Xiao Xiaoxiao said while sharpening, "The bowl is a little more complicated than the bucket and basin you just made, because the outside of the bowl has to be sharpened, and it should be slanted down like this, and the bottom should not be sharpened." Evenly cut into an arc, the bottom of the bowl must be flat, about the same, now cut the inside, the cutting method in the bowl is similar to the one you just chiseled the barrel, along the shape of the outside to dig the wood, be careful not to dig through too hard. ”

"Alright, you can try it." Xiao Xiaoxiao handed the semi-finished product she had basically finished to Shen, who tried to plane it twice, and then ...... Pierced. Shen looked at Xiao Xiaoxiao with a panicked face, "Xiaoxiao, what should I do, it's broken." Xiao Xiaoxiao wanted to laugh a little when she saw Shen's nervous and flustered appearance, but she couldn't help it, judging from Shen's strength to carry the thick and thin trunk of the bucket, it was indeed a little difficult for him to do this kind of careful work.

So she hurriedly comforted: "It's okay Shen, there are so many wooden blocks, you can try another one." Shen nodded, picked one up from the side, and began to sharpen it carefully, each time he cut it, he had to compare it with the semi-finished product that Xiao Xiaoxiao had made before. Then he scratched his head, and struggled to think of the shape of the arc with the capacity of his current brain, trying to replicate the exterior of the half-finished bowl.

Xiao Xiaoxiao saw that he was doing energetically, and he also began to turn to the spoon, starting with a small carving, and depicting the external outline little by little. Wait until you get used to the carving of the small spoon and then grind the big spoon, although there are many forks, but the wood suitable for the big spoon in her mind is only one or two, and if you can use the first suitable one, you don't want to use the second. After all, it is to hold meat and bones, there is a certain weight, and every trace of texture and density is very important, so it is best not to compromise.

In order to ensure that the most suitable piece is not wasted, it is necessary to practice in advance. Even in the daily study of carving, she has to experiment before making valuables, and gradually find the feel before starting, not to mention that she has not carved things by hand for many years. Xiao Xiaoxiao cut out the overall outline of the small spoon little by little, seven of them one by one, the feeling gradually returned, and began to cut the wood of the two medium spoons.

This time, she quickly completed the outline of the spoon, but did not stop like a small spoon, but began to work on it. Step by step, the excess wood is slowly removed, so that the resemble item in the hand becomes a real spoon that can be used, one, two, and it is finished. Xiao Xiaoxiao put down the tools, moved the fingers of his wrist, and looked at Shen's progress, he also seemed to have found his own method and practiced again and again.

After a lot of effort, Shen was dragged by the pile of wood used to make bowls, and Xiao Xiaoxiao, who had already regained his touch, gradually took the lead. Not only did he make a large deep spoon for meat and bones perfectly, but he also quickly polished three finished spoons, and the remaining seven small spoons were processed by hand. For the rest of the time, Xiao Xiaoxiao did not disturb Shen, but chose to let him go alone to slowly ponder the experiment, which belonged to the mental evolution of the ancients.

Xiao Xiaoxiao cut more than a dozen pairs of chopsticks by himself, and took the things he used for a while to the pond to clean. The pond was specially built by the tribe to water the corn fields, and there is a path between the tree houses and the shelterbelt, which connects to the living area. Usually, the people of the tribe draw water from here for cooking, and only those who live at the back of the inner perimeter will pass through the barren rocky beach to the sacred cave to get water. Of course, there are also people who keep the habit of drinking the water of the cave in the morning, and the Yanshan tribe believes in the god of fire and regards the cave and water they have always relied on as a gods.

They all compete for the first spring water in the morning, believing that it has the effect of strengthening the body and prolonging life. But in fact, the water from the pond flows down from the mountain behind the cave and comes from the same source as the water in the cave. Xiao Xiaoxiao stood at the beginning of the pond and looked at the end, where it was close to the edge of the shelterbelt, and the corn standing in the field was faintly visible, golden and full, swinging with the wind.

Probably in the spring, when it is necessary to irrigate, a hole on the side of the pond will be opened to allow water to flow into the corn field. Now, even if the water is full and overflowing, it only moistens the shelterbelt, but the trees are large and shaded, but a lot of mushrooms and fungus sprout in the shade. Seeing this, Xiao Xiaoxiao didn't guess whether there was Ganoderma lucidum fairy grass in this deep mountain and old forest, dug it back, boiled medicine, made tea, and boiled soup to improve immunity and increase resistance.

Since he saw this, how could there be a reason to enter Baoshan and return empty-handed, Xiao Xiaoxiao shook the wooden barrel and basin in his hand, and his big eyes rolled. After quickly washing the shovels, spoons, chopsticks, wooden basins, and wooden barrels he brought, Xiao Xiaoxiao threw all the kitchen utensils into the basin, and walked towards the protective forest at the other end of the wooden bucket by himself. Because it was next to a pond, the soil was very wet, and under the cover of fallen leaves and grass, it was crawling with mushrooms, and piles of wet fungus were dotted with fallen dead trees.

They catch your eye, urge your steps, make you run and bend over, pick up and scream. Time passed quickly in the busy green, Shen made the bowls, and seeing that Xiao Xiaoxiao hadn't come back yet, he put the ten bowls into the remaining two wooden barrels and took them to find her. When he arrived at the edge of the pond, he saw the wooden basin and the kitchen utensils inside, but Xiao Xiaoxiao was missing, and Shen began to panic and shouted Xiao Xiaoxiao's name.

"Tiny! Little! Where are you! Little --------little little --------" Hearing Shen's shout, Xiao Xiaoxiao returned to reality from the excitement of picking mushrooms and fungus, quickly stood up, and waved to Shen: "I'm here!" I'm here! Shen looked in the direction of the voice, saw Xiao Xiaoxiao at the end of the pond, and waved his hand excitedly: "Xiaoxiao, I saw you, Xiaoxiao, you wait for me, I'll go over immediately." ”

Shen quickly rushed to Xiao Xiaoxiao's side and said excitedly: "Xiaoxiao, I made it, I made a lot of bowls." Xiao Xiaoxiao gave a thumbs up and encouraged: "Shen is so good, I made a lot of bowls so quickly, it's so amazing, we can use it when we eat at noon." Shen was even more happy when he heard this, and pulled Xiao Xiaoxiao and said: "I brought all the bowls, Xiaoxiao to see if it is okay, it is by the pond." ”

Xiao Xiaoxiao hurriedly said, "Wait a minute!" I haven't taken the barrel yet. Shen stopped, looked back, and saw a wooden barrel under the tree behind him, and in it was a bunch of strange things, which he seemed to have seen and had not seen. Shen walked over, picked up the barrel in one hand, walked back again, pointed to the contents of the barrel and asked, "Xiaoxiao, what is this?" Xiao Xiaoxiao smiled: "Delicious things, let's go, let's go back." ”

By the time the two returned to the treehouse, hunter-gatherers had already returned, and people had begun to fetch water in the living quarters. Chi and Chan were looking left and right in front of the three wooden basins, and when they saw the two of them, they praised, "Is this a stuff?" It's good, why didn't we think of making such a shallow one before, it's good to put fruits, corn, wild vegetables, and barbecue, ah! You're made to put mammoth blood? ”

With a blazing look on his face that I had guessed, he looked at Xiao Xiaoxiao and Shen, waiting for the answer to be announced. And Can couldn't put it down, touching the wooden basin and said, "Xiaoxiao, this is a good one, it's not stingy at all, it's slippery." Xiao Xiaoxiao stepped forward with a smile and patted the top of Can's hair and said, "If you like it, I'll give this to you." "Oh~!" Can cheered, jumped up happily, and hugged Xiao Xiaoxiao after falling: "Little is the best." ”

Xiao Xiaoxiao smiled, looked up and explained to Chi Heshen: "This is used to wash things, called 'basin', you can use it to wash vegetables and meat, you can also get up early every day to wash your face, wash your feet at night, wash your clothes when your clothes are dirty, and wash your hair when your hair is dirty." For the time being, there are only four of them, just one for each of us, and in the afternoon Shen and I will find another tree to make some, and then we will separate the pots according to different uses. ”

Shen listened and nodded, "Xiaoxiao, leave it all to me, wooden barrels, wooden basins, bowls, I will make them." I'll do as much as you want. Chi also said: "What's the use of my help, I don't hunt in the afternoon, I'm free for the time being." Xiao Xiaoxiao said strangely: "Chi, are you okay in the afternoon?" Chi nodded, "Well, the hunting team is generally more free at the time, the key is to be able to hit the prey, usually we don't come back here." ”

"It also depends on the situation, there are many people who don't come back, and the hunt has to be ambushed and pursued, and it usually takes a whole day. But if it goes well, it will come back early, just like when we went out yesterday and met the half-dead mammoth, if it didn't go well, we would come back early, someone was injured, there was no prey in the direction we went, and so on. Nothing came of it if we continued to stay, so we had to come back, and the time after coming back was arranged by ourselves. ”

"Somebody will team up to hunt a gopher nearby, fish in a spot, collect some fruit or something. I'll stay and help you. Xiao Xiaoxiao nodded understandingly, "Oh, that's it, but aren't you hunting together?" Won't you go with them to hunt whackles and fish and pick fruits? Chi affirmed: "Of course you can, didn't Shen tell you?" We have to form teams every day, and each team has a different direction, just to find as much prey as possible and get more food. ”

"The entire Yanshan tribe hunts, can form three or four teams, and there are also individuals who go out to hunt alone, we just cooperate in the hunt that day, and we will automatically disband after returning to the tribe." Xiao Xiaoxiao couldn't help clapping his hands and said: "Your method is so advanced...... it doesn't seem like an idea that the ancients could have, it's too surprising, by the way, "What about the collection?" Isn't that the case? ”

Blazing shook his head and said: "No, because most of the people collected are the tribe's Ah Hao and Eminem...... Chan couldn't help but interject when he heard this: "There is also Can, and the same big as Chan will go, I also brought back such a big one today, a lot of fruits, and I have to carry corn with Eminem after a while, and Chan is also very capable." ”