The Beast King's Little Wife

"How about we hold the banquet after Huya and the others return?"

After a moment's thought, Lin Dujuan made her decision.

Since everyone is looking forward to the banquet, she will pass on the message of civility.

"Okay, that's what I was planning too. Hehe, honey, what are we going to do now?"

Tiger Mom now finds Lin Dujuan pleasing to the eye and is ready to do everything according to her instructions.

"Hmm, I think we should go find seeds and other plantable things together. Those little mice should come in handy too."

Having caught so many wild mice and rabbits, it would be a real shame not to use them for some experiments.

As we walked into the village, the only sounds besides the children's laughter were the women greeting each other.

"What's missing?"

Lin Dujuan suddenly stopped walking.

"Honey, what's wrong? What delicious food have you thought of this time?" Tiger Mom asked cheerfully when she saw her suddenly stop.

Lin Dujuan shook her head, "Uh... it's food, but it will take a while before it's ready to be served."

Tiger Mom blinked. "I don't understand."

"Ahem..." Lin Dujuan smiled and took her arm. "Tiger Mom, aren't you very good at catching small animals?"

"Well... it's alright." Tiger Mom was even more confused, but still answered honestly.

“In our village, who else knows how to catch small animals? Let’s call them together to go catch wild rabbits, pheasants, and even wild boar piglets.”

Tiger Mom was completely overwhelmed by what she heard.

"Hey Tiger Tooth's wife, after those wolf cubs, are you planning to raise something else? You saw those wolves, right? They're such a pain to eat. If they weren't so small, I suspect Tiger Sister and the others would have kept them in their mouths."

Well, the people here raise livestock, and end up eating them anyway.

“Listen to me, we should domesticate some wild pheasants, wild boars, wild sheep, and wild rabbits. If we raise more of these animals in large numbers, the men won’t have to work so hard hunting anymore. We can also grow crops. Just imagine, in two or three years, our village will have meat and grown grain. Then, we won’t have to worry about surviving the winter!”

This promising outlook truly touched Tiger Mom's heart.

However, she still didn't quite agree.

"As far as I know, it's not like no one in our village has ever kept animals before. But they ended up on the barbecue grill. So, is it really feasible for you to encourage everyone to keep animals now?"

"Yes, it definitely can." Our ancestors' aquaculture business is still thriving today, so how could it not succeed?

"Okay, then I'll get a few people together to catch animals. We'll catch whatever we can and keep them."

Although she still had doubts, Tiger Mom agreed.

On this day, led by Tiger Mom, more than twenty women went hunting for live animals on the mountain.

Although there were quite a few pheasants, this time they only caught about ten. Some wild eggs were also confiscated, and Lin Dujuan checked them all against the light.

"Tiger Tooth Wife, what are you doing? Why are you checking every single egg?"

Aguhua, who came out with them, asked curiously.

“Here, we’ll incubate these eggs, and you can use these to make all sorts of dishes.”

"Incubate eggs...wait, how do you incubate eggs?"

The wives were all very curious.

Lin Dujuan glanced at some wild chickens she had caught not far away.

“Among these eggs, I imagine there are a few wild ones incubating their eggs. So, of course, they'll have to be the ones to incubate them. You can't expect me to do it, can you?!”

Lin Dujuan was speechless. She wanted to hatch the chicks too, but she couldn't just stay in one nest and keep incubating them. The temperature was also a problem.

However, the fact that everyone was so big still made her want to try hatching the eggs.

Anyway, there's still a heated kang bed at home, but I'm not really sure what temperature to keep it at.

"Hatching eggs is something I can work on when I have some free time. Only by learning how to hatch eggs can I raise more chickens and ducks in the future."

There are wild ducks in the craftsman area ahead; I'll catch some to raise later. Just thinking about those wild duck eggs makes my mouth water.

The women went to catch pheasants and rabbits, while Lin Dujuan searched the surrounding area again for things that could be planted.

Perhaps even Heaven didn't want to see the people here suffer. On this day, when A-Ye and another woman saw a dozen fragrant, thorny plants outside...

"Hey, look at this stuff from Huya's shop! Why does it smell so nice? It's not too strong, but it smells good."

The woman with A-Ye was named San-Ye-Zhi. She was the one who discovered these strange plants with needle-like golden-yellow granules.

“San Yezi has always had a very sensitive nose. Whenever we go out together, she always manages to find some surprising fruits and food. She was the one who found these things today.”

Lin Dujuan looked at the clusters of grains, each one covered with sharp, thorn-like protrusions. These were essentially oversized versions of wheat. She clenched her fist inwardly, her whole being radiating joy. If this was the ancestor of wild wheat, then its slightly larger size and fewer grains were to be considered normal.

"Great! This plant is very likely the kind of good food we need that can be used as a staple food."

As Lin Dujuan spoke, she was about to step forward and pick the wheat-like thing.

But Mitsuko stopped her.

"No, let's wait a little longer. I smell its fragrance, and it seems to be getting stronger. Perhaps it's not at its most ripe yet."

Lin Dujuan listened, puzzled. The aroma was getting stronger and stronger? Why couldn't she smell it?

But since they told her to stay put, she obediently stayed put.

"Count..."

Just then, a series of sounds came from afar.

All I could see was a group of wild rats, and some badgers with pointed snouts, hedgehogs and the like, constantly running towards this place.

These guys seemed oblivious to the presence of the three people, their bloodshot eyes fixed on the golden plants ahead.

"Huya, hurry up and pick the pellets. We're here to chase away the rats and these crazy guys."

A-Ye and San-Ye screamed together, grabbing whatever they were holding and hurling it at the crazed guys.

At this moment, a fragrance suddenly emanates from the plant's fruit.

The moment the fragrance was released, it felt as if every pore on Lin Dujuan's body opened up.

Without the two people behind her asking, she went straight and forcefully chopped down the plants.

Behind them, Sanweizi and Aye swung their knives and sticks at them.

Even from a distance, Lin Dujuan was still splattered with the blood of these wild animals...