Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Not to mention whether the cub is hungry or not, as soon as these words came out, Ma Xin immediately swallowed back the words he had just finished. Orcs with partners are different from orcs without partners. Since Bai Tu has a partner, he can’t leave his brother here.

Ma Le looked at Lang Qi, then at Bai Tu, thinking that Lang Qi was lying, but the other orcs did not show any surprise and were stunned.

The rabbit tribe and the wolf tribe were indeed not surprised by Lang Qi’s words. Everyone knew that Bai Tu had helped take care of the two wolf cubs recently. No one questioned the truth of Lang Qi’s words. After all, Bai Tu had taught everyone that they should feed the cubs small meals frequently, and it was normal for the cubs to be hungry.

Bai Tu quickly briefed Ma Xin on the important matters, and seeing that nothing was missed, he asked Bai Qi to arrange for the horse tribe to have dinner. The horse tribe had traveled almost day and night all the way here, and needed to rest before going back. The task of taking care of foreign guests was just right for Bai Qi. As the patriarch, Bai An had a lot of things to do. Bai Chen was gradually taking over the hunting team. Langze and others were from the wolves and could not replace their tribe. The cats had just joined the tribe after the rainy season and were not familiar enough with the tribe.

Back in the cave, Bai Tu asked Lang Qi to peel some walnuts, take out the cut yam that the picking team had dug up yesterday, and put it in the steamer to steam. There were not only pieces for the two little wolf cubs, but also for other cubs in the tribe.

There was warm water in the pottery pot all the time. While the yam was being steamed, Bai Tu washed his hands and went to see the two wolf cubs: “Let me see who’s hungry?”

The cub, who was sleeping in a mess in the bamboo basket, suddenly woke up. He hummed twice when he heard a familiar voice. He opened his eyes and rubbed Bai Tu’s hand, completely unaware of how big a burden he had to shoulder at such a young age.

Bai Tu automatically interpreted the cubs’ humming as hunger, so he picked them up one by one and kissed them: “The food will be ready soon, do you want some water?”

“Hmm~” the little wolf cub hummed twice and tried to pull at Bai Tu’s hand.

“There’s no food yet, drink water first.” Bai Tu took the opportunity to trick the two cubs into drinking warm water.

The wolf cub was not keen on boiled water, but he drank a few sips reluctantly for Bai Tu’s sake, pushed the bowl away and climbed onto Bai Tu. When he first came, his movements were not as agile as the last kitten, but after a few days of crawling, he had become familiar with the route.

Knowing that the cubs needed adequate exercise, Bai Tu did not stop them. Instead, he held the cubs up with both hands to prevent them from falling.

The two little wolf cubs climbed onto Bai Tu’s shoulders, one on each side. The cubs who were woken up by the black-hearted uncle nestled into Bai Tu’s neck, found a suitable posture, and continued to sleep with their eyes closed.

“Are you sleepy again?” Bai Tu muttered with a smile, picking up the two little wolf cubs and holding them in his arms.

The smell was familiar. The little wolf cub did not express much resistance to the change of positions. He moved a little and continued to sleep with his eyes closed until he smelled a fragrance. The cubs knew it was time to eat, and they opened their eyes one by one.

“Smart.” Bai Tu praised, grinding the walnuts with a small stone mill.

He taught everyone how to make a stone mill. Some foods were too troublesome to grind or chop using a mortar and pestle, and the efficiency was not high enough, so he simply made a few stone mills. The small one was used specifically for making supplementary food for the cubs, and some foods, such as hard foods like walnuts, were suitable for being crushed and fed to the cubs.

The cubs had eaten yam paste several times before, but this was the first time they had walnuts. They had never eaten it before, but the aroma was very strong. The two cubs, who were not picky eaters, didn’t even need to be fed. They grabbed Bai Tu’s hand and ate directly from the bowl.

The wolf cubs eat quickly, and Bai Tu originally wanted to wait for these two to finish eating before delivering the supplementary food to Tu Cai. However, while the cubs were eating, Lang Qi took the initiative to take on this task and carried the pottery jar to deliver the supplementary food.

After finishing their meal with Bai Qi, they prepared to go to the cave prepared for them by the Rabbit Tribe to rest for a night. The Horse Tribe, who were going back tomorrow, saw Lang Qi coming out of Bai Tu’s cave and couldn’t help but make way.

Bai Qi recognized that the pottery jar was specially used to hold food for the cubs: “Qi, Tu has made new food again?”

Wolf Qi nodded slightly and walked past the crowd.

Ma Xin heaved a sigh of relief, luckily he didn’t tell anyone about his brother staying behind today. Lang Qi was able to freely enter and exit the place where the rabbits fed their cubs, proving that he was deeply trusted by the rabbits. If they left a young orc here, it would be suspected of destroying other people’s feelings, and the wolf tribe would not allow someone to keep hanging around their partners.

Ma Xin had no intention of challenging the patience of the wolf orcs, especially the wolf king, and shook his head at his younger brother behind him. Ma Le understood what his brother meant, and the little spark of hope in his heart gradually died out.

The plan before coming here fell through, and several horse tribesmen were a little disappointed. Only Ma Xin still remembered the tools he saw during the meal, and asked Bai Qi if he could exchange some to take back.

“Not now.” Bai Qi explained, “It’s not enough for our tribe and the Blood Wolf tribe now. We can exchange it after winter.” This was what Bai Tu had instructed before.

Ma Xin and others felt even more regretful. Looking at Lang Qi’s back, they couldn’t help but feel envious.

After the horse tribe left, Bai Tu took out all the silk cocoons and prepared to spin the silk. All the orcs in the tribe were already very skilled at this job, and even many of the wolf tribe orcs had learned it. After getting the cocoons, the group of orcs quickly got the hang of it.

Bai Tu checked the remaining amount of wolf and rabbit hair. Although there seemed to be a lot of hair, it had been almost used up in half a month. It had basically all turned into yarn and had not yet been made into a blanket or sweater.

The next step is to knit a blanket and a sweater. The sweater needs to be knitted manually, but the blanket is a bit slow.

Silk will be woven into cloth in the future, and it cannot be used in the same way as wool. Bai Tu thought for a moment and went straight to the cave used for carpentry.

At the beginning, some wood was placed in each cave in the tribe to protect it from rain and take it out directly when needed. Both large and small woods were placed in this way. From the late rainy season, Bai Tu used wood more frequently. It was too troublesome to make water wheels and spinning machines every time to see which cave had suitable wood. So they simply put all the usable wood in a public cave. The kind that was too small and could only be used for burning was discarded, and only thick trunks and branches were left.

The orcs who make wooden tools don’t need to do anything else. Their job is to make some tool parts or repair tools in this cave. Bai Tu selects orcs who are good at carpentry, and the same goes for other jobs. He tries his best to arrange the orcs in the areas where they are good at.

There are wooden strips that have been split long ago in the carpenter’s cave, and there are also many wooden boards of various sizes. Bai Tu can be used directly. There are many styles of looms in history, but the principles are basically the same, which is to overlap the warp and weft yarns alternately to form cloth.

With help, Bai Tu’s experiments were much easier. He tried it with a few threads first, and then made modifications after building the correct loom to increase the number of warp threads.

The person now in charge of leading everyone to spin wool is Tuwan. The previous job of harvesting plants is taken over by Maolin. Bai Tu called Tuwan over and taught her how to use the textile machine.

Tuwan was worried about not being able to spin wool because the raw materials were about to run out. When Bai Tu called them over, they found that he had made a new machine. Bai Tu called these machines, and they followed suit. Machines are more complicated than tools.

Tuwan felt that the newly made machine was definitely the first of its kind in the entire Beast God Continent. It could actually weave thread directly into cloth, which was much faster than weaving manually! Moreover, the woven cloth is very neat and not loose or tight like knitted cloth.

Bai Tu made a foot-operated loom, which is relatively efficient and can directly solve the problem of where to put the wool. There are still two months left before winter, which is enough time for them to make wool and silk fabrics.

After solving a big problem, Bai Tu felt much more relaxed. Whether it was raising silkworms or wool, the initial investment was not small. Although Bai An and the orcs in the tribe would not calculate how much supplies they had used all the time, it would not work if they did not see any results.

After the two kinds of cloth are woven, they can be given to the orcs of the two tribes, or they can be taken to the market to exchange for supplies. Bai Tu prefers the former. In his opinion, these cloths are not enough for the tribe to share. Anyway, the tribe is not short of food now, and they can be used to improve the treatment within the tribe.

Bai Tu thought about it and decided to ask people to pick the new batch of ripe melons, distribute some of them to everyone to eat in the evening, and store a small part in the cave. The orcs could exchange the latter for points.

These plants have been given enough water and have basically not experienced drought since the rainy season. The plants are growing well and the yield is surprisingly good. We have harvested three or four batches of melons, and there are still unripe small melons on the vines. If this trend continues, we can harvest at least two more batches.

He was not afraid after picking all the current batch, because he planted a second batch after the rainy season. After all, melons had many seeds, and the wolf tribe also planted a lot. The supply of fruit in the tribe increased sharply, and there was no worry about not having enough to eat. Some orcs who earned a lot of points used the melons to quench their thirst, and when they finished work they exchanged them for one and ate it with a wooden spoon.

In addition to melons, the plants that Bai Tu transplanted at the beginning are also gradually maturing. However, due to the yield reasons, they were not eaten but kept as seeds, especially the various beans. There are quite a lot of beans, but the yield of each type is only a dozen kilograms, or at most a few dozen kilograms. Bai Tu was reluctant to eat even a single one of them.

There are many plants in the Beast God Continent, but most orcs eat whatever they pick and have no concept of sowing. It is rare to encounter piles of corn like the Leopard Tribe. The groups of crops around the Snow Rabbit Tribe are only small pieces at most, and it is good to pick a pound. The reason why they can harvest so many beans is that they transplant them to the surrounding areas of the tribe and take good care of them, otherwise the yield will be even lower.

The potatoes that Bai Tu had been missing for a long time were now ripe, but he didn’t eat them either. Instead, he germinated them and planted them again. According to the potato yield, he could eat some of them after harvesting them before the snow season.

What the orcs were most looking forward to was the corn that Bai Tu had been happy about since he brought it back. Everyone wanted to see what this plant would look like after it bore fruit.

Bai Tu didn’t let everyone wait any longer. The next day after he developed the loom, he took the picking team straight to the cornfield.

The temperature was high and the corn grew very fast. In just about eighty days, a lot of the corn was mature. Bai Tu taught everyone how to break the corn off and reminded everyone not to damage the one underneath.

The size of each corn on the Beast God Continent is similar to that in the previous life, but there is one advantage: there are two corns on each corn plant, and the two corns do not mature at the same time. The upper one matures first, and the lower one is still relatively tender.

This kind of corn is suitable for cooking and eating now. After Bai Tu and everyone picked all the ripe ones, he picked two hundred unripe ones and cooked them in the evening. The ripe corns were spread on the open ground to dry in the sun, and then put away after they were dried.

At night, Bai Tu was eating corn and looked up in the direction of the Leopard Tribe: “I wonder what’s going on over there with many leopards.”

Langze, who was chewing corn, reflexively protected the one in front of him.

The impression of Langqi in the eyes of the horse tribe: jealous and a gigolo.

Langze looked at everyone: they are grabbing food.