Useful

It was snowing outside, but the snow was light, so it was still a good day.

Cheng An finished his meal in a few bites, and nudged Yu’s calf to urge him to go out, “Hurry up, or we’ll be late!”

“No hurry. The big cave may be much colder than our own cave.” Yu chose the best piece of leather and wrapped Cheng An up.

Cheng An tilted his head. How could he climb onto Yu’s back if he was wrapped up?

Yu saw Cheng An’s doubts and coughed lightly, “The big cave is not far away, we’ll walk over.”

Okay.

Cheng An then huddled in the fur with peace of mind. Don’t say it, it’s different when wrapped in a blanket!

It was warm and comfortable, and the tanned fur was much softer than the fur on Yu’s back.

Cheng An almost fell asleep.

Fortunately, Yu was there, so Cheng An didn’t really fall asleep and miss this event.

 It felt like a blink of an eye, and they came from the warm cave to the big cave.

Cheng An originally thought that it was good enough for one-third of the people in their tribe to come, after all, his faith value was only 22, which was almost one-third of the tribe’s population. Who knew that he was late, and the big cave was already crowded with beastmen, each holding a thin grass in their hands, with a blank look on their faces.

Seeing Cheng An and Yu coming in together, everyone turned their eyes to them.

Cheng An was so scared that he shrank back into the blanket. He still had a fear of crowds.

He was a priest now, so this didn’t seem good.

After Cheng An reacted, he stretched his neck and got out of the fur. He tried hard not to show his fear.

 “T-There are so many people!”

“Of course!” Shitou squeezed out from some corner and said proudly: “Yesterday, Xiao Hua and I went door to door to tell everyone about this matter. When everyone heard that it was you, An, who was going to talk to everyone and teach them something, they came early this morning, without even saying that this was a test from the Beast God!”

Cheng An’s mouth twitched. So it was you two who did it. But it was also a good thing. There is strength in numbers!

“What are these grasses?”

Shitou scratched his head. “Oh, isn’t it too early for everyone? It’s boring to just wait for you. Xiao Hua also said that it’s better to have fine grass to teach how to weave fishing nets, so I went to pull a lot of this fine grass back. How about it? Not bad, right?” Shitou’s face was full of the expression of “Praise me, praise me”.

Cheng An praised Shitou a few words as Shitou wished, and Shitou floated up immediately.  “But, did you tell everyone that this grass is not edible?” Without having to look specifically, Cheng An casually saw several beastmen chewing this grass, mistakenly thinking it was something to eat.

Shitou’s face froze, and he turned around to stop the beastmen chewing grass: “Stop eating! This is not edible, we will need it later!”

Cheng An ignored Shitou. The most urgent thing was to find Xiao Hua. After all, there were mostly sub-beastmen in their tribe, and sub-beastmen could not understand what he said, and they could not communicate smoothly! So the teaching matter still depended on Xiao Hua.

“Where is Xiao Hua?” Cheng An stretched his neck to look, but there were too many beastmen and sub-beastmen in the cave. Many of them were still in animal form, so he felt that he could not find Xiao Hua.

Yu patted Cheng An’s head and told him to be careful and not fall down. “I saw him.”

“Then let’s go over there!”

Yu is tall and has long legs. In addition, other beastmen dare not get too close to him. Where Yu went, the beastmen would automatically separate to both sides, so they easily reached Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua was holding fine grass and distributing it to other beastmen in the cave.

“An! You are here!” Xiao Hua’s eyes lit up instantly when he saw Yu and Cheng An as if he had found his backbone.

“Shitou and I found this fine grass. Everyone has also arrived at the big cave. What should we do next?” Xiao Hua is actually a little socially anxious and is not used to such a crowded scene.

Cheng An comforted him: “Don’t be afraid! Do it just like that day in the cave, and teach everyone how to weave a fishing net.”

Xiao Hua recalled the process of teaching Shitou that day, and his mind became clearer, but he was still unsure.

 Besides, the cave was a bit messy, everyone was talking at once. Xiao Hua mustered up the courage to speak, but he couldn’t resist the dozens of other beastmen talking together. Xiao Hua’s voice was suppressed.

Cheng An thought of the crowd that retreated like a tide when they came over just now, and was glad that Yu was there at the moment.

Cheng An touched Yu’s arm and met Yu’s eyes as he looked down.

“Yu, it’s up to you!”

Yu raised his eyebrows and understood what Cheng An was going to do.

He first covered Cheng An’s plush and elastic ears, and then said: “Everyone be quiet, don’t talk for now.”

Yu’s words were useful, and the noisy crowd slowly quieted down. It made people a little uncomfortable for a while.

Cheng An’s ears felt itchy. He broke away from Yu’s hand, and climbed up Yu’s shoulder along his arm.

Yu was afraid that Cheng An would fall, so he reached out to support him.

 With Yu’s help, Cheng An finally stood on Yu’s shoulder without any danger. When he looked up, everyone’s eyes were looking straight at him!

However, Cheng An finally managed to stay steady and didn’t fall down. It’s nothing! In the future, when their tribe becomes a big tribe, he will face even bigger scenes! He is a priest, what is he afraid of? Others should be afraid of him.

Cheng An came closer and whispered in Yu’s ear.

“Awoo awoo.”

The wet pink nose was pressed against his face, and there was a fearless priest wolf cub talking next to his ear. Yu felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn’t move around and listened carefully to what Cheng An said.

Now he was a mouthpiece, and Yu also understood Cheng An’s thoughts.

 “Good morning, everyone. I called everyone to the cave today to tell you something. The Beast God and our priest said that as long as we complete a test, he will give us a lot of food so that no beastmen in our tribe will die of hunger this year.”

After this, everyone couldn’t help but discuss with each other, because everyone remembered the beef they were given last time. Many frugal beastmen have not eaten up the beef yet, and there is still a lot left. The real meat in the cave made everyone believe that this was not a dream of being extremely hungry, but a real existence.

Yu paused for a while. He waited for the excited voices of the beastmen in the cave to subside, and then continued: “But the Beast God hates lazy beastmen. We have to go through a test before we can get the opportunity to get meat. How much meat we can get depends on our luck. It is possible that there is no meat at all.” After a pause, Yu added: “If there are beastmen who are unwilling, they can walk out of this big cave now.”

The beastmen in the cave looked left and right. They didn’t believe that anyone would give up this opportunity. That was the Beast God! That was meat!  According to the rules of the tribe, even if a beastman did not make any effort, the tribe would give them some meat if they caught prey. But doing so would inevitably disgust the tribe members.

No beastman moved, and those who had not transformed into human form and just wanted to come and see the excitement also became serious.

When it comes to food, everyone is very serious.

From the previous investigation, Cheng An found that Lian Yu did not like to eat fish. Cheng An was afraid that if it was fish, everyone would be disappointed, so he decided to tell everyone in advance.

Yu’s expression did not change, as if he had already guessed what they were going to do by making a fishing net. However, Cheng An did not hide it from Yu. “The meat you get after passing this test is fish.”

When they heard that it was fish, many beastmen showed disgusted expressions, but fish is at least edible food. Although many beastmen think that fish is not delicious and do not like to eat it, there will be no beastmen who waste fish meat. Even they can’t resist eating and throwing away fish meat when it is placed in front of them.

 Cheng An secretly observed the reactions of the beastmen, and continued to talk to Yu after seeing that they were not very averse to fish.

“Don’t worry, fish tastes good after being processed.” However, it seems that no one believes this. The most important thing at present is of course to weave a fishing net.

“To catch fish, you must first complete the test of the beast god, which is to weave a fishing net. Yes, use the fine grass in your hands to weave. The beastmen who can’t weave can go find Shitou later, and let him take you to the hillside to cut the fine grass. Xiao Hua will teach you how to weave a fishing net. Please don’t make noise. After Xiao Hua finishes explaining, if there are still people who don’t know how to do it, raise your hands and ask, one by one, and don’t make noise. If you learn it earlier, you can take the fine grass back to weave it in your own cave. It’s warmer that way.”

Yu is a qualified and useful mouthpiece. He says whatever Cheng An says, and never distorts Cheng An’s original meaning.

Cheng An stretched out his claws and pressed on the side of Yu’s face. It works! He’ll put a stamp on it!

 After stamping, Cheng An looked at Xiao Hua with sparkling eyes, “It’s your turn to perform!” Go ahead, young man!

Cheng An was afraid that Yu couldn’t explain it clearly, so he simply handed it over to Xiao Hua. No one could learn better than Xiao Hua.

Yu also stepped away to make room for Xiao Hua.

Although Xiao Hua was still very nervous, he walked forward a few steps with Cheng An’s encouragement. He stood on the stone bench, raised the grass in his hand, and began to explain how to weave.

Xiao Hua stuttered a little, and Cheng An reminded him when he forgot something, and stood on Yu’s shoulder to patrol with his eyes. The students below were not allowed to whisper to each other and cover the sound of Xiao Hua’s lecture.

Later, Xiao Hua also found his confidence, and he spoke better and better. The fishing net he was weaving for demonstration looked very solid.

Many sub-beastmen with high comprehension have already started, and they are also weaving in a good way. But more of them were still full of questions and raised their hands one after another. The fishing net weaving teaching session seemed to have turned into a hand-raising meeting, with them competing to see who could raise their hands higher. They were getting more and more excited.

Cheng An quickly asked Yu to maintain order and not disrupt Xiao Hua’s rhythm. “Don’t worry, come one by one.” Xiao Hua patiently explained it again and solved many problems of the sub-beastmen. Gradually, basically all the beastmen and sub-beastmen have learned how to weave fishing nets, and everyone weaves them quite well. Those beastmen who really can’t learn it follow Shitou to go out and cut grass. Cheng An nodded with satisfaction, everyone has their own duties! We all have a bright future!