Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 53

Chapter 53

After hearing Bai Tu’s words, Lang Qi couldn’t help but turn his gaze elsewhere, and a slight blush appeared on the tips of his ears.

What Bai Tu didn’t know was that in the Beast God Continent, praising someone so excitedly was almost the same as saying that the other person was suitable to be a partner.

Bai Tu didn’t notice any changes in Lang Qi and was still happy about the lime and limestone. He always knew that Lang Qi was reliable, but Lang Qi’s reliability was just like Lang Ze’s unexpectedness, with new discoveries every time. Assuming he went out by himself, he would not bring back unfamiliar items. Even if he did, it would not be possible for him to bring so many. After all, the transportation of materials consumes the most manpower. The wolves carried so many materials back without a long rest. I am afraid they did not even hunt and came back directly. The physical strength they consumed cannot be replenished in a few days.

“As long as it can be used.” Lang Qi glanced at the stone that Bai Tu called limestone, his eyes became colder, “Can it be made into lime?”

“Yes, we can start the kiln to calcine it after we use those up.” Bai Tu nodded. Burning lime is relatively simple among all kinds of forging products. It can basically be successful if the temperature is controlled well. Unlike glass and other items, other minerals need to be added. He knows the approximate raw materials of the latter items, but it takes time to find the raw materials and match the appropriate proportions. He needs to try slowly.

“Okay, I’ll go with the next batch in seven days.” Wolf Qi calculated the time. Although he was willing to go now, the food in the tribe needed to be replenished, and more than 30 wolves also needed to bring food with them, which would take several days.

“Don’t be so anxious, you guys go and have a rest first, I’ll arrange dinner.” Bai Tu said. Even if it was Zhou Pa Pi, it wouldn’t make sense for someone to arrange the next work right after returning. What’s more, this batch of lime and limestone would be enough for him to use for a while. His current plan is to build a few more kilns, and he plans to burn bricks now…

Bai Tu was thinking about it, and when he caught a glimpse of something, he immediately said, “Wait a minute, what’s wrong with your shoulder?” There were several scratches on Lang Qi’s shoulder on the back that were so deep that the bone could be seen. Judging from the strength of the scratches, it seemed that he had used a ruthless force. At least Bai Tu had never seen this on the little wolves who accidentally hurt their own people.

Thinking of these limestones, Bai Tu frowned: “Has there been a conflict with the Brown Monkey Tribe?”

The information Bao Duo gave at the beginning was that the limestone was at the foot of the Baishi Mountain, which was farther away from the Brown Monkey Tribe. It was at least half a day’s distance away from the Brown Monkey Tribe. Logically, they should not encounter each other. Could it be that the monkey tribe wanted to use the lime for something again? There are still more than two months before the next market, so even if we want to do it, it can’t be done so early…

Lang Qi paused and was about to speak when Lang Ze, who was driven back, spoke first: “My brother said he wanted to keep Hou Sha, the leader of the Brown Monkey Tribe, because he was injured by him.” Lang Qi has not been in the tribe recently, and Lang Ze, as the leader’s younger brother, stayed in the Blood Wolf Tribe. But Lang Ze was not willing to stay in the tribe all the time. He jumped back and forth between the two tribes every day. The change was that his appetite increased, and his height also had a tendency to continue to grow.

As expected, they met him. Bai Tu looked around and asked, “Is there anyone else injured? Go to my cave and wait.”

“No, he is the only one.” Langze muttered softly, “My brother insisted on capturing him alive.” The rule that the wolf tribe has always implemented is that I will not offend others unless they offend me. When the brown monkey tribe attacked them, everyone should have fought back together. It was only when Langze saw Housha that he realized that Langqi had encountered the opponent’s orcs and brought Housha back. He was even scratched when he went to the tribe to release him.

If Lang Qi hadn’t forbade them to move, the other wolves would have killed Hou Sha long ago. In the past, they often robbed the salt-exchanging teams, but now they were interfering with the supplies that clearly did not belong to their tribe, and even started a fight, harming the leader of the wolf tribe in their territory. This was something that no wolf could tolerate. Lang Ze came later than the others and just beat him up, but he remembered what Lang Qi said and did not kill him.

Lang Yang, who was beside Lang Qi, couldn’t help but speak for his leader: “It was Hou Sha who said that only he knew how the lime appeared, so the leader kept him.”

The conflict with the Brown Monkey Tribe has been going on for a long time. This time, the number of wolves is not large, but there are no supplies that need to be protected, so they are ruthless when they start fighting. Lang Qi generally doesn’t like to deal with the little Luo Luo below, and if he wants to catch someone, he has to catch the leader. This time he took action, and Hou Sha didn’t even have a chance to escape. But when Lang Qi was about to manually change the leader of the Brown Monkey Tribe, Hou Sha spoke.

The monkey tribe is smarter than the orcs in many tribes, and Housha, who is able to become the leader, is naturally smarter. He saw that the wolf tribe needed lime, and told Langqi that only he knew how to make lime, and if he died, he would never be able to get extra lime in the future.

This sentence indeed made Langqi stop his action. After asking the remaining members of the Brown Monkey Tribe and confirming that Housha’s words were true, Langqi directly tied him up and brought him back to the tribe. When he arrived at the tribe, the wolf tribe with Housha didn’t pay attention. Housha broke a vine and directly attacked the cubs of the tribe. In order to protect the cub, Langqi’s shoulder was scratched by Housha.

While Bai Tu was disinfecting and applying medicine to Lang Qi, he listened to Lang Yang’s account of the whole process. Lang Qi interrupted him several times, but was blocked by Bai Tu. Only after listening to everything did Bai Tu let Lang Yang go to eat. However, after hearing the end, Bai Tu scolded Lang Qi for giving up the idea of ​​taking risks.

The reason why Housha was saved was because the other party mentioned lime. In the final analysis, it was because of him. If he didn’t need lime, Langqi would not have been injured at all.

“Don’t touch water recently. Come and change the bandage tomorrow.” Thinking of the white wound just now, Bai Tu instructed again, “Be careful to avoid the wound when taking a bath. You can ask someone for help.” Housha was aiming at the cubs, no wonder Langqi blocked it directly. With such force, the cubs would be injured if they were not careful. Blocking it is the safest way. After all, the cubs are very fragile.

Thinking of this, Bai Tu asked worriedly, “Is the cub okay?”

Lang Qi put on the animal skin, and a strange emotion flashed across his eyes: “It was scared.” After he said that, his breathing became lighter for a moment. It was his first time lying, and he was a little uncomfortable.

Bai Tu obviously didn’t notice these little movements. He was just worried: “Is it serious? Do you need some tranquilizers?”

Lang Qi’s voice was a little stiff: “How about bringing it here for you to have a look?”

Bai Tu’s eyes lit up: “Can I bring it here?” Every tribe treats cubs very carefully. At the beginning, he didn’t even have the chance to touch the little rabbit. After persistently feeding it and preparing toys, he won the cub’s love and was placed among the security personnel by Tu Cai. The cat cub he was most familiar with was the one that met him when it escaped that day. He would hold the other cubs for a while at most. After a long time, the cub was not dissatisfied, but the worry in Mao Lan’s eyes almost became a reality.

Having been in the Beast God Continent for so long, he had only come into contact with rabbit and cat cubs, and each contact was not long. Now that he heard that he could see wolf cubs, how could he not be happy?

The chubby little wolf cub is cuter than the coquettish wolves! Thinking of this, Bai Tu’s heart melted.

Lang Qi witnessed his anticipation and nodded slightly: “You can bring them. They are Yu and Zhu’s children.”

Bai Tu paused. Lang Yu and Lang Zhu were the previous Wolf King and Wolf Queen.

Lang Qi continued, “Those two cubs are a little weak, can you help raise them?” Although the wolf clan was learning Bai Tu’s way of feeding the cubs, and Bai Tu tried his best to teach them what he used, the growth of the wolf cubs was still not as good as the changes of the rabbit cubs. After seeing that Bai Tu was particularly fond of the cubs, Lang Qi began to consider whether he could send the cubs to Bai Tu.

Hearing this, Bai Tu nodded without hesitation: “Yes.” Not to mention two, he could raise more. He remembered that wolf cubs were very similar to dogs, and wondered if wolf cubs were like that too.

“Send it tomorrow.” Seeing Bai Tu so happy, Lang Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

The two of them had discussed it, but they still needed to tell Bai An about this matter. Bai Tu knew that Bai An would not stop him, but this procedure had to be followed.

Bai An was a little surprised to hear that Lang Qi was planning to send Lang Yu and Lang Zhu’s baby over: “Send it to our tribe to raise?”

Bai Tu nodded: “Well, raise it for a while first. I heard it’s a little weak. I’ll see how to make up for it.”

Regardless of which race the orcs are from, they are all surprisingly rough in feeding their cubs. However, the cubs were not strengthened when the orcs evolved. The orcs were too powerful and the cubs were too fragile. This resulted in many orcs not being so careful in taking care of their cubs. It’s not that they don’t feel sorry for them, but they just can’t meet the cubs’ needs all the time. Coupled with the influence of various harsh environments, the probability of cubs dying is very high.

Bai Tu was indeed more careful than other orcs when it came to feeding the cubs. His extra care was enough to make the cubs live more comfortably. Just look at the changes in the rabbit cubs. Even the weakest one is now much stronger. Bai An knew Bai Tu’s ability to raise cubs. He nodded continuously when he heard the last sentence: “Good at feeding them, good at feeding them.” All the cubs in the tribe were fed up with feeding, but he always felt something was wrong.

Bai Tu came here to talk about this matter. Seeing that Bai An had no objection, he did not stay in the cave for long. He said hello and left. It’s time to harvest the second crop of melons outside. The wolf tribe happened to be back today, so he planned to pick them together. The wolf tribe could also take some back to the tribe.

After Bai Tu left, Bai An followed him out. When he saw Tu Xi, who had been taking care of the cubs with Tu Cai, coming over to get the cubs’ food, he realized something was wrong.

The rabbit cubs are usually looked after by Tu Cai and several younger orcs during the day, and taken back by their parents at night. Some parents do not want to take care of the cubs and will leave them to Tu Cai, because Tu Cai has a lot of experience in taking care of cubs. Most orcs choose this way. The cubs are mainly kept in the collective cave during the day before they are three years old. They are often taken back after they are three years old and can turn into their original form. In the meantime, food for the cubs will be regularly given to Tu Cai.

If something happens to the parents of a cub, the brothers and sisters of the parents will take care of the cub instead of the parents. If the brothers and sisters of the parents don’t want to take care of the cub, the cub will be abandoned. Without food from the parents, the rabbit tribe cannot bear to give up these cubs, so Bai An, Tu Cai and others will save some of the food for them.

The rules of the wolf tribe are naturally similar. Lang Qi cares so much about the cubs and doesn’t seem to want to raise them, but he wants to send the cubs to the rabbit tribe. Bai An is puzzled as everything is weird. What if the cubs resist Wolf Qi’s mate after getting familiar with the rabbit tribe?

According to custom, the relatives who take over the care of the cubs from their parents are equivalent to the cubs’ new parents. They need to teach the cubs hunting skills, comfort them when they are sad, etc. The cubs will be very dependent on the adult orcs who take care of them. Many cubs cannot accept the frequent change of caregivers. It is too risky for Lang Qi to do this. Bai An shook his head and wanted to persuade him, but the other party was the leader of the Blood Wolf Tribe, which was larger than his own tribe. He sighed immediately. Lang Qi should understand this truth, but he did it again, which was a headache.

No matter how strange Bai An was, Lang Qi sent two wolf cubs, which were not even as big as an adult orc’s palm, to Bai Tu.

Although they are more than two years old, the two wolf cubs look like they are just one month old, and are even not as strong as a one-month-old puppy. Bai Tu picked them up and checked them out out of concern. There were two wolf cubs, one was black and the other was gray. The black one was slightly smaller than his palm, and the gray one was even smaller than the black one.

“Are the other cubs this big?” In fact, these two cubs are a little bigger than the rabbit cubs, but based on the size difference between the two races, they should be a little bigger.

Lang Qi shook his head: “These two are the smallest, a lot smaller and thinner than the other cubs. Zhu was injured when they were born, and the elders in the tribe said that it is not yet time for them to give birth, so the cubs will be very weak.” The other party’s original words were that such cubs would not be able to survive, and advised Lang Yu and Lang Zhu to kill the cubs because a weak child of the leader would affect their obedience to the Wolf King and Queen. However, this statement was not accepted by Lang Yu and the others. Even Lang Ze, who had not yet reached adulthood, shouted that they wanted to protect the cubs.

“Premature?” Bai Tu seemed to be thinking about something. Premature cubs are indeed weaker, similar to the last ones born in a litter, usually small and thin.

They are all people who need good care. Bai Tu walked to the stove in the corner of the cave and put the prepared yam and meat paste in a pottery pot to cook.

A clay pot is much more convenient than a stone pot. In order to make it easier to boil medicine, Bai Tu built a small stove inside the cave entrance, which he usually used to boil medicine or cook food. In the afternoon, he brought a new clay pot and a pair of small clay bowls to prepare food for the cubs.

Meat paste is lean pork, chopped together with yam and a little salt to make a good supplementary food. Bai Tu has always felt that the orcs’ original way of mashing cooked meat and feeding it directly was too simple and crude, and he was committed to correcting it in all aspects. So far the effect seems to be quite good. The rabbit cubs are eating much more than before.

Bai Tu cooked the yam meat paste, served it out and waited until the temperature dropped to about the same level as body temperature before he scooped it up with a small wooden spoon and fed it to the cubs. The weak cubs were not as energetic as the healthy ones and needed more sleep. At this moment, both of them fell asleep, but they had to eat, otherwise they would not get enough nutrition and would become weaker in the future.

The cub that smelled the fragrance closed its eyes and started eating. The one next to it heard the noise and woke up from its sleep. The two cubs grabbed the spoon in Bai Tu’s hand and licked all the food on the spoon clean before reluctantly letting go.

“They are not picky eaters.” Bai Tu looked at the way the two cubs were eating and nodded with satisfaction. Although he would do his best to help take care of any cubs, those that were not picky eaters were easier to take care of.

It took less than half a day to get from the wolf tribe to the rabbit tribe. The cubs, who had not eaten for a long time, liked the food given by Bai Tu very much. The two small cubs managed to finish a small bowl of yam and meat paste, and after eating, they licked the food on their mouths with satisfaction.

The gray one followed the smell and ran to Bai Tu, grabbed Bai Tu’s hand and smelled it for a while, and finally curled up beside his hand. The little black wolf noticed that his brother had walked away, so he ran over and lay down beside him.

Looking at the two cubs sleeping in a ball, Bai Tu said to Lang Qi, “You can stay here with me. You go back first.” The fact that the cubs could sleep peacefully beside him proved that they trusted him enough, and it didn’t matter if Lang Qi was not around.

Lang Qi nodded. He had been guarding here for a long time because he was worried that the cub would not be able to adapt. He felt relieved when he saw the cub fall asleep.

With the addition of two cubs, Bai Tu’s life is not much different from before, except that he has to add the task of preparing complementary food for the cubs. However, he often did this for the cubs in the tribe before, and now he just turned the irregular work into a daily routine.

Tu Cai was a little surprised that he was raising cubs on his own, especially since they were wolf cubs. However, there were also a few cases in the tribe where people did not want to have cubs and instead picked up abandoned cubs to raise. He was surprised for a moment but then it passed and he did not ask any more questions.

After the two wolf cubs settled down in the rabbit tribe, Lang Qi’s frequency of going to the rabbit tribe increased significantly. Bai Tu saw that he cared about the cubs and almost took the initiative to mention the changes in the cubs whenever he saw people. It was like a work report. Lang Qi had helped him so much, it was only right for him to help him take care of the cubs.

The black wolf cubs and the gray wolf cubs adapted well to their new keepers. They ate and slept, then slept and ate every day. Occasionally, they would look for their keepers when they woke up. They are so cute that people want to hold and kiss them all day long.

At first, Bai Tu sent the cub to Tu Cai during the day. After all, he needed to run around and there were many people around him, so it was not suitable for him to rest. After two days, he found that it was not working. I don’t know how they get by with the wolf tribe, but as soon as the two little wolf cubs enter the collective cave of the rabbit tribe, they start competing with each other in terms of voice.

The first day could be attributed to the cub being uneasy in the unfamiliar environment, but after two consecutive days, even though Tu Cai said it was normal for the cub to change its environment, Bai Tu was reluctant to send it away. As soon as he turned around, the cub howled as if the sky was falling. Anyone would feel heartbroken if this happened to them.

Over the next two days, Bai Tu conducted some experiments and found that the cubs would not keep crying in the cave by themselves, unless he did not appear for a long time, then the cubs would feel insecure and start crying for people. As for leaving them to other people, they can be quiet for about half a day with Lang Qi, but they won’t have a chance to sleep next to Lang Ze. Bai Tu decisively separates the two after Lang Ze and the cub have been together for a few minutes. In front of other people, the two cubs will fully let people know what the high notes of cubs are.

That afternoon, when Lang Qi came over, he heard Bai Tu muttering, “The chief said that wolf cubs don’t easily accept new keepers. Turns out it’s true.” He usually spends more time with the rabbit cubs. Rabbit cubs generally won’t refuse a loving hug from others. Even if they refuse, they will just struggle a little and then disappear. When Bai Tu just brought the two wolf cubs back, he thought they were no different from rabbit cubs. Aren’t they just as easy to take care of? Turns out this is the difficult part.

But it was not a big problem. Bai Tu found that the two cubs could stay in the cave by themselves for about half a day. He just needed to come more often and do some less dangerous work, such as recording points, and he could also bring the cubs with him.

When Lang Qi heard the words about the new breeder, he paused and walked into the cave after a while. His eyes paused on his nephew who had a full belly, and said to Bai Tu, “The horse tribe is here.”

Bai Tu was surprised: “Really?” The coming of the horse tribe was good news. The silk extracted from his first batch of silk cocoons was completely insufficient. Because of the mulberry leaves, the number of the second batch was about the same as the first. If he continued to raise silk like this, he was afraid that there would not be enough to make silk quilts before the snow season.

Lang Qi nodded. The horse tribe had to pass through the wolf tribe’s territory to come here, and Lang Qi happened to be coming over, so he simply followed along.

After getting the affirmation, Bai Tu stood up immediately and said: “Let’s go and take a look.” After that, he put the cub in a bamboo basket covered with animal skins. Although cubs generally don’t run around when they sleep in the cave, it is safer to put it in the bamboo basket since no one is watching it.

The Horse tribe did come this time to give them silk cocoons, and they also brought them some food, which were specialties of the Horse tribe, but because of the small production, they were not sent to the market.

Bai Tu always pays special attention when hearing about new food, because most of the time it is a surprise, and this time is no exception. Only when you look at it will you know how big a surprise it is.

“Walnut?” This is good stuff.

“Tu knows it?” Ma Xin looked at the tribesmen around him proudly. He said that Bai Tu must know it. Bai Tu basically knew all the items in their tribe! Ma Xin previously thought that Bai Tu was a witch doctor, but later he realized that he was not the one after hearing the explanation from the Rabbit Tribe. However, he felt that Bai Tu was more powerful than the witch doctors of other tribes.

“I’ve heard of it.” Bai Tu fooled him, but he didn’t intend to accept walnuts for free. The tribe still had a lot of salt, so Bai Tu named a price, “I’ll give you four bowls of salt with these two baskets.”

Ma Xin was shocked: “So high!” The horse tribe behind Ma Xin were even more surprised. Two bowls of salt in a basket were the price of meat. When Ma Xin decided to bring this food back, everyone was still a little worried. After all, many items in their tribe were not popular in other tribes, and walnuts were troublesome to eat, and they were afraid that they would not be able to exchange for much salt. They didn’t expect that the price in the end would be the same as that of meat. A group of people wanted to go back and send all the remaining walnuts over.

After being happy, Ma Xin introduced the orcs around him to Bai Tu, especially the tall young orc next to him: “Tu, this is my younger brother Le.” Ma Xin thought that his younger brother could learn more by letting him interact more with Bai Tu. It would be even better if he could stay with Bai Tu as a medicine boy. Although he was a little older than the average medicine boy, Ma Le was the smartest orc in their tribe.

Lang Qi stared at the two brothers for a moment, especially the one at the back who was blushing.

Bai Tu looked up and recognized the person, then nodded. His mind was still on the walnuts. He was thinking about what kind of supplementary food could be made with the walnuts to provide nutritional supplements for the cubs of the three races, while checking the silk cocoons brought back by the horse tribe.

These are wild silkworms picked up by the Horse Tribe and raised by them. The survival rate is higher than that in the wild. They used to catch them and eat them, but now they catch them and raise them. This is a new experience for the Horse Tribe. With Bai Tu’s instructions and the lime he gave them, the final harvest was not bad. Although some of them were a little dirty due to untimely cleaning, they generally met Bai Tu’s requirements.

“Remember to clean up the remaining garbage regularly for the next batch.” Bai Tu explained that silkworms eat an astonishing amount in the later stages, and the amount of silkworm feces they produce is equally astonishing. In addition, garbage such as mulberry leaf fragments will contaminate the cocoons if not cleaned up in time.

Ma Xin listened carefully to Bai Tu’s explanation. Especially after seeing the plump white silkworms raised by Bai Tu, he admired Bai Tu even more and wanted his brother to stay in the Rabbit Tribe even more. It would be a bit depressing for him to stay in other tribes, but there were so many things he could learn from Bai Tu.

“Tu, Le–” Before Ma Xin could finish his sentence, Lang Qi at the door spoke.

“Tu, the cubs are hungry.” Lang Qi interrupted Ma Xin with a cold look on his face.

Lang Qi was always serious, so no one else noticed anything was wrong. Only Bai Tu was a little confused. He had just finished feeding the cubs when he came out. Was he hungry so quickly?