Xu Chen scooped up a spoonful of porridge mixed with minced meat, wheat and beans, and blew it gently with his mouth a few times before bringing it to the child's mouth.
The child eagerly swallowed it without any hesitation, almost swallowing half of the spoon.
He is indeed a wild child!
Seeing the child's vigorous swallowing action, which was obviously wild like a beast, Xu Chen couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and then fed a few spoonfuls in succession. The child devoured it so fast that Xu Chen was in a hurry.
The scene was completely silent.
No matter the people of the Ba, La or Mao Tun tribe, they all watched Xu Chen tenderly and carefully feeding the child in the woman's arms spoonful by spoonful.
In particular, the women of the La tribe covered their mouths with all their strength, and some even pinched their own throats, for fear that they would ruin this unforgettable scene by speaking out.
For the people of these barbaric primitive tribes, it would be unprecedented for the invaders not to kill and eat people, but it would be unprecedented for them to feed the children of a strange tribe with their own food.
The child seemed to be hungry and swallowed hard regardless of his status.
This was a delicious food that he had never eaten before. He even thought that Xu Chen was feeding too slowly. He reached out to grab the pottery bowl, but his mother hugged her tightly with tears in her eyes and could not move.
Two minutes of super silence passed, and Xu Chen finally scraped the bottom of the bowl clean, then gently touched the child's dirty hair like weeds with his hand and said with a smile.
"Not bad, it's quite edible. He's a good boy!"
He walked to the campfire with the empty bowl, stirred the pot a few more times with a clay spoon, and after thinking about it, he told the Ba hunters: "It seems that the food is not enough. Let's get over it. Each person eats half a bowl. It's not enough."
Eat some more dry food, add some hot water to the rest, and give everyone in the La tribe a bowl of porridge!"
Xu Chen's words were an order, and no one objected. All the hunters picked up their pottery bowls and began to share the porridge with each other. Each person only filled half the bowl, and then someone took out some prepared dried meat and dried meat from the backpack.
Multigrain pancakes, just like hot porridge, it tastes like a soup.
While the Ba people were eating, Xu Chen asked someone to add several cans of boiled hot water to the half-remaining clay pot and stir evenly.
After all the Ba people had finished eating, Xu Chen asked the women, children, and children of the La people to come over and receive a bowl of double-diluted multigrain and meat porridge in pottery bowls they had eaten next to each other.
"woo woo woo woo……"
Holding the hot gruel, a group of La women burst into tears.
"It's very hot, remember to cool it down before eating, especially for children!"
Xu Chen stood up with his pottery bowl and loudly demonstrated the movements of eating porridge to a group of women, children and children.
So when some children couldn't wait to eat and cried, a woman began to imitate Xu Chen's method, scooping up a spoonful of gruel with a spoon, blowing on it, letting it cool down, and then put it into the children's mouths.
Soon, other women began to eat too.
It's already winter now, and these porridges will cool down quickly when exposed to the air, not to mention that there isn't much in the bowl. Only the clinking sound of bowls and spoons and the sound of swallowing can be heard. These porridges were quickly eaten.
Even the bowl was licked clean.
Even after finishing eating, some children still clung to the pottery bowl and refused to let go. They held the bowl and licked and chewed it, wishing to eat the bowl and spoon. There were even children who cried and howled to go to the campfire to scoop out the water from the pottery pot.
can, obviously I want another bowl.
It's a pity that there are no bottle caps for them to draw.
So getting another bowl is out of the question.
In fact, even Xu Chen himself was not full, but it was good to have a hot bite in this barren mountain. It was much better than eating dry food.
When they go out this time, each person has prepared dry food for five days. They cannot waste it too much and can only ensure basic consumption. If they want to eat enough, they have to rely on hunting.
But I didn't make it today, and it was already dark.
After eating the porridge, under the command of the Ba hunter, a group of La women took the clay pots, pots, bowls and spoons for eating to the river to clean them.
By the time the cleaning was over, it was completely dark, the surroundings were gloomy and dim, and only the crowd around the bonfire could be seen.
"Chen Ga, are these hairs swallowing Ga?"
A hunter looked at the Maotun people squatting all over the place and asked in a low voice.
“Not enough food, I’m hungry!”
Xu Chen curled his lips and stood up. After looking around, he asked all the women, children, and children of the La tribe to go into the cave to sleep. Then he called Feng and Mo and other military leaders over to give some instructions.
A group of hunters quickly took action and found ropes. They tied up the feet of all the uninjured Maotun people and tied their hands behind their backs and threw them around two bonfires. The injured ones were left alone to go to a cave to take shelter from the wind, while the Ba hunters arranged two teams.
They took turns keeping watch at night, looking after the bonfire and at the same time ensuring that the Maotun people could not escape.
After a tiring day, Xu Chen couldn't bear it anymore. He yawned and went to the fire pit near the entrance of the cave, only to find that two young La women had already laid out the grass nest and animal skins for him, and even took off their clothes before wearing them.
He had recently put on his animal skin clothes and squatted on the ground with an expectant and respectful look on his face.
Xu Chen twitched his face a few times and told the two women to go away, and then lay down in the fur nest wearing leather armor.
Watching the two naked women step back cautiously, Gu He held up two personal tools, but his eyes lit up.
"Chen Ga, can we..."
"No, go to bed quickly, there will be a fight tomorrow!"
"Oh, okay, tell me!"
As soon as the two tools heard about the fight, they screamed excitedly and drove the two women away. Then they lay down beside Xu Chen randomly, facing the direction of a group of injured prisoners, and holding the wolf bone dagger tightly in their hands.
He was so tired that Xu Chen almost fell down and fell asleep.
Some other hunters and captives who were not on duty at night also soon lay down undressed around the campfire or the fire pit at the entrance of the cave. The more careful ones found some hay and animal skins on their mats, and the more casual ones just huddled together and fell asleep.
For these savages, it is only the beginning of winter, and the temperature is far from unbearable. At most, it is a little cold in the middle of the night.
However, there were many people, and everyone joined each other to keep warm, and there were bonfires. There were woods and cliffs near the entrance of the cave, which provided shelter from the wind, so soon we were snoring loudly, snoring, grinding our teeth, and picking our genitals. You touched me, and I
Touching you is not much different from when I slept in a cave.
The night watch team cheered up and spread out in pairs around several bonfires to take care of them.
The night passed by suddenly.
When Xu Chen was woken up by the sound of voices, the sky was already turning white.
Without any arrangements, some La women took the initiative to take out the few wheat beans and grain seeds left in the cave, and took the earthenware pots and jars placed randomly in the open space to wash rice for cooking by the river.
The Ba hunters also got up one after another and went to the woods to urinate and defecate. After finishing their work, they gathered in the open space for a simple formation drill. They ran back and forth for a few times shouting slogans and did a few sets of push-ups.
At this time, a red light appeared on the horizon, and the sky was already bright.
The next step was the same as last night, they simply divided into tribes and ate half a bowl of multi-grain meat porridge and some dry food, and everyone started to pack their bags.
A group of captives from the Maotun tribe were still hungry as they watched the Ba tribe and La tribe finish eating, and all of them drooled.
We didn't dare to cause trouble. Many people had already been beaten and kicked in the morning. We could only wait until the Ba people had finished cleaning up, then untied the ropes from their hands and feet and drove them to the river to drink water.
After passing through the cold water, the sun has completely jumped over the mountains outside the valley entrance.
Xu Chen once again called Feng and Mo and several other officers together for a simple meeting, and the large army was ready to set off.
A group of La women, children, old and young were all crying and squatting in front of Xu Chen and others. There was an older woman who was making emotional gestures.
Xu Chen knew that they were afraid, so he pointed in the direction of the Maotun tribe and explained: "Don't be afraid, we are going to deal with your enemies now, and when we come back, we will take you out of here!"
Although they didn't understand what Xu Chen said, they seemed to understand what Xu Chen meant when they saw Xu Chen's serious face and finally pointed in the direction outside the valley entrance, so many women fell to the ground and started crying.
However, for the sake of safety, Xu Chen still left a team of five people behind, instructing them to take care of the injured prisoners and rafts, and to find ways to hunt some wild beasts. If there was an invasion by foreign enemies and dangers that could not be dealt with, he would lead these La people first
Take shelter in the mountains temporarily.
After the arrangements were made, a group of people escorted more than 30 uninjured Maoton captives away, raised flags and honked, and marched along the valley to a forked valley not far from the side.
The mountains here are much lower and gentler than those near the Ba tribe.
Especially after winter, most of the trees on the mountain have lost their leaves. Although the trees are extremely thick, they are towering ancient trees that can only be hugged by several or even ten people. The ancient vines and thorns in the forest are like dragons and snakes entangled, but
Overall it's pretty empty.
Moreover, the La people have lived here for a long time, and some traces of gathering and hunting can still be seen in the nearby mountains and forests. However, it does not seem to be safe here. The roars of wild beasts can be heard everywhere in the surrounding mountains, especially wild wolves, which seem to be particularly special.
There are so many howls coming and going, just like a competition.
A tribe that has lost all its men is destined to perish and disappear in the current matriarchal clan stage.
Because no tribe would take in these women.
But this is not a problem for Xu Chen. He had already thought about it last night. He would take these women, children, and children to the Gonghuo Basin and hand them over to the Lei Clan to expand his strength and farm more fields.
The power of construction.
If you want to take root in Gonghuo Plain and develop a farming town, you need a large number of people. It is impossible to rely solely on natural reproduction. Human beings are different from animals. It takes too long to reach adulthood. It is so long that it makes him want to die.
impulse.
It’s too late for natural reproduction, so there’s only one way left: grab!
So now everyone is precious to him.
Yesterday, the Maotun killed more than ten people from the La tribe, large and small, which made him very angry, so he decided to let these guys starve for two days.
However, for savages who often eat one meal without finishing another, being hungry is the norm. Especially for young and strong adults, starving for two or three days will still not be a big problem. Human beings are already used to this.