Chapter 7: The Great Construction (2)
After almost a month of construction, each family in the tribe has its own house, large or small stone houses, neatly distributed in the tribe, and the main aisles are also paved with stone slabs to prevent it from becoming muddy when it rains in the future, as if it is already the prototype of a new type of tribe.
Gu Xi and Huo Bai's house was directly built in a row, three large rooms, simple, with a sunny day, good lighting and good ventilation, the middle is the living room, the left is the utility room, and the right is the bedroom.
The bedroom is built very big, no way, Huo Bai a big tiger covers an area that is not small, Gu Xi made a small cubicle on the right side of the bedroom, the cubicle divides the bathing place and the toilet, as for the toilet, how to build it has not yet been figured out, the preliminary idea is like the previous countryside, small windows are opened before and after, which is conducive to ventilation, anyway, Gu Xi doesn't want to go out to the toilet anymore, go out to the toilet in the cold season, don't be too cold, bury it with soil or something after going to the toilet, it's really bad.
Because of such a fine division, their house is built last, and the kitchen is placed outside separately, and when the stove is built, there is no need to worry about being smoked every time they cook.
The design of his cubicle was deeply loved by the clansmen, attracting a wave of onlookers from the clansmen, and everyone said that they would definitely rebuild a cubicle in the bedroom when they were free.
Early in the morning, Huo Bai led a few people to hunt in the back mountain, Gu Xi began to build his own courtyard wall, the yard was planned to be surrounded by a half-cut stone wall, so that it would not be too closed, but too unique, and it could enclose the yard, there was a feeling of home, mainly because the people here did not have the habit of surrounding the yard, because they felt that it was unnecessary, and he did not ask others for help, Huo Bai piled up the stones and loess to be used in the yard, and tossed it with him, and it was estimated that it would be almost built in three days.
At this time, Gu Xi was carrying a stone to the courtyard wall, and his neighbor An Hua passed by with a big stone: "Gu Xi, you are too weak, you have only moved many stones, and you are panting, look at me, such a big stone, it is very easy!" ”
"Who doesn't know that your strength is the same as that of an orc, I can't compare with you" Gu Xi couldn't help but complain, An Hua had been stimulating him all morning, always walking around and moving all kinds of large items.
There is nothing more inspiring than being said to be weak, and when Huo Bai came back with a few gurgling birds, Gu Xi was stunned to surround most of the yard.
"I met a few gurgling birds today, I caught them alive and came back" When Huo Bai caught the giggling birds, he was tired and was afraid that he would be slapped to death with one paw, and the three gurgling birds were tied around their necks with a straw rope by Huo Bai, and they clucked.
Gu Xi's gray face of building the wall: "The yard hasn't been finished yet, let's eat it first, and raise it next time." "It's really not that he's lazy, but that the clucking bird is not an ordinary chicken, jumping up and getting tall, he has to make a cage directly, it's definitely not enough to just enclose it, and you have to take it slowly."
So lunch is roasted giggle birds, Huo Bai's barbecue skills are still very good, and I learned a few hands from Gu Xi, before roasting, use ground powder and salt to smear on the meat, and then roast after a while, the taste is even better, Gu Xi is lazy, tired all morning, his arms are sore, it seems that he wants to strengthen exercise, but because there is no staple food for a long time, he eats meat and vegetables every day, and he loses weight when he eats, he is the kind of physique that is easy to lose weight as soon as he leaves the staple food.
"I really want white rice, steamed buns are also fine" Gu Xi sighed, he never felt that white rice was so missed, Huo Bai had heard these terms several times that he didn't know, and he didn't know what they were.
"It's up to me to find out!" Gu Xi cheered himself up, everything had just recovered, and it would not be long before a collection team in the tribe would start to go into the mountains to collect food, and he would definitely go there at that time.
At noon, when the sun was at its best, all the people of the tribe gathered in the central square, and the square in the central district had been paved with large stone slabs, and some stones were placed at random as stone tables and stone benches for resting, so that they would not all stand when the assembly was held in the future.
Gu Xi dried the animal skins at home, and when he came out, he saw that the big tigers were lying in the square, and the twin children were basking their bellies, lazily basking in the sun, the scene was too spectacular, a group of big meows were lying horizontally, and the majesty of the tiger was gone, and their own big white tigers were also among them, which could be seen at a glance.
Uncle Jiang came over with a wooden plate, this is Gu Xi's idea, for the time being, he has not found something that can be used as paper, so he made a plate with wood, filled with some fine soil, which is convenient for drawing things, since Uncle Jiang finished building everyone's house, he has gone farther and farther on the road of construction, Gu Xi painted a simple sentry tower for him, and Uncle Jiang has been thinking about how to build it at home every day.
It is indeed very important to build a sentry tower, because they do not have many people, and after the hunting team and the gathering team go out every day, they have to stay in the tribe to protect the tribe, and they cannot take into account every corner of the tribe.
As soon as he saw Gu Xi, Uncle Jiang came over and asked him how to build the sentry tower at the bottom to be stronger, how could Gu Xi understand, he could only roughly draw what he had seen in the TV series, and he could only draw a rough sketch, so he didn't pay much attention to it, so Uncle Jiang had to continue his research.
Everyone gathered in the central square to discuss the next task assignment, originally everyone had to build a house, now the house has been built, you can form two teams of people, now arrange to go out in turns every day, one day Huo Bai leads the team, one day Uncle Tong leads the team, Uncle An and Luda will be responsible for the safety of the collection team every day, and the things that hunt and gather every day will be distributed to each family according to the head.
Everyone was assigned a task, and the Tong brothers were arranged to go to the salt lake to get salt, and the salt lake was a seven-day round trip from here, and the salt in the tribe was almost running out.
Gu Xi is very much looking forward to collecting tomorrow, spring has come, after almost a month of growth, he should be able to recognize those edible plants, there should still be wild fruit trees in the mountains, it is best to find more condiments, the taste is too single now.
On the second day, Gu Xi prepared his outfit early, a leather bag that he could carry, a small bag tied around his waist, his lunch, a large piece of roast pork wrapped in leaves, he was a little excited, and finally it was time to play his golden finger, in fact, he knew the common dishes in the vegetable market.
Today they are going to collect the closest hill, which has been inspected by the Orc Gate, and there are no too fierce beasts, so they can rest assured that they can collect it.
An Hua carried a super large animal skin bag, and opened the way for everyone behind his father, and told everyone to pay attention to their feet, there are always some dangers hidden in the grass, Gu Xizai looked at the plants around him carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, he saw a few green plants, which were wild vegetables and camellia, and he was not sure, so he had to ask Uncle Song: "Uncle Song, can you eat this green leafy vegetable?" ”
"Of course, this is the green leafy vegetable we often eat in the cold winter, you know, what is it called?" Song Xuan knew that Gu Xi's hometown must have a different name.
"In our place, it's called shepherd's cabbage," Gu Xi decided to teach everyone to distinguish between green leafy vegetables, "In our place, shepherd's cabbage glutinous rice balls and shepherd's cabbage cakes are very delicious." ”
"What are rice balls?" Song Xuan was curious again.
"I haven't found the ingredients for making rice balls for the time being, alas" Gu Xi began to miss rice and noodles again.
"You'll find it in the future, there are a lot of shepherd's cabbage here, let's go to the front to see, if there is anything else to eat, if not, let's collect the shepherd's cabbage today, go back and try the shepherd's cabbage patty, and you can also fry some meatballs, I don't know what it tastes like to stir-fry with meat slices" Song Xuan has already begun to plan various dishes.
The group continued to move forward, Gu Xi didn't climb the mountain much, and he usually didn't like to exercise, he would climb up the mountain, and he would be tired after a while, the mountain climbing here was different from the usual mountain climbing, there was no mountain road, it was a completely undeveloped primeval forest, and the route he took was left by the original orcs stepping on the point, and sometimes there were even things falling from the trees.
No, Gu Xi was startled by a hanging snake, but fortunately he was not bitten, An Hua simply cut off his head with a knife, and Gu Xi realized that the mountains were really dangerous.
"There are a few wild fruit trees here, and they will bear fruit after the rainy season." Uncle An said that the Orc Gate remembers the wild fruits that the Sub-Beast Gate loves to eat very clearly.
Gu Xi took a look, and recognized it as a peach tree at a glance, the leaves of the peach tree were very easy to remember, he remembered very clearly, in the summer, there were peaches to eat, and he was really looking forward to exploring in the future.
Then, not far from the peach tree, he really discovered a new food, he found the storage of garlic, the garlic leaves are very recognizable, he originally tried it, dug up the soil to see, it was really, he picked one and smelled it, the taste was exactly the same.
"Gu Xi, what is this, it smells so bad" Song Xuan didn't understand what there was to be happy about such a not-so-smelling plant.
"Haha, this is called garlic, don't look at it tastes strange, but it's a good thing, put a little bit when cooking, it can be used for seasoning, its leaves can also be used to fry and eat, and fried with meat slices, it is also very delicious" Gu Xi is very happy, if he can find chili, he will be even happier, he likes to eat spicy food the most.
Gu Xi even dug several and put them into the animal skin bag, garlic can be planted, as long as the garlic head is divided into small cloves, a small clove can grow into a complete garlic plant, everyone has collected some, although they don't know, but Gu Xi can always surprise them, because of Gu Xi, their life is getting better and better.
"I'll wait for you to make me something to eat at night," An Huale helped to dig up the garlic together.
In the end, they picked a lot of camellia and went back, this time collecting, Gu Xi did not find other edible ingredients, he was a little disappointed, fried garlic leaves and fried meat at night, and unexpectedly won the popularity of the orcs, who liked the taste of garlic very much.
After soaking his feet at night, Gu Xi found that his calves began to ache, and sure enough, it was the result of not exercising for a long time, Huo Bai was a little distressed when he saw it, he knew that Gu Xi must have had a good life before, and there was no need to do these things.
"Do you want to rest tomorrow?" Huo Bai asked Gu Xi to put his leg on his leg and gently massaged it.
"Of course we have to go, we have to work together to live better and better, hey...... Feed...... Tap ......" Gu Xi grinned in pain, and the leg soreness caused by this long-term inactivity was the most painful.
Huo Bai cautiously got up, Gu Xi looked at Huo Bai looking down and serious, his handsome face softened, he leaned over and kissed him.
"Huo Bai, thank you".