LSLFBW: Chapter 72

Qi Bai wanted to build a public toilet after seeing the sheepfold.

Sheep manure was an important fertilizer, so the beastmen couldn’t waste it. Moreover, this much fertilizer might not be enough if they developed planting in the future.

Of course, from Yang Luo’s perspective, Qi Bai was simply looking for trouble. After all, the beastmen lived in the mountains and forests. They always found a hidden place to solve the problem on the spot.

After Qi Bai and the children cleaned the front of the cave and made it flat and beautiful, the tribe members took great care of this tidy square and naturally wouldn’t solve physiological problems around it.

Therefore, the Black Mountain Tribe had become a rare clean tribe on the Beastman Continent.

There were fewer odors in the tribe. Yang Luo felt this was good, but he thought that maintaining the status quo was enough. He really couldn’t understand why Qi Bai wanted to build a house called a ‘toilet’ specifically to solve this problem.

More importantly, from the way that Qi Bai seemed to be getting more and more excited, the structure of this toilet was more complicated than the city wall.

Qi Bai really didn’t plan to just dig a hole and call it a day. He had already constructed a simple outline in his mind.

The tribe’s toilets needed to be usable by everyone. The most important thing was convenience and hygiene. Therefore, Qi Bai planned to learn from the outdoor private toilets set up in some tourist attractions.

The toilet was a rectangular structure as a whole. From the outside, there were only two parallel entrances on the front. However, after entering through each entrance, they could turn left or right respectively. This could just separate the four genders in the tribe.

In each separate room, there would be two small partitions for a total of eight partitions.

The advantage to doing this was that, in addition to separating the different genders, it also increased the number of squatting toilets. This at least ensured that everyone didn’t have to line up to use the toilet.

Underneath these squatting pits was a collectively connected pool. This also facilitated the centralized processing of feces.

It was due to this connection method that Yang Luo was confused.

“I think it would be good to build it in that corner.”

Qi Bai pointed to the northeast corner of the square. It was around a hundred meters away from the cave, but it was much more convenient than going outside the tribe.

Yang Luo slapped his outstretched hand. “Did I agree? You have already chosen the position.”

Qi Bai softened his voice. “Grandpa Priest, look, this house will be very beautiful when it is built. I will carve some floral patterns on the outer wall. This will definitely be the most beautiful toilet you have ever seen.”

Yang Luo thought to himself, ‘Of course, it will be the most beautiful one. I have never seen one before.’

“Would you like to build a house like this?” Yang Luo looked up and asked the tribe members surrounding them.

Hou Yan had already confirmed the prey a long time ago. He took Xiang Yu and a few others to skin the animals while the younger horned beastmen were free.

It wasn’t just the members of the hunting team. Even the beastmen who returned from gathering subconsciously stopped.

At this moment, they all gathered around Qi Bai and Yang Luo, listening to Qi Bai talking about this building they had never heard of before.

“I want a house like this.”

It was Niu Yong who spoke. In fact, he didn’t understand what the toilet was used for. He just saw the pattern drawn by Qi Bai on the ground and felt that he liked it. He really wanted to see what it would look like after it was built.

There were many people who shared the same idea as him, and they all agreed with him at this moment.

Lang Ze said, “This house doesn’t use many bricks. If we work together, we can do it in a few afternoons.”

Compared to Yang Luo’s hesitation, Lang Ze was very determined.

He knew that Qi Bai wasn’t the type of person to make trouble unreasonably. IF this toilet wasn’t beneficial to the tribe, Qi Bai definitely wouldn’t waste the tribe members’ energy to build it.

In particular, Lang Ze was a bit curious about what he said about fertilizer.

Therefore, Lang Ze didn’t consider whether to build it or not. He directly thought about how to build it as quickly and efficiently as possible.

“Yes, we promise not to delay the tribe’s hunting.”

Lu Guo, who was in charge of the kiln, also added, “I can bake these bricks very quickly.”

Everyone was willing to spend time on this, so Yang Luo naturally had no opinion. He said, “Then let you trouble yourselves. I want to see what type of house you can make.”

The watching tribe members were excited. “Then let’s go to the river to dig the clay now.” Then the men ran out of the tribe in groups.

Lu Guo also smiled and replied, “I’ll go and sort out the mold for making bricks.”

Ever since the tribe’s wall was built, the kiln had only occasionally burned some charcoal and pottery. Lu Guo was now a bit impatient to open the kiln and make some new things.

Qi Bai looked up at Lang Ze and said with a smile, “Then let’s go over there quickly.”

Hu Qiao, who was lagging behind the group, heard this and asked, “Bao Bai, aren’t you going to cut bamboo with Lang Ze?”

Qi Bai was pulled up by Lang Ze and looked at Hu Qiao in surprise. “How did you know we were going to cut bamboo today?”

Of course, Hu Qiao knew about this. After all, this was the first time Lang Ze took the initiative to exchange the guard job with someone else. Everyone found it very novel.

But before Hu Qiao could finish his words, Lang Ze glanced at him with an expressionless face.

Hu Qiao subconsciously swallowed the previous words and abruptly changed the subject. “Oh, it’s nothing. It is just digging some clay. We are already very skilled at it. There is no need for you to follow us.”

Qi Bai shook his head hesitantly. After all, this was the idea he proposed. There was no reason for him to let everyone be busy while he did other things.

Lang Ze lifted the rattan basket that Qi Bai had placed beside him and took the lead. “We just agreed to go cut bamboo today. We didn’t say it had to be now. It will be the same if we go in the evening. It won’t take much time.”

Qi Bai’s drooping white hair stood up again. He kept nodding behind Lang Ze.

This time, everyone didn’t go to the creek where they usually fetched mud. Instead, they went to the Man-Eating River that was closer to the tribe.

It was just that it wasn’t quite accurate to call it the Man-Eating River now.

Once the ice melted on the river, it was no longer the yellow water that it used to be. A pale blue surface could be seen.

At this time, the Man-Eating River was flowing quietly, reflecting the shadows of the tall trees on the river bank. It appeared deep, secluded and peaceful. If everyone hadn’t seen its former appearance, no one would’ve noticed its danger.

Of course, Qi Bai wouldn’t be fooled by this gentle appearance. Even if the piranhas were nowhere to be found, he still firmly remembered the strange fish that floated to the surface in winter. The calmness here was just all appearances.

Qi Bai looked at the river and frowned. “I always feel that these piranhas wouldn’t leave for no reason.”

Lang Ze stood beside Qi Bai and said, “It is indeed abnormal. I will continue to observe the river surface. You should also remind other tribe members to be careful when approaching the river.”

Qi Bai nodded. They had no way of knowing what was happening beneath the water.

However, without the piranhas on the top layer, the river bank became approachable. At the very least, everyone could find it when there were fish passing by in the top layer of the water. There was no need to worry about being besieged by piranhas all the time.

Moreover, the wide Man-Eating River had flatter banks. Both sides of the banks were covered with thick clay. It was obviously more convenient to dig clay here than to dig deep and laboriously by the stream as usual.

Once the group came back with full rattan baskets, they could already hear the tribe members laughing and making noises at the kiln.

Qi Bai walked into the kiln. The straw curtain in front of the mud house was lifted up. A large animal skin was spread in the middle of the house and a little bear was crawling on the skin.

Outside the animal skin, Shu Lin and a few people were sitting, watching the children and peeling bamboo shoots.

After everyone heard that the kiln was going to start making bricks again, they all brought the bamboo shoots they had dug into the kiln’s mud house. There was a stove here, so they could cook the bamboo shoots here.

After completing these tasks, they could also make bricks and dry them in the sun.

“Ah~”

Little Xiong Shan wanted to reach out and grab the strip of meat in Sun Qing’s hand. Before he knew it, he stood up with his two front paws dangling in the air.

However, just as his little claws were about to reach it, Sun Qing suddenly pulled the strip of meat back with a wicked grin. Xiong Shan fell directly on the animal skin.

The adults working around them were all amused by his naive appearance. Of course, the one who laughed the loudest was his male mother, Shu Lin.

Qi Bai put down the rattan basket filled with clay. He moved closer to the animal skin and reached out to scratch the bottom of Xiong Shan’s paw. “Oh, our little Xiong Shan is so energetic today as well.”

The moment Xiong Shan heard QI Bai’s voice, he immediately gave up the meat strip in the hand of Sun Qing and turned to crawl towards Qi Bai. “Ahhh~”

“Baaaa~”

At the same time, the cry of Yang An was heard. Qi Bai saw the black lamb using its head to push Sun Qing. It felt like these two babies were fighting as a team.

But after hearing Qi Bai’s voice, Yang An immediately moved on his short legs towards Qi Bai.

Xiong Shan and Yang An were born only one month earlier than Chuan Chuan, but the size difference between beastmen and animals was big.

Chuan Chuan was able to stand up on the day he was born, and followed Qi Bai around the next day. However, the two beastmen babies didn’t grow as fast as Chuan Chuan.

The two little guys weren’t walking very steadily now. Of course, this wasn’t due to their poor health. All the beastmen babies were like this. Their beast form and human form grew together, so the beast form seemed to develop more slowly.

She Li smiled. “I didn’t expect that even though Bai Bai has been away for so many days, these two children still remember him.”

Shu Lin reached out and helped Yang An move forward. “How could they forget him? The porridge that Qi Bai made for them was so delicious.”

The beastmen babies could eat other food after they were a dozen days old. QI Bai mashed the easier to digest fish and mountain phoenix meat. Then he steamed it into meat paste with sheep milk and gave it to the two children as a snack.

Not to mention Xiong Shan and Yang An, but even Shu Lin thought it was delicious and secretly tasted it several times.

What frustrated Shu Lin was that even though Qi Bai taught him how to cook these foods, he still couldn’t make them taste the same.

“It looks like Bao Bai’s babies will be blessed in the future. They will surely be plump and very cute.”

Everyone nodded in agreement. In the eyes of beastmen, being able to raise fat children was a symbol of ability. In the tribe, praising the fatness of the children was a disguised way of praising the mother or father who took good care of them.

Qi Bai held the two little guys in his arms and rubbed his cheeks against them, completely ignoring everyone’s teasing.

How could he have the mind to think about anything else now? The furry babies were simply a foul.

Small eyes like black beans and soft fur with a strong milky aroma. Most importantly, this was a baby. No matter how much he touched them, it wouldn’t be considered excessive.

The beastmen unloaded the clay outside the mud house and happily looked at the sub-beastmen and children inside the house for a while. Then they turned around and continued walking towards the river.

Xiong Feng couldn’t suppress the smile on his face. He wasn’t afraid of the dangers in the mountains and forests, and he never felt tired. His heart was filled with joy as long as his partner and child could laugh and play happily like this.

Qi Bai didn’t follow the horned beastmen to the river. He stayed in the mud house and mixed the clay with everyone to make bricks.

The hours flew past once busy.

“Bao Bai, shall we go back to the cave together?”

The tribe members returned to their caves one after another once it got dark. The only exception was Qi Bai, who hadn’t left yet.

Qi Bai flicked the strands of hair on his forehead with his wrist. “Lang Ze hasn’t come back yet. I will wait for him.”

Niu Xi asked, “It is already so late. Hasn’t he gone home?”

Qi Bai was stunned. Lang Ze had separated from him here. He subconsciously thought that Lang Ze would come to take him home, so he never considered this situation.

He smiled, pointed at the small pile of clay left at his feet, and said, “Then I’ll finish these first. You guys go first.”

The clear sound of several people’s conversations faded away, and the kiln suddenly became quiet.

Qi Bai came back to his senses and started to beat the remaining clay. He didn’t notice that he was being extra careful this time and his speed had unknowingly slowed down.

He arranged the bricks, washed the soil off the mold, and swept the ground with a broom.

QI Bai walked around the mud house and found that there was really nothing else he could do. He reluctantly pulled down the rolled-up straw curtain and prepared to go home with the rattan basket on his back.

Qi Bai walked slowly and absentmindedly. He could walk all the roads in the tribe with his eyes closed, so he didn’t pay attention to the movements around him until he hit a broad chest.

Qi Bai apologized and stepped back. Then when he looked up, he saw the dusty man who had just returned from outside the tribe.

Qi Bai’s eyes lit up. “Lang Ze, you’re back!”

In the dim night, Qi Bai’s eyes were as bright as stars.

Lang Ze’s ears turned red in the darkness. He quickly took out the thing wrapped in animal skin and asked, “Don’t you want this?”