Exiled Villainess: They Threw Me Out, Now Every Beastman Wants Me novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40: Farming 101

’Wow. So much wow.’

Tera could not believe farming was such a new concept to them.

At this point, had they even been civilised before the Collapse?

They must have just let nature run wild and must have had no issues with food all that time to even consider growing their own.

Tera took a deep breath. These ones had a lot to learn.

"What if I told you that we could put seeds in the ground and grow food from it. Planting on this whole plain should be enough to feed the entire clan when we can’t get meat."

They stared at her.

"You want us to eat food from dirt?"

’These people are going to be the death of me.’

"The fruit you harvested from plants grew from the dirt! Just do what I say." She turned to Xavi. "We will have plenty of food if we do this, and we won’t have to be relying on meat—"

Hr frowned. "Meat is strong."

"I am not saying you should stop hunting meat. You went out for meat now, did you find more? You won’t always find meat all the time, and we cannot be going days before we have another meal." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Tera planted her hands on her lips, everyone staring in awe as her eyes filled with fierce determination. "We will be eating every single day if we do this."

She turned around to face the clan. "Or do you want to starve like before?"

"No!"

"Good!" Tera huffed.

She then launched into an explanation about farming and her plan to turn the plateau into a place where they could grow herbs and vegetables instead of constantly searching the forest.

When she thought about what they would need to tow the ground, Tera realised she hadn’t even checked the system shop.

It had been unlocked after the flood defence task, and she had been so preoccupied with moving to another place, and taking Xavi’s meat that she hadn’t completely forgotten to even OPEN it.

’System. Why couldn’t you have REMINDED me about the shop?!’

[This system reminded Host of the settlement task deadline earlier today]

’Is that what I am asking you for?!’

[(ᵕ—ᴗ—)]

Tera wanted to scream, but instead pivoted to the immediate problem. She needed tools, and seeds, and that was if the shop had anything that could help them dig, plant and build.

Tera asked the system to open the shop for her while she addressed the clan.

"Here is what we are going to do. I need a group to go into the forest and forage for edible fruits, nuts, and plants. Anything you recognise as food. I will check it, and we will bring it back. They should have seeds we can use."

The beast folk shared stares, and they seemed to be considering the idea, though some were not too keen on it.

Tera had wanted to open the system that moment, but even if there were construction tools. She needed something to go around for everyone, and she wasn’t sure she would have enough nipples for that.

Eyeing protruding branches of the surrounding trees gave her an idea.

The thick and sturdy branches could be pulled off to till the ground.

Within seconds, Tera organised a group of the sturdiest beast men, including Xavi, to pull off the thick branches they needed to dig into the ground, and they eagerly went to carry out the task.

Tera turned to the rest of the clan, whom she had automatically organised as the foraging party she would enter the forest with.

’Is animal skin the only thing they have used to build houses?’

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