Day 2
The hunting and gathering teams left early, leaving about seventy or eighty people in the tribe.
These people are all the elderly, children, sick, disabled, and infirm in the tribe!
The largest number of them were cubs, followed by elderly orcs, and the fewest were sick or disabled orcs.
Because in the ancient orc continent, once an orc falls ill, he simply cannot survive for very long.
Most of the orcs who survived had some minor chronic illnesses.
Or it could be a lingering ailment from an injury sustained in youth, which leads to physical weakness and decline in old age.
Lin Xue first went to explain to Ci what needed to be done today, and then asked them to start making preparations.
He then walked to the other side of the square, where many orcs were already waiting.
“Sick orcs, come and line up here. Orcs whose old illnesses have flared up again, bring your cubs and go help Thorn first. I’ll have someone call you later!”
Seeing that there were too many people, Lin Xue directly divided the orcs into three groups: the sick, those with hidden diseases, and cubs.
She planned to first check the physical condition of these orcs and prescribe medicine for them. Although these people could no longer do dangerous work, things like building houses and farming were indeed quite suitable for them.
Lin Xuehua spent the entire morning examining the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, and children in the tribe, recording their problems one by one on her animal hide.
When the next gathering team goes out, Lin Xue will have them bring back some necessary medicinal herbs to treat the orcs in the tribe.
After the kudzu root powder and yam powder are finished, Lin Xue will lead these people to start building houses. At that time, these people will be the main force of the construction team.
Although caves are warm in winter and cool in summer, the fact that humans have evolved from living in caves to living in houses shows that houses are much more convenient to live in than caves.
For example, only a house can perfectly solve issues such as layout, heating, and ventilation.
After all, once the cave entrance is blocked in winter, ventilation becomes a major problem.
Why did the orcs of ancient tribes have short lifespans, with the death rate in the cold season exceeding that in the summer when large-scale hunting took place?
The cave's poor ventilation likely caused the beastmen living inside to easily fall ill.
Sleeping on the ground all the time can easily cause dampness to accumulate and form dampness toxins. Isn't that how old cold legs and arthritis come about?
Moreover, when one orc falls ill, almost all orcs living in the same cave will be infected.
Therefore, building a house is also an urgent issue.
The morning passed just like that. In the afternoon, Lin Xue went to the other side of the square to check on the progress of the assassination attempt on their side.
The kudzu roots had all been cleaned and placed in a huge stone trough. Several female orcs worked in pairs to crush the kudzu roots into tiny pieces.
The debris still needs to be washed, and the water from the washing process needs to be allowed to settle. This is not something that can be done in a day!
Lin Xue went over to take a look and, finding no problems, led the remaining elderly females of the tribe to the nearby forest to search for tough and slender vines.
The hunting team has been busy hunting these past few days and hasn't had time to gather bamboo yet.
Lin Xue planned to take the orcs from the tribe to look for rattan weaving materials nearby that could replace bamboo weaving.
First, weave some bamboo strips and bamboo winnowing baskets for the tribe's daily use.
Then they had the remaining dozen or so disabled orcs take the children from their tribe and dig up the ripe yams nearby.
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The beastmen of the Green Mountain tribe lived their lives in a routine manner every day.
Ya and his hunting team are intensifying their hunt!
Ya led the gathering team to several nearby hills and collected everything edible.
Lin Xue led seventy or eighty people, including the cubs, to process the things they had gathered and hunted.
The square is no longer as empty as it used to be.
Many racks were set up along the square, with large rattan and bamboo winnowing baskets on them.
The entire area was covered with dried wild vegetables, dried fruit, and dried meat.
Putting everything else aside, the dried wild vegetables alone have already filled two caves.
There was about half a cave's worth of dried fruit, not to mention the dried meat! If they ate it sparingly, it would be enough for the tribe to eat until next spring.
However, there are still many fruits in the mountains, and they want to make more so that they can exchange them with other tribes for useful supplies.
Under Lin Xue's guidance, kudzu root powder was also made, and two days ago, the tribe's beastmen had already enjoyed the delicious flatbread.
The orcs in the hunting party, in particular, all said they hoped to take flatbread with them when they went hunting.
Lin Xue had already taught the tribe members how to start a fire in the wild, but she also instructed them not to spread the knowledge to outsiders.
Lin Xue planned to use the method of making fire to trade for supplies with other tribes.
She's not some saint who would willingly share her tribe's things for free.
The yams that the beastmen dug up were also processed into a batch of yam noodles.
Tonight or so, the beastmen will be able to enjoy their first meal of beast meat stew with vermicelli.
With kudzu root powder and yam powder, Lin Xue felt that if they ate sparingly, their Qingshan tribe should be able to successfully get through this cold season!
What's more, there's so much animal meat!
Especially when the tribespeople learned that there was a shaman in the tribe, the hunting team members became more courageous than ever before, and they caught more prey.
In addition, the orcs in the hunting party have learned to use their brains to think of ways to use tools more efficiently, so they bring back more and more prey each time.
During these few days, Lin Xue also taught the tribespeople how to make smoked meat. Because they didn't have enough salt, their plan to make cured meat had to be put on hold for the time being.
Lin Xue had been considering taking Ya to the beach before the winter season arrived, if the house construction went smoothly.
It's not like she doesn't know how to extract salt from seawater. Instead of trading so much prey for a little bit of salt, she might as well go to the seaside and make enough for a year herself.
If you have enough time, make more and sell them – that's also a way to make money.
However, these are still just thoughts in Lin Xue's mind; she hasn't told Ya about them yet.
After all, saying too much will only add to the burden on her big son, and we shouldn't let accidents happen because of rushing to finish the work.
After all, the beastmen in the hunting team have a lot of work to do every day. They have to figure out how to hunt while also ensuring their personal safety.
Under these circumstances, Lin Xue did not want to put too much pressure on Ya.
"Ya, tomorrow pick a few slow-moving females to stay in the tribe and help Thorn! I need a group of orcs to do some work, so we can't assign all the people who are still in the tribe to Thorn!"
That evening, the three members of the Qingshan tribe gathered together again.
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