I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 122 The Cute and Clever Orc

Every household in the clan had to come to the brick kiln to collect bricks, tiles, glass, lime, and cement when building a house, and also to the carpentry team to collect doors and windows. Of course, these could not be used for free.

The clan chief stipulated the number of bricks and tiles, doors and windows, and glass that each household could use. Each household had to bring some animal meat and hides when they came to collect the items. These were not much, and basically everyone in the tribe could afford them. If there were only elderly people in the family and no able-bodied beastmen, or if the beastmen in the family were severely disabled, they did not need to bring these.

The beastmen don't have a written language, and the chieftain Zhan was worried that Bai Ling wouldn't remember who owed him something, so he specially assigned a middle-aged beastman to help him remember.

This middle-aged orc was called Ban. He had an excellent memory, which surprised Bai Ling. He could remember exactly how much each clan owed after asking only once.

Moreover, Ban knows exactly how old each member of the tribe is, what relatives they have, and even what the tribe exchanged with other tribes a few years ago, as long as he was involved.

Bai Ling envied this memory, and it also made Bai Ling understand more and more that the beastmen only did not know or understand many things because their society was still in a primitive stage, but that did not mean that they were all empty-headed.

It wasn't just Ban; the other tribespeople were the same. Some were excellent cooks; Bai Ling only taught them a few simple recipes, and they'd already created numerous variations. Others were skilled farmers; Bai Ling would visit his fields every morning and advise his family on how to care for them, yet even so, some tribespeople managed their fields better than him. The tribespeople in the ironworks improved upon the iron tools Bai Ling made, resulting in much more effective sickles and hoes. The tribespeople in charge of the brick kiln could now fire bricks and tiles independently, with an increasingly high success rate. Under Bai Ling's guidance, the carpenters learned simple woodworking, carving patterns on doors, windows, and furniture without instruction, and even experimenting with making toys for the tribe's children and cubs...

Every day, changes are happening in the tribe. Bai Ling is the one who brings these changes to life, but it is this group of lovely and clever beastmen who are making these changes take root and flourish in this land.

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The Bai family built a total of four rooms.

The easternmost room is a bedroom, the middle room is the main hall, the third room is also a bedroom, and the westernmost room is the kitchen.

The easternmost room was divided into two sections: the front was for living, and the back was a storage room used to store valuables. The westernmost room was also divided, with the front being a bedroom and the back being a small bathroom.

Three walls of this bathroom are heated, and the bathroom is only two meters high. When taking a shower in winter, the three heated walls will be heated up, and the temperature of the bathroom will rise significantly, making it very convenient to take a shower.

In Bai Ling's plan, at least six houses should be built: one bedroom for his father, one bedroom for him and his brother, a main hall, a kitchen, and a grain storage room. However, the tribe was in such short supply of bricks and tiles that it was impossible for him to build so many houses.

Bai Ling knew that if he suggested building two more houses, both the clan chief Zhan and the clansmen would agree, but he didn't do so.

If he builds six houses, will the other clansmen also need to build six houses? If the clansmen all build six houses, there will definitely not be enough bricks and tiles, and then the clansmen waiting in line will not be able to own houses.

If he's the only one building six houses while the rest of the clan builds four, wouldn't that be blatantly him being treated differently? Even if the clansmen don't say anything, Bai Ling himself would feel uncomfortable.

The family currently only has four rooms: the bedroom, the main room, and the kitchen. After the harvest, they will have to find other ways to store the grain. At worst, they can store it in the cave on the hill for another year. When they have enough bricks and tiles next year, they can build a few more side rooms.

The house is built, but there's still a lot to do. The foundation needs to be rammed, and then raised with soil. After leveling the ground, wooden planks need to be laid on it. The walls inside the house need to be covered with wooden planks and then plastered with quicklime. The glass in the doors and windows needs to be installed. A kang (heated brick bed) needs to be built inside. There's also the kitchen, bathroom, the steps at the door, and the yard all need to be tidied up. Several sheds need to be built in the backyard for the livestock. All of this takes a lot of work.

Bai Ling's family didn't hire anyone; they just packed up slowly in the early morning and late evening when they couldn't go out. The other members of the clan did the same, packing up when they couldn't go out.

Because there was so much work to do at home, and no time to feed the livestock, Bai Ling discussed it with her family and hired members of the chores team to cut grass.

The members of the chores team are mostly elderly or injured, and their bodies do not allow them to travel too far. They can only gather resources around the tribe. If they have able-bodied orcs in their families, that's fine, but if they don't, they can only rely on gathering resources and doing chores for the tribe in exchange for food.

Feng found two tribesmen who didn't have able-bodied adults at home and were in poor health to cut grass for their livestock. This way, they could get better food, and Bai Ling's livestock would also be taken care of.

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It's summer now, the weather is getting hotter, and there's more rain.

Light rain has little impact on the beastmen; they still go out hunting and gathering as usual. Even if it rains heavily, the beastmen won't be idle. They weave baskets and hampers, smoke and marinate the meat they've collected, sort the food they've gathered, and wash the clothes they haven't had time to wash yet with the rainwater. Of course, those who have already built houses will also have to tidy them up.

If it rains heavily, the orcs won't stay in the caves anymore, but will gather in the houses that have already been built in the tribe. Although they have seen it several times, the orcs are still very curious about the houses that don't leak at all.

At this point, the host will pretend to be humble but actually show off. He will first lead his clansmen through all the rooms, and then repeat his plan to clean the house. Even though he has said this many times, whenever it rains or whenever his clansmen come to his house, the host will bring it up again.

The guests felt the same way. Even though they had heard it countless times and marveled at it countless times, they would still express their heartfelt admiration and envy when they heard such a wonderful story again.