stayed in the cave alone or with their partners, and no one noticed the changes in them, especially the orcs who lived alone. They ate and slept every day, and only went down the mountain to get food. They never went out at other times. More than two months had passed before they knew it.

The time to get the food was short, and there were few people encountered. Plus, the orc who was distributing the food was already used to everyone’s appearance, so he didn’t say anything. I haven’t seen some people in the tribe for more than two months. When I saw them now, I discovered the same thing: everyone had gained a lot of weight.

In the past, I spent half of the winter starving and the other half sleeping. Even if I did nothing, after the winter, if I didn’t lose weight, I was considered lucky. It was impossible for me to gain weight.

However, this year, even the smallest cubs in the tribe can eat their fill, and they get nutritious food such as goat milk specially prepared by the tribe. Not to mention some of the orcs who had worked before. As long as they worked hard at that time, they basically had enough points and could eat as much food as they wanted. After most of the winter, the changes in their bodies can be imagined.

Everyone was quite happy at first, after all, gaining weight is a good thing. But then everyone found that their speed seemed to have slowed down a lot.

Even if you’re not fat, your speed will change if you don’t move for a winter. Now you’ve become rounder, and your speed has changed even more. The slow speed means it is not easy to catch prey, so a group of people thought about reducing their food intake and increasing their work.