Traveling through time and space to achieve a well-off life with your family

"Dad?" Cheng Lingqu looked at the little rhino in Cheng Mo's arms in confusion. He had never seen this little friend before. He had been staying by Cheng Mo's side these days and didn't dare to leave, not even when sleeping. He did hear from other friends that dad and his friends had rescued a little cub, but he didn't expect that the little cub was so timid.

Cheng Mo patted the little rhino's head soothingly. When he was treating the little rhino's wound, he found that the little rhino was missing an ear, and even the iconic rhino horn was gone! There was only a small fleshy ear on one side of the round head, and the other side was empty, with a small gap.

When he was treating the wound, he knew that the ear should have been knocked off by the group of wandering orcs, but the rhino horn should not have been. No obvious wound was found on the rhino horn. It was just a pity for the little rhino's ear. I don't know how the group of wandering orcs knocked off his ear. Looking at the condition of the wound, it seems that it is not simple.

Cheng Mo turned his head and glanced at Xiong Bo: "High Priest, is this wound..."

Xiongbai walked over with a sigh. Of course he knew what was wrong with the little cub's ear. He discovered when he first saw the little cub that the ear must have been bitten off. Not only that, one of the little cub's hind legs was broken, and the skin on its body was covered with cracks and bite marks.

"It was all done by those stray orcs..." Xiongbai reached out and touched the little rhino's head. The little rhino calmed down after smelling the familiar smell, but still choked slightly with uneasiness.

Cheng Mo's heart tightened. As far as he knew, no matter what kind of orcs, they would attach great importance to protecting the cubs. He never thought that the group of stray orcs were so cruel that they actually bit off the ear of a little cub! It was really hateful! It was wrong to let them die so easily!

Seeing the little rhino shivering in his arms, Cheng Mo had no choice but to put the cub into the arms of the fierce cypress. Sure enough, the little rhino was no longer afraid, and just tried hard to squeeze itself into the arms of the fierce cypress, leaving only its little butt exposed.

Cheng Mo felt a little sorry for the little rhino's frightened look. He saw that the little rhino's skin was a little dry, and remembered what Xiong Bo had said before about the habits of the rhino beastmen of the Rhino Horn Tribe. So he gently touched the little rhino's back and asked, "High Priest, does this child's skin need to be soaked in water? Will it affect the wounds on his body?"

Xiongbai had discovered this problem a long time ago. According to what he knew, the orcs of the Rhino Horn Tribe had to soak in water to recover better when they were injured. He would take some time every day to accompany the little rhino to soak in the water, but the little rhino could not leave people at all. It was not possible for him to follow the little rhino all the time. After all, he was the high priest and had to deal with many things every day. However, it was not safe to let a group of cubs accompany the little rhino to soak in the river. What's more, the weather was so cold now, and he didn't know if the little rhino would get sick if he stayed in the water for a long time.

"Their tribe is used to being in the water, and soaking in water can help him recover. But the child is in his current condition and cannot be left alone! I don't know what to do." Xiong Bo explained, shaking his head helplessly.

Cheng Mo understood what Xiong Bai meant, thinking about how they usually went directly to the river to bathe. After the weather got cold, they reduced the frequency of going to the river to bathe, or just quickly washed themselves. They were not used to going to the river to fetch water for washing. One reason was habit, and the other was that they currently did not have a bathtub that big. The largest container they had now was probably the two water tanks in his house, but those two water tanks could not accommodate an orc.

"How about making him a ceramic bathing basin, and then let him soak in the basin when the time comes." Cheng Mo suggested, but then he changed his mind and thought that because the weather was too cold recently, Xiong Bo had asked the brick kiln to stop firing bricks. After all, the fired bricks could not be dried in the sun, so they might as well stop it. Anyway, they still had enough bricks at the moment.

"Basin?" Xiong Bai weighed the weight in his hand. They did have basins, but their basins were used to hold vegetable soup. Although this little rhino was still a cub, the basin was not big enough to hold such a small cub.

"Uh... I mean, let's heat up a bigger bathtub." Cheng Mo actually wanted to take a bath, too. It was okay for an orc not to take a bath, but he couldn't. He worked so hard every day and sweated a lot. He always felt that he would stink if he didn't take a bath for three days. Besides, the weather was so cold that he would just heat up the water and wipe himself off, and never thought about taking a bath. It would be better to just get a bathtub, so that he could continue to bathe even if the little rhino recovered from its injury.

Xiongbai waved his hand and said, "We still have too few people now. Everyone has been arranged to go out hunting. If we come back to make a bathtub, we have to divide some people to do it. Besides, we orcs are so big, the bathtub will be bigger and it will definitely take longer. Forget it, I will set aside some time every day to go out and soak in the water with this child."

Seeing this, Cheng Mo had to give up. He looked at the little rhino in Xiong Bo's arms. The poor child had wounds all over his body. Fortunately, he was still willing to accept Xiong Bo's arms. However, it was too tiring to let the high priest take him out to soak in the water every day. The high priest was not just a mascot of the tribe. Although Yan Hai could help share some of the work, most of the things were arranged by the high priest. If the little rhino was willing to accept him, he could also take the little rhino out to soak in the water, so Xiong Bo would have less pressure.

Cheng Mo looked around and found that the surroundings were very deserted. There was no one else except the fierce cypress and the cubs. Even the female who usually sat under the tree and weaved bamboo baskets was gone.

"High Priest, where are the others?" Cheng Mo asked curiously.

"Let's go out and find food." Xiongbai touched the little rhino in his arms.

"Are they all out? Is there not enough food?" Cheng Mo was shocked. Normally, there would be a few orcs left in the tribe to protect the tribe, but this time, there was not a single orc, not even a female.

"Yes, yesterday when the high priest of the Salt Lake Tribe and I consulted the God of Beasts, we learned that this winter will be colder and longer than usual. To be on the safe side, we need to store more food." Xiong Bai said worriedly. He had never seen the God of Beasts utter such an oracle before, so he discussed it with the high priest of the Salt Lake Tribe for a long time and sent out all the orcs of the tribe to hunt. If they met orcs from other tribes, they would also inform them of the situation. Most of the females in the tribe were arranged to go out to find food, and a small number stayed here to tend the vegetable garden.

"What?! Aren't these days the coldest?" Cheng Mo had heard from Xiong Bo before that they came here relying on the instructions of the Beast God. Now the Beast God said that the winter would be longer and the temperature would be colder. Ban Mu had told him before that every winter many orcs would die of cold or starvation. The death rate in winter has always been very high. He thought that they would definitely be able to hold on now that they have so much food, and that everyone living in the cave to keep warm together should be able to hold on for a while.

"High Priest, if this is true, your cave will not be able to withstand it. We must build a house as soon as possible." Cheng Mo wanted to build a house as soon as possible, while the weather was not so cold.