Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Corn has a huge advantage, which is its high yield. Bai Tu has always been worried about the food problem. Even though the tribe’s current situation is much better than before, it is still not safe enough in his eyes. This is also one of the purposes of coming here this time, to see if there is any food.

But he also knew that finding suitable seeds was hard to come by and he was not completely sure. What he never expected was that by such a coincidence, Leopard brought corn. Bai Tu became very happy when he thought about the corn yield and planting time.

Bao Duo was very nervous. Seeing that they were silent, he thought Bai Tu was not satisfied with these, so he gritted his teeth and added some more: “I’ll give you another basket of meat, and the rest will be given to you at the next market–”

Bai Tu raised his hand to interrupt him: “I don’t want meat, these are enough.” Corn planting does not require too high a density. One basket of corn can plant dozens of acres, and new seeds can be used next year. These are enough as a thank you fee.

Hearing this, Leopard heaved a sigh of relief. It was not that he was unwilling to give more, but because of the accident. The food brought out this time was much less than before, and more than half of it belonged to the Leopard tribe. It was not enough to exchange for salt. If he took too much, the orcs from other tribes would not agree.

But Baoduo was grateful to Bai Tu from the bottom of his heart. Even though the other party said that it was enough, he still made up his mind to bring more supplies before the next market.

The Leopard Tribe has not yet exchanged for salt. After Bai Tu accepted the corn, Bao Duo hurriedly took his people away. The price for salt will be different tomorrow. Afraid that Bai Tu and the others would leave today and he would not be able to find them, he handed the matter of exchanging salt to the orcs from another tribe. Now he had to go over and take a look. After almost suffering a loss, Bao Duo became more cautious.

“Tu, is this delicious?” Langze turned into a human form at some point and looked at the food in the basket with anticipation. Since Bai Tu liked it so much, it must taste good, right?

“It tastes good, but we can’t eat it now.” Bai Tu placed the basket next to the salt to show its importance. “It’s just for seeds. Plant them when you go back and you can harvest them during the snow season.” There is a lot of rain in the summer in the Beast God Continent. Bai Tu plans to plant some of it when he returns to the tribe, and then plant some more when the rainy season is about to end, to see which time the corn grows better.

Most of the orcs here don’t have the habit of planting, and they usually rely on picking fruits for their meals, as the number of wild ones is too small. The wolves, who are not far from the rabbits, naturally have the same habit. Bai Tu said a few words to the two brothers: “This is called corn. It’s a bit sweet when cooked when it’s almost ripe. It can be stored for a few years after it’s ripe and dried and threshed. After returning to the tribe, clear out a piece of land, pull out the weeds, dig a hole of this size in the soil, put the seeds in, water it a few times in between, and wait a few months before you can harvest. A corn is about this big, and it’s covered with this kind of corn kernels.”

Bai Tu compared the length of the corn sticks he had seen in his previous life. The corn kernels that Leopard Duo sent were bigger than the corn he had seen before, and the corn cobs would only be bigger, so the yield should not be bad.

Listening to his description, Lang Qi could already imagine how much food he could harvest from planting these corns. It was very likely that it would be more than what he harvested from hunting. He understood why Bai Tu was so happy. No matter which tribe you were in, finding food was something to be happy about.

“I’m afraid we can’t finish growing all these corn kernels in one season,” Bai Tu calculated, then turned to ask Lang Qi, “There should be a lot of idle people in your tribe, right? We can clear out more.” The population of the wolf tribe was several times that of the rabbit tribe. He planned to give them more. There were less than a hundred people in the rabbit tribe, and even if all of them went to farm, they couldn’t grow so much, not to mention the children and hunting teams that needed to hunt.

Lang Qi was stunned: “We?”

“You don’t want to plant?” Bai Tu paused, “It’s okay not to plant, as long as there is enough food.” Orcs still like to eat meat. The wolves hunt a lot, so there is no need to plant as long as there is enough food for the tribe.

“It’s not that I don’t want to…” Langze looked at his brother and then at Bai Tu.

Lang Qi spoke again: “This is given to you by Baoduo.”

Baoduo gave it specifically to Bai Tu, so in their eyes, this was Bai Tu’s own thing, and of course he would eat the food himself, and at most give some to his own tribe.

As for the wolf tribe, it is not a question of whether they want to or not, but whether they have seeds. The life of the wolf tribe is actually not as superior as imagined. No matter how strong their hunting ability is, the coming and going of prey is seasonal. If there is no prey in the territory, no matter how strong their hunting ability is, they will only starve. The wolves’ strong hunting ability also means they need more food, and the tribe has a large population, so they eat more food every day.

Even as ferocious as wolves, they still go hungry in winter, but the degree of hunger is not as high as that of rabbits. So when he heard about the corn yield, Lang Qi planned to ask Bao for more next time, but he didn’t expect Bai Tu to ask them to plant it now.

“Oh.” Bai Tu suddenly understood what the other party meant. “Our tribe cannot plant all of these seeds. We must share them. Besides, you also helped today. It wasn’t my help.” It was true that Bao Duo was thanking him, but if the four of them had not been there, he would not have dared to follow him and remind him. Therefore, it was everyone’s reward, so he naturally could not keep it all for himself. That was also the reason why he told the two of them the planting method.

Bai Tu looked at the two brothers: “You didn’t forget the method I just told you, did you?”

Lang Qi recalled and summarized: “Dig holes, put seeds, water, and harvest.”

“Yes!” Bai Tu nodded, “This is how most plants are planted. If you want to plant fruits or edible plants in the future, you can try it. Remember to water them. Most plants need water, and watering will increase the germination rate.” In fact, if you want the seedlings to grow well, you can germinate them, but it is too troublesome. Germination, sowing and transplanting are suitable for plants in relatively small quantities. There is so much corn, there is no need to go through all that, you can just plant them directly.

Lang Qi nodded and remembered his words.

Seeing that the other party had listened to his words, Bai Tu was very satisfied. Although there was not much he could do now, he could still help others within his ability.

It was getting late, and Bai Tu had corn in hand, so he decided to go to the market tomorrow to look for other seeds. One cannot become fat in one bite, and it is impossible to plant too many crops in a short time. The number of people and tools are limited, so as long as there is enough food to eat this year, he would pass.

Bai Tu poured out the corn for everyone to choose from, and picked out all the broken ones. The beastmen who had just finished eating the melons were idle. Upon hearing this, each of them took a bowl and started to pick it up.

Probably because the corn was relatively raw when it was threshed, nearly one-fifth of the corn was incomplete. Everyone picked out about ten pounds of it. The broken corn would not sprout if planted, but it could be eaten. Bai Tu found the stone mortar used on the road and asked everyone to help pound the corn into powder.

That night, everyone drank corn porridge, which they had never had before. The corn porridge was cooked over a high fire all night, with a strong corn aroma. It had a completely different taste from the food they had eaten before. After drinking a bowl of it, they felt comfortable. The only drawback was that it was too hot.

“It tastes better in winter.” Langze covered his bloated belly and recalled the taste of corn porridge. He was very satisfied. When he thought that he could drink it anytime in the future, Langze couldn’t help but fantasize, “Tu, it would be great if you could join our tribe.” It would be so comfortable to have different delicious food to eat every day.

As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings instantly became quiet. Both the wolf and rabbit tribes were waiting for Bai Tu’s reaction.

The wolf tribe’s idea is very simple. They would definitely agree with Langze’s proposal. Although their tribe has always disliked witch doctors, Bai Tu is obviously different from those hateful witch doctors. If he could go to their tribe, everyone would definitely agree.

The Rabbit Tribe is worried because the Snow Rabbit Tribe is much smaller than the Blood Wolf Tribe. If given a choice, the witch doctor will definitely choose the larger tribe. The Wolf Tribe also has a good attitude towards Bai Tu and is willing to accept Bai Tu’s joining. No matter how you look at it, the Wolf Tribe is a better choice.

“You can still eat it even without joining your tribe.” Bai Tu said with a smile, “Welcome to the Snow Rabbit Tribe. I’ll make delicious food for you then.” He had no intention of changing tribes at all. Having lived in the Snow Rabbit Tribe for so many days, he had already become familiar with the tribe members in the tribe. Everyone got along very happily. He was just in the same industry with the Wolf Tribe, and he only knew a few of them. Of course, it was impossible for him to abandon his own tribe.

He admitted that he once coveted the wolf cubs, but it was just a thought. If the wolf tribe had cubs abandoned by their parents, he would be willing to take them in. If not, he would not force it. In short, he would just go with the flow and would not change tribe just to get some food.

This means they are not planning to join the Blood Wolf Tribe. The rabbit tribe led by Bai An couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Of course, they have no right to interfere with the witch doctor’s decisions, but that doesn’t stop them from wanting the witch doctor to stay in their tribe.

Lang Qi slowly withdrew his gaze and passed his eyes over Lang Ze. His younger brother seemed a little more pleasing to the eye today, maybe it was because he had seen him too much.

Even though many orcs can still see clearly at night, the market is not open. The orcs in the market have dispersed long before they have dinner. In order to ensure the safety of supplies, tribes will not get too close to each other, and some voices from neighboring tribes can be vaguely heard.

Not long after dinner, Baoduo came over with the remaining three backpacks of lime and explained the entire process of the incident that happened at noon today: “There were four backpacks in total of this white soil, and those were not from the Yellow Monkey Tribe at all, but from the Brown Monkey Tribe. When they went to the Yellow Monkey Tribe, they saw this, and they thought it was white, so they wanted to pretend it was salt to exchange for food.”

The Yellow Monkey Tribe was on the other side of the market, and most of the orcs in the tribe were friendly, and their reputation was completely different from that of the Brown Monkey Tribe. Therefore, a few people from the Brown Monkey Tribe thought of using the name of the Yellow Monkey Tribe, a distant relative, to cheat. If he had answered the Brown Monkey Tribe when the orc asked about the tribe at the beginning, not many people would have believed it. He used the word “Yellow Monkey” to deceive a lot of people.

That group of people deliberately quoted an extremely low price at the beginning in order to attract big customers like Bao Duo who brought a lot of food. After all, most big customers would go directly to the big salt-exchanging tribes on the beach, and a small stall like theirs would only get people to take the bait if the ratio they offered was attractive.

At the beginning, things did go as smoothly as the other party had expected, if they had not encountered the white map. The middle-aged orc would have racked his brains to understand why Bao Duo suddenly asked to pour salt, since they had clearly agreed at the beginning not to change the backpack!

Speaking of this, Bao Duo looked remorseful: “In order to chase them, my arm was injured.”

Hearing that someone was injured, Bai Tu immediately asked: “Is it serious? I’ll get some medicine for you to take back and apply it on him.”

Upon hearing this, all the wolves present looked at Lang Qi.

I beg everyone to collect the author’s column. I’m only 990,000 away from making it to the end of the year to fulfill my child’s dream qaq.