I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 356 The Sweet Taste

On the day the silk was woven, the elder decided to celebrate in the tribe.

As for the way to celebrate, of course, it was by making delicious food. This time, the Grand Elder really went all out; he took some wheat from the tribe, ground it into flour, and made buns for the tribe's orcs.

The wheat harvest was quite good, but none of the wheat was distributed to the orcs in the tribe. Only Bai Ling and families with elderly people and young children received a small amount of wheat.

Bai Ling received the most; ten elders from the tribe personally came and gave him six baskets of wheat.

Bai Ling knew how precious wheat was to the Central Tribe. Even families with pregnant beastmen only received a basket of wheat, yet he received so much. Of course, Bai Ling refused to accept it.

The elder was adamant that if it weren't for Bai Ling's guidance, they wouldn't have harvested so much wheat. If the tribe had enough wheat to save for seeds in the fall, they would have given Bai Ling even more wheat.

The elders and old people were adamant, and even Bai Ling's clansmen sided with them, urging Bai Ling to accept the wheat.

In the end, Bai Ling accepted six baskets of wheat. However, he divided the wheat into two portions: three baskets were used for his own consumption, while the remaining three baskets were to be given to the orcs in the autumn.

Aside from the wheat that was distributed, the remaining wheat was the most precious thing in the tribe. Apart from the cubs, children, and the elderly, the other orcs had never even tasted flour. This time, to celebrate the creation of beautiful silk, the elders discussed it and decided to take out some wheat to grind into flour for the tribe to eat.

However, there was only so much wheat, but so many orcs to eat. In the end, they decided to use flour and bean flour to make buns with mixed flour. The buns were also made smaller, about the size of a five or six-year-old child's fist.

This was the first time in Bai Ling's life that she had ever eaten such small buns. The beastmen had big appetites, so the buns they made were also big. Back in her own tribe, the buns Bai Ling made were bigger than an adult beastman's fist.

Bai Ling broke the steamed bun in half and handed one half to Yue: "Yue, here you go."

Yue also broke her own steamed bun in half, holding one half as she was about to hand it to Bai Ling. The two hands holding the buns met in mid-air, and their eyes met.

Then Bai Ling and Yue both laughed.

Yue shoved the half-eaten bun in her hand into Bai Ling's hand: "Here you go."

Because of the addition of sorghum flour, the buns were grayish-white. The small buns weren't even enough to fill the beastmen's teeth, so Yue still gave more than half of them to Bai Ling.

Bai Ling shoved the half-eaten bun in her hand into Yue's hand as well: "Yue, here you go."

They both laughed again.

Bai Ling picked up the half-eaten bun that Yue had given him and ate it slowly, bit by bit. The bun skin wasn't as soft and fluffy as the white flour bun, but it was firmer and chewier, and it also had a special sweetness.

The filling was prepared by Bai Ling. This time, he added more animal fat and diced the meat. The oily and salty filling was a perfect match for the dumpling skin made of mixed flour.

Thinking that the half-eaten bun was given to him by Yue, Bai Ling found it even more delicious. A sweet feeling burst forth in his heart and spread throughout his body.

As Bai Ling ate, she tilted her head slightly to look at Yue. Yue's eyebrows curved like a crescent moon, and she ate in small bites, as if she wanted to remember the taste of this half-eaten bun.

*

The weather on the Orcish Continent is more extreme than on Earth. It's colder in winter and hotter in summer, so the orcs building houses stop before noon.

Bai Ling is currently in the Fifth Tribe, which is surrounded by mountains. Houses are built on the mountains, and Bai Ling came here specifically to guide the orcs in building their houses.

Yue didn't want to be separated from Bai Ling for too long, so she simply followed him. While Bai Ling was building a house in the tribe, Yue went out hunting with the hunting team.

Bai Ling casually washed her hands, took a ceramic bowl, and walked to a tree where several ceramic basins were placed, filled with cooked mung bean soup.

Bai Ling removed the lid from the ceramic basin, ladled out a bowl of mung bean soup with a wooden spoon, and had just taken two sips when he heard the cries of the Sky Beastmen coming from the sky.

Bai Ling glanced at the sky twice before looking away. This was a common occurrence; almost every day, Sky Beastmen would come from other tribes, either to deliver messages or to visit relatives and friends. Each Sky Beastman would make a call before landing.

Bai Ling lowered his head and continued drinking the mung bean soup in his bowl. Just as he finished the bowl, an orc shouted, "Ling, people from the First Tribe have arrived. They say they're here to see you."

The orc shouted to Bai Ling as he ran, his forehead covered in sweat from running so fast: "Ling, hurry back, someone needs to see you urgently."

Bai Ling put down the ceramic bowl in her hand and asked, "Who came to see me? What's the matter?"

“The person who came to see you is called Xiao,” the orc replied. “He didn’t say what it was about, he just told me to go back quickly.”

Upon hearing that it was Xiao Lai looking for him and that he was in a hurry, several bad guesses immediately surfaced in Bai Ling's mind. He couldn't care less about anything else. He shoved the pottery bowl into the hands of the approaching orc and ran towards his dwelling.

*

Xiao brought Bai Ling some big news: "Ling, Yue's father has arrived."

Bai Ling was slightly taken aback. Before he could say anything, Xiao pointed to the basket at his feet and said, "I brought your and Yue's clothes. Hurry up and change your clothes. When Yue comes back, you two should go back quickly."

Moon has gone out hunting, and Xiao has already asked the orcs of this tribe to set off to find Moon.

Bai Ling took a deep breath and said, "Well, Yue won't be back for a while. Xiao, tell me what kind of people Yue's father and father are, so I can prepare in advance."

Xiao and Yue are good friends; they practically grew up together. Xiao is very familiar with Yue's father, and Bai Ling wants to find out in advance what Yue's father likes and dislikes so that she can cater to his preferences and win his favor.

*

The moon returned quickly. The hunting party's activity area was within the tribe's territory, so once they knew the general direction, the Sky Orcs could easily find them.

Yue looked anxious and asked Xiao, "Xiao, has my father really returned?"

Xiao nodded: "Yes, Uncle and Little Uncle are back. They came back with the Sky Beastmen from the Central Tribe. I heard from them that they knew you might be in the Central Tribe, so they came here to check first. I didn't expect you to actually be here."

Yue was first surprised, then puzzled. How did her father know she might be in the central tribe? And her father had only been traveling for three or four years, why did he suddenly decide to come back?