A guide to surviving in the world of beasts

"I do know some other ones that taste delicious and can be stored for a long time. Do you want me to teach you?" Su Ling asked with a smile.

If you tell them about bacterial contamination, they may not believe it because they cannot see it. We can only change the storage method they have always used and let them accept it slowly. Over time, through comparison, they will be more able to accept it.

The clan leader was in a dilemma. It would soon be the cold season, and there was no need to worry about the food going bad. Did he need to use other storage methods?

Su Ling looked at the patriarch's tangled expression and added fuel to the fire, "And these methods are very simple, and they save a lot of time compared to the current method."

When the chief heard about saving time, his eyes lit up. The tribe was short of time, so he immediately agreed, "Talk about it. If it's okay, we'll change."

Hu Yi looked at her smiling with squinting eyes, just like a naughty little fox, and thought it was very cute, so he reached out and pinched her neck.

Su Ling turned around, smiled at him, and held his hand.

The clan leader simply couldn't bear to watch their flirting and felt a little overwhelmed for some reason. But when he heard Su Ling start talking about the storage method, he listened carefully and nodded from time to time.

Su Ling told her some methods of pickling and drying food that she knew, and also explained in detail the processing methods of different types of dried meat.

There is also the method of how to make vegetables into dried vegetables. The tribe does not have any method to process vegetables, they simply store the vegetables in the warehouse.

Therefore, they cannot be stored for long. Many vegetables go bad before the cold season. Even if some of them survive until the cold season, there are not many left, they are not fresh, and have little nutritional value.

Most of the time during the cold season, there are no vegetables to eat. Male orcs are fine, but females and cubs will lack vitamins due to not consuming enough vegetables, and will develop many minor health problems.

After hearing what Su Ling said, the clan leader paused for a moment and said, "Many of the methods you mentioned are very good, especially the method of processing wild vegetables. I will let everyone do it now."

"But things like pickling, air-drying, and making bacon all sound like they use up a lot of salt. The tribe's salt is exchanged on trading days. Salt is a more valuable commodity than pottery or cloth, so the amount of salt we can get back on each trading day is just enough for eating, and there's no extra salt for pickling."

Su Ling was dumbfounded. She actually forgot such an important thing. She had a headache.

"Then fry the meat in oil. There is no shortage of oil. As long as the moisture in the meat is fried dry, the food can be preserved longer than boiling or grilling. And there is no need to coat the meat with mud. It is simple and clean."

"Are you sure you don't want to wrap it in mud?" Food is the foundation of the Hanji tribe's survival, and the tribe leader dare not be careless. Their method of storing food is passed down from generation to generation in the tribe. At most, the taste is a little bad when eating, but it is much better than the food being completely spoiled and inedible.

At this time, Hu Yi said calmly, "Let's follow Su Ling's method. Didn't we bring back a lot of living animals?"

"If you're worried, just handle half of it according to Su Ling's method, and continue to handle the rest using the previous method." Hu Yi suggested.

The chief nodded in satisfaction. As long as he didn't have to use the new method to deal with all of them, everything would be fine. "Okay. According to Su Ling, the bleating beasts we brought back before, no one was watching them. After being hungry for a few days, they have started to eat grass. However, they will still be very irritable when approached by orcs. It's okay for them to accept grass if females are used to feed them. Now it depends on the batch you brought back. When will they accept the tribe's feeding?"

"Since it's working, let's continue feeding it this way." Hu Yi made the decision.

In the next few days, the tribe was filled with the strong smell of meat. As long as you got close, you could even smell the aroma of roasted meat on the orcs.

When the food was almost processed, Su Ling took some people in the tribe to burn charcoal. They had wanted to do this for a long time, but just never had the time.

The burning time of charcoal is much longer than that of wood, and it burns at a higher temperature. It is also more environmentally friendly and does not produce any smoke when used. Compared to wood, using charcoal for heating in cold seasons is more beneficial for orcs.

Because the hunting team returned early this time, everyone worked together and things were done quickly. So Su Ling wanted to burn the charcoal while there was still time.

Su Ling took a few orcs to build a charcoal kiln at the site where the patriarch was planning to build a pottery kiln, while Hu Yi took the other orcs to cut trees.

Burning charcoal does not require a very good kiln, so Su Ling used clay and stones to build the kiln. The orcs who already had experience in making kang beds were very familiar with building simpler charcoal kilns. It took them one day to build three charcoal kilns.

Stack the cut wood neatly into the charcoal kiln. When the kiln is full, seal the kiln, leaving an ignition hole. Wait for about five hours to burn, then seal the last ignition hole. When the oxygen in the kiln is burned out, the fire will naturally go out. Wait until the next day when the charcoal kiln has cooled down and the burned charcoal can be dug out.

The fever continued for five days like this, and the cold season came suddenly, unexpectedly for Su Ling.

The sun was still shining brightly during the day, but in the middle of the night, Su Ling was awakened by the cold in her sleep. Before she could react, she saw Hu Yi entering the cave.

Su Ling wrapped the animal skin tightly around her body, looked at Hu Yi who came in, and asked shiveringly, "What happened? Why is it so cold?"

Hu Yi first went to the warehouse to get the thickest animal skin before coming here. When he walked into the cave, he saw Su Ling sitting on the bed shivering from the cold. He immediately spread out the animal skin in his hand and draped it over her, wrapping her tightly.

He reached out and touched Su Ling's forehead. Fortunately, nothing happened, so he felt relieved. He noticed it when the temperature started to drop. It was like this every time the cold season came. There would be no signs at all, and the orcs could always detect it at the first time. However, in the past, when only the beasts could keep them warm, even if the orcs turned into beast form to keep them warm, many people would still get sick from the cold.

Su Ling was already awakened by the cold, and she heard Hu Yi say, "It's okay, the cold season is coming, just stay here and don't move. I'll go heat up the kang bed, and it won't be cold in a while."

With the addition of a thick piece of animal skin, Su Ling gradually calmed down and nodded obediently.

I was still not fully awake just now, and now I realize that Hu Yi is still only wearing a fur skirt. He must have been in a hurry to see her condition and didn't have time to put on his clothes.

Seeing this, Su Ling was so anxious that she almost came out of the animal skin. She said anxiously, "Put on your clothes first. It's too cold now. What if you freeze yourself?"