IRDWTSTML [QUICKWEAR] (Edited)

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Under the subtle influence of Mu Xingchen and Zhan, the orcs gradually began to adapt to eating cooked meat. Although they also began to try eating rice, they had no cooking experience after all. Most of the orcs initially roasted the rice grains into the fire according to the method of roasting sweet potatoes.

The result is predictable.

Mu Xingchen accidentally learned from Zhan Kou that the orcs threw the rice grains into the fire to roast them, so he quickly gathered the orcs together that day for some scientific teaching. However, when he thought that the orcs didn't know how to cook rice at all, and that food could not be wasted, Mu Xingchen collected the rice grains that the orcs had picked last time.

He told the beastmen to come to him if they wanted to eat rice, and not to waste rice at home until they learned to cook for themselves.

"…You have to stir it with chopsticks from time to time, otherwise the rice will stick to the bottom, and you also have to break up the rice grains, because a whole grain is too big."

Mu Xingchen put some cooked rice on the leaves and handed it to the orcs who were listening attentively. "Cook it until it can be lightly crushed and then you can eat it. If you want to drink more rice soup, add more water."

The female gorilla raised her head and put all the rice in the leaves into her mouth. She smacked her lips twice and felt that it was not enough to fill her teeth. "Delicious."

Several other orcs also nodded and praised the dish, saying that they already knew how to cook rice.

In order to prevent the orcs from wasting rice, Mu Xingchen only gave each of them two grains of rice. Although it sounds like only two grains of rice are not much, these two grains of rice are big! They are enough for him to have a meal.

The orcs happily took the two grains of rice and left. In the past few days, almost every orc in the tribe had a stone pot at home. Although they did not know how to cook rice or fry vegetables with the stone pot, they had learned how to boil water in the stone pot. Compared with drinking water from puddles on the ground, the orcs now preferred to drink boiled water.

Just when the third room planned by Mu Xingchen, the storage room, was built by Zhan, the rain that had been falling for nearly two months finally stopped.

Mu Xingchen and Zhan were moving things into the newly built storage room and didn't notice that the rain had stopped at all. He still felt that the storage room was too stuffy, so he walked to the window to get some fresh air, only to find that it didn't seem to be raining outside.

Has the rain stopped?

Mu Xingchen stood at the window for half a minute, then heard the loud roars of the orcs in the distance. He turned and left the storage room. As soon as he came out of the room, he was hugged by Zhan.

"The rainy season is over!" Zhan pulled Mu Xingchen out of the house excitedly. Before Mu Xingchen could stop him, he instantly turned into a beast, roaring and pressing Mu Xingchen to roll on the dirty ground.

Mu Xingchen, who was covered in mud, grabbed Zhan's ear in annoyance and said, "Now that the rain has stopped, it's so dirty, how can we wash it clean!"

"There are lots of puddles." Zhan kissed Mu Xingchen's face with his muddy mouth, covering that fair face with mud. Then he rested his head on Mu Xingchen's shoulder contentedly, with a face full of anticipation, "Winter is coming soon. By then, there will be lots of sweet fruits on the mountain. You will definitely like them!"

"What kind?"

"White, like snow."

Mu Xingchen thought about it carefully and could not find any similar fruit in his memory. He guessed that this fruit was unique to this world. Even Lian Zhan said it was sweet, so it must be really sweet.

The beastmen who moved near them also transformed into beast forms, cheering and rolling in the mud. Mu Xingchen couldn't stand being covered in mud, so he reached out and pushed the big head that was pressing on his shoulders, "Get up, there's still a lot to do."

"Lie down for a while." Zhan didn't dare to put all the weight of his head on Mu Xingchen. He rubbed his body gently and then turned over and lay on the side. He held Mu Xingchen in his arms with his big paws. "In a few days, the water will recede and many orcs and animals will leave."

Speaking of the flood receding and the animals leaving, Mu Xingchen immediately remembered the plan that had been shelved before.

Now that the rainy season is over, once the flood has completely receded, the animals gathered in the mountains will inevitably leave. Then we won’t be able to eat fresh meat every day like we do now, and we may not even be able to hunt!

"Zhan, we need to make some bacon."

Zhan raised his head, "We can't kill too many animals."

"Then kill less. We must prepare smoked meat, otherwise we might starve in the winter." Mu Xingchen supported himself on the mud and sat up, pinching Zhan's big paw, and said seriously, "The food we have stored now is not enough for the tribe to survive the winter."

Zhan was a little confused, "But we planted rice and sweet potatoes."

"That's not enough. Winter is long."

It was pointless for Zhan to worry about this kind of problem which concerned the survival of the tribe, and he couldn't figure it out either. In the end, he took Mu Xingchen to find the tribe leader. Unexpectedly, after hearing about Mu Xingchen's plan, the tribe leader agreed with it very much.

Looking at the somewhat puzzled Mu Xingchen, the clan leader smiled and said, "At any time, the survival of the clan comes first."

But even with the approval of the chief, it would be unlikely to start making smoked meat right away. After all, there are orcs from other tribes on this mountain, and those orcs will not allow them to hunt animals on a large scale for food reserves.

Although the smoked meat was temporarily postponed, Mu Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he now had a source of meat for the winter. After the flood receded, he would look for sweet potatoes and rice in other places that were not flooded, and transplant all that he could find back. This should ensure that the orcs in the tribe would not starve during the winter, right?

Mu Xingchen began to prepare things for the winter with a hint of worry.

In fact, there was nothing much to prepare. The three houses had been built, a lot of firewood had been prepared, and the most important food had to wait a few more days before it could be prepared. Now he mainly made some small things and tools to facilitate life at home.

In a few days, a lot of things appeared in the house.

There was a large stone vat placed under the eaves, a half-person-high wooden barrel, wooden basins, wooden bowls, and wooden shoes. The windows of the three rooms were hung with curtains woven with vines. The storage room was filled with various wooden shelves, and the shelves were neatly filled with things.

Except for firewood which was stored under the eaves, Mu Xingchen sorted all other food items into the storage room.

He carefully checked the ingredients in the storage room. Since the orcs had started eating rice during this period, there was not much rice left, but there was a lot of meat, filling up the shelf in the corner. Mu Xingchen thought of the eggs that Zhan had brought back from somewhere two days ago, licked his lips, turned around and went out, and found Zhan who was setting up a shed.

"Zhan, let's go catch some pheasants later."

"The shed isn't ready yet."

"It's enough to live in."

The frame of the shed has been set up, and winter has not yet come, so there is no need to worry about the pheasants freezing to death. The most important thing is that the rainy season is over now, and he is worried that if he doesn't catch the pheasants quickly, they will run away.

That can lay eggs and improve the food!