When I returned to the room after pouring the water, Hu Shen was leaning against the headboard, seemingly feeling dizzy.

Seeing this, Su Tang, who was about to take Hu Shen back, changed the subject and asked with concern.

"Is your head still bothering you? Should I have my mother check it out for you?"

Hu Shen shook his head, "I'm fine, no need to trouble you, Auntie. It's just that I'm dizzy and weak and can't walk right now, could you..."

He looked at the bed.

Su Tang nodded readily, "Sure, you can rest here now. Just let me know if you feel unwell."

That day, the whole family knew that Hu Shen had been injured while saving Su Tang, and that the injury was quite serious, leaving him bedridden and unable to get up.

Lin Xia was extremely worried, but she was relieved to learn that the "serious" injury had been brought under control.

Su Shiwei, Su Jianyuan, and the others also felt much more favorably toward Hu Shen, who had saved their sister and was their benefactor.

Daqing offered up his room.

In reality, he was forced into it by Su Guodong.

Xiao Fu was also extremely busy. Hearing that hens were very nutritious, he went to the chicken coop several times to catch hens that couldn't hatch chicks, intending to kill them himself and stew them for Hu Shen to nourish his body.

While she was sharpening the knife, the hen secretly slipped back into the coop.

He caught it and brought it back, but when he was boiling water, the hen slipped back into the coop.

Just as we were about to catch the hen and bleed her by cutting her neck, guests came over, and before we knew it, the hen had slipped away again.

The chicken soup didn't turn out well.

One of the pots broke from the heat.

Lin Xia gently greeted the sky in the yard with a broken pot in her hand, while Xiao Fu also slipped away and hid in the chicken coop.

Niu Li and the other orcs also heard the news that the king was "seriously injured".

Those orcs who witnessed Hu Shen smashing the stone were stunned, some even doubting their own memories.

Something must be wrong...

evening.

The family is having dinner in the yard.

There's an injured person in the family today, so the atmosphere isn't very relaxed.

"Sigh!" Su Guodong sighed for the eighty-ninth time, his mouth stuffed with food.

After sighing, he continued chewing his rice, without even picking up any vegetables, making the rice crunch like bones.

That brat actually managed to infiltrate their ranks when he wasn't looking! What a blunder!

The kittens looked up at their grandfather's sighing face, blinking their eyes with curiosity.

Then, following Su Guodong's example, he ate a bite of cat food and sighed in a childish voice.

"ha!"

"ha!"

The kittens found it quite amusing and sighed even more enthusiastically.

"Smack, ha~ Smack, ha~"

Sighs echoed throughout the courtyard.

Lin Xia's face darkened, and she snatched the bowl from Su Guodong's hand.

"Even food can't shut you up. Is my cooking really that bad? Look what you've raised your son to be like. If you sigh again, get out and don't eat anymore."

"It's not bad, honey. I was wrong. Your cooking is the best in the world, how could it be bad..."

Su Guodong immediately put on a smile and shamelessly went over to apologize.

Who dares to say that the head of the household is not a good cook?

That's practically suicide.

...

Su Tang brought food into the room.

Since Hu Shen was injured while saving me, I definitely have to feed him.

“My mother has made some food. You must be hungry. Can you get up and eat?”

She carried a bowl of bone broth full of meat into the house and asked.

This was specially made for Hu Shen by Lin Xia.

Hearing footsteps, Hu Shen had already composed himself before Su Tang entered the room.

So, as soon as Su Tang entered the room, she saw Hu Shen trying to sit up, his body swaying, and he accidentally touched his wound.

Su Tang frowned and quickly said, "Don't move, let me do it."

Such a strong man is so weak, he must be seriously injured!

To avoid worrying herself, he simply stayed here to rest and didn't even want to trouble her to seek treatment from his mother.

Although her mother really couldn't heal the head injury.

Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in Hu Shen's eyes, and he obediently lay down.

Looking at Su Tang, his sincere face was filled with apology, "I'm so sorry for causing you trouble. I'll leave once my injury has healed a bit."

Upon hearing this, Su Tang realized that Hu Shen probably didn't want Niu Li and the others to worry, which was why he had no choice but to stay overnight.

She comforted him, "Don't say things like that, just focus on getting better."

Su Tang placed the food on the small table beside the bed and said, "Wait a moment."

Hu Shen nodded and watched Su Tang leave.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The old beast king's story was indeed true; doing this really does make females care about you.

After lying down for a while, I heard footsteps approaching again.

This time, however, the footsteps were a little heavier.

Hu Shen frowned, turned his head, and saw Da Qing carrying a steaming bowl of food, with a large soup ladle in his hand.

Daqing grinned and gave Hushen a friendly smile, "Hehe, Uncle heard you were badly injured, so he asked me to feed you."

Looking at the soup spoon that was as big as his face, Hu Shen's lips twitched.

The old beast king only talked about how to deal with the females, not how to deal with the other orcs...

After the meal.

Hu Shen was moved to Da Qing's room and was personally taken care of by Da Qing.

Su Guodong specifically instructed him to do so.

The next day, Su Tang learned that Hu Shen's injuries had mostly healed and he was able to walk again. Before she could even see him, her father told her that Hu Shen had already gone back.

Last night, the bamboo bear beastmen were not yet settled in, because of Lion Feather, most of them did not have a place to live.

Su Tang also got busy. Settling such a large group of orcs, including many females and cubs, was much more troublesome than dealing with those strong men.

Fortunately, the bamboo bear beastmen can take care of their own food and clothing, and their lodgings have been arranged one after another. The only thing left is to build blacksmith houses for the bamboo bear beastmen.

Forging iron requires fire, so wooden houses and caves are not suitable; only stone houses are an option.

After Su Tang tallied up the demand and quantities, she handed it all over to her elder brother, Su Shiwei, to handle.

The young bamboo bear beastmen were all busy. Strong laborers were assigned to various positions, and even the older ones were able to work alongside their fathers to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land.

The female bamboo bears were also very proactive; they knew that they would get food if they worked, so they took the initiative to find Su Tang.

"Little female, is there any work we can do?"

One female bamboo bear is as big as three, standing in front of Su Tang like a giant.

She's called Su Tang, a small female, because she really is just small in stature.

They were either holding or carrying baby bamboo bears on their backs.

Bamboo bears typically give birth to few offspring at a time, with females usually carrying only one or two chubby, adorable cubs that hang from the female like koalas.

At first glance, they look like a group of large sculptures with panda pendants hanging on them.

There was even a friendly bamboo bear cub that crawled up to Su Tang's feet, hugged her legs, and wiggled its round bottom, trying to climb up.

Aside from her own kittens and Wolf Nini's wolf cubs, this was the first time Su Tang had ever been so close to a beastman cub. The soft touch was different from that of the fluffy kittens; the bamboo bear cubs were chubby and very bouncy.

She reached out and gently patted the bamboo bear cub's head, pondering:

“My mother needs female weavers; you can go and try.”