All The Furry Creatures In The Beast World Are Farming With Me – CH51

Chapter 51

The more the Black Wolf Tribe members thought about it, the more they felt it was because of the location. After delivering the supplies, they hurried back to the tribe and reported to Lang Yan that they should move closer to the Snow Wolf Tribe. Look how quiet the Snow Wolf Tribe was.

Lang Yan looked at them quietly. “Why is the Snow Wolf Tribe quiet?”

The black wolf members looked at one another. Quiet was quiet. Was there a reason?

Other black wolf members who heard the movement also came over. After asking what they were talking about, they joined the discussion, trying to find the reason why the Snow Wolf Tribe’s side was quieter than theirs.

After discussing back and forth, they still came back to that same reason: the Snow Wolf Tribe was far from the lion race and the Gray Wolf Tribe. On the other side, if one went farther, there were also mountains, blocking the sound from the other side.

Seeing them grow more confident the more they talked, Lang Yan interrupted their delusion. “Their tribe is quiet because they are far from you.”

Moving next to the Snow Wolf Tribe would not make the Black Wolf Tribe quiet. It would only make the Snow Wolf Tribe noisier.

As soon as Lang Yan finished speaking, a group of sub-adults hurried over and shouted loudly, “We’re moving the tribe? When are we moving?”

“Moving near the Snow Wolf Tribe?”

“What? We’re going to the Snow Wolf Tribe? Hurry, hurry—”

They proved the truth of Lang Yan’s words with facts.

The member who had suggested it silently lowered his head, pretending he did not exist.

Lang Yan shattered the sub-adults’ beautiful dream. “We are not moving the tribe. We will never move.”

The meaning in his words was very clear: go do whatever you’re supposed to be doing.

Hearing this, the sub-adults were extremely disappointed. They left while looking back every few steps. Unfortunately, from beginning to end, Lang Yan did not change his statement.

…

No one knew whether they had been influenced by the Black Wolf Tribe, but the next day, the Snow Wolf Tribe became lively too.

However, the reason for the liveliness was not the members, but the cluck-cluck birds raised in the tribe.

As the number of cluck-cluck birds and long-eared beasts increased, the cages holding prey grew larger and larger. But their tribe’s cages were made of wood after all. Finally, today, while they were moving the cages to clean the cave, two wooden bars in the middle of the largest cage suddenly snapped. All the cluck-cluck birds inside rushed out like wild horses freed from their reins, fleeing in every direction.

The hunting instincts of the young wolves, whose temperaments were still unsettled, caused them to turn into beast form in unison. They chased the cluck-cluck birds everywhere. Before the members moving the cage could react, the outside had already become a chaotic mess.

In the time it took Lang Shuo to lower his head and feed a cub, he raised his head and saw a scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping. He was also startled.

The other members had never seen such a scene before.

In the past, when they caught prey, they directly killed and stored it. Raising prey was a first for them, let alone raised prey escaping.

Fortunately, although it was chaotic, the movements of the young wolves also reminded them. The other members put down the work in their hands and quickly went over to help.

That one cage held more than twenty cluck-cluck birds. They had all been raised little by little by cutting grass every day. If they ran away, it would truly be a pity.

Facts proved that even young wolves had no problem catching small prey like cluck-cluck birds. Before the adult wolves could catch up, several young wolves came back with cluck-cluck birds in their mouths. After returning, they threw them into the new cage and went to catch the next one.

The cluck-cluck birds had been locked in cages for too long, so their running ability was completely inferior to the young wolves who ran barefoot all around the tribe every day. Although it was somewhat chaotic, the battle soon ended.

After catching the cluck-cluck birds back, the young wolves changed back into human form. Their cheeks were flushed, and they were panting a little, but their eyes shone brightly as they looked at the members moving the cages. The anticipation on their faces was extremely obvious.

They wanted to do it again.

Lang Shuo, who had just been about to call the young wolves over to rest for a while: “…”

What disappointed the young wolves was that the remaining cages, regardless of size, did not break open.

Lang Shuo witnessed the changes in their expressions, then looked at the prey in the cages and the members who had climbed up to the upper cave to clean.

Because the prey caught after breeding season had been enough to fill all the tribe members’ stomachs, they had only eaten a portion of the grown male long-eared beasts and male cluck-cluck birds among these raised prey. Female long-eared beasts were kept to give birth to young, and female cluck-cluck birds were kept to lay eggs.

Raising these prey was indeed quite good. Every day, they only needed to provide some wild grass. Setting aside the long-eared beasts for now, the cluck-cluck birds allowed the underage members of the tribe to eat one egg each day. Adult members could also eat scrambled eggs every few days.

But as the prey increased, there were also worries. The two caves were not connected, but they were close to each other after all. To ensure that the smell from the breeding cave would not spread to the cave they lived in, they had to clean it once every few days. Each time, they needed to move the prey cages out, sweep it clean, spread leaves, then move the cages back in.

This method was not a long-term solution. It was fine now, since most days were sunny. Once growing season arrived, it would rain every two or three days. They could not clean the cave in the rain.

At the time, raising them in the cave was because the weather was cold and there was nowhere else to place the prey. There was also a thick layer of ice and snow outside, making it impossible to build sheds for breeding. Added to other places being too far, they had chosen the nearest cave.

Now that the numbers had increased, it was no longer very suitable. They might as well take this opportunity to directly change the place where they raised them.

Lang Shuo looked around and finally settled on a small mound not far from their residence.

The highest part of the mound was three or four meters higher than the foot of the mountain, but the area was large and relatively gentle. It was about the same as walking on flat ground and did not require much effort to climb. When it rained, water would flow down along the sides and would not accumulate.

At first, Lang Shuo had wanted to build stoves over there, but everyone felt it was a little far and climbing up to eat would be somewhat troublesome. However, using it for breeding was not considered far. Prey smelled strong, so being farther was better.

Thinking of this, Lang Shuo first went to check the condition of the small mound.

No one usually came here, so this side was already full of weeds. But that was not a problem. In the future, after they fenced it up and released the cluck-cluck birds, in less than five days, all these weeds would be eaten clean.

It was just that fencing off such a large area was still rather troublesome. More importantly, they had to build places for the prey to live. It would not be long before it started raining. They could not let them get drenched.

The construction materials the tribe could use were mud bricks and wood. Mud bricks were relatively neat and regular, but their weakness was that they were not waterproof. If the structure was not built well, there would be no way to handle three months of rainy season. If the house collapsed, that was secondary. If it crushed the prey they had painstakingly raised, that would be a huge loss.

Using wood was not bad, but placing a lone wooden house up here—if other small predators came in the middle of the night, they might not react in time.

Lang Shuo continued walking backward. He remembered that Lang Nuo seemed to have said there was a cave on the mountain behind the small mound.

After reaching the place, Lang Shuo indeed found the cave Lang Nuo had mentioned. The cave was a little over one person tall, about the same height as the one they currently lived in. It was quite suitable for living, but the area was too small, less than half the size of their current residence.

When their tribe had just moved here, they had either needed to live in one cave or on one mountain. If there was distance between them, it would not be safe, so they had not considered it. Now, their current cave had compartments built with earth walls and was far more comfortable than before. In the short term, everyone did not want to change places either, so this cave was temporarily unused.

The more Lang Shuo looked, the more satisfied he was. It was not suitable for housing members, but it was completely fine for raising prey.

As for the breeding area, they could temporarily fence off a small area first, or not set up fencing and simply let them roam, having the young wolves come over to watch. Judging from how excited those young wolves looked while chasing cluck-cluck birds today, he knew they would definitely be willing.

Lang Shuo walked around outside once and already had an initial plan in mind. When he returned, it happened to be time for lunch.

“Shuo, where did you go just now?” Lang Yun found it strange. Lang Shuo generally would not leave this side for too long. Today, he had been gone for half the morning. She had never seen that before.

“I want to move the cluck-cluck birds to the small mound over there and raise them in the cave behind the mound.” Moving the cluck-cluck birds to the small mound was no problem. Long-eared beasts were not as suitable because they could dig holes. In the cave, they could not dig, but if they were raised on the ground, they would dig a hole and escape in one day. Therefore, the long-eared beasts would only change locations, not be raised free-range.

Lang Yun asked, “Then can we raise more of them?”

As one of the members responsible for the tribe’s food, Lang Yun liked cluck-cluck bird eggs very much. They could be paired with any food, and they could be kept for a long time too. As long as they were placed in a low-temperature cave, they would not go bad for ten days or half a month. Other foods did not have this advantage. Moreover, the tribe members liked eating them. They were one of the most worry-free ingredients.

“Yes.” Lang Shuo nodded. Before, they had been raising them inside the cave, and space was limited, so of course they had to raise fewer. If they were placed outside, they would not have that worry. As long as the scale did not become as large as a breeding farm, raising only a few hundred would be completely fine.

Hearing this, Lang Yun supported it one hundred percent.

When the two of them discussed this matter, they did not avoid the other members. Therefore, that evening, when the hunting party returned, the whole tribe was discussing it.

When Lang Yu heard it was related to cluck-cluck birds, he directly went to find his younger brother and asked, “Where do you want to move them?”

Lang Yu remembered that Lang Shuo had said before that they were only temporarily placed in the cave. He guessed they would change locations sooner or later. He just did not know which place his younger brother had chosen.

“The small mound.” Lang Shuo pointed at the location and explained the advantages there. It had a large space, would not accumulate water, and they could also let the young wolves practice a bit.

After listening, Lang Yu nodded. “All right. The hunting party will all be here tomorrow. We’ll first fence off one area and try it.”

Recently, the hunting party had been hunting one day and resting one day. They would have time tomorrow.

Lang Shuo nodded. Although they could build it even without the hunting party, the more people there were, the faster it would be. They could move the cluck-cluck birds out, then select some eggs for hatching. They would grow up just in time before snow season.

Early the next morning, the hunting party members began busily working. One portion went to the cave behind the small mound to build earth walls. The cave had to be divided in two. One half would raise cluck-cluck birds, and the other half would raise long-eared beasts. In the future, the cluck-cluck birds would not need cages, and they would also need nests for laying eggs.

The other portion of members went out to cut branches. The branches the tribe used for firewood had all been broken into suitable lengths for stacking. They were too short to make fences. Cluck-cluck birds had wings and could easily fly out.

The hunting party directly cut a pile of long branches and bamboo according to Lang Shuo’s requirements.

Lang Shuo taught them how to make fences. One end of bamboo or branches of suitable length was sharpened and stuck into the ground. Then shorter branches were tied onto them with rope, leaving only palm-sized gaps to ensure the cluck-cluck birds could not run out.

They had never tried raising them this way before, so they only fenced off an area of a few dozen square meters for now, planning to observe the situation first.

After the fence was finished, the cluck-cluck birds were released.

The cluck-cluck birds, which had not touched the ground for a long time, immediately began looking everywhere for food as soon as they came out. They pecked at grass roots and searched for bugs. They did not need any time to adapt at all.

As for the long-eared beasts, they were placed on the other side of the cave. This time, the area was larger, so the cages did not need to be right next to one another. The environment was much better than the previous small, low cave.

Changing to a new environment made not only the long-eared beasts and cluck-cluck birds comfortable. The tribe members were also happy.

“In the future, we finally won’t have to clean the cave every two days.” The new cave likewise needed to be cleaned, but people could directly enter this side and did not need to move the cages out before cleaning. It was more convenient, so the members responsible for feeding the prey were very satisfied.

The other members were even more satisfied. Although there had been a wall between them, beastmen’s senses of smell and hearing were very sharp. From time to time, they could still smell something, and in the mornings, they were often woken by cluck-cluck birds too. Now that they were so far away, it would be much better.

The young wolves were also happy, because Lang Shuo said that from now on, during the day, they would be responsible for watching these cluck-cluck birds. If any cluck-cluck bird tried to escape or ran out, they could chase it. Although they could only chase it toward the residence, and if prey ran somewhere else, they still had to report it to the adult members of the tribe, they could still chase prey and play.

The sub-adults were likewise in quite a good mood. They were more practical. Seeing Lang Shuo take out cluck-cluck bird eggs and select hatching eggs from them, they knew he was going to hatch little cluck-cluck birds. This meant that in the future, the frequency of eating cluck-cluck bird meat and cluck-cluck bird eggs would increase.

Seeing everyone’s reaction, Lang Shuo thought to himself that if he had known earlier, he would have changed places earlier. But it was not too late now.

When leaving the small mound, Lang Shuo looked at the vast stretches of grassland and sighed, feeling somewhat regretful.

“What’s wrong?” Lang Yu, who was walking beside Lang Shuo, immediately asked.

Lang Shuo pointed at the area of the small mound, then pointed farther away. “There’s so much grass. If we could raise a few young curved-horned beasts or other prey, how nice would that be?”

Long-eared beasts and cluck-cluck birds were both small prey. One fully grown was only a dozen jin at most, and two or three adult wolves could eat one in a single meal. But one curved-horned beast was worth dozens of long-eared beasts. If they raised large prey, they would not be afraid no matter how cold snow season became.

“If we catch them back, can they survive?” Lang Yu asked.

“It should be about possible. We can try.” Lang Shuo did not dare guarantee it one hundred percent, but prey had to be slowly domesticated. And if they did not try, how would they know? Before raising long-eared beasts and cluck-cluck birds, they had not been one hundred percent certain either.

Lang Yu thought for a moment. “I’ll bring one back tomorrow.”

Catching them alive was rather troublesome, but not impossible. They could use the sub-adult black wolves’ hunting method from before.

Lang Yu kept his word. After promising Lang Shuo he would catch one, he began taking action the next day, bringing the sub-adults along when going out hunting.

The sub-adults, who had not followed the hunting party in a long time, were extremely excited and rubbed their fists eagerly. Was it finally their turn to display themselves?

Lang Yu looked at the excited sub-adults and did not speak. He only asked Lang Shuo to take more food.

Seeing this, the sub-adults became even more excited. They could go out, and they were bringing this much food. Today, they were definitely going to catch the most difficult prey. Could it be a male curved-horned beast?

It was indeed a curved-horned beast, but not a male curved-horned beast. After approaching the area where the curved-horned beasts were active, Lang Yu began selecting a target.

He brought the sub-adults because he wanted them to interfere with the curved-horned beasts’ judgment. The more beastmen there were, the more directions the curved-horned beasts would run in. At that time, it would be easier to choose the curved-horned beast they needed.

First, after confirming where the curved-horned beasts with young were, Lang Yu began arranging ambush positions. Once the wolf pack stood where he had said, he let the sub-adults pretend to attack and scare them a little.

Because the sub-adults, who were about to reach adulthood, had eaten well, they had recently shot up in size again. In beast form, they looked no different from adult wolves.

Curved-horned beasts could only judge a predator’s ability by size. Seeing wolves this large, they had no time to react and began fleeing in every direction.

The sub-adults immediately chased after them. Seeing that some curved-horned beasts were not running toward the ambush locations, they even specially changed direction to scare them and made them run in circles.

After the curved-horned beasts were chased for half the day and had consumed a portion of their strength, the adult snow wolves appeared. The curved-horned beasts that were running wildly suddenly saw so many wolves and immediately changed direction. But after running far in another direction, there were snow wolves there too.

After changing direction several times, the young curved-horned beasts born this year were the first to leave the group.

The young curved-horned beast’s mother followed at the young beast’s side, also getting farther and farther from the group.

Lang Yu first drove the sub-adults out of the battlefield, then selected a young curved-horned beast that was not very large and had been born not long ago.

The young curved-horned beast was not yet as large as an adult wolf. Any adult member could easily catch it.

After catching the young curved-horned beast, the large curved-horned beast beside it became so anxious it circled around. It wanted to attack, but as soon as it approached, the hunting party members dodged away. When it went elsewhere, the hunting party gathered together again.

The other curved-horned beasts had long run far away.

Lang Shi stood directly in front of the female curved-horned beast and asked, “Should we kill it?”

Lang Yu shook his head. “Capture it alive.”

Bring both back and see whether they could be raised.

Several snow wolves quickly took out ropes and tied up the large and small curved-horned beasts.

At dusk, Lang Shuo was preparing dinner when he saw the hunting party return. It was just that the hunting party was somewhat different this time.

The hunting party members brought back two curved-horned beasts. The smaller one had only its neck tied, so it was being led as it walked. The larger curved-horned beast behind had ropes tied around its neck and all four limbs, and was being carried back by the hunting party members.

Several hunting party members put down the curved-horned beast not far from the residence. Lang Yu called his younger brother. “Shuo, come see if this one works.”

Lang Shuo handed the remaining work to Lang Yun and jogged over to look.

The female curved-horned beast was tied very firmly, so there was no fear of it suddenly attacking. Therefore, Lang Shuo first went to look at the small curved-horned beast.

The young curved-horned beast clearly did not know its own situation. After the hunting party members stopped, the young curved-horned beast directly went to find the female curved-horned beast. A curved-horned beast that had not been born long would only drink milk when hungry.

Lang Shuo had originally been thinking about raising them, but after seeing the young curved-horned beast’s movements, his eyes lit up. He called behind him, “Hui, bring over a medium clay jar.”

Because the sub-adults were not here, Lang Shuo had Lang Hui and several smaller young wolves working with him. The cluck-cluck bird side was being watched by seven- and eight-year-old young wolves who loved running.

Lang Hui agreed and brought a medium clay jar over.

Lang Shuo looked at the lying curved-horned beast and asked Lang Yu, “Brother, can you help it stand up?”

This position was inconvenient to operate.

Lang Yu nodded and called several hunting party members. Dragging or pushing, they helped the curved-horned beast, which was several times heavier than them, stand up.

Because the standing curved-horned beast still had ropes tied around it, it still could not move randomly. But it was more convenient for the young curved-horned beast to drink milk, and it was likewise convenient for Lang Shuo’s work.

Lang Shuo placed the clay jar beside the young curved-horned beast and began milking.

Lang Yu froze.

The other members stood stunned in place. What was Lang Shuo doing?

Before they could react, Lang Shuo had already milked half a small jar of curved-horned beast milk and retreated before the curved-horned beast noticed something was wrong.

“Tie the big one and little one in the same place.” Probably because the young curved-horned beast was beside it, this female curved-horned beast was not especially violent. Since that was the case, there was no need to lock it in the cave. Lang Shuo pointed at a relatively thick tree on the other side and spoke.

In any case, the curved-horned beast had rope tied around its legs and could not possibly run. Tying it here should not be a problem.

Lang Yu agreed, then saw Lang Shuo carry the clay jar away.

“What does Shuo want curved-horned beast milk for?” Lang Shi did not understand. Didn’t the tribe have enough food?

“For the cubs, probably,” Lang Yu guessed.

“Drink curved-horned beast milk?” Lang Shi frowned. “Can that taste good? Better to just eat meat directly.”

Curved-horned beasts only ate grass. What could be good about the milk squeezed out of them? As wolves, they should eat meat.

Lang Yu glanced at him. “You go tie up the curved-horned beast.” As he spoke, he walked toward the cooking area.

Lang Shi: “???”

Forget it. He would ignore these two brothers.

By the time Lang Yu walked over, Lang Shuo had already poured the milk from the clay jar into another clay jar and placed it on the stove to boil.

Recently, the tribe had fired quite a few clay jars of different sizes. The largest ones were used to cook food for the whole tribe or hold water. The medium ones were smaller and were usually used to transport water or hold some food for the cubs. The smallest were only a little larger than bowls and were used to store some seeds or precious medicinal herbs.

All three types of clay jars had dedicated stoves, but the clay jars on the stoves were not mixed with the others, because jars used over fire would have a layer of black ash underneath. Using them randomly would make everything dirty. Food that needed heating was usually poured in, heated, then served out or poured into a clean clay jar.

The clay jar Lang Shuo had used to hold the curved-horned beast milk was one usually used to transfer food. Its bottom was clean and would not be placed directly on the stove.

The stove fire had never gone out, and the curved-horned beast milk was already warm, so very soon, the milk in the clay jar began boiling, giving off an enticing milky fragrance. It was just that there was also some gamey smell mixed in.

The cubs raised their heads and looked outside, not knowing what Lang Shuo had made this time.

Lang Shuo threw in the dried fruits he had just taken out and boiled it for a while longer.

Whether it was an illusion or not, the surrounding members felt that the gamey smell was not as strong as at the beginning.

Lang Shuo boiled it for a while longer before removing the wood from under the stove, then used a spoon to ladle it into bowls.

Because it was the first attempt, he had not milked much this time, and there were also so many cubs. Therefore, each bowl only had less than half a spoonful. The bowls were cool, so once it was poured in and swirled around, it was no longer hot.

The cubs watched eagerly. Only when the tempting fragrance came closer and closer did they begin jumping excitedly.

The baskets woven from bamboo were thumped loudly by their bouncing. Just from the sound, one could tell how excited they were.

Milk was easy to spill, so Lang Shuo did not put it into the cradle. Instead, he carried one cub out and placed it on his lap. When the cub saw the bowl, it buried its head and drank. After drinking, it clung to the bowl’s rim and refused to let go, whining as it licked the inside clean.

Now, even Lang Shi, who reacted half a beat slower, could tell that the cubs truly liked it.

Lang Yu watched the cubs’ reactions, then counted the number of cubs. When the Black Wolf Tribe’s gathering team members came, he raised a request with them.

For the next two curved-horned beasts, switch them to ones that produce milk.

At the Black Wolf Tribe, Lang Yan, who was counting prey, suddenly sneezed.

“Boss, are you sick?” Lang Qi immediately became worried. That bastard Hu Yun deserved to die, but at least he knew how to treat illness. Now that the tribe had no new priest, if someone really fell ill, they could only force themselves through it.

He had said they should not go to the mountaintop. Going up the mountain in the middle of the night without sleeping and standing in the wind—now look, he had started sneezing.

“It’s nothing.” Lang Yan shook his head. He knew his own body. A little wind would not make him sick.

He just did not know why, but he had a bad feeling.

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