Jiang Fan frowned.
Was Dai Xiaomei some kind of saintly being?
Misericordia towards food while surviving in the wild?
When they became prey for beasts tomorrow, the beasts wouldn't show mercy.
Zhou Niannian patted Dai Xiaomei and asked curiously.
"They look cute, you don't have the heart to do it."
Dai Xiaomei pouted.
"No, once the food is gone, it's gone. I want to keep two to breed, chicken lays eggs, eggs hatch chickens..."
She mumbled, as if seeing a future of ever-increasing pigs and rabbits.
*Slurp* Her mouth was watering.
The live stream was filled with comments, all saying that Dai Xiaomei was indeed the most ruthless.
But Zhou Niannian sighed and patted Dai Xiaomei's shoulder.
"Dai Xiaomei, you're still too young."
"Keeping just two to breed would separate their families, that's too cruel."
Jiang Fan thought Zhou Niannian was being soft-hearted, but then Zhou Niannian continued.
"We should take them all back, select them carefully, keep the strong ones for breeding, and eat all the weak ones."
Thinking of more and more pigs and rabbits with firm and delicious meat, Zhou Niannian's stomach rumbled.
Hearing her words, Dai Xiaomei nodded in deep agreement and gave a thumbs-up.
"Sister Zhou is indeed more experienced."
After listening to the two women, the live stream was in an uproar, with many viewers feeling they had a new understanding of them.
"Wow, they're going to wipe them out. Sister Zhou is truly decisive. A truly cruel woman's heart."
"Alas, we're about to witness the extinction of a species firsthand."
"Pig-rabbits! Stand up and resist!"
"Orcs will never be slaves."
The live stream comments were already flooding with "Orcs will never be slaves."
Over there, Yao had already used vines to bind the pig-rabbits layer upon layer, rolled them into a large bundle, and slung them over his shoulder.
Jiang Fan pondered for a moment, the idea of the two women raising pig-rabbits was consistent with his own plan.
The breeding cycle of rabbits is only about forty days.
After mating, the gestation period is about thirty days, and about ten days after giving birth, they can be mated again, making them true tools for rapid reproduction.
This special species, pig-rabbits, might have an even faster breeding cycle.
Their camp needed to store food, and with Jiang Fan's exploration mission, they didn't know how long they would stay in the vicinity.
They were estimated to stay here for over two months, so raising pig-rabbits was a necessary action.
"Good idea, but we need to build a fence first."
Jiang Fan gestured for Yao to put down the pig-rabbits and go with him to gather materials.
Building a fence required wood and rope. There was plenty of wood in the dense forest.
As for the rope, the vines used to bind the pig-rabbits would suffice, as they were very strong and even the pig-rabbits' teeth couldn't bite through them.
The trees needed to be sturdy. The nearby trees were riddled with holes gnawed by the pig-rabbits and were unusable.
Jiang Fan asked Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei to watch the captured pig-rabbits, then took Yao into the forest.
They quickly selected two sturdy redwood trees and began to chop them down.
Yao used his own entrenching tool, a versatile weapon for home and travel, and perfect for chopping trees.
He chopped with great effort, as long as his entrenching tool made it easy to chop trees.
To increase efficiency, Yao's movements became faster and faster.
However, halfway through his chopping, he heard a strange rustling sound.
With a rumble, the tree on Jiang Fan's side fell with a crash.
Yao froze, looking at Jiang Fan in disbelief.
"Could it be... with bare hands..."
"Not to that extent, this tree is much thicker."
Jiang Fan shrugged, revealing the rough stone axe in his hand, which he had made on the way.
Yao stood in silence for a moment, completely believing Jiang Fan's words, and gave a thumbs-up.
If ordinary people used this stone axe to chop trees, it would probably take a day.
For instance, Teacher Piao, before, even dropped the stone axe, attracting a swarm of bees.
The viewers in the live stream were amused.
"Wolf child, have you witnessed the power of our Jiang God?"
"Speaking of which, Jiang God isn't all muscle, why is he so formidable?"
"Heh heh, you don't have enough reverence for Jiang God. I carefully observed his tree-chopping process just now. Every swing of the axe landed precisely on the same cut, something that requires years of tree-chopping experience."
"My God, isn't that like the masters in novels who only practice one move?"
"Haven't seen Jiang God chop trees before, perhaps he was an executioner?"
"Societal Jiang God, mighty."
Jiang Fan split the chopped trees into small pieces, pulled off a large amount of vines, bundled them up, and carried them on his back.
Thus, all the materials needed to build the fence were ready.
Returning to the forest, Jiang Fan saw Dai Xiaomei and Zhou Niannian playing with the pig-rabbits.
Their eyes were so green that Jiang Fan felt a chill.
It was too late to build a secondary base by the pond, so the group, with the materials, returned to their temporary camp.
As soon as everything was unloaded, Dai Xiaomei picked up the two fattest pig-rabbits, her eyes shining green.
While Jiang Fan and Yao were chopping trees, they had already observed all the pig-rabbits and even given them numbers and names.
"Tonight we eat these two! They are Buddha and Bodhisattva!"
Jiang Fan shrugged, what a great name.
In ancient times, Buddha and Bodhisattva sacrificed themselves to feed tigers and cut flesh to feed eagles, and now Buddha and Bodhisattva sacrificed themselves to feed hungry female wolves.
He couldn't help but ask.
"Is it because these two are the fattest? Shouldn't the fattest ones be kept for breeding?"
"Yes... No! I observed them very carefully just now, they have heatstroke and won't live long."
Dai Xiaomei said righteously.
The viewers in the live stream were amused.
"Heatstroke! Isn't this Dai Xiaomei's catchphrase?"
"As long as she wants to eat something, whether it flies in the sky, crawls on the ground, or swims in the sea, it will all get heatstroke."
"The last time I saw her say a nautilus had heatstroke, and then she stewed it."
"Another time an octopus had heatstroke, and then it was also stewed."
"This is nothing, once some hollow cabbage also got heatstroke."
I believe your nonsense.
Jiang Fan thought to himself, everyone knew about Dai Xiaomei's heatstroke meme.
Zhou Niannian glanced at Jiang Fan.
"Your face doesn't look well, are you suffering from heatstroke?"
Hearing the word "heatstroke," Jiang Fan instinctively shook his head, glanced at Zhou Niannian, and quickly moved aside to sort the firewood.
He wasn't Xuanzang, was Zhou Niannian craving his flesh?
Yao picked up the two pig-rabbits and went to the river to clean them.
Jiang Fan didn't go to help. He was a bit of a germaphobe and avoided dealing with internal organs if possible. Let Yao handle the butchering.
Zhou Niannian looked at Jiang Fan, her feelings complicated.
This man had saved her many times in the wilderness, and the comfortable life of having food and drink was all brought about by Jiang Fan.
Without Jiang Fan, she might have already perished in the wilderness.
But why was this man so clueless about romance? She was just concerned if he had heatstroke, why was he looking at her with such a terrifying gaze...
Jiang Fan pondered for a while and drew a diagram on the ground.
Zhou Niannian hesitated for a long time before finally making up her mind and walking over.
"We're going to build a fence next, I'll help."