The hunting team members were selected from the Xia clan of the forest.
As the morning light grew brighter, the beastmen of the Xia clan awoke from their dreams and rose to leave their sanctuary.
Jiang Yunlan had prepared food for her tribesmen early on with her twelve cubs. She watched as the semi-adult and adult beastmen drifted over as if in a daze, and then wolfed down the food.
Perhaps because she had been spending so much time with the beastmen, Jiang Yunlan was eating much faster than before. Although she couldn't finish a meal in a few minutes like the beastmen, she could still finish her food in about ten minutes.
She was somewhat pleased that she was finally eating more slowly, but then she suddenly remembered that the beastmen had huge appetites, and her smile vanished.
They eat too fast, which is bad for their stomachs. Perhaps it's time to get them all to switch to chopsticks.
Jiang Yunlan looked up thoughtfully and saw several more orcs hiccuping from eating too fast. A sense of helplessness welled up inside her, and she skillfully urged the hiccuping orcs to get a bowl of water.
When Mo Rong saw that the tribespeople had finished eating, he was about to get up and take the cubs to clean up the dishes when he heard Lan call them to sit down.
The cubs, not understanding what was happening, obediently sat back down cross-legged.
"Before we get to work today, I have something to tell you all," Jiang Yunlan said, calling for Feng Hong and Yan Duoyu to stand up, stand behind her, and turn to face the tribespeople.
The two orcs scratched their heads blankly, then got up and looked at their people sitting on the ground.
“Maple Red is the leader of our tribe’s gathering team. Rock Rain is the leader of our tribe’s hunting team. They will lead you to gather food to bring back to the clan.”
Jiang Yunlan spoke casually, her gaze sweeping over her tribesmen below. The adorable, somewhat dim-witted beastmen stared at her with innocent eyes, and after a few seconds of reaction, they erupted into chaos.
"Are we going hunting?! Lan, I want to go too!"
"Lan, we've gathered new food, does that mean we don't need to farm anymore?"
"Lan! I'm really good with a bow and arrow now, let me go!"
The orcs rubbed their hands together, watching Lan with eager anticipation. Hunting and gathering plants was nothing; they were quite skilled at it.
“Although you will join the gathering or hunting teams and go out with the two captains, you will still have to farm.” Jiang Yunlan said with a smile, gently but firmly.
Some of the orcs went out, while the rest continued farming and infrastructure development, while also protecting their clans and cubs.
Looking at the disheartened beastmen, she continued, "Autumn Fruit, Maple Syrup, and Rock, the three of you will not go out. I need you to stay in the clan and take charge of clan affairs. Gray Honey, Rock Forest, Rock Flower... you will join the hunting team. Cotton, Whiteie, Gray Creek... you will join the gathering team."
When Black Earth and the other semi-adult orcs heard Lan recite the names of the adult orcs but not theirs, they thought they wouldn't be able to go out with the two captains and lowered their heads dejectedly.
"Half-adult orcs can also go out. But their strength must be recognized by the two captains before they can go out with them."
Upon hearing this, the several half-adult orcs from the Black Earth who wanted to go out immediately looked at the two captains with burning eyes.
"Those of the semi-adult beastmen who want to go out can ask the two captains. After the cubs and I finish washing the dishes and preparing the items for the trip, the hunting team members should head out." After Jiang Yunlan finished speaking, she stepped away from the two captains and picked up the dishes and chopsticks with the cubs to go to the washing area.
The youngest cub in the tribe has already survived four snow seasons. He is a cub who can hold a bowl steadily and can take short steps, carrying several stacked bowls and following behind Lan.
Orc cubs grow faster than human cubs; they can usually transform into their beast form after one snow season and migrate with their clan.
Jiang Yunlan knew that aside from physical labor, the youngest cubs could handle most tasks, but she always hesitated when assigning tasks. However, there were too few people in the clan now, and the cubs couldn't just do nothing.
She hesitated for a moment, then assigned the cooking, feeding, and some light work to the cubs.
"Lan, won't your hands hurt from carrying so many things?" A seven-year-old leopard beastman, carrying a ceramic pot full of large bowls, looked at Jiang Yunlan with concern as she carried only a stack of bowls.
She glanced at herself and then at the leopard-human cub, and immediately felt a headache coming on. She said helplessly, "...Don't worry, I can carry it, and I'm not forcing myself."
She was, after all, an orc who could draw a bow and shoot arrows. Even if her physical condition was slightly worse than that of other cubs her age, it wasn't so bad that she couldn't even lift a bowl. So, where did this misunderstanding come from that even the cubs are now worried about her physical abilities?
Standing next to Yan Duoyu, Yan Lin, who had recommended Heitu to join the hunting team, sneezed.
Upon hearing this, Mo Rong turned her head and counted the bowls in Lan's hands. There were six large bowls, which was the number Lan could carry.
"Lan, put the bowl here, I'll scoop the water." He put down the earthenware pot and bowl in his hands and picked up the wooden spoon from the earthenware jar.
Jiang Yunlan carried the bowl over, took out a plant that resembled a soapberry, and put it into the bowl to soak in water. This soapberry-like fruit needs to have its outermost skin peeled off and soaked before it can be used to clean items.
The orcs filled all the earthenware jars in their clan with water. There was enough water for washing and cleaning, but not enough for tanning hides.
Once the hunting party set off, she took the animal hides she had stockpiled and led the beastmen to the river to tan them. Autumn was approaching, and she needed to prepare a couple more sets of clothes for the beastmen.
Back in the forest, we didn't hunt many furry beasts; there was only one group, six in total. Their fur was only enough to make a few quilts, not enough to weave winter clothes for the beastmen.
Jiang Yunlan was lost in thought for a moment, then suddenly remembered when she saw the soap beans soaking in the water: now she could make soap. 022 had the soap-making steps.
The clan had earthen kilns and pottery, which could be used to extract animal fats, and alkaline water could be extracted from soap beans. When the time came, the alkaline water would be thrown into the boiled, purified fat, the two would be mixed and stirred, a little salt would be added, and it would be cooled to make soap.
022 has witnessed the birth of many civilizations and is itself a vast library. She can ask 022 about anything she doesn't know how to make, and obtain the theoretical knowledge required to create it.
Jiang Yunlan pondered today's tasks, deciding on two things: tanning animal hides and making soap. Meanwhile, Yan Duoyu had basically selected the semi-adult orcs to go out.
"Yanlin, are you saying that Heitu is a born warrior?" Yan Duoyu was surprised to hear this. He could actually utter normal words of praise.
He nodded, raising his hand to pat the black soil that only reached his waist. "So, take her with you."
When Kurotsuchi first said she wanted to learn how to fight from him, he didn't expect her to be so outstanding. In just one year, she had already overcome her weaknesses and was able to fight him on equal terms. Kurotsuchi's only shortcoming as a warrior was probably that she was too young and not strong enough.
Hei Tu pursed his lips, looking up at Yan Duoyu with extremely bright eyes, his face still displaying that icy expression that kept strangers at bay.
She couldn't make an expression, nor did she know what to say; she just stared intently at Yan Duoyu.
After Yan Duoyu finished speaking with Yan Lin, he looked down and saw her expression, and immediately agreed. That burning, fiery gaze was the gaze of a warrior.
"Kuroto, from now on you're a member of the hunting team." Iwatoyu put his arm around the small Kurotsuchi and brought her to her teammates.
Whether tall or short, those with an unwavering determination are warriors and the seeds of warriors.
Having experienced the wind beast attack, Yan Duoyu knew very well that no matter how strong one was, if an orc ran away from the enemy, strength was still weakness, and one did not deserve to be called a warrior. She would never forgive those leopard orcs who fled because of the appearance of the giant beasts.
If they hadn't abandoned their young, how could there have been so few cubs in the tribe?
They are not worthy of the lives that their chieftain and his mother had earned with their deaths.
Yan Duoyu recalled her past memories and couldn't help but get angry. But when she saw Heitu's pursed lips curve into a slight smile, she suppressed her anger and calmed down.
"Lan!" She waved to Jiang Yunlan, who had finished washing the dishes and was walking over, and pointed to the three semi-adult orcs she had chosen, saying with a smile, "Black Soil, Rock Fruit, and Gray Winter. Warriors of our clan."
Jiang Yunlan was taken aback when she saw Yan Ganguo inside. She remembered that Yan Ganguo's sprint and strength were inferior to the other two semi-adult leopard beastmen.
She was puzzled and turned to look. A semi-adult leopard-man had joined the gathering team, while another had neither joined the hunting team nor gone to the gathering team.
She didn't say much, but led Yan Duoyu and the other orcs to their weapons, had them take bows, arrows, and stone spears, and set off carrying vine baskets filled with food and medicine.
"There's three days' worth of food inside. You must return in three days, whether you catch any prey or not. We're not familiar enough with the plains yet. This time, all you need to do is familiarize yourselves with the surroundings and return safely, that's enough," Jiang Yunlan instructed Yan Duoyu, telling her and the soldiers to be extra careful.
The hunters responded, grabbed their gear, and set off.
Lan said that returning safely was enough, but they still wanted to return carrying their spoils. This was their first hunting trip since arriving on the plains, so how could they not present their spoils to Lan?
The golden leopard, carrying the small lemming beastman and squirrel beastman, sped away and disappeared from Jiang Yunlan's sight.
She turned her gaze away, then turned to the other orcs in her tribe, her eyes crinkling as she said, "Let's take the hides and animal fat and make new clothes."
After leaving enough orcs to guard the house, Jiang Yunlan led Feng Hong and the others to the riverbank in a wooden cart.
The river was wide, with silt along its banks and some plants growing there. She recognized a familiar plant, the kind she used to make the special mud for the Beast World version.
Cement requires materials such as limestone, clay, and iron ore powder to make. This plant seems to have taken the place of the iron ore powder, mixing with clay and limestone to form cement. She didn't know the underlying principle; she only knew that the cement made this way was usable and worked well.
"It's time to start tanning the hides. After we finish tanning them, let's take these redstone woods back with us," Jiang Yunlan instructed the beastmen.
They left the cotton and rocks on the clan land and fired mud bricks. Once those rows of mud bricks were fired, it was time to officially build the houses.
Maple Red and the other orcs swept over the location of Redstone Wood, responded crisply, turned around and carried the animal hides from the cart to the riverbank, and then took down the pottery jars filled with grease.
The beastmen picked up the animal hides, soaked them in water, rubbed and washed them, then lifted the clean hides and laid them on the riverbank. They turned the hairless inner side open, poured on grease, and rubbed them vigorously.
"Strong orcs, don't use too much force when you're rubbing them," Jiang Yunlan reminded one of the orcs, lest he accidentally ruin his clothes and howl in distress.
All the orcs obediently responded upon hearing this. Maple Red was among them.
They wouldn't dare to rub the animal hides too hard.
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Author's Note: The little angel "Flag Nightmare" sprinkled 40 lucky potions, and the hunting team warriors successfully found their prey and are now lying in ambush.
The little angel "Baiyuesheng" sprinkled 10 pieces of softener, making the animal hides even softer and warmer.
The little angel "Xiao Tai" sprinkled 5 lucky potions, increasing the probability of Lan successfully making soap on the first try.
The little angel "Wisdom-filled Vishdel" threw in a nutrient solution, and Lan's body became even better.
Little Angel "Longing for Blue Sky" Strength Control Agent x1, Maple Red has gained a new understanding of strength control.
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