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

When everyone is working hard, they don't feel much, but once they stop working, they start to feel uncomfortable all over the body.

Sweat had already soaked the clothes and stuck to the rice awns, gnawing at the skin like ants, bringing waves of unbearable itching. Almost the moment they stopped to rest, they could not wait to run to the river. The clear and cold river water gently caressed their bodies, as if taking away all the heat and itching discomfort, making them feel extremely comfortable.

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After two days of hard work, the orcs finally finished harvesting all the rice. The next step is to thresh the rice. Although there are many ways to thresh the rice, including mechanical threshing, manual threshing and natural threshing, the best option for them is undoubtedly a combination of manual threshing and natural threshing.

The orcs carefully spread the rice ears flat on the ground, and then took out unused animal skins from their homes and laid them underneath. In this way, when the rice grains fell off naturally, they could be collected more easily.

The cubs were always lively and active. Seeing the golden rice neatly arranged on the ground, they could not contain their joy and curiosity and rushed into the field to play. Cheng Mo saw that it was futile to stop them and sighed helplessly: "You will know how uncomfortable it is later..."

The parents watched the little cubs frolicking and cheering in the golden sea of ​​rice and were horrified, fearing that these naughty kids would ruin the precious food. They were extremely anxious and wanted to rush into the rice fields immediately to catch these devils.

Cheng Mo noticed the parents' strange expressions and quickly stepped forward to explain, "Don't worry, everyone. In fact, rice threshing originally requires external assistance, so it's okay for the little ones to make a fuss inside. It's just that they will be covered with rice awns in a while, and they will definitely feel uncomfortable. When the time comes, you can carefully wash off the rice awns on them and there will be no problem."

After hearing this, the parents felt a little relieved. However, when they thought about the suffering the little cubs might have to endure later, they couldn't help but mutter in their hearts: Humph, I told you to be naughty and playful, you will know how serious it is in a while!

As expected, not long after, the group of little cubs were heard crying out that they were itchy. One after another, they crawled out of the rice pile with their pants down and pissing, and ran towards their parents with their arms and legs bared, trying to act coquettishly and cutely and ask for a hug.

But the parents didn't appreciate it at all. They waved their hands in panic and refused: "Don't come over here!" The cubs felt even more wronged and simply lay on the ground and rolled around. The parents couldn't stand it anymore. They grabbed the cubs by the back of their necks with disgust and carried them to the river like garbage.

Then, with a few splashes, the poor little cubs were ruthlessly thrown into the freezing cold river.

The cubs that fell into the river instantly returned to their human form. As the river water washed away the annoying rice awns, they gradually peeled off their bodies. At this time, they finally felt much better and stopped crying.

"Hahaha!" Bursts of crisp laughter came, attracting many orcs to stop and watch.

In the middle of the river, a group of naked little guys were playing happily. Their innocent looks made people laugh. Seeing this, some younger beastmen couldn't help but jump into the river and enjoy this happy time with the children.

For a moment, the whole river was filled with laughter and joy, as if it had turned into a happy water park.

After all the fun, everyone returned home, tasting the sweet and juicy watermelon, feeling the comfort and satisfaction. Such a life is really beautiful and intoxicating!

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After three days of scorching sun, the rice was finally threshed. The dried rice stalks were carefully gathered, some used to fertilize the land, and the other part became excellent material for burning for heating.

Then, Cheng Mo led the orcs to carefully put the full rice grains into the stone mortar. Then, they held the pestle and pounded the rice vigorously. Since the orcs were born with great strength, this task was a piece of cake for them. With each powerful collision/strike, the originally hard husk gradually broke, and the snow-white rice grains quietly revealed their true appearance.

When most of the rice in the mortar has been husked, they pour it into the sieve. Gently shaking the sieve left and right, the light rice husks flutter in the wind and fall to the ground, while the heavy rice remains firmly in the sieve.

After a long period of repeated screening, grains of rice as white as snow and crystal clear finally filled the entire rice jar.

Xiong Bo stared at the jars of rice in front of him with wide eyes, and asked in disbelief: "This...are these really the rice you mentioned? There are so many of them? Can they last for a long time?"

"Yes, High Priest! We can eat white rice at dinner tonight! Let's eat from a big pot together tonight!" Cheng Mo answered happily, with his hands on his hips, looking at the full pot of rice.

The huge stone pot had been replaced with a brand new iron pot. Cheng Mo stood by and directed everyone to add water to the pot and put in the right amount of rice to start boiling. When the rice was about 70% cooked, they would use a coarse colander to scoop it out and drain the water, then put it into large wooden barrels to continue boiling.

As time passed, a faint aroma of rice gradually spread, making everyone present salivate and swallow their saliva continuously.

Since it was the height of summer and the heat was unbearable, Cheng Mo thoughtfully prepared many delicious cold dishes. This was the time when all kinds of vegetables grew and matured in large quantities, so a variety of fresh and juicy vegetables were used as ingredients for dinner. The beastmen, who always loved meat, actually praised these fresh and refreshing vegetables.

The cold-mixed black fungus tasted smooth, crisp and tender, leaving a lasting aftertaste; the hand-shredded chicken was firm and chewy; and the pork rib soup was fragrant and rich. Paired with the fragrant and delicious white rice, everyone was very satisfied and their stomachs were round and round, as if they were about to burst.

"The rice is so delicious! I want to eat it every day from now on!" A little cub patted his belly and shouted loudly, and the orcs around him expressed their agreement.