All The Furry Creatures In The Beast World Are Farming With Me – CH65

Chapter 65

After the sub-adults finished eating, they could carefree think about the next meal. The other members were different.

After Lang Shuo finished eating, he first mentioned something to Lang Yan. “There’s something to discuss later.”

Lang Yan did not know what he wanted to say, but he still agreed. In any case, there was no hurry to return to the tribe.

Lang Shuo first sent the sleeping cubs back to the cave. After coming out, he saw Lang Yu and Lang Yan still sitting beside the stove and found it strange. “Isn’t it hot here? Why are you two sitting there?”

Hot pot was delicious, yes, but eating hot pot in this season was truly a little hot. After tidying up, the other members had all gone to find cooler places. Only these two were still here.

Lang Yu: “…”

How was he supposed to say it? Was he supposed to tell his younger brother that because he had been watching Lang Yan, he had forgotten to move?

Lang Yan: “…”

He had only been thinking about Lang Shuo’s last sentence and had completely ignored the fact that he could change places.

Lang Shuo did not care what the two were thinking. He looked around and found a quiet place. “Go over there.”

The three of them went over.

What needed to be discussed was the arrangements going forward. After entering growing season, it rained for nearly half the time, and everywhere became muddy. Going back and forth would be rather troublesome. Therefore, the sub-adults’ mining time needed to be adjusted. They should not come over when it was raining or when it had just rained.

Fortunately, the two tribes were not far apart, and there was no difference in weather. There was no need to think of other methods to communicate. They could simply look at the weather.

The other matter was the arrangement for the cubs. Because the sub-adults were here, they had not let the Black Wolf Tribe’s gathering team come over these past two days. After growing season began, it would be even more inconvenient for the gathering team to come over. If this continued, the cubs would become more and more unfamiliar with their parents, which was definitely not acceptable. Therefore, they needed to find an opportunity to bring the cubs back to the Black Wolf Tribe.

Hearing this, Lang Yan asked, “Will they be willing?” He did not care when the cubs were brought back. He only feared that the cubs would be unwilling to return like before.

“I’ve been rather busy lately and have had much less time to accompany the cubs. The cubs have already gotten used to it. When the time comes, bring more toys, cradles, and food. Coax them more.” Lang Shuo said. Thinking of food, he added another sentence. “Your tribe has members who cook well, right? You can first bring them over to learn for two days.”

There were not many foods the cubs could eat. In two days, they could learn seventy to eighty percent of it. He would occasionally have the sub-adults bring some food back. The cubs would quickly adapt.

Lang Yan nodded, tacitly accepting this arrangement.

Lang Shuo brought up the final matter: the prey sent over by the Black Wolf Tribe.

Growing season was approaching, and both tribes needed to seize the time to store up some food in case heavy rain affected hunting. In the following period, the Black Wolf Tribe only needed to send over food for the sub-adults. The prey sent earlier, as well as today’s humming beast, could be exchanged for enough coal for the Black Wolf Tribe to use over the next few months.

“All right.” Lang Yan agreed.

Perhaps because the injury on his arm hurt a little, Lang Yan’s expression did not look very good.

Lang Shuo only had these few matters. After finishing, he looked at Lang Yu. “Brother, do you have anything to add?”

“No.” Lang Yu was in a fairly good mood right now.

After discussing these matters, Lang Shuo found Lang Yun and gave the Black Wolf Tribe the jerky and dried fruit used to exchange for yesterday’s two sharp-horned beasts. He also gave them a portion of the smoked cured meat that had just been finished today, letting them taste it.

The three or four days he had mentioned yesterday had been calculated based on the number of people staying in the tribe. Today, all the tribe members had stayed in the tribe, and some members had helped handle prey. The new jerky and smoked meat had already been hung up. Since Lang Yan had come over today, they might as well divide the finished portion to them.

As for the reason, naturally, he was worried there would be more trouble if time dragged on. If Lang Yan and the hunting party did not have time later, they could only let the sub-adult black wolves bring it back, which would be too dangerous.

Aside from these, Lang Shuo also packed several back baskets of potatoes and pumpkins. During snow season, the potatoes and pumpkins had all been provided by the Black Wolf Tribe. Now that the potatoes and pumpkins outside had not yet ripened, he would divide some so they could eat them first.

After dividing them, Lang Shuo reminded them, “This is the first time our tribe made smoked meat. It can be stored longer. After bringing it back, remember to put it somewhere dry. Don’t let it touch water.”

Lang Yan looked at the amount of smoked meat, then at the sub-adults beside it who were impatiently wanting to see what was in the back baskets, and fell silent for a moment.

Lang Shuo: “…”

Lang Shuo realized there was no need to say any of this, because the sub-adults’ hands were almost reaching into the back baskets.

“Cough.” Lang Shuo lightly coughed, reminding the few sub-adult black wolves who could not resist.

The sub-adult black wolves who had just touched the smoked meat immediately withdrew their small movements, placed both hands behind their backs, and looked at Lang Shuo.

Lang Shuo said, “This is for eating during growing season. You’re not allowed to eat it early. Besides, eating it directly only tastes average. Tomorrow, I’ll stir-fry some for you to try.”

If Lang Shuo had only said they could not eat it, perhaps some of them would be unable to resist. But when they heard the latter sentence, the sub-adult black wolves’ movements were extremely unified.

Not eating. Absolutely not eating.

How could half-finished products taste as good as something processed by Lang Shuo?

Lang Yan coldly watched this group of sub-adult black wolves collectively give up testing the boundaries because of one sentence from Lang Shuo.

Their tribe had worked hard for so many years and used all the wrong methods.

Finally, Lang Shuo gave Lang Yan some of the hot pot base that had been fried today and not used up. Their tribe had eaten to their hearts’ content tonight and would not eat hot pot again for a short while. They might as well let Lang Yan bring it back. Whether it was used as a late-night snack for the sub-adult black wolves or to let the other members in the tribe try something new tomorrow, it would not go to waste.

They had many supplies to carry. When they went back, aside from Lang Yan, the other black wolves were packed full.

The sub-adult black wolves carried coal on their backs and did not find it tiring at all. They excitedly shared what they had seen and heard today.

…

After the black wolf members left, the tribe immediately quieted down. If one sub-adult snow wolf talking was equivalent to three adult members, then sub-adult black wolves had to be multiplied by three on top of that.

Lang Shuo checked today’s work content and first went to look at the cellar.

In one day, the cellar had already taken initial shape. The cellar entrance was one meter square, with a depth of over three meters. At the bottom, the space expanded outward with the cellar entrance as the center, with a radius of around five meters.

Because Lang Shuo had said that different foods needed to be stored separately, when Lang Yu dug, he had not hollowed everything out completely. Every so often, there was a small compartment. The soil piles in the middle not only separated the food, but also served as supports, achieving two purposes at once.

Lang Shuo looked at the size and felt that this cellar did not need to be dug further. “Put the food gathered recently here. Next time there’s a rest day, dig a new one.”

During growing season, all kinds of crops ripened one after another. When the time came, there would be a lot of gathered food. If the cellar was prepared in advance, dried food could be placed directly inside.

Lang Yu agreed. “All right. How many more do we need?”

“Two more should be about enough. The rest can be dug after growing season ends.” During growing season, it often rained. Digging cellars made it easy for rainwater to enter, and too much humidity inside was not good for preserving food. So they needed to dig them before growing season arrived. As for where to put the food from harvest season, naturally, they would dig when they needed to use them.

“All right,” Lang Yu answered.

The tribe’s previous method of storing food had been very simple. They directly found an unused cave unsuitable for living and put food inside. When they needed it, they went in to take it. Later, if any rotted, they picked it out and threw it away, while the remaining food continued to be eaten. Since his younger brother had a better method, they would follow his method. Digging a few cellars was not difficult.

Lang Shuo counted the potatoes and sweet potatoes harvested today. There were more potatoes—over a hundred back baskets. Calculating one basket as one hundred jin, that was ten thousand jin, and this was only half of the first batch planted. The remaining half of the potatoes would be harvested in two days. The ones planted after snow season would need about another month before they could be harvested.

This number looked large, but in reality, when divided among each member, it was only a little over a hundred jin per person. If they ate freely, it could be finished in a few days.

Of course, Lang Shuo would not do that. He left one-third behind, then placed all the remaining potatoes into the cellar.

The cellar was quite deep, but putting items inside was not too difficult. Two tall adult wolves were left at the bottom, while the other members were at the cellar entrance. They directly lowered the back baskets with the potatoes inside slowly. The members in the cellar caught them and sent them to the chosen compartments.

Because most of the back baskets now came with lids, they could be stacked directly. After all the potatoes were placed inside, they only occupied two small compartments.

Lang Shuo had them use dry leaves to block the baskets at the outermost edge, preventing soil from falling inside.

After placing the potatoes, they began lowering pumpkins. Because there were not many supplies yet, he deliberately had the pumpkins and potatoes placed separately to reduce mutual influence.

There were not many pumpkins, but they were large. One pumpkin weighed more than ten jin. Even though there were not many of them, together, they still occupied one compartment.

Lang Shuo had the members inside the cellar block the surroundings the same way as before.

Aside from potatoes and pumpkins, Lang Shuo also placed down the foods that had been gathered recently, could not be eaten for a while, and were resistant to storage, storing them with the potatoes and pumpkins.

Before there was a cellar, they could only place things casually. Now that there was a cellar, not using it would be a waste. The temperature and oxygen content inside the cellar were both lower than in the cave, which could extend the storage time of food. Stored this way, this year’s snow season would not be as tight as last year.

Lang Shuo recorded the food placed inside on bamboo slips. Because he had recently been recording many supplies, Lang Shuo had accumulated quite a few bamboo slips.

Too lazy to constantly carve words and calculate yields on them, Lang Shuo found a lazy method.

He had the members who made tools help split bamboo slips into thin layers. He chose the length of the bamboo slips according to the amount of supplies. One section of bamboo slip represented twenty. The unit might be one back basket, or it might be one item or one basket. After recording, he made even marks on the bamboo slip according to the quantity. When using it, they broke off however much was used. The remaining amount was clear at a glance, with no need to record each time or calculate how much had been used in total.

Holes were punched in the bamboo slips. The same kind of food was strung together with rope, and then a sample was placed in front of the pile of bamboo slips to make it convenient for members other than Lang Shuo to take and use them.

For example, potatoes were numerous, so Lang Shuo used five long bamboo strips. On each, he wrote “potatoes,” then used a knife to evenly divide them into twenty portions without cutting through, strung them together, and placed a small potato beside them. In the future, every time one back basket was taken from the cellar, they would break off one small piece.

This counting method was slightly troublesome, but it was very friendly to the members. There was no need to find Lang Shuo every time. After using items, they simply found the corresponding bamboo slip and broke off one section. Later, when Lang Shuo saw that the bamboo slip had shortened, he would know.

After sorting out the bamboo slips of various lengths, Lang Shuo finally went to look at the cubs, calculating what food to prepare for the cubs tomorrow.

After raising them for so many days, now that the black wolf cubs were about to be sent away, Lang Shuo truly felt reluctant.

However, he could not keep them just because he was reluctant. The cubs ultimately belonged to the Black Wolf Tribe. Now that it was inconvenient to let the gathering team come over frequently, he could not make the Black Wolf Tribe members unable to see their own cubs just because he was unwilling to part with them.

It was not as if he was a wolf trafficker.

He could not keep the cubs, but he could teach the black wolf members more supplementary food methods and improve the cubs’ food standards in the Black Wolf Tribe. Even when the cubs were not by his side, they still had to eat well and sleep well.

Lang Shuo recalled all the foods the cubs liked to eat and calculated the time needed to teach everything. He let out a breath of relief.

As long as the Black Wolf Tribe’s members who came had patience, they could learn everything in two or three days.

Lang Yan should be reliable in choosing people, Lang Shuo thought.

…

Black Wolf Tribe.

“Going to the Snow Wolf Tribe tomorrow? What for?” Lang Lan looked at Lang Yan in confusion.

“To learn how to cook for the cubs,” Lang Yan told the truth.

Lang Lan: “???”

Lang Lan asked, “We have to specifically learn that?” What had the Snow Wolf Tribe been feeding the cubs?

Lang Yan said, “The cubs like eating the food they make. If we don’t learn it, after the cubs come back, they’ll still make a fuss about returning.”

Lang Lan: “…”

Then why choose her to go? There were so many people in the tribe.

Thinking this, Lang Lan directly asked, “Can’t someone else go?” She truly did not like going to other tribes. It was restrictive. In her own tribe, if someone annoyed her, she could directly roar back, and directly beating them up was fine too. In any case, many members in the tribe did that. But if she went to another tribe, she definitely could not be so casual.

Pretending for a short time to hide her nature was fine, but from Lang Yan’s meaning, she had to go for several days, until she learned all the cubs’ food.

Heaven knew how many kinds of food the Snow Wolf Tribe prepared for the cubs. What if, from the time the cubs entered the Snow Wolf Tribe, they prepared different food every day? Would she not have to learn all of it? Just thinking about it was terrifying.

Seeing her expression of wanting to throw this task out, Lang Yan comforted her. “I’m not at ease letting others do it. Tomorrow, I’ll go with you.”

If only the cubs were in the Snow Wolf Tribe, Lang Yan could choose quite a few members. Nothing else needed to be said; he could casually find two gathering team members or cooking members from the tribe. But with the addition of the sub-adults who went to mine, it was different. He could only choose people who would not be tricked into revealing information, lest they accidentally mention the coal after returning.

Only then did Lang Lan remember that his arm was injured. Although it was not serious, it was best for him not to go hunting over the next few days.

Thinking this, Lang Lan suddenly had an idea. “Brother, why don’t you go learn? After you learn it, come back and tell me. You’re so smart. You’ll definitely learn faster than me.” This way, she would not need to go to the Snow Wolf Tribe.

Lang Yan: “…”

Lang Yan said, “The ones cooking in the Snow Wolf Tribe are sub-beastmen and female beastmen. Do you believe that if I go in the morning, I can bring the cubs back with me by noon?”

Usually, just occasional contact was enough to make Lang Yu so guarded. If he really said that he himself wanted to learn, there would be no need for Lang Yu to act. The other members of the Snow Wolf Tribe could chase him back. Perhaps they would even conveniently send the cubs and sub-adults back with him.

Lang Yan did not plan to test the Snow Wolf Tribe’s level of protection toward Lang Shuo.

Hearing this, the light in Lang Lan’s eyes dimmed. She tried to struggle. “Is there really no other way at all?”

“The faster you learn, the sooner you can come back.” It could also correct Lang Shuo’s impression of their tribe’s members. Every day, it was either sub-adults or newly adult black wolves. Lang Shuo probably suspected that all black wolves had no brains.

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Lang Lan sighed and agreed. “Fine. Then who do I bring over?”

Lang Yan named two people. They were both cautious, careful members who were usually reliable in their work.

“All right.” Knowing that saying more would not change anything, Lang Lan became very straightforward. After agreeing, she prepared to return to the cave to rest.

Today, the sub-adults had returned early. Looking at their momentum, they would not sleep for a while. Lang Lan’s head hurt from their noise.

After Lang Lan left, Lang Yan glanced at the sub-adults outside who had reverted to their original nature after leaving the Snow Wolf Tribe and was speechless for a moment.

If possible, he wanted to bundle all these sub-adult black wolves up and send them to the Snow Wolf Tribe.

Unfortunately, there was ultimately a gap between dreams and reality, and the gap was very large. This kind of thing was completely impossible.

Lang Yan missed the quiet of the Snow Wolf Tribe during dinner. Although there had been noise, at least it was not this kind of loud clamor.

Taking a deep breath, Lang Yan said one sentence to the sub-adults, who were inexplicably especially excited tonight.

The surroundings immediately quieted down.

The rowdy sub-adults stopped their movements at the same time.

The sub-adults suddenly collectively settling down made the members who did not know why look this way.

Seeing Lang Yan there, they instantly understood. The sub-adults had been scolded by the chief.

Lang Lan, who had just entered the cave, walked out again, feeling strange. The effect was this good this time? This was not the first time Lang Yan had scolded the sub-adults, but when had it ever had this effect before?

Lang Qi witnessed the sub-adults’ change and could not help coming over to ask, “Boss, what did you say? Why did they suddenly become so obedient?”

He had only seen the sub-adults collectively quiet down. He had not heard Lang Yan speak and knew nothing about the content.

Lang Yan looked around. The sub-adults were rarely this obedient, and there were many members watching the excitement. Lang Yan waved his hand. “Ask them later.” Lang Yan pointed at the sub-adults beside him, too lazy to continue staying here, and turned to leave.

Lang Qi looked at Lang Yong.

Lang Yong’s mouth was tightly closed, and he quickly shook his head.

They could not say it. If they said it, things would go bad!

Lang Qi: “…”

What were they all doing? Acting like they were playing riddles.

Even Lang Qi could not ask it out, and the other members were very self-aware, so they did not go over to ask. While the sub-adults were quiet, they should hurry back and sleep. Otherwise, what if the sub-adults started again later?

What surprised everyone, however, was that after this, until midnight, the sub-adults remained quiet.

Strange. Now, not only Lang Qi, but all the members wanted to know exactly what Lang Yan had said.

If they could ask it out, could they also use the same method next time to make the sub-adults settle down?

The joys of wolves were not shared. When the other wolves were happy, the sub-adults only felt lingering fear.

Just now, the chief had actually threatened them, saying that if they kept making noise, he would let the other members know they went to the Snow Wolf Tribe every day, and then they would not need to go anymore. They would continue staying in the tribe.

To the sub-adults, this sentence was no less than a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

Not being able to go to the Snow Wolf Tribe meant they would never again have the chance to eat the food made by the Snow Wolf Tribe. In the future, they could only pitifully eat what their own tribe made.

No. Absolutely not!

No one could separate them from the Snow Wolf Tribe’s food. Not even themselves!

…

Lang Yan discovered that this threat was extremely useful. From the moment he said it until morning, the sub-adults did not make trouble. Without the sub-adults’ noise, the tribe finally quieted down. Although it was not as orderly as the Snow Wolf Tribe, at least it seemed like normal beastmen lived there.

Lang Yan had an injured arm, so today, the one leading the hunting party was Lang Qi.

After other tribes caught prey, they basically rested the next day, unless they had not used much strength. The Black Wolf Race was rather different. Their stamina recovered faster than other beastmen, and they only rested once after catching prey several times in a row. Yesterday, they had caught prey early. If Lang Yan led the team, they could completely go catch large prey today. With Lang Qi leading the team, Lang Yan told them to look for smaller prey and not provoke curved-horned beasts.

Lang Yan gave a few instructions, mainly telling the other members to listen to Lang Qi’s orders.

Lang Qi’s hunting ability was not bad, but hunting parties were relatively difficult to manage. Without Lang Yan there, hunting would be harder than usual.

Hearing the chief’s instructions, the group of members loudly agreed.

Whether they could ultimately do it or not, at least the attitude was there.

Lang Yan gave Lang Qi a few more reminders, then waved his hand and let them set off.

Aside from large, highly aggressive prey like curved-horned beasts, these members could completely handle other prey. Lang Yan was fairly reassured.

What he was more worried about now was Lang Lan’s progress after arriving at the Snow Wolf Tribe.

Fortunately, Lang Lan did not disappoint him. Although she had been rather resistant at first yesterday, she would not go back on something she had agreed to. After breakfast, she was ready and could set out at any time.

Lang Yan checked the sky. “Wait a while before going.” They would wait until the Snow Wolf Tribe’s hunting party left the residential area and walked farther away.

Lang Yu was very guarded against him now. Unless necessary, Lang Yan tried his best to avoid him.

Lang Lan did not know why he did not set out with the sub-adults. After thinking about it, she could only attribute it to him being unable to tolerate the sub-adults’ noise, unable to endure even this stretch of road.

About the time it took to eat a meal later, Lang Yan finally brought Lang Lan and the other two members out.

They set out late and walked around prey herds. Along the way, they did not encounter any hunting party. Only when they reached the vicinity of the Snow Wolf Tribe’s residential area were they stopped by the patrol team.

Recently, the two tribes had been in frequent contact, so the patrol team was very polite. Lang Shuo had mentioned it yesterday, and they knew people from the Black Wolf Tribe would come over today. They were just puzzled why Lang Yan was following. As chief, he had actually not gone hunting? Hadn’t they said black wolves did not rest?

Lang Yan pointed at the injury on his arm.

The patrol team members suddenly understood. They naturally knew Lang Shuo could prepare medicinal herbs. If he was injured and had come to apply medicine, then there was no need to stop him.

The chief had only said that they should pay attention if people from the Black Wolf Tribe came. He had not said not to let them in.

If Lang Yu knew his tactful wording would be understood like this, he would absolutely grab the entire patrol team and instruct them again. Unfortunately, he did not know someone would sneak around to find an opportunity to enter the tribe while he was out hunting.

Lang Shuo was also somewhat surprised when he saw Lang Yan. After all, the other party had just come yesterday. The matters that needed discussion had already been said last night. Moreover, Lang Yan’s arm did not need any other treatment method. He had already given him the herbs for promoting blood circulation and dispersing bruises, so Lang Yan had no need to specially make a trip.

Seeing his confusion, Lang Yan explained, “The tribe is too chaotic. The noise gives me a headache.”

Lang Shuo immediately understood. More than twenty sub-adults together were already this noisy. If calculated by one-third of the members staying in the tribe, the Black Wolf Tribe’s residential area now had nearly two hundred people. Even if these people were not as loud as the sub-adults, added together, they were not to be underestimated.

Lang Yan had come to find a place to recover.

Lang Shuo simply pointed at the place where the cubs rested. “Go over there. While you’re at it, help the cubs chase away mosquitoes.”

He had already made quite a few mosquito-prevention measures. Unfortunately, the cubs’ skin was thin, and their attraction to mosquitoes was far greater than that of other members. There were still mosquitoes unwilling to give up, circling around the cradles. Lang Yan had one injured arm and could not do other things, but he could still help fan the cubs and drive away mosquitoes.

Lang Yan agreed and went to stay beside the cubs.

The place where Lang Shuo had placed the cubs was not far from him, so from here, he could see Lang Shuo.

Lang Lan looked at this scene, then looked at Lang Shuo, then at Lang Yan, and raised an eyebrow.

She understood.

No wonder he had agreed to leave the cubs in the Snow Wolf Tribe, and had let the sub-adults run this way from time to time. Whenever they caught prey, regardless of whether their tribe needed it or not, he prioritized sending it to the Snow Wolf Tribe.

So it turned out he had taken a fancy to a member of the Snow Wolf Tribe.

But… thinking of Lang Shuo’s identity, Lang Lan broke into a cold sweat for Lang Yan.

Lang Shuo had a brother who was chief. In the future, it was probably impossible for him to agree to let Lang Shuo go to their tribe.

The best result would be for the two of them to become temporary partners, live together during breeding season, and return to their respective tribes after breeding season ended.

Lang Lan sympathized with Lang Yan for a moment and sighed inwardly. Who told him to like someone who was not a member of their own tribe? If Lang Yan were not chief, it would be fine. He could take the initiative to join the Snow Wolf Tribe. For the sake of his hunting ability, the Snow Wolf Tribe probably would not refuse.

What a pity.

No, Lang Lan suddenly realized something.

If Lang Yan stayed in the Snow Wolf Tribe all the time to pursue Lang Shuo, then who would manage the tribe?

Thinking of this, Lang Lan, who had originally still felt some resistance toward learning how to cook for cubs, became solemn and extremely serious.

For the sake of those messy matters in the tribe not falling onto her own head, she should behave properly and leave Lang Shuo with a good impression of the Black Wolf Tribe.

Lang Shuo had not even begun speaking when he saw Lang Lan suddenly become serious, and he felt a little more reassured.

He had originally worried that the members from the Black Wolf Tribe would all be unreliable.

Other matters were fine, but there were quite a few points to pay attention to when preparing food for cubs. Lang Shuo did not know exactly how the Black Wolf Tribe had raised cubs before. In any case, his current method of raising them was better than how the Snow Wolf Tribe had raised them in the past. Seeing the cubs become sturdier and sturdier, he was willing to do it even if it was more troublesome.

He had previously worried that the Black Wolf Tribe members who came over would find it troublesome. Seeing the three of them value it so much, Lang Shuo knew the next teaching would probably go smoothly.

Lang Shuo did indeed feel it went smoothly, but Lang Lan felt that the beginning was already torment.

Preparing food for cubs actually had this many steps. She really wanted to give up and directly feed the cubs boiled meat in plain water.

As Lang Shuo told them which ingredients needed to be added, he explained, “Cubs’ sense of taste is different from ours, so you need to pay attention to the leafy vegetables you feed them. Add as many varieties as possible, so they don’t become picky later.”

Some leafy vegetables were acceptable when eaten by adult wolves, but tasted bitter to cubs. There were also some cubs who were not interested in certain leafy vegetables. Sometimes, it was not because cubs were picky. It could be an allergic reaction. Just like eggplant, some people tasted it as spicy.

Cubs could not express these things and would only resist. If one did not pay attention, everything might be categorized as pickiness. Lang Shuo would judge based on how strongly the cubs resisted whether it was simply pickiness or something they truly could not eat.

Fortunately, the cubs’ reactions toward leafy vegetables were rather consistent. More than half of the black wolf cubs strongly resisted one kind of pale-yellow leafy vegetable. Lang Shuo had taken it to the sub-adult black wolves to eat, and the feedback he received was that nearly half of the sub-adult black wolves found it especially bitter, while the remaining sub-adults said it was a little bitter but acceptable. That kind of leafy vegetable had been excluded by Lang Shuo from the cubs’ and sub-adults’ menu.

Lang Shuo told Lang Lan about his discovery.

When Lang Lan saw the leafy vegetable, she was stunned for a moment.

She also felt this kind of leafy vegetable was bitter. When she was young, she had been forced to eat a lot of it.

For the later content, she could not help becoming even more serious.

So be it if it was complicated. She would endure it. In any case, she only had to learn this much.

The more seriously they learned, the more Lang Shuo could not help saying. From the foods the cubs liked, to how ingredients should be handled so cubs could digest them better, in the end, he demonstrated all the dishes he usually made.

Of course, the finished products from the demonstration were eaten by the few of them. The amount was not large, and the types were mixed, so they were not suitable to feed to the cubs. Those cubs were clearly only tiny things, and most of them could not even understand speech, but they were very smart. If they discovered that the food in their bowls was less than the food in the bowl beside them, they would hum pitifully. If they saw the food was different, they would also confirm it.

So, to prevent the cubs from making a fuss, these foods absolutely could not be seen by them. Otherwise, all the food would have to be divided into dozens of equal portions.

Besides, letting Lang Lan and the others eat had another purpose. That was to let them remember the taste of the food. Later, when they made it themselves, if something was wrong, they could notice in time and would not wonder why the cubs were unwilling to eat the same food.

However, with so many types, dividing them among four people was a bit much. After Lang Shuo served portions for the four of them, he left some for Lang Yun. Finally, he took out a large bowl, poured the rest into it, and handed it to Lang Yan.

“Eat more. You’ll recover faster.” Lang Shuo still remembered that when he had been injured before, the other members in the tribe had practically wanted to feed him at all times, stuffing food into his hands whenever they were free.

Beastmen had strong bodies. The more nutrition they replenished, the faster their injuries healed.

Although Lang Yan was not a member of their tribe, the two tribes had cooperated so much that they had long become acquaintances. Naturally, Lang Shuo hoped the other party would recover quickly.

Lang Yan looked at the food in his own bowl, which was more than everyone else’s, and felt his heart become warm. “Thank you.”

“Why be polite?” Seeing him accept it, Lang Shuo instructed, “Go sit over there. Don’t let the cubs smell it.” The cubs’ noses were far too sharp.

Lang Yan moved to the position he pointed at.

Not far away, Lang Lan watched Lang Yan’s movements and exchanged a look with the other two black wolf members. The latter immediately lowered their heads. Matters involving the chief were not something they dared speak about recklessly.

Lang Lan: “…”

This feeling of having gossip to watch but not being able to say it out loud—probably no one understood it.

She might as well suffocate.

In the end, Lang Lan could only turn grief and indignation into appetite and lower her head to eat the food she had received.

The moment the smooth and tender egg custard entered her mouth, the little bit of gloom in Lang Lan’s heart immediately vanished completely.

After finishing the egg custard, Lang Lan went to take another bowl.

The food made just now had one portion for each person. Lang Shuo had already divided it.

Previously, the sub-adults had indeed brought some food back, but it had all been food that could be stored. The few meals and dishes that were brought back and reheated in the tribe were not as delicious as when they had first been made. Therefore, Lang Lan had indeed been amazed by the Snow Wolf Tribe’s food before, but definitely not to the extent of the sub-adults’ madness.

Until now. After eating food that had just come out of the pot, Lang Lan understood the cubs. She understood those sub-adults who refused to return to the tribe and wished they could live in the Snow Wolf Tribe.

If she were a cub or sub-adult, she would also want to stay in the Snow Wolf Tribe.

After finishing the last bowl of food, Lang Lan raised her head and glanced at her useless chief and brother.

Can you do it? Can you do it or not? From snow season until now, it had been almost half a year, yet he had still not managed to court a partner.

Could he still do it or not?

If he could not, let her do it!

Lang Lan had never felt as much as she did now that Lang Yan was a sluggish beastman.

She had only tasted a few dishes, and she already wanted to immediately bring Lang Shuo back to their tribe. Lang Yan had eaten here during snow season, yet he had actually endured this long.

Too useless! Lang Lan thought inwardly.

She could only think this in her heart and absolutely did not dare say it aloud. When Lang Yan fought, he never cared whether one was his younger brother or younger sister. When Lang Lan was little and mischievous, she had been taught lessons by Lang Yan no small number of times. No matter how many complaints she had, she only dared mutter inwardly. If she said them out loud, she would become a dead wolf.

Lang Lan was thinking when she suddenly saw Lang Yan look toward this side. She immediately straightened her sitting posture, like an obedient younger sister.

Lang Yan calmly withdrew his gaze. He understood Lang Lan better than even Lang Lan’s parents. With one small movement from Lang Lan, he could guess her thoughts.

But this time, he did not plan to do anything to Lang Lan. He still needed Lang Lan to help support his image.

There were very few presentable members in the entire tribe.

After this thought appeared, there was an instant where Lang Yan felt that the food in his bowl was not as fragrant anymore.

The siblings each had their own little thoughts, but their final goal was the same. After this, Lang Shuo felt that Lang Lan was like an obedient girl next door.

Although Lang Lan was a little older than him, Lang Lan was truly too serious, making him feel a trace of envy toward Lang Yan.

In his previous life, the younger brother and sister born to his adoptive parents had both been little tyrants, much more annoying than the sub-adult black wolves. The sub-adult black wolves were only naughty. They listened to reason, and when they made mistakes, they could recognize them and slowly correct them. Those two were completely different. When they broke things at home, they pushed the blame onto others. After stealing money, they would even bite back, leaving Lang Shuo endlessly annoyed.

With those two as comparison, even sub-adult black wolves as mischievous as they were seemed all right to Lang Shuo. But this did not mean he did not like obedient beastmen.

Whether cubs or sub-adults, those with obedient personalities always made one more softhearted.

Adult beastmen, however, rarely gave Lang Shuo this feeling. The adult wolves of the Snow Wolf Tribe were all very smart and treated him like a younger brother. Outside his own tribe, the only adult beastmen he had contact with were members of the Black Wolf Tribe.

Before, the ones he had the most contact with were the Black Wolf Tribe’s hunting party. To be honest, aside from Lang Yan and Lang Qi, the other black wolves gave him the feeling of being adult versions of sub-adults. Aside from being a bit more obedient and easier to manage than sub-adults, they were truly not much different from sub-adults in other aspects.

Lang Lan was one of the few adult wolves so far whom Lang Shuo wanted to describe with the word obedient, even if Lang Lan standing up was not much shorter than him.

Thinking this, Lang Shuo envied the black wolves’ good genes again.

The Black Wolf Race was practically born for battle. Whether sub-adults or adult black wolves, their frames were all larger and sturdier than snow wolves by a whole circle. Even black wolf cubs were a little bigger than snow wolf cubs.

In the entire Snow Wolf Tribe, the only ones who could compare with black wolves were his brother Lang Yu and Lang Shi, who seemed like a genetic mutation.

What Lang Shuo envied most was the black wolves’ stamina recovery speed. With the same amount of activity, black wolves generally recovered in less time than snow wolves.

The hunting party in their tribe usually needed to rest for a day if they caught prey the day before. Only a few members did not need rest. In the black wolf hunting party, however, most did not rest.

The work intensity of sub-adult black wolves and sub-adult snow wolves was almost the same. At night, after Lang Nuo and the others finished eating, they needed to rest. The black wolves could still noisily return to the tribe.

With such good stamina, it was truly a pity not to work. If the members of their tribe could recover as quickly as the black wolves, the crops planted outside could be doubled.

What a pity.

Lang Shuo sighed.

“What’s wrong?” Lang Yan was right beside him. After finishing the food, he had not moved back. Hearing his sigh, he asked, “What are you thinking about?” Could it be that Lang Shuo was still dissatisfied with Lang Lan’s learning speed? Thinking this, Lang Yan glanced at Lang Lan.

Lang Lan, who was pretending to be well-behaved: “???”

Why look at her? Was she not pretending well enough?

Lang Shuo’s mouth was faster than his brain, and he blurted out, “Thinking about black wolves farming.”

After saying this, Lang Shuo suddenly realized what he had said and quickly found a reason to explain. “I mean, the Black Wolf Tribe’s territory is large. If you farmed, the crops harvested would definitely be more than our tribe’s.”

He absolutely did not mean to make black wolves farm for them!

What surprised Lang Shuo was that after hearing this, Lang Yan showed no dissatisfaction. Instead, he nodded. “Indeed.” His tone was very serious, as if he completely did not care how much workload Lang Shuo’s one sentence would bring.

Lang Shuo: “???”

He had only casually explained. What did Lang Yan mean by this? Why was he even agreeing with him?

What shocked Lang Shuo even more was that Lang Yan seemed to truly begin considering it, then brought up territory.

“The place where our tribe used to put food has grown many new plants, but none are as good as the ones your tribe planted. The potatoes are small, and only part of the pumpkins bore fruit. It’s somewhat of a pity,” Lang Yan said. “There are many other crops in our tribe’s territory, but they are distributed very chaotically, not as neat as the ones you grow. Some crops were not picked in time after they ripened, and they were all wasted.”

Knowing that Lang Shuo did not like wasting food, Lang Yan did not say how much food they had thrown away before. He changed the place where food was thrown to the place where food was placed. In any case, the meaning was about the same. It was also true that they had not picked some in time. Their tribe’s territory was too large, and there were not many crops in some places, so the gathering team was too lazy to go. After all, whether they picked them or not, there was enough to eat.

After saying this, Lang Yan looked at Lang Shuo, his tone carrying some expectation. “After snow season next year, can you teach our tribe to grow food? You don’t need to help. When your tribe plants, our tribe’s members can learn alongside you. After the crops are harvested, we will give some to you. We won’t let you work for nothing.”

Hearing this, Lang Shuo did not think too much before agreeing. “Yes. There’s no need to wait until after snow season next year. When growing season is about to end, you can plant. As for payment, there’s no need. Just prioritize cooperating with us when the time comes.”

During growing season, the temperature was somewhat high, and many seedlings had no way to survive. Only crops that had already grown large could withstand the high-temperature, high-humidity environment and keep bearing fruit. Therefore, growing season was not suitable for planting new crops. When the hottest period was about to pass, they could plant some crops with short growth cycles.

Teaching the Black Wolf Tribe to grow crops was not difficult at all, and there were many benefits. The Black Wolf Tribe would have more food, and in the future, the supplies they could exchange would also increase. Right now, food was enough because everyone ate things that were simply processed or even unprocessed. For example, potatoes. Lang Shuo wanted to make potato starch, and that required a large amount of potatoes. The existing potatoes were far from enough.

If the Black Wolf Tribe grew them, in the future, they could exchange processed finished products for the Black Wolf Tribe’s crops. Or, like when they processed food before, they could lead the sub-adult black wolves in making it, then divide the finished products by ratio.

Lang Yan did not know that in such a short time, Lang Shuo had already considered later processing cooperation. Hearing Lang Shuo say that crops could be planted when growing season was about to end, he had already begun calculating the time.

After growing season ended, it would be harvest season. And during harvest season, they had to go to the market.

The Snow Wolf Tribe did not have enough salt. Lang Yan was very clear about this. Based on his understanding of Lang Yu, for such a big matter as going to the market, Lang Yu would definitely personally bring members over. The road to exchange for salt was too dangerous. Whether considering safety or the tribe, Lang Yu would not bring Lang Shuo.

Their side was too far from the market. Going back and forth would take nearly two months.

Lang Yan lowered his eyes, concealing his inner thoughts.

Suppressing the excitement inside him, Lang Yan’s tone was as calm as usual. “All right. When growing season is almost over, I’ll have the gathering team come over to learn.”

Lang Shuo did not notice anything wrong. He was still thinking about various processed products. After considering for a moment, he agreed. “No problem. By then, enough coal should have been dug, and we can stop for a few days.”

The sub-adults dug coal much faster than they transported coal. The coal dug out could slowly be transported to the Black Wolf Tribe. They could stop for a period during growing season, and send more back later in harvest season without delaying its use.

Lang Yan nodded.

In just a few sentences, the two of them had settled arrangements for several months later. Lang Lan listened to the whole thing and suddenly discovered that Lang Shuo was even more impressive than she had imagined. In this short while, he had arranged planting matters.

Thinking of the potatoes and pumpkins the hunting party had brought back to the tribe yesterday, Lang Lan could not help looking at Lang Shuo again.

The potatoes outside were still very small now, and the pumpkins were even less mature, but the Snow Wolf Tribe had already harvested a batch. She and the members in the tribe had heard the sub-adults mention it before and had always thought these were methods the Snow Wolf Tribe had brought from their previous territory. But Lang Shuo had so easily agreed to teach them, which meant they might have guessed wrong.

The Snow Wolf Tribe’s planting method was not a tribe technique, but a skill Lang Shuo had mastered.

Lang Lan’s gaze toward Lang Yan changed.

Fine. She had wronged her brother.

She had thought of the problem too simply. This was far from something as simple as pursuing a member of another tribe. This was not only the chief’s younger brother, but also the entire tribe’s great treasure.

Lang Lan put herself in their shoes and imagined it. If Lang Shuo were a member of their tribe, he would lead everyone in making delicious food, could take good care of the cubs, and could even tame disobedient sub-adults. If someone wanted to abduct him…

She would probably fight that person with her life.

Lang Lan withdrew her gaze.

For such a dangerous matter, she would not join the excitement. It was easy to get beaten.

Hopefully, her brother would work hard.

May the Beast God bless her brother.

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