All The Furry Creatures In The Beast World Are Farming With Me – CH74

Chapter 74

The weather was scorching hot. Even though the food had already been ready for a while, it was still hot when eaten now. In any case, most of today’s task had already been completed, and there were no other arrangements for the morning. Lang Shuo was not in a hurry to eat. He held his chopsticks and slowly picked at his food bit by bit.

His hand had not actually recovered yet, but he also could not really let Lang Yu help him. The other party had not had it any easier than him today. Even if they were only little humming beasts, they were still full of wildness, yet Lang Yu’s hands had not trembled once throughout the whole process. Besides, he was no longer a child now. He had enough patience to wait for his hand to recover.

Lang Yan, beside him, saw it and restrained himself again and again before swallowing back the words that were about to leave his mouth.

Right now, Lang Yu’s guard against him was only the wariness a sub-beastman’s relative had toward an ordinary male beastman. At most, because he often came over, there were a few extra suspicions. If he opened his mouth now, it would basically confirm that he had designs on Lang Shuo.

Once Lang Yu knew his thoughts, in the future, not to mention him, even the members of their entire tribe would not be able to enter the Snow Wolf Tribe as easily as they did now. His chances of coming into contact with Lang Shuo would only become fewer and fewer, perhaps even disappear completely. At that time, forget pursuing Lang Shuo; even wanting to look at him a few more times would become an extravagant hope.

So before he obtained Lang Shuo’s recognition, this matter had to remain hidden. He could not let Lang Yu discover it.

Lang Yan suppressed the emotions in his heart and discussed the movements of nearby prey with Lang Yu.

For beastmen, the larger the territory, the more prey they could catch and the easier it was to capture prey. Aside from there being more prey herds within the territory, another reason was that with a large territory, they could clearly grasp the movements of prey. They could block the prey in advance on the paths they had to pass through, saving the time needed to search for prey.

Sometimes, when a herd of prey passed straight through the territory, they could catch them for several days in a row.

Tribes with small territories did not have this advantage. They could not go to surrounding tribes to see which prey were about to enter their territory and could only patrol more. Aside from marking their scent and enclosing the territory, another function of patrols was to check the movements of prey around the territory. However, even so, the information they grasped was not comprehensive enough. Added to the fact that there were originally fewer prey on this side, even though their territories were adjacent, the Snow Wolf Tribe’s hunting difficulty was still greater.

The information Lang Yan revealed concerned a prey herd at the edge of the Black Wolf Tribe’s territory, about to enter the Snow Wolf Tribe. This way, Lang Yu could lead the hunting party to prepare in advance and begin pursuit the moment the prey appeared.

Tribes with good relationships often exchanged this kind of information, which counted as mutual benefit. However, the Black Wolf Tribe had basically not interacted with surrounding tribes before, and the Snow Wolf Tribe had only just arrived. Neither side had experience exchanging this information. Therefore, after Lang Yan mentioned this matter, Lang Yu paused for a moment before bringing up the situation around the Snow Wolf Tribe’s territory.

After Lang Yan finished speaking, he mentioned one more thing. “During growing season, there’s a lot of rain and movement is slow. We’ll come near here fewer times. If there are prey at the border between the territories, you can directly go over and catch them.”

Some tribes had small territories and would cooperate with neighboring tribes, allowing both sides to hunt within each other’s territory. However, this kind of thing usually happened between tribes with blood relations. Hearing Lang Yan say this now, Lang Yu frowned slightly and increasingly felt that the other party’s thoughts were hard to figure out.

At times, the way Lang Yan looked at his younger brother made him vigilant. But whenever he suspected the other party of coveting his younger brother and began guarding against him, Lang Yan would always bring up tribe matters, making it impossible to figure out what this person was thinking.

He would tell his younger brother later to stay farther away from him in the future. This kind of beastman was too scheming. Even if his younger brother wanted to find a partner in the future, he absolutely could not find someone like this. Otherwise, he would be gnawed until not even scraps were left.

Lang Yu thought this, but nothing showed on his face. What he discussed was still the matter of hunting.

The two chiefs, each with different thoughts, were talking when Lang Yong, who had finished eating and was digesting his food, saw that Lang Yan was still there and could not help exclaiming, “Chief, why are you still here?”

The moment Lang Yan heard Lang Yong call him, he knew things were bad. However, the other party spoke too quickly. Before he could warn him, Lang Yong had already finished speaking.

Lang Yan only wanted to hit someone.

This group of sub-adults caused trouble while hunting, and now they had started dragging him down again. Every bit of their energy was being used to torment him.

Lang Yan wanted to grab Lang Yong and beat him up, but of course, he could not let the brothers in front of him know about this thought. With Lang Yu’s level of protection over Lang Shuo and Lang Shuo’s degree of vigilance, if this question was not explained properly, there would be endless trouble in the future.

Lang Yan’s gaze quickly swept over the brothers’ faces, taking in Lang Yu’s vigilance and Lang Shuo’s confusion. He calmly opened his mouth to explain, “Prey have been moving quickly recently. Guarding prey is less effective than gathering more information from nearby.”

After saying this, Lang Yan looked up at Lang Yong not far away, who was still waiting for his answer, and said, “If you walk any slower, not only will I not need to hunt today, I can save myself the trouble tomorrow too.”

Hearing this, Lang Shuo understood. The sub-adults had delayed on the road, causing Lang Yan not to arrive here according to plan. It was too late to go back now, so he might as well discuss prey movement directions while Lang Yu was here. After all, the previous few times Lang Yan had come, Lang Yu had not been around.

Lang Shuo thought for a while and felt this explanation made sense. The doubt in his eyes slowly faded.

Seeing the change in his expression from the corner of his eye, Lang Yan quietly let out a breath of relief.

Lang Yu stared at Lang Yan for a while and found that the other party was very open and composed, dispelling the doubts in his heart.

Perhaps because he had been anxious lately about how to go to the market, he was always worried about his younger brother. But his younger brother had already grown up. Unlike when he was little and could be tucked away and carried once he changed into beast form, whether letting Lang Shuo travel in beast form or in human form, Lang Yu was not reassured.

Lang Shuo had been quieter than other cubs since childhood. When other cubs climbed mountains, went into rivers, and ran all over the mountain, Lang Shuo quietly sat in the tribe. The farthest road Lang Shuo had walked since childhood was during last year’s migration. Lang Yu truly could not bear to let his younger brother, who had hardly ever walked long distances, follow him back and forth to the market.

But leaving his younger brother in the tribe also made Lang Yu deeply worried.

Although after harvest season began, all tribes would gradually set off for the market and generally would not seek trouble by harassing nearby tribes, what if? What if some tribe was so bored they came over to provoke them? Then his younger brother and the members left behind in the tribe would fall into danger. In truth, Lang Yu knew that the chance of this kind of thing happening was very small, but the worry in his heart could not be covered over by a few words.

Because he was worried Lang Shuo would suffer grievances when he left the tribe, Lang Yu had recently been very guarded whenever he looked at male beastmen, especially adult male beastmen, whether from his own tribe or another tribe.

After confirming again and again that Lang Yan had not looked at his younger brother throughout the entire process, Lang Yu slightly relaxed.

If Lang Yan had stayed here in order to spend more time with his younger brother, then when Lang Yong mentioned this matter just now, Lang Yan would definitely have looked toward his younger brother. However, according to his observation, Lang Yan had not done so.

Lang Yu thought this and followed up with a few explanations, cooperating with Lang Yan’s story.

The sub-adults, who had only temporarily mastered the technique of chasing during hunting, knew nothing about other aspects. After listening for a while and realizing they could not understand, they decided to give up participating in this topic. They stretched both hands forward and urged the sub-adult snow wolves, “Hurry and tie us up. Let’s go over quickly.” After they dug coal and limestone, they could eat lunch! The sub-adult black wolves, who had just finished breakfast, thought.

Lang Nuo had originally wanted to listen to the two chiefs’ conversation, but after Lang Yong urged him twice, he could only first take the ropes, tie everyone together, and then call the other sub-adult snow wolves.

Only then did the sub-adult snow wolves reluctantly follow them to the back mountain.

In truth, they wanted to secretly learn hunting techniques. They had kept Lang Shuo’s words from the other day in mind all this time. Moreover, all of them knew about this matter. In other words, whoever was driven out of the hunting party in the future would be the one with the worst hunting ability and would be laughed at by the others.

In order not to become last place, these past two days, whenever they heard anything related to hunting, they could not move their legs. They had to listen to a few sentences, striving to beat the other sub-adults in the tribe.

The sub-adult black wolves knew nothing about this. When they reached the back mountain, they began howling, wanting to express the joy in their hearts. After all, it had already been several days since they had come over.

Hearing the sound, Lang Nuo immediately stopped them. “Don’t shout randomly. If you scare the prey being raised behind the mountain, Shuo will get angry.”

Hearing this, the group of sub-adult black wolves immediately quieted down. They absolutely could not scare the prey!

On the other side, after watching the sub-adult black wolves go to the back mountain, the large stone in Lang Yan’s heart finally fell.

At last, he did not need to worry about this group of unreliable sub-adult black wolves saying things recklessly.

Lang Yan stopped while things were still good. Today, he had accompanied Lang Shuo for a while longer. Although it was one-sided, he was already satisfied. After all, Lang Yu was still here. Discussing prey could be said to be for the tribe’s sake. If he found any other reason, Lang Yu’s suspicions would only grow heavier, so he had to return early.

Lang Yan did not hesitate at all. Once the hunting topic ended, he said goodbye and left, without dragging things out in the slightest.

Seeing him leave so decisively, the last bit of vigilance in Lang Yu’s heart faded as well.

He should have been overthinking it.

It was all because his younger brother was too good. His younger brother was too capable, so he was always worried someone would covet him.

Lang Yu, who had a younger brother, let out a happy worry.

…

When Lang Yan returned to the tribe, it was long past the time the hunting party set out. Fortunately, during growing season, in order to ensure there was enough prey to eat, more hunting parties went out every day than before. Even if they did not go, it would not affect the members’ meals.

It was just that Lang Yan had gotten up very early in order to return sooner, yet had come back so late in the end, which made people somewhat puzzled.

The other members looked toward Lang Qi. This kind of thing had always been asked by Lang Qi.

Lang Qi did not disappoint everyone. He followed behind Lang Yan and asked the question in everyone’s heart.

Hearing this, Lang Yan did not hesitate to push the blame onto the sub-adults. “They were too slow on the road.”

This was the truth. Because they had not woken up fully, the sub-adults had indeed not been quick on the road and had wandered along slowly. Lang Yan simply did not mention the time he had stayed in the Snow Wolf Tribe.

Lang Qi did not suspect anything. On one hand, the chief had never lied to them. Whatever the facts were, he said them. On the other hand, when the sub-adults left the tribe, they had indeed been listless, completely different from their excited expressions before. It was not impossible that they had been slow on the road and delayed the time.

Skipping over this question, Lang Qi continued asking, “Then should we go out and look around in the afternoon?”

Their tribe did not necessarily need to set out in the morning. Whether going out in the morning and hunting before noon, or setting out in the afternoon, searching for prey outside, and returning in the middle of the night, both could catch prey.

Moreover, because their fur was black, they were actually very suitable for hunting at night. It was just that they generally did not choose to set out in the afternoon because the sub-adults were too rowdy. Even when they rested at normal times, the sub-adult black wolves could make noise until very late. If they went out hunting later and returned in the middle of the night, then according to the sub-adults’ restless personalities, no one would need to sleep at night. It could stay lively until dawn.

However, the situation had improved recently. After the sub-adults worked in the Snow Wolf Tribe and returned, they were relatively tired and generally washed and rested directly. The time they spent making noise had decreased a lot. Under these circumstances, they could completely hunt at night.

Hearing his words, Lang Yan thought for a moment and shook his head. “I’ll go pick up the sub-adults tonight.”

Lang Qi was just about to say they could let them come back by themselves, then his thoughts turned. The sub-adults had not been to the Snow Wolf Tribe for several days. If no one watched them, they might drag things out until midnight before coming back. And if anyone else went, the effect would definitely not be as good as Lang Yan going. He immediately agreed. “All right! Then we’ll hunt tomorrow.”

In any case, there was still plenty of food in the tribe. The hunting parties that set off today would also bring back fresh food. They did not have much pressure. At worst, they could go out tomorrow and catch a few more to make up for today’s gap. With great strength and plenty of prey in the tribe, black wolves rarely worried over hunting problems.

Lang Yan responded and instructed, “Mm.”

After speaking, Lang Yan returned to the cave.

With the sub-adults absent, there were basically no matters in the tribe that needed him. Although because black wolves were all used to shouting loudly for people, sounds occasionally drifted into the cave, these sounds were far less than half as loud as the sub-adults. He could completely endure them. He did not use animal hide to cover his ears and closed his eyes to think.

Thinking and thinking, what surfaced in his mind was still Lang Shuo today.

Every time he entered the Snow Wolf Tribe, he discovered something new. Lang Shuo’s personality was far from what he had first thought.

The more he saw, the more he liked him.

Lang Yan closed his eyes and decided to rest for a while. Otherwise, with his mind full of Lang Shuo, he could not do anything.

Lang Yan slept for half the day. When he woke up, it was already dusk.

The first thing Lang Yan did after opening his eyes was lower his head to look.

Fortunately.

Lang Yan let out a breath of relief, but in the next instant, he frowned.

Had breeding season not already passed?

He wanted to pursue Lang Shuo as his partner because he liked him. It had nothing to do with those things.

It was just that he had been affected by breeding season too much and always dreamed of things he should not dream of.

…

In the Snow Wolf Tribe, after eating, Lang Shuo went to check the situation in the lime pit and instructed the beastman watching the area to continue adding water.

Even though some treatment had been done, the lime pit would still seep water. Part of the water poured in would be lost, causing some lime to be unable to fully contact the water and undergo the slaking reaction. They had to constantly stir and add water in the middle to ensure a complete reaction.

Looking at the current situation, it should be about ready to use tomorrow.

Because he had gotten up too early in the morning, Lang Shuo did not say too much. After arranging the work, he returned to the cave to catch up on sleep.

When he woke again, it was already past noon. The other members of the tribe had already finished lunch. His food had been set aside by Lang Yun in advance.

Seeing him leave the cave, Lang Yun took the food out and handed it to him. She asked, “Shuo, the things cut off this morning—should we throw them away or do something with them?”

Lang Shuo froze for a moment, then realized what Lang Yun was talking about. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Stir-fry them and eat them.” Stir-fried pig testicles was also a dish. There were just too few of them. The ones from this morning were completely not enough to divide among the tribe members.

Thinking this, Lang Shuo added, “Chop them a little smaller, add more chili peppers, then slice some meat and stir-fry them together. Treat it as a side dish.”

Behind Lang Shuo, a rare resting single hunting party member wanted to take advantage of Lang Yu’s absence to say a few words to Lang Shuo. Then he heard Lang Shuo’s words and fell silent for a moment.

The single male wolf with simple thoughts stopped in his tracks, looked at Lang Shuo, and thought about whether Lang Shuo had said these words as a warning to them.

After hesitating for a moment, the single member who had finally mustered his courage still chose to leave.

Better not make Lang Shuo angry.

Naturally, Lang Shuo did not know that one sentence from him had scared away a restless single male beastman. After mentioning chili stir-fried meat, he simply discussed dinner.

Thinking of the buildings that needed to be built next, Lang Shuo put great thought into the food and tried to arrange it more abundantly.

Usually, it was two dishes and one soup, or three dishes. Tonight, it was three dishes and one soup. He also discussed with Lang Yun that they would follow this standard for the next few days.

Lang Yun was puzzled. “Prepare this much?”

Lang Shuo nodded. “The day after tomorrow, we need everyone’s help. At that time, even if we don’t hunt, no one will be able to rest. Prepare more food these few days and nourish everyone’s bodies.”

Lang Yun said, “No problem. I’ll arrange it.”

In truth, regardless of whether Lang Shuo arranged extra food or not, the members of the tribe were all willing to help. It was just that the strength they exerted with extra meals and without extra meals differed. Without extra meals, they would use at most sixty or seventy percent of their strength. But after extra meals, efficiency could double.

The members of the tribe were already used to it. When the food became abundant, it meant work might be about to begin. The more food there was, the more strength was needed.

What beastmen lacked least was strength. From the moment they heard dishes would be added, they rubbed their fists and wiped their palms. At this time, whatever work Lang Shuo arranged, they could do it.

Food was the same for the whole tribe, so tonight, the sub-adults also ate a dinner more abundant than usual.

The sub-adult black wolves only thought Lang Shuo was welcoming them. After all, they had not come over for several days. Not only did they miss Lang Shuo, Lang Shuo also missed them. Thinking this, the food in their bowls tasted even better.

The sub-adult snow wolves, however, sensed something was off and went over to Lang Shuo to ask for information.

Lang Shuo said, “The current toilet has been used for too long, and it was made with mud bricks. Once there’s more rain in the future, it will definitely collapse. I’m planning to build a new one.”

Hearing this, the sub-adults’ eyes lit up. “Then can we build it bigger?”

The previous toilet was too small. At most, two or three people could enter, but they preferred going in one by one. If there was someone inside, they would rather wait outside.

Lang Shuo nodded. “Yes. This time, it has to be built big.”

Not only did the area need to be large, another type had to be added. When they built the toilet before, they had only considered the issue of male and female, so there were only two in total. Now that he knew male beastmen were also divided into sub-beastmen and ordinary male beastmen, and since the toilet had to be enlarged, they could not still have only two. The sub-beastmen’s had to be separated out.

Thinking of this, Lang Shuo still felt a tiny bit awkward inside.

Fortunately, he did not plan to find a partner and would not give birth to cubs, Lang Shuo thought.

Everything could wait until he adapted. Right now, the most important task was constructing the tribe. There were truly too many places in the tribe that needed to be improved. Unfortunately, their tribe had few people. The members remaining in the tribe were all busy, while the hunting party and gathering team had to prioritize ensuring the food supply. The time they could spare was limited. The various improvement plans in his heart could only be carried out slowly.

Lang Shuo thought this and took a branch to draw on the ground. Like when he drew the grass shed last time, he calculated the bricks, lime, sand, and other building materials needed according to the area of the new toilet.

They would start building the day after tomorrow, but the raw materials could not wait until they were about to begin before slowly being moved over. Therefore, Lang Shuo arranged a new task for the sub-adults. “Tomorrow, you don’t need to go to the back mountain. Go to the river and dig sand. Transport it together with stones to the place where the toilet will be built.”

The current toilets were one on the east and one on the west. To be honest, the distance was a little far, especially for members working on both sides. If they needed to use the toilet on the other side, they had to walk for quite a while. Lang Shuo planned to directly build one large one, divided into four small rooms. Three would correspond to the three kinds of beastmen, while the other room would hold basins and buckets for convenient handwashing.

The hunting party had many members. They might be able to build it within one day, but the prerequisite was that the sub-adults had to prepare the building materials first.

Hearing that their work was actually this important and would affect the progress of the work the day after tomorrow, the sub-adults directly patted their chests and promised, “Shuo, just rest assured. We’ll definitely do it well!” Moving things around was no challenge for them at all.

That night, on the way back to the tribe, the sub-adult black wolves kept discussing the next day’s work.

Lang Yan did not say a single word the entire time.

The sub-adults were already used to it. They discussed enthusiastically. Only when they mentioned whether they should call people over to help did they suddenly remember the chief. Lang Yong boldly asked, “Chief, let the members in our tribe who have nothing to do come over and help too. Once we learn it, we can build one in our tribe too.”

Before Lang Yan could answer, the other sub-adults were attracted by this sentence. Toilet. Their tribe would build toilets too!

Lang Yan: “…”

Lang Yan looked at the group of sub-adult black wolves getting excited on their own and truly found it difficult to understand. One moment ago, they had still been discussing whether they should go help the Snow Wolf Tribe. Now they had actually begun discussing what kind of toilet their tribe would have.

Did this group of sub-adults not realize that their tribe could not build it at all?

Just as Lang Yan was thinking this, a sub-adult who usually did not speak much weakly reminded the sub-adults who were discussing happily, “We don’t have bricks or lime.”

Lang Shuo had not hidden anything from them, so they knew these were all materials needed to build the toilet.

The group of sub-adults paused. Immediately afterward, they began discussing again. “We can use food to exchange with Shuo.”

“Going over to help should also be able to exchange for bricks and lime, right?”

“But we can’t let others know…”

“It’s fine. We’ll only let the hunting party members who know go. Right, Chief? Chief, why aren’t you talking?”

Lang Yan rubbed his temples and once again asked himself in his heart.

Did they not say that whoever raised them, they would become alike? Why had this group of sub-adults stayed in the Snow Wolf Tribe for so long, yet not learned a single bit of Lang Shuo’s intelligence? They were not even as good as that snow wolf cub beside Lang Shuo who had just turned three.

Back then, Lang Shuo had used a coal mine that had not yet been mined to exchange for this group of laborers with infinite energy.

And now, these sub-adults themselves working was not enough; they even wanted him to add more people into it.

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