CHAPTER 182: CHAPTER 173 INFRASTRUCTURE LIQUOR STORE_1

A larger courtyard was enclosed in front of the house. If guests came for drinks, they could enjoy their beverages in the courtyard as well as inside.

As for seating and furniture, with the limited time, something simple would have to do.

And for windows... this world had neither glass nor paper or gauze.

They decided to use large leaves, which could be thinned out—a task not too difficult for the strong males.

They also needed to make a small artificial lake...

Si Yan glanced at her silly son Lan Hai, who sat beside her, baffled.

Once the artificial lake was finished, he could carry water himself, and then he would have a place to swim.

Behind the house, they would build a kitchen, and next to the kitchen a storehouse, with one half for grain and the other half for vegetables and meat.

The second floor could have more rooms.

After all, everyone needed a place to live.

The roof would be made of sloped wood, covered with large leaves and palm fronds to prevent leaks.

Next to it, they would create a rainwater harvesting system, using charcoal and small stones for filtration, followed by a final filter with their own gauze.

That way, water collected on rainy days could be used.

No need to fetch water from afar then.

They started at once!

Soon, Yin Hong, She Ying, and She Chuan brought wood. Once Si Yan shared her plans, the males started to whittle the wood.

The cylindrical logs were quickly shaped into the forms Si Yan desired.

"We will use vines to bind the timbers, and mud or stones to fill the gaps," Si Yan said.

While the males were busy whittling wood, Si Yan started to sketch with a stick on the ground.

Myriad Beasts City was indeed generous, selling them a large plot for their shop.

Therefore, Si Yan marked off a rather large area, about 200 square meters.

To prevent damage to the house during the rainy season, Si Yan instructed them to cut stones for the foundation. After raising it, they used planed wood to build a suspended floor.

Since they had made an elevated base, they decided to build a few stone steps there as well. For access between the first and second floors, wooden ladders would be better.

The trees in this world were incredibly thick, and the ones the males brought back had diameters exceeding one meter. These large, whole pieces of timber allowed for very flat and even construction of the house.

She paced back and forth, lost in thought, which greatly displeased the Imperial Serpent Beastman beside her.

Just as Si Yan was pondering the sturdiest way to assemble the logs, regretting that she hadn’t studied mortise and tenon joints in her past life, she felt a cold HISSING near her ear.

Turning around, she saw the handsome Imperial Serpent Beastman with an expression of displeasure on his face, as if reproaching her for busying herself so much despite being pregnant.

Si Yan sheepishly followed the Imperial Serpent Beastman away from the construction site to the shade of a tree, watching the light rain that still fell.

It was just like her previous life, when men were kept in line by their wives.

She was being kept in line by her Beast Husband.

The rain during the small rainy season was not heavy, sometimes even stopping for a while, staying overcast. But the sun would not emerge.

Truth be told, the temperature at that time was quite comfortable, quite pleasant indeed.

She Wang passed her some lean meat he had just roasted, and Si Yan slowly savored it.

The gecko perched atop Si Yan’s head joked, "Grandson, you’re really under the thumb now."

Si Yan couldn’t be bothered with him.

But as soon as the gecko appeared, She Wang glanced at the top of Si Yan’s head.

Atop Si Yan’s head, it seemed there was a mass of black-gold yet luminous substance.

This thing sometimes did not appear, sometimes appeared on her shoulder, and sometimes atop her head.

At first, he could only see it vaguely, but it grew clearer by the day.

Sometimes, he could even hear a bit of its voice.

And the content it spoke became clearer and clearer with each passing day.

...

One had to admit, the claws of a beastman were truly handy.

The building materials arrived in batch after batch very quickly, and their construction was exceedingly energetic and swift.

In a single day, the foundation for the shop and the framework for the two-story building were both completed.

Come evening, a bonfire was kindled on a patch of ground in front of the house that the rain hadn’t drenched. Si Yan loved cooked food, and gradually, she got the male beastmen to start eating it as well.

Any theories about males needing to eat raw meat to become strong had been thoroughly tossed aside.

Fire seemed not to be that frightening anymore.

And cooked food appeared to be particularly delicious.

Except for Tai Seng, who still hadn’t found Xi Qing and Bei Ji, and no one knew where Hu Hui had run off to, everything else was fine.

「The next day.」

They began to use stones to build the kitchen and stove in the back as Si Yan had requested.

With their prior experience constructing the water cellar, the artificial lake in the backyard was completed especially quickly. As soon as it was finished, Lan Hai swished his beautiful tail, and the lake was filled with water.

With a SPLASH, he jumped into the artificial lake, cheerfully blowing bubbles.

After the kitchen and artificial lake were finished, and the wooden house’s stairs, doors, and windows were also completed, Si Yan, along with She Wang and Dongchi Nanmo, picked out the biggest and best room on the second floor for themselves.

The cubs’ rooms were right next door to theirs.

She pulled out furniture one by one from her space: cabinets and beds. The cubs’ room was even bigger, with four small beds set up.

Dongchi and Nan Mo quickly chose the first and second beds. The third and fourth beds were left for Xi Qing and Bei Ji.

The other males also picked out rooms for themselves. After a day of hard work, they didn’t care much about creature comforts, simply sleeping directly on the wooden floor.

And it was surprisingly comfortable.

Only after She Wang had laid a soft, white beast skin on the bed did he let Si Yan go to rest.

Sitting on the bed, Si Yan looked around.

This form of living was beginning to resemble the environment from her past life: the squarely built house, the square furniture, and the beds. It felt very familiar.

"We need to build a bathroom," she said.

Now, whenever she needed to relieve herself, her Beast Husband She Wang would stare at her. Despite her feeling uncomfortable, he would still watch. After she was done, he would bury her excrement, saying that it contained a lot of information. For example, other beasts outside might smell her excrement and be able to tell she was female, and even that she was a pregnant female. Burying the excrement was for her protection. Si Yan felt terribly awkward. But since she had also kept cats in her previous life, she could... somewhat understand.

"What’s a bathroom?" She Wang asked, puzzled by the concept in her mind.

Si Yan cleared her throat and explained, "It’s a place where females and males can relieve themselves. If many people do it in one place, then the information becomes very confusing, and no one can decipher the messages anymore."

The Imperial Serpent Beastman’s expression darkened.

He knew that she didn’t want him to watch her relieve herself.

Si Yan could sense that he was a little upset. She understood why. But... she couldn’t let him watch every time. It was truly embarrassing. Cultural differences indeed made communication quite difficult.

To soothe her anxious and sensitive snake husband, Si Yan snuggled into his embrace, and his strength seemed to involuntarily course into her.

She cooed softly, "It’s really unattractive for someone to be observed while relieving themselves... Great Demon King, I want to be beautiful in your eyes."

The male in front of her seemed particularly easy to appease, and just a few words from Si Yan softened his mood.

He gently stroked her back and whispered tenderly in her ear,

"Wife,"

"So beautiful."

His sudden use of the word "wife" made Si Yan’s heart skip a beat.