Chapter 628 - 20: Cannon Fodder Bootlicker in the Beast World Farming Novel
The Bear Clan left that night.
They have thick skin and flesh; losing some blood and getting poisoned doesn’t affect them much at all.
Ayuan watched him leave, a hint of worry hidden in his green eyes.
"What’s wrong? Worried that he’ll bring people for revenge?"
"Yes, the Bear Clan holds grudges. We’ve nearly wiped out the males of their whole tribe, would they just let it go?"
"No, there’s a problem with what you said.
It’s not us who killed them, it was Lord Beast Spirit who guided us to punish the Beast Clan that disturbed her."
After saying this, she looked at Ayuan.
"Do you understand?"
"Was it truly Lord Beast Spirit’s instruction? Then they indeed deserved to die."
Sigh...
Superstition truly harms people.
Jiang Lai couldn’t be bothered to explain so much, just letting the error stand to make things simpler.
"They’ll be back."
Ayuan wasn’t fond of asking questions, but this decision was truly unexpected.
"Then why did you only accept the females and children? If it’s for building and protecting the tribe, young males are the best choice."
Jiang Lai smiled.
"With females and young ones, it’s enough."
The wives and kids are with her, the only thing the Bear Clan males need to do is to shrink back obediently, and never think of causing trouble again.
Ayuan seemed to understand what Jiang Lai meant and said in a low voice.
"If our tribe is to accept the Bear Clan, the old leader and the rest might..."
The old leader’s first child was killed by the Bear Clan when he was young.
Other elders more or less had conflicts with the Bear Clan. Now telling them to live with them, who knows if they can accept it.
Jiang Lai waved her hand.
"Don’t worry about that; they won’t mind."
In the animal world, it’s survival of the fittest, can’t blame anyone.
Can the Wolf Clan guarantee they’ve never eaten someone from the Bear Clan?
In Jiang Lai’s plan, race isn’t the problem.
The first step to achieving racial integration is to gain the loyalty of the women and children.
On the Beast World Continent, all territorial wars, battles, and plundering are initiated by males, who are violent and bloodthirsty, retaining the cruel part of the beast within them.
But females and children are much better.
Especially females; they are relatively more peaceful and resilient and rational.
When the heavy snow stopped completely, a series of various-sized footprints appeared outside the tribe’s walls.
Jiang Lai got up, heard the commotion outside, opened the door, and saw at the entrance of the tribe, five bears with seven or eight little bear cubs standing in rows.
Each bear carried a bamboo basket on its back.
Big bears had big baskets, small bears had small baskets, with all sorts of things inside; it should be all their belongings.
This scene strangely reminded Jiang Lai of a time before, watching a bear performance at the zoo.
Of course, resisting animal performances is our responsibility.
Jiang Lai liked small animals quite a bit.
Especially when animals are young, there’s always a certain clear stupidity in their eyes.
The leading black bear transformed into a human form, walked up to Jiang Lai, and respectfully bowed.
"Chief, according to your words, I’ve brought the tribe members."
This Bear Clan tribe isn’t big, just a few females and a few cubs.
Which is good, if more came, Jiang Lai would be worried if the crops in the fields would be enough to sustain them.
"Alright, before entering, we need to do an inspection."
After winter comes spring, the time when epidemics break out, also when beast cubs are most susceptible to dying young.
Anyway, it’s like that for the Wolf Clan, almost every month in spring there would be wolf cubs dying.
Jiang Lai, to increase the cubs’ survival rate, specifically read a lot of veterinary books.
Fortunately, these little cubs were all particularly healthy.
A total of eight little bears, in black and gray, two females and six males, with the boys noticeably larger than the girls.
The three female bears were extremely wary.
Always staying by the cubs’ sides, ears pricking up and bodies tensing the moment anyone came close.
After all, bears and wolves have never gotten along, and with so many wolves here, if it were a trick, these cubs would all die.
Jiang Lai knew they were cautious, so after entering the tribe, he directly arranged for them to see their new home, and personally sent some daily supplies over.
When he opened the door, the eight little bear cubs were already rolling all over the place, like eight sesame dumplings, all chubby.
The females transformed into human forms, making a gesture of thanks upon receiving the items.
"You’re new here, rest first, we’ll talk about the tribe’s rules tomorrow."
At dinner, besides the male, none of the other Bear Clan members came out.
Jiang Lai had him carry the food inside.
Seeing this large bowl full of food, the Bear Clan’s tears almost fell.
"It’s been so long since we’ve seen so much food."
"Behave well in the future, and you’ll have plenty to eat every meal."
The Bear Clan believed even more in Jiang Lai’s identity.
"Please call me Ah Hai in the future, chief; Ah Hai will surely work hard and never eat for free."
Jiang Lai nodded.
"Yes, eat well first, off you go."
Several uncles didn’t look very pleased.
Although they unconditionally believed in Jiang Lai’s every decision, when the Bear Clan appeared, a lot of repulsion and disgust arose from deep within.
"The Bear Clan’s stomachs are endless pits! They’ll never be full, we’ll need to ration our grain carefully."
With the Bear Clan’s enormous appetite, often being in a state of starvation made them especially irritable and angry, and not adept at farming, so they’re always either hunting or on their way to hunt.
Jiang Lai understood their concerns.
"The last time Ayuan and I went to the tribe, we found quite a bit of grain; even if the fields don’t produce enough for now, those grains alone are enough to last us a while."
"Grain? What grain?"
These elders didn’t know what Jiang Lai and Ayuan did that night.
The grain had been stored in the granary by Jiang Lai, so they had never seen it.
"Ayuan, you explain."
Ayuan kept a stern face.
"Mu Mianmian had hidden away an entire granary full of grain, and even the prey we risked our lives to bring back was all hidden by her alone.
The chief took me to the tribe to search out these grains and brought them back overnight."
The old leader’s pupils widened upon hearing this.
"She hid grain? A whole granary?!"
Ayuan nodded.
"She is untrustworthy, let alone grain, she didn’t even distribute the prey we brought back with great risk to the cubs."
"That’s outrageous!!"
The old leader slammed the table, his face full of anger.
"I trusted her so much, even let all tribe members follow her commands!"
Seeing the old leader’s reaction, Ayuan thought for a moment and decided to reveal everything he knew.
"Her decision to migrate wasn’t to find a true place of residence either."
