My Salted Fish Life in the Beast World

The sun was bright but not glaring, and the air was fresh but not irritating. It was a great season for sunbathing. Shi Erye lazily basked in the sun on a reclining chair at the entrance of the cave, eating wild fruits. The bamboo chair creaked as she swayed.

Shi Erye stopped shaking. He looked at a tiger basking in the sun. Hmm... he really enjoyed it, didn't he? He really wanted to see Ming become a tiger and bask in the sun. Would he lick his paws? Lick his fur? Expose his belly? Shi Erye had a lot of ideas.

"Ye?" Ming noticed her gaze and looked at her. "What are you thinking about?"

"Oh, nothing, I was just thinking about bamboo chairs. Although they are light and convenient, they are still not as good as wooden ones."

"Yes, I know. There are wooden boxes in the North. They are better than bamboo. There is iron in the North, which is very strong and can connect wood together. There is no iron in the South, and even if there is, we don't have the technology. The pearls in the dowry my mother gave us were put in a wooden box. Even such a box is valuable in the South."

"Yes, they are on my phone. There must be too many videos so you didn't notice them. And you don't need nails to connect them."

"Really? That's great. I'll find it and watch it later. I haven't watched any videos in the past few days."

"Yeah, it's true. I remember it was a technique called mortise and tenon joints! We have had this technique for a long time. It's amazing!"

"Yes! I will study hard. Once I learn it, I will replace your table, chair, door...all with wooden ones." Ming looked at Shi Erye and promised lovingly.

"Not only that, once you learn the mortise and tenon joint technology, your cabin will be upgraded to a luxurious version. Look at the house now. It is made of a few thick pieces of wood, driven deep into the soil. Small wooden sticks are inserted next to it, and the leaky places are covered with grass. The roof is also made of grass. The weather is good now. If it rains and blows, it will definitely leak inside and all the water will be soaked. If it encounters the rainy season, not only will it grow mold, but it will also cause rheumatism. Miserable!"

"Yes! Ye, you are so smart. You guessed it all. So when the rainy season and the cold season come, we have to move into the cave. Orcs without caves will be miserable!"

"Then why don't the orcs dig caves anymore?" Shi Erye was very curious. Ming's cave was solid and spacious. He also found a kind of mud similar to lime and smeared a thick layer of it all over. It is said that it can prevent moisture. Living in it for the past few days, although it is not as ventilated and light-permeable as the wooden house, it is also comfortable.

"Difficult! Ye, do you think our cave is solid?"

"It's solid!" Shi Erye touched the stone at the entrance of the cave. "This material is comparable to granite!"

"Granite? It's much tougher than granite! It's very difficult for an ordinary male orc to dig a cave!"

Shi Erye suddenly realized. That's right, it's really not easy to dig a big cave in such a solid stone mountain. What's more, it's clearly stated that the southern border lacks iron.

"Then how did you dig out such a big cave?" Shi Erye was very curious.

"I am not an ordinary tiger! I am a tiger with powerful force and space! ..."

“Um… so?” Shi Erye asked with a big question mark and tilted his head, looking so cute!

"So, I dug it with my claws!" Ming said proudly.

"Did you dig it out with your claws?!" Shi Erye couldn't believe it! He even screamed out loud? "You said, you dug out such a big cave with your claws?"

"Yeah! What's wrong?"

What else? Just thinking about it made Shi Erye's hands hurt.

She gave a thumbs up and said, "You are awesome!" You are so strong!

Ming became even more proud and complacent after receiving Shi Erye's praise. "What's that? Tomorrow, I'll dig up the entire back and make a three-bedroom apartment with bedrooms, kitchens, and living rooms. I'll also make furniture out of the wood using the mortise and tenon technique you mentioned, and put your things in it!"

But time is running out, the rainy season is coming soon. I have to work harder. Make furniture for Ye and dig out a cave. I also have to stock up more food for her. Otherwise, the following dry season and cold season will be difficult to endure.

"Well... actually there's no rush. Besides, our cave is big enough." Shi Erye was afraid that the big cat would get excited, so she performed a big cat digging a hole in public. In a few days, she would know that the big cat dug deeper and deeper!

"Ming, tell me the story of your parents!" Shi Erye was very curious about how a poor boy from the South could marry a rich and beautiful girl from the North. I like inspirational stories.

"Well! Good!" The story is a bit long, Ming gave Shi Erye a chair and turned it around so that she could get better sun exposure.

"His father's father and mother didn't like him. He had a hard time when he was a little orc. His parents didn't like him. He was bullied by his brothers and sisters. But he was smarter than them and had a natural keen sense of numbers. So sometimes he helped the chief to count, and he would secretly hide the food he got."

"Until one day, the tribe was plundered by stray beasts. He escaped the attack with his cleverness. However, the tribe suffered heavy casualties, and their homes were burned down. They had no choice but to migrate with the tribe leader. The tribe didn't have much food to begin with, and his parents cut off his rations in order to save food. In the end, he couldn't walk anymore, so he left the main group."

"When he regained consciousness, he struggled to get up with all his strength. He knew he had to move on. If he fell, he would become a pile of bones on the roadside. He walked forward in a daze. After passing a dark forest path, he suddenly saw light ahead. He was surprised and scared. The light meant that the view ahead was wide and there might be a tribe. What he was afraid of was that it was his own hallucination and that the Beast God was coming to pick him up. He didn't care about that and ran desperately towards the light."

"I didn't expect it to come out of an alley. He couldn't believe what a prosperous tribe he had come to. There was a wide and smooth road with orcs selling things on both sides. He didn't know at that time that he had arrived in the North."

"Northern Territory? Father went from the Southern Territory to the Northern Territory all of a sudden?" Shi Erye couldn't help but interrupt. "Could it be that Father encountered the same opportunity as me?"

Ming shook his head. "I don't know either. Maybe my father himself didn't understand it either. Later he tried to find the shortcut, but he never found it again."

"After arriving in the North, my father discovered that some animals would occasionally throw food at him. Some animals would chase him away, laugh at him, and tease him... But the good thing is that he survived because the food there was more abundant than in the South."

"Later, he learned about his situation and quickly integrated into the local environment. He carried salt bags at the dock, worked as a waiter in a restaurant, and was an apprentice in a pharmacy."

"Because he worked as an apprentice in a pharmacy, he gradually learned the prices of some medicines. At that time, he lived a good life, but as a bachelor, he had to save some money. When the time comes, he will buy some land in the northern border to live on in his old age. So he often went to the deep forest."

"The forest is full of dangers, but my father thought that he was a single beast and his life was a lucky one. He would fight with wild beasts whenever he encountered one. Through many fights, my father developed a strong fighting power!"

"Later, my father met my mother in the depths of the forest, who had been tricked into going there when she was a child. In my father's words, he was extremely lucky that time, as he encountered no birds of prey or wild beasts along the way. This allowed him to walk further and further, until he reached the depths of the forest."

"He had just finished collecting herbs and was heading back when he heard a faint singing voice. Driven by curiosity, he followed the sound to find its source."

"He saw his mother playing with the elves. His mother was small and as cute as an elf, but he knew she was not an elf."

"Later, my mother found him and learned that my father was a herbalist in the city. She asked him to take her home."

"Their fate began at that time. Later, when they saw the miserable elf, they knew what the other was going to do with just one look."

"After sending my mother back home, my father suddenly felt that it would be nice to have a companion. He worked even harder to improve his own abilities. He never wasted a penny of his money."

"Ye, let me tell you, when my mother was still a young beast, my father gave her all his money for safekeeping. Under the guise of repaying a favor, he locked my mother up by his side."

"Hehe...do you think he is cunning or not? No wonder my father calls him Black-hearted Tiger."

"Haha... is it funny? What about your money? I didn't see a single tiger hair." Shi Erye was very upset. You still have the nerve to laugh! I didn't inherit the good traits.

"No! No! I've given them all to you! I've been a bachelor all these years, and even the things my grandfather gave me were given to my mother for safekeeping. I will come back only when we are going to get married, and then you will marry me as well!" Ming was afraid that Shi Erye would misunderstand, so he tried his best to explain.

"Oh, is that so? I'm sorry, Ming~ I thought they were all bought by your parents. I wronged you." "Well~~" Just kiss me.

Ming heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the misunderstanding was resolved. Hey! From now on, if there is anything, I have to explain it to Ye clearly, so that my little female can be pampered.