The family ate their meal in silence.
We slowed down when we were about 80% full, and started chatting about everyday things while we ate.
"Second Brother, I heard from the orcs from the Gray Wolf Tribe who went to exchange for White Stone that the Beast King has been replaced at Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, and there has been unrest. Why didn't you tell us?"
Su Tang recalled what she had heard in the Gray Wolf Tribe today and asked Su Jianyuan about it.
Upon hearing this, apart from the kitten slurping up the bland, unspiced beef broth, the whole family turned to look at Su Jianyuan.
"Second son, is this true? Is it dangerous?" Su Guodong asked his son immediately.
Su Jianyuan also looked bewildered, "What unrest? I don't know anything about it..."
He had heard about the change of Beast King, but what was this turmoil?
Su Tang took a sip of hot soup and continued, "The Gray Wolf Tribe's team was robbed at Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, and most of the white stones they obtained were stolen. Didn't you run into them at Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain?"
Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Su Jianyuan had no choice but to confess.
"Let me tell you the truth! I didn't actually go up Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain. I traded the white stone with the orcs outside at the foot of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain."
Su Jianyuan honestly recounted the whole story to them.
The family was dumbfounded.
This kid is really lucky. Not only did he find a great traitor to exchange for the white stone, thus avoiding prey on the mountain, but he also escaped a disaster!
Sending him to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts was definitely the right decision; someone else might not have thought of using the "ticket-dodging" method.
Su Tang said with immense relief, "Luckily, we didn't take the supplies with us to the orcs of the Gray Wolf Tribe to exchange for them, otherwise our White Stone would probably have been stolen by now."
Lin Xia slapped her thigh, somewhat excited, "Now that you mention it, we have to thank Nini's ex-husband, what was his name again...?"
“Wolf Qi!” Su Guodong added.
If he hadn't informed on them and sent the supplies back, Su Jianyuan wouldn't have gone to Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain in person.
And then, by some strange twist of fate, Lang Zhuang's piece of white stone ended up in Lang Nini's hands, which Su Tang found quite peculiar.
Holding a large bowl, with his mouth full of oil, Xiao Fu asked, "Mother, what is an ex-husband?"
“An ex-husband is a partner that a female doesn’t want,” Lin Xia explained.
"Oh!" I've learned another new word. I can show it off to the cubs tomorrow, hehe!
After asking about Su Jianyuan, the family then turned their attention to the wooden house.
"Boss, how long will it take you to build the wooden house? I heard today that the rainy season is coming soon, and then we won't be able to live in our thatched huts anymore. Should I go and help tomorrow?" Lin Xia asked Su Shiwei.
She felt that she was now capable of both fighting and taking on challenges.
Orcs have exceptionally good physical constitutions.
She can now carry 100 pounds of pork with ease and swift movement.
Actually, she could easily help build the wooden house, but Su Guodong insisted that she not get involved, saying that it was a man's business.
“Mother, we’ll be able to move in in no more than half a month. No need for help, Father, Daqing, and I can manage,” Su Shiwei said gently.
Although Daqing is not good at other jobs, he is very good at cutting down trees.
The timber used to build the log cabin was mostly cut down by Daqing, which greatly sped up the construction process.
Su Tang calculated that in half a month, she should be able to move in before the rainy season.
If there's enough time, then there's nothing to worry about.
...
Gray Wolf Tribe.
Wolf Iron was beaten so badly that he lay in the grass for a long time, covered in wounds, before limping back to the cave.
The male caves are all together.
A large cave, with several smaller caves dug inside, where the males lived alone.
Only males that have found a mate can go out and dig their own caves.
Wolf Iron was starving, in pain, and exhausted.
He remembered that there were some fruits and bones in his cave. When he cracked open the big bones, the marrow inside smelled delicious and could temporarily fill his stomach.
We'll go hunting again tomorrow when things are a bit better.
With that thought in mind, Lang Tie finally perked up.
"These ungrateful bastards, let's see if I'll include you next time something good happens!"
Wolf Iron grumbled and cursed all the way back to the cave.
But once inside the cave, the ground was covered with messy footprints, and the air was filled with the stench of many other orcs.
Yes, for orcs, the smell between people of the same sex is foul.
Wolf Iron was stunned for a moment, then immediately lifted his leg and rushed in.
"Where are my fruits, my bones, and my animal hides?! They're all gone!" Wolf Iron stared blankly at the empty cave.
His entire cave has been emptied!
"Damn it! Who did this?! I'm going to kill you all!"
Wolf Iron roared furiously.
In another cave.
A group of males are chattering and dividing the spoils.
"That Wolf Iron made us make a wasted trip, lose so many white stones, and even get injured. Taking a little something from him is already letting him off easy!"
"Exactly, they even dare to point fingers at us..."
The speaker was an orc who had returned from the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain with Wolf Iron.
After the group of males finished dividing the spoils, they returned to their respective caves.
Most of them are old bachelors who can't find partners in the tribe and spend their days in a daze, not doing anything productive.
It was Wolf Iron who approached them, saying he could get the White Stone without using supplies, which is why they agreed to go.
When they could get the white stone, these males praised Wolf Iron to the skies. Now that they can't get the white stone, they immediately turn their backs on them, resorting to fighting and stealing.
If Lang Tie had known this day would come, he would never have asked them to work together again.
...
Wolf Nini found Wolf Zhuang on the second day.
Yesterday, after returning from Su Tang's house, she went to the male's cave to look for him, only to find that Lang Zhuang was not there.
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