Beast World: A Fragile Beauty Blessed with Many Children-Chapter 163 - 162: Can’t Wait Any Longer

"We’d just hole up in the caves and sleep. But with the kitties, we’ll have more interesting things to do," he said meaningfully.

Gong You also laughed, "In the past, during the rainy season and the coldest season, I would swim back to the sea to stock up on food. Then, when the weather warmed up, I’d return to Nanye City.

Now that I’ll have our precious little one, I’ll have to work hard... ahem... work hard to take good care of you."

Si Shuo nodded. That was true. During the rainy and coldest seasons, the weather was harsh. People could only huddle in dim caves. Firewood for warmth and food to fill their bellies were the most important survival supplies.

They would definitely conserve as much as possible. Most of the time they’d be in a state of bored sleep, almost like a semi-hibernation. And with no activity, people’s need for food wasn’t great either.

She had known about the rainy and coldest seasons before, but she had just been reborn, and it all felt too distant. Plus, with the long journey from the Southern Continent to the Central Continent, she had so much on her mind that she never really thought about it.

Now that she thought about it, ’It really does sound tough!’

Seeing not a trace of shyness on her face, the two males exchanged another helpless glance. ’Could it be that she’s been pregnant for so long she’s forgotten our passion?’

Tsk. Whether it was the drizzly rainy season or the frigid coldest season when water droplets froze into ice, everyone had to stay cooped up indoors.

Ever since they moved into this courtyard, they had already discussed it. When the time came, they would move into the main house in the west courtyard, with a ladder connecting the upper and lower floors...

Si Shuo, who hadn’t caught their drift, pulled on Gong You’s hand and whispered, "Gong You, for papermaking, we need lime powder, which is made by burning shells at high temperatures.

Adding lime powder makes the paper we produce less prone to mold and decay. It will also have a better color, fewer impurities, and be smoother.

I want to use this as the key to our papermaking."

Gong You nodded and said with a smile, "Alright. The moat is fresh, flowing water, and it’s full of fish, shrimp, crabs, and shells. I’ll go collect a batch every few days. We can have Yin Jiang burn them and grind them into powder, then bring it next door."

Si Shuo couldn’t help but hug his waist. "After I give birth, I want to eat crab—the kind with roe in its belly!"

"Okay, okay. Right now, the crabs only have meat. They’ll be plump and delicious in two or three months. I’ll stock up on lots of crabs for our dear little one to have as snacks then."

Si Shuo was overjoyed and kept nuzzling against him. But with Zhi Le staring from the side, she was too embarrassed to say things like "Gong You is the best!" or "I love my Big Fish Beast the most!" out loud.

It was just that whenever she acted this way in private, she loved to say those two things. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Gong You’s dark green eyes filled with a smile. How he wished he was the one with the Split Body Technique, so he could carve off his own flesh to feed her!

Everyone was busy for the next few days. After Si Shuo’s constant adjustments to the process and material ratios, they finally produced three types of paper ten days later.

One type was exceptionally soft and comfortable, clean without any impurities, and highly absorbent. It could be used as tissue and toilet paper, which would bring great convenience and improve the personal hygiene of the Beastmen.

Another type of paper was also clean and uniform, with a certain thickness and toughness. It wasn’t as fine as the A4 paper of later generations, but it was good enough to be bound into books.

The last type of paper was yellowish and not as fine, but it was coated with a layer of plant-based glue, giving it a certain degree of water resistance. It could be used to wrap food...

It wasn’t just paper. They also made writing brushes: wolf hair, goat hair, purple rabbit hair, mixed wolf-and-goat hair, and even the highly versatile "two-core, three-deputy" brush!

As for the ink, it was made by collecting soot from burning pine, melting it with Deer glue, and then pounding the mixture before shaping and air-drying it.

None of these things existed in the Beast World yet, so they only needed to make them functional. They didn’t have to be too refined; improvements could be made slowly over time.

Over these past few days, a dozen or so more Three-tailed Blue Fox Clan Members had arrived, and the three small workshops were now up and running properly.

Seeing the shop stocked with paper and ink, with various writing brushes hanging on display, Si Shuo was ecstatic. They had taken the first step. ’Papermaking is one of the Four Great Inventions of Xia Hua. It will definitely allow the civilization of the Beast World to flourish from this starting point.’

Perhaps she was too excited, as the intense emotion tugged at her belly, causing a wave of pain.

She couldn’t help but hiss in pain.

"Shuo’er, what’s wrong?" Yin Jiang hurriedly supported her, his brow furrowed with worry. "Is your stomach hurting?"

Si Shuo gripped his hand tightly. The pain felt like a stomachache from being exposed to the morning chill, causing a thin layer of sweat to bead on her forehead. She couldn’t say a single word.

Yin Jiang swept her up into his arms and strode toward the east courtyard, his expression cold and grim as he shouted for Yimei.

Hearing the commotion, Yimei’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly called for Rongxing to grab the medicine box and hurry over from next door.

After only a dozen seconds or so, Si Shuo recovered. She smiled and tugged on Yin Jiang’s clothes. "Yin Jiang, I’m fine. My stomach just hurt for a moment. I was probably too excited and upset the cubs.

It doesn’t hurt at all now."

Yimei, looking anxious, walked in just then. Hearing this, she stepped forward, took Si Shuo’s wrist to feel her pulse, and let out a small sigh of relief. She smiled and said, "It’s nothing. The cubs are just impatient. They’re planning to arrive two days early.

But it’s still early. Si Shuo will feel pain for about ten breaths every so often. The earliest the cubs will be born is tomorrow morning."

The little female of the house giving birth was a major event. Yin Jiang and Ji Liang didn’t dare to delay. They placed a conspicuous note in the public area of their shared space—a prearranged signal.

Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the Beast Husbands began to teleport in one after another, all looking at Si Shuo with nervous expressions.

The little female was crunching away on an apple. Seeing them pop in one by one, she even smiled and waved at them, looking like nothing was wrong at all!

Seeing that she was fine, the males of the house were still extremely tense. They kept asking Yimei what they needed to pay attention to, checking things off one by one on their notes.

Both Yimei and Si Shuo had repeated these instructions many times, but they were always afraid they might have missed something.

Xu Chi went to make her a lot of food and put it in the shared space for her to replenish her energy whenever she got hungry.

Yin Jiang supported her as she continued to walk slowly around the courtyard to ease the delivery.

The other Beast Husbands took turns replacing him, talking with her to ease her nervousness.

Si Shuo’s spirits were good, except that every twenty minutes, her belly would hurt for about twenty seconds, like clockwork.

Watching her face turn pale with pain and her small, delicate body tremble slightly, the Beast Husbands felt as if their own hearts were being squeezed. Other than slowly transfusing Spiritual Power into her to ease the pain, all they could do was glare at Xu Chi, the culprit.

Xu Chi’s expression was no better than Si Shuo’s. He made up his mind never to let the little female suffer like this again. ’At the very least, these two cubs will be enough for me.’

Once the wave of pain passed, Si Shuo was lively again. She took the opportunity to ask Gong You for a bunch of small fish, had Xiao Cheng transform into his Beast Form so she could play with his tail, watched Zhi Le and Zhi Qi transform into Snow Leopards at the same time, and listened to Ji Liang talk about things happening in the city...

The Beast Husbands granted her every request.

After another wave of pain passed, Zhi Qi held Si Shuo’s shoulders, his face tense as he asked, "Kitty, can’t you just ask the Beast God if your labor pains can be transferred to the cubs’ father?"

Si Shuo found this amusing. "While I’m at it, should I also pray for you all to give birth to the cubs in my place?"

But then they actually thought about it seriously and nodded. "That’s not impossible."

Si Shuo was speechless. ’For my sake, they really have no limits!’