I've been transported to the orc continent.

Bai Ling suggested having hot pot, and his family unanimously agreed. He then looked at Yue with a pleading look in his eyes.

Yue is a bit aloof and doesn't have many friends in the tribe. Apart from hunting and gathering together, she doesn't get close to the other people in the tribe. Bai Ling was afraid that Yue would refuse the suggestion to have hot pot together, so he looked at Yue with a pleading look, hoping that Yue would not refuse his suggestion.

To Bai Ling's surprise, Yue readily agreed: "Okay, I'll go back and get some smoked meat later."

Bai Ling's father laughed and said, "We have everything at home, Yue, you don't need to go back to get it."

Father Cang also said, "Yes, Yue, you've been helping with the stone mill for several days, so it's only right that we treat you to a meal. How could we possibly ask you to fetch the smoked meat again?"

Bai Ling also looked at Yue with earnest eyes. Yue's eyes flickered slightly, and then she readily agreed: "Okay, then I won't go back to get the meat."

*

Bai Ling was in charge of stir-frying the base ingredients, while her father was in charge of preparing the food. Her father also called her uncles and great-uncles over, and they were chatting with Yue at the moment.

While frying the base ingredients, Bai Ling took a moment to look up at Yue. He noticed that Yue wasn't sitting there in a daze, but was nodding or saying a few words from time to time. For Yue's aloof nature, this meant they were having a pleasant conversation.

Bai Ling was slightly surprised. He remembered that Yue was not a very talkative person, and when he was with his clansmen, he would usually sit on the side, lost in thought or daydreaming, and rarely participated in the clansmen's conversations.

Why is the moon acting so strangely today?

Bai Ling couldn't understand it, but she was always happy that Yue could get along well with his family.

*

Today, only her family was eating hot pot together. Bai Ling chose a relatively small iron pot, and the bone broth inside was boiling. Bai Ling said, "We can put the food in now."

Everyone reached out and put the food they had into the broth. The thick, white broth was immediately filled with ingredients. Everyone held their breath and waited for the broth to boil again.

The pot of bone broth lived up to everyone's expectations, quickly bubbling up again and then boiling vigorously.

The aroma filled everyone's nostrils, and their mouths began to water uncontrollably. However, since Bai Ling didn't speak, no one touched their chopsticks.

Bai Ling looked at the bone broth in the pot. After the broth had fully boiled and most of the ingredients had floated to the surface, Bai Ling called out, "It's ready to eat."

Before he could finish speaking, the people surrounding the iron pot reached out with their chopsticks.

Bai Ling was no exception; he liked to eat fish balls and meat balls, but unfortunately, both of these foods were constantly tumbling in the pot and were not easy to scoop out.

Bai Ling was the most skilled with chopsticks in the family, but even he had trouble picking up the meatballs. It would be even more difficult for the others. Before Bai Ling could even make a move, Feng stood up, walked to the kitchen utensils, and took a strainer.

Having a strainer makes things much easier; you can scoop up a large amount of ingredients with just one strainer. Feng was in charge of scooping up the ingredients and served everyone a small half-bowl.

Bai Ling quickly added the ingredients back in. As he ate, he thought to himself, "I have to make the sauce next year no matter what. Without sauce, eating is so much less fun."

*

Bai Ling was having a dream. He dreamed that his wheat harvest was bountiful. He used a stone mill to grind a lot of wheat, and the flour he ground piled up into a small mountain. He transformed into a beast and rolled around in the flour mountain. He also called Yue and his family to come over quickly, so that they could roll around in the flour mountain and turn the flour into all kinds of delicious food.

Just as Bai Ling was rolling around in a pile of steamed buns, dumplings, pies, wontons, flower rolls, cakes, bread... someone ruthlessly interrupted his sweet dream.

"Ling, wake up," someone pushed and shook Bai Ling, "Ling, wake up quickly, Wu needs to talk to you."

As the person swayed, the food that Bai Ling dreamed of also swayed, then shattered and disappeared. Bai Ling felt dizzy and slowly opened his eyes, only to see an orc standing in front of him.

This person was the clan chief, Zhan. Bai Ling hadn't even finished yawning when he rubbed his eyes and sat up: "Clan chief, what's the matter?"

Chief Zhan looked anxious: "Ling, the shaman asked me to call you over. A horned beastman is about to give birth, and he asked me to call you over to take a look."

Bai Ling's mind hadn't even registered what was going on. Why should he go over there to help with the birth of the cub? He wasn't an obstetrician.

However, Bai Ling still started getting dressed. Since the clan leader Zhan had come to call him, he naturally had to go over.

There are five caves in the tribe. The orcs of the High Tree tribe live in one, the elderly live in one, orcs from other tribes with children live in one, pregnant orcs live in one, and the injured orcs live in one.

Because the orc from the Longhorn tribe was about to have a cub, all the pregnant orcs were moved to the cave where the orcs from the High Tree tribe lived, making room for that orc and his family in a separate cave.

When Bai Ling arrived, there were already quite a few people in front of the cave. Upon seeing Bai Ling, Wu quickly came over, grabbed Bai Ling's hand, and asked, "Ling, tell me again, what do people in that world do for production?"

Bai Ling's eyes widened. How could he know any of this? All he knew about childbirth came from television and videos.

However, Bai Ling thought about it carefully and said, "During childbirth, you need to drink boiled water and use hot water." He seemed to have seen something, took a few steps forward and pointed to the stove that was burning brightly, "This fire cannot be too strong, and the kang (heated brick bed) cannot be too hot, especially for newborn babies. If the kang is too hot, they will get a fever."

The shaman immediately ordered, "Put out the fire for the kang (heated brick bed), leaving only the fire for the fire wall. Also, bring two basins of hot water into the room, making sure not to leave any dirty water in them."

Immediately, two orcs went over and extinguished the fire in the stove, while two other orcs carried hot water into the house.

Bai Ling added, "Anyone who goes in and comes into contact with them must wash their hands thoroughly with soap."

The shaman said, "I know that. I personally supervised them to make sure they washed their hands thoroughly."

Bai Ling thought for a moment and said, "The person giving birth should eat food that can quickly replenish their strength. The meat should be shredded into small pieces and boiled into a broth for them to drink. Oh, right, sugar, there's sugar too. Wu, I have sugar at home. I'll go get some sugar."

Wu instructed, "Make him some meat soup, shred the meat into small pieces, and add two slices of ginger. Zhan, you and Ling go get the sugar, and watch the road."

Zhan was the chieftain of the Gaoshu tribe. At this moment, he was also following the shaman's orders. Without saying a word, he took Bai Ling to his family's cave to get the candy.

The weather is nice tonight, with a moon, but it's only a small, barely visible moon, barely casting any light. The moonlight is even less bright than the snow.

The north wind howled, making it impossible to light a torch. Bai Ling followed behind Zhan, using the faint light from the snow and moonlight as they walked towards their cave.