Chapter 67
It has not been one or two days since Bai Tu was targeted by the Crazy Lion Tribe. His usual way of dealing with it is to avoid it if possible, because once a war breaks out, regardless of winning or losing, someone will get hurt, no matter how strong they are. What’s more, the lion tribe has the advantage in size. It’s just that the opponent has made more and more small moves recently, which makes people feel bored. It feels like a toad is lying on your feet. It doesn’t bite but it is annoying.
Tu Cheng’s experience was miserable, but he had no sympathy at all. All the consequences were caused by the other party himself. Instead of treating the other party well, he should focus on building the tribe.
It was a small meeting that was simple and casual. Bai An didn’t even sit down. Several people had already discussed a plan to deal with Tu Cheng.
Tu Cheng soon got the answer. He could stay in the Snow Rabbit Tribe, but he could not join the hunting team like before. He could only go mining and digging coal like the Lion Tribe.
Although he didn’t know what coal mining was, he was glad to be able to stay in the tribe. Tu Cheng was very surprised to hear the reply and kept telling Bai Qi how happy he was. Bai Qi stopped listening after a while. Before leaving, he warned him not to touch anything in the cave and would take him to the coal mining area early the next morning.
Tu Cheng didn’t understand what everyone was talking about. He just listened to Bai Qi’s words without showing any dissatisfaction. Only when Bai Qi walked to the door did he weakly ask if he could get some medicine for his wounds because the wounds on his body were too painful.
“The tribe is out of medicine.” Bai Qi didn’t even ask Bai Tu and directly rejected him, “All the medicine was exchanged for supplies. Don’t you know that the tribe is short of supplies? The Crazy Lion Tribe can’t catch prey, where will our tribe get prey?” ”
The tribe is not…” Tu Cheng suddenly paused in the middle of his speech, and changed the subject, “I see that everyone is fatter than before.” Yes, they are fatter. When he left the tribe, the children in the tribe did not have enough to eat, and could only follow Bai Tu to dig grass to eat. Now those children are tall and strong. They have only been there for half a year, but they are already taller than many children in the Crazy Lion Tribe.
Tu Cheng lowered his head and said in a low voice: “I won’t do anything, and I won’t betray the tribe again. You don’t have to be on guard against me.”
“Who is on guard against you?” Bai Qi rolled his eyes, “Everyone’s food was exchanged for medicine by Bai Tu, so there is no medicine. Don’t you understand?”
Seeing his expression, Tu Cheng knew that he was not lying to him. A look of contempt flashed in his eyes, and he nodded good-temperedly: “Sorry, my body hurts so much, so I said that. I don’t know the situation of the tribe. I won’t do this next time.”
“Yeah.” Bai Qi nodded, barely giving a good face, “Stay in this cave by yourself, don’t touch things, and can’t leave the cave casually. If you have something, knock on the stone next to the cave, and someone will come.”
“Okay, thank you.” Tu Cheng’s attitude was very submissive, and he didn’t even ask for food.
In the middle of the night, when Tu Cheng was about to force himself to sleep despite his hunger, someone knocked on the stone at the entrance of the cave. It was unknown what material the stone was made of, but the sound could be heard to the innermost part of the cave. Tu Cheng opened his eyes, looking very irritable. He cursed under his breath, then got up and walked to the door. He saw a familiar figure: “Mu?”
Tu Mu was holding a portion of food, looked him up and down, and handed the tray in his hand over: “This is your food.”
The construction of the cafeteria was almost entirely arranged by Bai Tu, and the interior decoration and tools were naturally taught by Bai Tu. The tray was made of wooden boards with three areas on it, for bowls, plates and chopsticks respectively. The food was distributed in the cafeteria, and others would go and take a portion to eat, and then get more after finishing. Because the food was distributed according to the amount of rice, there were basically few second meals, which was convenient and time-saving. The orcs, who were always frugal, would eat up the food on their plates and there would be no leftovers.
Tu Cheng had just returned, so naturally there was no food for him in the cafeteria. This portion was made by Tu Mu using the leftover scraps from today. But Tu Mu didn’t want to give it to him. He would rather give it to the lion tribe than to Tu Cheng who had betrayed the tribe.
Tu Cheng was a little dissatisfied with the portion of food. This amount of food was less than half of what he had before. Although he had never had enough to eat in the Crazy Lion Tribe, he was still so young. How could he survive without enough food? Tu Cheng said to Tu Mu, “Mu, these are not enough.”
“You didn’t work today. It’s good enough that you have these.” Tu Mu retorted unhappily. Bai Tu said that people who do not do anything and just want to enjoy the fruits of others’ labor are the most hateful. Tu Mu felt that Tu Cheng was such a person. In the past, because the tribe did not have enough food, Tu Cheng went to join the Crazy Lion Tribe. Now that the tribe is doing better, Tu Cheng has returned.
As for the experiences that Tu Cheng described, Tu Mu didn’t feel sorry at all. Tu Cheng was raised by the clan leader, but he actually wanted to hurt the clan leader. This was an unforgivable sin, not to mention that he also wanted to poison Bai Tu and Bai Chen with poisonous herbs.
Tu Mu put the food on the ground: “Eat it yourself, I’ll come and get the tableware tomorrow.” He didn’t want to see Tu Cheng eat the food he made, he was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and hit him. Alas, Baitu is good in every way except that fighting is prohibited. It is not completely prohibited, but it can only be fought without hurting the opponent. It is definitely not easy for him to beat Tucheng.
Tu Cheng thought that after he said so much, other people would at least sympathize with him a little and their attitude would not be too bad. However, it was proved that the orcs of the Snow Rabbit Tribe were very vengeful, or they all knew who brought them their current life. Bai Tu led everyone to make dried meat in exchange for so much salt, and made friends with the Blood Wolf Tribe, so they had their current life. Tu Cheng originally planned to use Bai Chen to kill Bai Tu. Just for this reason, they would never forgive Tu Cheng.
What Tu Cheng didn’t know was that if Bai Tu hadn’t said that he wanted to keep him, Bai An and the others had already decided to kick him out again. No matter how tragic his experience was, it could not erase the fact that he almost killed everyone.
The next morning, Bai Qi took Tu Cheng to his workplace. Although he was not satisfied with the portion of dinner, at least Tu Cheng was not hungry. He planned to have breakfast before leaving. If the journey was long, he would be hungry for a longer time.
“Why are you so nosy?” Bai Qi was dissatisfied. He took his plate to get the food. No matter what the dish was, he scooped a spoonful of each and brought it back, “Eat quickly!”
Tu Cheng looked at the yellow unknown thing and didn’t want to eat it: “What is this?”
“Corn porridge, eat it if you want or not, there is only this. If you don’t eat it, you’ll starve.” Bai Qi couldn’t stand him nagging. Even Hei Yan would not ask so many questions when he came to their tribe and saw unfamiliar food. Tu Cheng’s questions were annoying. When Bai Qi thought of Tu Cheng staying in the tribe all the time, he was a little dissatisfied with the decision made by his father and Bai Tu. Why did they keep him? Wouldn’t it be better to just kick him out?
Bai Qi’s attitude was very bad, but Tu Cheng did not fight back like he did before. After hearing this, he stopped asking questions, ate the food obediently, and lowered his head to hide his expression.
Bai Qi didn’t bother to care whether Tu Cheng was angry or not. He still remembered what Tu Cheng had done, especially not letting Bai Tu help his brother with treatment. If Bai Tu hadn’t insisted, his brother would have been gone!
After Tu Cheng finished eating, Bai Qi took him directly to the coal mining area. The coal mining area is one of the most tiring jobs in the tribe now, because not only do they have to dig coal, but they also have to transport the coal to other places. Of course, Tu Cheng is not qualified to do the latter thing, he is only qualified to dig.
Most of the orcs responsible for mining coal turned into animal forms, as this was more convenient and faster. The few who were originally using tools put their tools away when they saw Bai Qi bringing others over.
When Tu Cheng arrived at the coal mining area, what he saw was a group of dirty orcs digging on the ground. He was immediately disgusted. Even the lowest-ranking orcs in the Crazy Lion Tribe did not have to do such work.
An orc with a strange thing on his face approached. When he got closer, Tu Cheng realized that this was Tu Guang from the tribe. Just as he was about to speak, the other party handed him the same thing in his hand.
“Are you new here? Put on the mask before changing into the beast form. You cannot take off the mask when entering the mining area. If this one is broken, come to me for a new one. Intentional damage is prohibited. Masks are very expensive.” Dozens of points for one. Tu Guang calculated in his mind with heartache. If Bai Tu hadn’t said that these things must be worn, they would have kept them to exchange for other supplies. Unfortunately, Bai Tu said that no one could take off the mask in either the coal mining area or the stone mining area. Violators would have their points for the month cancelled. This punishment was the most severe punishment so far. Even Langze had never been punished like this.
Tu Cheng didn’t expect that Tu Guang didn’t even recognize him and couldn’t believe it: “Guang, I am Cheng!” They had hunted together before.
“Yeah, I know.” Tu Guang waved his hand, “Hurry up and put it on and start working.” Mining coal and stones is tiring work, but the points earned every day are high, and there are subsidies. If an orc from the rabbit, wolf or cat tribe voluntarily comes, Bai Qi will come to see him off and bring a bamboo slip written by Bai Tu himself, on which the orc’s number and points are marked, to facilitate recording the points later.
If someone only brought people here like today, but there was no separate bamboo slip, it means that he was sent here because he made a mistake. His points will be recorded together with those of other orcs who made mistakes. He will not receive any subsidies, and his normal treatment will be restored only when the prescribed punishment time is up.
As for the fact that it was Tu Cheng who came today, Tu Guang didn’t really care. The coal mining area was particularly short of people. Not to mention Tu Cheng, even if it was the Crazy Lion Tribe, with whom he had always had a grudge, who came, he would still accept them. There were people working, so why not keep them? But since you are here, it is impossible to be lazy. The orcs who come here voluntarily are free in their work content and can dig as much as they want. If they dig more, they will be given more points, and if they dig less, they will be given fewer points. Those who come here as punishment must dig a sufficient amount every day, otherwise they will have to work overtime.
It was only after Tu Cheng spent a day in the coal mining area that he realized what hard work was. The life here is completely different from what he had imagined. Shi Peng said that the food and drink in the Snow Rabbit Tribe are good, and the work is not tiring. How can this be called not tiring? During dinner, Tu Cheng touched his arm which was sore from overuse, glanced at Tu Guang not far ahead, and moved to the side of a lion tribe while Tu Guang was not paying attention: “What has the Snow Rabbit Tribe done recently?”
The other party glanced at him and took the food to the other side to eat.
Tu Cheng didn’t expect him to react like this. After all, he was a member of the Crazy Lion Tribe, and he came to the Snow Rabbit Tribe, and was doing such a tiring job, but he didn’t have any gratitude to the Crazy Lion Tribe? Isn’t this guy afraid that Foxbu will be angry when he returns to the Crazy Lion Tribe?
Since this didn’t work for the other party, Tu Cheng could only look for another opportunity. However, none of the orcs in the coal mining area paid any attention to him, and there were very few other orcs coming from outside, some of whom Tu Cheng didn’t even know. After two days of digging coal, he was almost exhausted, and hadn’t gotten any useful information yet. Tu Cheng began to think of other ways.
It was not until noon on the third day that he finally met the right person, Langze from the Blood Wolf Tribe!
Tu Cheng only knew Lang Ze before, but later he heard some news from Shi Peng that Lang Ze was a very stupid and easy to deceive, but sometimes he was very stubborn and you had to slowly coax him into doing what you wanted. You couldn’t reject him directly, otherwise he would get angry and go find Lang Qi.
Langqi hates his younger brother, but in order to maintain the superficial harmony of the tribe, he will not reject Langze’s words. It’s just that he is never happy every time he does something. If he makes Langqi unhappy enough times, the wolf clan will become chaotic.
Thinking of this, Tu Cheng found an opportunity to lead Langze to a secluded place, and whispered to him: “I know the location of the Crazy Lion Tribe, Ze, do you want to go and fight?”
Tu Cheng could not hide his excitement. Langze was warlike, and Langqi disliked him. When the time comes, seeing Langze hurt his tribesmen…
“Okay.” Langze agreed, and nodded after the other party told him the location, “Wait a minute, I’ll go find my brother to borrow some people.” His brother told Bai Tu that they couldn’t take risks with so few people. Things like attacking the Mad Lion Tribe must be told to Bai Tu and his brother. In Bai Tu’s words, this is called pre-war reporting. Langze sighed, what a hassle.
“What do you mean by borrowing people?!” Tu Cheng was stunned for a moment. Didn’t they say that Langze would run away as soon as he was scared?
Langze: I can no longer go on a trip on a whim.
I knew it. It´s a second spy from Hui Bu.