All The Furry Creatures In The Beast World Are Farming With Me – CH56

Chapter 56

Lang Shuo considered the feasibility of having the black wolf sub-adults come over to help dig coal.

However, Lang Shuo did not immediately say this idea in front of everyone. He first needed to confirm with Lang Yu whether a resource like coal should be kept secret.

Burning coal was convenient, and digging coal saved more time than searching everywhere for branches. The benefits of coal were obvious. They had cooperated with the Black Wolf Tribe several times, but they could not reveal all their foundations to the other side just because of those few collaborations.

Worried that his suggestion would affect Lang Yu’s judgment, he decided not to mention having the sub-adult black wolves come over to help for now. Instead, he first asked whether they should conceal the existence of coal in the future.

If it needed to be concealed, then they should send the cubs back as soon as possible and not let the Black Wolf Tribe’s gathering team come over anymore. In the future, they should reduce contact to prevent the other side from noticing anything wrong. Naturally, there would be no need to bring up the matter of sub-adult black wolves helping dig coal.

In truth, Lang Shuo was a little reluctant to send the black wolf cubs back. But they were not cubs of his own tribe to begin with, and sooner or later, they had to go back. He could distinguish which matter was more important. Cubs could be petted anytime, but the tribe’s safety was the most important.

He could not be certain that all the members of the Black Wolf Tribe were of one mind. Their tribe had more than five times as many people as his tribe, and the distance between the two sides was so close. If one-fifth of the members in the Black Wolf Tribe had other thoughts, it would be a catastrophe for their tribe.

If they did not conceal it, there were also many things to consider. Coal was an important resource that could be exchanged for supplies. How to exchange it, how much to exchange, and how to protect their own tribe’s safety while exchanging supplies—these all needed to be considered in advance.

Taking advantage of the other members discussing among themselves, Lang Shuo pulled Lang Yu to the side and pointed in the direction of the Black Wolf Tribe. “Brother, should we hide the matter of coal from that side?”

Lang Yu did not answer immediately.

The reason he had not spoken since seeing the coal was because he had been considering this matter. He just had not expected that his younger brother would think about concealing it.

After all, before this, Lang Shuo had been very indulgent toward the Black Wolf Tribe’s sub-adults and cubs. Although it could not compare to how he treated their own tribe’s cubs, Lang Yu could be certain that the vast majority of the Black Wolf Tribe’s members could not do what Lang Shuo had done.

Only at this moment did Lang Yu truly realize something: his younger brother was smarter than he had imagined, and also decisive. His younger brother might be softhearted, but he would not foolishly show kindness.

Lang Yu looked at his younger brother’s serious expression and began thinking about another matter he had not had time to ponder. An idea flashed through his mind.

Not hearing an answer, Lang Shuo was not anxious. The problem he was worried about, his brother must have considered too. As chief, every decision required careful thought, let alone a major matter related to resources. This was not the kind of small-scale cooperation they had done before, where they could part ways after a few months and nothing would be affected.

A resource like coal, something connected to survival and safety, had to be decided carefully in any tribe.

In the end, their tribe’s numbers were their disadvantage. If the tribe had several times more people, there would be no need to be this cautious at all. The more tribes that knew, the better. They could all come exchange supplies.

However, reality was exactly the opposite. Not only could they not publicize it, even using it within their own tribe required consideration of whether they might be discovered.

Seeing that his brother had not yet decided, Lang Shuo did not urge him. He waited patiently for the other party to think it through.

A moment later, Lang Yu spoke. “Tell Lang Yan first and see whether he is willing to cooperate.”

It was basically impossible for them to use it within their own tribe and tell no one. Burning coal and using branches might not show any difference in the short term, but after a long time, one glance would reveal clues.

Lang Yu knew that the sub-adult black wolves had often come through this territory before, and other tribes might also pass by. There was no guarantee they would not be discovered. Since they would always have to worry about some unknown tribe noticing something wrong, it was better to find an ally from the beginning.

Lang Shuo quickly understood his brother’s meaning and followed this line of thought. “Let Lang Yan publicly claim that they found the coal? We give them some coal as payment?”

This was equivalent to transferring the risk, but because the situations were different, it only benefited both tribes.

The Black Wolf Tribe had many people, and added to their well-known temperaments, even if other tribes knew they had found coal, they would not seek trouble by provoking them.

With the Black Wolf Tribe standing in front, no one would notice their small tribe. To their tribe, it was equivalent to spending a little resource in exchange for safety.

Lang Yu, who had originally been hesitating over whether to tell his younger brother the idea in his mind, fell silent.

“Brother?” Seeing him not speak, Lang Shuo was puzzled. “Did I say something wrong?”

“No. We’ll do as you said.” Lang Yu shook his head. Of course his younger brother was not wrong. The plan was even better than the one he had thought of.

The brothers continued discussing the specific details, and after returning, they first covered the coal beside the several stoves.

The Black Wolf Tribe’s hunting party and gathering team were adult wolves after all. No matter whether their temperaments were impatient or not, they paid more attention to propriety and rarely approached the places where they cooked and ate. A slight cover was enough. Hiding it once or twice would still be quite easy.

When the Black Wolf Tribe’s gathering team came to deliver medicinal herbs, Lang Shuo spoke to the gathering team leader and asked her to help pass on a message.

“Tomorrow morning?”

When he heard the message brought back by the gathering team, Lang Yan put down his food. “Are you sure they said to go over in the morning?”

The gathering team leader nodded. “Yes, in the morning.”

Lang Yan’s brows knitted tightly. Generally, matters that were not urgent were discussed in the evening, so hunting would not be delayed. Lang Shuo asked him to go in the morning. Had something happened in the Snow Wolf Tribe? Or was there something that needed to be hidden from people? Or did they not want him to bring too many people? After all, if he went after hunting ended, the entire team would definitely move together.

Lang Yan thought about it in his heart, but his expression did not change much. After a while, he nodded. “All right. How are the cubs?”

The gathering team leader said, “Same as before. They’re unwilling to come back.” Every time they saw the cubs, they tried to bring them back, but the cubs always reacted the same way.

Lang Yan said, “Mm, I know.”

After saying this, he picked up his food, took two bites, then put it down again. He glanced in the direction of the Snow Wolf Tribe, then looked at the sub-adults not far away, who could not even eat quietly, and instructed Lang Qi, “Find people to keep watch on the sub-adults. They are not allowed to run around these two days.”

The sub-adults, who were eating with their heads buried, rubbed their noses and felt their backs turn a little cold. They raised their heads and saw the chief staring at their side, then quickly lowered their heads and acted as if they had seen nothing, continuing to bury themselves in their food.

Lang Yan frowned again.

The members close by could hear Lang Yan’s instructions and knew there was proper business tomorrow, so they could not let the sub-adults cause trouble.

The members farther away could only see the change in expression but could not hear his voice. Lang Yan’s series of reactions took on another meaning in the eyes of some members.

Lang Yan was dissatisfied with the Snow Wolf Tribe.

In the corner, two members looked at one another and quietly lowered their heads.

Lang Lan, who had long finished eating and was now arranging for the cooking members to supplement food for the hunting party and gathering team, clicked her tongue inwardly.

Who had come up with the idea of eating separately? It was indeed quite good. When had she ever had a chance to see something this interesting before?

Hu Yun had been thrown beneath the cliff, and on the second day, one of his legs broke, yet he had stubbornly lingered half-dead until now. The fallen beasts on Beast Mountain had all gotten fatter.

A group of traitorous idiots secretly threw prey down the mountain every day. Those who did not know might think they had a grudge against Hu Yun.

Lang Lan sneered. It was right not to make a move too early. See? Two more had jumped out.

That night, the Black Wolf Tribe was much quieter than usual, with only a few different sounds occasionally coming through.

The usually restless sub-adults were ordered to stay inside their caves and were not allowed to go out. Not until dawn began to break could they finally leave the caves. The sub-adults discovered that there seemed to be a few fewer people in the tribe.

The tribe had many people, and the sub-adults were not familiar with every member, but today felt somewhat strange. They kept feeling the corners had become much cleaner.

Before, there seemed to be people often crouching in the corners. They did not talk, only crouched there, and the sub-adults were often startled by them.

The sub-adults found it strange and originally wanted to find the chief. In the end, after searching around, the chief was not there, and they also did not know where Lang Qi had gone. Finally, they managed to catch Lang Lan during breakfast.

“Sis, sis, where are the people who used to crouch there?”

“Where did the chief go?”

“A lot of people are missing.”

Lang Lan heard their questions come one after another and picked a few to answer. “They were arranged to do other things.” They went to Beast Mountain to keep Hu Yun company.

“The chief has something to do. If you want to know where he went, ask him yourself when he comes back.” See whether he hits you or not.

“They went out patrolling. Who told you to run outside all day? Mark the territory a few more times so you don’t get lost again.”

The more Lang Lan spoke, the quieter the sub-adults became. In the end, they silently picked up their meals.

Seeing that they had quieted down, Lang Lan turned and went to do other things.

After Lang Lan left, the sub-adults exchanged looks.

See? I told you we shouldn’t ask Lang Lan.

Weren’t you curious just now too?

Lang Lan had not gone far, so the sub-adults did not dare speak. They could only secretly communicate with their eyes.

…

On the other side, Lang Yan had already reached the Snow Wolf Tribe’s territory. Today, without curved-horned beasts as a pass, the group of black wolves was stopped outside the fields.

The Snow Wolf Tribe’s patrol members went back to call someone, while the group of black wolves waited in place.

Those who came today were all trusted members. The Snow Wolf Tribe members were on the other side, a little far away. Lang Qi crouched down without any image and complained, “Boss, any day would have been fine to take action. Why did it have to be last night? I had only just fallen asleep when we gathered this morning.”

The cubs had been taken out of the tribe by Hu Yun. On the surface, the only culprit seemed to be Hu Yun, and no other members had participated, but Hu Yun alone really could not have done so many things.

Nothing else needed to be said. Just the fact that the herbs Hu Yun had carried had been placed in the gathering team members’ back baskets to confuse the scent—Hu Yun, a beastman whom Lang Yan had long guarded against, could not possibly have done that.

Hu Yun had succeeded so smoothly because a portion of the tribe members had secretly helped. The goals of those members were different from Hu Yun’s. Hu Yun wanted the Black Wolf Tribe to suffer, while what they wanted was simpler. They wanted to pull Lang Yan down from the position of chief.

Lang Yan’s father, Lang Shun, had been the previous chief. A few years ago, Lang Shun discovered that some members in the tribe had other intentions. It was just that before he had thought of how to handle these people, Lang Shun disappeared.

After Lang Shun disappeared, the Black Wolf Tribe had not been united on the choice of chief. After Lang Yan overcame all objections and sat in the chief’s position, the members with objections quieted down. But whether they were truly quiet or only pretending to be was unknown.

After Hu Yun made his move, the members who still had other intentions revealed their true forms.

Calling them smart? They only knew to capture prey and feed the fallen beasts on Beast Mountain, and had never thought of rescuing Hu Yun.

Calling them stupid? They had hidden themselves quite well in normal times. Before this, most members in the tribe thought the few members who liked shrinking into corners were gloomy and did not like dealing with people. In reality, they were looking for opportunities to act.

After Hu Yun was thrown down Beast Mountain but did not die, they noticed something was wrong. But the chief told them to keep waiting, to wait until everyone jumped out before acting.

It was just that Lang Qi had not expected the timing to be so coincidental. After spending half the night catching people, they had to come to the Snow Wolf Tribe early this morning.

He had thought he could rest in the tribe for a day.

Of course, at most, he only dared complain verbally. He had still honestly followed along.

Lang Qi yawned as he thought, then caught sight from the corner of his eye of someone walking toward them from the Snow Wolf Tribe’s residence. He immediately stood up.

Lang Yu had just woken. He naturally knew that the Black Wolf Tribe’s gathering team had taken the message back, but he had not expected Lang Yan to come this early.

Lang Yu glanced at the direction of the sun and confirmed that he had not seen wrong. He could not help murmuring inwardly.

Perhaps they should slow down the cooperation. He kept feeling the Black Wolf Tribe was being overly proactive, making one instinctively become wary.

However, his younger brother had dragged him yesterday and talked a great deal, especially about the arrangements for coal digging and other work after cooperation. It was extremely beneficial to their tribe.

Various thoughts swept through his mind one by one, but Lang Yu’s face still carried that calm and natural expression. He glanced at the number of members behind Lang Yan and said, “I need Chief Lang Yan’s help with something. We won’t need this many people.”

Lang Yan said, “They are all trustworthy.”

Lang Yu was somewhat surprised. He carefully looked at Lang Yan and the members behind him, then gave a slight nod. “Then come over.”

Lang Qi: “???”

The other party had not asked whether they were trustworthy or not.

The other members likewise did not understand. But Lang Yan said they were trustworthy, so they were happy. As for what the two chiefs were talking about, they did not care at all. That was not important. What mattered was that the chief said they were trustworthy!

Lang Yu brought them to the stoves. At this time, the cubs were not here. Lang Yun and the others were on the other side. Only Lang Shuo was beside this stove.

The black wolf members’ eyes lit up.

Could it be that he was going to teach them how to cook? They liked this.

Lang Yan looked at Lang Shuo, then at the stove, as well as the pottery on the stove, and considered what matter was worth Lang Shuo personally calling them over.

Seeing that the people had arrived, Lang Shuo did not speak. He picked up several black pieces of coal and placed them into the stove.

The black wolves did not understand. Had they been called over just to look at this? What was strange about burning stones in a stove? They did that often. If the stones were not burned properly, they would even explode.

Lang Yan likewise did not understand. It was just that he did not show it as obviously as the group of black wolves behind him who could not hide their thoughts. Knowing that Lang Shuo had his own reason for doing this, he waited patiently.

Until the coal in the stove was ignited.

The instant the flames leapt up, Lang Yan’s pupils trembled slightly. Then he looked toward Lang Shuo.

Lang Shuo was illuminated by the firelight, making his face a little red, but the smile in his eyes could not be hidden. He seemed very satisfied with their reactions.

“These black things are coal. They can burn.” Seeing the black wolf members react the same way as their own tribe members, Lang Shuo introduced it. “With this, we can save branches.”

After Lang Shuo finished speaking, he did not rush to mention cooperation. He first left them some time to digest the existence of coal.

Lang Yan had already guessed what he would say next.

For such a good thing, if they were voluntarily telling them, then they must have another intention.

Even though he had guessed that this trip might involve something unexpected, Lang Yan was still somewhat surprised.

The black wolf members behind Lang Yan had completely given up on managing their expressions.

Lang Qi could not help sighing inwardly.

This younger brother of the Snow Wolf Tribe’s chief—was he really an ordinary wolf, and not a priest from the Beast God Temple?

Previously, when he knew that Lang Shuo recognized medicinal herbs, Lang Qi could still understand it as their tribe’s previous priest being different and having taken the initiative to teach him.

But the scene he saw today completely overturned his understanding.

Those priests in the Beast God Temple who bragged all day about how powerful they were had never been powerful enough to use stones to make fire.

He knew these stones were different. But the problem was that the stones had always been there. No one else had discovered they could be used. Only Lang Shuo had discovered it.

Truly strange.

Lang Qi finally understood why Lang Yan had kept picking and choosing people this morning, taking so long to decide.

Fortunately, those who had come along were people who had grown up with them since childhood. Not a single one had joined the tribe halfway. They might not be smart, but they absolutely listened to Lang Yan.

As for the members other than Lang Yan and Lang Qi, they did not consider that much. They only had one thought.

Amazing. Wanted it.

The Snow Wolf Tribe had moved here for half a year, and the branches in their territory had already decreased a lot. The Black Wolf Tribe had several times their population, so their firewood consumption was naturally even faster.

Currently, the work of picking up firewood in the Black Wolf Tribe was mostly handled by adult wolves and sub-adult wolves. It was not that they were unwilling to let the young wolves in the tribe do it, but that the nearby trees were almost bald. They could only go far away to search. Sometimes, they even had to climb mountains. It was not very tiring, but for black wolves, this kind of tedious work was worse than being a little tired.

Now, seeing an item that could replace firewood, of course they wanted to have it.

The group of members looked at Lang Yan expectantly.

For an instant, Lang Yan suspected that what he had brought was not reliable, trusted companions, but that group of noisy sub-adults.

Lang Yan did not stay stunned for too long. He looked at Lang Shuo, then at Lang Yu. “What are your thoughts?”

Lang Shuo called Lang Yun. “Yun, prepare some food for everyone to eat.”

Lang Yan fell silent for a moment. So if they did not cooperate, this meal would not exist either?

Lang Shuo truly had not thought that much. He simply felt that the later topic of discussion was more complicated. It would be enough to leave only Lang Yan himself, at most with Lang Qi added. There was no need to make things difficult for the other black wolves.

Only a few members could sit beside the stove. Lang Yan and Lang Qi stayed, while the other members scattered to find places to eat.

Lang Shuo now had a bowl of fragrant fish ball soup in his hands. Lang Yun probably felt that with everyone present, it would seem out of place if he did not eat, so she had specially served him some easily digestible fish ball soup.

This had originally been food for the cubs.

Not refusing Lang Yun’s kindness, Lang Shuo simply held it, but he was not in a hurry to eat. He was not hungry yet.

Lang Shuo did not drag things out and directly said what the two brothers had discussed last night.

“Only we know the location of this thing, but our tribe is too small and has too few people. We can’t use this much, so we want to cooperate with your tribe. You can use other supplies to exchange for coal. If your tribe sends members over to dig, it can be cheaper.”

Lang Yan listened and did not speak.

At first glance, these words seemed to be very considerate of their tribe.

The black wolf members not far away who heard a few fragments were already deeply touched. Of course, it did not rule out the fact that the food was too delicious.

Lang Yan hesitated for a moment and did not point out the problem in the other party’s words.

Lang Shuo continued, “Coal is convenient to use. If other tribes know about it, they’ll definitely come to exchange for it. Our tribe doesn’t use much, so leaving a little is enough. It doesn’t matter if we divide it among several tribes. But your tribe has so many people. If more tribes come to help, then what can be divided to you will be less. So we hope that you will say to the outside that the coal was discovered by the Black Wolf Tribe, and that our tribe is using food to exchange with you.”

Hearing this, before Lang Yan could speak, the group of black wolves not far away had already become anxious, wishing Lang Yan would immediately agree. Such a good matter had to be agreed to!

Lang Yan still remained silent. He looked at Lang Shuo, then when he looked toward Lang Yu again, his gaze changed.

He finally understood why Lang Yu had only mentioned it once and then no longer stopped the other black wolves, and why he was not at all worried about the black wolf members knowing this huge secret.

Because after hearing these words, the black wolves he had brought would ultimately not stand on his side at all. Therefore, having them here only benefited the Snow Wolf Tribe and brought no harm.

After today, if any matter unfavorable to the Snow Wolf Tribe appeared in their tribe, the first to stand out would be this group of simple-minded black wolves.

Lang Yan laughed in anger.

At this moment, he had only one thought. Why could the gap be this big when they were both wolves? Could color really affect intelligence? If it could, that would be great. Then he would immediately dye all the black wolves in the Black Wolf Tribe white.

Everything Lang Shuo said was for the Black Wolf Tribe’s good, sentence by sentence. Thinking carefully, every sentence had deeper meaning.

Could the Snow Wolf Tribe’s brains be divided among the black wolves a little?

No wonder. No wonder Lang Yu, who usually wanted to chase him away immediately if he looked one more time, had only stayed nearby today and never interrupted, as if he was not worried at all. Because this was also part of the plan.

If Lang Yu had said these words, the members beside him might still hesitate a little. After all, Lang Yu did not welcome their tribe. As the Snow Wolf Tribe’s chief, Lang Yu would not consider things for their tribe.

But the one saying these words was Lang Shuo.

The Lang Shuo who was friendly to the sub-adults, helped take care of the sub-adults, taught them cooking methods, and had never left their tribe out of any benefits. If he refused Lang Shuo’s proposal, the group of black wolves would rather suspect that his brain, as chief, had broken than suspect that Lang Shuo had ulterior motives.

The key was that Lang Shuo had not secretly sought out the Black Wolf Tribe members and said these things. Instead, he openly and properly brought it up with him, entirely frank and aboveboard.

The meaning was very clear. Lang Shuo and Lang Yu knew he could hear the problem and had no intention of hiding it from him. They placed the pit in front of him and let him choose for himself.

Lang Yan’s mood at this moment was extremely complicated.

He clearly knew there was a pit ahead, but the food inside the pit was too delicious. Not only could he not stop his members from jumping in, he had to personally give the order and be the first to enter.

Lang Yan did not answer, and Lang Shuo did not urge him. He knew that with Lang Yan’s intelligence, he could see the essence of these proposals. But precisely because the other party was smart, there was only one final answer to this matter. Lang Yan would not give up the optimal solution and choose something else.

Lang Yan looked at Lang Shuo, who was not at all worried that he would refuse and who knew how he would answer. He laughed once, his meaning unclear. “All right.”

There was plenty of time ahead. There would always be a chance to slowly settle this account.

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