"Then we'll go after we finish washing today."
"Okay, I'm free."
The three of them agreed on a time, quickly washed the animal skins in their hands, put them in the yard to dry, and then went out together to hunt wild boars.
When they hunt now, they prefer to go directly around the back of the tribe, where there are more large prey.
The three men searched for a while in the woods and smelled traces of wild boars. They waited there for a while, and only discovered the wild boars that came out to look for food when it got dark.
Tan Yuan rushed forward from the side first, attracting the wild boar's attention. Its front hooves moved restlessly, and its fangs were pointed in the direction of Tan Yuan.
The other two orcs took this opportunity to pounce on the wild boar from the left and right sides behind it and bit its hind legs. The wild boar panicked and had its neck bitten off by Tan Yuan.
"Hmm..." Tan Yuan relaxed, licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at the wild boar with blood trickling from its neck and said, "This should be big enough. Let's carry it back and divide the meat."
"good."
Tan Yuan took the trouble to carry the wild boar to the stream of the tribe, and the remaining two orcs were responsible for cleaning up.
"I will deliver this fat to the tribe leader first, and you can just deliver my share to my home."
"No problem. It's getting late now. Send it over quickly, otherwise the clan leader and the others will also go to bed."
That’s what Tan Yuan thought, so he took the wild boar’s fat to Ling Yun’s house.
Ling Yun looked at the wild boar oil in Tan Yuan's hand and accepted it without hesitation: "I just want to make some more."
"Chief, there aren't many wild boars, and they tend to be solitary, making them difficult to catch. The raw materials for this soap are so rare, and they're used up so quickly, I'm a little reluctant to use them."
Tan Yuan talked about his thoughts.
But he didn't mean anything else. Good things are like this, not easy to get.
"Songmu and I will think of a solution."
"Even if you and Songmu are stronger than us, it's still too dangerous to face wild boars. I wonder if other wild beasts can be used as substitutes. I think the oxen are good. They are large and we have them in captivity."
"Don't touch the captive cattle of the tribe. They are for the cubs to eat. Our tribe will have more and more cubs in the future, so we must ensure their numbers. Don't kill them for their fat for the time being."
Ling Yun patted Tan Yuan on the shoulder and motioned him to go back first.
After Tan Yuan left, Ling Yun returned with the lard and put it in the kitchen. He washed his hands and went into the bedroom. "It was Tan Yuan. He brought a piece of wild boar lard. He said he and Ren Ge went hunting together this afternoon."
"A whole one?" Lin Qiu asked.
Ling Yun nodded.
"That's great, I can make more."
"Tan Yuan raised a question. Although wild boars have a lot of oil and no odor, they are not very convenient to hunt. Can we use other prey instead?"
Song Mu said, "No matter which prey we choose, catching just one is too limiting. Xiao Qiu, can we mix them up?"
"You can mix them together, but the proportion of lye to each type of oil must be re-matched, which will be a bit troublesome." Lin Qiu chose wild boar after weighing the pros and cons.
"Is it just going to be trial and error like before?"
"Yes," Lin Qiu said, "I want to find some plants that can be used to extract oil. This will be much more convenient."
"Xiao Qiu, I remember you said the wax on the wax fruit is also a kind of oil. Can we use the wax fruit?"
Lin Qiu shook his head: "Even if it is possible, it is too little. Although there are many wax fruit trees, it is very troublesome to collect them. We still need to use wax oil to make candles."
"So there are plants and oils?"
"Many plants have oil. Ling Yun, Song Mu, are there any fruits with hard shells in the forest? They are rich in oil and taste delicious."
"Hard fruit?" Ling Yun and Song Mu looked at each other.
Lin Qiu said, "It can't be called a fruit, it should be a fruit core, which squirrels like to eat."
"What's a squirrel?"
"Have you ever seen a little mouse living in a tree?"
"Oh, then we know." Ling Yun nodded.
Songmu said, "Let's just go find a squirrel and see what shells are in his nest, right?"
"That's fine too."
"Okay, then we'll try to find plants to make soap."
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