"What are you talking about?"
Hu Jiaojiao's voice came from behind, and the two of them immediately raised their heads.
Hu Qingyuan was about to answer without even thinking.
"Long Mo said..."
"nothing."
Long Mo interrupted with a stern voice, and stepped forward past Hu Qingyuan, "Aren't we going to build a stone house? I told Hu Qingyuan that I would come to help too."
As he spoke, he pulled Hu Jiaojiao's little hand and walked to the other side, keeping a distance from Hu Qingyuan and not giving them a chance to talk.
"You want to help too? But you also have to hunt, won't it be too tiring?" Hu Jiaojiao had no doubts, her voice a little hesitant.
When did Long Mo become so close to his fourth brother that he even offered to help.
"Not tiring, half a day of hunting is enough." Long Mo replied nonchalantly, "Besides, they don't have enough manpower now, right?"
The two walked away, and Hu Qingyuan scratched his head suspiciously. Did he just mention this? He clearly said...
Originally, Hu Qiang and the four brothers only needed to build one stone house, but now that they had the tiger crystal, they had to build two stone houses, so they had to speed up the process.
After discussion, it was finally decided that Hu Qiang and the second and third brothers would build a stone house for Hu Min. Although Hu Qinggao had to make charcoal every day, he only had to go in the morning and evening. He didn't have to stay there all day, so there was plenty of time.
The eldest brother will help Hu Qingyuan build a stone house, and Long Mo will also come to help.
Hu Jiaojiao didn't know about the agreement reached between Long Mo and Hu Qingyuan, and she was very pleased to see that their relationship had improved.
At least it's better than a tit-for-tat fight as soon as you meet.
The next day.
The two families began to build a stone house. After Hu Jiaojiao took care of the cub and finished his breakfast, he went to find the patriarch.
Hu Jiaojiao told the clan leader about the plan to raise rabbits in captivity.
Hearing Hu Jiaojiao's words, the clan leader looked surprised.
"Can you still raise rabbits? How can you raise them? And rabbits are so small, raising them won't be enough to eat, and it's also very laborious and time-consuming..."
The patriarch frowned and made his point.
It’s not that they haven’t caught live prey before, but the prey they caught were wild and unruly, unwilling to eat, and by winter, they were so thin that there was little meat left, so it was better to just catch and eat them.
In their impression, the only correct way to hunt is in the forest, as the forest is the best place for feeding.
Rabbits are weak and are prey to many wild animals. Therefore, even though rabbits reproduce quickly in the forest, there are not many of them. The patriarch simply thinks that there is no difference between rabbits and most wild animals.
"Chief, rabbits reproduce very quickly. As long as you raise them for a few months, they will reproduce quickly. And there is no need to feed them specially. All you need to do is build a fence around the place where they are kept and enclose the rabbits inside."
Hu Jiaojiao explained patiently.
Without natural enemies, rabbit populations would multiply.
"This way, next winter, everyone can eat fresh meat without having to go hunting in the forest."
Although rabbits are small, they cannot withstand large numbers.
Orcs all like to eat meat. Although there are potatoes in winter, they can only barely fill their stomachs.
It has to be said that the patriarch was very excited to be able to eat fresh meat in winter.
"Then... where to raise them?" the patriarch couldn't help but ask.
"Don't worry, Patriarch. I have found a good place."
Hu Jiaojiao curved her eyebrows and revealed a shrewd smile.
The chief who had been hesitant just now could not wait to gather a few orcs and head to the destination with Hu Jiaojiao.
A group of orcs came to a place where potatoes were grown.
"We are going to raise them here? Wouldn't the rabbits eat all the fruits?" The patriarch's face immediately became hesitant when he saw the fruit field.
These local fruits are his lifeblood.
"Of course not." Hu Jiaojiao shook her head and pointed to the other side of the river not far away, "It's over there."
The place she was pointing to was the wasteland across the river, where Long Yao had almost been in danger.
There is a large area of wasteland across the river. Apart from some small animals that come to the river to drink water, almost no wild animals approach. There is also lush grass growing there, making it a natural breeding ground for rabbits.
Of course, the prerequisite is that they must be able to keep the rabbits here and prevent them from escaping.
“But rabbits can dig holes. Wooden walls can’t stop them. They can also dig holes in stone walls to escape.” The patriarch thought seriously and raised the question.
"That's not a problem. Rabbit holes are usually less than one meter deep, and the deepest is only three meters. As long as you build the fence from three meters underground, the rabbits won't run away."
Hu Jiaojiao explained with confidence.
This knowledge is certainly not in her memory. Even if she knew it, the data on Earth could not be used as a reference in the Beast World. This knowledge all came from books in space.
After returning from Hu Min's house yesterday, she found that there were more books in the space. She originally thought that books were of no use in the Beast World, so she flipped through them casually, but she didn't expect that these books were all based on the Beast World.
She happened to see these and couldn't wait to find the patriarch.
The most important thing for the tribe right now is to solve the problems of food and winter shelter.
After hearing the explanation, the clan leader's eyes lit up, "Right! Why didn't I think of that? Jiaojiao, you know a lot and have a lot of ideas."
"Hurry, just do as Jiaojiao said and call someone."
The chieftain patted her elbow with a smile, and immediately asked the accompanying males to gather the orcs to do the work.
There have been a lot of happy events in the tribe recently, and he has been grinning all the time.
Soon, the patriarch arranged for dozens of orcs to come over.
Because the river was rushing fast, the orcs had to rely on the bird orcs to carry them across the river.
There is only one bird orc among ten orcs.
There are very few bird-type orcs in the tribe, and it is impossible to arrange for all of them to come here. Hu Jiaojiao also noticed this.
You can't just wade through the river or let the bird-like beastmen carry you in the future.
"It seems that we need to build a bridge first..."
Hu Jiaojiao was looking at the river and thinking. She was just thinking about going back to the space to see if there was any way to build a bridge when she heard the chief's call.
"Jiaojiao, come and see, how big a piece of land do you want to enclose?"
Hu Jiaojiao came to her senses, used her hands to push aside the weeds that were as tall as a person, and walked to the side of the clan leader.
“Can you fence off this whole area?”
For the orcs, catching rabbits in this field is a piece of cake, much easier than hunting in the forest.
Rabbits like quietness and are afraid of being disturbed. If the range is too small, it is easy to scare the rabbit when catching it.
"Of course you can, but it might take a long time..." The patriarch answered seriously, stroking his chin.
“Can it be built before winter comes?”
Winter lasts for six months, which is enough time for rabbits to grow up and reproduce next year. Fox Jiaojiao doesn't want to miss such a good transition period.
"Of course."
The patriarch nodded confidently.
"That's fine." Hu Jiaojiao nodded with a smile, then took off the animal skin package she had brought with her and handed it to the patriarch.
"Chief, please ask them to spread these evenly over the land."
"Okay, no problem."
The tribe leader trusted Hu Jiaojiao very much and didn't even ask what it was. He took the package and handed it over to the bird orc.
After the patriarch left, Hu Jiaojiao looked around and observed the situation of the wasteland.
She had walked far away without realizing it. Just when she came to her senses and was about to go back, she suddenly heard a faint cry for help from afar.
"Save us..."