Tuesday 10 November 2020

Chapter 6: Get the trap

Chen Chao smiled. He first piled the fallen leaves into a small pile, then picked up the two spare pieces of wood from the side, stepped on the flat one under the foot, the stick-like one stood up, and then rubbed it from top to bottom with both hands. Hands on the wooden stick.

    Sure enough, within a few clicks, the holes in the planks would start to smoke.

    The chief’s expression first changed from anticipation, curiosity ⊙▽⊙~ to joy, and when he saw Chen Chao had set the small pile of dead leaves on fire, he was full of admiration (≧▽≦),

    and then he became incoherent with excitement. To the effect, thank you very much for your willingness to give us the method of obtaining the sacred fire. We no longer have to eat bloody things, and with the sacred fire, we will not be afraid of beasts at night!

    Wu also said that you found something edible in the water, so that our tribe can store more food. Thank you so much!

    I have heard the witch talk about you, and you are very welcome to join our tribe.

    Chen Chao didn't understand it anyway, but he nodded when he looked at the old man with the horns on his head, and he knew that joining the tribe was already inevitable.

    The other people in the tribe are ⊙▽⊙~⊙▽⊙~. They don’t understand anything. Many people have never walked out of this mountain in their lives. As for going to other tribes, they are only the closest to the leader. Talent is qualified.

    They don't even know what fire means to them. They only know that a strong companion who knows many things will be added to the tribe, and they will have more protection when hunting in the future.

    Without the command of the leader, the old man with the horns on his head has asked the children in the tribe to pick up the wood. The women are handling today’s prey by the river. The old people have also made some suitable sticks. They want to learn to spearfish, but they are just a hindrance. As the sun gradually went down, the old people didn't have much physical strength, so they didn't gain much.

    The moonlight shrouded the earth and scattered on the people sitting in front of the cave entrance. The air was filled with the smell of barbecue, and the fire was burning, bringing people hot hope.

    During the conversation, Chen Chao already knew that the leader’s name was "Yuan", which was the name of every leader of the tribe, and the old man with the horns on his head was the witch of the tribe, responsible for communicating with the gods and ancestors. He had no name, so he was called Witch, witch is also passed down through generations.

    The head of state and Wu also learned Chen Chao's pronunciation, "Chen Chao, fire, meat, eat."

    ...

    There was no word for a night, and the next day Chen Chao woke up early, the birds chirping sounded sweetly. It can be heard clearly in the cave.

    Chen Chao thought,'I have time to make a few traps to catch a few birds. The sound is so beautiful, it must be delicious. 'When

    he walked out of the cave, he found that most of the young men in the tribe were up.

    Wu gesticulated and told him that the young men of the entire tribe would go hunting in the mountains. The harvest yesterday was not particularly rich, and there must be leftovers every day before they can be stored as food for the winter.

    Although it is still early autumn, there are fewer and fewer prey. They are also busy storing food for the winter, and there is not enough animal skins for each person in the entire tribe. Many of the skins in the previous years have been rotten.

    After Chen Chao changed his mind, he understood that it should be that they did not master the method of tanning animal skins. If the animal skins are not tanned, they can be used, but they will rot after a few years.

    But these are all things to do. Everyone brought some dried meat for lunch and set off, and the others didn't bring anything.

    Yes, they didn't bring anything!

    When I asked, there were stones on the ground and branches in the forest. It would be very tiring to take them with them. They had to walk far inside the mountain, outside the mountain, there were only a few small animals left, which was not easy to catch.

    Chen Chao? ? ?

    Isn’t that the difference between humans and other animals is that humans use and make tools!

    A group of people stepped on the squeaky fallen leaves and entered the mountain. From time to time, small animals like rabbits or squirrels rushed in front of him. Chen Chao looked itchy. You must know that rabbits are good things. They are born quickly and their fur It's warm and you can live by eating grass.

    The rabbits in June can start breeding, ranging from three to eight, and they can have 4-8 babies a year. As long as there are five male and female pairs, there will be at least a few hundred rabbits next month.

    And...their sons can give birth to grandchildren, grandchildren can give birth to great-grandchildren, and then their grandparents can still give birth...At

    that time, according to the reproduction rate of this rabbit, it can eat meat and use its fur. Isn't it more fragrant than hunting...

    But this is all This is something to say. Even if the rabbits are caught now, they will be eaten now. Unless there are leftovers today, you can consider raising the caught rabbits as reserve food.

    Now that they can’t eat enough, they tell primitive people that the rabbits’ sons will give birth to grandchildren, and there will be hundreds of rabbits in the future. They don’t understand, and they can’t wait for that time.

    Seeing that everyone was heading deeper into the mountains, Chen Chao just stopped slightly and made a few simple traps to keep up with the big troops.

    This time, everyone's luck was rather bad. Only around noon did they meet a wild boar who was out foraging. The process was unpredictable. Only two and a half boys broke their legs because of being too nervous.

    The leader looked at the sky, and then calculated the distance to go back. Although a wild boar is not enough for the entire tribe, it should be enough for the food collected by the women.

    On the way back, Chen Chao unexpectedly discovered that there were many vines growing in the bushes on the side. This is a good material for making baskets!

    Make a basket and go to the river to fish

    and enjoy it ~~~ Although you can't find bamboo, vines are fine! And the bamboo tools also need to conveniently cut into pieces in order to basketry, as tribal carving knives ... that big

    meat can be ... ... piece of bamboo pieces a few hundred pieces of bamboo ...

    early wash sleep ...

    really ~ Han also hold miss you! What do you want~ nothing!

    Going back to the woods where there were many rabbit thieves, Chen Chao went to look at the traps he set up, oh~

    a rabbit was pressed under each stone slab.

    Chen Chaofu, this rabbit is too stupid, right? You know, I didn’t put anything under the slab... The

    leader was very happy to see the rabbits under the slab. The guys in the hunting team were also very curious. They gathered around and asked Chen with gestures. How did Chao do it.

    Chen Chao chuckled, picked up one of the rabbits and handed it to the person next to him, and then began to recover from the trap.

    Lift the slate and use five smaller wooden sticks to support it. It's a bit like a worker and two more pieces of wood, a small trap is done, and the bottom one can fork some food.

    The principle is very simple. It can be understood at a glance, so after the rabbits under the stone slabs are taken out, the forest is covered with propped stone slabs...

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