After passing through a forest, we arrived at the foot of the mountain not far from the mountain before dark. We all went to a long and slender cave. There was still firewood in the cave that they had not used up last time.
The night in the mountains was very cold, and a little firewood was not enough to burn, so Pig and Wolf went out to collect firewood.
Muba pointed to the haystack, "Qingsha, you sit down and rest for a while while I raise the fire."
Yao Xiaoqing picked up the kettle and said, "I'm not tired. I'm going to get a kettle of water to boil and drink!"
"Xiao Qing, take a rest and give me the kettle." Mu Feng took the kettle and carried it out of the cave.
Muba quickly turned the wooden stick, ignited the fire quickly, and tied the wooden frame. Mufeng hung the kettle on the shelf. After the water boiled, everyone took out the dried meat and ate it with the boiling water, and arranged the night watch.
He fell down and fell asleep.
Yao Xiaoqing lay on the grass, listening to the sound of the sleeping wood wind beside him, and fell into sleep.
In the middle of the night, Yao Xiaoqing was awakened by the howling of wolves. After a while, he heard a spooky scream, which was a bit like the scream of a female ghost in a ghost movie. It was a bit creepy to hear in the middle of the night.
Muba, who was keeping watch at night, heard the noise, turned to look at Yao Xiaoqing who was sitting up, and smiled reassuringly at her, "Don't be afraid, this is the sound of a jackal."
Yao Xiaoqing lowered her voice and said, "It's a bit permeating."
Muba nodded and whispered: "Don't be afraid, I'm guarding you outside!"
This time Yao Xiaoqing lay down and slept until dawn. When she woke up, she saw that Mufeng had boiled water and poured it into the thermos cup she brought.
Mu Feng smiled at her and said, "Get up and eat some food."
"Yeah!" A group of people ate dried meat with boiling water, then took out bamboo bows from their backpacks, strung them, put them on their shoulders, and picked up their spears and bone knives.
"Xiaoqing, you rest in the cave, we will come back from hunting and then cut cabbage."
Yao Xiaoqing looked at Mu Feng and said, "Brother, I'll go with you. I won't hold you back."
Mu Feng was worried about leaving her alone in the cave, "Okay! Don't run around later."
"Brother, why are you so verbose!" Yao Xiaoqing strode away with a basket on his back.
Mufeng smiled and chased after him. A group of people climbed up the mountain ridge. Yao Xiaoqing saw the mountain ridge on the back and the big trees on the hilltop. They must have been burned by the mountain fire, leaving bare and black tree trunks. The hillside was covered with
Withered yellow weeds.
At the bottom of the mountain is a gentle hillside with roe deer, sheep, deer... all kinds of wild animals.
The wolf smiled and said: "Why are there so many wild animals today? Is it the reason why the Green Witch came with us?"
She smiled and nodded, "Yes! There are a lot of wild animals today. We can go back tomorrow morning."
Mufeng glanced at Yao Xiaoqing and said, "Xiaoqing, follow us." After saying that, he ran towards the wild animals down the hillside like a gust of wind.
Yao Xiaoqing picked up her bow and followed quickly.
The wild animals at the foot of the mountain were running away in all directions. A group of people set up their bows and arrows, and the wooden arrows flew through the air toward the prey.
The prey that was struck by the arrow ran away with the arrow, but was stabbed by the pursuer with a spear and fell to the ground.
Yao Xiaoqing stabbed a stag and suddenly saw several jackals running up from the valley and rushing towards the fallen prey.
Yao Xiaoqing drew out his spear, stabbed a jackal in the neck, picked it up, and threw it down the mountain.
Mu Feng and the others also charged over with spears raised, but the jackals turned around and ran away when they saw that the situation was not going well.
Muba roared: "Enough prey, everyone pick up the prey and leave."
Mu Feng shouted to Yao Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, let's go!"
"Hey!" Yao Xiaoqing responded crisply, turned around and looked at them, and with a smile on his face, he put the killed prey on his shoulders, and the group of people walked happily towards the mountain.
She happily carried the two goats and said, "Yes, this hunting was the most enjoyable one. I will take Xiaoqing away from now on."
Mu Feng rolled his eyes at him, "No, hunting is too hard, Xiao Qing will be exhausted."
Zhi also rolled his eyes at him, "Idiot, I'm just saying that, Xiaoqing should stay in the tribe and get us delicious food."
Leopard looked at the two of them, "Mufeng, Pig, the house in the tribe is almost ready. Do you two have a woman you like?"
The two shook their heads, "No, I don't like any of them!"
Everyone returned to the cave and put the prey in the cave. Mufeng and Muba took Yao Xiaoqing and walked toward the opposite mountain valley.
As soon as he walked into the valley, Yao Xiaoqing saw a tung tree growing in the valley. On the tree were hanging tung fruits that were as yellow as the leaves.
It was hard to find anything even after walking through iron shoes, so it took no effort to get it. Yao Xiaoqing pointed to the dried tung fruits on the tree and said, "Brother, pick some of those fruits from the tree."
The two looked at the tung fruit on the tree and asked, "What kind of fruit is this? Is it delicious?"
Yao Xiaoqing looked at the two foodies and said with a smile: "If you can't eat it, take it back and press oil to wash the doors and windows again. The doors and windows will not be broken easily."
"Oh! You wait below for us to go up and pick it." Several people hugged a tung tree and climbed up in a few moments.
The tung fruits fell to the ground like rain, and Yao Xiaoqing was busy picking them up and putting them into the basket.
After a while, the bull and the wolf also came, and saw a few wooden trees on the tree, "Xiaoqing, why did you pick this fruit?"
Yao Xiaoqing smiled and said: "Uncle Niu, this fruit is of great use. Come and help us pick it up."
A dozen or so people worked until the sun went down and filled all the six backpacks they had brought with them before getting down from the tree.
He chopped up the dozens of cabbages, put them on top, and carried them back to the cave.
Early the next morning, a group of people headed back with their prey, tung fruits and cabbage on their backs. It was already dark when a group of people returned to the tribe.
The cabbage was placed in the canteen for the women to pickle into sauerkraut, while Ah Zhongbo and the others were busy skinning the prey, pickling it with salt and putting it into the vat.
Early the next morning, Yao Xiaoqing went to the pond, peeled off the clay on the kiln, picked up a piece of charcoal and saw that the fracture was black. He nodded with satisfaction, took the taros and put the charcoal into the basket.
Pick them back and stack them under the stairs.
It took half a month to burn all the green bar wood into charcoal, pick it back and put it under the stairs of the built yard.
Before the first snow came, Yaohu and the others rushed to build the remaining courtyard.
A house was built next to the gate of the tribe to stay overnight, and the others were all five buildings in a row, making a total of six rows of courtyards.
There are two rows of pens for feeding livestock at the back of the yard. Six calves have been put on cow noses.
Without liquor or alcohol, Yao Xiaoqing boiled the cow rope with herbs and salt water for a while to sterilize and disinfect it. The cow's nose did not become inflamed.
After the rope was tied to the cow's nose, the young cattle became much more obedient.
The number of live goats returned from hunting has gradually increased to more than 20. The ewe gave birth to two lambs.
The reproductive capacity of hares is still strong. In just a few months, including the captured hares, there were already more than 40 hares.
There are fifty or sixty pheasants, and only about ten roosters are left, which can pick up thirty or forty eggs every day. Seventy or eighty wild ducks can also pick up dozens of duck eggs every day.