After walking on the riverbank, Su Ming and Hei Er began to walk back, and when they did not have the way they came, they began to return to the cave along the bottom of the mountain.

But halfway through, the mountain stream formed by the melting snow blocked the road, and Su Ming had to follow the stream to find a shallow place to cross the stream.

The closer the stream got to the mountain, the more fierce the water became, and the more slowly the water flowed, and after a few hundred meters along the stream, the stream split into three small streams, and the water had become nearly slow, still scouring deep ravines on the ground, revealing the white earth on both sides.

As they meandered in the direction of the big river, these streams should continue to diverge, because Su Ming and the others encountered nine smaller streams on the banks of the big river, and they could all cross them safely.

After crossing one stream after another, Su Ming and the others finally came to the mountain trail again, but Su Ming was a little uneasy, feeling that he had overlooked something very important, but he didn't know what it was for a while.

Back in the cave, Su Ming has been lying on his bed, tossing and turning and not being still, always feeling a little panicked in his heart, and this feeling has been tormenting him.

The sun has sunk in the west, the fire in the fire pit is booming, everyone is now around the fire, waiting for the meat on the grill to be cooked, these are their dinners, a piece of meat plus a few plant tubers, meat and vegetables are matched, the nutrition is balanced, and of course it can also fill the stomach.

Hei Er came and brought Su Ming's food with him, he wanted to comfort Su Ming, because since he came back from the plains, Su Ming's mood has not been high, and he looks preoccupied.

When the three of them were selected together and cultivated as a sacrifice, they spent relatively more time together, coupled with the equality of status, they quickly became friends, even if Su Ming has now determined that he is the next generation of sacrifices, it has not affected their friendship and trust.

"Su Ming, the meat is roasted, this is your favorite pork belly, but I kept staring at it until it was cooked, otherwise I don't know who will run away." Hurry up, if there is anything, you have to eat a full meal before you can solve it. Black Ear comforted from the bedside.

"Well, eat first, I'm really hungry. Thank you, Kuro. ”

"No, give it, eat it quickly, otherwise it will be cold after a while, and it won't taste good." ”

Taking the barbecue meat in Hei Er's hand, Su Ming took a bite hard, and couldn't help but sigh a little: "Hey, it's barbecue again, and the head has been eaten and rusted." It would be nice to have a stewed pork rib now. ”

Suddenly, Su Ming's mind flashed with inspiration, stewed pork ribs! Yes, yes, stewed ribs, stewed ribs! I mean something important I forgot, it turned out to be it.

After thinking about the crux of the matter, Su Ming felt that the barbecue in his mouth had become extraordinarily delicious, and he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and patted Hei Er's shoulder and said, "Hei Er, you are really my lucky star, I have been thinking about the problem for so long, and you solved it as soon as you came." ”

Looking at Su Ming's excited face, Hei Er felt blind, and thought to himself, he didn't say anything, he just sent him a dinner, and he didn't do anything else. Forget it, as long as Su Ming is fine, then it doesn't matter if there is anything else.

The next morning, just after breakfast, Su Ming found Hei Er and invited him to go to the plains with him, and also prepared two pestles, as well as two animal skins that had been stripped off for a long time, which was to move things on the plains.

Following the footprints they had walked yesterday, Su Ming and Hei Er soon came to the place where the mountain stream diverted, and his target was the white soil next to one of the divergent streams.

Su Ming took out a small piece of moist white soil, and felt it repeatedly with his hands, and a smile gradually appeared on his face, that's right, these white soils are clay, and they are all high-quality clays, which can be used to make pottery directly.

After confirming that it was clay, Su Ming immediately started digging with Hei Er, and after a while, a large pile was dug up. The two of them wrapped the clay in the animal skins they had brought, put them on the pestle, and began to rush to the cave.

For the next few days, the tribe would see the two carrying dirt into the cave for six days.

Because a herd of one-horned sheep began to appear on the plains, it meant that it was no longer safe outside the cave, the prey was on the stage, and the fierce predators should have come nearby.

From now on, everyone has to start to be careful, and fortunately, after six days of continuous excavation and transportation, Su Ming already has enough clay. Now he is concentrating on making the first clay of pottery.

As the first batch of pottery, Su Ming was going to make some pottery pots and pottery bowls, which were simple to make but also very practical everyday utensils, and most importantly, these were more acceptable to everyone.

After all, the tribal people who have eaten barbecue all their lives, now come to boil and stew, they will definitely be able to give them a different kind of food enjoyment, so as to accept pottery from the bottom of their hearts.

The production of clay blanks, there is no wheel system, no molding, only simple hand kneading, although the appearance is a little ugly, but it does not affect its use function.

The finished clay is not glazed, and after it dries, it is ready to be fired directly, everything is so simple and crude.

In the end, after all the clay was used up, Su Ming made a total of twenty-one pottery pots and more than a hundred pottery bowls. By the time these were finished, twenty days had passed, and the clay that had been made at the beginning had dried and was ready for firing.

The kiln that fired the pottery, built with stones and soil, has also been piled up, it is a very small earthen kiln, and it takes three times to burn such a small pottery blank made by Su Ming.

The clay billet is ready, the kiln for firing the pottery is also in place, and the wood is ready-made, everything is ready. Put the pottery blank, seal the kiln, raise the fire, step by step to complete, looking at the raging flame, Su Ming can only bless the pottery in the kiln, and some of them can be successfully transformed into pottery.

The raging fire lasted from morning to afternoon, spending about eight hours in between, and then slowly extinguished, quietly waiting for him to cool down.

The sun is almost setting in the west, and when it is about to set, the whole kiln has cooled down and it is ready to be opened.

Su Ming's heart was full of apprehension, but also full of expectation, after more than 20 days of hard work, now is the time to test the results.

Like a devout believer, Su Ming opened the door of the kiln, reached into the kiln with both hands, and slowly took out a bowl with residual heat from it.

"Hey, it's cracked, it's a piece of waste. Looking at the bowl in his hand, although it has become pottery, it is indeed a crack and broken, Su Ming couldn't help but sigh, he didn't make a good start.

One more, cracked, another one, still cracked, don't believe in evil, another one, haha, intact, successful.

In the end, Su Ming harvested twelve intact pottery bowls and two intact pottery pots in this kiln. The success rate of this pottery firing is about thirty percent, and for the first firing of pottery, the success rate is already very high, at least exceeding Su Ming's own expectations.

Now the time is just right, the clay pot that has just come out of the kiln is cooking tonight's dinner, and Hei Er, who has been busy with Su Ming for more than 20 days, is also looking forward to the food cooked in the clay pot in Su Ming's mouth.