Traveling through the world of beasts, making a living

With everyone's concerted efforts, the tribe's planting and weaving are proceeding smoothly. Everything is going smoothly! After a month, the rice seedlings are growing well, and transplanting has begun today.

Mona divided the rice seedlings she had dug out into dozen or so pieces, then planted three to five of them in the paddy field, about twenty centimeters apart. Seeing this, the other animals rushed into the fields. Strength lies in numbers, and they finished the dozens of acres of paddy field in just one morning. Mona rubbed her aching waist as she came ashore.

"Thank you all for your hard work today! We are having a tribe dinner tonight, and no one is allowed to be absent"!

After more than a month of getting along, everyone knows Mona's personality. She is straightforward, efficient, and always keeps her word.

"Wu, we've worked so hard to grow rice, can we taste the flavors of white rice, gray rice, and yellow rice?"

Mona was stunned. Oh, right, I haven’t tried it for a long time. Let’s have a big vaginal collision today!

"Okay, we'll have this for dinner tonight, but we need to go to the Herbivorous Tribe to exchange it. Have you prepared the meat we promised Wushuang for the Herbivorous Tribe?"

"Ready"

"Take some and exchange them for rice and broccoli. Anyone who wants to go can go!"

Bixi transformed into a snake, swung its tail, hooked Mona, and carefully placed her on its body. The other beasts that followed also transformed into their original forms and set off towards the herbivorous tribe!

"Welcome, everyone! Our clan leader is waiting for you at the exchange office."

The two beasts guarding the gate had lost their initial fear and quickly led the other beasts forward.

"Chief, we meet again!"

"Welcome, welcome! I'm waiting for you all here!"

"Chief, enough polite talk. Today, I have two things to ask for. First, I'll give you a quota of meat every ten solar days. Here, count it! Second, I'll exchange the extra meat for two baskets each of white rice, gray rice, yellow rice, and broadleaf rice."

Staring at the meat that took up half of the room, the patriarch's eyebrows trembled with laughter.

"Okay, okay. Go get ready. Also, pack a basket of fruit for Wu. The red fruits we just picked today. Go quickly!"

Seeing the chief was so understanding, Mona cautiously tried to test him. "Chief, how many people are there in your tribe?"

"Alas! My herbivorous tribe has about three hundred beasts, with only about twenty females, a hundred or so immature beasts, and a hundred adult males. The rest are old beasts. This cold season, when the snow season arrives, I wonder how many of our tribesmen will die! Fortunately, the Beast God is protecting us, so there are no stray beasts or beast tides!"

After saying this, the patriarch wiped his tears with his hands. (The animal world is divided into four seasons: warm season, hot season, cold season, and snowy season)

"Chief, let me discuss this with you. If you can join the Teng Snake Tribe, you will be protected by the Teng Snake Tribe and treated the same as the Teng Snake people. Males and females can form mates, and our tribe will help raise the old and young beasts! What do you think?"

"Witch, is that true? But we have lived here for hundreds of winter seasons, and my tribesmen won't move away easily! And we only know how to plant"!

Ben's hopeful gaze gradually faded. Mona also knew that since ancient times, no one has been willing to leave the hometown where they were born and raised. The moon is brighter in my hometown! It's true!

"It's okay, I'm just giving you a suggestion. Please reply to me after you have discussed it with your tribe members."

"Then we're going back. Don't worry about Wushuang. He's doing well in our tribe because he's in charge of all the planting matters. That's why we didn't bring him with us today. Next time we come to deliver our share, let him come!"

"As long as he's fine, thank you so much! I'll see you off."

The chief walked out, and the animals were tied with bamboo baskets. Just waiting for Mona's orders!

"Chief, please stay. We are leaving!"

Everyone rushed home, and by the time they reached the tribe, it was already dark! A blazing bonfire was lit in the square.

"We are back. Today we will let everyone taste the taste of white rice and gray rice."

Mona instructed the beasts to prepare rice porridge in a large pot. She steamed the rice in bamboo tubes and ground wheat flour using a freshly built stone mill. She prepared to mix broccoli with minced meat for the filling and make several trays of dumplings. With the beasts' help, all preparations were in place. As the fire grew stronger, the aroma of the rice and dumplings grew stronger.

"Uh! I only prepared rice, not vegetables."

Mona slapped her forehead hard.

"Bixi, Wushuang, the two of you should cut the meat of the humming beast into small pieces. Leave some white meat and cut it into larger pieces. Then we will stir-fry the meat for everyone to taste."

Bixi and Wushuang took action immediately, and only afterimages could be seen of the snake scales and bone knives in their hands.

Mona walked to an empty stone pot, put in the white meat and stir-fried until oil came out, then added wild ginger and put a basket of meat in and stir-fried it. After it changed color slightly, she added salt, soy sauce, wild onions, and served!

By the time Mona's stir-fried pork came out of the pot, the rice, porridge, and buns were also ready, the animals understood each other tacitly and waited to share the food.

Rouhe Hongshang distributed porridge and steamed buns to the orcs, and then went to Mona's pot to get a spoonful of stir-fried meat.

The beasts ate so much that they almost swallowed their tongues. This was so much better than the barbecued or boiled meat they had eaten before! Happiness came so suddenly that the beasts were dizzy. At this moment, eating was the only thing that mattered.

Priest Yun and the clan leader also had their bellies full and were full of joy, praising the feast from the bottom of their hearts!

"The food in this herbivorous tribe is really delicious and filling. A few baskets like this are enough to feed so many of us. Master Priest, Shaman, maybe we haven't planted enough! Hehehehe!"

"Seeing how useless you are, I have my own plans!"

Yun took over the topic. It is said that old people are cunning and old ghosts are spiritual. The priest's words seemed to be a reproach, but he was also asking Mona in disguise.

"Chief, Priest, don't worry. I checked the date and we can plant two crops. In addition, I plan to raise wild animals."

"Keeping wild animals in captivity? Wild animals don't hurt people, but do they eat them? That's too dangerous."

Wushuang took over the chief's words and said, "Chief, we can first raise some wild beasts that cause less harm, such as cuckoo beasts, long-eared beasts, and sharp-horned beasts."

"Wow! Wushuang, you're amazing! I'll leave the encirclement to you, and the hunting team will catch the beasts!"

Well, it’s such a happy decision. I want to sleep after eating!

"Bixi, Wushuang, let's go home."

The two beasts stood up and followed. Wushuang still remembered the basket of red fruits and carried it as he followed.

For more than a month, they had been on the go. Bixi never mentioned the idea of a partner, but she was thinking about it badly. Wushuang didn't dare to think about it, let alone mention it. Every night, the two beasts were in agony, while the parties slept heartlessly.