Tuesday 10 November 2020

Chapter 15: An Autumn Rain and a Cold

  In view of the fact that Huang Yan ate a roasted bird alone during dinner yesterday, Chen Chao stepped out of the cave today and found that there were all babes pulling straw ropes outside, staring straight at the kid. The slate propped up by sticks can add a delicious roasted bird to dinner after the hapless one gets the bait.

    It seems that it will be hard to hear the beautiful bird calls in the morning... They

    are all "chirps...chirps...crack!"

    Chen Chao looked up at the sky, dark clouds covered the top, a kind of storm is coming. feel.

    Only the gathering team went out early in the morning. The members of the hunting team only used rattan baskets to fish by the river and wanted to gather more food before it rained.

    After all, it's raining now, catching a cold is not a joke, it's really accidental, it's dead.

    While the members of the hunting team were fishing, Chen Chao asked them to save the swim bladder to himself when handling the fish. After using the swim bladder glue, plus the previous moa feathers, the spear can be equipped with a balancing effect. The tail is out.

    Adding the tail wing can be called a javelin, but it is not necessary for the time being. Later, when looking for straighter wood, you can also consider making bows and arrows.

    The collection team finally came back before it rained, but the harvest was not particularly great, only about 5-60. Now with rattan baskets, the fruit does not need to be poured directly on the ground.

    Chen Chao found that although the collection team went out with 19 people each time, the collected fruits were basically only enough for 2 per person in the tribe. On average, only 5-6 per person were collected. In the past, there were fewer vine baskets. , Basically, each person can only get one.

    However, it is normal to think about it. Before the exclusive collection site was discovered, it was like a large fruit forest. Every thing humans could eat was exchanged for the price of life.

    And it’s going to rain today. It’s normal for the gathering team to harvest little if they haven’t gone far, but fortunately, it’s close to the river and there are enough fish to eat today.

    Standing at the entrance of the cave, Chen Chao shuddered. It was an autumn rain and another cold. Ten rains had to wear cotton...

    Not to mention wearing cotton, now everyone is basically naked, that is, after the rattan baskets appeared, some animal skins were liberated, and adult men were wrapped in animal skins around their waists. As for women, children, and elderly people, only There is an animal skin on the witch.

    But these animal skins, it’s a bit hard to say...the animal skins

    on herself and Yuanyou Wu are better, while the animal skins on other people’s skins are not nitrated, cracked, dry, and smelly. Smelly, depilation. Even if it is fresh, there is an unsmeltable fishy smell. If you stop at the air vent, people who eat at the air vent will have to vomit it out.

    A moa can only use its hair. After removing the fur, the skin is edible, while wild boar skin can't be used to make leather shoes. But now who is willing to wear animal skins on their feet.

    Counting the fact that the people in the tribe now don’t have two animal skins, I’m afraid they won’t support laying one and covering one in the winter. You have to make do with hay under your body. If you don’t hurry up hunting, I’m afraid the women and children will think The way to squeeze with adult men.

    Rabbit skins are not good for the time being. All 10 rabbits are killed and the skin is only enough for one person. Now there are a total of 20 rabbits in the tribe. They are also expecting them to give birth to sons and grandchildren. It is impossible to raise them until winter. The whole tribe had a meal of fresh meat.

    Didn't you see a lynx last time, this thing is the lynx. It looks like a cat but is much larger than a cat, and the body length of the lynx is about 80-130cm. It can be covered by a child alone. If you count 3 pieces of lynx skin, you can wrap an adult. If you can get dozens of them Oh, it’s not as fragrant as rabbit hair and wild boar skin now...

    but this thing is a solitary animal...

    but if there is a lynx in that area, then there should be a lot of lynx in this mountain, right?

    Just you!

    Chen Chao said with a smile, go to the golden finger!

    The scenery within a radius of ten miles kept switching in Chen Chao's eyes, the rain falling from the treetops, the leaves trembling in the wind, the chestnuts that were knocked down by the rain, the family of rabbits huddled in the hole, and giving to their partners. Lynx licking fur!

    Ok? Chestnut?

    The characteristics of chestnut are quite obvious, and now it is the season of maturity in autumn! But why have you never seen it in the fruit brought back by the gathering team?

    Moreover, chestnuts can be eaten raw. After marking the chestnut forest, Chen Chao turned his attention to the lynxes.

    Not all of them lived alone. Chen Chao had seen several lynx families, but some of them acted alone. Marked the location and found a total of 10 pairs of lynx with children, with an average of more than 2 children, and there are about 2-30 individual lynxes, but because they are too scattered, it is not worthwhile to get a pot.

    If all the lynxes in the family can be taken down, then most of the tribe’s people can be assigned a piece of leather. This is the most ideal situation, but now it’s useless to think too much. Get these lynx skins.

    Regardless of whether you can get lynx skins or not, the tanning of the skins must be put on the agenda. After all, winter is coming soon, and the skins must be tanned before winter.

    Untanned animal skins are uncomfortable to wear, and they are not durable. Let alone years, they will crack and become hard after they are worn.

    Thinking of this, Chen Chao gestured to Wu and said that if there is any ashes, he will be useful.

    Wu nodded, he picked up the cracked pottery pot again, pointed to the pottery embryo placed in the corner of the cave, pointed to the pottery pot in his hand, and gestured to Chen Chao, "Ceramic pot, Rain."

    Chen Chao thought for a while, and felt that what Wu wanted to ask was, if it rains, will it affect the making of the pottery pot. He shook his head and said no.

    Listening to the raindrops hitting the trees and making a ticking sound, I felt that I wouldn't go out anyway today, and I should call the children over to learn Mandarin.

    Otherwise, the communication will be even confusing.

    A group of children sat next to the witch under the leadership of Huang Yan. Chen Chao pointed to the clay pot in the hand of the witch and said, "pottery, pot, broken, broken."

    Wu and the children also repeated, "pottery, pot ,broken."

    He pointed to the crack again, "pottery, pot, broken, broken, broken, broken, broken,

    broken."

    Chen Chao pointed to the outside of the cave again, "Next , Rain, rain."

    "We, men, in, mountains, caves, in."

    The other people in the tribe also surrounded them curiously. They all read along with them, and every sentence should be repeated on average. It takes 3-5 times to have a correct and coherent pronunciation.

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