A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

"Hey, those of you who have seen it inside, please come out quickly. It's our turn to go in and take a look."

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Exclamations rang out one after another, and Su Ling and Hu Yi had no choice but to squeeze out of the cave.

By the time the tribesmen reluctantly said goodbye to Hu Yi and the other two, it was time for the hunting team to return. The members of the hunting team were wondering why everyone was not so excited to hear that they were back today. They could also hear people talking about the kang bed in groups of three or four.

Su Ling and Hu Yi did not go to collect food in the cave. Hu Yi had not gone out hunting with the hunting team in the past few days, so he did not want to take advantage of this. There was still some food left, so he did not have to worry about food.

Su Ling is currently trying out the newly built bread kiln to grill meat. The handmade kiln has been modified so that the upper level is used for baking food, while the lower level is made into an earthen kiln that can be used to fire pottery.

It takes too much time to use stone pots to cook soup and boil water, so Su Ling plans to make a batch of pottery.

"Brother Hu Yi, Sister Su Ling, we are here." It was Hu Ya's cheering voice.

Hushan also came to help when we were making the kang, so we invited his whole family to dinner today.

Su Ling looked and saw Hu Ya jumping and skipping in front, while Hu Shan was carrying a piece of animal meat behind him.

"You are here, please sit down. Why aren't Uncle Huqiu and Aunt Chun here?"

Hu Ya, who was cheerful just now, suddenly became depressed. "Mother has a stomachache, father stays to take care of her."

"It's an old problem. My mother has had stomachaches frequently over the years. The witch doctor couldn't do anything about it. It's gotten worse recently. My father wouldn't let my mother stay alone in the cave, so she didn't come today." Hushan explained.

Su Ling nodded regretfully. No wonder she rarely saw Aunt Chun coming out of the cave. She was quite busy recently, so she would take some time to visit her and see if there was anything she could do to help.

"Okay, don't worry. I made some delicious food. I'll save some for you to take back to your father and his family. I'll go see your mother tomorrow."

Hu Ya is young, and his emotions come and go quickly. Hearing this, his eyes lit up. He had eaten the food Su Ling made before, and it tasted better than all the food he had eaten. He believed that his mother would get better after eating it. "Okay, I'll send it to my father and the others later."

Before Huya reached adulthood, he lived with his parents, but Hushan moved out to live alone. Male orcs will move out of their parents' cave when they reach adulthood and dig a cave to live in, so that they can find a female to live with.

As they were talking, Su Ling led the two of them to the dining area, where there was a set of wooden tables, chairs and benches. Su Ling was not used to sitting on the ground to eat, so she made tables, chairs and benches. Of course, Su Ling said, and Hu Yi started making them.

Huya was full of curiosity about new things. He sat on the chair and looked around. Hushan followed after putting the meat away. "This thing called a table and chair looks really good. When I have some free time, I will make a pair and send it to my father and the others. By the way, where is Huyi? Why can't I see him?"

Su Ling picked up the hollow wooden barrel on the table and poured a glass of water for them. "He went to invite the clan leader. He should be back soon. Let Hu Yi tell you what to do then."

"Hmm! It's sticky honey water, so sweet. My brother brought some back a long time ago. When he came back, he had a lot of bite marks on his body." Hu Ya drank it with a satisfied look on his face.

Hushan slapped his brother on the head, "Slime beasts live in groups, are very protective of their food, and are very hard to catch."

"Well, this is what Tiger Wing brought back a few days ago. I'll give you some to take back later. You guys take a rest first. The food will be ready soon."

"Don't pay attention to him. This thing is hard to get. Tiger Wing got it for you. Just don't keep it for drinking. Do you need any help?"

"No, there's nothing to do."

Su Ling returned to the kitchen. Pheasant mushroom soup was bubbling in the stone pot. The aroma continued to waft away, and the meat being roasted in the bread oven also gave off a fragrant smell.

The mushrooms were picked in a hollow wood forest before. They had been tested on small animals and confirmed to be edible. Su Ling also dried the Hericium erinaceus and ground some mushroom powder, which she sprinkled on the meat when grilling to enhance the flavor.

Su Ling was busy here, and soon she heard some conversation. It should be Hu Yi who came back.

Hu Yi walked to the kitchen and saw Su Ling busy at work, "I'll help you with anything you haven't done yet."

"I'm back, just in time. The meat in the oven is ready. Take it first. There's nothing else to do. Be careful of the heat."

Hu Yi agreed and opened the lid of the kiln. A scent of barbecued meat wafted towards him. He couldn't help but twitch his nose. He picked up the animal skin beside the kiln, pulled out the stone slab where the meat was placed, sprinkled some mushroom powder on it, and the smell wafted far away.

"Let me get this." Hushan couldn't sit still anymore after smelling the fragrance, and hurried over to help carry the meat, swallowing his saliva all the time.

Hu Yi handed him the meat, took out the roasted sweet potatoes, put them in a basket, handed it to Su Ling, and took over her job of carrying the stone pot. Su Ling took the sweet potatoes with a smile, and walked towards the dining table with Hu Yi, who was carrying the hot pot.

Su Ling put the sweet potato on the table and said, "You're welcome. Let's eat."

"Then let's eat."

Without further ado, everyone reached out for the barbecue. The orcs really did prefer meat. Hu Yi cut a piece, put it in a wooden bowl and handed it to Su Ling.

"Thank you. You should eat soon too." Su Ling took the bowl and thanked him embarrassedly.

"It's really convenient to drink soup from this bowl. Su Ling is really smart. We all used stone bowls before, but it's not very convenient to take out a stone bowl. This one is better." Sha exclaimed.

Huya nodded. They also liked these wooden things, whether it was tables, chairs, benches, or bowls, chopsticks and plates. However, the chopsticks were not very convenient to use.

Su Ling didn't dare to take credit and say that these were all her ideas. It was just because she once lived in a good environment. "This is not my idea. I just saw someone using it this way."

This reminded everyone of what Su Ling said about her wandering with her father, and that must have been when she saw it.

"It's because you are smart that you have learned so many things." Thinking of the technologies that Su Ling brought with him, the clan leader said affirmatively that he had seen other wandering orcs before, but he had never seen anyone who knew so many things.

Everyone nodded. Hu Yi looked at Su Ling lovingly and smiled without saying much.

Su Ling turned around and saw Hu Yi's smile. She blushed and changed the subject, "Chief, how many sweet potatoes have you dug up during this period? Have you found other sweet potato fields?"

"Ah, look at me, my memory is not good when I get old," he said, picking up a basket from the ground next to his desk and chair and handing it to Su Ling, "Take a look, these are new plants that the tribesmen found when they went out. See if there are any edible ones in them. The sweet potatoes are almost all dug up. We have dug more than a hundred baskets. There will be no more after we finish digging today. I will send it to you then."

She took the basket and looked inside, "Wow! There are corn, peppers, wild onions and wild garlic, and the others are some I haven't seen before." Su Ling exclaimed repeatedly, these are all good things, all the simple seasonings are there.

"There are several kinds of them. We have tried them before and they are not edible. However, Hu Yi said that as long as they are not poisonous, we will pick them for you to have a look." The tribe leader saw her surprised look and thought that there must be some edible ones, so he was very happy.