Chapter 4

Xu's expression was a little doubtful, but he nodded and said, "Of course, you can come and choose when the time comes."

Yu Sui thanked him gratefully, carried the meat and firewood, held the chicken, and went home with Xiaochu who was waiting for him.

Looking at his back, Notting was also very puzzled and put his arm around Xu's shoulder and said, "Why does it feel like this guy has changed? It's a bit strange, but I can't put my finger on it..."

"That's right!" Ashan next to him shouted, attracting everyone's attention.

He said embarrassedly: "I suddenly realized that Yu Sui didn't talk to Qi today. Usually, doesn't he start to pester Qi as soon as he sees him? And he even smiled at Xu today. In the past, I only saw him secretly glaring at Xu." He also glared at them occasionally.

"Who knows? Isn't it amazing that he came to share the prey today? In the past, he would rather let Xiaochu starve than come. Except for the food we sent him, he would catch those little creatures to fill his stomach. Not only did he eat for himself, but he also made Xiaochu so hungry that his fur was not smooth at all." Notting curled his lips.

The most important thing for orcs is their hair! A coat of smooth, shiny hair shows off their strength!

Qi sneered beside him. He didn't want to care about Yu Sui's plans, but if he ignored Xiao Chu like before, he wouldn't listen to his mother's advice anymore. Orc cubs were precious, even those of the Golden Lion Clan.

Yu Sui didn't bother to care what they were thinking. Orcs were not afraid of the devil like humans. They were all realists and very tolerant of their own people. They would not put him on the cross and burn him to death when they discovered his character changes.

And since Qi was always rude to him, everyone would probably just think that he had finally figured it out and given up.

When he got home, he first piled the damp wood he had carried back in a shed made of animal skins against the wall, which was specially used to store firewood. When the weather improved, he took it out to dry in the sun.

He put the meat on the ground and imitated them in transforming their sharp claws. He cut the large piece of meat weighing more than 200 pounds into thin slices, strung them together with thin and tough vines, and hung them outside to dry.

The orcs' coarse salt is so scarce that it is barely enough for them to eat. There is no extra. It can only be used to pickle bacon and make dried meat. Without salt, it will emit a bad smell after being pickled for a long time, but it is better than starving when there is no food. The dried meat can also be preserved for a long time.

Xiaochu quietly skewered the meat nearby. By the time Yu Sui arrived in the modern world, his parents had divorced and each had formed a new family. While he still had family, it was as good as nothing. He hadn't experienced the affection of family in a long time. He hadn't expected to find one in this other world. And they were so well-behaved and obedient.

He touched Xiaochu's head with his clean hand. Okay, although there was no toilet paper, no cell phones, no anime and manga that he loved, and even no toilets, he had Xiaochu now. He had also seen Warcraft and orcs. In the future, he might even see elves, dwarves, various magicians, and alchemists. Just thinking about it made him very excited. As a homebody, he really couldn't refuse.

After drying the meat, Yu Sui went outside, pulled out some dry firewood, chopped it into small pieces, and set it on fire. When the wood was half burned through, he used a pile of straw soaked in rainwater to smother it. Due to the harsh conditions, the result was not as good as modern charcoal, but his requirements were not high, as long as it could be used.

He suddenly remembered that making activated charcoal also requires vinegar or lemon juice, but he didn't have either. Alas, from the moment he came into this world, everything had to start from scratch.

The Snow Wolf Tribe probably doesn't have lemons, and the original owner hasn't seen lemons in his memory. He doesn't know if the elves have them, but it's impossible for him to trade with the elves now.

Then he could only make his own vinegar. Vinegar could be made with grain or fruit, but first and foremost, it needed yeast. He'd been looking for the essential herb, Polygonum hydropiper, when he went out gathering food with the tribe. He should be able to find it. He remembered growing this herb along the roadsides and by the streams when he was a child in the village. It was quite common.

Besides the hot pepper, he also needed glutinous rice and wheat bran. He remembered that the tribe leader had these two kinds of food, apparently from a trade with the minotaurs. He could borrow some from the tribe leader first.

He had seen his grandfather making his own koji and brewing wine, and he had seen it many times in many farming articles he read later. He thought that brewing vinegar should be possible as well. What's more, after making the koji, he could also brew wine, which could be traded with people from other tribes.

In the original owner's memory, many markets were held here every year. The largest one was the Spring Market held by the Tauren every spring. Each tribe would send people to participate, and many people of other races would come to exchange what they needed. If he could brew wine by then, he could go to the Spring Market to exchange some ores and tools with the dwarves, because dwarves loved drinking the most.

If he could exchange for coal, he could build a kiln and make pottery and tiles. If he was lucky, he could trade for some limestone and try making cement. Of course, the best thing would be to follow the tribe's gathering team every day to see if there were any useful ores around the tribe.

All of this took time. Yu Sui first soaked the beans in the family's only clay pot. A pound of beans yielded roughly three or four pounds of tofu, and the family also had about a pound of beans, all gathered by the original owner. The tribe didn't eat them much, usually only during winter when food was scarce, and the original owner was no exception.

The Snow Wolf Tribe doesn't cultivate soybeans, so they all grow wild. Sometimes you can even find some black beans. While Yu Sui was out collecting firewood, he observed the surroundings. The grass was lush and the land was rich; it would be a shame not to cultivate the land!

It is autumn now, and we must find a way to exchange some seeds with the Tauren at the market next spring. Although the Snow Wolf Tribe has no shortage of prey except in winter, they also consume a lot of food. When they are unlucky and have few prey, they will go hungry. What's more, in winter, they can only rely on the dried meat they have saved up and the dried vegetables made from edible plants by the orcs in charge of gathering to fill their stomachs.

Even in winter, these orcs with big stomachs and a big appetite dare not easily change back into animal form. They try to use human form to reduce their food intake. Apart from hunting and patrolling, other orcs try to reduce going out and reduce their physical energy consumption.

Besides, people always have to find ways to improve their living standards. Just looking at the quality of life of the Snow Wolf Tribe, the poor households in China would shed tears. They are all low-income households in China.

Seeing that it was still early, Yu Sui said to Xiaochu with a smile: "Xiaochu, let's go out and pick some green leafy vegetables to eat!" Children need a balanced diet, and he must keep Xiaochu healthy!

Xiaochu nodded. Usually he played alone. There were not many cubs in the tribe and they didn't like him very much. Or when he went out with the gathering team to find food, his brother never paid any attention to him. Today his brother wanted to take him with him, and he was so happy that he couldn't contain his joy.

The hunting party returned early today, and most of the tribe ate early before transforming into their beast forms to laze about. It had rained today, and furry creatures disliked the feeling of being wet, so many people retreated to their tents or cabins to rest. On sunny days, the snow wolves would usually be outside; beastmen don't like staying indoors, as they get suffocated.

He didn't plan to go far today, so he took Xiaochu for a stroll around the tribe, and there were quite a few unexpected surprises.

He picked some dandelions and shepherd's purse, and also found alfalfa, which is a good thing. It can be eaten and can also be used to feed livestock. Livestock love to eat it and it is nutritious. He happily picked a handful.

Xiaochu had never seen any orcs eat these, but he believed in his brother unconditionally. His brother also said that these vegetables were not only edible, but also could clear away heat and detoxify. Although he didn't understand what it meant, he believed that they must be beneficial!

My brother also said that when the seeds matured, they would collect more seeds and plant them next year, which they could eat themselves and raise livestock. He didn't quite understand, but among the orcs, only the tauren knew how to farm. I didn't expect my brother could do it too. He was really amazing!

Yu Sui couldn't help laughing when he saw Xiao Chu nodding frantically. The little boy didn't even notice that there was dirt on his face, he was just busy admiring his brother.

After cleaning the wild vegetables at the river, Yu Sui asked Xiao Chu to go home and fetch the pheasant that had not been cleaned yet so that they could clean it together. Then he remembered that the only earthenware pot in the house had been occupied by him, so he reached out his claws to find a stone and dug it into a stone basin.

The claws of the Snow Wolf Clan are really useful. They can even penetrate the indestructible fur of monsters, and digging out ordinary stones is no problem.

At this point, he no longer resented being transformed into an orc, with all the strength and claws. How wonderful! He just hadn't expected to be transported back to the Stone Age. Well, at least he hadn't turned into an ape.

"Ao!" A cry of a small animal was heard from afar. He stood up and looked. It turned out that Xiaochu had turned into a beast and was dragging a pheasant over. The small golden body was not even one-third the size of the pheasant, which made Yu Sui laugh non-stop.

He quickly took the chicken and rinsed Xiaochu's mouth with water.

Cut open the pheasant's belly to expose its claws, clean the internal organs with running water, throw away the head and butt, and pluck out all the feathers.

While washing by the river, he also found Polygonum hydropiper. This grass really likes to grow by the river. It was great. He didn't expect it to be so smooth. As long as he shamelessly borrowed some food from the tribe leader, he could make koji, and then he could make wine and vinegar.

Yu Sui held the stone basin and water in one hand and the chicken in the other, while Xiao Chu held the cleaned wild vegetables in his human form, and the two of them went home.