Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 63

Chapter 63

Bai Tu remembered the two little wolves’ aversion to unfamiliar smells last night, and responded, “I’ll send them to the textile team after dinner.” Feather needed to be asked to select by the textile team, so he had to go there in person.

“Yeah.” Lang Qisong came over to hold the cub’s hand. The little black wolf poked its head out and howled twice at the backpack.

Lang Qi rubbed the back of the little black wolf and asked casually, “Where did this come from?”

“Hei Yan gave it to me.” Bai Tu said a few words about the origin, “I plan to make two down quilts for Hei Xiao.”

“Down quilt?”

“It’s just picking out the tenderest down and putting it into a quilt cover made of silk fabric. It’s like a blanket. It’s very warm to cover yourself with in winter.” It is warm for sure, probably because the temperature here is low in winter. The down on the orcs has better thermal insulation ability than many materials he has seen in his previous life. Down quilts are naturally warmer than ordinary duck down quilts.

“What do you cover yourself with in winter?” Lang Qi suddenly asked.

“Blankets.” Bai Tu thought for a while and said. There were only a few kinds of thermal insulation resources available in the tribe. It was impossible to make a second batch of down quilts this year. The number of ducks was too small, and they would have to wait until at least next year to breed in large quantities. Although animal skins had always been used as thermal insulation products in the tribe, Bai Tu didn’t like them very much. After all, the craftsmanship was not good enough. Even for a tribe that was good at tanning animal skins, the tanned animal skins would still have a faint fishy smell that was difficult to dissipate.

If conditions permit, Bai Tu plans to tan the animal skins himself, but the raw material requires alum, which is not available in the tribe and has not been seen in the market, so he needs to look for it.

There are many items that need to be added to the tribe, and Bai Tu can only improve whatever he comes across. Tasks like tanning animal skins that lack raw materials can only be put on the plan temporarily. As for when it can be implemented, it depends on when the raw materials can be found.

Bai Tu thought about it for a while and then put the matter behind him. He prepared breakfast for the two men and the two little wolves, putting his own breakfast aside first and carried the little wolves to the dining table. Seeing that the little black wolf was still looking at the backpack, he hugged them and rubbed their heads twice. He couldn’t help laughing: “Okay, I’ll send them away later.

There’s only one backpack. Look how angry they are.” It was too late last night. The textile team didn’t have orcs on night shift like the silkworm farming team, so no one took the meal. It was not yet time to start work, so he planned to go after dinner. He didn’t expect these two to react so strongly.

Lang Qi paused when he heard this and looked at Bai Tu. The young man exuded a unique temperament when he was coaxing the cubs. Lang Qi watched for a long time before he stood up and went to serve the rice as if nothing had happened.

Bai Tu coaxed the little wolf cubs to finish their breakfast, and then finished his own breakfast. He asked Lang Qi to help deliver it to them while he held the two little ones in his arms.

When they arrived at the weaving site, Bai Tu asked Lang Qi to hold the cub while he told Tu Wan the specific steps. It sounded simpler than weaving wolf and rabbit hair. You just had to select, clean and dry them, but you had to be careful not to let the fluff fly everywhere.

“Remember to put it in a windless place.” Bai Tu instructed. The fluff is light, so if it encounters wind, even if the wind is not strong, it can still act as if it is missing on the spot. If it is lost, he won’t be able to find the same one to supply them. I don’t know how the orcs’ noses are shaped, but they can smell the slightest difference.

“Don’t worry, Tu. I’ll do it well.” Tuwan promised and decided to carefully select and clean the feathers.

Bai Tu was not worried about any of the team leaders, even the most unreliable Langze Hunting Team, which had never made any mistakes in hunting. No, Bai Tu calculated the time and looked at Langqi: “Where’s Ze?”

Langqi was stunned and shook his head: “I haven’t seen him.”

“He should be back by now?” Bai Tu frowned. Normally, Langze would return to the tribe much earlier than Langqi, because Langqi needed to go back to the wolf tribe first and arrange everything before coming here. The Langze team would bring the prey back directly after hunting, saving one round trip. Even if the hunting speed of the little wolves was a little slower, they would be back before dawn at the latest.

The little wolves are at an age when they are full of energy. After resting for an hour or two after coming back from hunting, they can at least recover 70% to 80% of their energy, even if they are not fully recovered. At this time, the little wolves will go out to find food, and the sound of them howling for food can be heard throughout the tribe. The rabbit cubs were scared when they heard the wolf howling at first, but now they have become accustomed to it. They can turn over and continue to sleep even if they are woken up by the wolf howling. Apart from anything else, their courage has been trained.

“I didn’t see Langze and the others either.” Tuwan interrupted. No wonder I always felt something was wrong today, as if some sound was missing.

Bai Tu was worried: “Will they be in danger?”

“Impossible.” Lang Qi shook his head and put the cubs in his arms, “If there is danger, they will call for help.” Just like when they screamed when they were stung by a bee last time, none of the little wolves would let themselves be. If they were really in danger, they would not be so quiet. If he doesn’t come back and doesn’t make any noise all night, it’s more likely that he didn’t catch any prey and doesn’t want to come back, or that he ran out and went crazy again.

Bai Tu thought about it and realized that Lang Qi was telling the truth. The little wolves would not be so quiet when they encountered danger. There is no safety issue, so Bai Tu is not so worried. If they were younger, he might go out to look for them. The little wolves are close to adulthood and are at an age that is suitable for free-range. It is not appropriate to follow them around everywhere. Growing children also need their own things to do, so they need to be given some privacy.

The two cubs grabbed Bai Tu’s hands and licked away the strange smell with their little tongues. Bai Tu noticed the wetness on his hands, and when he lowered his head he saw this scene. He was immediately at a loss whether to laugh or cry: ”

Can I go wash my hands? Be good, your hands are dirty, you can’t lick them.” After washing his hands, Bai Tu rinsed the two cubs’ mouths, then tapped their noses and said, “Don’t lick things randomly, got it?”

“Awooo!” The little black wolf stared at the finger in front of it, leaned over and locked it, then pounced over and hugged Bai Tu’s hand.

The little gray wolf took the opportunity to squeeze into the palm of the hand, resting his head on his wrist, his little belly rising and falling, and he slept soundly. The little black wolf lay down beside his brother, with his head resting on his brother’s stomach.

The educational content could not be continued. Bai Tu rubbed the two children’s bellies and took them to check the medicine and other food to be given to the Black Hawk Tribe.

The problem of fallen beasts has been solved. The Black Hawk Tribe does not need so many medicines for the time being, and the Snow Rabbit Tribe’s medicinal materials are not endless. Subsequent transactions will either use the iron tools made by the Snow Rabbit Tribe as substitutes, or exchange them for other supplies.

The forging of sponge iron went relatively smoothly. Although the knife that could cut through iron like mud as rumored was not produced immediately, the knife that was hammered repeatedly was much more useful than a stone knife. However, the number produced now was too small and none of them were distributed to the orcs. The Black Hawk Tribe was not in a hurry to receive the new knives given by the Iron Elephant Tribe, and could wait until after winter to receive them.

We can’t let them go back empty-handed. Whether it looks good or not is secondary. The main thing is that a round trip takes too long, and it would be a waste not to bring any supplies back. The Black Hawk Tribe had no shortage of salt, so Bai Tu planned to distribute some of the food he grew.

Fruits are heavier and not urgently needed, so Bai Tu simply ignores them. Corn, which is both hunger-resistant and productive, is of course the first choice. I gave some of it last time, and I will arrange for it again this time. In addition, I also gave some walnuts to Hei Xiao.

“Walnuts are good for the brain, so you can eat more of them. Peel the walnut kernels, grind them, and cook them into walnut soup to give to the cubs, or give them to pregnant orcs and let them peel and eat them themselves.” Bai Tu explained. He was mainly worried that the orcs with big appetites would eat half a basket of walnuts in one meal, so the importance of walnuts must be made clear.

Hearing the words “brain supplement”, Hei Xiao and Hei Yan looked at the basket of walnuts at the same time.

Heixiao asked: “Tu, do you have any more?”

Heiyan grabbed the walnuts in the basket and said, “I want them all!”

Heixiao glanced at Heiyan and felt a little relieved.

Bai Tu looked at Hei Yan who suddenly became excited and Hei Xiao who had a complicated look on his face, and was somewhat puzzled by their enthusiasm for walnuts. Even if it was to supplement the brain, there was no need to be so crazy, right?

In order to prevent them from misunderstanding and spreading rumors that walnuts are some kind of good medicine, Bai Tu explained: “The effect is not particularly magical, it’s just relatively nutritious. The tribe still has a few baskets. I’ll give you two-thirds, and the rest will be given to the cubs and pregnant orcs.”

After Bai Tu finished explaining, Hei Xiao nodded and calculated how many walnuts he could keep and whether a bowl every day would be enough for Hei Yan.

Heiyan looked at the walnuts and wanted to take them all away, but he also knew that since Bai Tu said so, there would be no room for bargaining. Two-thirds would be enough. Give them all to Heiyan. In the future, his cubs will definitely be the smartest in the tribe, especially smarter than the wolf cubs. Heiyan glanced at the two little wolf cubs who became fierce as soon as they saw him and snorted. What’s so good about the little wolf cubs? They are not as cute as the cubs of the Feather Tribe. Of course, the cutest one is still him when he was a child.

If Hei Xiao knew what he was thinking, he would definitely expose it. Unfortunately, no one has the ability to read minds, so no one knows what Hei Yan is thinking.

Lang Qi remained silent throughout the whole process, his eyes only lingering on the white picture and the walnut for a while.

After seeing off the Black Hawk tribe, Bai Tu calculated the time until the next market. Their tribe still had more than half of the salt they had exchanged last time. It didn’t matter whether they went to the market to exchange salt or not. His main plan was to observe whether there were any items and crops that could be used.

I thought the little wolves should be able to return at noon, but the Black Hawk tribe had already set out and there was still no sign of the little wolves. Bai Tu couldn’t help but ask Lang Qi: “Are you sure everything is okay?” Normally, they would have had their second meal at this time, and they would always complain of being hungry. Now they have been outside for a day and a night, aren’t they hungry? Bai Tu sighed. He felt that he shouldn’t interfere, but he couldn’t help but worry.

Lang Qi, who wanted to say don’t worry about it, saw Bai Tu was so worried, and said: “I’ll let Yang find it.” As for why he didn’t find it himself, only Lang Ze and the others would do such a thing as howling at the top of their lungs for nothing.

Not long after Lang Qi left, Bai Tu heard the howling of wolves at the foot of the mountain. About half a minute later, a wolf howl that was farther away came, and then another one, one after another, and after howling dozens of times as if counting, it became quiet. Lang Qi hadn’t moved since the first howl. After the howl stopped, he was silent for a while and then said to Bai Tu, “There is no danger. I’ll be back soon.”

Lang Qi has always been reliable. If he said he would be back soon, it would definitely not be long. Bai Tu took the cubs to the newly built cafeteria and asked the orc who was in charge of the chef to prepare food for the wolf clan. The wolves have a big appetite, and the food will go bad if prepared in advance when it is hot, so I always cook it when the wolves come back, and they have time to eat after a nap. I didn’t see any wolves today, so the canteen didn’t prepare any.

However, when the wolves came back covered in mud, Bai Tu wanted to swallow all those worries back.