A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

The rains have been pouring down for the better part of a month, but they are no longer as troublesome as they were during the previous rainy season, when we had to hide in caves and the muddy terrain outside was unbearable.

However, the city of Rising Sun has undergone tremendous changes. Every road in the city is paved with durable cement, and the drainage system has been greatly improved, keeping the roads of the entire city clean and dry.

In addition, the workshops have all been moved indoors so that even in bad weather, everyone can still work normally without being affected in any way.

In order to better manage city affairs, Rising Sun City specially built a city lord's mansion, which seemed very magnificent to the orcs, and there was a square right in front of the city lord's mansion.

Normally, if Hu Yi and Su Ling don't have any urgent matters to deal with, they will go directly to the City Lord's Mansion to work and no longer let the clansmen come to their homes to find them.

After all, it is not convenient to ask clan members to come home frequently to report the situation.

In the past ten days since the heavy rain began, they had gone to the City Lord's Mansion together after breakfast every morning to handle various official business. In the evening, they returned home together.

After the rainy season, the hunting day comes. Under the guidance of the hunter, the residents of Rising Sun City hold a grand sacrificial ceremony to pay tribute to the great beast god.

The day after the sacrifice, Hu Yi led the hunting team on the annual hunting day under the watchful eyes of Su Ling and all the tribesmen.

Before Su Ling and his companions came back from the trade fair, the sweet potatoes and corn had already been stored in the warehouse by the tribesmen. Now only the rice in the fields had not been harvested.

These golden ears of rice sway gently in the breeze, as if waiting for people to come and harvest them.

The hunting days before the cold season arrives are the busiest days for all orcs.

Fortunately, after returning from the trading day, there were more than a hundred people joining us, otherwise it would have been even busier.

Within a few days, the square was filled with rice drying in the sun.

After a busy day, Su Ling passed by the square in the evening and looked at the golden rice all over the ground with satisfaction.

"Su Ling, where are you coming from?" Wei was just packing rice and asked when she saw Su Ling coming over.

"The hunting team will soon be sending back the first batch of prey. I'll go to the food processing workshop. The salt we exchanged this year is enough. I'll ask them to build a smoking furnace, and when the prey is delivered, they'll make bacon and sausages." Su Ling walked over to help.

"Is it ready then?"

"We've only built two. There should be a lot of meat to smoke by then, so we'll build two more tomorrow."

Wei nodded, "Is that so? Then you've been busy all day, so stop working here and go back to rest."

Su Ling shook her head and said, "I'm not tired yet. I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll help you load the rice here!"

"No need. With so many of us, we can fill these baskets quickly. You should go back and rest early and don't tire yourself out." Wei said with a smile.

"Really not necessary?" Su Ling asked hesitantly.

"Really, there's no need. Don't worry, we can do it." Wei assured, patting her chest.

Su Ling thought about it and felt that she was indeed a little tired, so she nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll go back first, you guys have worked hard."

"It's not hard. This is what we should do." Wei replied with a smile.

Su Ling turned and left the square, heading for home. As she walked, she admired the beautiful scenery along the way. The sun had already set, and the sky was dyed orange-red, which was extremely beautiful.

After returning home, Su Ling felt relaxed. She sat on the sofa, closed her eyes, and quietly enjoyed the tranquility of the moment.

Five days later, the sun was shining brightly and the weather was clear. Su Ling was busy in the workshop checking the wax worms she had brought back. Hu Yi had specially arranged for his tribesmen to collect them before going hunting, and they had just arrived yesterday.

"Si, from now on you will be responsible for leading these new females who have joined Rising Sun City to make candles. If you encounter any problems or needs, you can report directly to Hu Lie or tell me." Su Ling turned and said to a female following behind her.

Si is a female of the rabbit tribe. She is very calm and steady in her work, so this time Su Ling asked her to lead the new females in making candles together.

Since the rabbits came to the tribe, they have lived very well in this new environment and get along very well with everyone.

Not long ago, Rabbit Five led several rabbit males out to look for food, and they discovered many edible resources, including several kinds of herbs.

"Su Ling, don't worry! I will definitely lead them to work hard." Si nodded vigorously and answered seriously.

Su Ling responded with a smile: "Don't be so serious, these things are very simple."

Si also smiled, but she silently made up her mind to work hard and live up to Su Ling's trust and expectations of her.

At this moment, an orc hurried into the workshop and excitedly told Su Ling: "Su Ling, the hunting team has brought back the prey and put it in the square."

Su Ling laughed when she heard it, and said to Si behind her, "Then you should familiarize yourself with the production steps first, I'll go to the square to take a look."

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work first, I can handle this here." Si nodded quickly and said.

The prey sent back must be counted before they can be taken away, and this is all handled by Hu Lie.

When Su Ling arrived, she saw wild animals in the square, half of which were alive and half were dead. The dead ones were processed and made into storable food, and the living ones were sent to the breeding farm to continue being raised. Everyone was busy.

The people who escorted the prey back this time were Hu Shan and Hu Di. Seeing Su Ling coming, Hu Shan excitedly stepped forward and said, "Su Ling, we went hunting this time and found several kinds of stones. One of them is a black stone, which looks very much like the ore called coal you mentioned. We put it aside. Do you want to take a look?"

"Really? It's there. Take me to see it." Su Ling said excitedly.

A long time ago, Su Ling asked the tribesmen in the tribe to see if they could find coal or other minerals when they went out, but no one had found any. So when Su Ling heard Hushan say that he had found a black stone, he was very excited. If they could really find coal, it would have a huge impact on Han Ji.

Hu Shan brought Su Ling to the edge of the square and pointed to a basket of black stones. "This is it. I think it might be the coal you mentioned."

Su Ling looked carefully and found that these black stones did look like coal, but she couldn't be sure. After all, she didn't know much about minerals and could only judge by feeling.

"Where did you find these stones?" Su Ling asked.

Hushan recalled: "When we were chasing wild animals, we ran into a valley and found them in the valley. We thought they were a bit strange at the time, so we picked some up and brought them back."

Su Ling began to observe these black stones carefully. She found that these stones were hard in texture, black in color, and had a shiny surface, similar to the coal in her memory.

Su Ling cheered happily. She finally found coal, which meant that the life of the tribe would be greatly improved.

With coal, we can keep warm in winter, cook more conveniently and quickly, and even bake pottery and other items.