All The Furry Creatures In The Beast World Are Farming With Me – CH70

Chapter 70

The weather was muggy and hot, and it could rain at any time. Since Lang Yan had already come to pick them up, Lang Lan and the others did not delay. They quickly packed up the items. One basket was enough to hold all the cubs, but the things they used could not fit into even two or three back baskets.

The cubs greeted Lang Shuo through the basket, calling once every so often.

Every time they called, Lang Shuo responded. As a result, the cubs became even more excited.

Helpless, when the cubs called again, Lang Shuo could only pretend he had not heard. But hearing the cubs’ voices and not responding always made him feel a little unable to bear it.

The cubs who did not receive a reply seemed to have guessed something, and their voices gradually became dejected.

Lang Shuo could only desperately stuff things into the back baskets.

The small snacks made in advance, the cubs’ toys, the finished clothes… Aside from the bowls and toys already packed earlier, another three full back baskets were filled. After sealing the baskets, Lang Shuo took out a small jar of honey.

Previously, he had made wooden beehives and attracted some bees over. There were many crops nearby, so honey production was very fast. They had just cut some honey two days ago. Adult beastmen liked sweet food, and cubs had even less resistance toward sweets. However, before handing it to Lang Lan, Lang Shuo emphasized again, “Let them drink it once every few days. Don’t add too much.”

Honey water had many benefits, but they could not drink it too frequently. After all, there was only so much honey. Bees were not like curved-horned beasts, which could be caught whenever one wanted. If the cubs formed the habit, there would be nowhere to get new honey for them.

Lang Lan noted each one down. It was rare for her to be this patient. After all, this concerned the cubs. If it was not handled well, the cubs would not adapt after returning to the tribe, and things would be even more troublesome then.

Finally, Lang Shuo disassembled the cradles and handed them to the black wolf members.

The cubs were used to playing in the cradles. After sleeping in them for so long, they had long developed feelings for them. Lang Shuo was worried the cubs would feel afraid after changing places. With familiar objects accompanying them, the cubs would relax a little.

The cubs in the basket had originally been about to fall asleep. Vaguely hearing Lang Shuo’s voice, they hummed pitifully a few times.

After taking care of the cubs for so long, the moment the cubs made a sound, Lang Shuo knew what mood they were in. His heart immediately ached, but he also knew that if he went to coax the cubs now, the cubs would feel upset again later.

The black wolf member holding the basket also heard the cubs’ voices. She looked at the basket in her arms, then at Lang Shuo, and for a moment, did not know what to do.

Lang Yu, who knew his younger brother would be reluctant tonight and had not interfered all this time, immediately felt distressed when he saw his younger brother like this. He glared at Lang Yan not far away.

You’re just going to stand there and watch?

Receiving Lang Yu’s look, Lang Yan raised his hand and picked up the basket full of cubs. “Let’s go.”

The longer they dragged it out, the more reluctant Lang Shuo would be. It was better to take them away sooner.

Lang Shuo watched the Black Wolf Tribe members leave. After those figures disappeared from his field of vision, he turned to look at the three remaining snow wolf cubs.

The snow wolf cubs had originally also been looking over there. Discovering that Lang Shuo was looking at them, they immediately withdrew their gazes and pretended to look elsewhere.

They were not reluctant at all!

Lang Shuo raised his hand and rubbed the cubs’ heads.

On the other side, after walking halfway, Lang Yan suddenly stopped.

The members following behind him stopped as well. Their first reaction was that there was danger, but after looking around, there was no movement at all. It was very quiet. They asked in confusion, “Chief, what’s wrong?”

Lang Yan said, “It’s too quiet.”

The other members nodded. Yes, it was very quiet. Was there a problem with being quiet?

Lang Yan looked back and did not see the sub-adults. He asked, “What are the sub-adults doing?” Out of consideration for the cubs who had finally been willing to sleep, Lang Yan’s voice was very soft.

Someone immediately ran to the back to check the situation.

“The sub-adults are… Where are the sub-adults?”

“Shuo, we’re leaving.” The sub-adult black wolves, who had just woken up, stretched and yawned as they said goodbye to Lang Shuo.

Lang Shuo, who was currently coaxing the cubs and coaxing himself, turned around in surprise. “???” No, where did all of you come from?

Not only was Lang Shuo shocked, the other snow wolf members were equally stunned. “You didn’t leave?”

“No. We just woke up.” Lang Yong moved his hands and feet. “Just now, Shuo hadn’t finished packing yet, so we slept for a while.”

Who knew they would sleep so deeply? When they woke up, they discovered that aside from them, all the other members of the tribe had already gone back.

However, sub-adult black wolves had always been very big-hearted. This kind of small matter was not worth taking to heart at all. After saying goodbye to Lang Shuo, they cheerfully set off with back baskets on their backs.

They were like a group of happy puppies returning home from a spring outing, running and roughhousing along the way.

Lang Shuo was infected by their happy mood and felt much better. He decided that after some time, when things were not as busy as now, he would go see the cubs. Although the members of their tribe had never gone to the Black Wolf Tribe’s residential area before, if they brought it up, the Black Wolf Tribe should not refuse.

Pressing down the last bit of reluctance in his heart, Lang Shuo asked the three snow wolf cubs, “Are you sleepy? Shall we go sleep?”

It was already past the time when cubs usually rested. It was just that the surroundings had been too lively earlier, and the sub-adults were extremely noisy, so the cubs had managed to hold on until now. They had already started dozing off. Hearing Lang Shuo’s words, they rubbed their eyes and obediently nodded. “Sleep.”

Lang Shuo picked up one in each arm. Lang Yun carried the youngest cub, and together, the two of them sent the cubs back to the cave.

The cubs’ sleeping place was right beside Lang Shuo’s bedding. This was a spot that had been separated out recently. Although they could let the cubs change into beast form and sleep with the other cubs, cubs who had just learned to change into human form were unstable. Sometimes, they would change uncontrollably. Worried they might press down on the other cubs, from the day Lang Shuo discovered something was off, the cubs’ bedding had been moved here.

Before, ten cubs had slept together, and the separated space was large. Now, when three cubs were placed there, it immediately seemed empty.

Lang Shuo patted the cubs, coaxing all three to sleep, then checked the cubs in the cradle.

Here were the ones from a little over one year old to over two years old, nine in total. The tiny cubs would be taken back at night by their mothers or sub-beastman fathers.

It was too hot during the day, and the cubs had been unable to sleep. Now, they were desperately sleepy, but the inside of the cave was not much better than the outside. Even though half the members had already chosen to rest outside, there were still quite a few members inside the cave. With so many people, the cave was somewhat stuffy and had none of the coolness a cave should have.

However, it was unsafe for the cubs to rest outside. Lang Shuo could only use a fan to fan the cubs and lower the temperature.

As Lang Shuo watched the cubs, he thought about the lime that had just been burned.

Lime plus sand and crushed stones made rammed earth mortar, a very useful building material. Added to the bricks fired earlier, after a few days, he would find a chance to build the toilet properly. The previous toilet’s building material was soil, and if soaked in water for too long, it would collapse.

The reason he chose to build the toilet first was partly because if the rain was not heavy, the grass shed could block it and would not affect cooking. The other reason was that everyone had never practiced before, so they needed to practice a little.

As Lang Shuo thought this, he suddenly considered another matter. Lime’s function was not limited to building houses.

As the time spent mining coal grew longer and longer, the sub-adult snow wolves were increasingly showing a tendency to move closer to gray wolves. Of course, this referred to their color.

The sub-adult black wolves had also successfully changed from glossy and slick to matte.

It was not that the sub-adults did not like bathing. They went into the water twice a day, more frequently than most members bathed. But coal ash was indeed rather hard to wash off. Every time, they nearly rubbed their skin raw, yet the coal ash on top was still there.

Ultimately, it was because the washing products were not strong enough. Before, they used soap pods. Later, he processed soap pods with other plants, and the effect improved a little, but not much. They still could not wash clean.

With lime, the tribe also had various animal fats, and they lacked no plant ash at all. The materials for making soap had already been gathered.

Since that was the case, there was no reason not to make it.

Of course, they had to wait until the lime cooled naturally. This could not be rushed. Worried the sub-adults would keep looking forward to it if they heard about it, Lang Shuo did not tell them. He planned to call them to help when he was ready to start.

The next morning, Lang Shuo discovered that he had overthought it. Even if he had told the sub-adults in advance, it would have been fine, because it had already started raining outside. The sub-adults’ minds were entirely on the rain.

The rain was lighter than expected. After all, looking at the sky yesterday, it had seemed like it was about to pour heavily. In reality, what fell was a fine drizzle, giving one a feeling that the goods did not match the description.

This kind of weather did not affect work, but the work location was still changed to the cave. The rain looked light, but if they stayed outside for a long time, they would still get wet. Beastmen did not like the feeling of being damp all over, especially the half-wet, half-not state. The water stuck all over the body, which was even more uncomfortable than being completely drenched at once.

The sub-adults looked at the rain outside, then turned back to ask Lang Shuo, “Shuo, are we still going to dig coal today?”

In this weather, mining coal was something that could be done or not done, all depending on Lang Shuo’s arrangement.

Lang Shuo thought about the amount of coal stored in the tribe and said, “Don’t dig today. Rest for a day.”

The sub-adults had barely rested during this period, working steadily without pause. They could just use this opportunity to rest a little.

Hearing that they did not need to work, the sub-adults howled and spread cool mats in a ventilated spot at the cave entrance, lying on them to sleep.

Recently, it had been muggy and hot, and they could not stay idle. They had not slept properly for a long time.

Lang Shuo did not disturb them. He moved the cubs beside the sub-adults and began recalling the method for making soap, calculating what tools he needed.

Most of the tools were already in the tribe. Making soap was not too difficult, but after it was made, it could not be used immediately. It still needed to saponify for a period of time.

Lang Shuo lowered his head and looked at the sleeping sub-adults, then suddenly let out a breath of relief.

Fortunately, these were sub-adult snow wolves. If they had been sub-adult black wolves, they probably would not be able to wait.

He wondered how things were on the Black Wolf Tribe’s side.

The Black Wolf Tribe that Lang Shuo was worried about had already fallen into chaos.

The sub-adult black wolves had returned to the tribe latest yesterday. Lang Yan and the others had brought the cubs back to the tribe first, leaving only two members to hurry the sub-adults along. However, how could the sub-adults listen to them? They started dawdling on the road again and only returned to the tribe in the middle of the night.

When they woke up in the morning and discovered that the ground outside was wet, the sub-adult black wolves knew things were bad. The reality was indeed so. It was drizzling outside.

The group of sub-adult black wolves immediately went to find Lang Yan, trying to muddle their way through. “Chief, the rain is getting lighter and lighter. If we set off now, by the time we reach the Snow Wolf Tribe, the rain will definitely have stopped.”

At times when going or not going was possible, of course they would choose the former!

However, if Lang Yan could be so easily fooled by them, he would not be Lang Yan. Today, he had specifically stayed in the tribe to prevent these sub-adults from finding excuses to slip away.

Hearing the sub-adult black wolves’ words, Lang Yan asked, “Are you sure it’s getting lighter and lighter?”

“Mm-hm. It won’t be long before it stops!” Lang Yong answered.

The other sub-adults nodded repeatedly. The chief had not gone outside anyway. If they said it was getting lighter and lighter, then it was getting lighter and lighter!

Lang Yan nodded. Just as the group of sub-adult black wolves thought he was going to agree, Lang Yan spoke again. “Go stand outside. When the rain stops, you can set off.”

The sub-adults: “???” How could it be like this?

The sub-adults immediately shook their heads. “Chief, we’ll get wet!” As beastmen, how could he let other beastmen go stand in the rain! He clearly knew getting rained on was uncomfortable.

Aside from the hunting party and gathering team, the other members in the tribe generally would not stay outside for too long at this time. When in beast form, having water on them was still a little better. A shake could fling it out. But when in human form, getting rained on was different. Rainwater would stick to the body and could not be shaken off. They could only go bathe. Of course, if the chief allowed them to run and play, that was not impossible, but that was clearly impossible.

Lang Yan had no intention of changing his mind at all. “Didn’t you say the rain is about to stop? Don’t worry, you won’t be out there long.”

Facts proved that trying to deceive the chief was impossible. The sub-adults could only return to the cave dejectedly.

However, it was far too boring.

Only they were here, and there was nothing novel nearby. It was not an exaggeration to say that the sub-adult black wolves knew every plant on this mountain. They had been running around these mountains ever since transforming into human form. After more than ten years, no change on the mountain could escape them.

It was precisely because they were too familiar with this mountain that they felt even more bored now. Just like how they did not want to stay in their own cave, they were truly tired of looking at it.

They liked staying in the Snow Wolf Tribe not only because the Snow Wolf Tribe’s food was delicious, but also because there were many interesting things there.

Thinking of the Snow Wolf Tribe’s items, the bored sub-adults suddenly thought of something.

“Shuo brought so many toys for the cubs!”

When Lang Shuo had packed toys for the cubs yesterday, they had not yet gone to sleep, so they had seen it very clearly. There were a lot. Building blocks of various shapes, tangrams of all sizes, many strange-looking toys. Lang Shuo had placed many of them into the back baskets.

Thinking this, the sub-adults looked at one another and finally unified their thoughts.

Go to the cubs’ cave!

Thus, while the cubs and the members caring for the cubs were sleeping, a group of sub-adults rushed into the cave with a whoosh.

The members caring for the cubs immediately opened their eyes. Because the cubs had once been lost, they were now very vigilant. Even in the middle of the night, they had to leave one person awake.

“What are you doing here?” After seeing clearly that the ones who came in were the sub-adults, the expression of the member caring for the cubs eased a little, and she asked.

“We came to accompany the cubs!” The sub-adults’ reason was extremely proper. “The cubs just came back. They’re definitely not used to it. When they were in the Snow Wolf Tribe, we often watched them. They’re familiar with us!”

The more the sub-adults spoke, the more serious they became.

The few members who heard this hesitated. The three of them were responsible for watching the cave. Lang Lan and the other two members who often went to the Snow Wolf Tribe were currently cooking. For a moment, there really was no one who could confirm whether their words were true or false.

After thinking for a moment, one member said, “I’ll go ask the chief first.” The chief was in the tribe today, so asking the chief was more convenient than going down the mountain to ask Lang Lan.

Hearing this, the sub-adults became even more justified. “We just came out of the chief’s cave!” This statement was completely true.

The few adult members looked at one another. Seeing that the sub-adults’ expressions did not seem fake, they chose to believe them and no longer disturbed the chief. It was just that the cubs were still sleeping now, so they said, “Then come again later. The cubs haven’t woken up yet.”

The sub-adults had not cared whether the cubs were awake or not in the first place. They pointed at one of the back baskets. “Then we’ll take this back first and polish it.”

Polishing equaled playing. After all, the more toys were played with, the smoother they became.

The black wolf member took them out and looked at them. Discovering that they were all pieces of wood of various sizes and that not a single thing inside could be eaten, she finally felt reassured and handed them over.

The sub-adults obtained the things they wanted and immediately left the cave.

Only three people remained in the cave again. One of the beastmen was relatively timid and asked, “They’re the cubs’ things. Is it all right to give them away?”

The beastman who had agreed was very reassured and waved her hand. “It’s fine. As long as it’s not food, it can be given to them.”

Beastmen familiar with sub-adults all knew that if food reached a sub-adult’s hands, they should not think about taking it back. Other items were not that dangerous.

Most importantly, the sub-adults’ personalities had changed recently. They were not as rash as before. Added to the fact that the entire back basket only contained various wooden things, with no stone tools or extremely precious pottery made by the Snow Wolf Tribe, it could completely be given to the sub-adults. At worst, they could tell Lang Lan later.

Only then did the beastman who asked feel reassured.

In the cave not far from them, the sub-adults who had obtained the building blocks and tangrams cheered. Some spread cool mats, while others dumped out the toys.

After being educated by Lang Shuo for so long, the sub-adults had changed in many places. For example, now, if it were them in the past, they probably would have directly thrown the toys onto the ground to play after bringing them back. They would not have considered whether they might dirty or damage them at all. After all, in their tribe, cubs played with toys this way, and they had been the same when they were little. But now, things were different. They were much more careful.

However, although their movements were careful, the noise they made was still not small. When they were in the Snow Wolf Tribe, the entire tribe was relatively quiet, so they might pay attention. But after returning to their own tribe, there were not as many concerns. Even if they did not make noise, the tribe could not quiet down. In such an atmosphere, their voices inevitably became louder.

The adult beastmen in the tribe heard the sub-adults’ noisy voices and habitually muttered a sentence before ignoring it. But the young wolves in the cave were different.

In the Black Wolf Tribe, the adult members’ attitude toward the sub-adults was: you’d best find a place to play by yourselves and not run around making trouble and disturbing our work. The cubs who had not changed into human form were relatively unfamiliar with the sub-adults. What they were familiar with was their voices, and they could even sleep without being affected by the sub-adults’ voices. As for young wolves between four and sixteen years old, their attitude toward the sub-adults was one of great yearning.

The sub-adults had strong bodies and seemed to possess endless energy. These were all points the young wolves admired.

Hearing the sub-adults’ voices, the nearby young wolves quietly went over to see what they were doing.

The sub-adults were indeed somewhat unreliable at ordinary times, but they had always been very fond of members younger than themselves. Otherwise, they would not have secretly taken cubs out to play. Seeing the young wolves at the cave entrance, they directly waved. “Come over. We’ll teach you how to play with new toys!”

Hearing the word toys, the young wolves’ eyes lit up, and they directly walked inside.

This was the first time the young wolves had encountered such novel toys, and their excitement was no less than the sub-adults’. Very quickly, they threw themselves into playing.

There were few toys, many sub-adults, and now the newly arrived young wolves had been added. Inevitably, there was some rowdiness.

The cheerful sounds attracted the remaining young wolves. Thus, there were even more young wolves building blocks and playing with tangrams.

It was not until the members who had finished cooking with Lang Lan called the cubs to eat. They shouted a few times from the foot of the mountain, but the sound was not even as loud as the commotion of the sub-adults playing, so they could only go into the caves to look.

The first cave they entered was empty. The second was still empty.

Finally, they entered the cave the sub-adults liked the most, also the noisiest cave.

When they reached the entrance, the member calling people could not help covering her ears.

Too noisy.

The not very large cave was packed full of young wolves of every age, who were currently fighting over toys.

They at least had martial virtue and did not hit those younger than themselves. But toward young wolves of the same age, there were not so many concerns. Some were fighting in human form, tangled together. Others had turned into beast form and rolled into a ball.

Just now, outside, they had not heard the young wolves’ voices. It was not because the young wolves were not speaking. It was entirely because there were too many people inside talking, with all kinds of roars mixed together, making it hard to distinguish.

Seeing this scene, the member decisively turned around and chose to go find the chief.

“Chief? Chief?” The black wolf member called several times at the cave entrance, but inside the cave, it was still quiet. Only the noise from the cave behind her could be heard.

“Chief? Are you there?” The black wolf member raised her voice, but still heard no response.

The place where they cooked was at the foot of the mountain. If Lang Yan had gone down, they would definitely have seen him. The black wolf member hesitated for a moment and guessed that the chief was still in the cave, but it was not good for her to casually go in. Just then, a hunting party member passed by, so she hurriedly stopped him and had him go into the cave to take a look.

The hunting party member who was called agreed and directly entered.

If the chief had a partner, they definitely would not dare do this. But their chief had been an adult for three years and still had no partner. There was only one person in the cave. Therefore, male beastmen of the tribe could casually enter the cave, while female beastmen and sub-beastmen generally would not go in.

When the hunting party member walked in, he saw Lang Yan lying on the cool mat with his eyes closed, except there was a piece of animal hide wrapped around his head.

Seeing the animal hide, the hunting party member panicked and immediately pounced over to look. “Chief, Chief, what’s wrong! Boss? Boss?!”

The hunting party member’s voice was only louder than that of the sub-adults, not lower. It was only that they usually would not start making noise at any moment like the sub-adults. After these few shouts, even if Lang Yan were dead, he could have been shouted back to life, let alone when he had been alive to begin with.

Even through the animal hide, the noise could be felt. Lang Yan opened his eyes. “Shut up.”

After speaking, he took off the animal hide, removed the long strips of animal hide on his ears, took out the little fur balls stuffed into his ears, and said, “What is it?”

The hunting party member was so shocked his mouth could not close. Only when he heard the question did he come back to himself. “Boss, isn’t it hot?”

Lang Yan did not answer, instead asking, “What do you think?”

The hunting party member swallowed. “I think it’s pretty hot.”

Lang Yan’s tone was calm. “If it’s hot, think about the tribe’s future.” Think about the tribe’s future, and the heart would cool.

The hunting party member: “???” He did not understand.

“Enough.” Lang Yan asked him, “Why did you come looking for me?” It was still noisy outside. Lang Yan only wanted to quickly resolve the matter and continue quietly closing his eyes to rest.

Only then did the hunting party member remember why he had come in. “Oh, right. The sub-adults and young wolves of our tribe are all fighting.”

The key point was all.

Lang Yan closed his eyes.

“Boss?” Seeing that Lang Yan was not speaking, the hunting party member panicked. Why had Boss stopped talking again?

“Nothing. Happened.” Lang Yan said, pausing between each word. “I. Will. Go. Look.”

After Lang Yan finished speaking, he directly walked outside.

The hunting party member looked at the chief’s back and scratched his head.

Was it his imagination? He seemed to have heard the sound of grinding teeth.

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