Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 19

Chapter 19

For a moment Bai Tu felt that this scene was like taking care of a child. Of course, for the sake of his own life, he could never say this thought out loud.

In the expectant gaze of the wolves, Lang Qi finally exchanged two baskets of raw meat for one basket of braised meat. The meat used to exchange for salt had already been roasted for easy preservation. Most of the rations eaten on the road were also roasted or dried. Only a few baskets of raw meat were left for today and tomorrow. Any more would go bad. Two baskets were enough for the wolf pack to eat for one meal.

The braised meat lacking sugar and some seasonings is actually just a more complicated stew, but the finished product still shocked the orcs. The braised meat after stewing is soft and tasty, tender and not greasy. One bite is full of fragrance, making people want to swallow their tongue.

There was a whole basket of braised meat, and each wolf was given a fist-sized piece. Some of the fast-eating orcs ate it all in just a few bites. They wolfed it down before they could even taste the flavor, and could only look on enviously at the others.

After quickly dividing the melon and the braised meat, the wolves savored the delicious taste between their lips and teeth, and ate the barbecued meat with the aroma of the braised meat. Although it took two backpacks of meat to exchange, the wolves hardly worried about prey, as they could catch new ones on the way, so it was no problem to eat more in one meal.

It’s just that I haven’t eaten it. After tasting the delicious braised meat, the gap between eating hard and woody barbecued meat is too big. A group of wolf orcs looked eagerly at the remaining backpacks of the rabbit tribe. Since they were replaced at noon, could they be replaced at night? At worst, they could catch some new prey tonight. It might be a little difficult to catch prey on the way, but it’s not completely impossible.

Thinking of this, the wolves looked at each other and stared at the backpack. The market is still a few days away, they must protect the food!

The orcs guarding the backpacks suddenly felt a chill on their necks, as if something was staring at them. They stood up and looked around, but there was no danger. They turned around to look at the orcs who were eating, and they all seemed normal? I couldn’t help but touch my neck.

While the wolves were barbecuing, the rabbits were not idle either. Their meat was cooked in advance and could be eaten directly, but just like drinking boiled water, recently under the leadership of Bai Tu, everyone has become accustomed to the combination of meat and vegetables.

Members of the picking teams from both tribes followed. There were not many wild fruits to pick nearby, but there were quite a few wild vegetables. For the sake of the braised meat, the wolf picking team took good care of the rabbit tribe and went to a faraway place to pick fruits. However, when they came back, they saw the rabbit tribe pulling weeds. When the wolves were eating barbecue, they discovered that the rabbits also cooked the grass to eat.

Lang Qi fell into deep thought. Everything the rabbit tribe did was beyond his expectations.

What was even more surprising was that the rabbit tribe not only ate the food themselves, but also invited them to eat it.

“Would you like to try it?” Bai Tu invited Langze, who was closest to him. Langqi’s expression was too cold, and he looked difficult to approach. But Langze was different. Perhaps because of the friendship in which they had shared gossip, Langze had developed a strong interest in their tribe and was still curious even when he saw the boiled grass.

Langze asked enthusiastically: “Is it delicious?”

Unlike the rabbit tribe who often lack food, most members of the wolf tribe have never worried about food. Wild grasses are basically not on their menu, and the most common plants they eat are various wild fruits.

“It’s delicious.” Bai Qi, who had avoided wild vegetables at first, had a say in this issue. After the wild vegetables were cooked, he scooped out half a bowl and ate it in no time. Then he wiped his mouth and started to chew on some beef jerky. Braised meat and wild vegetables are the staple food, and beef jerky is suitable as an after-meal snack.

Langze, who was just slightly interested at first, his eyes lit up when he saw the beef jerky. It was something he had never eaten before!

Bai Qi ate with gusto, and his intuition told Lang Ze that this thing would be delicious.

Orcs have big appetites, and every time Bai Tu thinks they are full, they always eat a little more. For example, Langze, after eating a piece of braised meat, a piece of grilled meat and half a bowl of wild vegetables, finished a bag of beef jerky in a short while.

In order to make it easier to eat on the road, Bai Tu cut the two baskets of beef jerky that belonged to him into small pieces, and wrapped them into small portions with clean and dried leaves. Each portion was the size of a palm. He could eat a pack when he was tired or taking a break.

The food given to Langze was naturally his portion. There were about ten sticks in a pack, about two or three taels. It would take him half an hour to finish a pack, but Langze only took about ten minutes. While envying his teeth, I couldn’t help but sigh that the Creator was indeed fair. Wolves hunted fast and ate fast as well.

Langze was still not satisfied after eating, so he went to his brother to get a piece of fat meat. For most orcs, fat meat is more valuable than lean meat.

Bai Tu decided to use the meat to make lard in the evening, and took out two packets of beef jerky and handed them to Langze: “Drink more water and save them for dinner.” He felt that if he didn’t explain, the two packets of beef jerky would not last until the afternoon.

Langze is quite smart sometimes. For example, now, knowing that these two bags of beef jerky were exchanged for that piece of meat, the first thing he did after agreeing to Bai Tu was to give one bag to his brother.

Lang Qi looked at his brother who was full and then remembered him. He picked up a piece of beef jerky, tasted it, chewed it twice, and glanced at Bai Tu and the supplies brought by the rabbit tribe behind him. Without saying a word, he arranged the order of going up the mountain.

Bai Tu noticed Lang Qi’s gaze, but didn’t take it to heart. The wolves had hundreds of backpacks full of supplies, and each basket was much bigger than the ones of the rabbits. They wouldn’t be interested in Lang Qi’s mere possessions. As for inviting them to go along specifically for supplies, that was even more impossible. Bai Tu and Bai An had rejected this speculation the day before. To be honest, if the wolves’ purpose was food, it might save time to just rob them.

After observing for a whole morning, Bai Tu felt that Lang Qi’s actions were a bit like he wanted to keep something by his side. He just didn’t know what about the Rabbit Tribe made the other party care. It couldn’t be that he doubted whether the Snow Rabbit Tribe could really annex the Wolf Tribe because of Foxbu’s words. This was more ridiculous than saying that a three-year-old child could knock down a grown man.

Collecting his thoughts, Bai Tu followed Bai An and obeyed the arrangements of the two tribal leaders.

Climbing a mountain is different from walking on flat ground, not to mention that it is a mountain without a road. Even though we pass by here every year, we still dare not underestimate it. Almost all the orcs carry heavy objects, which is completely different from climbing a mountain with empty hands. You have to be more careful. You may get hurt if you are not careful. Moreover, the whole team has a large number of people. If someone falls during the process of climbing the mountain, there is a high probability that everyone will fall.

If you get injured while hunting, you have time to recover slowly. If you get injured on the road, you either have to send someone back to the tribe or stay where you are and wait for the salt-exchanging team to come back. Either situation is unsafe. If the salt-exchanging team has too few people, they may be easily snatched away by other tribes. If you stay where you are, you will lack food and water, and without the protection of your fellow tribesmen, and you will still be in danger.

In order to reduce casualties, the order of going up the mountain is particularly important. The team leader is an experienced orc, and several of them can transform into beast forms. On the mountain, the beast form with four legs on the ground has more advantages and is more convenient to avoid when encountering danger.

The strong orcs walk with the weaker orcs. The former can take care of the latter. An orc who does not carry any supplies and has quick eyes and hands is arranged every few steps. As long as the arrangements are made properly, climbing the mountain smoothly is not a problem.

After eating and resting, the team filled the bamboo tube with boiling water. When they set out again, it was already past noon and the sun was not as strong as before. After being baked for most of the day, it was still stuffy even under the shade of the trees where there was no direct sunlight, but at least you wouldn’t get sunburned.

Bai Tu followed the team up the mountain. Every time he looked up, he felt that he was still in the same place. After finally reaching the top of the mountain, he realized that the most difficult part was not going up the mountain, but going down the mountain.

Even if the team leader is an orc who has walked here more than a dozen times, he cannot ensure that every step is taken on the right path. Fortunately, the beast form is more flexible and can react quickly and jump away when stepping on slippery rocks. Even if he fails to avoid it, the thick fur can greatly reduce the chance of injury.

By the time we got to the foot of the mountain, it was already dark. This mountain had a stream, just like where the rabbit tribe lived, which saved everyone the time of looking for water. After decades of searching, everyone has already figured out the rules for each route. Unless there are any unexpected situations, the time required to go to the market is the same every time.

The location we chose to camp overnight is also the place where we have stayed in the past few years. It is close to a water source, with convenient water supply, and the trees are sparser than the surrounding areas, so there is no need to worry about sparks splashing on the plants. With the experience gained at noon, everyone cleaned the ground, lit the fire, and set up the pot faster, and some were even impatient.

This time they saved the time of fetching water and boiled water faster, but the wolf people had no time to care about those things. They looked at Lang Qi with sharp eyes, waiting for him to speak.

Lang Qi found Bai An and brought back a basket of braised meat just like he did at noon. The group of young people cheered with joy.

The voices were getting louder and louder, and Lang Qi couldn’t stand it anymore: “Shut up, if you keep making noise, go eat barbecue!”

Upon hearing this, the wolves dispersed, some were boiling water, some were grilling meat, and a few were using suitable stones to dig stone pots. For orcs with sharp claws, digging a stone pot is not difficult. The difference is whether it is easy to use or not. The stone pot made in a hurry is not flat enough, but it is enough for boiling water.

At noon, because of time constraints, it was more convenient to borrow the rabbit tribe’s stone pot, but they couldn’t keep borrowing it. The wolf tribe, which had transformed into animal form, quickly scratched and dug at the stones with its two claws, ignoring some that dug through the stones too quickly, some that dug crookedly due to distraction, and some that accidentally broke their nails because of releasing their claws too quickly. It was indeed a scene of hard work and diligence.

Lang Qi took a deep breath, looked away and looked to the other side.

Bai Tu was leading Bai Qi, Tu Bing and others to boil lard, and they were also stewing the baskets of meat that they had exchanged from the wolf tribe during the day. After all, they still had to eat on the road, so both tribes brought salt. There was no need to worry about the materials for removing the fishy smell. The picking team picked a lot of onions, ginger and garlic at noon. Bai Tu also saw Sichuan peppercorns that were not available around the tribe. It was indeed an unexpected gain.

With the lard, Bai Tu did not stew all the meat, but saved some and cut it into thick slices and grilled it on hot stones.

The unique cooking method once again attracted the attention of the wolves. Langze on the side ate the last piece of beef jerky in two bites and came over again: “Bai Tu, Bai Qi, what are you doing?” Although he had only been with Bai Tu for one day, Langze had already placed Bai Tu in a position second only to his brother. He was the second most powerful person he had ever seen!

“Barbecue.” Bai Tu answered. The advantage of using a stone slab is that the heat is distributed more evenly, so there won’t be a situation where some places are burnt and some places are uncooked. Because it’s sliced, it cooks faster than large pieces of meat. It’s cooked not long after being put on the slab.

Bai Tu used chopsticks to pick out the cooked ones and placed them on a wooden plate beside him: “Try it.”

Bai Qi quickly took out the dipping sauce. These dipping sauces are all made by Bai Tu himself. There are two types in total. One is a salty one made with salt, onions, garlic and other ingredients, and the other is applesauce made with apples and other condiments.

The stone slab barbecue is not that amazing when eaten directly, at most it is a little more fragrant than the ones others grill, but adding the dipping sauce gives it a completely different experience. Bai Tu likes to dip it in applesauce to relieve the greasiness, while others seem to prefer salty food and are not very interested in the sour applesauce, only taking a few bites at most.

Spreading a new batch of meat slices on the stone slab, Bai Tu listened to the sizzling sound of the oil, changed his chopsticks, picked up a piece of barbecue, dipped it in apple sauce, blew on it twice, and slowly put it into his mouth. It had a satisfying taste, with the barbecue accompanied by bursts of apple fragrance. Afraid that the applesauce would go bad in the hot weather, he didn’t make enough. Bai Tu thought that he could save some of the fruits he saw on the road and make some more to eat on the way back. Life is more interesting when accompanied by delicious food.

Bai Qi had already started eating in a hurry.

Langze learned how the other two ate. He picked up a piece of meat, dipped it in the sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth before Bai Tu could even say be careful. He howled in pain from the burn. Even so, Langze still couldn’t bear to spit out the piece of meat in his mouth. He ate it with a grin, and didn’t even have time to talk. He immediately picked up the second piece. This time he knew the method. He just blew on it after dipping it in the sauce before eating.

Bai Qi was a semi-skilled worker and could help turn the meat and apply oil. After Bai Tu grilled two plates, he let Bai Qi take over his position. He moved his wrists and shoulders and suddenly felt that the atmosphere around him was not right.

Bai Tu slowly raised his head and was almost scared to death by the scene in front of him.

Under the cover of night, a dozen wolves were squatting or standing around, staring at the barbecue and dipping sauce in his hands.

Lang Qi, who was not far away, had a complicated look in his eyes.