Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 44

Chapter 44

Although Bai Tu was shocked by Bai An’s behavior of pinching himself over a disagreement, he was happy for him and did not refute it. Anyone would be happy if the same thing happened to them. Suddenly, there are dozens of bodyguards and free laborers, some of whom bring their own meals. Looking around, I’m afraid there’s no other like them.

Bai Tu returned to the dinner table and saw Langze and Heiyan were engaged in a new round of fighting. Both pairs of chopsticks were holding the last piece of meat in the hot pot, neither of them giving in. Hei Xiao lowered his head to eat from his bowl. Not wanting to meet Bai Tu’s surprised gaze, he decided to pretend he didn’t exist. Lang Qi silently divided the roasted meat into his own bowl and Bai Tu’s bowl. The two boys who were fighting over the meat had not yet noticed that the barbecue had been eaten up by Lang Qi.

Bai Tu: “…”

Bai Tu: “Divide it into two halves.” If this continues, there will be no way to decide who owns the meat tomorrow morning.

“No!” Langze and Heiyan refused in unison, and then glared at each other at the same time, “Why are you imitating me?”

What they both lack is that piece of meat? Obviously not, it is dignity. At this point, it doesn’t matter whether they can eat that piece of meat or not. The important thing is not to let the other party eat it.

Because they were talking synchronously, their desire to win arose again. They both exerted force together. Looking at the constantly rolling bottom of the pot, Bai Tu reminded: “Be careful–”

Before Bai Tu could finish his words, the piece of meat could no longer withstand the fight between the two teenagers and decisively split into two halves. The two of them were unable to stop in time, and the chopsticks created a trail of red oil that went straight to Bai Tu, who was closest to the stone pot.

Lang Qi’s face changed, he pulled Bai Tu behind him and scolded him harshly: “Sit down and eat well.”

Hei Xiao came back to his senses from the fright, and after confirming that Bai Tu was okay, he drove Hei Yan to the other side: “I’ll get it for you, you just wait and eat it.”

Having almost got into trouble, Langze Hei Yan calmed down: “Oh.”

No matter whether it is hot pot or barbecue, it will take at least two hours to finish the meal. This time was the same. The moon was at its zenith, and the meal was finished safely. Lang Qi patted his brother who was still bickering with Hei Yan, reminding him that it was time to work.

Langze howled halfway when Langqi quickly covered his mouth again.

Lang Qi said in a deep voice: “You are not allowed to take off the skin!”

The howling stopped abruptly, and a group of wolves who were about to throw away the skin and transform immediately held back, and obediently lined up in a row and followed their leader away.

After discussing with Bai An and Bai Tu, they decided to set out early tomorrow morning to look for the cat tribe. Firstly, the rabbit tribe was not good at coming out at night, and secondly, they had to wait for the wolf tribe to come back from hunting. Furthermore, the rabbit tribe had a task tonight, which was to clean up the homes of the cat and wolf tribes.

Because of their nature of digging holes, the rabbit tribe has the most dwellings among all animals, and the snow rabbit tribe has fewer people, so there are more vacant caves. However, with the sudden increase of three-quarters of orcs, plus the eagle tribe that already lived here and several lion tribes captured today, even the rabbit tribe that has plenty of caves still needs to be redistributed for a while.

Several people from the lion and cat tribes can live in one cave, but the wolf and eagle tribes are partners, so their treatment is definitely different. Bai Tu counted the number of people and the number of caves, and decisively chose to divide them into standard rooms and large bunk beds.

A standard room is a cave where at least two orcs can live. Couples and children from the Rabbit, Wolf and Eagle tribes can live together. Single young people without partners can live in a room with two people. A cave with a large bunk bed can accommodate five or six orcs, which are for the Lion tribe and the upcoming Cat tribe.

The cabinet that Bai Tu taught everyone to build before is now useful. Originally, the rabbit tribe thought that their place was big and it was okay to throw things around, so there was no need for a cabinet. But now two people need to live together, so all the sundries need to be doubled, and they can no longer throw things around like before.

When allocating rooms, they are allowed to choose their own roommates first. If they can’t find one, the roommates are randomly assigned. The caves are numbered and then drawn by lot to ensure everything is fair and just.

Although it was changed from a single room to a double room, the rabbit tribe has strong digging ability, and most caves are wide and deep, so it is no problem for two or three people to live in. In addition, some sundries can be placed in the cabinets, which saves most of the space. A few dissatisfied orcs entered the new cave and found that there was no difference from living alone before, so they immediately stopped objecting.

“There are too few cabinets. We will start making new ones tomorrow.” Bai Tu comforted the orcs who had moved to their new residence. Before, everyone was not used to packing up things, so the number of cabinets made was relatively small. These were originally intended to be placed in the cave for storing food in the future, but they had not had time to move there yet, so they happened to be used first. However, the number was not enough. Two-thirds of the orcs did not have cabinets yet, so they could only be asked to move there first, and new cabinets would be made later.

Worried that some people would not get along well with their roommates, Bai Tu suggested: “If living like this is uncomfortable, you can add partitions in the middle.” In short, everything can be negotiated.

The rabbits are relatively gentle in character and do not have much resistance to Bai Tu and Bai An’s decision. Some of them are a bit socially anxious, but they felt relieved after hearing Bai Tu’s plan. In addition, the people living in the cave are orcs of the same tribe, so they gradually stop resisting.

After all these arrangements, not only were there enough caves, but there were still a few left. Bai Tu reserved two that were connected to the Eagle Tribe’s residence, and that area was used as guest rooms for people from other tribes to stay in when they came to visit. The remaining three were kept for storing supplies.

Now that there are wolves and eagles to help catch cubs, the demand for hay in winter will definitely increase sharply. Since Bai Tu plans to raise pigs, cattle, sheep, deer, chickens and ducks, of course he has to prepare the fodder in advance.

After everything was arranged, it was just dawn. Bai Tu yawned and was about to go to bed when he heard a faint voice: “I seem to hear the voice of the wolf tribe.” The voices of orcs in human form have almost nothing to do with their beast form, and it is difficult to distinguish the beast form from the sound. But the team led by Langze is an exception among exceptions. Once they are happy, they can hardly hide their inner joy. The sound gradually moves closer to that of the beast form. Judging from the noise, they probably gained a lot last night.

Bai Zhou, who had the best hearing, nodded seriously: “I heard it too.” They

heard the voice before they saw the person. Nearly ten minutes after hearing the voice, the wolf team appeared in everyone’s sight. The moment Langze saw Bai Tu, he became energetic: “Tu, we caught more than a dozen chickens today!” Langze proudly showed today’s harvest to Bai Tu. More than a dozen chickens were squeezed pitifully in the backpack, with only their heads exposed to breathe.

Langze still remembered that Bai Tu said yesterday that he could catch any chickens he encountered, so he caught every chicken he encountered that night!

“Dong, take it to the cave and lock him up alone.” Baitu was not going to eat the living chicken, but Langze had been busy all night and of course he couldn’t let them work in vain. Baitu deeply understood that appropriate rewards could inspire the young man’s spirit of progress, so he waved his hand and said, “Have steamed eggs with minced meat in the morning.”

“Awoo~” a group of wolves howled excitedly.

Hei Yan looked disdainful and said, “What’s so great about that?” Looking at those useless guys.

Langze was dissatisfied: “Then

don’t eat it later!” “If you don’t want to eat it, then…” Heiyan suddenly stopped talking halfway and reacted, “You say you don’t want to eat it, so I won’t eat it? Why should I listen to you?” He is not that stupid. Don’t think he doesn’t know Langze’s plan. The rabbit tribe and the wolf tribe eat it, and their eagle tribe watches. Don’t even think about it!

Bai Tu was a little surprised, but this time he reacted quickly and was not led into the trap. The two quarreled over various things, and when it came to food, Langze, with his foodie instinct taking over, always had the upper hand. It was obvious that Heiyan’s skills had improved over the past two days, and he stopped talking in time.

Hei Xiao quietly took his hand away from Hei Yan’s waist. Fortunately, he didn’t say he didn’t want to eat.

With so many people, they definitely can’t just eat eggs. The remaining orcs lit a fire and cooked what they wanted to eat. In the past two months, everyone learned a lot of cooking methods from Bai Tu, such as frying, stir-frying, deep-frying, stewing, and boiling. With the addition of the chili sauce that Bai Tu made himself, even the food made by the wolves with lesser cooking skills can still be delicious in terms of color, aroma and taste.

A group of people were eating while waiting for the new food made by Bai Tu. The raw materials needed for steamed eggs with minced meat are eggs and meat. Bai Tu went to the storage cave to get the eggs and asked Hei Xiao to help knock them into the basin. He only dared to assign this job to careful orcs. If he asked young guys like Langze or Heiyan to do it, what they would eat later would not be steamed egg with minced meat, but steamed egg skin with egg white and yolk.

The minced meat could be given to Langze and others. Bai Tu gave two pieces of meat, which were 70% lean and 30% fat, to Langze and Heiyan, and said, “This is what we will eat later. Chop it well.” Langze

and Heiyan looked at each other and quickly started to act. The two of them went around the territory to catch animals and cubs. They had not slept all night just watching the rabbit tribe divide the cave. Now they were full of energy, and their hands moved faster and faster. When Bai Tu heard that the frequency of chopping the meat was not right, he went to see, and the two pieces of meat had turned into meat paste. Minced meat? Does not exist. Add some eggs and it will be the perfect meatball filling. Even with a magnifying glass you won’t be able to find any meat grains.

Bai Tu: “…”

The minced meat on the steamed egg must have some meat particles to be delicious. It won’t work if it’s too fine. Bai Tu put the minced meat away and saved it for the meatballs. He took out two pieces of meat and told Lang Ze: “Chop it into the kind that can be used to make meat sauce.” He turned and looked at Hei Yan, “Lang Ze can chop it well, so you can do it, right?”

But Bai Tu forgot that there was someone who was only interested in chaos around him. As soon as he finished speaking, Lang Ze added fuel to the fire: “I can see that he can’t learn it!”

Hei Yan was furious: “How is that possible!” After that, he took out an iron knife from his waist, wanting to let the rabbits and wolves see his strength.

It took Bai Tu and Hei Xiao to stop the man.

“No need for this, no need for that,” Bai Tu admitted defeat, “Just use a stone knife or a bone knife.” Although the chopping board was made of wood, iron tools were rare and could not be used to chop meat. It would be a waste of resources. Moreover, with Heiyan’s current attitude, Bai Tu doubted that he could split the chopping board into eight pieces. They still had to eat the meal and there was nothing wrong with the chopping board, so there was no need to use the iron knife.

Heiyan snorted and put away the iron knife. He glanced at the tool in Langze’s hand, then looked at his empty waist and was satisfied.

The boy’s competitive spirit is reflected in all aspects, and he is always satisfied when he wins a game.

Bai Tu learned from experience and stopped immediately after the two people had chopped the meat. He took it aside to stir-fry it, and then waited for the steamed eggs.

The steamed eggs are made in the tribe’s steamer and a large round plate specially made for steaming rice. Pots of steaming steamed eggs come out of the pot and are topped with a few large spoonfuls of fragrant fried minced meat. Both the color and the taste are very attractive.

I don’t know if the wolves were trained in dining etiquette after returning to the tribe last night. This time, they were obviously not as crazy as they were last night. When they saw the steamed eggs coming out of the pot, they each took their bowls and lined up. They were very honest. Even Langze, who couldn’t wait to get into the pot every time he ate, waited with his bowl, and then knocked on the bowl with chopsticks to urge them.

A long time later.

Langze: Brother, what am I to you?

Lang Qi: Dowry.