A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

It was already noon when Su Ling woke up. Although the stone bed was a little hard, it was the best sleep she had in a while. There was no need to worry about some wild beast suddenly showing up. Humans are really social animals. As long as they have a tribe, they have confidence.

There was no one in sight, it seemed Hu Yi had already left.

It's another day of brushing my teeth. Now that I've arrived at the tribe, I have to put the production of some necessities on the agenda, otherwise it will be inconvenient to do anything.

The food they brought back to the tribe yesterday was placed aside, and no one knew where Tiger Wing had gone. Su Ling lit a fire and put the sweet potatoes into the stone pot to cook, and then threw a few to the side of the firewood and roasted them slowly.

I don’t know whether I should go out to dig sweet potatoes today. I’ll look for other food then. The most important thing is to see if I can find some condiments. I miss the various condiments on Blue Star.

After doing all this, Su Ling looked around at the environment where she would live in the future. The tribe was in a valley. The valley was very large and there was no other way in except the one they came in through yesterday. The location was very good. If they guarded the way in well, it would be a Feng Shui treasure land that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Tiger Wing's cave is on a platform on the mountainside. From here, you can see orcs in groups of three or four on the lawn in the valley, doing their own things. It's hard to see what they are doing from a distance.

At this time, several orcs were walking towards this side. When they got closer, I could see clearly that they were Hu Yi and the orc I had called yesterday. They should be the tribe leader and the witch, as well as the brothers Hu Shan and Hu Ya. I don't know what they are doing coming here so early in the morning.

Hu Yi took a few quick steps to Su Ling's side, "Did you sleep well? I saw you didn't wake up this morning, so I went to find the clan leader first."

"Well, that's great. What is the matter that the clan leader and the others are here for?" Su Ling looked curious.

"I told the tribe leaders about their sweet potatoes. It just so happens that some tribe members have seen them in other places and have organized tribe members to dig them up. The tribe leaders came to ask if you can teach everyone how to weave baskets. Don't worry, you can use food as a method of exchange."

Seeing that the others had approached, Su Ling said no more. She nodded to Hu Yi to indicate that she understood, and walked forward to greet them.

"Chief, everyone come and sit here. I just cooked some sweet potatoes. They should be cooked by now. Come and try them and see how they taste." Luckily, I cooked a lot. I originally wanted to give some to the orcs who helped yesterday, and they just happened to come today.

The sweet smell of sweet potatoes has spread throughout this small open space, and it smells delicious.

The tribe leader smiled on his serious face, "I just heard Hu Yi talking about sweet potatoes. We have never eaten them. We must try them."

"Child, thank you for your help." The witch at the side stepped forward, patted Su Ling's hand and said kindly.

"It's just a small matter, Wu, you don't have to be polite." After saying that, he led everyone away.

Hu Yi led the way towards the stone pot.

He smiled and greeted Hushan who was lagging behind and Huya who was shy beside him, "You are here too. Thank you for yesterday."

"You're welcome. I'm taking a break today so I can see if there's anything I can do to help." He patted his brother's head. "When this kid heard I was coming, he also wanted to come along."

Huya saw Su Ling looking at him, and smiled at her shyly, revealing two pointed little canine teeth, which was very cute.

"Thank you for the fire you brought yesterday. I'll try the sweet potatoes later to see if they're delicious."

Hu Ya looked at the beautiful smile of his female sister and moved his nose. The taste was sweeter now, and he nodded. Although he couldn't eat other people's precious food, he would just taste a little bit and not eat too much.

After arriving at the place, Su Ling was still worried that everyone had no place to sit, but then the clan leader took the lead and sat on the ground. Well, she was too worried.

The food in the pot can still be cooked a little longer, so find a stick to push the roasted and browned sweet potatoes out of the pot.

After it has cooled slightly, give one to each person, peel off the skin, and break it open to reveal the red core. This kind of roasted sweet potato is the sweetest, and it is soft, sticky and sweet when you bite it.

The younger Hu Ya was anxious and took a bite despite the heat. He opened his mouth and grimaced, but he was still reluctant to spit out the sweet potato. Everyone laughed.

"Be careful of the heat." Su Ling shook her head helplessly.

Wu said, "I thought it could be stored for a long time, even if it doesn't taste good, but this sweet potato is so delicious. Hu Cang, we have to find more sweet potatoes before the cold season comes."

The chief put down the sweet potato he was eating and said, "Well, I have arranged for people to dig it up today. I will ask the hunting and gathering teams to look for it when they are outside."

The chief remembered the purpose of this visit, "Su Ling, thank you for finding sweet potatoes for the tribe. After discussion, we decided to give you one basket out of ten of the sweet potatoes we dug. We also want you to teach us how to weave baskets, otherwise we won't be able to bring back more sweet potatoes."

The orcs don't know how to weave baskets. The hunting team just carries the prey back in their mouths. When they go out to collect food, they use a piece of animal skin. The collecting site is not close to the tribe, so they can't bring back too much in a day. Yesterday, when the chief saw Hu Yi and the others bringing back so much food in baskets, he thought of the benefits of this thing.

"Isn't that too much? For the basket, you can ask someone to cut some hollow wood and ask someone to come and learn it."

Hollow wood is bamboo. When Hu Yi was weaving baskets with her before, Su Ling said that the quality of the vine weaving was not very good. When talking about bamboo, she realized that hollow wood is bamboo. She also saw it on the way back. It was not far from the tribe.

"Not much. You found the sweet potato. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have known that there are edible things in the soil. This is what you deserve."

"There's some nearby hollow wood. I'll arrange for someone to cut it down. The sooner we weave it, the more food we can bring back."

“Hu Yi, Hu Shan, you two take people to cut hollow wood. I will go to gather the tribesmen.” After saying that, he left in a hurry.

"This is his personality. You will understand after you stay in the tribe for a long time." The witch said to Su Ling with a smile.

After that, everyone went back to prepare for something. Su Ling wrapped one of the sweet potatoes cooked in the stone pot and ate the rest. She was not hungry anymore, but Hu Yi must not be full yet.

"You are going to chop hollow wood later. Can I come with you? I will go and see if there are any bamboo shoots and look for other food. Is that okay?" Su Ling asked Hu Yi who was eating sweet potatoes.

"Okay, you can just look for them nearby when the time comes." As for what bamboo shoots are, you'll know when the time comes, so he didn't ask any more questions. Hu Yi finished the sweet potato in just a few bites.

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When we arrived at the hollow log forest, we saw that no one had ever cut down the logs, so the logs were very thick, each one as thick as a thigh.

More than a dozen orcs from the tribe were dispatched to cut hollow wood. It seemed that more baskets would be woven than expected.

There were no shoots from the hollow trees at this time, so Su Ling looked for other edible plants where she could see the orcs.

There were no bamboo shoots, but there were mushrooms, some of which were quite large, which was a pleasant surprise. I carefully put the mushrooms into the basket.