Chapter 524: Excavating the Ice Cellar
The cold wind is steep.
The icy drizzle shrouded his body, gradually condensing into bean-sized droplets, one after another.
Ye Xi wiped the droplets of water that slipped off his face and decided to find something to do.
He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment.
"Ah...... I forgot about the ice cellar......"
He suddenly remembered that he had been going to make an ice cellar last spring.
Ice cellars are undoubtedly a very practical thing in this prehistoric society that lacks technology.
It can preserve the perishable fresh meat, fruits and vegetables, and even take some ice out to cool it when the weather is hot.
To build an ice cellar, you have to have ice.
Although the weather is getting warmer and the ice has melted a lot, it is still too late.
Ye Xi walked out of the stone house and walked slowly along the stone brick floor covered with residual snow, and finally came to a cave on the edge of Xicheng.
At this time, there are many petite burrowing rabbit babies in front of the cave bouncing in the drizzle, chasing and playing.
Half a year has passed, and the burrowing rabbits with strong reproductive ability have given birth to a lot of *** rabbits, most of these burrowing rabbits are only a few months old, a small lump, chubby and dwarf, but they are already very flexible and naughty, and they can run and jump.
They rolled in a mess, pressing each other and joking.
The burrowing bunny who pressed someone else let out a smug laugh, and the burrowing bunny who was pressed below babbled and screamed in a small milk voice, and then angrily fought back.
"Yikes!"
A burrowing rabbit baby accidentally bumped into Ye Xi's knee softly while dodging, and immediately screamed in surprise, and when he turned around and saw Ye Xi, a pair of immature long ears also stood up.
Ye Xi picked up this confused-looking rabbit child.
This burrowing rabbit child is wearing a fur coat and is soft to hold.
His cheeks were covered with delicate brown fluff, his big watery eyes were particularly conspicuous, his small nose was frozen red, dragging his long nose, and when he looked at Ye Xi, he subconsciously inhaled sharply.
It's so cute.
Ye Xi's eyes softened,
"What's your name?"
The burrowing rabbit child's eyes widened and he didn't say anything.
Ye Xi continued to ask, "Are you Na clan elders in the cave?"
The cave rabbit child was still confused, staring at Ye Xi and snorting hard.
The rest of the cave rabbit children in animal skin clothes came over curiously when they saw Ye Xi, fluffy around his feet, staring up at him, and a cave rabbit child who looked exactly like him shouted indistinctly,
"I know, I know, I know, I can grow up in it!"
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the adults of the Cave Rabbit Clan who heard the movement in the cave came out to take a look, and they were taken aback when they saw Ye Xihou, and hurriedly pulled the patriarch of the family out.
Na Yi happily saluted Ye Xi: "Na Yi has seen Lord Xiwu!"
Ye Xi put down the stupid child and asked, "How are your clansmen doing this winter?"
Na nodded like pounding garlic: "Very good, very good! The fur here is abundant and warm, and there is no shortage of food, and none of our clansmen have died after this winter!"
Burrowing rabbits don't like to live in stone houses like everyone else and still live in caves.
Now there are three caves in Xicheng, one for slaves, one for burrowing rabbits, and one for wrinkled eight-legged insects.
Among them, the cave rabbit man's cave is the largest and most complicated, and it is like a maze when you walk into it, there are small holes everywhere, and all of them are passages, and Ye Xi doesn't want to go in after entering it once.
Ye Xi: "I came today because I have a task to give to you. ”
Nai's eyes lit up.
They cave rabbit people are not good at hunting, and they usually can't help much, so he can't wait for Ye Xi to share the work for them, so as not to panic.
......
A moment later.
The burrowing rabbits, who had been nesting in the cave for the whole winter, poured out like a tidal wave, and the number of them surprised the people of other tribes.
They walked through the snow to a field near the farmland, and after observing the terrain, they pouted and dug up the soil without saying a word.
Snow and dirt were flying.
After a while, a deep pit appeared on the flat ground.
The burrowing rabbit children stopped fighting, and jumped into the deep pit to help dig together, but were ruthlessly pinched by the adults and thrown out.
But the children persevered in getting in.
Extraordinarily stubborn.
There were too many of them to be lost, and the adults couldn't do anything about them, and the progress of digging the hole was seriously delayed.
In the end, the adults of the cave rabbit tribe compromised, and each of them tied a small animal skin around their necks, and coaxed them to let them carry the soil next to the deep pit to the back mountain.
The children sniffled and readily agreed.
So for a while, Xicheng was full of small pockets around their necks, with a serious face, and the burrow rabbit babies who ran hard were simply cute things running around.
Xicheng, which has been silent for a whole winter, is particularly vibrant by them.
The other end.
Ye Xi announced to the chiefs by the lake that he was going to dig an ice cellar and explained what an ice cellar was.
When the chiefs heard that the ice cellar would keep the ice from melting in the middle of summer, they understood the meaning of the ice cellar and were very excited and eager to help.
Ye Xi said: "There are burrowing rabbits digging holes, and others can't help much, but you can call the idle clansmen in the tribe, bring tools suitable for ice chisel, and go upstream to dig ice together!"
Chief Tushan asked, "Is there any river ice that hasn't melted?"
Ye Xi: "Yes!"
Although the ice on the surface of Star Lake and most of the rivers has melted, the lower rivers should still have a thick layer of ice that they can transport back there.
Chief Tu Shan: "That's without further ado, let's go as soon as possible!"
The Peel Chief quietly asked the Roaring Chief beside him, "Our tribe has no mounts, you ...... Can you give us some howler beasts?"
You can't run fast on two legs in the snow!
The Roar Chief laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "You Peel the tribe or stay here, the Roaring Beast runs very bumpy, and you can't get used to riding it for a while!"
The Peel Chief ran into the wall and glared at him angrily, and reluctantly asked the Gongtao Chief to borrow a mount.
Ye Xi suddenly raised his voice and said: "I forgot to say, you don't need to bring mounts this time, let's ride the wrinkled gill eight-legged insect together!"
Frill-gill eight-legged insects have long limbs that allow them to crawl smoothly even in snow and shallow waters, and they are extremely powerful and can carry items up to ten times their own weight, making them ideal for carrying things.
The Peel Chief was puzzled: "I know this wrinkled eight-legged worm, but it doesn't seem to be enough, right?"
Ye Xi smiled slightly, and asked Chief Yu to explain.
The stinging chief stepped forward with a slight hint of interest, and announced the good news to all the chiefs with a smile.
That is, under the hard cultivation of the stinging tribesmen, the wrinkled eight-legged insects in Xicheng have increased by several thousand, which is completely enough for everyone to ride to carry the ice. The most important thing is that they have spent a lot of effort to successfully breed a frill-gill eight-legged head worm, which can command all other ordinary wrinkled eight-legged insects.
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