Capturing a group of monkeys brought Xu Chen's reputation to its peak in the eyes of the Ba people and a group of foreign hired workers.
Inspired and awed by this reputation, a group of foreign workers worked harder and harder.
There are more and more stones piled up on the construction site, and they are placed densely next to the dug ditch.
Near the foot of the mountain, more and more trees are being cut down.
The number of mud bricks on the river beach can no longer be counted. They are densely packed and cover nearly half a mile of the river beach, which looks spectacular.
Many of them have dried and hardened, and have been put up to dry for a second time.
The weather is getting colder, but the construction atmosphere of the Ba people is getting stronger.
Xu Chen was busy going out early and coming back late every day, and the foot of the wall was getting longer and thicker day by day... and it seemed that he would be able to start building the wall with mud bricks in mid-November.
Mother Ba and a group of women still take care of the housework, spinning, weaving, cooking, and taking care of the old and young.
The two groups of monkeys at the foot of the mountain have slowly passed the initial fear period. Under Xu Chen's stick training and the temptation of food rewards, they have slowly learned to be obedient. Although they are still wild, as long as they are slightly disobedient, they will
He would take out a few monkey skins and hang them in front of a group of monkeys, and all the monkeys' irritable emotions would disappear without a trace in an instant.
Of course, in order to reward those obedient and well-behaved monkeys, Xu Chen not only rewarded them with food, but also rewarded them with milk fruits, some dried fruits and preserved fruits, and even occasionally gave them some vine fruit distiller's grains.
In short, under his various coercion and inducement training, a group of monkeys have made great changes.
Especially the few monkeys left on the mountain.
The two half-grown little monkeys have gradually become more familiar with a group of children. They have surpassed the two little wolves and the pony and have become the children's favorite toys. They are led in and out of the cave all day long, even if they are
After untying the rope, the two little monkeys were unwilling to leave. After all, there were a group of big monkeys here and there were all kinds of free food.
Of course, if there are more monkeys, the consumption will also increase.
More than ten monkeys are almost equivalent to the food intake of four or five adults.
However, the Ba people can still afford this amount of consumption at the moment. If they really think it is a waste, they can give the monkeys less food, or give the obedient ones more food, and the disobedient ones less food. If the monkeys are too noisy, then they will be hungry.
Yes, no matter how many times you are hungry, you still have to be obedient.
Therefore, watching this group of monkeys becoming more and more obedient under Xu Chen's training, both Ba people and foreigners were in admiration. Every time they saw Xu Chen holding sticks and food in his spare time, he was commanding a group of monkeys to line up and do various things.
Whenever something happens, they will unconsciously show their fanatical admiration and excitement.
They have only known how to fight with monkeys for territory and food, but they have never known that they can train monkeys to be obedient and help them do things.
And since the arrival of a group of monkeys, the two little wolves have become much better behaved, no longer grinning and roaring when they see people.
The last time a group of monkeys attacked the cave, the two little wolves suffered a big loss. They were beaten, scratched and bitten by a group of monkeys, and had several wounds on their bodies. Especially the big wolf, because of its fierce resistance, was beaten and bitten by a group of monkeys.
The ravages were the worst.
If Xu Chen and others had not rushed back from the mountain in time, the two wolf cubs might have been bitten to death by the monkeys.
It is said that one thing brings down another thing.
Facing this group of manic and ungrateful monkeys, the two little wolves seemed to feel that their lives were under great threat, and had to put away their brutal and ferocious nature and cautiously survive under the eyes of a group of Bimawen.
Although Xu Chen often used sticks when training the wolf cubs, he still knew the severity and would not hit them too hard. However, a group of monkeys really fucked them to death. The so-called good man does not suffer the consequences, but they still seem to be able to carry it.
clear.
Of course, the so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend. When the monkey disobeyed and was beaten, jumping up and down, rolling on the ground and wailing, the two little wolves seemed to have found the joy of life, and would roar to the sky to cheer Xu Chen.
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This is a tacit understanding between opponent and enemy.
Among all the humans in the cave, only Xu Chen can make both parties hurt and happy.
Compared to the cruel training and unfair treatment suffered by the wolf cub and a group of monkeys, the pony obviously had a much easier time.
Xu Chen would comb the pony almost every day when he came back, and take it down the mountain every now and then to let it rest. In addition, he made a special basket for the pony, which he would put on his back every time he went down the mountain. Sometimes he would also help carry some heavy items.
Something that is not heavy.
With this kind of warm communication and subtle training, the pony has begun to get used to the feeling of carrying a heavy load.
Compared with when it was first captured, the pony has grown a lot, and is now almost at Xu Chen's chest. However, according to the size of the adult wild horses at the foot of the mountain, it can grow to at least 1.6 meters tall, which is definitely
A very large breed.
Of course, this may also be related to the current climate and environment. Almost all animals and plants grow taller.
Amidst this busyness and leisure, October passed by in a blink of an eye and entered the colder November.
The mountains, rivers and rivers become more withered and withered, and the temperature is close to zero in the morning and evening. Sometimes ice begins to appear in the pool in the morning. However, for the primitive savages with thick skin and rough flesh, they can still bear this cold wearing fur, except for the feet.
No, because the straw sandals don't keep out the cold at all.
In order to solve the problem of cold feet, Xu Chen asked the women to sew simple socks from softer animal skins and put them on their feet with straw sandals. This basically solved the problem, but every night when a group of men finished their work,
When we come back, when we gather around the fire pit to eat, we all take off our leather socks and roast our feet, and the smell that comes out is simply ecstatic.
But he doesn't have the right to accuse others.
Because his own feet are just as smelly.
And he was the one who invented the idea of roasting stinky feet by the fire pit.
At first, a group of men thought it was quite warm wearing fur socks, but later they found that it was more comfortable to take them off to warm themselves over the fire.
So every day when the family eats, they roast their smelly feet neatly, which has become a unified habit and action.
A group of women are hardworking and virtuous. They never accuse the men of being rude. Instead, they help put the fur socks on the edge of the pond to dry, which makes the smell even more sour. Fortunately, this is an open cave with good air circulation.
It's relatively smooth, otherwise it would be intoxicating and suffocating.
As deep winter approaches, the tribe's food is consumed very quickly. However, at Xu Chen's request, most of the oats and some cereals and beans are left for planting. In order to make up for the lack of food, Muba arranged for people to increase the mining of yams.
quantity.
In addition, as the temperature drops, the activity of fish in shallow water decreases, and fishing becomes more and more difficult. The main reason is that almost all the fish in the small pool at the mouth of the valley have been caught. Now we can only fish in the big river outside the mouth of the valley. This area
Small sinking nets are not suitable. It is almost difficult for big fish to enter the net, and only small fish are caught.
In order to increase the number of fish caught, a group of hunters had to make more fishing nets with small meshes. There were already more than ten large and small fishing nets. Quantity made up for quality. Although they were busier, they could still harvest a lot every day. Plus
The hunted rabbits, deer, and even occasionally wild sheep can still ensure the food supply for the entire tribe and all hired workers.
Around mid-November, the foundations of the large house were completed, and the entire construction site turned into the prototype of a rectangular courtyard composed of two-foot-high stone walls crisscrossing each other.
The next step is to build the wall with adobe bricks.
This step is much faster, but also more complicated.
Because Xu Chen had never had any experience in building a house, although the five stone houses in the kiln factory were successfully repaired, the craftsmanship was similar to that of the crooked master of Erduidao. It was not neat and beautiful at all. The walls were pitted and even
The stone walls are of different widths and heights, the doors and windows are also crooked, and the roof composed of beams and purlins is even more stretched, twisted in height and shape, and completely shapeless.
Therefore, in Xu Chen's eyes, if a kiln house is placed in a rural area, it can barely be compared to a pigsty at best, or even worse than a more sophisticated pigsty.
The reason why it didn't collapse was that the house was small enough, with an area of seven or eight square meters and a length and width of only two or three meters. It was narrow and short, and the door frame was less than one meter six tall. Adults had to lower their heads when entering. The same was true inside.
, you can grab the thatch on the roof by standing on tiptoes and reaching out.
Every time Xu Chen goes in, he always has the illusion that he is Yao Ming.