Beauty and the Beasts

Chapter 271: Winston’s Increasing Prestige

This was what Bai Qingqing wanted. If one wanted to win the hearts and minds of the people, one had to do things to benefit them.

She was about to step out of the house and speak when Winston stopped her.

“You’re a female.” Winston glanced at Bai Qingqing before striding towards the crowd of beastmen and said loudly, “These are nets. They can be used to capture birds. Anyone who wishes to learn how to make one, follow me. You all now have someone looking after the fields, after all…”

The tiger beastmen immediately stood beside Winston as he was the tiger king. The remaining beastmen looked at the nets for a moment before joining the team.

A small smile formed on Bai Qingqing’s face as she watched Winston lead the beastmen into the mountain forest. “That’s good.”

I’ll just help Winston become the ruler of the City of Beastmen. Curtis’s personality is too cold. He’d never be willing to take up the position. And Parker’s neither old nor capable enough. No one’s more suited for the position than Winston.

Parker and Curtis were very satisfied with Winston’s method. They didn’t want their mate to mix around with other males. The family returned to the tiger king’s castle now that Winston was taking care of things here.

The little snakes were so full from eating birds for the whole day that they looked like straight sticks. They couldn’t fit in the basket and kept falling out on the way back. When they arrived at the tiger king’s castle, Bai Qingqing and Parker, walking behind, had each picked up a couple of snakes.

“They grow so fast. They won’t be able to sleep in our bedroom at this rate.” Bai Qingqing placed the snakes in her hands on the floor as she imagined twenty snakes each as big as Curtis. My god! They definitely won’t be able to squeeze in the bedroom!

“Then let them sleep in the room next to ours.” Curtis had fully transformed into his human form in order to climb the stairs. He had an impatient expression on his face and switched to his snake tail the moment he entered the house.

Bai Qingqing threw herself on the bed. “I’m exhausted.”

Parker crouched down beside her and parted her hair, which stuck to her face due to sweat. He said, “I’ll go heat up some water so that you can shower.”

Bai Qingqing felt like her shoulders weren’t hers. She tiredly massaged them and said, “You haven’t eaten all day. Go and hunt first. Bring some food for Winston as well.”

Parker was about to respond when Curtis pulled him away. “Go and hunt. I’ll heat up the water.”

“Okay.” Parker lowered his body to kiss Bai Qingqing’s forehead. When Curtis shot daggers at him, he immediately got up and ran out of the bedroom.

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Nets were used in all the fields within two days. Every female in the village had quite a few males, so they managed to weave the nets in no time. They were indeed able to keep birds away from their fields once they covered them with nets.

Winston used his status as the king of a tribe to gather all the farming beastmen and create a rule that the beastmen had to take turns to guard the fields. There would be two shifts—one shift in the day and one shift at night—and each shift would consist of ten beastmen. They only needed to ensure that no large animals stepped on the fields.

This way, hundreds and thousands of beastmen were able to break free from the shackles of farming. These beastmen were outstanding males who had mates. Their support enabled Winston’s reputation to skyrocket.

Beastmen were honest and straightforward. Anyone who helped them gained their respect.

Bai Qingqing would follow Parker to the fields every day to take a look. Parker ran to the fields five to six times a day. He would water the soil whenever he saw that it was dry, and he would immediately pull out any weeds.

Green spots appeared on the wheat fields two to three days later.

Another five to six days of anxiousness passed. After some light rain, the rice seedlings finally emerged from the soil. The wheat field, on the other hand, was now completely green and filled the air with a fresh, light smell.

The light rainy season was approaching, and it brought with it the power of life. Everything was quickly coming back to life, allowing the earth to thrive.