After a group of hired workers left, the kiln was left with a row of simple thatched shacks.
Although it is no longer in use, Xu Chen has no intention of demolishing it. Instead, he has reinforced it with stones and mud bricks and built it into a stable and a room for a group of monkeys.
It is said that it is better to keep horses and monkeys together, so he decided to give it a try.
Originally, we planned to keep the ponies in the compound, but the side yard where we planned to keep cows, horses, pigs and sheep had not yet been built, so we had to give up temporarily.
The monkeys were still divided into two groups, one in the kiln and one in the kiln. The remaining few weak monkeys that had been fed in the cave for a while were chained in the compound.
The few monkeys on the mountain are relatively docile, and Xu Chen has spent more time training and can already understand some simple commands. However, the monkeys in the kiln factory are all strong young males.
After being killed on the spot by a group of manic savages on the day they came back, although the remaining monkeys were frightened and very afraid of humans, they would occasionally fight for food or other things. Xu Chen was worried about hurting women and children.
So we decided to keep them separately.
The two wolf pups have grown to seven or eight kilograms in weight, and are covered in fur. They have begun to move away from the fierce and cute cub state and develop into wild wolves.
But after living with humans for a few months, the two wolves' malice and vigilance towards humans have been very low. Except for the stubborn ones who still don't obey commands, they no longer have much interest in various miscellaneous foods from humans.
However, every time the hunting team brings back prey that is still bleeding, they will always patrol around and grin like beasts. The desire for flesh and blood deep in their blood and the ferocity of beasts are clearly revealed.
.
However, Xu Chen had already told all the clan members not to feed the two wolves raw or cold blood food at any time, and all the clan members strictly followed it, so up to now the two wolf cubs have never had a bite of raw or cold flesh and blood.
Wolves can't deal with humans, but they can't deal with monkeys either.
Not only did the monkeys almost ravage the two wolf cubs to death when they attacked the cave last time, but the group of monkeys they captured were even more unfriendly to the two wolf cubs. They would attack them in groups whenever they saw them, just like enemies from nine generations meeting.
Since a group of monkeys were raised on the mountain, the cave has suddenly become more lively. You can hear the howling of the wolf cubs and the squeaking figures of a group of monkeys jumping up and down all day long.
As long as there is a chance to get close, biting and fighting will inevitably occur. Sometimes a group of men who are bored after eating and drinking will deliberately tie the wolf cub and the monkey together to watch them fight and get primitive and low-level happiness.
And every time there was a fight like this, the little wolf was always bullied. He was bitten by the monkey and screamed and hid here and there. If he couldn't hide anymore, he would hide between the legs of the crowd. The monkey dared to bully the little wolf, but he never dared to attack.
Humans, so every time they see a little wolf hiding and trembling under human legs, they can only give up after screaming and threatening with their claws and teeth.
Over time, the little wolf gradually felt a sense of security from humans, and its sense of closeness to humans became stronger. Now it gradually no longer refuses human touch, at least not like before, before people get close to it.
He grinned and exposed his sharp fangs to threaten.
Xu Chen was also very surprised by this phenomenon.
The so-called underworld marries a shrew, one thing is worth another thing.
A group of monkeys who completely gave in in front of humans made two wolf cubs who had always regarded humans as their enemies begin to give in.
This is definitely an unexpected gain for Xu Chen.
As long as this continues, the changes in the two wolves will become greater and greater, and the possibility of successful domestication will naturally become greater and greater.
However, as the two little wolves grow up and become stronger, they will inevitably have more intense conflicts with a group of monkeys in the future.
If you were bullied as a child, you will definitely get bullied back when you grow up.
Xu Chen couldn't help but shudder a few times when he thought about the possible noisy and chaotic scenes of wolves running around, monkeys jumping around, chickens flying and pigs scurrying all over the yard in the future.
The scene was so sour and refreshing that I didn’t even dare to think about it.
It has always been said in rural areas in later generations that monkeys and dogs are natural enemies, and they will fight each other when they meet.
Could it be that this violent conflict began when humans domesticated monkeys and dogs in ancient times?
Xu Chen didn't know.
But the situation in front of him made him surprised, happy, loving and hating, and he couldn't care about future development for the time being.
Xu Chen built a new wolf den at the foot of the wall to the left of the compound gate. Opposite the wolf den is the monkey cage.
The two hereditary enemy groups have moved from the mountains to the bottom, and they can still only be neighbors who love and kill each other.
However, in order to prevent the two groups from having an outright fight, the ropes were shortened a lot, so that they could threaten each other half a meter apart at most.
After settling these two groups of beasts, Xu Chen turned his attention to the empty space in the center of the courtyard that was larger than a standard basketball court.
After clearing the wasteland, the vacant land was covered with a layer of carbon ash.
And there is a pile of ashes left after the bonfire dinner in the center.
Although it has been briefly cleaned up twice, it is still full of bumps and bumps, and there are also a lot of messy and discarded stones, broken bricks, dried mud, sticks and grass clippings, etc.
From now on, this yard will be the main place where the tribesmen work, rest, and dry food and clothes, so it needs to be carefully planned and arranged.
When I lived in a cave, the surroundings were ventilated and open. Ancient vines hung above the cave entrance, and swallows built their nests. There were trees near the cave entrance, and there was a mountain spring next to it. Although the area was relatively small, it was full of birds singing and flowers fragrant, and it was natural and harmonious. Especially in summer, the surrounding woods
The dense shade blocks out the sun, making the cave look very cool.
But after moving to the foot of the mountain, although the land was open and the living environment and living conditions had undergone earth-shaking changes, the comfort of being close to nature has dropped a lot.
There are no big trees in the front, back, left, or right of the courtyard of this house. There is only a forest at the foot of the mountain dozens of meters away from the back, but the trees are not particularly big.
In the summer, the entire compound will definitely be very sunny.
Although the house can be shaded and cool, it is definitely not used to primitive people who are used to living on the ground and working outdoors.
Just like the countryside Xu Chen was familiar with when he was a child.
No matter how hot it is in summer, the villagers don't like to stay at home. Instead, they gather under a few big trees by the river at the head of the village, shrouded in thick shade, blowing the hot summer wind while working.
Chatting is enjoyable and endless.
This habit in rural areas has been passed down from generation to generation, probably from primitive people.
Because Xu Chen had never seen tribal men and women working in caves.
The cave is a place for sleeping and storing supplies.
All activities are outside the cave.
Even in the cold winter, they would sit around the fire pit at the entrance of the cave, spinning and weaving, chatting and laughing.
As for the group of men, they rarely stayed around the fire pit, and almost all worked in the open space outside the cave entrance and on the edge of the woods.
Therefore, facing this entire compound with nothing but houses, Xu Chen felt that it was necessary to carry out some greening work and make some long-term plans for the tribe's life here.
In this era, apart from not many people, there are many other plants and animals.
It’s so easy to plant flowers, plants and trees, you can do it everywhere you go.
But Xu Chen didn't want to just dig up a few trees and plant them.
In addition to shade, beauty and practicality are also important, so he decided to go to the mountains to look for it.
So he took two of his followers, Gu Heju, and carried wooden and stone hoes up the mountain to dig trees.
From a practical point of view, the bigger the transplanted tree, the better. Soon after planting, it will be covered with green trees in summer.
But for the tools we are currently using, we can only try to choose small trees that are no more than one person tall. Digging any larger ones will be too time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the gain outweighs the gain.