I ride a big black tiger and fly through the world of beasts

Chapter 197 Going upstream

Seeing that Yashan was really sad, Sang Bai immediately diverted his attention.

"Chief Yashan, do you usually have the habit of drying water beasts and water insects? It's good to use these large pieces of dry leaves to tie them up and preserve them."

Talking about food, Yashan became excited. He walked to the rattan basket, picked up a bag of leaves tied with hay, opened it, and found some dried fish.

"Using dry leaves and hay to store food is the idea of our tribe's ducks. These water beasts and water insects can be stored for a long time after being dried and tied up with dry leaves. We want to store more to eat in the cold season, when the water surface is frozen and we can't catch water beasts."

Yinfeng picked up a dried fish and said, "This is indeed a good idea. However, it would be better if the hay was replaced with straw rope."

A young duck beastman nearby asked excitedly, "What is a straw rope?"

Yashan said: "This is Yashui, the smartest orc in our Waterbird Tribe."

Yinfeng: "Zhu Tan, teach Yashui how to weave straw ropes."

Zhu Tan grabbed a handful of grass and taught Ya Shui how to weave a grass rope on the spot.

Ya Shui suddenly understood and said in surprise: "You are worthy of being a big tribe. This method is great. We can weave it to any length we want, thick or thin." He stared at the rattan basket on the ground in a daze.

Yinfeng looked at Yashui: "You are thinking about how to weave this basket with straw ropes, right?"

Yashui was startled: "I'm not trying to steal your methods, I'm just curious."

Yinfeng smiled and said, "It's not impossible to weave this basket with straw rope, but it's a bit softer. Zhu Tan, can you teach me how to weave a basket with Yashui?"

Yashan was shocked: "Deputy City Lord Yinfeng, this deal..."

Yinfeng interrupted Yashan: "There is no need to trade for this. The Waterbird Tribe is now a friendly tribe of Yaocheng. We can teach you some things directly."

Yashan was surprised: "Yaocheng is willing to make friends with the Waterbird Tribe?"

Yinfeng nodded: "Your female cubs are all the mates of our Yaocheng orcs, so our relationship is naturally friendly. In the evening, I will invite the Water Bird Tribe to have dinner with us."

Yashan looked at Roman and nodded with tears in his eyes: "Okay."

Ya Shui was indeed smart. After Zhu Qin taught him a little, he learned it and made it up very well.

Sang Bai looked at the grassland and said, "Chief Yashan, there is a river in front of this grassland, and there is a large body of water next to it. Will it be flooded during the rainy season?"

Yashan sighed, "Yes, during the rainy season, this grassland is all water. We duck beastmen are fine, but the females can only hide in caves. It's just that we can't find stone caves here, and earth caves are dangerous. This rainy season, one of our caves collapsed and almost crushed the beast to death."

Sang Bai looked at the grassland, which was also a riverside grassland. There was too much water around the grassland. If he wanted to build a house, he could only build it halfway up the mountain behind the lake.

Yinfeng glanced around and turned his attention back to the dried fish: "Leader Yashan, didn't you deal with this thorn beast?"

Yashan was puzzled: "How to deal with it?"

Yinfeng: "The scales on this thorn beast's body and the dirt in its stomach must be disposed of."

Yashan was even more puzzled: "If it can be eaten like this, why should we dispose of it? We duck beastmen eat the whole thing."

Yinfeng: "It won't taste good this way. Our orcs will process the fish later, you can watch."

The orcs from the Water Bird Tribe caught a lot of fish and quite a few shrimps.

The Yaocheng orcs lined up and quickly scraped the scales off the fish with their finger blades, then cut open the fish's stomachs to remove the dirt inside.

The orcs and females of the Water Bird Tribe gathered around to watch with curiosity. They had been eating thorny beasts since they were little, but they had no idea that they had to scrape off the scales of the thorny beasts and that the contents of their stomachs could not be eaten.

A bonfire lit up in the grassland, again shocking the orcs and females of the water bird tribe.

Yashan asked excitedly: "You can actually create sky fire."

Sang Bai was playing with two flints in his hands: "This is flint, this is just ordinary fire." He handed the flint to Yashan: "Try it."

Yashan lit a pile of hay with shaking hands and jumped up excitedly: "I can make a fire, too."

When things calmed down, Yashan asked, "How do I trade this flint?"

Yinfeng: “I’ll give it to you.”

Yashan: "Such a valuable thing, don't you need to trade it?"

Yinfeng: "I see you live here, there is such a large body of water, and there is such a big river in front. You can't eat all the food in the water. You might as well use it for trade."

Yashan nodded: "Yes, we can't finish it, you can take as much as you want."

Yinfeng: "This time, we are going to take a lot of things with us. We will come to your place again after the winter season. You need to prepare a lot of water beasts and dried water insects. The water beasts need to be scaled and gutted like we did before being dried. As a deal, we will teach you how to build tents first, and when our orcs come to get supplies after the winter season, we will teach you how to build houses."

Yashan: "What is a tent and what is a house?"

Yinfeng: "Both tents and houses are for living. They can be lived in just like caves, but they are better than caves because you don't have to worry about them collapsing. It's almost the cold season now, so it's too late to build a house. We can only teach you how to build a tent first."

Yashan was very excited: "It would be great if people can live in it and it won't collapse. As long as you teach us how to build a tent or a house, you can have as many dried water beasts and water insects as you want."

That night, hundreds of orcs from the Waterbird Tribe and more than a hundred females had dinner with the orcs from Yaocheng. The roasted fish smeared with salt made many orcs and females from the Duck Tribe cry. It turned out that the thorn beasts roasted over fire were so delicious. The water bugs cooked in a stone pot were also delicious, and the water grass cooked in water with the thorn beasts was also very delicious.

Yashan burst into tears: "It's so delicious. There is such delicious food in the world. Thank you, Deputy City Lord Yinfeng, and thank you, Deputy Minister Sangbai."

Sang Bai took a stone bowl of fish soup and blew on it. It was a little hot, so he blew on it before giving it to his little female.

Langmei bit into the grilled fish: "It's delicious, Sangbai, I want more."

Yin Dan was also taking care of Roman: "This is how you eat grilled fish."

There was a female pig leaning next to Zhuliu, opening her mouth from time to time to accept feeding from Zhuliu.

Yashan looked at the female beside Zhuliu and said, "Hey, Baiman is also leaving the Waterbird Tribe. That's good. She will keep Roman company."

The little ducks who couldn't transform yet were running around excitedly in front of the bonfire, while the little female cubs were held in the arms of the orcs and cared for.

This night is beautiful.

The next day, the orcs from Yaocheng spent half a day teaching the orcs from the Waterbird Tribe how to set up tents. Yinfeng and Sangbai were digging stone pots, trying to help the Waterbird Tribe dig as many stone pots as possible. Some orcs also cut a lot of rattan from the mountains to weave rattan baskets, trying to take as much dry goods as possible away.

In the afternoon, the orcs from Yaocheng were about to leave, and the orcs from the Waterbird Tribe helped transport baskets of dry goods across the river.

Yinfeng then discovered that there were three females from the Water Bird Tribe who left with him, and one of them, named Hongman, chose Zhuqin.

Yinfeng was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that the two pig orcs he brought with him already had partners. When did pig orcs become so popular?

Yashan looked at Roman who was sitting on the big white tiger with tears in his eyes: "My dear, Dad started to miss you before you left."

Roman couldn't help but cry: "Dad, how about I stay and accompany you."

When Yashan heard this, he became anxious and wiped away his tears immediately: "My dear, Dad was just joking. Follow Yindan and leave. Don't worry about Dad. I'm fine. Next, I need to build a tent, collect firewood, catch a lot of water beasts and water insects, and collect water plants. How can I have time to miss you?"

Roman: "So am I really leaving?"

Yashan waved his hand: "Go, go."

Then he shouted to Yinfeng, "Deputy City Lord Yinfeng, you must come earlier after the winter season."

Queman and Queqiao flew into the sky with rattan baskets on their feet. On the ground, Yinfeng and his tribesmen ran upstream along the river.

The weather was obviously getting colder, and there were not many days left before the cold season. Yinfeng decided that they should not go any further and go back upstream along the river. This river might be connected to the river in front of Yaocheng.

A cool breeze blew, Yinfeng let out a roar, and the team stopped.

Yinfeng turned around and said, "Take out the spare animal skins and put another one on the females to block the wind."

Sang Bai looked at the sky and said, "Deputy City Lord, we have to speed up and go back to Yaocheng."

Once the females put on their animal-skin cloaks, the team moved forward again, even faster.

In the sky in the other direction to the north, Yiyun's flying action suddenly stopped, and then he said: "The cold wind is coming, you guys continue to move forward, I will go down to the ground and put the animal skin on Yueyue."

Falcon looked at the big black tiger flying towards the ground and said, "Deputy City Lord, do we really not have to wait?"

Liefeng glanced down and said, "No, he's very fast and can catch up with us."

Yiyun landed on the ground, opened a leather bag, took out a piece of leather, cut two leather strips with his finger blade, then dug two holes in the leather, tied the leather strips together, and made a simple leather cloak for his partner.

Chen Shiyue looked around and said, "Ayun, many leaves have turned yellow and fallen. The cold season is really coming."

Yiyun's eyebrows softened, and he lowered his head and kissed his partner on the forehead: "We will return to the tribe before the cold season, don't worry. Is your stomach uncomfortable? Did the baby bother you?"

Chen Shiyue raised her head and looked at Yiyun with a smile on her face: "No, my son is very well behaved. I'm fine."

Yiyun kissed her cheek again: "If you're still cold, give the things to Yitian and the others. I can carry you and fly."

Chen Shiyue stood on tiptoe and kissed Yiyun on the face: "Let's go, I'm not cold, just sit on your back."

Yiyun then transformed back into beast form, carrying his partner and supplies on his back, and soared into the sky.

In the space, Huanyue was lying on the floor, crossing her legs, and couldn't help muttering, "Let me eat dog food again."