Chapter 5: Cold Winter (5)
Gu Xi scooped some water from the big stone tank in the cave, moistened a piece of cotton cloth, and wiped his face vigorously, now the most troublesome thing for him is not the problem of eating, he has not taken a bath for almost twenty days, he is already eager to jump into the ice river, and he can't roll a few laps in the snowdrift like an orc to be clean, he can only insist on washing his feet every day, his good habit has been unanimously approved by the sub-beasts, the orcs are coarse, walking barefoot on the ground, often do not wipe their feet when they go to bed, and the bed is full of soil.
"Gu Xi, try the green vegetables and meatballs I made" Uncle Song simply found the joy of life, and he wondered how to make vegetables and meat every day, this meatball is very popular with orcs, and it is easy to carry around, and it has become a necessary food for orcs to go out these days.
Gu Xi poked one with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, praising the deliciousness, and then skimmed the meat skin piled aside, and suddenly thought of a food, the material was ready-made, originally he saw a friend from the Northeast who lived in the same place do it, and asked curiously at the time, and now he still remembers the steps, and he can do it immediately: "Uncle Song, I thought of a food again." ”
"Show me quickly" Uncle Song's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged, as soon as the two little tigers, Mo Li and Luda, heard that they had something delicious, and squatted beside Gu Xi on the left and right, and began to wait.
The skin of the fanged pig is much thicker than the skin of an ordinary pig, put it in boiling water and take it out to pluck the hair, this is a meticulous job, Gu Xi can't do it, probably said how to get it and handed it over to An Hua and Uncle Song.
Wait until the hair is plucked, let go of the water and boil it and then take it out to remove the excess fat on the skin, cut it into strips and put it in the pot to continue to stew, add a little salt and add some flavored fruit, stew until the soup is milky white to viscous and scoop it out and put it until it is frozen, cut into pieces and eat, as elastic and tender as jelly, if there is garlic sauce at this time, it will definitely be more delicious.
An Hua was still eating in her mouth, and she grabbed it on the chopsticks again: "It turns out that the skin can be eaten like this, it is really delicious, and it is not greasy at all." ”
Uncle Song was feeding, Mori and Ruda were jumping around happily, and his twin sons were also joining in the fun, and the big tiger was jumping around in the hole, the ground felt shaking, and everyone was happy to have new food.
When Huo Bai came back, he saw a happy scene in the cave, and suddenly the fatigue of the day was gone, everyone was smiling happily, the cold winter was about to end, the snow began to melt, although it was even colder outside, but everyone was full of energy, everyone knew that the end of the cold winter was a new beginning.
Huo Bai has been stockpiling food for the past few days, they have to divide a team of people and go south to find a new place to live, now this cave is not suitable for long-term living, everyone is crowded together, the open space outside is too small, not suitable for building a tribe, Gu Xi said that he wanted to go together, Huo Bai agreed, first, Gu Xi is really stuffy, and second, Gu Xi always has a lot of ideas, I believe that I can give some advice on choosing a new place to live.
At night, according to the fire, Gu Xi was improving the animal skin bag, and asked Uncle Song to help cut two wide belts, and sewed them on the bag after a few strokes.
"Shall I come, sew it up like this?" Huo Bai couldn't stand it anymore, the belt was about to be poked by Gu Xi, and he took the animal skin bag in Gu Xi's hand.
"Yes, yes, that's it" Gu Xi is not polite, he really can't do needlework or something, Huo Bai has been self-reliant early, these jobs have been done before, and they were sewn up in two clicks.
Gu Xi put a bag on his back, the length was just right, so it was much more convenient, everyone saw him doing this, and they also felt that it was a lot more convenient, and they began to sew the strap, Gu Xi began to sort out the outfit to go out, a small bag of salt, used half of the toothpaste, toothbrush, a piece of cotton cloth, and a small stone bowl...... Although he is simple to travel, he really doesn't get used to not brushing his teeth and washing his face every day.
In this way, the backpack is half full, food or something, they will hunt on the road, Gu Xi brought a few more fangs of the fanged pig, and after grinding them with stones, it was more convenient to hold them in his hand, and with the help of Huo Bai, he got a spear, but the head was made of fangs, and Gu Xi was ready to carry it behind him.
Early the next morning, Gu Xi began to clean himself up, carried a spear and a backpack, and brushed the messy grass-like hair, although he took out shampoo and washed it, but it was too long, and now it can't be tied up, and it is the most difficult to take care of.
The eight tigers outside were fully equipped, and this time they set off together with An Hua and Uncle An, An Hua was also suffocated, and just went out with his father to breathe, accompanied by the Tong twins, and Uncle Tong stayed in the cave to be responsible for the safety of the cave.
Wrapped in a white scarf, Gu Xi sat tightly on Huo Bai's back and set off, the snow melted and there was a thin layer, and the color of the soil could be vaguely seen, and they followed the small river all the way to the south, where the woods were dense, and the mountains and forests were seen from afar.
"Gu Xi, when we find an open place, let's build that house," Huo Bai said.
"Okay, I'm going to build a house with a yard, it's big, you don't know, we have a small house where it costs a lot of money, and I can't afford it for a lifetime" Gu Xi rented a small apartment before he came, and he was still saving money for a down payment.
Although Huo Bai didn't understand what money was, he could hear Gu Xi's mood of yearning for a big house, and thought that in the future, Gu Xi would build as big as he wanted, so that later their houses were all the only ones.
They walked along the river for half a day, the orcs were very fast, they shuttled through the woods, Gu Xi looked at the leaves that had begun to erupt, thinking that there would be more and more food in the woods.
"Look, the gurgling bird is out for activity, let's catch it and eat it," Anhua said.
Gu Xi looked at the clucking bird, wow, isn't it a chicken.
"The clucking bird will hibernate in the cold winter, which is considered to be early" Anhua likes to eat the clucking bird very much, and the meat of the clucking bird is very tender and delicious.
So their lunch was a clucking bird, the taste was the same as the chicken, the roast chicken tasted good, after eating the boiled meat for so long, this would eat the chicken, and suddenly felt that it was delicious in the world, Gu Xi ate a big chicken leg and ate a chicken wing, the clucking bird here is twice the size of the chicken, Anhua ate the whole chicken, and the giggling bird that has just passed the cold winter is not so fat, just plugged between the teeth.
"This clucking bird, we call it a chicken there, we can raise it in captivity in the future, and we can eat them in the cold winter, and their eggs are also very delicious" Gu Xi said, his heart has begun to yearn for the future life, pure natural and pollution-free, it is really delicious.
"Captivity?"
"Captivity, is to put edible animals, put in a fence, we give them food to eat, slowly they will not want to leave, obediently stay where we let them stay, they can have cubs, so that the cubs grow up, there will be more and more, then we will not worry about eating! By the way, we can also plant, planting is to collect the seeds of those edible foods, we cultivate the land ourselves, put the seeds in, and when the time comes, the food will grow on its own" Gu Xi patiently explained.
"Gu Xi, you must be a wise man gifted to us by the Beast God" An Hua had already hugged Gu Xi excitedly and kissed it, Gu Xi couldn't stop it, An Hua's big man pressed over, and pressed his small body to the ground in one fell swoop.
"I'm just an ordinary person, haha" Gu Xi got up from the ground and said modestly, but everyone looked at him with a lot of eagerness.
"Let's wait until we find a new address, when we went to the bear clan to participate in the trade fair, I used to pass by an open plain, there are rolling mountains behind it, there is a big river, the river we are following now is a tributary of that river, I don't know what the situation is now, we are going there this time to see, what do you think?" Huo Bai said.
"I think it's okay, we originally planned to move there, but everyone is too troublesome, such a good place, we have to occupy it first" Tong Qi agreed very much.
Gu Xi didn't speak, silently conceived the topographic map, there is a kind of game like he is playing tribal construction, such a large piece of land, he can participate in the construction, he is a little excited to think about it, he likes to play this construction combat game the most, this will come to a realistic version, it is really cool.
After resting for a while, they began to hurry again, this night they stayed directly in the wild, there was Huo Bai, a natural stove, it was not cold at all, the next day they did not meet the clucking birds, the orcs beat another fanged pig, the fanged pig reproduces quickly, reproduces more, and is the most common meat in the orc continent.
However, Tong Qi caught a few little white-haired beasts, that is, rabbits, the little white-haired beasts were very cute, Gu Xi was reluctant to eat them for a while, but he also knew that this was not the place where his sympathy overflowed, here, food was the most important thing.
They arrived at the expected location at noon on the third day, Gu Xi seemed to be indeed a good place, the mountains in the back, the water in front, and Feng Shui were also a good place, the river in front could be used as a moat, and the mountains in the back did not have to worry about food, a large plain was enough to build a tribe, and a lot of farmland could be reclaimed.
"Such a good place, won't other clans come to rob it?" Gu Xi was puzzled, such a good place has been stored for so long, why there are no other tribes to occupy it.
"In fact, the living habits of each tribe are different, and the location of the tribe has been passed down from generation to generation, so it does not mean that they will migrate," Huo Bai explained.
In fact, Gu Xi didn't know the size of the Orc Continent at all, the Orc Continent was very large, enough for many large and small tribes to survive, and there were many places that were uninhabited, and there were also other places like this.
So everyone took a fancy to this place and decided to move here, and their new life was about to begin.