All The Furry Creatures In The Beast World Are Farming With Me – CH67

Chapter 67

Cubs that were about to transform into human form were not very different from other cubs. Most of the time, it was difficult to tell them apart. In the past, everyone only discovered it after the cubs had already turned into children. This year, the method they used was to test them with leafy vegetables. After meals, they gave them some leafy vegetables. Whichever cub ate them proved that it urgently needed nutrition and could no longer even care about disliking leafy vegetables.

During the first test, three cubs that were about to transform into human form had been found. Lang Shuo and Lang Yun both felt this method was good and had been using the same method to test them ever since. It was just that so much time had passed, and the other cubs still refused to eat what they refused to eat.

Regarding this point, they had also guessed the reason. The greatest possibility was that the fright they had suffered before had been too great, causing the cubs to still remain in fear after all this time, unable to recover.

This was also one of the reasons Lang Shuo had never made up his mind to let the Black Wolf Tribe take the cubs back before. He had delayed until now, when growing season was about to arrive, before letting Lang Yan bring people over to learn how to make food for the cubs. It was because he really could not delay any longer. Otherwise, by the time growing season passed, the cubs might truly no longer recognize their parents.

From beginning to end, all the wolves, including Lang Shuo, had thought the cubs did not eat leafy vegetables because they did not need to. Even Lang Yu, who did not particularly like the black wolf members, paid attention when facing the cubs, in case he frightened them again.

However, the truth was completely the opposite. Some of the cubs had already recovered, but had been resisting the temptation of food all along. Not only did they not cry hunger, they did not even eat the leafy vegetables used for testing.

Lang Shuo went back and looked at the cubs in the two baskets. The cubs in the baskets slept so deeply they seemed unaware of the world. If one ignored their flat little bellies, they truly did not seem any different from the other cubs. For a moment, he did not know whether to be angry or distressed.

The digestion speed of these cubs was clearly faster than that of the other cubs. It had not been long since they had eaten, and it was far from dinner time, yet the food in their bellies had already been digested.

Before, Lang Shuo had always checked once before meals. These past two days, he had been busy distributing coal, considering how to store food, and the cubs slept piled on top of one another. He also could not possibly pull each one up to touch their bellies one by one. Added to the coverings, he had only known that the cubs were sleeping a little longer. With all these factors stacked together, he had almost let these cubs fool him.

The cubs asleep did not know that their little thoughts had already been seen through and were still sleeping very sweetly.

In fact, if Lang Lan and the others had not left early today, and if he had not wanted to rest for a while, he probably would not have discovered it today either.

Lang Shuo drove away all the mosquitoes nearby that were looking for a chance to bite, then first prepared food for the cubs.

No matter why the cubs would rather endure hunger than make a sound, the most important thing now was to make up for the nutrition they had been missing during this time as soon as possible.

Even if they were about to transform into human form, the cubs were only three years old. Their thinking was relatively simple, and they did not know the serious consequences that could be caused if this continued, but Lang Shuo knew.

If cubs lacked food for a long time and went too long without obtaining food, it was also possible for them to become fallen beasts.

Beastmen did not know much about fallen beasts. When fallen beasts were mentioned, most of the time, it was worry. Through the various causes that led to fallen beasts, Lang Shuo had made some deductions and guessed that it might be related to the body’s limit.

When the body realized that maintaining human form could not provide itself with enough food, while the energy inside was also insufficient to support beast form, it would break through the final restriction, losing human form and reason, maintaining the state of beast form. It was somewhat like the final effect of adrenaline before a person died, except beastmen were not like ordinary people whose brief return of vitality before death lasted only a short time. If there were no accidents, they could live in beast form for a very long time.

However, these were only Lang Shuo’s guesses. After all, he had never truly come into contact with it and could not determine whether his deductions were correct. But what could be confirmed was that cubs continuing to go hungry would also carry the risk of becoming fallen beasts. Moreover, so far, this change was irreversible. In other words, once they became fallen beasts, even if they ate more food, they could not return to a normal state.

Lang Shuo did not dare be careless about this matter at all. He did not even make complicated food and directly made minced meat and egg. This was quick, and all the ingredients were ready-made. It only needed to be steamed for a while.

At first, Lang Yun still did not understand what Lang Shuo wanted to do. Seeing that he had not put those cubs back and was preparing food for cubs again, she stared at the cubs for quite a while before finally seeing what was different about these cubs. She raised her head to look at Lang Shuo.

Seeing that she had guessed it, Lang Shuo nodded.

Lang Yun: “…”

Lang Yun’s gaze became somewhat complicated. She had underestimated these cubs. They had actually been holding back all along and not crying hunger. Fortunately, Lang Shuo had discovered it early. In the entire tribe, the one who understood cubs best, would pick them up for checks whenever he had time, and could carefully notice all abnormalities was only Lang Shuo. If it had been someone else, the cubs would still have to be hungry for several more days. After all, none of the adult beastmen in the tribe had experience handling this kind of thing.

Last time, Lang Yu had discovered that some cubs were deliberately refusing to transform into human form because those cubs had been a little older. After recovering, some of their small movements were different from those of younger cubs. This time was different. These two baskets of cubs were only three years old, mixing with the other cubs all day long. Their movements and habits were exactly the same. No one could tell them apart.

Lang Shuo’s mood had already calmed down now. After the food in the steamer was cooked, he took it out and deliberately placed it beside the cubs.

The cubs were once again awakened by the fragrance. They opened their eyes in confusion and looked at Lang Shuo.

Without the other cubs as reference, and because they were still dazed from sleep, these cubs did not know for a moment whether they should cry hunger.

Seeing their blank faces, Lang Shuo placed the food a little closer.

One black wolf cub could not resist the temptation of food. With an awoo, it wanted to pounce forward. The other black wolf cubs followed closely after.

The snow wolf cubs in the basket beside them heard the movement and clung to the edge of the basket, looking this way.

After a slightly larger snow wolf cub finished looking at the situation in the neighboring basket, it raised its head to look at Lang Shuo, then slowly retreated back and sighed like a tiny adult.

Lang Shuo: “…”

Lang Shuo was speechless. A cub this tiny was already sighing. What did you have to sigh about!

Knowing that these cubs could understand speech, Lang Shuo directly asked, “Are you eating or not?”

The black wolf cubs were already about to pounce onto Lang Shuo’s hand. The snow wolf cubs hesitated for a moment before softly responding.

This answer was not quite the same as the other cubs awooing for food. Instead, it was a little similar to the three young wolves who had transformed into human form last time. This meant they knew they could no longer keep pretending.

Lang Shuo poked each of their heads in turn and handed the food to them.

The muddleheaded black wolf cubs only thought it was mealtime, grabbed their bowls, and began eating fiercely. The snow wolf cubs hesitated for a moment, understood that there was no way to continue pretending, and also lowered their heads to eat.

Lang Yu returned earlier today. As soon as he entered the tribe, he saw his younger brother giving a few cubs extra food. He glanced at the position of the sun and walked over, just about to ask why he was only feeding these few. Then, after seeing the cubs’ eating manners, he silently swallowed his words.

But this number—wasn’t it a little too many? All the cubs who were three years old this year were here, right? Cubs in the growth stage could influence one another, but there was no reason for all of them to squeeze into the same day.

“Are these all about to transform into human form?” Lang Yu asked his younger brother.

“That’s right.” Lang Shuo had known he would ask this and sighed, pointing at the cubs as he explained what he had discovered today.

“They’ve been enduring it all this time. The leafy vegetables fed every day didn’t decrease at all!” Thinking of this made Lang Shuo angry. As long as one of them had been unable to endure it, they would have discovered it earlier. Who would have known the cubs would be unusually united in this aspect? Even when they were not in the same cradle, they could choose the same tactic.

Lang Yu picked up one snow wolf cub and observed it.

The cub that had just finished eating focused on licking its two front paws and did not even look at Lang Yu.

Lang Yu switched to a black wolf cub.

The black wolf cub had also just finished eating not long ago. After being picked up, it began struggling, wanting to break free from Lang Yu’s grip.

Lang Yu placed the squirming cub back, beckoned, and called over one of the young wolves who had refused to transform into human form during snow season. After the young wolves of the same age all came over, he asked them, “At the time, when you recovered, why did you still refuse to transform into human form?”

It had been several months ago. The young wolves recalled it for a moment and answered, “Because there was good food in that big basket.”

The young wolves’ thoughts at the time had been very simple. Someone fed them regularly, and what they were fed was very delicious food. Of course they were reluctant to transform into human form.

Lang Yu continued asking, “Other people had delicious food too. You still stayed inside?”

“But we didn’t know that then,” the young wolf said honestly. “What if there was no delicious food after coming out?” Wouldn’t that have been a loss?

Lang Yu: “…”

Lang Shuo: “…”

The truth was already obvious. These two groups of cubs probably had the same thoughts. In order to continue lazing around in the cradles and eating delicious food, they were not even prepared to become human-form cubs.

For a moment, no one knew whether to praise the cubs for having patience or scold them for messing around.

Considering that the cubs were still too young, even if they were beaten, they might not necessarily remember it. The matter of teaching them a lesson could only be recorded and left until the cubs understood things better, then they could tell them that not everything could be done recklessly.

Lang Shuo looked at the cubs who had eaten their fill, licked their paws clean, and continued sleeping. This time, he could be certain they were asleep and not fainting. After thinking for a moment, he did not put them back into the cradles. Instead, he covered the baskets with breathable large baskets to prevent mosquitoes and insects from getting close, then asked about today’s hunting results and began preparing dinner.

Dinner was as abundant as usual, with meat, vegetables, dishes, and soup. To Lang Shuo, it lacked a staple food, but to the other members, there were no shortcomings.

Before eating, Lang Shuo transferred the cubs to a slightly larger wooden stool. From the cubs’ position, when they looked up, they could just see the group of adult wolves around them eating fragrantly.

“Awoo!” The cubs, who had digested even their extra meal, could not withstand this kind of temptation. They hummed and whined for food.

Lang Shuo wished he could give every cub a flick to the head. Now they knew to ask for food!

Lang Shuo coldly refused the cubs’ acting spoiled. “Even if you cry again, you still can’t eat. This is something only those who turn human can eat. You’re still little wolf cubs.”

The cubs who had raised their heads and were awooing stopped calling.

…

The next day, after Lang Shuo got up, he first checked the cubs.

The ones in the cradle were sleeping sprawled all over the place. The two separated nests of cubs opened their eyes when they heard movement and hummed a few times.

Lang Shuo touched their bellies and knew they were hungry. He soothed them. “Wait. I’ll make food for you right away.” In his heart, he calculated that the food Lang Lan and the others practiced making today probably did not need to be eaten by them. It could be directly fed to these cubs.

Lang Shuo was thinking this when he vaguely heard Lang Lan’s voice outside. He went out to look, and it was indeed her.

Discovering that Lang Lan had come with the sub-adults, and that Lang Yan had not followed, Lang Shuo found it a little strange. “Why did you come so early? Is your chief not coming to change medicine?”

“My brother said he felt a little uncomfortable and would rest for a day. He’ll come again tomorrow.” When Lang Lan said this, she could not help looking around.

Lang Shuo felt this sounded a little like an excuse. But thinking that Lang Yan was the chief and might have something inconvenient for them to know, he did not ask further and said, “All right. Since you came this early, when I prepare food for the cubs later, you can help from the side.”

Lang Lan agreed immediately. Seeing that he no longer asked about Lang Yan, she let out a breath of relief in her heart.

Lang Yu heard movement outside and walked out. Seeing three unfamiliar beastmen beside his younger brother, he casually asked, “What are you talking about?”

“Nothing!” After Lang Lan finished saying this, she realized she had answered a little too quickly and added, “We’re talking about preparing food for the cubs later.”

Lang Yu looked at the nervous Lang Lan.

Lang Lan felt guilty yet puzzled. The one coveting a snow wolf member was Lang Yan. What was she feeling guilty for!

However, not every expression could be controlled. After all, even Lang Yan worried Lang Yu would see through the problem and chose to avoid him. Lang Lan was somewhat nervous, afraid that Lang Yu would notice something wrong.

Fortunately, Lang Yu only observed the three of them for a moment, then confirmed again that there was no one else besides the three of them, and did not say anything more.

After Lang Yu left, Lang Lan quietly exhaled.

So close.

Lang Shuo only thought she was afraid of Lang Yu. After all, in the entire Snow Wolf Tribe, only a few members were not afraid of Lang Yu. Lang Shuo was already used to it. His brother had two completely different faces when facing him and when facing other beastmen. Seeing Lang Lan nervous, he quickly called her to his side. “Lan, come look at how they pound the meat slices.”

Sliced meat could be directly placed into the pot and boiled, but without starch, boiling it directly made it a little tough. Lang Shuo chose to beat it once before putting it into the pot, making it easier for the cubs to bite.

Hearing this, Lang Lan hurriedly placed her attention on cooking.

The members of the Snow Wolf Tribe had already remembered these steps clearly. Without Lang Shuo reminding them, they knew what was going on. Lang Shuo explained the points needing attention to Lang Lan, then told her which ingredients could be paired with the meat slices.

It was definitely impossible to make all the foods he usually fed the cubs within a few days, so Lang Shuo categorized foods with similar steps. As long as they mastered one kind, they could make an entire series. After some crops that were currently not mature ripened, they could also try pairing them on their own.

As Lang Lan listened, she was both amazed by the variety of foods Lang Shuo knew and shocked by the combinations he came up with. If she were a cub, she really would want to stay here and never leave. Thinking that members of the Snow Wolf Tribe could eat different foods every day, even she wanted to stay.

Unfortunately, she was a black wolf and could only envy them.

Lang Shuo spoke from the beginning of cooking until the pot of meat slice soup came out. When serving the soup, he also taught them how to serve food to the cubs.

“These cubs are used to eating this way. After you go back, you can serve the food and soup together. If feeding cubs who haven’t eaten it before, remember to separate the meat and soup. Otherwise, they’ll eat it everywhere, and it won’t be easy to clean up.”

Lang Lan thought of the way cubs of every age group in the tribe ate and could not help nodding in agreement.

Four people served the food together, and very quickly, all the food was served. Lang Shuo separated out ten bowls alone and added some extra inside.

Lang Lan and the other two did not understand.

Lang Shuo explained, “Ten cubs are about to transform into human form. These few days, we need to give them more food, with two extra meals every day.”

Cubs about to transform into human form ate a lot and digested quickly. They needed twice as much food as other cubs to be full. In less than half a day, they would digest it completely, so they needed an extra meal in the morning and afternoon.

Lang Lan was pleasantly surprised. “Really? This many?”

Lang Shuo nodded. “Mm. Seven black wolf cubs and three snow wolf cubs.”

Lang Lan was a little excited and rubbed her hands. “Then can I see them?” Yesterday, she had actually not noticed. Could it be that the change had only happened at night?

Thinking this, Lang Lan directly asked it aloud.

Lang Shuo: “…”

Lang Shuo’s mood was complicated. He could not possibly tell them the reason they had guessed. Moreover, based on how the cubs had communicated, the snow wolf cubs had to bear the main responsibility. He could only vaguely brush it off.

After bringing the cubs out, Lang Shuo first let them look at the seven that had been separated.

The black wolf member beside Lang Lan walked over to the cubs and looked at them. She hesitated a little, then gathered with the others and whispered for a bit. One of them hesitantly said, “They seem to be the ones who turned three.”

Lang Shuo: “…Seem to be?” Yesterday, he had just felt these two were reliable. Why were they unreliable today?

The other party explained somewhat embarrassedly, “The cubs have gotten much fatter, so they’re hard to recognize. But our tribe has exactly seven cubs who turned three this year.”

Lang Shuo: “…”

For a moment, he did not know what to say. However, aside from color, wolf cubs indeed did not have much difference in appearance. Added to the fact that they were still young, their features had not grown out yet. One could only see that they were cute, and distinguishing them was indeed difficult.

No longer tangled over this matter, Lang Shuo first brought them to feed the cubs. Yesterday, all the cubs had been together and their eating manners had looked about the same. Today, it was obvious that the three-year-old cubs ate more fiercely, having been hungry for several days after all.

Because the timing of the cubs’ first transformation into human form was uncontrollable, after the cubs finished eating, Lang Shuo took out the previous large basket again and directly placed all ten cubs inside.

Before, he had separated them into two baskets out of fear that the cubs would fight. After all, snow wolf cubs were a little smaller and did not have the advantage in numbers. If they fought, the black wolf cubs would definitely pin the snow wolf cubs down. Now that he knew they could communicate through the cradles, there was no need to separate them at all.

If the large basket was placed directly on the ground, small insects might crawl inside. Lang Shuo swept the nearby area clean, laid down a layer of mud bricks, then padded it with straw, sprinkled mint powder, and only then placed the basket down.

Lang Lan and the other two wanted to speak but stopped.

They all directly threw cubs onto the ground and raised them messily. When they transformed into human form, they were dirty, and washing them was enough.

Another day of envying cubs.

Over the next few days, Lang Shuo’s main work was teaching Lang Lan and the others while watching the cubs, especially the few that were about to transform into human form. In order to see whether the cubs’ weight had changed, Lang Shuo specifically made a scale.

The simplest scale was actually made using the lever principle. On one side of a wooden stick, close to the edge at about a handspan long, he carved a groove and tied it tightly with rope. A hole was made at the shorter end to place items, while the other end was evenly marked. It was specially used to weigh the cubs.

After making one, Lang Shuo was inspired and used a thin wooden stick to make a smaller one, used to weigh salt, chili peppers, and other seasonings. When he had time, he weighed them in advance, then used bamboo or wood to make spoons of appropriate sizes. This way, when other members cooked, they could add things according to portions and would not need to taste the flavor while adding seasonings.

This point was especially good for Lang Lan and the others. The food cubs ate had to be lighter in flavor than what adult wolves ate. Lang Shuo directly told her how much salt one cub used in one day. She would scoop out one day’s amount according to the number of cubs, then divide it into several equal portions according to how many times they were fed that day.

Lang Shuo also replicated a set of all the seasoning tools used for cooking in the tribe for them. Different spoons were carved with different patterns. A pot represented cooking soup, a piece of meat represented stir-fried dishes, a leaf represented boiling leafy vegetables, meat and vegetables represented leafy vegetables stir-fried with meat…

When Lang Lan received this set of tools, she was so excited she could barely stand it. Just as she was preparing to say something, several sub-adult black wolves rushed over from the back mountain in a panic.

“Shuo, not good! Shuo, not good!”

The sub-adult black wolves’ tone was extremely urgent. Lang Shuo could not even care about correcting their sentence breaks and hurriedly asked, “What happened?”

“We dug all the coal out!” Lang Yong said in alarm. “What do we do in the future!”

The other sub-adult black wolves were also full of worry.

If they did not mine coal in the future, how were they supposed to eat!

Lang Shuo: “…”

Lang Shuo said, “How could you have dug it all out?” How could the coal resources behind the mountain be something the sub-adults could dig out in a dozen days?

“Really!” Seeing that he did not believe them, Lang Yong hurriedly explained. “We’ve already dug down to stone. If you don’t believe it, go look!”

Lang Shuo said, “There’s still more in other places. There’s plenty. I’ll go look at what’s going on first.”

As Lang Shuo spoke, he handed the cubs’ matters here to Lang Lan. It was just right to let the other party practice. Then he followed Lang Yong to the back mountain.

The scene behind the mountain was even messier than Lang Shuo had imagined. The sub-adult black wolves were so anxious they were spinning in circles. A few were still burying their heads and digging madly. Lang Nuo and the other sub-adult snow wolves held fans and fanned themselves while advising them. “Don’t worry. Shuo will be here soon. There’s still coal.”

However, how could the sub-adult black wolves listen to what they were saying? Those anxious remained anxious, and those digging stone kept digging stone, trying to dig through the stone to see whether there was more underneath.

Lang Shuo walked to the edge of the coal pit and called down, “Rest for a while first.”

Hearing Lang Shuo’s voice, those spinning around and those digging stone all stopped what they were doing and hurriedly ran in front of Lang Shuo, waiting for him to make a decision.

Lang Shuo said, “There’s still a lot of coal. The place you dug on the first day has barely been dug yet. Have you forgotten?”

Hearing this, the group of sub-adult black wolves seemed to swallow a calming pill and finally quieted down.

Lang Shuo continued explaining, “Don’t worry. The work won’t be lost. Not only is there coal around, there’s also coal inside here.” However, he still needed to consider whether they should continue digging downward. If the gangue in the middle of the coal seam was relatively thick or too hard, then it was not suitable to continue mining downward. They could first dig coal in other places and come back after they had metal tools in the future.

As he was thinking, Lang Shuo saw the broken stones the sub-adults had brought up at the edge of the coal pit and paused. He crouched down and picked up a piece to study carefully.

“Yes, it’s this kind of stone. Down below, it’s all this.” Lang Yong deeply resented these stones that interfered with their mining.

Lang Shuo did not make a sound. His entire mind was on the gray-white stone in front of him.

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