All The Furry Creatures In The Beast World Are Farming With Me – CH62

Chapter 62

The reason the Snow Wolf Tribe’s hunting party returned so late lay with that herd of sharp-horned beasts that had clearly left yesterday but returned today. More precisely, it had to do with the sub-adult black wolves.

Lang Yu had not become chief by relying on strength alone. There were so many members in the tribe older than him, yet he had been able to sit firmly in the chief’s position at such a young age. Naturally, he considered more things than others. The problem Lang Shi could see, he had naturally also noticed.

Under normal circumstances, sharp-horned beasts would not come back. If they had returned, they must have been frightened or encountered another hunting party.

The Black Wolf Tribe’s members had gone back and forth twice yesterday. They were the most likely reason the sharp-horned beasts had returned. Adult black wolves would not have nothing better to do than drive prey toward their tribe’s territory, so only one answer remained.

The sub-adult black wolves had done it.

Based on Lang Yu’s understanding of the sub-adult black wolves, it was not strange for them to do something like this.

Before, sub-adult black wolves had chased prey around randomly and caused some of them to run into their tribe. That was a normal phenomenon. But this time was clearly different. Deliberately driving prey and chasing prey during a hunt until it ran over were completely different situations.

The sub-adult black wolves were ignorant, but they could not pretend not to know.

Because of this, after Lang Yu caught three sharp-horned beasts, he split the members up. He chose two members to watch the three sharp-horned beasts, then took the remaining members and caught two more, planning to have the sub-adults take two back to the Black Wolf Tribe.

It was only that Lang Yu had not expected that because they spent extra time catching prey and returned a little later, the scene he would see would be like this.

If his younger brother had not been one of the two people ahead, Lang Yu might have even looked at this pleasing scene a few more times. But now, he only found it unpleasant to the eye.

“Shuo,” Lang Yu called to his younger brother.

“Roast it a little longer, and then you can take it up and dip it in the sauce…” Lang Shuo was speaking when he heard the familiar voice. His eyes lit up, and he immediately raised his head to look toward the source of the sound. Seeing the familiar figure, he said excitedly, “Brother, you’re back?!”

Lang Yan listened to the emotion in Lang Shuo’s voice, clearly different from just now, and stared at his back for a while.

Lang Yu looked at his younger brother, who was happily running toward him, and nodded. “Mm. Have you eaten?”

“Not yet. We’re eating barbecue today. I was waiting to eat with you.” Lang Shuo said. If it had been other food, he would have eaten with Lang Yun and the others, but for barbecue, food that was eaten while roasting, he liked waiting for Lang Yu to eat together. Even if they did not chat about anything, staying beside Lang Yu made him feel very at ease.

A smile colored Lang Yu’s eyes. “All right. I’ll go wash.”

“Go. I’ll wait for you.” Lang Shuo agreed, and in his heart, he had already begun calculating what to roast later.

Before leaving, Lang Yu glanced at Lang Yan not far away, then turned to Lang Yun and said, “How can we let Chief Lang Yan do it himself? Go take over the food.”

“Coming.” Lang Yun answered and went to take over Lang Yan’s work. She muttered inwardly. She had not paid attention to this side just now. The other black wolves were over there waiting to eat, so why was their chief roasting meat? But the finished product was not bad.

Hearing the movement, Lang Shuo prepared to go over and help.

“Shuo, help me get some soap pods,” Lang Yu called out and stopped his younger brother.

“The soap pods are gone? I’ll get them.” Lang Shuo immediately shifted his attention. On the food side, there were Lang Yun and the other snow wolf members, as well as the black wolf chief, Lang Yan. Whether he was there or not, nothing would go wrong. His brother’s side was more important.

Lang Shuo went into the cave to get the cleaning liquid he had boiled with soap pods and other plants. The homemade cleaning liquid not only had a good stain-removing effect, but after washing, fur also became glossier. It simply could not wash away coal marks. The sub-adults’ hands and feet were still black now. Coal was convenient, but once rubbed onto the body, it was hard to wash off. As Lang Shuo walked, he thought about whether he could make something specifically for washing coal marks.

There were many people in the hunting party, so Lang Shuo took more. When it came to daily necessities like this, Lang Shuo was never stingy. Once it was used up, he could boil more. Hygiene was very important. Especially when the weather was hot, washing clean made people not only less likely to get sick, but also more comfortable.

Handing the cleaning agent stored in bamboo tubes to Lang Yu, Lang Shuo casually asked, “Brother, what do you want to eat later?”

“Meat. Any meat is fine.” Lang Yu knew that the food his younger brother roasted would be even tastier, so as long as it was meat, he liked it. He was not picky about the type.

Lang Shuo said, “All right.” Then he turned around and placed a handful of leafy vegetables on the grill.

Lang Yu: “…”

Fine. As long as it was prepared by his younger brother, leafy vegetables were delicious too.

Not far away, Lang Yan slowly withdrew his gaze. Even a biological older brother received the same treatment. In front of Lang Shuo, no one had the right to be picky.

Before Lang Yu left, he glanced at Lang Yan, who was eating, and said nothing more. He went to the river and quickly washed up. When he returned, Lang Shuo had just finished roasting one batch.

Of course, meat skewers and vegetable skewers each accounted for half.

Lang Yu’s way of eating was not as rough as the sub-adult black wolves’. He put some dipping sauce into a clean bowl, placed the skewers beside it, and dipped them as he ate. It also did not affect him chatting with his younger brother.

“We caught sharp-horned beasts today. One was injured. We’ll roast it later and eat it.” The last time they caught sharp-horned beasts, his younger brother had mentioned that they could be used for skewers. Lang Yu had remembered it all along.

Lang Shuo’s eyes lit up. Lamb skewers!

Seeing that he indeed liked it, Lang Yu picked up a meat skewer and tasted it. Sure enough, what his younger brother roasted was different from what others roasted.

Lang Yu pushed over the other two bowls. “You eat too. Do you want water?” He asked with his mouth, but the person had already gone to get water.

Lang Shuo flipped the skewers on the grill and took one cooked skewer to dip in sauce, very satisfied with the finished product he had roasted.

From the corner of his eye, he saw Lang Yan looking this way. Lang Shuo handed over some skewers. “Want to try what I roasted?” The members of their tribe had all eaten what he roasted, and the sub-adult black wolves had also eaten it. The hunting party Lang Yan brought had only eaten in their tribe two or three times total, so naturally, they had not tasted it before.

“Thank you.” Lang Yan did not refuse and took the initiative to ask, “Do you need help?”

“No need. I can watch it myself.” He had no problem eating while roasting. Of course, this kind of behavior was something he had always strictly forbidden the sub-adults from doing, because they often could not tell which skewer could be eaten and which one was still roasting, ultimately accurately eating the uncooked ones by mistake.

Lang Yan did not mention helping again. He lowered his head to look at the various skewers on the grill and pointed at a few of them. “What’s this?”

“Potato slices.” Lang Shuo answered, though he found it a little strange that Lang Yan had not recognized them. Seeing that several skewers of potato slices were already cooked, he took out one-third and handed them to Lang Yan. “Try them. They’re really good.”

Lang Yan accepted them and directly dipped one into the sauce before tasting it.

“How is it?” Lang Shuo asked. One reason he liked feeding cubs and sub-adults was that he could receive feedback very quickly.

“Delicious,” Lang Yan praised. “The ones you roast are the best.”

“Right?” Lang Shuo took two more skewers for him. “Then eat more.”

Lang Yan accepted them and admired his proud appearance for a while. Only when another set of footsteps came from behind did he know Lang Yu had returned and finally speak. “I’ll go eat over there.”

Lang Shuo was brushing oil on the leafy vegetables. Hearing this, he nodded and answered.

Lang Yu only saw one figure. With other people blocking the view, he could not clearly see who it was. By the time he came over, the other person had already left. Looking at the skewers missing from the grill, Lang Yu asked, “Who came over just now?”

Lang Shuo originally wanted to tell the truth, but considering how Lang Yu’s gaze was not very friendly every time he looked at Lang Yan, for the sake of the relationship between the two tribes, Lang Shuo softly told a harmless little lie. “A sub-adult black wolf. He wanted meat and potatoes, so I gave them a few skewers.”

Hearing that it was a sub-adult, Lang Yu let out a breath of relief. But in the next instant, thinking that these sub-adults would become adults in a few more months, his heart suddenly felt blocked again.

He regretted it. He should not have cooperated with the Black Wolf Tribe so hastily.

The thought that this cooperation would continue for a long time made Lang Yu wish he could take his younger brother with him wherever he went.

However, that idea was destined to be impossible. Hunting was too dangerous. Lang Yu could not possibly bring his younger brother.

Then he could only reduce the time the sub-adult black wolves spent in their tribe.

Thinking this, Lang Yu instructed Lang Yun, “Give them to Chief Lang Yan first. Let them return to their tribe earlier.”

The sub-adult black wolves, who were now stuffed because they had eaten a pile of leafy vegetables, suddenly heard this terrible news and quickly spoke. “We’re not in a hurry. Not in a hurry at all!” They had only just started eating meat skewers and had not eaten to their heart’s content at all. They could rest here a while, wait until some of the food digested, and then continue eating. If they returned to their tribe, there would be nothing left.

This time, Lang Yu’s attitude was firm. “It’s unsafe if it gets too late. The other members of your tribe will be worried. Later, we’ll give you some skewered meat and dipping sauce. If you get hungry after going back, roast them yourselves.”

Hearing this, the group of sub-adult black wolves all looked at Lang Yan by tacit agreement.

So far, in the entire Black Wolf Tribe, the one with the best roasting skills was Lang Yan.

Lang Yan: “…”

Lang Yan’s mood was somewhat complicated. Lang Yu’s guard was not only aimed at him, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. But with this kind of indiscriminate protection, he already could not find chances to see Lang Shuo, and in the future, the number of times he interacted with him would only grow fewer and fewer.

Lang Yan felt stifled and did not want to bother with the sub-adults at all.

The sub-adult black wolves looked at Lang Yu, who had already decided, then at Lang Yan, who was not prepared to say anything. Knowing that this matter had been settled, they obediently put down their bowls and prepared to return to the tribe.

Fortunately, they could still bring meat skewers and dipping sauce back. The sub-adults rejoiced. By the time they returned to the tribe, some of the food in their stomachs would have digested.

After solving the issue of the sub-adults, Lang Yu also spoke to Lang Yan about the sharp-horned beasts.

Lang Yu did not voice his speculation. He only said that the sharp-horned beasts had been encountered on the edge of the territory and should be divided between the two tribes. Their tribe had caught them, so they would take one more. But when he mentioned the sharp-horned beasts, the sub-adults who had originally gathered around to watch the fun looked at the sky, looked at the ground, and did everything except look at Lang Yan.

This was basically no different from directly admitting it had something to do with them.

Lang Yu did not plan to interfere in the Black Wolf Tribe’s internal matters. After speaking, he had people bring the two sharp-horned beasts over.

Ever since the tribe no longer lacked food, they tried to catch prey alive whenever they captured prey. Large prey such as curved-horned beasts and long-horned beasts were more troublesome, with only a fifty percent chance of finding an opportunity to capture them alive. Sharp-horned beasts were small. All five had been captured alive. It was just that the first one had been attacked by Lang Shi out of habit in the neck and became tonight’s dinner.

The remaining four were alive, with each tribe taking half.

Lang Yan turned back and looked at the sub-adults.

The sub-adult black wolves felt guilty and did not dare meet his eyes.

Lang Yan said, “Don’t bring them back. Make—” Halfway through, seeing Lang Shuo behind Lang Yu, his voice paused.

Thinking of how Lang Shuo had made the sub-adults eat roasted leafy vegetables today, then thinking of the sub-adults’ personalities…

If these two sharp-horned beasts were used as the sub-adults’ food this time and the sub-adults discovered the trick, the next time they wanted to eat something, they might directly drive prey from the tribe over here.

The Black Wolf Tribe had many prey herds, especially in this season when plants grew lushly. There were large and small prey herds everywhere. Driving one or two herds over was nothing. Normally, Lang Yan would not care at all. The members in the tribe would at most say a few words and would not do anything to the sub-adults.

But Lang Shuo’s performance today was very obvious. He intended to correct the sub-adults’ problems.

Lang Yan instinctively felt that if he said this, it would cause trouble. The words reached his lips and turned a corner. “Please help process them. I’ll take them back for the cubs to eat.”

Aside from the untransformed cubs and sub-adults, the tribe also had a group of half-grown young wolves. Lang Yan decided to give them to those young wolves.

When Lang Yan spoke, the sub-adults had been listening the whole time, greatly hoping that the sentence would be “keep them as their food.” When they heard at the end that it was for the cubs in the tribe, they instantly became disappointed.

Lang Yu frowned slightly and turned back to look at his younger brother, asking for his opinion. For matters outside of hunting, recently it had always been Lang Shuo leading Lang Yun and the others in handling them. Lang Yu’s energy was focused on finding food.

Lang Shuo said, “Can we exchange them for an equal amount of other meat?” Processing food was not difficult, but right now, there was still a lot of raw meat. Added to the fact that some meat was still being smoked, killing these two sharp-horned beasts and making them into snacks might be a little rushed. Directly using the tribe’s raw meat would mean they did not need to consider how to store the remaining raw meat, nor would they need to spend time slaughtering and cutting up the sharp-horned beasts. It saved the most time and effort.

Lang Yan had no objections and nodded. “That works. After they’re done… have them bring a message, and I’ll come take them.”

Since he did not plan to let the sub-adults taste the sweetness, he absolutely could not give them even the slightest chance to steal food. Lang Yan decided that he would personally come to take this food and give the sub-adults no hope.

“All right. It will probably take three or four days.” To prevent the other party from being anxious, Lang Shuo gave a rough time.

“Good. Thank you for the trouble.” Lang Yan answered, then finally nodded to Lang Yu and said farewell.

Lang Yu: “…”

He kept feeling that this was not good, but he could not find a problem in the other party’s words. Lang Yu took a deep breath and chose to start with his younger brother.

“In the future, stay farther away from adult black wolves. They hunt every day, and their hands have no sense of weight.” After the Black Wolf Tribe members left, Lang Yu worriedly instructed his younger brother.

This was not Lang Yu smearing the black wolves, but because the Black Wolf Tribe’s hunting party was really like this. For the same act of patting someone on the shoulder to greet them, other beastmen truly were just greeting. But the Black Wolf Race really patted. If a slightly thinner person was patted on the shoulder by them, the handprint would take several days to fade.

The adult wolves of the Black Wolf Tribe had not temporarily used this method to greet members of their tribe, but maybe that was because the two sides were not familiar yet. If they had more contact and an overly familiar adult black wolf came and randomly moved his hands and feet, what would they do?

Just thinking of Lang Yan and the hunting party he usually brought gave Lang Yu a headache. He wished he could personally cut off the connection between the two tribes, but he could not really disregard the tribe’s interests just because he was worried his younger brother would take a fancy to some male black wolf.

Thinking this, he felt even more tired. He could only place his hopes on his younger brother listening to him.

How could Lang Shuo possibly think that Lang Yu was worried he would find a black wolf as a partner? Lang Yu said to be careful because the black wolf members’ hands were heavy, so Lang Shuo considered it along that line.

He was most familiar with the sub-adult black wolves. Among the adult black wolves, he had only exchanged a few words with Lang Yan and Lang Qi. These two were not the noisy type. Therefore, Lang Shuo felt that what his brother was worried about at this moment would not happen.

However, to reassure his brother, Lang Shuo directly agreed. “Brother, don’t worry. I’ll only stay here. Normally, I won’t talk to them.”

His younger brother obediently agreed, but Lang Yu was still not quite at ease. He also instructed Lang Yun, as well as sub-adults like Lang Nuo, telling Lang Yun to pay attention to the adult black wolves and telling Lang Nuo not to let the sub-adult black wolves get too close to Lang Shuo.

The two siblings did not quite understand why Lang Yu said this, but they still agreed.

For matters the chief instructed, just following them was enough. Before, when they were still in their original territory, Lang Yu had been even more cautious than now. Whether it was another tribe or their own tribe, as long as he encountered a male beastman older than Lang Shuo, Lang Yu would first send Lang Shuo away. The siblings only thought that Lang Yu’s old habit had acted up again. In any case, they were already used to it. It was only a matter of paying more attention in daily life.

At the very end, Lang Yu seemed to ask casually, “Do you want to find a partner? Our tribe hasn’t had many male beastmen become adults these past two years…”

Lang Yu spoke very slowly, observing his younger brother’s expression as he spoke.

When Lang Shuo heard the first half, he only shook his head. When he heard the latter part, his expression immediately changed.

Sub-beastmen and male beastmen becoming partners could give birth to cubs.

Lang Shuo immediately shook his head. “No, no. Brother, you don’t even have a partner yourself. I’m in even less of a hurry.”

Lang Yu: “…”

Lang Yu said, “I don’t need one.” He was not considering finding a partner.

Lang Shuo immediately said, “I don’t need one either. Isn’t things being like this now already good? All right, all right, Brother, there’s still a pile of things to do. Hurry and eat. After eating, I still need to go check the herbs.”

Lang Shuo worked hard to change the topic.

Seeing his younger brother’s resistance toward finding a partner, Lang Yu finally felt at ease.

As long as his younger brother did not develop feelings, even if other beastmen had ideas, it would be useless.

Bringing up other matters was a way to change the topic, but Lang Shuo truly was busy. The potatoes they had planted could already be harvested. The pumpkins pollinated early had also ripened. Added to the fact that some crops had bugs on them, in short, there were truly many things to handle.

Lang Shuo first mentioned the cellar to Lang Yu. “Brother, dig the cellar on the west side below the mountain. Choose a few people to go.”

Although they had quite a lot of cooperation with the Black Wolf Tribe, a place like the cellar, which concerned the survival supplies of the entire tribe, definitely could not be known by the black wolf members. So this time, they could not casually find a few members to go like last time. They needed people who worked neatly and had tight lips.

Lang Yu knew about the cellar and also knew that the previous location chosen for the cellar had dug out coal. He nodded. “All right. Mark the area, and tomorrow, I’ll bring people to dig.”

Tomorrow, there was no need to hunt, and the gathering team would not go out either, so they had sufficient manpower.

Lang Shuo described the approximate area and selected people together with Lang Yu.

Those who were quick with their hands and feet and would not leak information would dig the cellar. Of the remaining members, several would be left to help handle the plants brought back by the gathering team. The rest would be responsible for digging potatoes and removing pests from the other crops.

Without pesticides and other items, Lang Shuo used the most primitive method. He collected some plants with insect-killing components, crushed them, then soaked them in water or boiled them, and finally sprinkled them on the leaves of the crops.

The effect definitely could not compare to pesticides, but beastmen had no obsessive need for perfection. As long as the crops were not bitten too severely by bugs, everyone could eat them.

They would sprinkle the medicinal water once more while it was still not raining. Later, when it rained often, they could no longer use this method, because rainwater would wash the medicinal water away. The advantage of abundant rainwater was that plants grew vigorously. The disadvantage was that all kinds of pests and diseases easily appeared. There were many wild plants, so the effects of these changes during the rainy season were not great. But when placed on the crops they planted, it was different. This was also why Lang Shuo planned to harvest the crops quickly.

Lang Shuo arranged the work of the two teams for tomorrow, then finally asked Lang Yu’s opinion. “Brother, is this arrangement all right?”

Lang Yu yawned. “You just handle it.”

Today, in order to chase the latter two prey, the entire hunting party had not found a place to rest at noon. After returning, he had also worried about his younger brother’s matters. Now that he finally felt reassured, Lang Yu became somewhat sleepy.

As for the work arrangements of the tribe members, Lang Shuo always arranged them very properly. Lang Yu had not worried about this aspect for a long time and decided to rest.

Seeing that he was tired, Lang Shuo knew hunting outside was not easy and immediately stopped this topic. “I’ll arrange the rest myself. Brother, go sleep.”

Lang Yu rubbed his younger brother’s soft hair. “You sleep earlier too.”

Lang Shuo nodded. However, he had not consumed much energy during the day and was not tired now. After thinking for a moment, he simply brought the cubs to look at the grass beads the gathering team had brought back.

The curtain made yesterday had been effective, so today, when the gathering team saw grass beads, they picked them. In the end, when they returned, they had even used the animal hides on their bodies, bringing back especially many grass beads.

However, these grass beads needed to be washed first, then sorted out for usability. Some broken ones or those with holes in the middle that were not large enough could not be used.

Lang Shuo first checked the exact amount, then prepared mugwort and other plants.

All the previous mugwort had been ground into powder and prepared for making mosquito incense. What he was using now was fresh. It just so happened that fresh ones had a stronger smell.

Fresh mugwort leaves, mint, and other plants were crushed. There was no need to add water. He directly rubbed out the plant juices by hand and placed the grass beads inside to soak.

After finishing these at night, Lang Shuo clapped his hands. “Soak them for a night. We’ll string the beads tomorrow.” Applying it directly was useful, but soaking them would make the effect better.

The next morning, Lang Yu brought several members to a quiet location at the foot of the mountain to dig the cellar entrance. The gathering team members went to the fields to dig potatoes. Lang Yun brought several members to pick pumpkins.

The sub-adults would go mining in a while, so for now, they could only stay in the tribe. Lang Shuo had them pick out the soaked grass beads and, along the way, use thin little branches to poke open the holes blocked in the middle.

When Lang Nuo and the others did this work, it was still fine. After all, although their patience could not compare to adult snow wolves, it was much better than the sub-adult black wolves. When Lang Yong and the other sub-adult black wolves arrived and saw this scene, they were so frightened they wished they could leave on the spot.

“Shuo, can we not pick these?”

The sub-adult black wolves looked at those tiny grass beads and only felt that the sky had collapsed. They would rather spend the entire day digging coal at the coal mine than do this.

“No. Starting at noon, you will also come over to help.” Lang Shuo coldly refused.

This work had been specially saved by Lang Shuo for the sub-adults. It was not important, but it tested patience.

Hearing this, the sub-adult black wolves looked at Lang Shuo with accusation in their eyes. “Shuo, you’ve changed!” The sub-adults did not understand. Why was it like this? Before, Lang Shuo had clearly cherished them so much. He had never made them do this kind of troublesome work.

At this moment, Lang Shuo’s heart was harder than iron and was completely unaffected by their gazes. “The food I make has also changed. Don’t you eat it very happily?”

The sub-adult black wolves were instantly rendered speechless.

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