Five cubs clung to her; the wicked woman was being targeted.

Niu Kou Shui glanced at the seat and silently facepalmed. It seemed the kids weren't planning on letting the handsome guys sit together.

It seems I'll have to ask Mizuki to make a long table tomorrow so everyone can sit down.

The five handsome men didn't seem to intend to eat these small snails.

"Ahem, everyone come and have a taste." Niu Kou Shui coughed twice to get everyone's attention.

The handsome men who were about to say they had already eaten were all given a skewer in their hands.

"Eat it all, lots of it," Niu Koushui said preemptively.

The people holding the skewers didn't know how to use them, so the five little ones took the lead and demonstrated by poking out the snail meat.

Even the roughnecks were delighted by the tiny bit of snail meat.

I didn't expect something so small to taste so good.

Judging from their expressions, everyone probably thought it tasted delicious.

If only there were chili peppers here. Jin Fei said that if the merfolk could sell salt, then they must sell other things as well.

I can't wait to go to the market.

Night falls, moonlight shines, a campfire burns, and a family warmly enjoys eating snails.

Everyone had different thoughts, but without a doubt, it was an unforgettable night.

………ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭*ੈ✩

"Little ones, make do with the stone bed for now. We'll put the animal hides on it tomorrow once they've dried," Niu Kou Shui said to the five little ones.

"Okay, Mom!" The five little ones nodded in unison. They didn't feel cold anyway, since it wasn't the cold season yet.

"Mijin, you're sleeping with me tonight. The four of you should also hurry up and choose a hole to sleep in." Niu Kou Shui said before going upstairs.

Mijin, who was secretly overjoyed but whose face didn't betray her excitement, and four other handsome men, each with their own thoughts, were left behind.

"Mistress... Mistress, I'm coming right away." With that, Mijin ran out and jumped into the stream for a quick bath, then shook herself dry.

As expected, the female lead treats him differently! She likes him the most!!

Because orcs have night vision, the second floor, though pitch black, does not hinder the cow's activities.

Niu Kou Shui opened the wooden door to the balcony, and moonlight streamed in, carpeting the room with moonlight.

Niu Kou Shui was thinking of going to the beach to decorate the room nicely.

Mijin passed by the first floor, glanced at the four handsome men who were still by the fire without doing anything, and the five little ones who were already lying on the stone bed, and then went up to the second floor.

"Mistress," Mizuki said softly.

"Mijin, come here." Niu Kou Shui gently beckoned to Mijin in the night.

"Mijin, let's make a sofa tomorrow and put it here. We can watch the moon here tonight." Niu Kou Shui said, closing the distance between himself and Mijin.

"What kind of sofa is it?" Mizuki asked softly, her arms wrapped around Niu Kou Shui's waist.

"It's a bigger and longer chair that you can lie down on or lean against."

"Oh, okay, then I'll make a sofa here tomorrow and put it on animal hides, so the mistress will be more comfortable sitting here."

"Mizuki, come with me to find some pretty flowers later. I want to plant them on the balcony."

"Okay, Mistress."

"I also want a very big swing, like an enlarged version of the bird stand I made for Fengqing today, and hang it on that big tree down there."

"Okay~"

"Is there any cotton here? I'd like to make a pillow; the stone bed feels uncomfortable."

"Is it the kind that's very white and soft?"

"Yes, how did you know!"

"I've heard the butterfly orc from the trading market mention it before."

"And butterfly beastmen!?"

"Hmm~"

………～

"I'm a little sleepy, Mijin," Niu Kou Shui's voice became slurred.

"Let's go to sleep, Mistress."

"Hmm~ Carry me over there."

"Okay~"

Touching Mijin's firm pectoral muscles, leaning against his burning chest, Niu Shui kissed Mijin's Adam's apple and then fell into a deep sleep.

A good night's sleep.

Honeyed meal, sweet in my heart, but physically agonizing, it's worth it!

Downstairs, Feng Yu extinguished the fire and lay in the new cave, unable to sleep.

The other three couldn't sleep either.

The four of them stared blankly at the five little ones' breathing, and there was no more sound from upstairs.

……

The next day, Niu Kou Shui woke up the earliest because she had a good sleep.

Mizuki also woke up quickly because of the movement of the person in her arms.

"Hey! Mizuki, you have dark circles under your eyes. Didn't you sleep well?"

"It's alright, Mistress. Maybe I'm just a bit dark-skinned."

"Do you want to sleep a little longer? I'm going down to check on the babies," Niu Kou Shui said.

"I'm not sleeping anymore, get up, sit on the sofa, sit on the swing!" Mizuki still remembered what the mistress said last night.

"mua~"

"Thank you, Mijin." The cow smacked his face with its saliva, a genuine expression of gratitude. A long-lost feeling welled up in his heart; in the beast world, he had received pure love.

"Mistress... Mistress, why are you crying? Are you feeling unwell?" Mizuki was so anxious that she was about to run out to find a witch doctor, almost forgetting that Niu Kou Shui himself was one of them.

"Oh, I'm just so touched!" Niu Koushui grabbed him, wiped his eyes, and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Then, ignoring the idiot, Niu Koushui went downstairs first.

The five little ones downstairs got up immediately when they saw their mother come downstairs, even though they had been awake for a while.

"Mother"

"Mother!"

"Hey kids, how was your sleep? Are you getting used to your new bed?"

"We're used to it!" The five little ones nodded in unison. The new house and new bed were so wonderful!

"Hey, you four, get up! I have a new task for you today."

The four handsome men stopped pretending to be asleep and came out of the cave to look at her.

Niu Kou Shui silently admired the handsome Chen Yan; each one was pleasing to the eye, but they hadn't been properly trained yet.

Speaking of looks, she likes Huan Lan, the white-haired, comic-book-like male character, the most. Of course, she also likes the others.

Jin Fei is a composed older man, Yue Lin is a bullied younger man, Huan Lan is a gentle white-haired school heartthrob, Feng Yu is a rebellious school bully with a supercar, and Mi Jin is a dark-skinned, athletic, and friendly older brother next door.

Niu Koushui had already mentally conjured up a whole bunch of identities for them. (ૢ˃ꌂ˂⁎)

"Mijin, stay home and look after the kids while you make some furniture. Fengyu, go and gather some salted leaves, and bring back any edible fruits or pretty flowers you see along the way. Yuelin, you and Huanlan, go and see if you can catch any pheasants or ducks nearby, try to catch some alive, and also some rabbits and lambs. And Jinfei, take me out for a look today."

The five men each accepted their orders.

The five little ones are also well-behaved and sensible, and they want to help Mijin.

"Let's go, my husband," Niu Kou Shui shouted.

Jin Fei silently transformed into a Qilin and crouched down.

Niu Kou Shui quickly climbed up and got ready.

"Hey hey hey, my steed!" Niu Kou Shui even picked a tree branch and waved it in his hand, as if imitating a warrior riding a horse and wielding a whip.

Jin Fei remained silent.

"No need to look anymore, there's no sign of any orcs around here, you won't find the handsome orc you're looking for." Jin Fei suddenly blurted out after walking quite a distance into the forest.

It seems her husband thought she was still running away to find Shuai Xiong, just like before.

"Oh, my dear husband, you've misunderstood."

"What's the misunderstanding?"

"I came out to see if there was anything I could eat."

"Did we starve you?"

"Oh no, let me come down and walk around. You're too tall, I can't even see what's hiding in the grass."

Jin Fei had no choice but to squat down and let her get down.

"My dear husband, do you recognize this?" Niu Kou Shui asked, pointing to a red mushroom in the grass.

"Poisonous mushrooms"

"What about this?" Niu Kou Shui asked, pointing to the wild scallions not far away.

"Scallions"

"And this?" Niu Kou Shui asked, pointing to the wild houttuynia cordata.

"Stinkweed"

"..."

"So, if you orcs recognize these things, why don't you eat them?" Niu Kou Shui really didn't understand.

"Troublesome," Jin Fei said succinctly.

"..."