I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 312 Working

The plants he collected included roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Bai Ling would bring them back and dry them in the sun so that when Yue returned, he could dye the silk with her.

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The weather is getting hotter every day. Now the beastmen go to work in the fields in the morning, come back to eat when it gets hot, rest at home when it's hottest at noon, and go back to work when it gets cooler.

The Bai family did the same. They ate some cold steamed buns in the morning and then went to work in the fields.

When they went down to the ground, the sun had just risen, and there were already quite a few orcs in the ground.

Today they are pruning and removing insects from the cotton plants. In summer, there is a lot of rain and sunshine, so the useless empty branches of the cotton plants grow very quickly. Every once in a while, the empty branches need to be removed.

The cotton in the orc world is much larger than the cotton on Earth. It's only the second month of summer, and the cotton plants are already as tall as Bai Ling's chest. The outstretched branches are longer than half of Bai Ling's arm. The green cotton bolls on the branches are as big as Bai Ling's fingernails. There seem to be quite a lot, but even more has fallen to the ground.

Bai Ling didn't know what cotton looked like when it matured in the beastman world, but looking at the layer of small cotton bolls falling at the bottom, he knew that not all the cotton bolls would stay on the cotton plant, and many would fall off.

Bai Ling's family had already learned how to prune branches, so he didn't need to teach them. He explained the method to his family, and it wasn't difficult at all. After Bai Ling explained it twice, his family had already learned it.

Besides pruning and pinching off the tops, you also have to catch insects from the cotton plants. The cotton in the orc world looks similar to the cotton on Earth, and it's also very similar in that it attracts insects. The cotton plants are surrounded by wheat, and although there are insects in the wheat fields, there are definitely not as many as in the cotton fields.

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While Bai Ling's family was working, birdsong came from the sky above the tribe.

Sky orcs came to the tribe; they were unfamiliar sky orcs.

After spending more than half a year together, Bai Ling had become familiar with the Sky Beastmen in the tribe. The cries of the Beastmen after they transformed into their beast forms were different from human voices. The cries of the two Sky Beastmen flying in the sky were unfamiliar, so Bai Ling knew at a glance that they came from other tribes.

The two Sky Orcs were enormous in their beast forms. They hovered in the sky for a while before descending towards the tribe.

While working, Chen looked towards the direction of the tribe and asked, "Father, where did these Sky Orcs come from? Are they from the Central Tribe?"

Feng also saw the two sky orcs: "How would I know? Maybe."

Cang said, "There's still some time before the Chada Conference, so the orcs from the central tribe won't arrive so soon."

Feng lowered his head and continued working: "No matter which tribe it is, the chief will make arrangements. Let's hurry up and get to work."

Bai Ling's family didn't grow much cotton. The four of them worked together and finished all the work in the cotton field in no time. Then they started weeding Bai Ling's vegetable garden.

This vegetable garden was planted with seeds that the Sky Beastmen brought him last year. To Bai Ling's surprise, there were actually melons among these seeds, and they were greenish in color, as big as a ceramic bowl, and sweet in taste. Bai Ling named it Green Sweet Melon.

These melons ripen in the summer. Bai Ling had already picked them once before, and her family loved them. This time, even more ripe ones came out—four in total. Feng carefully picked them all and put them in his basket.

Besides green melons, there were also eggplants. Eggplants in the orc world were much bigger than those on Earth, some as big as half a human head. The eggplants were just starting to ripen, and Bai Ling only picked two. There was also a crisp and tender vegetable called "Shuzai," with a single leaf as big as Bai Ling's palm. It was delicious when dipped in sauce. There were also several other vegetables, all of which tasted pretty good. Bai Ling picked all the ripe ones.

After picking vegetables, she still had to cut grass. There were just too many livestock at home now. Every time she went out to work, Bai Ling would push a wheelbarrow and cut a cartload of grass on the way back.

This time, the whole family came out to work. Except for the handcart which was full of grass, the other three who didn't have a cart all transformed into animal forms and carried a lot of grass on their backs.

The beast form was much faster than the human form, but Cang, Bai Ling, and Chen walked very slowly. They strolled along, looking lazy and carefree. Feng walked ahead of them, pushing a handcart full of green grass.

At this time, many orcs who had come out to work early in the morning also went home. They greeted Feng, and some orcs came over and stroked Bai Ling and Chen's fur a couple of times.

Both brothers have beautiful animal forms. The white lion is majestic and imposing, while the white wolf has a sleek body and its fur is as smooth as silk, seemingly shimmering in the sun.

One of the orcs said, "Ling and Chen's fur is in great condition. If they weren't carrying things on their backs, I would really like to ride on their backs back."

"Yes, the orcs in the tribe look much better now, unlike before when they shed fur and looked rough."

"Especially the cubs, they are all raised to be chubby, which makes them even more lovable."

The beastmen's conversation shifted from Bai Ling and Chen to the cubs, and then from the cubs to the "kindergarten".

Chief Zhan plans to build a large house specifically for the cubs in the tribe. The beastmen are usually very busy, and families with cubs usually leave them with the older beastmen in the tribe to take care of. In the past, the older beastmen would watch the children and cubs in the square while doing their own work.

Now that the tribe has mastered the art of building houses, Zhan and several old orcs discussed it and decided to build a large house in the tribe specifically for children and cubs.

Find a few more kind and gentle orcs to stay in this house and look after the children and cubs.

The proposal was unanimously agreed upon by all the orcs in the tribe, and many orcs were eager to go there to take care of the cubs.

If you go there, you can play with the cubs every day, and you can also get jerky and food every month. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?

The orcs' conversation always changed quickly, and before long they had moved from "kindergarten" to other topics. Bai Ling followed behind them slowly, but in her mind she was thinking about the two sky orcs she had seen.

Where did they come from? What brings them to the Hightree Tribe? Are they really orcs from the Central Tribe?

But it's not time for the orcs from the central tribe to arrive yet, or perhaps they are from other tribes and have come here for other reasons.