Chapter 621 - 13: Cannon Fodder Bootlicker in the Beast World Farming Novel (Part 13)
Ayuan hesitated a bit.
But thinking about what was inside the fence wall, he finally took a step inside.
It was pitch black in front of him. Just as Ayuan was about to remind Jiang Lai not to act rashly, a sudden light appeared behind him.
He turned around and saw that Jiang Lai had already come in, holding something in his hand that looked like a small house, with a flame burning inside it.
It was brighter than a torch.
"I said it’s fine."
"Yeah, you’re really amazing."
"Cut the nonsense, hold this for me."
With that, Jiang Lai stuffed the kerosene lamp into Ayuan’s hand. Curious, Ayuan glanced again and again at the thing in his hand.
Where did Jiang Lai get so many magical things?
Jiang Lai didn’t even glance at the food growing beside them and walked straight towards the depths.
In a rather hidden corner, Jiang Lai saw the granary hidden here.
The warehouse door was blocked by a huge piece of wood, and the granary’s surroundings were smeared with unassuming gray mud. Without looking closely, you would think it was just a giant stone.
Jiang Lai moved the wood away and opened the warehouse door.
The place illuminated by the kerosene lamp was full of grain.
Of course, they were just coarse grains common in the Beast World, but in the face of disaster, these grains could save lives.
Ayuan was also stunned by this scene in front of him.
He silently looked at the mountain of grain in front of him, enough to feed the whole tribe for a year.
Who hid this grain? Anyone could guess.
She hoarded so much grain, yet still led the tribe to migrate.
The cost of migration was heavy, with the old, weak, and sick perishing along the way.
With that thought, Ayuan suddenly understood Mu Mianmian’s true purpose.
It wasn’t for migration, but for a legitimate reason to get rid of the tribe’s burdens.
Jiang Lai didn’t have time for his anger and urged him.
"Hurry up, start moving."
After calming down, Ayuan immediately joined Jiang Lai. He was strong and quick at work. With him around, Jiang Lai saved more than half the effort. Originally planning to make three trips, they only needed two because of Ayuan’s immense strength.
Before leaving on the second trip, Jiang Lai waved at Ayuan.
"Smell around here and see if you can detect anything."
Ayuan transformed into a wolf and closely sniffed the ground bit by bit.
Quickly, he turned his head and shouted to Jiang Lai.
"Here!"
Digging down along this spot, about half a meter down, the jar inside was revealed.
A whole jar of jerky was dug out, filling two large baskets entirely.
"She didn’t share this meat with the children!"
Ayuan’s voice almost came through gritted teeth.
In winter, everything hibernates, and sometimes the hunting group would take ten days to catch a single prey.
All this prey was sent to Mu Mianmian’s treehouse for distribution.
No one would question her fairness.
Because she provided food for everyone.
But now it seemed that the prey they had caught back then was all dried and hidden here.
She never intended to share!
Jiang Lai said no more, loading the baskets onto the cart, heading back to the tribe.
On the way back, Ayuan was particularly silent, with his messy hair not knowing what he was thinking.
Back at the tribe, Jiang Lai placed all the loot in the yard.
She doesn’t eat these things, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want them.
The night’s haul was bountiful. Early the next morning, Jiang Lai was still in her sleeping bag enjoying the first rays of morning sun, when the sound of "crackling" came from outside the door.
Wrapped in a blanket, she went out to look. Amid the white snow, a muscular man in a beastskin skirt was wielding a large stone axe, raising it high and bringing it down heavily. The thick wooden stakes in front of him cracked like paper, splitting easily in two.
In the sunlight, the muscular lines on the man’s body were quite smooth and taut, looking like a splendid display of muscular strength.
Jiang Lai shook her head.
The Wolf Clan men were all like this. In their original form, they looked majestic and intimidating, but when transformed into human form, they were as burly as bulls.
Especially this one in front, a core member of the hunting group, was the protagonist’s right-hand man in the original story, with formidable combat strength.
By now, behind him was already a pile of firewood stacked high.
Injured severely just yesterday, yet today he could wake up early and chop wood, with more energy than Jiang Lai.
"Leader, is there anything else I can do?"
Jiang Lai had said she was the leader here, so Ayuan called her leader, with a very respectful tone.
"If you’re free, go weed the vegetable garden."
Ayuan obediently piled the firewood neatly and then went to the backyard to weed.
The seriously injured members of the Wolf Clan also came out, each one respectfully calling Jiang Lai "leader" when they saw her.
"We’d also like to do something."
"You are all elders, so I’ll call you as before. Uncles, you continue to recover. Talk about helping when you’re healed."
Several of the elders had been kind to the original owner, especially two females among them who raised the original owner.
Though they took care of every cub, Jiang Lai didn’t care about that, as long as she confirmed these elders were not troublemakers.
Too many things in the tribe are unheard of and unseen, each one of them curiously looking around.
"Alai...no, leader, what is this glowing thing?"
The original tribe leader, Jiang Lai’s father, pointed at the lamp in the yard curiously asking.
"An electric light."
"Electric light? What’s an electric light?"
It was hard to explain what electricity was to a beastman from an ancient era, so Jiang Lai simply said.
"Something that glows but doesn’t feel hot to touch, bestowed upon me by the Beast Spirit."
"Beast Spirit?!"
The most revered god in the Beastman World, possessing supreme mana, will protect those he chooses.
Every tribe has a High Priest, these High Priests being the beastmen chosen by the Beast Spirit.
But Jiang Lai was obviously different from ordinary High Priests; what the Beast Spirit bestowed upon her was so magical.
The leader wanted to continue asking, but was interrupted by Jiang Lai.
"You all rest well, only after resting can you help me expand the base."
No one expected Jiang Lai to have built such a massive base during her time away.
Ayuan was also very curious about everything within the base.
But his obedience was strong, never asking questions he shouldn’t, at most standing under the light bulb curiously looking up for a moment. When he saw Jiang Lai approaching, he would look at her, waiting for her instructions.
"I want to dig a hole, near the snow mountain, with the opening about three ropes wide and five ropes deep."
In the Beast World, one rope equaled two meters.
With that explanation, Ayuan immediately understood.
"When is it needed?"
"As soon as possible."
"Okay, I’ll dig it now."
Ayuan had an extremely strong ability to act and went straight to find a location after receiving the order.
