I've been transported to the orc continent.

Chapter 192 Changes in the sky

The Bai family owns a lot of land, but they also have a lot of helpers. All the beastmen from other tribes who were learning various skills in the Gaoshu tribe came to help the Bai family.

With so many orcs, not even one person could get a row of beans, so they quickly helped Bai Ling's family harvest all the soybeans and mung beans.

After the beans are harvested, it's time to harvest the wheat. The orcs who are helping know that Bai Ling values ​​the wheat the most, so they are very careful when harvesting the wheat. They will pick up even a single stalk of wheat that has fallen to the ground.

The harvested wheat was also sent to the square to dry. Bai Ling rubbed some wheat grains in her hands and carefully placed them away.

After dinner, Bai Ling returned home, lit a fire in her stove, and put the collected wheat grains into the pot to dry slowly.

Yue sat on a rock and helped Bai Ling tend the fire: "Ling, why do we have to stir-fry the wheat in a pot? It probably won't taste good."

Bai Ling smiled and said, "Yue, the wheat has finally been harvested. I want to make something delicious, but I need to let the dough ferment first."

Yue asked in confusion, "Fermentation? What's that?"

“It’s a kind of magic,” Bai Ling said, making a circle the size of an apple with both hands, “It’s about turning a dough ball this big,” Bai Ling said, moving her hands back slightly to make a circle the size of a melon, “into a dough ball this big.”

Yue was surprised at first, then asked seriously, "Will it really get bigger?"

Bai Ling nodded: "Not only can it get bigger, it can also taste better."

In his understanding, he looked at Bai Ling with eyes full of admiration: "Ling, you are really amazing."

The crimson firelight illuminated Yue's face, adding a touch of warmth to his handsome features. His icy blue eyes also softened, filled with admiration and trust.

Yue looked at Bai Ling like this more than once, as if Bai Ling was no longer an ordinary beastman in his eyes, but an omnipotent god.

Being looked at like that by his lover, Bai Ling could hardly resist the temptation. He quickly lowered his head and, before Yue could react, planted a kiss on her head.

Yue's face turned even redder.

He glanced out into the courtyard and whispered, "Ling, this is your home. Your father and father-in-law might come over at any time."

Bai Ling got up and continued to stir-fry the wheat grains in the pot, and said in a small voice, "Father said that if you come to our house, he won't come over to bother us."

"Because my father said that they were also that age, and they know that young orcs love to be affectionate with their partners, and they will be unhappy if they are disturbed."

Yue looked up at Bai Ling: "That won't work either. I... I'll be shy."

Bai Ling lowered her head again and quickly pecked Yue's forehead with her lips: "Shy Yue, I like you even more."

This time, Yue's face turned even redder.

Bai Ling chuckled and said, "Yue, let me get the yeast out and I'll make you some steamed buns, okay? They're so delicious. Hmm, I also need to set up an oven in the yard. I'll see if I can make bread. We have goat milk at home, I wonder if I can make cream from it. If I can make cream, I can make a cake."

Yue had no idea what the food Bai Ling mentioned was, but that didn't stop him from looking at Bai Ling with a smile in his eyes, full of anticipation: "Well, then I'll wait for you to make it for me."

Bai Ling felt a warmth in his heart. Just from Yue's eyes, he had to overcome all difficulties and make all the delicious food for Yue.

Just thinking about the satisfied smile on Yue's face when she eats delicious food fills Bai Ling with energy, and he even grips the wooden spatula he's using to stir-fry the wheat grains a little tighter.

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The next day, just as dawn broke, Bai Ling went to the stone mill and ground the wheat grains into flour. The ground flour then needed to be sifted twice more to remove the bran, leaving only the slightly yellow flour.

Bai Lingmo didn't have much flour, less than a pound. He brought it back in a ceramic jar, scooped out a small half spoonful with a wooden spoon, put it in a ceramic bowl, added warm water, and kneaded it into dough.

The earthenware bowl was placed on the window of the room, covered with a clean wooden board.

If left to sit for a few days, the dough will change, and it is very likely that wild yeast will develop.

*

Bai Ling was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night when he suddenly heard a shout. He opened his eyes, still sleepy.

Bai Ling subconsciously looked out the window, and a bright light flashed across the distant sky, instantly waking him up.

It was lightning; a bolt of lightning streaked across the distant sky.

Bai Ling immediately got off the kang (a heated brick bed), and while getting dressed, she called to her younger brother, "Chen, wake up! There's lightning outside, it's very likely to rain, we need to bring all the grain in."

At this moment, Bai Ling could also hear what was being shouted outside. A beastman was shouting, "It's going to rain, everyone go and harvest the grain! It's going to rain, everyone go and harvest the grain!"

Bai Ling put on her clothes and shoes and ran outside. Feng and Cang also got up. They saw that Bai Ling didn't say anything and walked outside together.

Bai Ling waited in the main room for a while. After Chen came out, the two of them ran together towards the square.

There were already quite a few tribesmen in the square. Because of the wind, the torches couldn't be lit at all, and there were no stars or moon in the sky. It was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

The square was in chaos. After Bai Ling arrived, the people standing outside shouted, "Ling is here!"

At his shout, all the orcs in the square looked over. Although Bai Ling couldn't see the expressions on his people's faces, he could sense that they had all breathed a sigh of relief since he arrived.

When Zhan heard that Bai Ling had arrived, he quickly came over, his expression somewhat anxious: "Ling, what are we going to do with these beans that weren't dried properly?"

In the past, the beastmen would gather beans by picking the pods directly. Bean pods don't take up much space, and the beastmen couldn't gather many at once, so they weren't afraid of rain. Now that the whole bean plant has been picked and is being laid out to dry in the square, it's about to rain. What should they do?

Bai Ling could sense the clan leader's anxiety, so he shouted, "Don't be afraid, everyone. I know what to do."

"Pile the soybeans into a heap, bundle up the mung beans and carry them back to the cave. Don't be afraid if you planted sorghum, just pile it up and cover it with some dry grass."

"Don't panic, everyone. Go and pile up your own beans," Bai Ling shouted. As soon as he finished speaking, the beastmen from other tribes came to help. Bai Ling assigned tasks to some of them, asking them to help families who were short-handed. In the end, there were still more than ten beastmen left, so Bai Ling asked them to help him harvest wheat.

The piled-up wheat was bundled, placed in baskets, and carried to uninhabited houses to dry.

Wheat is a precious commodity, and Bai Ling dared not pile it up to get rained on. There were many houses built in the tribe that the beastmen had not yet moved into, so those uninhabited houses were perfect for drying wheat.