Chapter 10: A New Life (3)
The sentry tower of the tiger tribe was built in only two days, the orcs have great strength, and they are also neat to do their work, the shape of the sentry tower is very simple, the following is a thick bracket, directly into the ground, and the top is a platform that is enough for the orcs to move, and the fence is made of bamboo, so that it saves part of the time for processing wood, and all use concave and convex technology, which is the mortise and tenon structure in ancient times, and Uncle Jiang has studied this technology very well.
If there is any situation, the orcs can see from a distance on the sentry tower, and the orcs have excellent eyesight, and can knock on far places, and arrange for the orcs who stay in the tribe every day to take turns to guard, so that there is no need to worry about a wild beast breaking into the tribe and hurting the tribesmen, and the orcs can rush over in time at the speed of the orcs.
When it was just covered, it really came in handy, there was a sub-beast named Yan Yan in the tribe who was washing clothes alone by the river, and met a sharp-toothed pig coming down from the mountain, the sharp-toothed pig seemed to be crazy, and rushed straight to Yan Yan, and was seen by Tong Qi, who was on duty at the time on the sentry tower, and immediately jumped from the sentry tower and turned into a tiger to save him.
Yan Yan is a sub-beast who does not talk much, and is well-behaved, except for Gu Xi, he is a relatively small sub-beast in the tribe, he lives with his mother and father, and his father also died in the avalanche, fortunately, Yan Yan's mother and father have a pair of skillful hands, and they are very good at making clothes, Gu Xi and Huo Bai are not very good at making clothes, and when necessary, they will send prey to his family as a reward, and let his mother and father help him do it, and there are people in the tribe who can't make clothes.
Yan Yan usually doesn't go out much except for collecting, he helps his mother and father make clothes at home, and occasionally comes out to wash clothes and encounters such a thing, he is frightened, he was born in poor health, so no other sub-beast looks healthy, can persevere in the cold winter, all with a heart to take care of his mother and father, is a very strong sub-beast.
However, after this incident, he seems to have a little liking for Tong Qi, this is what Gu Xi saw, during the noon assembly, Yan Yan stood behind his mother and father, and secretly looked at Tong Qi, that gaze was clearly in love, who made the orc world so direct, it could be seen at a glance, but Tong Qi, it was not noticed at all.
In the afternoon, Gu Xi gossiped with Huo Bai: "I think Yan Yan likes Tong Qi's kid, but the Tong brothers are so emotionally stupid, do you have time to hint at it?" ”
Huo Bai was amused: "Why are you taking care of this matter?" ”
"I think that Yan Yan is good, it's a good match, don't you think the population in the tribe is too small?" Only Moken's family has two dolls.
"Let it be......" Huo Bai said.
Gu Xi still secretly decided to tell Uncle Song more about the fact that there were too few little tigers in the tribe.
Gu Xi secretly gossiped for a while, and then remembered that he had something to do today, and he had to give Huo Bai a difficult task, that is, to cut his hair.
Gu Xi's hair has grown enough to be tied up, but he doesn't really want to keep long hair, he is not used to it, and the shampoo is limited, long hair is too wasteful, he has reduced it to once a week, and he washes it directly with water on weekdays, long hair is very difficult to dry, where there is short hair is convenient, just rub it.
I don't know what the legendary soaphorn looks like, if I can know, the cleaning problem will be solved in the future, and now he is worried that it is difficult to wash clothes, and when washing dishes, it is greasy.
"Do you remember when I first came, it was so short" Gu Xi made a gesture on his head, without a mirror, he couldn't see it himself.
Huo Bai didn't really understand why the hair was so short, the hair of their orcs was basically fixed, if it was cut short, it would affect the hair of the beast's body, so he never had to worry about the hair, the hair of other sub-beasts in the tribe was generally too long to be shortened, but it was generally left to a length that could be tied up, but thinking of it, Gu Xi, who had short hair, was really good-looking, and the daughter-in-law said that if you want it short, you should make it short.
So Huo Bai simply began to make Gu Xi's hair neatly, there were no scissors, he could only use a bone knife, fortunately, the bone knife was very fast, Huo Bai mastered it well, and he was very careful, and quickly made a board for Gu Xi, Gu Xi looked at the water tank and was very satisfied.
"The craftsmanship is good, you see, short hair is so convenient and refreshing"
"Well, it's good-looking" Huo Bai boasted, and his big hand couldn't help but rub Gu Xi's head, it was very tactile, and his daughter-in-law was so good-looking.
Gu Xi blocked his hand, what is the feeling of this cute feeling of height difference, hum.
"The water at home is almost gone, I'll pick some," Huo Baile carried the wooden bucket with a smile.
Gu Xi's wooden barrel is also an integrated wooden barrel made of wood, the whole piece of wood is hollowed out, anyway, it is much lighter than stone, these two wooden barrels are super large, Gu Xi can't mention it, this is specially made for Huo Bai, and you can fill a water tank at home twice back.
"Let's go together, I haven't eaten fish for a long time, let's see if I can catch some fish and come back" Gu Xi picked up the homemade harpoon, and the two walked towards the river together.
The place where Gu Xi catches fish is a shallow shoal washed out near the river, the water is relatively shallow, only up to the knees, it is very clear, and people from the tribe come here to catch fish.
The fish in this world are not small even if they are small fry, Gu Xi caught them and ate them just right, Gu Xi after several exercises, grabbed the fish and inserted them one by one, because no one fished, there were a lot of fish here, and he caught five after a while, which was enough to eat.
Clean up the fish by the river, two make a fish soup, three pickles stewed fish, he pickled a lot of green vegetables, although it is not good at this time, but you can also take it out and eat, no soy sauce, braised fish can not be made, can only use pickles to make do, pickled vegetables cut into small dices, plus garlic cloves to stew fish together, very fragrant.
In the evening, Gu Xi ate a whole bowl of stewed fish with this barbecue, it was really fragrant, Gu Xi touched his round belly and lay comfortably on the bed.
"That's right, when you have time to get more fish back, you can make salted fish, it is said that the rainy season lasts for a month, and it is very inconvenient to travel at that time, it is right to have more food" Gu Xi said, he didn't want Huo Bai to go out hunting on a rainy day, if only there were more ingredients, alas.
"I've asked the people in the tribe to bring back something that might be an ingredient, when the time comes, you can take a look, maybe there will be a new discovery, you alone is definitely not enough, you have done enough for us" Huo Bai comforted, he knew that Gu Xi had been frustrated that he couldn't find more ingredients.
"Good attention, I didn't think of it before!"
"And I found out today that the two male gigglers in the clucking bird shed often fight, you see, is it better to put only one? They are always making trouble, and the female gigglers are not able to hatch their eggs. ”
"You've observed this?" Gu Xi exclaimed, he didn't pay attention at all, just threw it away, just picked up the eggs and ate them, no wonder there was a lot of noise in the shed recently.
"Okay, let's sleep, it's been a busy day today, let's have a good rest"
"Hmm...... Okay"
On the morning of the second day, Gu Xi got up early and took a male from the clucking bird shed, ready to slaughter and eat it today, and then ran around the tribe twice to go home, and was lying in the yard doing push-ups, when he found a figure at the entrance of his yard, and looked carefully inside, it was the sub-beast Yan Yan.
"Yan Yan, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Brother Gu, I found a plant, I picked some back, you can help me see if I can eat it" Yan Yan was holding a handful of plants like beans in his hand, cautiously, he was a little timid and shy.
Gu Xi hurriedly went over and took one and put it in his hand to look at it, it was a little similar to ordinary lentils, but it was too flat compared to lentils, and it was very long, Gu Xi had never seen it: "I don't know, why don't we try it?" ”
So Gu Xi took some and put it in boiling water to cook, and smelled it, it was not the taste of the food he was familiar with, and he didn't dare to taste it directly:
"I haven't smelled this smell, maybe I can eat it, and I'll have to see it again." I have to think of a way to see if the food is toxic or something, although the ingredients in this world are similar to those of the earth, but some are still different, and he doesn't have the courage to taste herbs like Shennong.
Yan Yan was a little disappointed.
Gu Xi couldn't help it, fished out the rest of the pot, and when he turned around, he accidentally dropped the small piece of animal skin he used to make a dishcloth into the pot, Gu Xi hurriedly prepared to fish it out, and found that the oil stain on the animal skin had melted away, Gu Xi was a little surprised, and hurriedly scooped up some cold water to enter, rubbed the animal skin, and sure enough, the animal skin became clean!
"Wow, this is a soap horn, soap horn, it turns out that it can be cleaned with this use" Gu Xi was very excited.
"What is soaphorn?" Yan Yan said curiously.
"Haha, that's a good thing, we usually wash things, honestly can't wash clean, with this it's easy to clean" Although it's not food, it's very useful!
"Really? That's great, I see a lot of them over there! Yan Yan was so happy to hear it.
"Let's go, take me to see it!" Gu Xi pulled Yan Yan and left.
The Saponaria tree is also at the foot of the mountain, but they usually go up the mountain to collect and do not go from this side, and Yan Yan also occasionally finds it in the past. Gu Xi looked at several soaphorn trees, which were full of fruits, and felt so happy, it really didn't take any effort to get here! He found out so quickly.
"Yan Yan, thank you so much, this will be of great help to everyone!" Gu Xi said with a smile.
Yan Yan was a little embarrassed: "This is what I should do." ”
Gu Xi looked at Yan Yan's shy appearance, and his gossip heart suddenly rose: "Yan Yan, you sue me, do you like Tong Qi?" ”
"I didn't ...... There is no ......"
"Hahaha, don't quibble, I'll know just by looking at you, Huo Bai has a good relationship with him, I'll help you ask if I have the chance, I'll hold a ceremony with Huo Bai during the harvest season, it's better for us to be together at that time, lively"
"Brother Gu, you're thinking too much!".