I've been transported to the orc continent.

Now the entire tribe is eating together. The beastmen are squatting in twos and threes, holding large earthenware bowls and eating with their heads down. Many of them, like Bai Ling, have started to eat with chopsticks.

Bai Ling was eating with his father when several young female beastmen approached, with Ye leading the way.

Ye walked up to Bai Ling and asked, "Ling, the snow beast hides you've processed are very soft. Can you teach us how?"

A beastman behind Ye shouted, "Yes, Ling, I'll trade you a large blade of grass."

"I'll trade you a piece of animal meat."

"I'll trade you my bamboo basket; the ones I weave are really good."

Bai Ling put down the ceramic bowl, stood up and said with a smile, "I processed the snow beast skin with wood ash. The method is very simple, and I can teach you. Don't trade anything else with me; trade me small yellow fruits instead."

The small yellow fruit is soybean. Father knew he wanted it, so these past few days he'd been digging cassava and picking soybeans for him at the same time. Bai Ling's family had plenty of supplies; it was better to trade soybeans than cassava, meat, and baskets.

Ye readily replied, "Sure, Ling, how many small yellow fruits do we need to give you?"

Bai Ling: "Just give each of you a small yellow fruit with its skin on, about the size of a ceramic basin. I don't have anything to do at noon, so I'll teach you the method for tanning animal hides first, and you can go collect the small yellow fruits tomorrow."

A young female orc said, "No need for tomorrow. The small yellow fruit is easy to find. We'll go and collect it this afternoon."

The words of these female beastmen were overheard by many of the tribesmen. After the meal, many tribesmen gathered around, including Yue. He and Xiao stood in the crowd, learning from Bai Ling how to tan animal hides.

Bai Ling immediately struck her best pose, hoping that Yue would see her at her most beautiful.

Tanning animal hides is simple: first, wash them several times with clean water, then scrape off any remaining blood, flesh, and dirt with a stone knife, and finally soak them in wood ash.

Bai Ling soaked the animal hide in a small puddle and weighed it down with a stone: "Make sure to soak it for a sufficient amount of time, at least two or three days. During this time, remember to turn the animal hide over. If the water with wood ash is very dirty, you can change the water."

After soaking the animal hide in water, Bai Ling found several branches about the thickness of a thumb and tied them together with vines to form a square.

"After the animal hides are soaked, they are dried. They are then tied into a square shape with branches. Remember to tie it tightly. The square shape should be two palm-sized larger than the animal hide when it is laid out. After the animal hides are dried, holes are punched in the hides, and ropes are threaded through the holes to tie the hides firmly to the square shape."

One of the orcs asked, "Ling, won't this tear the animal hide?"

Bai Ling shook his head and said, "Animal hides are very tough. If you pull them apart from the middle and then tie them to the square, they won't tear."

He picked up the snow beast hide that was placed next to him and said, "Look, this is the snow beast hide that I processed. Not only is it not torn, but it is also softer than ordinary animal hides."

The beastmen passed the snow beast hide around, and Yue examined it carefully. It was indeed softer and looked larger than the hides he had processed.

Yue handed the snow beast skin in her hand to Xiao beside her, then looked up at Bai Ling. Just then, Bai Ling also looked at her. Their eyes met in mid-air, and Bai Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, as if some light flashed in them, incredibly bright.

Yue Wuduan felt his face getting hot, so he quickly turned his head away, unwilling to look Bai Ling in the eye any longer.

*

While waiting for the clay bricks to dry, Bai Ling didn't rest. He planned to make a trip to the Longhorn Tribe.

The Longhorn Tribe has both sorghum and bamboo. Bai Ling plans to go and exchange some sorghum seeds for some bamboo.

Bamboo is a wonderful thing. Not only can we dig up bamboo shoots to eat, but it can also be used to build houses and furniture, as well as to make water bags and tools. Since Bai Ling knows where there is bamboo, he must bring it back.

It's autumn now, and although the temperature has dropped, bamboo can still be successfully transplanted if the transplanting method is correct.

Yue once said that if Bai Ling went out to find new plant seeds again, he could come to her with him. Naturally, Bai Ling was unwilling to give up this opportunity to spend time with Yue.

The tribespeople had just finished eating and were walking towards the low hill in twos and threes. Bai Ling used the moonlight to search for Yue's figure and soon saw Yue's long, silvery-white hair, which was as bright as moonlight.

He walked quickly towards the moon.

Yue, Xiao, and an elderly female beastman were walking together when Bai Ling caught up with them and called out, "Yue, wait a minute."

When Yue turned around and saw Bai Ling, a slight smile appeared on her lips: "Ling, did you need something?"

The silvery moonlight shone on Yue's face, making him appear somewhat unreal.

With her long, silvery-white hair, her handsome, ethereal face, and her deep, icy eyes, Yue seemed more like a celestial being than a human.

Bai Ling's heart was pounding again. He tried to make his smile look natural: "Yue, I want to talk to you about something."

Xiao chuckled and said, "Ling, just say what's on your mind here."

Yue glanced at Xiao and said, "Ling needs to see me. You guys wait here for a while, I'll be right back."

The two deviated from the main road and walked to a corner where sparse tree shadows shone on the stone wall, covering most of their bodies.

Yue asked, "Ling, what's wrong?"

Bai Ling looked at Yue's expression, cleared his throat, and said, "Yue, it's like this, I want to go to the Longhorn Tribe to exchange for seeds, can you come with me?"

Yue lowered her head and pondered for a moment before asking, "Ling, what kind of seed do you want to exchange?"

“I want to trade with them for sorghum seeds, and I also want to transplant some bamboo,” Bai Ling said. “Sorghum is edible, and bamboo is not only edible, but also has many other uses, such as building houses and making furniture.”

"House, furniture?" Yue murmured. "Is bamboo a plant? How can a plant build a house? And what is furniture? Is it something placed in the house?"

Bai Ling smiled and said, "Well, bamboo is a kind of plant." He gestured and said, "Large bamboo can grow as thick as a ceramic pot. Bamboo is segmented and hollow inside. I've seen houses built with bamboo in that world, and they're very cool in the summer. Furniture is what you put in your home, like tables, chairs, cabinets, etc. Tables are for putting things on and eating, chairs are like square stones where you can sit, and cabinets are furniture that you can put things in."

"Bamboo can also be used to make water bags, bamboo rice, baskets, mats, bowls and chopsticks. Bamboo has many uses."