The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 54 The Mad Ruler
The soft, fluffy ball of fur ran lightly to Monet, biting Kong Mingming's animal skin blanket and pulling it down with all its might.

Afraid that she would pull out her little milk teeth, Monet quickly removed the animal skin blanket hanging from the tip of her teeth, hugged the little kitten in his arms, and stroked her fluffy, soft fur: "Don't be naughty, little kitten. Brother Mingming is in a bad mood today. How about we play together another day?"

The kitten crouched in Monet's arms, tilted its little head and thought for a while, then said in a muffled baby voice, "Xiao Xi, sister... look for."

"Who are you looking for?" Monet was stunned for a few seconds, but quickly realized what was happening. Looking at the little head peeking out from under the animal skin blanket, she couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Looking for Mingming?"

The kitten nodded vigorously: "Outside."

Kong Mingming sniffed, her eyes red and swollen, and her voice trembled with tears as she spoke: "Why did she come to me... hiccup, why didn't she come in herself?"

"I don't know, meow~" The kitten shook its head, struggled to jump off Monet's arms, and looked back at Kong Mingming who was still lying on the bed. "The kitten helped... pass on a message that it's time to eat meat."

Monet stood up and followed behind the kitten: "Kitty, where did you get the meat? Did you go catch mice yourself again?"

Kong Mingming watched as Monet went outside, lifted the animal skin blanket to look at her own bottom, obediently put on the animal skin skirt, climbed off the bed, and quickly ran outside.

He wanted to see how Ling Xiaoxi would apologize to him this time!

He would never forgive her so easily if he wasn't sincere.

……

When the group looked towards the big tree in the distance, they immediately saw a little girl with a pair of fluffy round ears sitting idly on the tree root, using a small twig in her hand to poke at the army of ants that were moving house in an orderly manner.

Monet watched as the kitten happily jumped in front of Ling Xiaoxi, while Ling Xiaoxi pushed the meat strip on the leaf towards the kitten, then looked up in the direction where Kong Mingming and Monet were.

"Aunt Monet".

Ling Xiaoxi stood up, a little surprised that she was there too. She glanced down at Miaozai, but Miaozai was busy showing off the snacks she had just earned and didn't have time to look at her at all.

Monet walked to the tree, patted Xiaoxi's head, looked down at what the kitten was putting into its mouth, and breathed a sigh of relief when he realized it wasn't a baby mouse.

"Did Xixi come to apologize to Mingming?"

Ling Xiaoxi nodded: "I told my older sister and father about setting Kong Mingming's tail on fire, and they criticized me and made me come here to apologize."

Kong Mingming finally moved in front of the two of them, looking displeased, and said, "You're not going to come and apologize to me if your father and your older sister don't say anything, is that it?"

Looking at his eyes, which were as red as a rabbit's, Ling Xiaoxi felt guilty and touched the tip of her nose. She whispered, "I didn't understand at the time. I was trying to help you put out the fire, but you climbed out of the water and hit me first, so I couldn't control myself."

"I didn't know you peacocks were so vain. I thought it was like when I accidentally brushed my hair while tending a fire—just trim it and it'll grow back in a while..."

"Are you here to apologize, or to make excuses?" Kong Mingming felt increasingly uneasy as she listened, and her gaze towards her gradually turned displeased.

Ling Xiaoxi was a very observant child. Seeing this, she immediately shut up and stopped defending herself. She took out the large wooden bowl that she had hidden behind her and handed it to Kong Mingming.

"This is for you, an apology gift."

Kong Mingming sniffed, her nose still a little stuffy, and looked hesitantly at the wooden bowl in her hand: "What is this?"

He leaned closer and sniffed, and smelled a strange odor.

"This is what I wanted to make when I asked you to start a fire. But I don't know how to make it. This was made by my brother-in-law, and it's only slightly worse than what my sister makes."

Monet, puzzled by Ling Xiaoxi's strange choice of words, asked, "Brother-in-law No. 1?"

Ling Xiaoxi looked up and explained helplessly, like a little adult, "It's the herbalist."

"Oh, I understand."

Monet immediately understood, but she was a little curious as to why Xiaoxi called Chongzhen "Brother-in-law No. 1". Did she number the brothers-in-law in the family according to the order in which they entered the family?
Kong Mingming took the wooden bowl, which was bigger than his face, with both hands. He sat on the tree root next to Ling Xiaoxi, holding the bowl. He lifted the leaves covering it, and the glistening lettuce slices stir-fried with meat and the big pieces of meat that were roasted to a bright red color suddenly came into their view.

Ling Xiaoxi looked at the still steaming roasted meat, shamelessly licked her lips, but stubbornly turned her head away.

It's okay, it's just a meal of meat.

Previously, her family ate two meals a day, but now, at her older sister's insistence, they eat three meals a day, which is much better than the lives of most people in the tribe.

She can be patient; she can eat more in the evening.

Moreover, her older sister left her a few boiled eggs, which, although not as flavorful as meat, were still quite delicious.

Monet had already smelled the aroma and guessed that Ling Xiaoxi must have brought food to apologize to Kong Mingming, but when she actually saw the food in the bowl, she couldn't help but secretly swallow.

The clan leader already addressed the issue of cooked food during the morning meeting a couple of days ago.

They said they would teach all the clansmen how to cook in the future.

Cooking food requires fire, and the warriors in the tribe who received more game were the first to try cooking it, but few succeeded.

Last night, the chieftain specially roasted a prey over a wood fire at the gathering point. The main purpose was to teach the warriors who had awakened fire-based abilities, since they were the ones most skilled at using fire.

Moreover, the source of fire was also a problem.

Those without fire-based abilities can only start a fire using the method of drilling wood, as the young clan leader described.

If you don't have the skill to start a fire, you might spend ages trying to get even a spark. Some might manage to get a spark, but still fail to ignite the firewood.

Last night, Monet tasted a small piece of the patriarch's roasted beef. It was very fragrant and tender. When she put it in her mouth, it felt like the meat would melt on its own. Before she could even savor it, the meat had already disappeared from her mouth.

As for the cub enclosure, the cubs usually rest early, so they didn't get to enjoy the barbecue last night.

So she still wants to find someone to learn how to grill meat as soon as possible, so that the kids can taste that dreamy flavor.

However, grilling meat also involves the issue of salt.

However, the use of salt has always been a problem for the tribe. Every household is given salt stones, but the young chieftain can dissolve a salt stone and extract salt powder, which may only be enough for one month's use. This is an incredible luxury for the orcs in the tribe.

The supplies in the cub shelter are uniformly distributed by the tribe, and the amount used is fixed. The tribe has been good enough to the stray cubs. If the demand for salt is increased, it will only increase the burden on the tribe. Therefore, Monet has never dared to bring up this matter.

But the hunting party members said that the young chieftain wanted to find a salt lake.

Once they can find it, they can refine salt powder themselves. They won't have to wait anxiously every month to go to the trade market and exchange goods with those tribes that sell rock salt at high prices.

After Monet picked up the kitten and smelled the aroma, she didn't even bother to eat the meat strips. She kept looking up at Kong Mingming's kitten with longing eyes, and then stroked the kitten's head: "Kitty, shall we go find some other kittens to play with first, and let Mingming and Xixi have some time alone?"

Seeing Kong Mingming's dazed expression, the kitten licked its nose with its pink tongue, but knowing that it didn't belong to it, it obediently nodded, patted the leaf with the meat shreds on it with its paw, and asked Aunt Monet to hold it for it.

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Kong Mingming quickly took two slices of meat from the bowl, stuffed one into Monet's mouth, and handed the other to the dazed cat.

"eat fast."

Kong Mingming's face was still wet with tears, but her dark eyes sparkled with a bright light: "The other kids don't have any. If they find out, there won't be enough for me."

"Little kitty, open your mouth."

Kong Mingming stuffed the meat slices into the kitten's mouth, and watching her eat with relish, her mood suddenly improved a lot.

The food Ling Xiaoxi delivered was definitely not enough to share with the dozens of children in the shelter, but he could accept sharing some with Miaozai and Teacher Monet.

Monet ate only one piece, squinting her eyes contentedly. Seeing that Kong Mingming wanted to feed her more, she shook her head and said, "You eat it yourself. Meow and I are leaving now."

"If you want to go out this afternoon, don't go too far, and definitely don't leave the area patrolled by the guards, understand?"

The two children nodded immediately. Ling Xiaoxi replied, "Aunt Monet, we won't go far. My older sister told me to go collect firewood this afternoon. She said it will rain in a few days, and the firewood will be wet and won't burn properly."

Monet glanced at the sky. Although the weather looked very nice today, since the young clan leader said it would rain later, it would most likely rain.

She felt that some preventative measures should indeed be taken, lest the shack where the baby lives suffer greatly if it rains for several days in a row, and the baby who is weaker may even get sick.

Kong Mingming didn't know how to use chopsticks, so Ling Xiaoxi pulled him to the water's edge to wash his paws clean, and then let him eat with his hands.

Seeing that she had turned her head away from the bowl in her arms, but still secretly swallowed, Kong Mingming nudged her with her arm and said, "Did you give me your food? So you have nothing to eat."

Ling Xiaoxi sat down next to him and said calmly, "This is my lunch. I only told my father and the others about the fight with you after I had prepared the lunch, so I didn't make any extra for you. But since you're going to apologize, my father said you should show sincerity, so I brought your lunch over."

"But it's okay, my family will make more tonight. You're in the shelter, and Aunt Monet and the others don't know how to cook yet, so you haven't been able to get any roast meat. So hurry up and eat..."

Kong Mingming put the bowl on the ground, sat opposite her, stuffed the roasted meat into her paw, and decisively said, "Let's eat together."

"I won't hold it against you for burning my tail. Anyway, my tail feathers will be replaced next spring, so I'll just not change into my beast form this year at most."

"I'll go with you to collect firewood this afternoon."

"If your older sister needs a lot, I can find a few cubs she plays with to help you collect them."

Kong Mingming is considered one of the older cubs in the containment area, and she is quite prestigious there.

Although the rescued stray cubs receive some training every day, it doesn't last long. The most important thing for the cubs is to eat and drink well and grow strong.

After most of the cubs finish their training, they play and frolic with their friends in the territory of the Stone Forest Tribe, and then go into the forest to catch some mice, squirrels, or small snakes and insects to secretly have a snack.

……

In the afternoon, the orcs from the Stone Forest Tribe and the Cold Mountain Tribe were busy turning over the soil and digging up potatoes.

Ling Chengen mentally estimated how many acres of land the potatoes she had found could be planted, and had Xiao Huang run through the data.

The system was naturally reluctant to do such trivial things that had nothing to do with the main quest or the side quests, but Ling Chengen knew its nature all too well and immediately offered it a reward.

"If you help me with some small favors, I'm occasionally willing to do some small tasks to repay your help. I'm a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment; I will definitely repay both kindness and grudges."

"You should know this better than anyone, shouldn't you?"

The Love Security System hesitated for two seconds, then realized that what she said made sense.

Instead of urging her to do tasks every day and she just gives up and ignores them, it's better to go along with her wishes and help her complete some small goals. Maybe she'll have a change of heart and be willing to do tasks to repay its efforts?
He had known Ling Chengen for quite some time and was familiar with her character.

She has never let down those who have helped her.

"Okay, I'll help you calculate the land area that can be planted with these potato seeds."

Although the system had already decided to help, she felt she should remain reserved and not let her see that she was genuinely happy to do the work.

The system calculates very quickly, and the data feedback is extremely accurate.

"The potato seeds you found so far can be planted on twenty acres of land if planted according to the optimal planting plan."

"In the early stages of the apocalypse, the yield of potatoes per mu (unit of land area) can normally reach 3000 to 5000 jin (unit of weight), and in non-continuous cropping conditions, it can reach up to 8,000 jin (unit of weight). This is the yield that can be achieved under relatively good planting and management conditions."

"The potatoes in the Beast World are a giant mutant, and the individual potatoes that grow are three to five times the size of normal potatoes. However, the number of potatoes per acre is less than that of ordinary potatoes. But if the planting and management are done properly, the yield can reach 6000 to 8000 catties per acre."

"If planted with the latest interstellar agricultural fertilizers, the minimum yield per mu can reach 12000 jin."

Ling Chengen narrowed his eyes slightly: "How much? What kind of agricultural fertilizer is so powerful? It directly doubled the yield per mu?"

"The new type of agricultural fertilizer suitable for potato planting is a high-efficiency fertilizer recently developed by the Interstellar Agricultural Research Institute. Currently, the main system has data on the use of this type of agricultural fertilizer, but the exchange function is only available to the agricultural system and its host."

Ling Chengen rubbed his forehead, unable to resist complaining, "So why are you a love system? Can't you go back and reinstall yourself? What's the point of falling in love in the beast world?"

Love Security System: "How am I useless? I'm incredibly useful! Whoever you want to sleep with, I can help you sleep with them. Love potions, hot whips... there's nothing I can't exchange for."

Ling Chengen: "..."

"If you could remind me sooner rather than later that agricultural fertilizer is no longer restricted by system attributes and host identity, I would consider doing tasks to exchange for it."

The system instantly perked up, as if it had been injected with adrenaline, and declared confidently, "You wait, I'll go to the main system right now and apply to get the exchange permission back."

Heavens above, Mother Earth, its host has finally decided to be human... no, I mean, to do the mission!
We should set off firecrackers to celebrate!

Let alone agricultural fertilizers, even if it's just about getting the fertilizer formula, they have to get it for her!
This time, no one can stop it from reaching the pinnacle of power, otherwise it will go berserk and destroy all its competitors!
(End of this chapter)