Xuan walked into the house carrying the processed meat and found that Meng Yuqing was staring at him. He turned his head away feeling guilty.
He had gone out specifically to look for this beast, not just encountering it outside the patrol area. He knew he couldn't hide it from Meng Yuqing, but he still wanted to do it.
He knew Meng Yuqing preferred to eat fresh food.
After staring at Xuan until he felt uncomfortable, Meng Yuqing let him go and said, "You cook tonight."
After a while, he added, "Don't do that next time. It's too dangerous to go out alone to hunt wild animals in winter. I know you are very strong."
"Yeah, there won't be a next time." Xuan nodded obediently.
After letting Xuan divide the portion for tonight's meal, Meng Yuqing put the rest into the space.
Then he took out the tent blueprint he had chosen and said, "I changed this production blueprint, take a look."
Xuan took the drawing and looked at it carefully, while Meng Yuqing quietly explained to him the parts that Xuan didn't quite understand.
"It's very suitable for the wild. If you use waterproof animal skins to make it, it doesn't matter if you can't find a cave on a rainy day. The bones of wild beasts in the water are also suitable for making this, and bird bones are also fine." After understanding the drawings, Xuan immediately began to think about what materials to use to make it.
After much thought, he found that the bones and skins of aquatic beasts were the most suitable. As for the skins of land beasts, they would need to be dehaired and tanned, which was more troublesome.
Hearing Xuan's words, Meng Yuqing frowned, "We don't catch many wild animals in the water. I was planning to make this during the winter when everyone is relatively free. I can use it myself or trade it."
"The skins of the python beastmen from the Shuilin tribe are also fine, but we don't have many in our tribe." Xuan sat in a chair thinking of a solution.
"Host, if possible, please store more food for the winter and don't waste it all."
Just as the two were quietly thinking of countermeasures, the system suddenly spoke.
"What do you mean? Stock up on food for the winter?" Meng Yuqing was a little surprised by the system's sudden request. "Is something going to happen?"
"I can't say anymore. Just stock up on more." After saying this, the system stopped talking.
Meng Yuqing's actions caught Xuan's attention. "Yuqing, what's wrong? Is that what the system is saying?"
Meng Yuqing came back to his senses. He looked at Xuan with a puzzled expression, "The system told me to find a way to store some food during the winter, and not just consume the stored food."
"Stockpile food for the winter?" Lian Xuan was completely confused. "Stockpile food in the winter is difficult. We have to work very hard to find wild animals. Maybe the animals we catch won't even cover the consumption of our beast form. And it's so cold, we can't even plant anything we want. The plants will freeze to death."
"I know." Meng Yuqing rubbed his forehead. "I don't think the system would make this request for no apparent reason. It must be to prevent something, but it seems it can't say it explicitly."
"Let me think of a way." Meng Yuqing walked back to the room and climbed into bed, his mind frantically thinking about how to store food for the winter.
Suddenly, an idea came to him and he slapped his head.
Seeing this, Xuan immediately grabbed his hand to stop him from taking pictures of himself.
Meng Yuqing grabbed Xuan's hand and said excitedly, "I figured it out. I should have thought of it earlier! I have a way to catch the beast."
"What's the solution?" Xuan also climbed onto the bed and the two sat facing each other.
"Do you remember what I said before, that if we didn't save enough food for the winter, I would take you to the river to catch fish?"
"I remember that you have a way to catch wild animals in the water in winter? The big rivers and lakes where wild animals live are frozen in winter." Xuan said.
"It's easier to catch them when they're frozen!" Meng Yuqing sat up straight, gesturing and saying, "The water surface is frozen, and the animals underwater will be deprived of oxygen to a certain extent."
Seeing Xuan wanted to ask, Meng Yuqing stretched out her index finger and put it on Xuan's lips, "Don't worry about what hypoxia is, just listen to me."
Xuan nodded obediently.
"We'll dig a big hole in the water, preferably one big enough for a medium-sized beast to jump out of, and then send people to guard it nearby.
The beasts in the water will soon gather here in the ice pit and stick their heads out to breathe. Then we can catch them all.
But it's best to let the flying orcs and the more agile orcs do this job. If we attract large beasts and destroy the ice beneath our feet, it will be dangerous."
Excited, Meng Yuqing took out a pen and tree bark and drew the whole process for Xuan.
Although his painting skills are average, they are full of soul and the essence is captured. Xuan looked at it for a long time and finally understood what was going on.
"So, Yuqing, when you say lack of oxygen, you mean there is not enough air to breathe, right?" Putting down the drawing, Xuan looked at Meng Yuqing and asked seriously.
"Are you focusing on the wrong thing? The key point is the method of catching the wild beast. Based on your understanding of aquatic beasts, do you think it is feasible?" Meng Yuqing pinched Xuan's face and forced him to answer his question.
There was a smile in Xuan's eyes, and Meng Yuqing knew at a glance that Xuan was teasing her on purpose.
This is so abominable! I used to tease him, but I didn’t expect that he would dare to tease me now! It seems that I am too good to him. It’s time for him to feel the majesty of his elders!
Seeing Meng Yuqing becoming a little angry, Xuan immediately put away his smile and spoke seriously.
"I think we can give it a try. I've heard from older beastmen that when the winter is too long or the water freezes over for a long time, wild beasts in the water will often crash into the ice, breaking it and poking their heads out.
In the past, they didn’t understand what the beasts were doing, and they were usually far away from the shore, so they never thought of catching them. Now that I’ve heard you say this, I understand.”
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