Chapter 46: The Bacon and the Wolf
Engaging in animal husbandry is a long-term matter, and it is impossible to achieve it overnight, and what Han Cheng explained to his senior brother the most was to do what he could and not be in a hurry.
In addition to the fear that people in the tribe will be injured, another important reason is that there are too many animals caught and there is no place to raise them.
The area of the cave is not small, but there are also a lot of people living in it, plus there are a lot of bottles and cans and the like to occupy the space, the remaining space is not too big, and it is okay to raise a few less, and it is really impossible to raise more.
So Han Chengcheng was going to take a look outside the cave, and he wanted to make some pigsty and sheep pens or something.
The weather is getting hotter, and there are a lot of prey hunted yesterday, but because there is no way to store it for a long time, the senior brother took out a lot of food last night to roast or cook soup for everyone to eat, and many people were supported to roll their eyes.
Han Cheng didn't understand Senior Brother's intentions at first, he just thought that he had hunted too many prey, and Senior Brother wanted to celebrate, but it wasn't until after eating that he realized that he was worried that the food would spoil, so he did it.
After Han Cheng knew this, he slapped his head, how could he forget this stubble!
I thought about how to develop farming and animal husbandry, but I forgot even the most basic food storage!
In the morning, the elder brother took out all the rest of the food at once, and asked everyone to eat all the food.
This food is enough for the people of the tribe to eat for two meals, and it is definitely a serious waste to eat one meal now.
Han Cheng stepped forward to stop the senior brother and told him that he couldn't eat so much food.
Senior Brother smiled, of course he knew that he wouldn't need so much, but if he didn't eat these foods quickly, they would be spoiled at night!
"If you don't eat it, it will spoil."
He pointed to the meat and said to Han Cheng.
Han Cheng understood what he meant, and replied with a smile: "If you don't eat it, it won't be bad." I can keep the food from going bad. ”
Because Mandarin began to become popular, Han Cheng spoke much more fluently to them.
Hearing Han Cheng say this, Senior Brother stopped insisting and put half of the meat back in its original place.
He didn't ask for the way, he knew that since the Son of God said so, then there must be a way.
For more than half a year, the miracles shown by the Divine Son have already convinced them, so much so that they are about to appear blind obedience.
After breakfast, Han Cheng asked people to bring a large clay pot and a jar of salt, and asked the senior brother to put the meat in the clay pot, and then grabbed the salt and kept rubbing it on the meat until the salt covered every part of the meat.
The salted flesh was rubbed and left in a pot for a while, then a hole was made with a stone knife in it, threaded with rope grass, and hung from a branch of a tree not far from the entrance to the cave.
After a while, the tree bore more than a dozen special fruits, large and small.
On top of the perennial fire in the cave, Han Cheng also managed to hang two pieces of meat, and he wanted to try smoked meat.
He remembered that the smoked meat he had made seemed to fit better than the dried bacon.
Everyone looked at the meat hanging in the sun on the tree, and they were a little dazed, they didn't expect that the method of preserving meat for a long time that the Son of God said would be so simple.
With the advent of salted meat, this winter, even if there is no fish, the life of the Qingque tribe will not be too difficult.
Because they used to store food in the fall, now they can do it in the summer! And they still store meat that is far more hungry than fruit.
Han Cheng's idea of building various circles was not immediately implemented, because he found another extremely urgent matter, more urgent than improving the kiln for firing pottery and creating enough land for planting.
It's a matter of building walls!
I don't know if it's because of the continuous drying of salted meat outside in the past few days, wolves around the tribe have been recruited.
The wolves did not eat the meat hanging from the trees, because the meat from the trees was in front of the cave of the tribe, and it was always guarded during the day, and when it was not dark, they withdrew into the hole, and they had no chance to get their mouths.
The real thrill was last night!
Xing's younger brother Chen is about six years old, and he is a little short compared to his peers, but he is very clever, he also studied under Han Cheng, and is the child of Senior Brother Sha.
Yesterday evening, there was bone broth boiled, and compared to barbecue, Chen still likes to drink bone broth.
Last night, I was greedy, I drank too much, and I got up more at night.
Younger children who can't take care of themselves get up at night with adults and adults, but Tatsu is past this age.
So I went out alone to solve the problem.
The first two times, there was no problem, but the third time it was an accident!
As soon as Tatsumi came outside to stand still, a black shadow suddenly burst out of the darkness and pounced on Tatsu.
Chen didn't react at all, just subconsciously let out a panicked scream, and he had already pounced!
Fortunately, Senior Brother Sha was woken up by Chen's movements at night, and he felt panicked, and after Chen went out, he also went out.
After seeing the wolf Jiangchen pounced on him in the dark, Senior Brother Sha, who had been hunting all year round and had accumulated a lot of hunting experience, had no intention of urinating, and while shouting loudly to scare the wolf, he bent down and grabbed a handful on the ground indiscriminately, and rushed towards the wolf.
The wolf was frightened and fled, and Tatsu escaped from under the wolf's mouth.
However, he was still left by the wolf's kiss, half of his right ear was missing, and several blood stains were scratched on his arm.
The blood marks on his arms may be able to disappear after a long time, but the missing half of the ear will not grow, and this trace will accompany him for the rest of his life.
Fortunately, the way to distinguish beauty and ugliness between people in the present and future generations is different, and the lack of half an ear does not affect Chen's daughter-in-law.
The next day, the elder brother led the hunting party with weapons and began to search for wolves near the tribe.
Han Cheng's daily running also stopped, and he stayed with the rest of the children in the half-hidden cave, where several female adults remained at the mouth of the cave with weapons in case of a sudden visit from wolves.
At the end of the day, they saw no sign of the wolf.
However, the tribe did not let up.
In the evening, when the children get up at night, at least two adults with weapons accompany them.
Han Cheng's night was even more grand, and he was accompanied by four people, which made him very uncomfortable.
But there is no way, in order not to lose his life, he can only act like this.
After three days like this, the senior brother and the others took the tribe as the center, and continued to expand the scope of investigation around the tribe, but they still did not find any trace of the wolf.
And these nights, the wolf did not visit the tribe either.
After searching for three days without seeing any trace of the wolf, the senior brother and they had to give up the idea of finding the wolf, after all, they still need to hunt, and it is impossible to go on like this.