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Chapter 191 Autumn Harvest

The autumn harvest is a major event, as it concerns the food supply for the entire tribe during the winter.

Since autumn began, whenever the beastmen have time, they go to the fields to check when it's time to harvest.

They all listened to Bai Ling's advice; whenever Bai Ling said it was time to harvest, then they could harvest.

Bai Ling also goes to the fields twice a day. The crops in the fields are slowly ripening and will be ready for harvest soon.

Bai Ling didn't have a specific time for the harvest, but when she saw the wheat ears starting to turn yellow, she knew that the harvest season had arrived.

He then looked at the sorghum and soybeans. The soybeans had turned yellow but were still quite soft. The sorghum grains didn't seem to be fully ripe yet and would need to wait a few more days.

Bai Ling decided to harvest the wheat, soybeans, and mung beans first, and then harvest the sorghum after those were finished.

When Chief Zhan heard that it was time to harvest the crops, he immediately gathered the orcs still in the tribe together and began to arrange the work. At the same time, Zhan also asked the Sky Orcs to notify the orcs who were away to hurry back and harvest the crops.

The most commonly grown crop in the tribe is cassava, which can be harvested last. Soybeans are the second most common crop. Not many families grow sorghum or mung beans because these two plants are not native to the High Tree Tribe's territory; if you want to grow them, you have to go to other tribes to exchange for seeds. Sesame is also not widely grown because it doesn't produce many seeds and doesn't taste very good when cooked. Apart from Bai Ling's family, only two other households grow a little.

Chief Zhan divided the orcs in the tribe into several groups and began harvesting beans and mung beans. The orcs had to finish harvesting the tribe's public fields before they could harvest their own fields.

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Yue returned with the rest of the hunting party. After resting for a while, he began harvesting beans.

Bai Ling was a large beastman. He was assigned to the transport group. The harvested beans were bundled together and placed on the backs of the large beastmen, who then carried them to the square to dry.

Bai Ling's beast form is quite large, and it can carry a considerable amount of beans, but compared to the amount a cart can transport, it's really not much.

Orcs can indeed carry a lot of things, but it's still not as convenient as pulling a cart. Bai Ling secretly made a decision in her heart: she would make a cart next year so that it would be much more convenient to move things.

As soon as the harvested grain was laid out to dry in the square, it attracted flocks of birds and animals to steal it.

This is where the Sky Orcs came in handy. They transformed into their beast forms and cried out loudly in the sky above the plaza to drive away the birds and beasts.

Orcs stand at the top of the food chain on this continent. Upon hearing the cries of the orcs in the sky, the birds and beasts scatter in all directions, only daring to linger at a distance, but not daring to actually fly over.

Bai Ling used his beast form to transport things, while Yue was harvesting beans. Both of them had to work, so they didn't even have time to talk. They could only exchange a few words while eating.

Now all the orcs in the tribe are mobilized, and the food is better than usual. Bai Ling is holding a ceramic bowl in one hand, with twice as much meat in the soup as usual. She has also made stir-fried celery with meat and a cold vegetable salad.

Bai Ling served the meat soup, and Yue brought out a cold vegetable salad. The two found a quiet place and sat down to eat together.

The two hadn't seen each other for more than half a month. Yue had just returned today and was already back in the fields. Bai Ling and he hadn't even had a chance to exchange more than a few words.

Bai Ling looked at Yue carefully for a few moments, until Yue became embarrassed and asked, "Ling, why are you looking at me like that?"

Bai Ling smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Now that you're finally back, of course I have to take a good look at you."

A smile played on Yue's lips as she asked, "Have you seen enough?"

Bai Ling shook her head: "Of course not, I could never get enough of looking at it in a lifetime."

The moon is so beautiful that he could look at it for a lifetime and still not get enough. He wants to look at it again in the next life and the life after that.

"Alright, let's eat quickly," Yue said, breaking off a piece of cassava cake and handing it to Bai Ling. "After you finish eating, rest for a while, then you'll have to go back to work in the fields."

Orcs don't have any rules about not talking while eating. Bai Ling and Yue chatted while eating. Bai Ling remembered something and said, "Yue, after the crops in the fields are harvested, I'll take people to build houses as soon as possible. Your house has already been assigned. Once your house is built, we'll quickly tidy it up, and then you can move in."

Yue nodded in agreement: "I'll bring Grandpa and Great-Grandpa to live here in winter. Even if there are heated beds in the caves of the Dahe Tribe this year, they're definitely not as comfortable as living in a house."

Yue's grandfather and great-uncle are not very old. They did not come to live in Gaoshu Tribe last year. When the tribe started building houses this year, Yue had already planned to bring her grandfather and great-uncle to live with her in the winter.

This way, the two elderly people will be more comfortable living there, and he can spend more time with them.

Bai Ling agreed with this idea, and then he talked about his own plan: "Yue, once the house is built and there's nothing much to do in the tribe, let's go to the Greenwood Tribe. I heard that the Greenwood Tribe has a lot of fruit trees. Let's dig up some fruit trees to plant, and then we'll have fruit to eat in the future."

No matter what Bai Ling does, Yue supports him. Even if Bai Ling wants to dig up a mountain to plant, Yue will work with him without hesitation.

"Okay, once we're done with our work, we'll go to the Greenwood Tribe."

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After the soybeans and mung beans in the tribe's public fields were harvested, the orcs went to harvest the soybeans and mung beans they had grown themselves. Each family didn't grow a lot of soybeans and mung beans, so they could finish harvesting them in a day or two.

The harvested soybeans and mung beans need to be dried for a few days. Once the beans are dry, the stone roller is lifted off the millstone and pulled by the orcs, rolling it around and around on the spread-out beans.

The pods will pop open with a crackling sound, and the beans will roll out.

Several orcs held flails, raised them high, and slammed them down, causing the mung bean pods to burst open and the round mung beans to roll out.

The beastmen were extremely satisfied with these two tools. Before, when they gathered beans, they either had to peel the pods open by hand or knock them open with a stick, which was far less convenient than these two tools.

Especially the stone roller, which can be rolled around on the beans a few times and all the beans will come out, which greatly saves manpower and time.

Roll the beans a few times with a stone roller, then use a wooden fork to stick the bean stalks up and set them aside. Use a broom made of twigs to sweep the beans to one side. If there is wind, use a wooden shovel to toss the beans high into the air, and the wind will separate the beans from the soil.

The bean stalks that have been inserted to one side should be rolled over with a stone roller, and most of the beans on the pods will fall off.

These mung beans and soybeans need to be dried further. Once they are completely dry, they will be packed into baskets and stored in caves on the hillside.