A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

Seeing the person coming, the orc who had just complained lowered his head and dared not speak anymore, his body trembling slightly. He knew very well the cruelty and temper of the orc in front of him. This orc named Shi Li was a ruthless character with cruel methods. Many slaves had died in his hands.

Although he stopped talking, Shi Li obviously didn't intend to let him go easily. As soon as Shi Li approached, he raised his foot without hesitation and kicked the complaining orc hard.

In an instant, the orc flew several meters away like a kite with a broken string.

"Yang Jiao," Hu Tan saw this and hurried forward, asking with concern, "How is it, are you okay?"

However, the orc called Sheep Horn had no time to respond. He covered his chest in pain, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned as pale as paper.

Seeing this, Shi Li did not stop. He walked straight to the stone pot and kicked the cooking wild vegetable soup over with force. The boiling soup splashed everywhere and the fire under the stone pot went out.

Shi Li was originally unhappy today, so he came to the slave cave to vent. This is also what everyone in the tribe would do when they are unhappy.

If you want to know why Shi Li was unhappy today, it was because Shi Hou ordered him to find Shi Ling who ran away from the tribe, but he hasn't found anyone yet. So today he was scolded in public by Shi Hou. How could he be happy? So he came to cause trouble for these slaves.

As soon as he arrived, he heard the complaints of these slaves, which made him, who was already unhappy, even more angry, and he kicked the person who was complaining.

Everyone else looked at Shi Li in anger but dared not say anything. Hu Tan put Yang Jiao aside, suppressed his anger, walked quickly to Shi Li, bent down deeply, and said carefully: "Master Shi Li, why are you angry about such a small matter? Yang Jiao is just young and ignorant. I apologize to you on his behalf. I hope you will be magnanimous and not hold it against him. Besides, he has already received the punishment he deserves, and he will never dare to say anything nonsense again. Please be merciful and let him go."

Shi Li snorted coldly, stared at Hu Tan viciously, and shouted loudly: "Humph, you said you would let him go? This kid actually dared to speak ill of our tribe. He deserves it even if I beat him to death today!"

Hu Tan nodded quickly and continued with a smile: "You are right, but it would be a pity to let him die like this. How about this, after tomorrow's gathering, let him go out hunting again. If he can hunt more food, it won't waste his energy; but if he is unfortunately eaten by wild beasts, that is his fate, who told him to be so useless? In this way, it will not waste manpower and can bring more food to everyone. Why not do it? Moreover, you don't have to trouble yourself to kill such an insignificant little man, so as not to dirty your hands. What do you think?" After speaking, Hu Tan bent his waist even lower, looking extremely respectful.

"Haha, good, you are good at talking. Then everyone in your cave must go out hunting after the gathering. You must bring back twice the original amount, otherwise, you will never have a bite to eat in the future." After saying that, he left.

The people left in the cave stared angrily at his departing back, but did not dare to say anything.

After the people disappeared, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Bah! You bastard, I'll make you pay tomorrow!" Hu Fei couldn't help but curse.

"Okay, Hu Fei, stop talking. Be careful that others may hear you." Hu Tan stood up straight and said, "We have managed to get away with it today. I hope everyone can leave here tomorrow."

"Yes, we have run out of food. If we are trapped here for a few more days, I don't know what will happen..." someone said worriedly.

"Well, I hope everything goes well tomorrow." Another person sighed.

"By the way, how is Yang Jiao?" Hu Fei suddenly remembered Yang Jiao who was knocked to the ground just now, and asked with concern.

"It's okay, just two ribs are broken. You need to rest for a while before you can recover." said the tribesman next to Yangjiao.

"It's so abominable that they beat the sheep's horns like this!" Hu Fei clenched his fists in anger.

"I'm fine, it's all my fault. Everyone has no food to eat..." Yangjiao said weakly, his eyes red and tears welling up.

"It's not your fault, it's that bastard who went too far." Someone comforted.

"That's right, don't blame yourself too much, we will definitely get through this." Another person echoed.

"Well, thank you..." Yangjiao looked at his companions around him with gratitude.

There was a depressing atmosphere in the cave. Everyone was preoccupied. They silently moved the stone pot aside and put it away, then walked away and covered their rumbling stomachs.

"Father, I'm so hungry." said a little orc about eight or nine years old.

The orc rubbed the cub's hair, walked to the side, scooped up a stone bowl of water and handed it to him, saying in a hoarse voice: "Come, drink more water, go to bed early, and you will be fine tomorrow."

"Oh." The cub took the water and drank it in one gulp, then handed the bowl back to his father, "I'm really not hungry anymore. Dad, go drink more too." In fact, his stomach was still rumbling, but he didn't want to make his father worry.

"Okay, don't worry about Father, Father is not hungry." The orc looked at the sensible cub and felt sad.

Seeing the scene in the cave, Hu Tan suddenly remembered the brown sugar that Hu Di gave him a few days ago. His eyes lit up and he hurried to find the brown sugar hidden in the cave.

The brown sugar was carefully wrapped in a piece of soft animal skin and looked well preserved. Hu Tan picked up the brown sugar and found it was heavy, about five kilograms.

"Everyone, look what I have here!" Hu Tan shouted excitedly in a low voice as he walked in front of the crowd, holding up the brown sugar in his hand to show everyone.

When the people who were originally in a low mood heard Hu Tan's words, they all raised their heads and looked curiously at what he was holding.

"Is this the piece of brown sugar that Hu Di brought?" Hu Fei stood up, walked to Hu Tan, and asked curiously, "But this piece of brown sugar is not enough for me to eat alone. What can I do with it?"

"Yeah, it's a little bit." Hu Tan nodded helplessly, "But Hu Di said it's a good thing, so let's try it first." He put the brown sugar in the pot and poured some water into it. "Let's dissolve it in water so that everyone can drink a little."

"Okay, let's try it." Although Hu Fei was a little disappointed, he decided to trust Hu Tan's judgment. Other tribesmen also gathered around and looked at the pot of brown sugar water curiously.

Everyone started to work, some helped to add water, some helped to stir. Soon, a large piece of brown sugar gradually melted in the water, and the originally clear water gradually turned dark red.

"Okay, that's it!" Hu Tan said happily, "Everyone line up, come over one by one, and drink a bowl each."

The tribesmen lined up excitedly, took the bowls one by one, and scooped up a spoonful of brown sugar water. They tasted it carefully, with surprise on their faces.

"Wow, it tastes sweet!"

“Delicious!”

“I’ve never tasted water so sweet!”

Everyone was amazed and full of curiosity and love for this magical brown sugar.

"Father, this is so delicious. I'm not hungry anymore." The little orc said contentedly.

"That's good." said the orc, and his mind became more determined for tomorrow's action.