The back mountain of the tribe is right next to the forest behind Hu Jiaojiao's house. There is a naturally formed cave there, which is perfect for germinating potatoes.
Fox Jiaojiao was also discovered when she went to the forest to cut trees.
When Ying Yuan came back with the potatoes, Hu Jiaojiao let him dig the ground with the males and went to the cave herself.
They dug for a whole day yesterday and only dug up more than 100 kilograms of potatoes.
Because they grow in the wild, the potatoes are of different sizes and do not grow very well, so they are not the best choice for planting as seeds.
But it was good enough that the chief was willing to give all these potatoes to her. There were not so many potatoes in the tribe for her to choose from.
Hu Jiaojiao plans to take some potato seeds from the space and replace the potatoes in the cave.
The potato seeds in the space grew big and plump. It would be too obvious to replace them all at once, so Hu Jiaojiao replaced half of the potato seeds and put the replaced potatoes into the space.
In addition to the shelves, there is also a lot of open space in the space, which is more than enough to temporarily store some potatoes.
However, there were so many potatoes that she couldn’t eat them all if she kept them in the space. Next time she left the tribe, she would find an empty place to throw the potatoes away and let them grow freely in the wild.
In the following week, the clan leader brought the dug-up fruits over every day, and without exception, they were all secretly replaced by Hu Jiaojiao.
Once the potatoes sprout, you can start planting.
Fox Jiaojiao was not idle either. Her house had not been built yet. Besides supervising the males to turn the soil and check the sprouting of potatoes, she went to the woods to chop wood and build a house.
When she stayed at home in her previous life, she liked to watch all kinds of things, and the ones she was most interested in were documentaries about survival in the wilderness.
She couldn't build a big house by herself, but she could build a small shelter like the ones in the documentaries.
After piling up dozens of pieces of wood outside the yard, Hu Jiaojiao began to build the hut.
The construction site of the cabin was set next to the log house. First, use sharpened large thick wood to fix wooden stakes at the four corners of the cabin, then use mortise and tenon structure to build the four walls of the cabin, and then the roof.
After covering the roof with wood, use mud and moss to fill the gaps in the walls to prevent wind and rain from leaking in.
Finally, use a saw to saw out a small door, and install homemade door handles inside and outside, and a simple wooden house is ready.
Hu Jiaojiao was so tired that she gasped for breath. She clapped her hands, looked at the fruits of her labor, and nodded with satisfaction.
Thanks to the orcs' good physical strength, she has been working a lot recently and has built up her physical strength. Otherwise, with her original frail body, she might not be able to build this cottage.
When Hu Jiaojiao was building the house, the five cubs were watching her in the yard. When they saw the wooden house was completed, they were all so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.
"Mom is so amazing, she can even build a house!" Little stars appeared in Long Linger's watery eyes and her face was full of admiration. She was about to turn into a foxy little fangirl.
Long Zhong looked unhappy. "It's just building a house. All the orcs in the tribe can do it. What's so great about it? When I grow up, I can build a bigger and better house!"
Although Long Xiu couldn't see the appearance of the house, it didn't affect his sharp tongue. "She is a female, and you are a male. Even if you can build a house, you can't compare with her."
"That's right, Third Brother, you're not ashamed. How can you compare yourself with a female?" Long Linger acted as Long Xiu's little translator and stuck out her tongue at Long Zhong.
Long Zhong was so angry that his face turned red. He simply crossed his arms across his chest and turned his head away without arguing with them.
Long Yu, however, looked serious, with his brows furrowed tightly, "When did she learn how to build a house?"
Long Xiu said calmly, "We are not with her all the time. Maybe she learned it from other orcs while we were away."
After hearing what Long Xiu said, Long Yu finally relaxed his brows.
Long Yao had been lying on Long Linger's head, drowsy, with no interest in the house. There was a suspicious liquid flowing from his mouth, and his little mouth made smacking sounds from time to time.
"Ah!" Long Linger suddenly screamed, wiping her face with one hand, gritting her teeth in anger, "Xiao Wu, you actually drooled on my face!"
Long Yao was dreaming. He dreamed that he was eating roasted deer legs. They smelled so good. He was suddenly awakened. He raised his head in confusion, his eyes were not fully open yet, looking very cute.
The three kids standing by all smiled with gloating joy.
When Fox Jiaojiao heard the cries, she thought something had happened. She turned her head and saw several cubs playing in the yard. For a moment, she felt that life was peaceful and the corners of her mouth could not help but rise.
It would be nice if I could live like this for the rest of my life.
The cubs noticed that Hu Jiaojiao was looking at them and immediately stopped laughing.
Long Yu touched his nose and said, "I'm going to collect firewood. Who of you wants to come with me?"
"Me! I want to go!" Long Linger was the first to raise her hand. By the way, she grabbed Long Yao from above her head and helped him raise his little dragon claw as well.
Long Yao, who was still immersed in his dream: "..."
Who is he? Where is he? What happened
Long Zhong said gloomily, "I'll go too."
Long Xiu clenched the stick in his hand and was about to get up and go into the wooden house, but Long Ling'er beside him stopped him and said sweetly, "Second brother, you should go with us too. Ling'er hasn't gone out with second brother for a long time."
Long Yu glanced at Long Xiu, and thinking that Long Xiu had always been alone, he nodded in agreement, "Ling'er, then you help your second brother lead the way."
"I still..." Long Xiu pursed her lips and was about to refuse when a hand came on her shoulder.
"You just said that to me. You are a grown man. You are just going out. Why are you taking so long? Come on, go on."
Having said that, Long Zhong pushed Long Xiu out of the yard without any question.
Hu Jiaojiao naturally saw this scene as well. She was very happy to see that Long Xiu was willing to go out with the cubs.
It was still early, and while the cubs were not at home, Hu Jiaojiao quickly cleaned the hut again, picked up some hay and spread it on the ground, took out a dark brown carpet similar in color to the animal skin from the space and spread another layer.
The room was not big, about ten square meters, and just high enough for her to stand up straight.
Anyway, this cabin is for myself to live in, so it doesn’t need to be too big.
She didn't think that the big villain would be willing to live in the same room with her. When Long Mo came back, she would let him sleep in the room with the kids.
She can finally have her own bedroom!
It’s a bit exciting just thinking about it.
Although she loved these five cubs, she was an adult female after all, and it was more or less inconvenient for her to live in the same house with them.
After tidying up the new house, Hu Jiaojiao broke through the fence between the two houses and built a bigger fence to enclose both houses in the yard. The work was finally done.
After doing all this, Hu Jiaojiao prepared to cook dinner.
As she was preparing the ingredients, she suddenly saw a few cubs running back, covered in dust and looking anxious.
Hu Jiaojiao was startled and counted them, only four cubs came back...