Under these circumstances, all Haitang can do is think about going to the trade fair again. The trade fair will be held in the spring. Right now, Haitang needs to prepare food and things to trade.

She plans to make wine again this time, but there's a problem... she knows fruit wine is precious, and if she takes something too conspicuous, it's easy for someone to steal it.

But ordinary things are useless. When Haitang returned, she asked, "Father, what do you think we should bring to the trade fair in the spring to exchange for something?"

"Spring? Are you going to the trade fair? I have no idea." I can't immediately think of anything worthwhile to exchange. Sweet potato noodles are delicious.

The problem is that there isn't much sweet potato starch left; not much was left after a whole winter. Although he went hunting with Dongfang Long, he didn't leave much behind either.

"Never mind, let me think about it before I say it," Haitang said. "If Daddy catches a chicken, bring it back."

"Okay." Shi Hu nodded, and Haitang went to prepare food. Since it was early spring, there was plenty of meat, so Haitang roasted the whole deer.

Under these circumstances, Haitang lit a fire and began to work on it. "I've got an idea, Father...we can make spices."

"Spice?" Upon hearing this, Shi Hu paused slightly, while Haitang nodded.

"Hmm, Father, do you think my food is delicious?" Haitang asked. Shi Hu nodded and said, "Of course it's delicious."

"That's right, my stuff is delicious. Right now I can take the spices to trade for other things and build a house next door." The orcs were quite far apart.

The house next to Haitang's is about 100 meters away. The houses are quite far apart, which is why no one knew about Haitang's situation all winter.

The current location of Haitang's house is close to the mountainside, and there is only one road leading in from the surrounding area. The rest of the area is surrounded by mountains, and there is also a lower village. Beyond the lower village is a forest, which is said to be home to many ferocious beasts.

Under such circumstances, the people of Xia Village are in great danger. The place where Haitang lives now is because Shi Hu was bravely injured at the beginning and was not driven out. However... if the child cannot transform into a beast, he may be driven out. This is something Haitang doesn't see.

Under these circumstances, Haitang could only think of a way out. Shi Hu nodded at Haitang's words, "That's fine, I'll go with you."

"Alright." Haitang nodded. When she was about to make spices, she would go and find the ingredients for making spices.

Under these circumstances, Shi Hu and Dongfang Long are becoming increasingly adept at hunting. With their bows and arrows drawn, small prey have almost no chance of escaping.

Although they couldn't hunt large animals, they could still take small ones home to eat. The villagers began to notice the changes in Haitang's family. Logically speaking, without the ability to transform into beasts, Haitang's family should be in a miserable state right now.

But right now, it's winter, and it's so cold that no one can smell anything outside. But when spring comes, the aroma wafts for miles, and the smell of meat is incredibly tempting.

"Weren't there no orcs? How come we're eating meat all the time?" Many people were puzzled by this situation. Dongfang Long's height had also increased significantly.

At thirteen years old, he was already 1.67 meters tall, and even Haitang had to look up at him.

Under these circumstances, Haitang also saw that Dongfang Long's body was getting stronger and stronger. At first, he was skin and bones, but with the rest he had been taking care of, he gradually developed muscles.

However, the other party seemed a little disgusted by the vegetable soup, saying, "Sweetie, you need to grow, so your nutrition needs to be balanced." Haitang was very careful about the nutrition at home.

Right now, both the orcs and I are eating meat with vegetables and wild greens to ensure a balanced diet.

Because of this treatment, the two little ones grew much taller, and Xiaohe also looked stronger and stronger, which made Shi Hu the happiest.

Shi Hu could feel that he sometimes had the urge to turn into a beast, but it would subside quickly, and he thought it was probably just his imagination.

Under this kind of conditioning, the crabapple blossoms are paired with other ingredients. Although there are no medicinal herbs here, food is the best therapy.

Sometimes Haitang would feed the children fish, and other times meat. They would catch a whole basketful of fish, clean it, and then take it home to grill.

While the fish were eating, Xiao He was cooking soup not far away. It was then that Hai Tang realized that the beastmen in this family had really gone hungry last year.

Xingxingyueyue likes to drink soup now, even though meat is more important. However, she has been eating vegetables and other foods for the past few months, so she is not obsessed with eating meat.

Haitang went out to find something, and along the way found some clay that could be used to make porcelain. She took it back and started to mold it. Once she finished, she placed it next to the stove.

Begonia was next to the stove, and a kiln was set up. Begonia knew that the fire temperature was not high enough, so she had to add fuel all day long. Under such circumstances, when she took it out to check on it the next day.

A large bowl and several porcelain bowls appeared, but several failed so far, and only one large bowl was good, which Haitang took out to look at.

Shi Hu asked, "How did you learn this?"

"My mother told me that this kiln can fire porcelain, so you're going to build a big one for me? We can build the house and the kiln together then," Haitang said. She needed to produce the porcelain to get the other party to help her, but the porcelain was too poor; she wouldn't be satisfied with it at all.

Moreover, she currently plans to go to Xia Village to see what the situation there is like. Of course, Haitang sought out Dongfang Long for help with Xia Village's trip. Dongfang Long is a human who cannot transform into a beast, making him the most suitable person to go.

Whether the villagers harbored resentment towards the orcs was unknown to Haitang, which is why she planned to bring others with her when she went alone, lest she suffer if she went alone.

Haitang knew very well that about half of the children of beastmen would be unable to transform into beastmen, and the more unable a family was to transform into a beastman, the higher the chance of this happening, and the more likely a family was to transform into a beastman, the more likely they were to do so. She thought it was probably a nutritional issue, or perhaps genetics? It was probably possible, but whatever it was, she had to investigate and make contact before she could say for sure.

Dongfang Long quickly agreed to Haitang's trip to the lower village and went with her. However, Shi Hu sighed, took a dried and pickled deer foot, and said to Haitang, "Give this to your third uncle... Shi Ming." Shi Ming was the only one of the three brothers, Shi Hu and Shi Shui, who had not transformed into a beast.