Su Shiwei, with a composed expression, explained, "There should be mineral veins near the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, and I would like to stay and survey them."
Su Shiwei has always been the most steady and reliable, and in this respect, he inherited Su Guodong's focus. He is widely recognized as having a strong sense of career ambition.
No one thought much of it.
Mineral veins are extremely valuable resources on the Orcish continent. Whether it's stone ore, iron ore, copper ore, coal ore, or gold ore, they are all very useful.
Although they have now discovered iron and coal mines, the mines they have discovered will eventually be depleted, and they cannot afford to sit idly by and live off their savings.
“Okay, then the boss can stay here. It’s good that he can look after Tangtang. If anything happens, he doesn’t need to come back in person. He can just have the team that came to exchange send a message back.” Lin Xia nodded in agreement.
Hu Shen knew that the coal mined by the Black Mountain Tribe and the black stone from the Bamboo Bear Tribe were the mineral veins that Su Shiwei had mentioned.
These are all good things. Su Shiwei took the initiative to stay and search for them. He couldn't wait for Su Shiwei to stay longer. He would even support him for free.
"Ah Tang, Da Qing and I are going back with Auntie. I've never seen what a farm looks like before." Ying Liu'er and Da Qing had also made up their minds.
She wanted to see what the farm where Daqing had been taken in looked like, to see the orcs there, and to see the place where Daqing had lived.
She wasn't too sad about parting. She and Daqing were both free-spirited orcs, and if they missed Sutang in the future, they could come to see her anytime.
Seeing that everyone had expressed their opinions, Su Jianyuan also spoke up:
"Then I'll join the boss too..."
"You should go back too. There's so much work to do at home. With the eldest son not here, do you think you can just slack off outside?"
Before Su Jianyuan could finish speaking, Lin Xia cut him off.
"No, how come he can stay but I can't? How is it that I'm shirking my duties if I stay?" Su Jianyuan glared defiantly, put down his chopsticks, and stood up.
"Mother, since brother wants to stay in Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, let him stay," Su Tang said, speaking up for Su Jianyuan.
Then, as if suddenly remembering something, she said to herself, "I remember that some rabbit-clan beastmen from the sea came to Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain yesterday, asking for the farm's address. They wanted to exchange cloth at our farm. I wonder if Momo will go to the farm..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Jianyuan plopped down again.
"That's right! I'm just being lazy."
He slammed his hand on the table, his face serious and earnest.
"But after thinking about it seriously, I realized I can't be so lazy. The road is so dangerous, I have to stay by my mother's side to protect you all, so I must go back to the farm!"
"I've made up my mind, Mother. I'm going back. Let the eldest brother stay here and bring blessings to the orcs!"
The sudden change in expression left Xiao Fu speechless.
Lin Xia also looked suspicious. Was her son possessed?
The family decided on their plans, ultimately setting off to return to the farm in three days.
Three days later, a group from the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain went to the farm to exchange cloth and ironware.
After dinner, Su Tang and Hu Shen were about to go back when Su Guodong, unusually, called out to Hu Shen.
"Hu Shen, come here, I have something to say to you alone." A hand was behind his back, and he beckoned to Hu Shen with a serious expression.
Hu Shen knew that his father-in-law must be reluctant to part with A Tang and wanted to tell him something. He turned around and told Su Tang to go back first, and then went to the back of the stone house alone with Su Guodong.
Su Tang didn't think much of it, assuming that her father wanted to talk to his son-in-law and give him some instructions. Their relationship had improved a lot during this time, so she took the children back first.
Back in the stone house, Su Tang laid the five cubs on the ground, wiped their eyes, mouths, and paws clean one by one, and trimmed the stray hairs growing under their paw pads before letting them go back inside to sleep.
A moment later, a commotion was heard outside the door.
"Why are you back so soon? What did your father say to you?"
Seeing that it was Hu Shen who opened the door, Su Tang stepped forward and skillfully took the coat he had taken off, asking curiously.
"He didn't say anything, just told me to take good care of you. Father said if I don't treat you well, he'll take you back to the farm and never exchange supplies with the Beast Mountain again."
Su Tang chuckled upon hearing this; it sounded like something her father would say.
"A-Tang".
"Um?"
"I plan to start taking the cubs out to the forest tomorrow to train them and teach them hunting skills."
Hearing Hu Shen's words, Su Tang was a little surprised and hesitated before saying, "Isn't it a bit too early? The little ones haven't even taken human form yet."
The other cubs in the Beast Mountain were still playing all over the mountains and fields.
Orcs live in harsh environments and can only enjoy such carefree times when they are cubs. As they grow up, they will face various crises and difficulties.
"It's not early. The future Beast King of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain will be chosen from among these few. Naturally, they need to be trained from a young age so that they can have a strong physique and abilities to protect Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain."
The sooner he trains, the sooner he can take over Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, and he won't be trapped here.
Seeing Hu Shen say this, Su Tang could only nod.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Hu Shen is always prudent in his actions, and she knows that he is also doing it for the good of the children. At this moment, feeling sorry for the children would only harm them.
As the Beast King, Hu Shen would always consult Su Tang on anything related to her.
Having earned respect, Su Tang was naturally willing to unconditionally support Hu Shen's decision.
The five little ones, fast asleep in their room, had no idea that they were being targeted.
The next morning, Hu Shen took his five cubs out.
Su Tang took the opportunity to spend more time with the two elders before they left, helping them pack their luggage to take back with them.
"We don't need to bring these animal hides. The weather will get hot once the rainy season starts in two months."
"I only need to bring enough food for the journey; I have everything at home."
"These are all seasonings that your mother made. You don't know how to make them, so I'm leaving them for you to use..."
After packing, the two elders had very few things to take with them. The most numerous items were the various crop seedlings that Su Guodong had been cultivating these past few days.
Helpless, Su Tang knew that the farm had everything it needed, so she picked out many crop seeds that the farm didn't have from her space, packed them in her luggage, and took them back to the two elders.
As long as there are seeds, the farm will never lack food.
After filling a large bag with all sorts of seeds, Su Tang thought for a moment and then bought two piglets from the mall.
They had a male and a female, and Su Shiwei made a wooden cage to put them in.
The two piglets are clean and pink, and they only weigh a few pounds now, but they will grow to several hundred pounds when they grow up, making them easy to take back on the road.
There aren't any vast grasslands on the farm, so you can't raise cattle or sheep, but with the vegetables from the farm, raising pigs shouldn't be a problem.
The Tai Sui and Lingzhi in the space are also indispensable.
After some packing, they ended up with a lot more luggage for the two elders.
The two elders naturally wouldn't refuse Su Tang's kind offer.
"Oh right, and this too." After packing her luggage, Su Tang remembered something and ran home to get a large animal skin bag.
"These are the textbooks I wrote for Xiao Fu and the others. They have already learned pinyin, so they can just go back and study on their own. Every now and then, I will have the orcs bring new textbooks to the farm."
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