Building a Civilization and Raising Cubs in the Beast World – Chapter 64

Chapter 64

Worried that the little wolves would starve, Bai Tu had specifically told them to do more. Now he just wanted to be silent and wished he had never said those words.

Before hunting, the wolves would go out in their original form, and after catching prey, they would come back covered in leaves. The difference from the past was that there was no prey, and everyone was covered in mud, even on the leaves. At first glance, they looked like dozens of Terracotta Warriors.

Bai Tu pointed to the river with disdain and said tiredly: “Wash yourself clean and come back. Don’t play in the deep water.”

The one in front of the Terracotta Warriors threw the thing on his shoulder that looked no different from mud to the ground, howled, and ran to take a bath with his teeth bared. The rest followed suit, throwing their things away one after another and running away.

Their entire bodies were covered in mud, and only their teeth that were exposed when they spoke were white. No matter from which angle you looked at them, all the little wolves were almost the same. Except for Langze, the first one who ran away, even their biological mothers might not be able to tell the rest apart.

Bai Tu: “…” Asking is tiring.

Tu Cai, who came to get food for the cubs, saw this scene and said hurriedly, “Tu, you go and have a rest, I’ll find someone to clean up.”

“No need.” Bai Tu shook his head, “Let them clean up after they finish eating.” If he was more ruthless, he could let them clean up before eating, but Bai Tu remembered that the group of little wolves had not eaten since last night. For some well-known reason, they never brought fire or knives when they went out hunting, and the possibility of catching prey outside and eating it and coming back was almost zero.

What’s more, the appetites of the wolf cubs have been spoiled by the tribe. They don’t even like to eat some barbecued meats, and even if they have the conditions, they will not eat food without salt outside.

Bai Tu sighed and asked the canteen to prepare some more fried fish. He didn’t know where these wolves had been playing. Looking at the mud on their bodies, it was obvious that they had been playing for quite a while. They had consumed so much energy that they might be able to eat a cow soon.

Lang Qi took a deep breath and said, “Go back to the cave first?” He couldn’t stay there any longer. If he stayed here and waited for the little wolves to come back, he would not be able to resist taking action.

“Yeah.” Bai Tu decided to go back to the cave and study how to remove the impurities in the iron. Making an iron pot would be much less troublesome. At least the iron block is still and will not give you a sudden “surprise” anytime and anywhere.

Bai Tu walked tiredly past the place where the little wolves had just stayed. Just as he was about to go around the pile of mud and leave, he suddenly stopped.

Lang Qi didn’t hear any footsteps, and when he turned around he saw Bai Tu staring at the ground.

Bai Tu walked to the kitchen and pulled out a branch. Coal has a relatively high ignition point, so branches were needed to make a fire at the beginning. Now there are quite a few left in the kitchen. Using a branch to dig away a pile of mud, the helplessness on Bai Tu’s face instantly turned into joy: “What a surprise!”

“What surprise?” Lang Qi squatted down and looked at the black thing that was pushed aside by the branch, “Wood?”

“No, it’s a lotus pod.” Bai Tu pointed to the lotus pod that was almost unrecognizable and said, “There are lotus seeds in it. You can take them out and eat them directly, fry them, or dry the ripe lotus seeds and make porridge.”

The lotus pod was almost completely covered by mud. If the lotus pod here was not large and its shape was obvious in the mud, he might not have found it.

The lotus pods alone would not make Bai Tu so happy. Another reason for his happiness was that the lotus pods meant he could harvest lotus roots! Lotus root has many uses. It can be eaten cold, fried, stewed into soup, ground into lotus root powder and drunk immediately… In short, there are so many ways to eat it.

After being happy, Bai Tu looked at the lotus pods that seemed to have experienced countless disasters, and was a little worried about the condition of the lotus roots. Would they be all trampled to pieces?

So when Langze and the others washed themselves and wrapped themselves in clean leaves and came to the cafeteria, they saw Bai Tu and Lang Qi waiting at the door, with serious expressions one after another.

The little wolves: “!!!”

As their stomachs growled at the smell of food, Langze was pushed out by the other wolves.

“Tu…Brother?” Langze’s voice trembled a little. He was not so afraid of Langqi getting angry now. After all, beating was the most common punishment method used by Langqi. That kind of force was just a drizzle on the thick-skinned little wolves, and Langqi could not really kill them. With Langqi’s true strength, if he did, he would just get a bunch of dead brothers. Langze’s fear of Langqi is mostly a conditioned reflex.

But Bai Tu’s punishment method is different. Bai Tu has never beaten orcs, and generally speaking, he does not approve of wolves starting to fight. It’s just that the smiling Bai Tu is so approachable, and the angry Bai Tu is so scary.

The punishment method in Baitu is usually literary punishment, such as deducting points. There is also a doubling deduction plan. The more mistakes you make, the more points you will be deducted. For example, the punishment results are placed at the foot of the mountain so that all the orcs coming and going in the tribe can see them. Not all orcs know their names, but everyone’s number is unique. Langze’s number is very easy to identify, and by then the whole tribe will know that he has been punished.

The Rabbit and Wolf tribes knew it but it was not too embarrassing. What was even worse was that Heiyan would come over in a while, and then they would have a reason to laugh at him. Langze would never allow himself to be worse than Heiyan, so he must not lose points now. Even if he had to, he had to wait until winter came and the Snow Rabbit Tribe and the Black Eagle Tribe ended their cooperation. By then, Heiyan would not be able to laugh at him.

Bai Tu had no idea that Lang Ze was thinking so many strange things in his mind. He looked around and saw that although the wolves were covered in leaves, they were wrapped up tightly. Then he let them in to eat. The children were shivering with hunger after a day and a night, so he decided to talk about it after dinner.

Langze, who thought he would face severe punishment, couldn’t believe it. Would they let them off so easily? Langze blinked his eyes, and hurried to eat after being reminded by other wolves. No matter why Bai Tu didn’t punish him now, he had to eat a full meal first. He had been hungry for a whole day!

They didn’t feel hungry at all when they were playing, but now after taking a bath they found that they were very hungry, especially when they smelled the fragrance of rice. Their keen sense of smell told the little wolves that today we would not only have stewed and grilled meat, but also fried fish.

The orcs have such big appetites that it basically takes several days of fishing to be enough for everyone to have one meal. The pan-fried fish can only be eaten once every ten days or half a month. The aroma of the fish is getting stronger and stronger. If Lang Qi and Bai Tu were not here, they would have run to the orc who was in charge of the chef to ask for the fish. Even if everyone can eat it in the end, the one eaten before the dish is served is the most delicious!

While eating, Langze secretly glanced at Bai Tu and Lang Qi. He didn’t understand why the two didn’t scold him. If they said they were not angry, then they stayed here and refused to leave. If they said they were angry, then they asked them to eat. Langze was puzzled, fearing that they would be halfway through their meal and suddenly come over to stop them from eating. He didn’t delay eating while thinking, but ate very quickly. However, while eating, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked down and howled, “Where’s my fish!!!”

The orc in charge of the meal had been specifically instructed by Bai Tu to distribute the food evenly. For example, if each orc could get three fish, then the fish should be divided into three types: large, medium and small, one of each type, to ensure fairness and avoid conflicts caused by the size of the fish. Even if the orcs didn’t say anything, unfair distribution would be inappropriate.

The wolf tribe only had this meal today, so the portions were naturally larger than usual. There were four fish in Langze’s bowl, two large and two small. He had just eaten the two big ones. Pan-fried fish is different from other cooking methods. It tastes better when it is smaller than the palm of your hand. The big ones are not so crispy. Langze saved the delicious ones for last, but now his bowl is empty! This is a disaster within a disaster for Langze, who regards food as more important than anything else.

Lang Zuo, who was sitting next to Lang Ze, stuffed the fish into his mouth with a smile. Lang Ze immediately took action and stretched his chopsticks into Lang Zuo’s bowl, but was blocked by Lang Zuo who had been on guard for a long time: “Boss, you eat meat. This barbecue is delicious.” Lang Zuo said while putting a plate of braised meat in front of Lang Ze.

“I don’t want it,” Langze refused. Braised meat can be eaten at any time, even if it is not made that day, he can exchange it for points. But fried fish is different. Fish that are too big or too small are not suitable. Fish that are too big are easy to be undercooked, and fish that are too small do not have much meat and are easy to be burnt. Seeing that his only two remaining fish were taken away, and the key is that they were snatched away by Langzuo, Langze took action immediately. When his first attack failed, he decisively withdrew his gaze and looked to the other side. He suddenly shouted, “New dishes are here!”

Dozens of wolves, one by one, turned their heads to see what the next dish was, but they looked in vain. Langze took advantage of the time they were looking over there to pick up all the fish in the bowls of Langzuo and Langyou, and took a bite of each before eating.

When Wolf Zuo and Wolf You turned around, they were greeted by an empty pottery bowl. The two looked at each other and looked at Langze. They did not dislike the bitten fish and rushed to grab it with their chopsticks. They would only win if they got the fish into their mouths.

Bai Tu, who was watching from a distance, was a little silent and asked Lang Qi: “When did we eat like this?”

He has been very busy recently. Sometimes he would be at the textile plant, and sometimes he would keep an eye on the iron ore. After watching here, he would go back to the new refining plant to see if there were any problems. After all, even a one-to-one replica of the tools might not work well, not to mention that the iron smelting furnace at the refining plant was a large one. There would be new problems almost every two days.

With so much to do, the possibility of eating on time is almost zero, and due to weather reasons, the canteen usually doesn’t cook too much food. To be more precise, no matter how much is cooked, everyone can finish it. The orcs have no concept of leftovers, and when he comes back from work, the canteen is clean. Bai Tu doesn’t want to get stomach problems, so in order to eat on time, he asks the orcs in the canteen to save a portion for him every day, and he can come and get it or have it delivered.

Unlike most orcs who eat at different times, Bai Tu naturally did not notice the changes in the wolves. Before, they were only grabbing food from the pot, but now they started to grab food from the bowls!

Lang Qi glanced at the wolves who were fighting over there. He didn’t want to admit it, but he had to admit that this was his own people. Hearing Bai Tu’s question, he answered a little slower than usual: “Always like this.” This is the nature of the Langze team when eating. They are always restrained on the road.

Bai Tu: “…”

He didn’t understand, but Bai Tu decided to respect their habits. Maybe the food in other people’s bowls smelled better. After the wolves had fought over and eaten up all the food, Bai Tu began to ask about the lotus pods they had brought back.

The little wolves, who had just relaxed after their meal, became nervous again. It was about to begin.

Langze looked at the white map and hesitantly gave the answer: “In the territory east of the tribe, there are two large ponds.” At first they just didn’t want to come back because they didn’t catch any prey, and planned to play for a while before going back to the tribe. Unexpectedly, they became more and more addicted to the game. If it weren’t for Langyang’s call, they might not even remember to go back to the tribe after playing until dark.

They have been doing the same thing since they were young, but the wolf tribe prefers to let them roam free, otherwise a group of wolf cubs would not have been stung by bees so many times. There were a few times when the supervision was stricter, and not only were the wolf cubs uncomfortable, but the adult orcs who were guarding them were also exhausted, which fully demonstrated that the energy of each orc is different.

The pond was discovered two years ago, because when the original shape was small, the little wolves were still a little cherishing their lives. They liked to play but did not go into the water casually. In the past two years, the life that could play with a basin of water was gone for a long time. Some little wolves who missed playing in the water found two ponds, but they usually didn’t know how to play, because they only played for one or two days, and they would be beaten up after they went back. They often played for too long and missed the meal time.

Recently everyone is looking forward to breakfast. After catching the prey, they go back to the Snow Rabbit Tribe. Sometimes if they are lucky, they can order some dishes and get up to eat after a short rest. This kind of life is so comfortable. A group of little wolves did not go to the pond to play. They walked far away to find prey last night and happened to pass by the pond on the way back. How could the little wolves bear it? They went into the water one after another and played until Lang Yang reminded the little wolves who were playing outside to go home.

The pond was not small, but more than thirty orcs entered it, fought and splashed water in it. In addition, the water in the pond was far less than that at the end of the rainy season. As a result, one good pond turned into a quagmire, and the other one could not escape the same fate. It would take a few days for it to recover. The little wolves who could not wash themselves could only return to the tribe covered in mud.

As for the lotus pods they brought back, they were purely for the purpose of cheating people. The little wolf found that this thing tasted particularly bitter, so he liked to trick others into eating it. Langze planned to trick Heiyan into eating it. They had stepped on a lot of lotus pods, and they didn’t want to come back empty-handed, so each of them brought back a large handful. The price was that their bodies, which didn’t have much skin exposed, were evenly smeared with the mud from the lotus pods. Fortunately, they didn’t meet other orcs along the way, otherwise they would have been caught as strangers.

After hearing the whole story, Bai Tu felt helpless for a moment, but when he thought that the honey and lotus pods were discovered by the Langze team, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, and asked about the distance to the pond.

“Not far.” Hearing this, Langze’s eyes lit up. He didn’t intend to punish but asked about the location. Then could they still play in the future?

“Take me to see it.” Bai Tu decided to go and see it himself and dig some lotus roots. If the pond is of the right size, he will continue to plant lotus pods next year and try to send the caught fish in. The pool in the cave has been several times larger than before after several renovations, but it is still not enough. Many of the fish caught are suitable for breeding for a period of time before eating, and one pool may not be enough. The wolf tribe said that there are fish in the two ponds, but not too many.

Langze had no objection to taking Bai Tu with them, but they had to run in their original form to get back so quickly. If Bai Tu followed them now, he would not be able to reach his destination even after dark. But almost all orcs know that Bai Tu doesn’t like to transform into a beast form, just as Bai Tu does not admit that he is a witch doctor.

Langze hesitated for a while, and suddenly said: “Tu, I will turn into my original form and carry you!” After saying this, Langze praised himself in his heart. This solved two problems at once. Bai Tu didn’t have to turn into a beast form, and they could get there faster.

“No need.” Bai Tu shook his head. Although many orcs thought that they were about the same age, Bai Tu always felt that he should be older than Langze. He felt like he was bullying a child when he asked the wolves to carry him on their backs. So he gave up. “You guys take a rest today and go look tomorrow.” There was no rush to look at the lotus roots overnight. The little wolves hadn’t rested for a day and a night. If they didn’t rest, it would take two days and one night. If they had to dig some more lotus roots, it would take even longer. Even an iron man wouldn’t do this.

“Okay.” Langze was a little disappointed. He still wanted to show Bai Tu his speed. But the same thing would happen tomorrow. He would then persuade Bai Tu to let him carry him on his back. Langze thought secretly that it would be best if Bai Tu would forget about bringing back so much mud tonight because of his hard work.

Langze made all the arrangements clearly, but when he was about to make amends the next morning, he heard what his brother said.

“I’ll carry you.”

I’m short of 15,000 yuan today and owe 13,500 yuan. I feel guilty. The neighbor’s kitten is so cute that I couldn’t help but stay with him for a while longer.