I've been transported to the orc continent.

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Bai Ling pushed the hoe around the field twice, and then the curious villagers took the hoe from her. They all pushed the hoe around the field twice, finding it very fun.

While weeding with a hoe is not as effective as weeding with a regular hoe, it is much faster. Its main function is to turn the soil over, so you don't have to worry about the soil becoming compacted after rain.

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Bai Ling stayed in the fields until sunset. The villagers working in the fields all loved this thing called a weeding hoe. However, the village carpenters were busy making doors and windows, so they probably wouldn't be able to make more weeding hoes until next year.

However, the tribespeople were still very happy. They walked together in twos and threes, chatting and laughing as they went.

Even after the sun went down, it was still very hot, but it was cooler than during the day. Insects began to chirp among the grass and trees, and flocks of birds flew across the sky to return to their nests.

As they approached the tribe, Bai Ling heard cheers, from both humans and animals.

The beastmen's animal-shaped cries have many nuances, and Bai Ling immediately recognized them. The animal-shaped cries mixed in with the cheers indicated that the hunting team members were celebrating their safe return.

Bai Ling didn't hear Yue's cry amidst the beast-like roars, and he didn't know which hunting team had returned, but he still quickened his pace.

Upon returning to the tribe, Bai Ling immediately knew which hunting team had returned; it was the team that had gone hunting in the western territory of the tribe.

Yue is not in this team, but Bai Ling's father, Cang, is.

Bai Ling felt a little disappointed when Yue returned, but when he saw his father and father standing together, that little bit of disappointment disappeared.

"Father, you're back," Bai Ling ran to her father and father's side, carefully looked her father up and down to make sure he wasn't injured before she felt relieved.

Those who can go out hunting are all large orcs. They have an advantage when facing wild beasts, but accidents always happen during hunting. Every year, orcs in the tribe are injured or even killed because of hunting.

Now that her father has returned safely, Bai Ling can finally relax.

Cang pointed to the basket on his back and said, "Ling, haven't you been collecting bird feathers lately? This time we caught a big bird, and we ate it outside. I brought all the feathers back for you."

Although there are many birds in the tribe's territory, they are not easy to catch. Bai Ling has been collecting bird feathers recently. After the tribespeople catch a bird, they will keep the feathers for him. Cang also brings back bird feathers for Bai Ling when he hunts outside.

Cang had no idea what his son wanted the feathers for. Beastmen collected feathers to make ornaments. The feathers of this bird were all black and dark blue, not bright at all. Beastmen didn't like these feathers, and he didn't know what use his son had for them.

Although he didn't know what his son wanted to use the feathers for, Cang still carefully collected each one and brought it back.

When Ling saw the feathers, his smile widened, and he opened his arms to give his father a big hug: "Father, thank you."

Cang's expression was a little unnatural as his son hugged him tightly. After his two sons grew up, he rarely had such a close hug with them. Now that his eldest son was hugging him in front of so many people in the clan, he was really not used to it.

"Why thank me?" Cang said, "I am your father, it's just a matter of course for me to help you collect this."

Bai Ling released her father and said with a smile, "Father, I have a great use for these things."

Feng, who was standing nearby, asked, "Ling, what do you need this for?"

Bai Ling smiled mysteriously: "Father, you'll find out later."

As the father and his two sons were talking, the shouts of their clansmen came from afar. Among them was a voice that Bai Ling recognized very well. He immediately turned around and saw a group of clansmen appearing where the sky and earth met.

They ran quickly toward the tribe, howling loudly as they went.

One particular white figure caught Bai Ling's eye, her eyes shining with surprise.

The moon has returned.

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Every time they returned from a hunt, as they were about to return to their tribe, many orcs would howl loudly.

This was done for two reasons: first, to inform the tribe that they had returned, and second, to show off in front of the tribe so that the tribe would know that they had caught a lot of prey.

Yue had gone out with the hunting party countless times, but he never called out when they returned.

Yue felt embarrassed to howl loudly in front of so many people. But this time when she returned, Yue howled loudly just like the other members of her tribe.

He certainly wasn't doing this to impress his people; he just wanted his lover to know that he had returned.

Yue knew that Ling was near the tribe. If Ling heard her call, he would definitely run to greet her. Even if he couldn't come to greet her, he would definitely rush back to the tribe as quickly as possible to see her.

Yue's guess was correct; before he even got close to the tribe, someone was running towards him at high speed.

There was actually no wind that night, but the person was running so fast that he himself became a gust of wind, blowing towards it.

At first, it was just a silhouette, but as the two got closer, the silhouette's face became clearer and clearer.

Just as Yue had imagined, the man's eyes sparkled with a light called "surprise," his lips curled into a wide, sunny smile, and he waved his hands toward her, calling her name over and over again.

The moon's eyes grew brighter, and its speed increased, shrinking the distance between them until they finally met.

Bai Ling reached out and gently hugged Yue's forelegs. Yue lowered its head and affectionately rubbed against Bai Ling's shoulder.

“Yue, I miss you so much,” Bai Ling said. “Yue, you’re amazing. You caught so many prey.”

Bai Ling reached out and gently pinched Yue's ear. Perhaps because of the long run, Yue's ear was warm, like pinching a soft and warm piece of candy.

The moon's ears felt comfortable being pinched, and it made a "gurgling" sound in its throat. Bai Ling pinched them a few more times, then released the moon's ears and walked with the moon, saying, "Moon, I've made the hoe. Farming will be much easier with this."

"Yue, I sent people to cut reeds. After the reeds are dried, I plan to make paper. With paper and pen, we can write."

"Yue, my house is all ready, except for the kang (heated brick bed), which is not yet finished. Once the kang is done, we can move in."

"Yue, Father is back too. We're going to celebrate Father's birthday tomorrow. You should come too. There's some wheat left at home. I'll make noodles for you."

"The sheep is about to give birth, and then we'll have goat milk to drink."