CHAPTER 791: [759] BEAST WORLD FARMING 69 (FINISHED) 5000 WORDS

Perhaps last night’s warning had been effective, as the next day the efficiency and quality of these people’s work were clearly different. Just like with lazy donkeys, they needed to be pushed from behind to achieve efficiency.

With the help of these people, that Cold Season they managed to shell the corn, peanuts, grain fruit, Stinky Fruit, and soybeans, and even made potato flour, sweet potato flour. They even managed to extract oil from rapeseed and sesame seeds.

Of course, the drying area was mainly the kang head, which was incredibly warm during the Cold Season, and it burned 24 hours a day. They used it not to waste it, so during the day it was primarily used for drying food.

This year, having plenty of time, she also made rice wine, rice vinegar, soy sauce, bean paste, soybeans, bean sauce, chili sauce, tomato sauce, and so on.

Although feeding so many people was somewhat costly in terms of food, fortunately, they had plenty of mixed grains this year. They had an added supply of corn, but they refrained from consuming rice and white flour, saving them to eat after the Cold Season. Throughout the winter, they had been eating mixed grain noodles and mixed grain steamed buns.

This year, she didn’t grow mushrooms because the little ones had gathered enough during the rainy season, and occasionally there were Golden Cicadas for snacks. With plenty of food, there was no need to grow mushrooms, so the nutrient-rich soil was not used. Items like corn cobs, soy husks, and peanut shells were used for regular fire fuel.

The Chaga Clan stayed in their tribe until the end of the Cold Season. After that, they had proposed joining the Nandi Clan, but there was no more room within the Nandi, and all the spare land was for spring cultivation. These people were too lazy to expand their territory further, so the matter of joining the tribe fell through.

However, before they left, they inquired about the construction of the adobe houses. The Nandi Tribe told them everything without reservation, and with some regret, they departed.

After all, having lived here for so long, in comfort with plenty of food and drink over the Cold Season, they honestly didn’t want to leave, but they also knew this wasn’t their home, and they couldn’t act recklessly.

Once the Cold Season ended, Tiantian, along with Jin Han and the newly emerged Pan Lin, went to the seaside again. They were regretful for not having enjoyed seafood last year, and there was a whole grove of grain fruit there as well. With the ground just thawed, they might even bring back some intact grain fruits.

Back at home, Silver Night Lang Sen had to start leveling and plowing the land, preparing this year’s seeds, and also organizing some of the Beastmen for ironing and smelting.

Indeed, visiting the seaside after a year, they first spotted grain fruits that had fallen everywhere. Then, they found rocks covered densely with oysters and various shellfish.

The three of them had a tacit understanding; Jin Han went into the grove to pick fruits, Tiantian lit a fire to boil seawater, and simultaneously used a basket to gather oysters from the rocks.

After bringing over a basket, she would go to the fire where the seawater was boiling and pry out oyster meat one by one. Since the oyster sauce at home had run out a while ago, she needed to boil more at the seaside this year, enough to last the entire year.

The earth pot they had built was placed high up, so the seawater had never washed it away, and it was still usable. The pot used was made of iron from the space, as they no longer used ceramic pots for cooking. The iron pot heated up much faster, significantly speeding up the production of sea salt.

Pan Lin had collected many fresh seafood items from the sea, including abalone, sea urchin, sea cucumber, clams, mussels, and sea eels. After bringing these ashore, Tiantian killed them on the spot and stored them in the space. The live ones couldn’t be kept, so they had to be processed this way.

Initially, she had time to process the oysters, but later Pan Lin brought up so many that she couldn’t attend to that anymore and just focused on processing the seafood.

Jin Han also brought good news: the grain fruits were still in pretty good condition. After all, they had been frozen over the entire Cold Season. They had come just as the ice had melted. If they had waited another month and a half, the fruits might have started to mold and spoil, but fortunately, they were still usable now.

"You’re going to have a hard time," he said, "but dig out the seeds of the grain fruits and simply throw the shells away. We’ll only take the grains inside back with us. The weather’s good, so we can dry them on the spot, killing two birds with one stone."

Since the tribe’s work was always done on a rotational basis, it didn’t matter whether the three of them went back or not. Since there was so much food here, it shouldn’t be wasted. They could return whenever they finished, no rush.

So, the three of them spent their days busy at the seaside, resting in the cave at night. They resolved their meals in the cave, not even returning home during Noon, eating a lavish seafood feast directly by the seaside. What a beautiful life it was.