For safety reasons, I quietly climbed up a tree, which was dense with foliage, and I pushed away the dense foliage. Chasing the sound of rustling, I finally found the source of the sound, I took a closer look, cold sweat broke out, and the hair on my body was upside down!

Wild boar!

A large herd of wild boars with fangs.

It was a herd of wild boars, about a dozen of them, large and small. As the saying goes, one bear, two tigers, and three wild boars. Damn, it's not easy to use a gun when you encounter this kind of thing, let alone with your bare hands. It's better to avoid it.

Some islands only have wild goats and wild boars and the like, which is actually very easy to explain. The first is that it is relatively close to the land, and they come by swimming. On the other hand, they were stocked in the mountains by passing ships. In the Age of Discovery, seafarers would often scatter goats and wild boars on the islands in order to eat fresh meat, and when they passed by again, they would hunt to ensure the freshness of the ingredients.

With the uncertainty of navigation and the frequent occurrence of shipwrecks, some islands in the deep sea of the Pacific Ocean have fortunately survived many wild domestic animals, which have flourished and grown.

The boar is known for its rampage, resembling a heavy tank, and everywhere is in shambles. This kind of thing is very spiritual and fierce, and wild beasts such as wolves and tigers do not dare to approach it easily alone. The dense deep mountains, rashly encountered them, and had to temporarily take refuge.

I waited a long time before the guys chirped away. I dared to go down the tree and randomly pick up some dry wood around and go back.

The bear meat is already cooked, and there are some wild potatoes. Serve the bear meat in a small bowl with coconut shells and a few chopsticks. A fresh fragrance wafted in, perhaps because he had been wandering for too long.

I don't care about eating it, the bear's meat is coarse, like air-dried ham, but with a fishy smell, like a concentrated essence a hundred times that of cattle and sheep. Even if it has been mixed with a large amount of litsea pepper, litsea cubeba, mountain ginger seeds, mountain pepper, and large wood ginger, it still can't hide the taste.

The unique original flavor comes from the birds and animals that the greedy black bears in the forest once ate, the sweet wild fruits and the rancid residual meat, which are refined over time through the movement of muscles and the protection of fat. Lao Tzu is also the first time to eat this thing, and you can drink it for a while in the future.

Have a full meal and sit back for a break. It is necessary to continue the afternoon work to ensure food rations for the future. I arranged the next task for Xiao Bowl and Xiaoxiao.

I asked them to stack stones next to the waterfall in front of the cave, and I was responsible for picking up the more suitable stones from the stream, and they were responsible for lifting them. I found an area and thought it was a dam, and the waters were calmer.

Xiao Wan's eyes widened, and he said stupidly: "Brother Xiao Xia, are we going to take a bath around the dam?" Although the water was not deep enough yesterday, it was enough to squat! “

I suddenly felt that she was extremely innocent, and her eyes were even more crystal clear, and she couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'm not afraid of fish bites, so I'm washed inside." Xiao Wan pretended to be angry when he heard this, grabbed Xiaoxiao's arm, beat it lightly with his hand, and stared at me fiercely with big eyes.

"My little princess, this is for fish, not for bathing." I looked at her, she looked puzzled, I really didn't know that the legend, that majestic her, had such a stupid side. "That's it! Once we've fenced the dam, you'll understand how it works! Xiaowan stomped his feet angrily, waded into the water with Xiaoxiao, ignored me, and carried the stones on his own.

"You build a solid base around the perimeter, add a few more layers to the perimeter, and I'll cut down some tree poles to make a hole door, and try to finish it before dark." After speaking, I took out the Qingying Sword, left a dagger by the stream, and explained: "Xiaowan, you have superb martial arts, keep this dagger, don't pay attention to the surroundings!" She was so angry that she didn't even pay any attention to me.

I had not gone far before I saw a small grove of arm-thick trees, each about four or five meters high. If cut off and woven into a wooden stick board. There are wild boars here, and the house has not been built in the past few days, so I can only use these to make a temporary door first, and block the door of the cave at night. I have learned from some old hunters in the Northeast that animals like wild boars are generally difficult to break through this kind of fence gate.

The entrance to the cave is two meters wide, and I roughly estimated that a tree is about ten centimeters, and it takes seventeen or eighteen trunks that are two meters high. Because the rattan is tied and there is a gap in the door, the hole made in this way is big enough and strong enough.

My luck is much better than that of Master Bei and Master De. At least I have a sword that sharpens iron like clay. In fact, cutting down trees with stone axes and seashells like this is very inefficient. At the Yuyao Hemudu site, a large number of polished stone tools have been unearthed. Archaeologists copied several stone axes and spent three days cutting down a tree the size of a bowl. It can be seen from this that the railing building of Hemudu is a huge project.

I cut down from the bottom of each tree against the trunk of the tree, although the sword was sharp, but the blade was still too narrow, so I first cut a gap on one side, and when each small tree was cut down to only two-thirds of the circumference, I would retreat ten meters, and then run and exert force, like fighting the enemy on the battlefield, fly up and kick it. This avoids unnecessary missing edges and broken blades.

In less than three hours I had knocked down many trees, and then I had smoothed them with a dagger, and I had carefully tied them with rattans, and I had lifted four or five at a time over my shoulders and carried them to the mouth of the cave.

When I returned to the stream, the small bowl and the smile had already enclosed the pit pool firmly and beautifully, and the girl was meticulous and beautiful in her work. They were tired and sweaty, and they sat by the stream to rest, put their feet in the water, and laughed at me.

Xiaoxiao looked at my struggling appearance and said, "You rarely do manual work, do you?" Then we'll help you move the wood, right? Indeed, this part of the floating almost drained my body, but I was still full of recklessness, and scolded in my heart, "Your sister, who wants your help" but said "Okay then!" Be careful, one at a time is enough! ”

Sure enough, the two of them hugged each other to the entrance of the cave, not to mention, with their help, sure enough, my work progress was still much faster.

It took about half an hour to finally get all the wood back. I went and cut a lot of flexible rattan and used it as rope for weaving sticks. In order to make the gate stronger and less easily broken by predators, I cut grooves in each log so that the horizontal and vertical junctions could bite each other, and then tied each intersection firmly with rattan.

I used a wooden stick to measure horizontally and vertically, and made a carving, and sure enough, the size was perfect. However, this one is heavier. While erecting the opening, I carved a shallow dimple in the stone with a dagger, and used it to inlay the two wooden hubs on the edge of the wood, so that the door could be installed and turned freely.

With the concerted efforts of the three of us, we finally erected the heavy door and placed it at the entrance of the cave, just the size that covered the entire cave.

I chose a thicker branch and dug a shallow pit in it to hold against the gate in the middle of the night.

By the time I got everything right, it was getting dark. The island's seabirds always return to their nests early for safety. We also had to enter the cave early, so we took the artemisia grass and bear skin that had dried during the day into the cave, and after lighting torches in the cave, it was also warm and felt a little like home.

I put all the bear meat that had been dried for a day into the hole, and then added some freshly chopped pieces of wet wood to the fire, and cut a few large pieces of animal meat with a dagger, and raised them to roast in the smoke. This is also a method of grilling smoked meat, which is a way to preserve the meat as much as possible, which is more quaint but practical.

Even though we live in a cave, we will only feel safe when we sit around the campfire when the entrance to the cave is blocked by the stout stick door. This is the same reason that felines like to drill into boxes.

The bear meat was quickly cooked, and I used a dagger to cut the food into many small pieces, and everyone ate with relish.

At this time, Xiao Wan said angrily: "Brother Xiao Xia, you said that you would explain the role of the dam to me!" Hum! Why don't you say it, you're a liar! ”

I couldn't laugh or cry, that's why he ignored me? No wonder one afternoon I had a tiger's face, so I told her the principle in detail: "This kind of dam is similar to a crab pot." The entrance of the fishing tool is equipped with inverted whiskers, and river crabs can only enter and cannot exit. Our dam also has an opening like this, and once the fish swim in, they can't get out. When we catch it in it, it's like catching a turtle in an urn! ”

"In addition, we only need to close the mouth of the urn, which is a natural water tank, and the fish are completely trapped." Speaking of which, I gestured and smiled slightly.

Xiao Wan snorted, and finally completely deflated. She and Xiaoxiao spread the dried artemisia grass neatly, and the soft bear skin was spread out on it, and it was much more comfortable to lie on than last night.

It was still early, and I couldn't sleep for a while. He went out again to pick up some rattan, which had not been used during the day, and sat down by the fire, intending to make a basket.

Generally, baskets are made of bamboo, rattan, willow branches, etc. It's flexible, and it's very durable, so of course I can't weave it in a very detailed way. But it's simple, and it can be done.

I was engrossed in weaving the basket. At this time, the door had not yet been closed, but the sense of security in the dark night, but as it got dark, my whole uneasiness suddenly increased a lot. Simply, I closed the door, and immediately my vigilance was relaxed, and the whole person began to be groggy, his head swayed, and he was about to fall asleep.

I don't know when, Xiaoxiao ran over and grabbed my arm and helped me up, and I was groggy and let them go. I slept next to it, so sleepy that as soon as my head touched the mattress, I fell asleep as if I had drunk a drug......

Tiredness is like a beast of prey, tossing and turning in my mind...... Before I was about to fall asleep, I habitually glanced at the sturdy gate, thinking that the beast would definitely not be able to open the door.

Everything was fine tonight, everyone slept well, and the wooden door was so well done.

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