Chapter 2

The dried meat was sent to him by people from the tribe, and the rest was leftovers collected by the original owner and Xiaochu.

If there are no conditions, create them. The Chinese who refuse to give up will never starve themselves. He put the firewood into the fire pit and lit it. Fortunately, there was flint here, so at least he didn't have to drill wood to make fire.

He skewered the dried meat with a few thin sticks. There was no brush or watering can here. He washed his hands, threaded the sticks through the meat, and placed it on the fire to roast. He dipped his hands in water and sprinkled the meat on the meat as he cooked. This softened the meat a little. After all, the lion cub was so small, so it was better to have something soft. He couldn't go out hunting to roast fresh meat.

As the dried meat absorbed the water, it slowly expanded. He then rubbed a little more of the coarse salt from the jar onto the dried meat and repeated the process of dipping it in water, letting the flavor seep in. Soon, the dried meat, saturated with water and salt, began to shed fat like fresh meat. The aroma of the meat spread throughout the house, filling it with fragrance even though it was damp from the rain.

Unfortunately, there is too little to use now, and I only have coarse salt on hand. If I had pepper, chili powder, and cumin powder, this string of dried meat would definitely be fragrant.

But even so, it was obvious that Xiaochu had never eaten such roasted dried meat. She kept licking her mouth like a kitten in his arms, looking very greedy.

The dried meat had a smoky aroma after being roasted. Although it was only seasoned with salt, it was still very fragrant to Xiaochu. After Yu Sui blew it gently to cool it down, he couldn't wait to eat it with big mouthfuls, feeling very satisfied.

After feeding Xiaochu, Yu Sui stood up and carefully examined the items in the room. He was a modern man, and it was impossible for him to go out hunting like an orc to feed himself and Xiaochu.

Furthermore, the original owner's body wasn't as strong as his fellow tribesmen, and his strength and speed couldn't keep up, making hunting quite strenuous. However, he couldn't rely solely on his fellow tribesmen for support; he had to find a way to ensure his own and Xiaochu's survival.

Here it comes, is this the test for a otaku who loves to read farming novels?

He turned his attention to the only pottery jar in the house. This pottery jar was considered a big item in the tribe, and it would take a lot of fur to trade such a pottery jar with humans.

He had a handful of beans and a can of coarse salt, which was perfectly sufficient for making tofu. A handful of beans could yield a generous amount of tofu. However, to make brine-cured tofu, the coarse salt needed to be refined, otherwise it could increase the risk of poisoning. He wondered if these robust orcs would be poisoned, and Yu Sui was genuinely worried about his own and Xiaochu's smaller physiques.

Oh, right? How do you refine crude salt into refined salt? He thought carefully. This is a key element of farming literature, known as an essential skill for time travel. He remembered reading this process in many books, but where can you find activated carbon?

I remembered that I can make activated carbon myself. Yu Sui clapped his hands excitedly, which scared Xiaochu who was eating dried meat. He hurried over and touched his fur to comfort him.

Activated charcoal requires firewood. Although he didn't have much firewood at home, he could go out and collect some. It wasn't winter yet, so the orcs had plenty of it. The rain outside was also very light, so he could go out and take a look.

The tribe now operates in a collective system. Every day, hunting teams, patrol teams, and gathering teams go out to search for survival supplies. Firewood is also collected by everyone and distributed by the tribe leader. If a family feels that they don't have enough, they can go and collect it individually.

The original owner spent his days doing nothing but chasing after Qi. Even when he went out with the gathering group, he often wandered off. Everyone turned a blind eye, and they never missed out on what was due to them. Yu Sui was too embarrassed to ask the clan leader for more.

As soon as he arrived in the other world, he started to work non-stop. Yu Sui was really annoyed. He was destined to work overtime. He didn't even have a transition time. He had to work as soon as he opened his eyes.

"Brother needs to go out and find some firewood now. Can you stay at home by yourself?" Yu Sui lowered his head and said to Xiaochu gently.

Xiaochu was reluctant to finish the dried meat. He took the last piece of dried meat and put it in Yu Sui's hand, then raised his head and said, "Brother, let's eat together. I'll go collect firewood with you." His voice was crisp, like a little boy in an anime.

Yu Sui's heart melted. Just now he felt like he was raising a pet, but now he really realized that this was his younger brother.

"What a good boy." No wonder the original owner treated him like that, and Xiaochu didn't hold a grudge afterwards.

Unable to bear the heart to refuse, Yu Sui took the dried meat that Xiaochu handed to him, took a bite, and fed the rest to Xiaochu.

Well, his craftsmanship is worthy of him. Although the coarse salt tastes bitter and the dried meat has been stored for a long time, the overall taste is quite good.

Xiaochu wagged his tail happily, like a little puppy. This was the first time his brother had been so kind to him, giving him delicious dried meat and speaking so gently to him. He was so happy.

In order to follow his brother out to collect firewood, Xiaochu also changed into a human form. His human form had golden hair, clear eyebrows and eyes, and he was a young boy. His dark eyes looked at Yu Sui, and the corners of his mouth were shyly smiling.

Seeing that he was so happy that he even forgot to wear animal skins, Yu Sui quickly picked up another animal skin and wrapped it around Xiaochu.

He took Xiaochu with him, lifted the animal skin covering the door and walked out, thinking that he must build a door for his house when he had time, so that it wouldn't be so cold in winter.

Although the original owner knew from his memory that his house was considered upper-middle class among the Snow Wolf Clan, he still couldn't help being surprised when he actually saw it.

As expected of orcs, they can survive in such a harsh environment. There are wooden huts and various animal skin tents scattered around, and there are not many that can be called houses in the entire tribe.

The only characteristic thing about them is that they are big. Whether it is a tent, a shed or a house, they are all very big. After all, they have to accommodate the body of the snow werewolf, and they cannot fit in if they are not big.

As for a separate yard or something, there wasn't even one. As orcs, not having a yard was understandable, but these houses were really just makeshift.

Yu Sui remembered reading that in the novels, orcs were the poorest and most backward, but their combat power was very high. They were naturally resistant to magic, and although they could not learn magic either, most races had no way to deal with them, as magic could not penetrate them and their strength was not as high as theirs.

The elves, with their maximum strength, fought the orcs to a draw. The humans of the East and West continents called the Dream Continent a cursed land. If they wanted to trade there, they had to pass through blockades set by the elves or the Golden Kingdom and pay a hefty tax before they could enter.

The orcs could exchange the furs, bones, blood, fangs and claws of various monsters they could kill with the trading team, but they could only get some necessities of life. However, when the trading team took these things out, every noble was scrambling to get them.

There is a group of dwarves living underground in the west of the Dream Continent. Their iron products are of very fine quality, which is beyond the reach of humans. A weapon made by the dwarves is in high demand.

In the eyes of humans on the East and West continents, the various races on the Dream Continent are both cruel and barbaric, but isn’t it also a golden virgin land waiting to be developed?

It's a shame that despite such a powerful military force, they still live in such poverty. Especially the Snow Wolf Tribe, who neither herds livestock nor farms, relying solely on hunting for survival. The entire tribe's way of survival is still quite primitive.

It seems that even if he wants to achieve a comfortable life, let alone restore his living standards in the real world, he still has a long way to go. Yu Sui thought helplessly. First, he needs to find a way to fill Xiaochu's stomach. He is really not good at hunting. At most, he can shoot a few shots in PUBG.

He took Xiaochu to a forest in his memory and met several orcs along the way. Because the original owner didn't communicate much with other people in the tribe except for pestering Qi, these orcs were surprised that he would bring Xiaochu out with him, but no one talked to him.

Yu Sui pretended to be calm and nodded to these people as a greeting, but inwardly he was shocked. Every one of these werewolves, male or female, stood over 1.9 meters tall. And since almost everyone was only wearing animal skins, with the women only wearing a little extra on top, their abdominal muscles were exposed, including the women. The women had abdominal muscles too! And they were huge, eight-packs! And those strong biceps! He finally understood why orcs didn't discriminate against gay people. What's the difference?

He grabbed Xiaochu's hand with a lingering fear. Now he truly understood that Xiaochu was indeed younger than he was. The height difference was truly enormous. It wasn't just his own congenital deficiencies, but Xiaochu was still young, so he couldn't let him grow short either. After all, in the Snow Wolf Clan, 1.80 meters was considered short.

Their little boy Xiaochu is going to be a prince and a king in the future, so he can’t lose out on charisma due to his height.

But then again, the orcs of the Snow Wolf Tribe are all quite good-looking, with silver-white hair, regular facial features, and extraordinary height, making them all look like supermodels.

He was actually still a cub in the Snow Wolf Clan. After all, he was only ten years older than Xiaochu, at most a slightly older cub. So his height could definitely still grow.

There were no dangerous prey in the woods next to the tribe, and the beasts' instinct would not let them get close to here. But when the two of them bent down to pick up firewood, an animal that looked like a pheasant ran out, but it was more than three times larger than a pheasant.

When the pheasant appeared, Yu Sui felt something awakening in his blood. He quietly transformed into a beast, bent down, shot out like an arrow, and bit the pheasant's neck.

"Pfft," Yu Sui scratched his tongue with his claws. The smell of blood was too pungent, especially since his sense of smell seemed to be extraordinarily sensitive now. He happily raised the pheasant in his hand and said to Xiaochu, "We have fresh meat to eat tonight!"

Xiaochu's eyes sparkled with stars. Thinking of the barbecued meat he had just eaten, he nodded happily.

Without a rope, Yu Sui found a strong vine, tied up the firewood the two had picked up and put it on his back. Holding a big pheasant in his left hand and holding Xiaochu in his right hand, he walked back with a proud and confident look.

In the original owner's memory, his body was congenitally deficient and not as strong as his tribesmen, but in Yu Sui's opinion, this body was really much stronger than his original one.

Although the forest wasn't far from the tribe, it was still several miles away. He and Xiaochu had walked so quickly without feeling tired. He also felt incredibly strong. This bundle of firewood weighed 50 kilograms, but he carried it effortlessly, even feeling light. He thought with some pride that supporting himself and Xiaochu wouldn't be a problem.