RPAGF Chapter 94 Feeding Them
Chapter 94 Feeding Them
Ma Yuan scratched his head. "The chieftain told them to go with Pig Mountain and dig in the soil. They'll stay in the big cave for now, where male orcs keep watch all night."
Lin Baiyan nodded, said goodbye to Ma Yuan, and headed towards the large cave.
He was going to find Hujiang today. The cart he had been using hadn't had wheels installed yet; it was just a bare board, making it very difficult to pull. They had been using a lot of soil these past few days, and making these trips back and forth was really exhausting and troublesome.
A few days later, he was still thinking about whether he could make bricks and tiles to try building a house.
We'll need even more soil then, so having a handcart will make things much easier.
Once inside the large cave, Hu Qing and Quan Ling set up a big pot and were cooking for the cubs.
Lin Baiyan stepped forward and whispered to Hu Qing and the dog spirit for a long time. Only after the dog spirit nodded to indicate that it understood did he leave with peace of mind.
He found Hu Jiang, who was already waiting in the corner, and he was planing a wooden board.
He held a thin stone knife in his hand, and at an angle, smoothed out the uneven parts of the wooden board.
Lin Baiyan went to great lengths to take out a rectangular tool with two handles from his animal skin bag and handed it to Hu Jiang, saying, "Try using this."
Fox Jiang looked at the somewhat clumsy big thing in the priest's hand with a puzzled expression. How was this thing supposed to be used?
Lin Baiyan decided to take matters into his own hands, holding the plane by both sides and applying slight forward pressure with his fingers. A beautiful shaving appeared before Hu Jiang's eyes.
He reached out and touched the wooden board again; the burrs had mostly disappeared, and it just needed to be polished with a stone.
Hu Jiang took the plane from Lin Baiyan and examined it with great interest, saying, "This thing is really useful."
Lin Baiyan smiled and said, "If you want, I can teach you how to do it."
The plane itself wasn't difficult to make, but the blade in the middle was hard to make. There was no iron, and bone was too brittle, so Lin Baiyan had to use obsidian instead.
Although obsidian is much more durable, it is still subject to wear and tear and needs to be taken out and carefully polished every now and then to sharpen its edge.
Hu Jiang agreed with a delighted expression, and the two of them moved the wood outside the large cave and began to work on making wheels.
The male beastmen nearby dug up some soil and returned to the tribe. By then, Tiger Green and Dog Spirit had also finished cooking the meat soup.
Some male beastmen who were too lazy to cook would hand over some of their meat to the cave, and Hu Qing would keep some as food expenses, so they could eat together from the communal pot.
At this point, several male orcs had already come over with their bowls.
After Hu Qing served the cubs their food, he served the other beastmen their food one by one.
Two slightly younger dwarf beasts hid behind Dwarf Red, timidly watching the fragrant aroma emanating from them, occasionally swallowing their saliva.
The food they made smelled so good!
Ai Shi carefully rubbed his stomach. He hadn't eaten in a long time; he had been drinking snow water when he was hungry in the cave.
If it weren't for the fact that the smaller cubs in the cave had a fever and wanted food, Dwarf Red wouldn't have risked taking them to steal food from the orcs.
Ai Cheng stared intently at the male beastmen who were slurping their food.
Looking at the pitiful cub, Ai Hong gently rubbed Ai Shi's yellowish hair, his nose stinging with tears. He was incompetent and had even dragged the cub down with him.
After the beastmen had all received their food, Huqiu banged on the large earthenware pot and called out to the few dwarf beasts huddled in the corner, "Hey, come here!"
The dwarfs hadn't noticed at first, but Hu Qing patiently called out to them several more times, "Hey you dwarfs, I'm talking to you!"
Dwarf Red looked around and, finding no other orcs nearby, cautiously pointed to his red nose. "Us?"
Tiger Hill tapped on the edge of the pot. "Are there any other dwarf beasts here?"
Ai Hong pushed the cubs behind her against the wall, then carefully walked over, hunching over and smiling ingratiatingly at Hu Qing: "Sir, is there any work you need us to do?"
Hu Qing took out a bamboo bowl, scooped a spoonful of meat broth from the pot, and handed it to Ai Hong, saying, "Here, this is your food."
The priest said that they were not spoils of war after the tribe's defeat, but they had stolen food from their tribe and made a mistake. Staying here would be considered labor, or rather, labor reform.
They were basically unpaid workers, so they had to be provided with meals.
Hu Qing recalled Lin Baiyan's original words: "There's no need to give them the same amount of food as our people; just enough to fill their stomachs is fine."
We don't know their habits yet, so we need to observe them further to avoid raising a bunch of ungrateful children.
So the bowl of meat soup that Hu Qing served them contained only a small piece of meat, a spoonful of potato and sweet potato, and the rest was just soup.
Even so, it was enough for one of them to fill their stomach.
Ai Hong looked at the bamboo bowl that Hu Qing handed to him and could hardly believe his ears. What had he just heard? This adult said it was food for them.
The hot food was still steaming, and the short, red belly was immediately drawn to it, letting out a loud rumbling sound.
Could this be their last meal together?
At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Ai Hong's mind.
"What are you spacing out for? Don't you want it?" Hu Qing waved the bowl in front of Ai Hong with some doubt. Did this dwarf beast not understand the beastmen's language?
Fortunately, Hu Qing is thick-skinned and good-tempered. If it were any other orc, they would probably have gotten angry after not getting a response several times.
Ai Hong snapped back to reality, her hands trembling as she took the bamboo bowl, and asked in a shaky voice, "Sir, sir, could you please not kill us...?"
Hu Qing was even more confused. "Who said they were going to kill you?"
The dog spirit rolled its eyes. "You stole our things, but we didn't kill you and even fed you, so you should work even harder for us!"
Dog Spirit has lived on the Beastman Continent since childhood, so he is not sensitive to killing.
If it weren't for the priest saying that they could be kept to work and that they didn't need to be fed too well, the dog spirits felt that they didn't even need to be given food!
However, in the dog spirit's mind, the priest's words were no different from the beast god's words, so of course she would listen to them the most!
The priest said that we can only do more work after we eat!
Hu Qing tugged at the somewhat impatient Quan Ling beside him, "Alright." Didn't you see that the dwarf beast was terrified?
He looked at Ai Hong beside him and said, "You should work hard for us as an atonement for your previous sins."
Ai Hong listened to Hu Qing's words in disbelief. They actually gave him food for working for them?
Don't kill them, don't beat them, and even give them food!
By the God of Beasts!
Do such benevolent tribes really exist in the world?
Ai Hong was practically in tears.