Chapter 6: The Trap Rises
Chen Chao smiled, he first piled up the fallen leaves into a small pile, and then picked up the two pieces of wood that had been spared before, the flatter one stepped on under his feet, the stick-like one stood up, and then rubbed the wooden stick in his hand back and forth from top to bottom with both hands.
Sure enough, after a few clicks, the small hole in the plank would start to smoke.
The leader's expression first changed from anticipation, curiosityββ½β~ and then to joy, seeing that Chen Chao had already lit the small stack of dead leaves, he was already full of worship (β§β½β¦)
Then he was even more excited and incoherent, and said a lot of things, to the effect that thank you very much for giving us the method of obtaining the Holy Fire, that we will no longer have to eat anything with blood, and that with the Holy Fire, we will not be afraid of wild beasts at night!
Wu also said that you have found something to eat in the water, so that our tribe can have more food to store. Thank you so much!
I've heard about you, and you're very welcome to join our tribe.
Anyway, Chen Chao didn't understand, but he looked at the old man with the sheep's horn and nodded, and he understood that the matter of joining the tribe was already inseparable.
And the rest of the tribe is ββ½β~ββ½β~, they don't understand anything, many people have never walked out of this mountain in their lives, and as for going to other tribes, only those who are closest to the leader are eligible.
They didn't understand the meaning of fire to them, they only knew that a strong companion who knew a lot of things was about to join the tribe, and they would have more security when hunting in the future.
There is no need for the chief's orders, the old man with the horns on his head has asked the children of the tribe to collect wood, the women are all dealing with today's prey by the river, and the old people have also got some suitable sticks, and want to learn to spearfish, but because the sun is gradually setting, the old people are not physically strong, so they have not gained much.
The moonlight shrouded the earth and sprinkled on the people sitting in front of the cave entrance, the smell of barbecued meat filled the air, and the fire burned brightly, bringing people a blazing hope.
During the conversation, Chen Chao already knew that the name of the leader was "Yuan", which was the name of each 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.
The head of state and Wu also learned Chen Chao's pronunciation, "Chen Chao, fire, meat, eat." β
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After a night of silence, Chen Chao got up early the next morning, and the chirping of birds and birds was pleasant, and he could hear it clearly in the cave.
Chen Chao thought, 'When you have time, make a few traps and catch a few birds, the sound is so beautiful, it must be delicious.' β
When he came out of the cave, he found that the young and strong parts of the tribe had risen.
Wu gestured to tell him that the young men of the whole tribe had to go to the mountains to hunt, and that yesterday's harvest was not particularly rich, and that there must be leftovers every day before they could be stored as food for the winter.
Although it is still early autumn, the prey is getting scarcer, and they are busy storing food for the winter, and the hides are not enough for each person in the entire tribe, and many of the skins of previous years have been rotten.
Chen Chao thought about it and understood, it should be that they did not master the nitrification method of animal skins, and if the animal skins were not nitrated, they could also be used, but they would rot in a few years.
But that's all for later, everyone brought some jerky for lunch and set off, and the rest, nothing.
That's right, they didn't bring anything!
When asked, there are stones on the ground and branches in the forest, and it will be very tiring to carry them, and they have to go to the very inside of the mountain, and outside the mountain, there are only some small animals left, and it is difficult to catch.
Chen???
Isn't it that the difference between humans and other animals is that humans can use and make tools?
A group of people stepped on the squeaky fallen leaves into the mountain, from time to time there were rabbits or squirrels like small animals running in front of him, Chen Chao looked itchy and unbearable, you must know that rabbits are good things, they are born quickly, their fur is still warm, and they can live if they eat grass.
The rabbits in June can start breeding, as little as three and as many as eight, and they can also conceive 4-8 litters a year, as long as there are five pairs of males and females, at least a few hundred will be available next month.
And... Their sons can have grandchildren, grandchildren can have great-grandchildren, and then their grandparents can have grandchildren...
At that time, according to the reproduction rate of this rabbit, it can eat meat and have fur, isn't this more fragrant than hunting...
But that's all for later, even if you catch a rabbit now, you can eat it now, unless there is a surplus today, you can consider raising the rabbit you caught as reserve food.
Now that they can't eat enough, they tell primitive people that the sons of rabbits will give birth to grandchildren, and there will be hundreds of rabbits in the future, but they don't understand it, and they can't wait for that time.
Seeing that everyone was heading deeper into the mountains, Chen Chao only stopped slightly and made a few brief traps to keep up with the footsteps of the large army.
This time, everyone's luck was relatively bad, and it was about noon that they met a wild boar that went out to forage, and the process was thrilling, only two and a half children fell and injured their legs because they were too nervous.
The leader looked at the sky, and then calculated the distance back, although a wild boar was not enough to eat the whole tribe, but counting the food collected by the women, it should be enough.
On the way back, Chen Chao unexpectedly found that there were many vines and plants growing in the bushes on the side, which is a good material for basket weaving!
Make a basket and go to the river to net fish~~~
Even if you can't find bamboo, you can still find vines! And the bamboo still needs to be cut into pieces with a knife in hand before it can be woven into baskets, as for the big stone knife that cuts meat in the tribe...
Cutting meat can... Pieces of bamboo... Hundreds of pieces of bamboo...
Wash up and go to bed early...
It's really ~ I can't hold back anything! What do you want~ nothing!
Returning to the forest where there were many rabbit thieves before, Chen Chao went to look at the trap he had set, yo~
There is a rabbit pressed under each slate.
Chen Chao held his forehead, this rabbit is too stupid, right? You know, I didn't put anything under the slate...
The leader was also very happy to see a few rabbits pressed under the stone slabs, and the men in the hunting team were also very curious, so they surrounded them one after another, gesturing and asking Chen Chao how he did it.
Chen Chao smiled, picked up one of the rabbits and handed it to the person next to him, and then began to restore the trap.
Lift up the slab and prop it up with five smaller sticks, a bit like two more logs for a worker, and a small trap will be ready, and the bottom one can be forked with some food.
The principle is very simple. You can understand it at a glance, so after the rabbits under the stone slabs were taken out, this forest was full of stone slabs that were propped up...