Considering the little fellow’s eating and excreting habits, she prepared a sand basin with so dry grass on top and placed it near the warst part of the kang, covering it with animal skin. Afterwards, she stored the leftover rice porridge along with the stone pot in a small hole next to the stove for insulation.
After it got cold, she cooked inside the cave. She lit a fire under the stove and cooked on top, which helped to save firewood. She used to cook outside, worrying about the fus, but now with everything outside covered in ice and snow, she couldn’t afford to worry about that anymore.
She thought she would be up countless tis that night, just like soone taking care of a baby, but the little fellow was unusually sensible. He only woke up once to pee and poop in the middle of the night. After feeding him the leftover rice porridge from the stone pot, he slept soundly until dawn and didn’t fuss at all.
However, because she had to transform at night, it was Yin Ye and Jin Han who got up to take care of him. This little tiger cub, despite losing his Mom, now had several godfathers and godmothers—what a fortunate fate!
Looking at Jin Han and Yin Ye, they probably also adored the little guy, right?
Unfortunately—
With the addition of the little one at ho, Tangtang felt her boring winter had beco much more fulfilling.
Lang Sen ca over three days later. Surprisingly, he was quite cool, and not much of a talker. She would not speak unless asked, and he only stared at his cub with a lancholic gaze, not even looking at her. She couldn’t help but tease, "He’s such a lovelorn type. Looks like he’s missing his female, right?"
Now, with the frigid weather, digging another cave wasn’t feasible, so they let him stay temporarily in the cellar. The cellar was warm in winter and cool in sumr, much better than the freezing outdoor cave. They chose a spot right below the kang, so it wasn’t like they were mistreating him or making him live in more destitute conditions than at his own ho.
The little tiger cub ate a lot (two grain fruits a day and a plate of dried at)—although he was only three or four days old, he was growing visibly day by day.
Lang Sen’s strength was not inferior to that of Yin Ye. Even though he was a three-striped beast, he was just over thirty, young with limitless potential ahead.
Although working as a laborer for them seed a disadvantage, faced with reality, even a strong individual like him had to bow his head.
He could clearly see that the female in front of him had enough ability to take good care of his cub.
In just three or four days, the cub had changed dramatically, looking much healthier than when he was born.
Moreover, she had so many kinds of food he had never seen before; entrusting his cub to Jin Han seed like a wise choice.
Although she wasn’t yet an adult, seeing those two and the Fine-Scaled Taipan Snake hibernating in the cellar, he knew that working for them was worthwhile.
After Lang Sen joined the family, he chopped wood every day, which was the only manageable task he could do during winter.
Although Tangtang ntioned that the firewood was enough and they could gather more when it beca necessary, rely eating without working was not his style.
His family’s food was to be transported over by the little female and Jin Han, who told him not to worry about it. Since it was a critical period, they were concerned about open transportation attracting wild beasts or mbers from other Beast Clans.
Later, they inford him that the food was stored in a safe place, but did not disclose the location. They only told him to treat this place as his own ho, ensuring him there was enough food to eat as he pleased.
Having spent a few days with them, he had co to understand the family’s character. The little female seed gentle, but was actually quite dominant at tis, especially in front of Jin Han and Yin Ye, where she held absolute authority. Jin Han and Yin Ye appeared sowhat submissive around her, but when facing him, they were fully assertive.
This form of interaction always involuntarily made him think of his female, unfortunately, his beloved had passed away and could never return.
Lang Sen watched Tangtang cook als for a few days, then started trying to help with the cooking, and seeing his high enthusiasm, Tangtang was very patient in teaching him.
Lang Sen caught on quickly, obviously having done a fair share of chores at ho before, and his eagerness was probably driven by a desire to contribute more to their household.
Tangtang didn’t stop him, because if he could take over cooking, it ant she had more ti to hold the Little Tiger Cub. Having such a little one in her arms was comforting, not to ntion the growing fluffiness that was a delight to touch.
A cub not yet a Full Moon old was very easy to take care of, just needing feeding, drinking, urinating, and defecating, and being well looked after was enough.
In their Beastn form, they weren’t too fussy; just lay down so dirt and so hay, which could be used as a diaper substitute, and frequently changing it prevented any bad sll.
Now with her and Lang Sen at ho, even with an extra little one to look after, they could manage proficiently.
Yin Ye and Jin Han went out every day because the Beast Tide was coming. So tribes had already been attacked, so both the Nandi and Xinba tribes had to dig traps early—a suggestion from Tangtang, who was surprised that the people here had never thought of using traps to stop the Beast Tide?
Although the Beastn had strong bodies and individual Skills, combating countless wild beasts physically consud a trendous amount of energy.
If they could set up more traps before their arrival, wouldn’t it provide so reaction ti for the tribe and others?
Digging traps and making various defensive weapons would be their main tasks for a while.
Of course, Lang Sen was not idle, since he now lived in the Nandi Tribe, he also helped the Nandi Beastn dig traps outside.
That left Tangtang alone at ho with Tom, the na she had given to the Little Tiger Cub.
To be honest, she felt that the tribe had no sense of security. First, they had no walls, and second, their hos were spread out, which was inconvenient for either simultaneous evacuation or issuing commands. Moreover, they all lived in caves around the grove—if the outer defenses were breached, the inner defenses were likely dood as well.
"Tangtang, quick, co help, Luna is about to give birth prematurely due to a slip, Nanny is still at Zhu Ya’s house and can’t make it, you’re closer so we ca to you,"
A female, panting with urgency, ran over and relayed the situation, and Tangtang frowned and said, "But I don’t know how to deliver a baby!"
"It’s okay if you don’t, just go and keep watch, in case of any ergency, we can be reassured."
Because she had successfully saved a cub before, the females in desperation decided to rely on her to take charge.
Tangtang, pressed into action, took the Little Tiger Cub and rushed to Luna’s house. Now that the Beastn were outside, those inside were all females from the tribe.
Although these females knew a bit about using herbs, they were sowhat panicked in the face of childbirth, unlike Tangtang, who had actually perford surgeries, so they called her over because they were really nervous.
Tangtang thought since she had never delivered a baby, she shouldn’t speak out of turn, but to her surprise, upon arriving, she started giving orders without any hesitation...
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