Hunters who went out to look for materials for making bows and arrows returned to the cave one after another.
A group of wild wolves has also been killed.
There was a strong smell of blood floating in front of the cave.
Eight pieces of wolf skin, large and small, were scraped clean of subcutaneous fat, rubbed repeatedly with plant ash, and spread open with wooden sticks at the entrance of the hole to dry.
There was too much wolf meat and it couldn't be kept for a long time in hot weather, so it was cut into strips and hung on wooden racks on the fire pit for smoking.
The smoked, dried and dehydrated meat is stored for a longer period of time and is used for breakfast on weekdays.
The remaining meat bones were roasted on the stones beside the fire pit for dinner.
Ever since Xu Chen invented the simple dipping sauce, meat has become much more delicious, so recently when a group of women were gathering food, they also specially picked some wild onions and leeks to use as seasonings.
But it is a pity that garlic, pepper and pepper have never been found, which made Xu Chen slightly regretful.
In fact, compared to these dispensable seasonings, salt is the most urgently needed thing at the moment.
If you don't eat salt, you will lose strength, which will lead to many more diseases, and your life span will be greatly affected.
Although salt can be obtained from food, it is only limited to meat, and a large amount of meat is needed to supplement it. However, it is currently impossible to meet the conditions of eating meat all the time.
Therefore, in order to ensure adequate salt intake, a group of men have to continue to live the eating habit of eating raw meat and drinking blood, and increase their supplement by devouring large amounts of animal blood.
Men still have the conditions to perform a dental ritual in the wild, but women and children cannot. They eat less meat and less flesh and blood rich in salt. Because of the lack of salt, everyone is obviously malnourished, and they cannot do heavy physical work.
Son.
However, according to Xu Chen's field survey experience, there should be no salt mines near the territory. With so many rivers, there are no geological conditions to form salt mines.
The place with the most salt and the easiest place to get it is undoubtedly the sea.
It is said that all rivers lead to the sea, but I don’t know if the big river outside the valley flows into the sea, or how far away it is from the sea.
If there are still thousands of miles left, then I may not be able to take a bite of salt in this life.
Thinking of this, Xu Chen felt bad all over.
Unhappily, he squatted by the fire pit and buried the dried pottery clays one by one into the pile of charcoal fire.
Wolf meat is a very warm and tonic meat, suitable for consumption in cold winter.
But it is still summer and autumn, the temperature is still very high, and it is very hot.
Even though the cave is located on the mountainside, and there has just been a heavy rain, the temperature is very cool, but after chewing the wolf meat bones, Xu Chen not only felt strong, but also felt that his body was hot and sweaty, and he felt like he had just come out of a sauna.
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And there was actually an uncontrollable restlessness in my heart.
After eating, a group of adult men and women probably lost control of their emotions, so they rushed into the cave in twos and threes before it got dark. Soon, the sound of humming, haha, and unsuitable for children could be heard from inside.
Xu Chen could only go to drink cold water with shame.
After getting to know each other for a few days, this group of savages got along very well. Everyone cared for each other and lived in harmony.
But the living habits are extremely bad and rough, not to mention starting to drive piles as soon as it gets dark after eating and drinking. In addition, there are many bad habits, such as snoring and grinding teeth together while sleeping, farting while eating, and not washing hands when pooping...
Every night when Xu Chen went to bed, he tossed and turned in his straw nest for a long time before he could slowly fall asleep.
In just a few days, he felt that his black circle became more and more obvious, showing signs of evolving into a rolling circle.
After pouring a pot of cold water to calm down the fire in his heart, Xu Chen thought that after the pottery was baked, he would stew the meat. It would be best to have a stove, so Xu Chen went to find suitable stones near the cave.
Because a large number of stone knives and axes have to be made on a daily basis, there is no shortage of stones on the mountain. Even after decades and hundreds of years of accumulation, large and small stones have been piled up like a hill. Most of them are relatively sharp limestone or basalt. They are probably from
Found in riverbanks or canyons and transported to the mountains.
I selected some suitable materials and moved them to the side of the fire pit. Then I poured out another basket of soil that I dug out, mixed it with water to make a thin mud, used a piece of bone to make a tile, and started to build the stove.
In rural life, the most common craftsmen are wall builders and bricklayers.
As long as you are an adult man, you can basically do it a little bit.
Naturally, Xu Chen had seen bricklayers building houses in rural areas, and during outdoor survey work all year round, digging pits and building earthen stoves for picnics was commonplace.
Building a simple mud stove was a piece of cake for him.
Although he didn't know what Xu Chen was busy with, Ye was still very excited to come over to help, so he moved stones and built the stove one by one, and soon a small stove with a height of two feet was built in the fire pond.
After the construction is completed, use excess mud to wipe the inside and outside again, so that it looks smoother and better-looking.
Ye was full of interest in the strange thing Xu Chen made, and walked around to watch it carefully, like a curious baby.
"Stove!" Xu Chen pointed at the stove.
"Zao Ga~"
But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly woke up and quickly covered his butt with both hands, but his expression was a little twitchy. He gently clamped his legs and his eyes were filled with fire.
"A group of dogs and a few savages, who know how to have fun all day long, have taught the children bad things."
Of course Xu Chen noticed it and couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
Because primitive people have all their emotions written on their faces.
They are just a group of expression-packed animals without any scheming, and they are far from evolving to the level of advanced villains who enjoy doing things without being angry.
This is the most primitive and simple expression of emotion, but Xu Chen couldn't become passionate about her.
First, there is a different kind of psychological alienation.
At the same time, there is also a sense of physical separation between people who are related by blood.
Judging from the characteristics of the matrilineal clan, he and Ye should be blood relatives.
This blood relationship may be very close, or it may be very distant, but it is definitely not brother and sister, but at most aunt and cousin.
In this primitive clan society with matrilineal blood ties as the bond, men and women of the same race cannot intermarry. This is the most basic principle.
Not only matrilineal clans, but also patrilineal clans.
Many social animals in nature have this habit. This is not an artificial constraint formed by human evolution, but a genetic constraint formed by nature during evolution.
And this kind of restriction gradually upgraded to the word morality in later human society.
All behaviors that follow the rules of nature belong to the category of morality.
For example, the most basic one is the ethics derived from blood relations. Incest is not in line with the laws of heaven, so no one can break this taboo, especially in primitive and feudal societies. If this happens, the consequences will be miserable.
This is the gene's self-restraint and modification through human behavior so that it conforms to the laws of nature.
Once violated, even if humans do not punish themselves, natural rules will punish them.
For example, it will amplify physical defects, produce various mental illnesses, etc.
In the long history of human civilization, there have been several glorious and powerful civilizations, but they were all destroyed by this kind of marriage that violated ethics and morals.
Therefore, the marriage relationship born out of the clan system is actually a continuous introduction of new blood through marriage with foreign clans to ensure the healthy development of the ethnic group.
Any trapped creature and inbred population will gradually die out.
This is also the basis for a kind of organism to maintain long-term reproduction and ensure the existence of biological complexity and diversity.
It is precisely because of the influence and constraints of this genetic rule that some scientists infer that earth civilization may not be the product of natural evolution, but the reason why it was designed by a more advanced civilization.
Although Xu Chen has little interest in the theory of biological development, he is still very clear about the ethics and morals formed by human civilization.
No matter from a psychological or blood perspective, he cannot have too many thoughts about Ye, nor does he have too many thoughts.
Therefore, in response to Ye's twitchy look and fiery eyes, Xu Chen smiled, picked up a piece of charcoal, and wrote a hieroglyph for a stove on the stone wall.
There is a symbol of fire on one side and a symbol of earth on the other, and then point to the new word.
"Understood?"
Ye nodded in shame.
"kitchen!"
"kitchen……"
The girl read it out gently, but swallowed the last word "ga".
"very good!"
Xu Chen stood up, smiled and touched Ye's messy hair, then turned around and went into the cave to sleep.