I Transmigrated Into A Fantasy World To Farm And Build Houses!-Chapter 336: The Patriarch’s Worry

"Eric, the thing behind you is..." Thomas pointed at the small gray bird behind Eric’s back, asking curiously.

Luci stepped forward to touch it. Seeing the vine on Gray’s beak, she couldn’t help but laugh and say:

"Wow, is this the egg you brought back? It really hatched? Oh my, why is its beak tied up like this?"

The fledgling’s downy feathers looked soft, truly making it hard for anyone to refuse. She pretended not to see Gray’s wary gaze, reaching out to place her hand on the fledgling’s head and vigorously rubbing it a few times.

"It just hatched a few days ago. I named it Gray. It’s still small, and the cubs like playing with it, so I was worried it might hurt them."

Seeing that Karin and Queen were also looking at Gray curiously, Eric explained it to them.

Karin squatted down and lifted one of Gray’s wings:

"The cub of a tier-three magical beast has considerable destructive power. It does need to be restrained a bit. But beastmen have never raised these things. are you sure you want to keep it? Be careful that it doesn’t fly away when it grows up; that would be a waste of food."

Although Gray didn’t understand the words, it could sense from the tone that these weren’t kind words. It flapped its wings angrily, trying to escape Karin’s hand.

After teasing Gray intentionally for a while, Karin finally let go.

"It’s my first time raising one too, hopefully it will be successful. Don’t beast tamers also raise magical beasts from a young age? It’s just that I really don’t know how to tame beasts, but in case I can tame it, later on, it can catch prey or carry us around."

If there really came a day when he could fly on Gray’s back, the feeling would definitely be amazing. Eric narrowed his eyes and smiled.

Sure enough, he was still a child. A smile appeared at the corner of Queen’s mouth; looking at Eric, she seemed to see her own son when he was small.

Thomas recalled seeing everyone sowing seeds outside and asked:

"Sowing has started, right? Are the seeds we kept enough? Didn’t Balu say we can’t miss the season? It just so happens there are so many people now, we can plant a few more acres this year."

He also hadn’t expected the Tiger tribe to proactively help. Even with the temptation of food, he feared it was also to show goodwill to the Hadu tribe.

But with the participation of the Tiger tribe, the planting speed was much faster than Thomas had anticipated. Now with the addition of Karin and Queen’s tribes, the labor force had instantly doubled.

Last year when saving seeds, Eric had set aside half of the grain for seeds, enough to plant nearly all of these reclaimed fields.

The seeds were sufficient, and the land was sufficient; they only lacked manpower. This problem was now solved as well. Thomas couldn’t help but secretly rejoice that they had saved enough seeds.

"Then let everyone rest for a night, and start planting together tomorrow."

Although Karin and Queen’s tribes were closer compared to other Snow Wolf tribes, the territory range of beastmen was huge. To ensure enough prey, even if it was close, in Eric’s eyes it was still quite far. Traveling such a distance must have been tiring.

Karin slapped his thigh: "Sigh, rest for what? After eating, we’ll go plant immediately. I also want to see how this farming is actually done. The Ox-Head tribe can do it, there’s no reason we can’t."

Queen, who had a calmer personality, nodded: "This distance isn’t tiring at all. I’m also very curious. Snow Wolves have never farmed. If we can also plant, we won’t lack food in the future, and everyone’s life will be much better."

The "everyone" Queen referred to probably wasn’t just these few tribes. Although the Wolf tribes were scattered in many places, apart from the Black Wolf tribe, the other Wolf tribes were still united, and everyone would worry about each other.

Eric liked this point very much. This way, he could gather more population and have more people to run errands and work!

It was just that while a population increase was a good thing, it brought a lot of trouble with it. If not resolved, the Hadu tribe wouldn’t be able to continue expanding later.

After finishing the meal, Eric didn’t refuse these Snow Wolves. He led them to the fields and handed them over to Balu and Kiet, letting the two Ox-Head tribe members teach them the sowing techniques.

Originally, Eric and the Red Grass tribe had borrowed people from the Ox-Head tribe mainly to guide their tribesmen. However, the Ox-Head tribe members were too honest. Even though everyone in the Hadu tribe had learned how to farm now, the two of them were never idle, toiling away in the fields every day.

Balu patted his chest and said: "Just leave it to me, don’t worry. I guarantee they will all learn it in a few days!"

"It’s great that so many Snow Wolves came. The two of us were originally worried about having too few people during the harvest. Now it’s roughly enough; everyone won’t have to work themselves to death." Kiet was even happier than Eric, his eyes shining as he looked at nearly two hundred Snow Wolves.

Full of honest words. Eric could only helplessly say:

"I was also afraid of not having enough people during harvest, which is why I asked Uncle Thomas to go find other Snow Wolf tribes. If our tribe had as many tribesmen as the Ox-Head tribe, what would I have to worry about?"

Kiet revealed a proud smile. The Ox-Head tribe had always lived together, which was indeed a rare advantage among beastman tribes.

The Golden Kingdom also wanted to learn from the Ox-Head tribe to unify beastmen. Unfortunately, they tried to copy but failed. Although their numbers were greater than the Ox-Head tribe, managing a large population was difficult, leading to constant internal strife and continuous wrong decisions.

The Hadu tribe was now facing a similar difficult situation. After Eric entrusted the two Snow Wolf tribes to the Ox-Head tribe members, he found an opportunity to pull Uncle Thomas to a quiet place to talk.

"What’s wrong, Eric? Why so mysterious? Just say it. I’m in a hurry to get back. Your Aunt Luci also has to go to the cafeteria to cook. I heard the cafeteria is incredibly busy now; I’m really afraid she and Anna will flip the whole cafeteria upside down," Thomas said worriedly.

A few black lines slid down Eric’s forehead. He thought carefully about his words before speaking:

"It’s like this. Now that Karin’s tribe and Queen’s tribe are here, our population increase is a good thing, but I’m worried it will be hard to manage. We can’t have one tribe with two systems. Uncle Thomas, what did you and they agree on? Did they come to join the tribe or just to live together?"

Thomas looked at Eric with satisfaction. To be able to think of this problem, Eric had indeed grown up.

"Of course, they joined the Hadu tribe. Karin and Queen have long wanted to give up the position of patriarch, but there hasn’t been a suitable person. Hahaha, in this respect, their luck isn’t as good as mine."

Laughing proudly a few times, Thomas continued: "For now, we’ll still let them manage their own tribesmen. Wait until these Snow Wolves get used to it, then the two of them will explain this clearly to their tribesmen. If anyone is dissatisfied, we don’t need to care; let the two of them figure out a way themselves."

Uncle Thomas’s way of doing things was indeed reassuring; he truly lived up to having been a patriarch for so many years. Eric felt a bit more at ease, then asked again:

"But if the Snow Wolves of these two tribes refuse to accept a cub like me as patriarch and won’t listen to my orders later, that would also be very troublesome. How about Uncle Thomas keeps someone else as patriarch? Max, Michael, and Grass are all suitable."

Once the Snow Wolves of these two tribes followed their patriarchs here, they must have prepared themselves mentally for the tribe merger. But whether they would accept a cub patriarch like him was uncertain.

Thomas felt Eric was good in every way, but hearing him say this, he couldn’t help but frown tightly, saying disapprovingly:

"Don’t underestimate yourself. No one is more suitable than you. The way the tribesmen of Karin and Queen admire us today, isn’t that all your credit?"

He practically stopped just short of telling Eric to be confident.

Who asked him to be a cub?

Eric was also speechless. Why couldn’t he have transmigrated into an adult beastman? He couldn’t do this or that in relationships, and as a patriarch, he always had to endure the strange looks of others.