I thrived in the primitive tribe

"This method is a bit troublesome, and it may not even succeed."

The leader was also very anxious, "What is the solution? Lu Yao, tell me quickly!"

"Don't be in such a hurry. First, I need to ask the hunting team a few questions."

“Ask away,” the leader said.

"First, when you hunt, are you only allowed to kill your prey?"

“I haven’t tried that. Anyway, they’re going to be killed. For convenience, they’re usually hunted directly and then brought back to the tribe.” Lu Yao looked at the person who spoke.

"If I asked you to capture them alive when you hunt in the future, could you do it?"

"Well, we can give it a try, but we can't hurt the prey."

"That's not necessary. Just don't get too badly injured; as long as you can stay alive, that's fine."

"There shouldn't be any problem."

"The second question is, can you tell whether a animal is male or female when you're hunting?"

"What kind of question is this? Aren't male and female different? Aren't they all edible?" The people in the hunting team were completely confused by the question.

"Well, you guys answer me first."

“There was no such requirement before, and we haven’t observed it, but if we observe carefully, it is possible,” one of the orcs replied.

"The next question is, is it possible to bring the prey back to the tribe while hunting?"

"This is a bit troublesome, but it's not entirely impossible," the orc in the hunting party replied after discussing it.

"Alright, the last question is, if we keep these wild animals in the tribe, can you accept that?"

As soon as Lu Yao finished speaking, everyone started a heated discussion.

After a while, someone in the crowd spoke up and asked, "Why keep them? How are they kept? And what are they fed?"

Listening to the man's question, Lu Yao waited for him to finish before speaking.

"Why raise them? Of course, it's to serve as our food during the cold season. Wasn't the previous problem that everyone didn't have enough food during the cold season? The reasons for the food shortage were twofold: first, the animals that were our prey had migrated away, and we couldn't catch enough prey; second, our previously stored food was insufficient."

The leader just spoke about solving the second problem; now I'm proposing to solve the first problem.

Animals migrate to find enough food to fill their stomachs, so wouldn't it be acceptable to provide them with the necessary living conditions and keep them in captivity?

"That seems to be true~" After hearing Lu Yao's words, everyone felt enlightened, as if a new world had been opened up for them.

"Why didn't you think of that before?" someone asked, puzzled.

"You didn't expect this either!"

"How to raise them and what to use to raise them are actually the same issue, which is how to make them survive under our intervention, right?"

"If we just take care of their food and shelter, will that be enough?"

"That's how it is, so how do we solve it?"

"We can designate a place in the tribe to house these animals. We need to fence them off to prevent them from escaping, and what they eat will depend on what live prey we can catch."

However, my opinion is that we should only keep herbivorous and omnivorous animals. Herbivorous animals are those that only eat plants, and omnivorous animals are those that can survive on both plants and meat. Ideally, the plants they eat should not be difficult to obtain. We should not keep carnivorous animals for the time being.

It's best to catch both male and female animals so they can reproduce naturally. If we raise them well, we can get more food.

“I think it’s feasible, so that we will have enough food during the cold season.”

"Yes Yes."

"So next, when the hunting party's orcs encounter herbivores, and that other..."

Omnivorous

"Yes, yes, we should try to catch live herbivorous and omnivorous animals and raise them first. We should also start making dried and smoked meat. With these preparations, we will definitely be able to get through a cold season with plenty of food this time."

"It definitely can."

"Yes, it will definitely happen."

"Lu Yao, you can decide where to raise her. Just tell us what you need us to do, and we'll definitely cooperate."

"We need to fence off the area where they are kept so they can't escape. This requires finding some tall trees, bamboo would also work..."

"You don't need to say anything. I'll arrange a few people for you. You can just direct them," the leader interrupted Lu Yao.

"That works too. Shall we build a small one first, and then expand it as we raise more animals?"

"Sure, you can handle it as you see fit. We don't know anything about this either."

"Ok."

"Now that the food issue is temporarily resolved, let's talk about another problem."