readsfreenovel Chapter 184 It's Back
Chapter 184 It's Back
These orcs came after the Chada Conference, and almost two months have passed since then. In these two months, they have not returned.
Young orcs without partners are fine, but for orcs who already have partners, being separated from them for so long must mean they miss their partners terribly.
Now that they have learned how to build a kang (heated brick bed) and make millstones, it's time to let them go back.
Even after hearing what Bai Ling said, the beastmen were still unwilling to go back. Only after Bai Ling persuaded them again did they agree to leave the next day. However, they would come back after they finished their business.
Besides the orcs who were leaving, Bai Ling also gave the other orcs in the High Tree Tribe a leave of absence so they could go home and visit.
They didn't object to that. Anyone who has been away from home for almost two months would probably be willing to go back and visit if given the chance.
As they prepared to leave, the orcs, who had relatives and friends in other tribes, asked them to help carry some things for their loved ones.
Since Yue wasn't in the tribe, Bai Ling took some dried meat, mung beans, and edamame and asked the beastmen of the Great River Tribe to deliver them to Yue's grandfather and great-uncle. The beastmen of the Great River Tribe smiled ambiguously and said they would definitely deliver them and that they would definitely speak up for Bai Ling in front of Yue's grandfather and great-uncle.
Besides the gifts for Yue's grandfather and great-uncle, Bai Ling and her father also packed two baskets of things and asked the beastmen of the Red Rock Tribe to deliver them to Lin.
The cub in the Lin family was already several months old. Bai Ling made two simple toys out of wood, put them in a basket, and asked the beastmen to give them to her little brother.
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Father Cang has returned from hunting, and Chen has returned from patrol. The family can finally move into their new house.
They moved all their belongings to the new house; all they needed to do was move there themselves.
To celebrate moving into her new house, Bai Ling specially prepared a delicious meal, including fish balls, roasted meat, salted edamame, stir-fried vegetables, and a pot of mung bean soup that had been simmering until it burst open.
Chen was the happiest of them all. He ran around in the yard and even went to the backyard to greet each of the family members. After doing all that, he ran to the bedroom and wanted to lie down on the kang (a heated brick bed). However, since his brother had said that he couldn't go on the kang without taking a bath, Chen could only touch the animal skin on the kang and then giggled foolishly.
He could finally live in a new house with bright windows, a freshly heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), and soft animal hides. He no longer had to sleep in a cave with so many of his tribesmen.
Chen went through every room in the house, including his father's and grandfather's rooms. He even lifted the animal hides on the two kang beds to check them, making sure they were dry and flat before stopping.
During the meal, Chen chattered incessantly, and even Cang couldn't hide his smile.
Last year, their family lived in a cramped mud house. A strong wind could blow away the animal hides and grass on the roof. If it rained, it would rain heavily outside and lightly inside, soaking both people and stored goods. Once the rain stopped, everyone had to take out their stored goods to dry.
If it rains for a short while, it's fine. But if it rains for a day or two, even if you take out the stored food to dry immediately, the food will spoil and the animal hides will get moldy.
In just one year, they moved into a spacious and bright new house, which was not only much more comfortable, but also no longer a worry about rain.
Even if it rains heavily, the house won't leak like it's raining continuously.
Not only Cang, but everyone else in the family was also very happy. Feng's smile never stopped, and Chen grinned like an idiot. As for Bai Ling, he was happy to see his family so happy.
Starting today, he can live in the house and no longer has to squeeze in with the tribesmen. This will not only be much more convenient, but he will also no longer have to endure the tribesmen's snoring.
However, there won't be any cute cubs to wake him up anymore, which is a bit of a downside, but otherwise all the advantages of moving to the new house are there.
Right now, only a minority of orcs, like them, have moved into new houses. Many of their people haven't moved into new houses yet; some haven't even finished tidying up their houses, and others haven't even built them.
There are rules in the tribe about which family gets a house first. Families with elderly people, children, and infants are given priority, followed by families with many members. Families with no elderly people, children, or infants, and with a small number of members, are the last to be built.
Like Yue, who was almost last in line, he had no elders above him, nor any elders or children below him. He lived alone, so his house had to be built last.
Yue had no objection to this at all. He was an adult beastman, and even if the house wasn't ready before winter, he could stay at a friend's house. But it would be difficult for beastmen with partners or large families to stay at other people's houses.
Bai Ling had already decided that once Yue's house was built, he would immediately help Yue tidy up the house so that Yue could move into her own house as soon as possible.
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Yue was running with a group of orcs. While the other orcs carried baskets filled with simply marinated meat, Yue carried a live wild animal on her back.
This is a live sheep, its limbs bound by ropes and fixed to the moon's back. Because it is carrying a living creature, the moon's running speed is significantly slower. It, which is usually in the lead, has fallen to the back of the group this time.
As evening fell, the orcs spotted the outline of their tribe, and those who had been away from home for so long shouted with excitement.
"Awoo awoo," "Awoo awoo," "Woo woo woo"... all sorts of cries rang out, some expressing the joy of returning home, some the pride of bringing back prey, and some longing for family and loved ones.
The moon cried out, even though no one was waiting for it at the edge of the tribe.
This is its declaration: it's back.
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Hearing the howls of orcs outside, including a familiar wolf howl, Bai Ling put down what she was doing and ran out of the room.
When he arrived, the hunting team had already unloaded their baskets and were standing in twos and threes, talking to the tribespeople.
Yue wasn't here. Bai Ling asked around among her people and found out that Yue had gone to take the sheep beast she had brought back with her.
Bai Ling didn't have time to think about why Yue had brought back a live sheep beast before rushing off to find Yue.
There is a small valley in the tribe, which is used to release live wild animals brought back by the hunting teams. The live animals that Yue brings back are also released there.
When Bai Ling arrived, Yue had already put the sheep beast in the valley. Bai Ling called out, and Yue turned around. Both of them had joyful and sweet smiles on their faces at the same time.
"Yue, you're back," Bai Ling ran up to Yue and carefully looked her over from head to toe to make sure she wasn't hurt before she breathed a sigh of relief. "Yue, I missed you so much."
Yue replied, "Me too. Ling, I miss you so much too."