0p0 Chapter 286 Spring begins
Chapter 286 Spring begins
As the ice and snow melt, trees sprout new green buds, and streams murmur through the forest. Occasionally, one or two small animals will peek out from behind the trees, watching the beastmen as they work.
Yang Ye was leading everyone to collect wild mushrooms and fungus in the forest. It was early spring, and a few days ago there was a light rain. The mushrooms and fungus in the forest were sprouting up. The collection team had been collecting mushrooms and wild vegetables for several days in a row.
Everyone had been holed up in the tribe all winter without seeing any green leafy vegetables. Even the orcs, who were mainly carnivorous, were overjoyed to see a splash of vibrant green leafy vegetables.
"Company Commander, I think that's enough. Shall we go back?" A sub-orc dumped a basket of mushrooms onto the vehicle and said, turning his head.
Yang Ye looked up at the sky, estimating that it was almost noon, and nodded, "Let's go back."
The orcs in the gathering team pushed the cart back together. In the tribe, Lin Baiyan was leading several orcs to take out the bamboo that had been soaking all winter.
When he and Hu Zhenmaoyu were calculating before, they felt that animal hides were too extravagant, so after Lin Baiyan went back, he went to the carpentry team.
The carpenter used almost all the tools and materials used by the entire tribe, including the leftover bamboo scraps from their previous basket weaving.
Lin Baiyan had long ago instructed Hu Jiang to store these scraps, not only bamboo, but also a lot of paper mulberry bark, which could also be used to make paper.
These raw materials were soaked with lime several months ago, as lime can be used to neutralize the fibers in these materials.
Soaking them in lime wasn't the end of it; they had to soak them in the waterfall for another month.
Lin Baiyan vaguely remembered this part. He only knew that alkali could neutralize fibers, and that the alkali had to be washed away later to prevent the fibers from being completely dissolved. If all the fibers disappeared, then paper could not be made.
When Yang Ye returned, Lin Baiyan had just received a stack of paper-making screens from the carpenters' team.
In traditional papermaking, the pulp is initially dispersed in a pool of water. It is then scooped out sheet by sheet using a papermaking screen and dried before it can be made into paper.
Of course, a paper-making frame is also needed below the paper-making screen to keep the paper flat.
Lin Baiyan plans to make paper from two different materials at once: bamboo and paper mulberry bark.
Yang Ye looked at Lin Baiyan, who was pounding paper pulp with the male orc, and curiously leaned over, "High Priest, what are you doing?"
Lin Baiyan turned around and met a curious little face. He replied, "Papermaking."
"Is it the kind of paper you were talking about that can be written on and is also lightweight and easy to store?"
“That’s right, it’s paper!” Lin Baiyan’s hands kept moving.
He specifically called over a few strong male orcs, and when Yang Ye approached them, he actually saw the incredibly strong cub, Dwarf Cheng.
"You just came back from collecting them?" Lin Baiyan could tell from Yang Ye's dirty hands that they had just returned from outside.
At this point, Yang Ye's face lit up with more joy. "It rained a couple of days ago, and the plants in the forest have grown a lot."
Yang Ye had just finished his task and had nothing else to do, so he decided to pound paper pulp with Lin Baiyan. As the two were talking, a small figure appeared behind Yang Ye.
Little Tiger Kong crawled forward with a heave-ho, followed by Little Cat Xia, who was leisurely walking her younger brother.
The little guy is only a few months old and runs rather unsteadily. Little Lynx occasionally nudges him with its head to straighten his path.
Most of the cubs in the tribe are left in the cub house by the adults. Everyone has their own things to do, and no one can spend the whole day with the cubs.
However, initially, the cubs were cared for by older orcs, and the cubs were lively and active, so the older orcs rarely had the ability to control them.
Seeing this, Lin Baiyan immediately sent a few more sub-beastmen to watch over the cubs in the cub room. Hu Can was one of them. The cub room was now almost like a kindergarten.
Because of his previous experience in looking after Silver Tiger Clan cubs, Hu Can was immediately promoted to kindergarten principal by Lin Baiyan, although he did not want this good fortune.
Although the little cubs are all round and cute, that can't hide their tendency to cause trouble!
Those brats are such a nuisance, let whoever wants to watch them watch!
But he couldn't say this to Lin Baiyan. The High Priest had entrusted him with this task because he trusted him. How could Hu Can possibly disappoint the High Priest?
So, he had no choice but to accept the task, feeling utterly hopeless.
It was the cubs' "outing time" right now, and the teachers from several cub houses would take the little cubs to play in the central square. Lin Baiyan and his group happened to be working in the central square at that moment, which led to this scene.
Hu Kong was still young and hadn't seen his parents all morning, so naturally he missed them. When he caught a glimpse of them, the little guy used all his strength to crawl forward, sneaking around so the teacher wouldn't see him.
When Little Lynx saw this, he secretly pulled Cat Summer aside to cover for Little Tiger.
But how could these little tricks possibly escape Hu Can's notice? You have to understand that he is a sub-beastman who has been able to outwit and outfight Hu Duo for many years!
Hu Can had already quietly followed behind them, silently watching the well-fed and plump little tiger cub, with the help of the lynx, struggle to crawl towards its mother and father.
As Yang Ye was pounding paper pulp with the lever, a warm little body suddenly grabbed her other leg.
He paused for a moment, looked down, and sure enough, saw his cub with its limbs wrapped around his calves, drooling and grinning.
Its big eyes sparkled, much like the bright, sparkling gaze of Huqiu when he looked at him.
Yang Ye chuckled, bent down, and scooped the cub into his arms. He wiped the drool from Hu Kong's mouth, then gently patted his cub's bottom. "What brings you here?"
The little tiger cub was held in the arms of its sweet and soft parents, and it cried out excitedly, kicking its short legs powerfully in all directions.
"Uncle Ye, we brought our little brother here. He missed you." Little Lynx transformed into human form, and another big-eyed, adorable child looked obediently at Sheep Ye.
Hu Kong was still young and could barely play with his friends when he couldn't see his parents. But as soon as he saw Yang Ye, he would just cry and point in that direction.
Lynx couldn't bear to disappoint his younger brother, so he secretly led him on a "prison break."
Yang Ye looked around and sure enough, he saw Hu Can hiding behind the house not far away. He knew that the kindergarten would not let these cubs come out on their own.
Seeing that the cubs had arrived at their destination safely, Hu Can nodded slightly to Yang Ye and turned back to look after the other cubs.