Chapter Ninety-Six: A Gift for Witches
As the last hunt is over, the temperature gradually drops.
Shao Xuan dragged his last hunt of the year down from the top of the mountain.
The weather is getting cooler, and winter is almost 30 days away. A portion of the food was put in the tribe's cave, and the rest was brought down the mountain.
The other hunting party was already preparing to go out, and they had to hurry up, and when they returned, it was believed that winter was about to officially arrive.
Lao Ke met friends on the mountain, Caesar stayed there to carry his old man down the mountain, as for the chirp, when Shao Xuan returned to the tribe, he saw it flying in the sky, and after going to the top of the mountain to participate in the knife washing ceremony, he did not see its shadow.
As soon as he returned home and entered the door, Shao Xuan saw an eagle lying on the stone table, the eagle's head hung crookedly on the edge of the stone table, motionless, so frightened that Shao Xuan thought that the bird's head was broken, but fortunately, soon the goods turned over and jumped off the stone table, and when he flapped his wings, several wooden chairs around him were staggered.
has grown so big, Chirp still retains the habits of his childhood, he will lie on the stone table when he has nothing to do, and all the things that were originally placed on the stone table will be lifted off the ground, and he will not change after being pumped by Shao Xuan several times.
Looking at the eagle squeezing over, Shao Xuan cut a piece of beast meat and threw it over, "Go out and eat!"
Even if the house has been expanded, it can't bear it to flap its wings in the house.
After the chirp left with the meat in his mouth, Shao Xuan planned to process the beast meat and marinate it, and looked at the stone jar in the kitchen, which was full.
The kitchen is a room specially separated by Shao Xuan, and a simple stone stove is made in it, which is more convenient than a stone pot.
Remembering that there was an empty stone jar in the corner, Shao Xuan walked over and took a look. There is an old stone jar there, which Lao Ke brought over, which is relatively old, the mouth of the jar is cracked, and it can't hold much water at all, but it is temporarily shelved here, planning to hold other things.
There was a wooden lid on the stone jar, which had not been moved for some time, and it was already covered with a layer of dust.
Shao Xuan lifted the wooden cover and looked inside, but saw a washbasin-sized guy staying quietly inside, with many jagged spines on his back armor. The water in the stone jar only slightly covered its back.
Seeing it, Shao Xuan remembered.
This turtle was caught in the fish fence when the tide was high in the double moon, Shao Xuan asked Lang Ga to keep the stewed soup for him, and later Lang Ga sent it, and Shao Xuan threw it directly in the stone jar of Lao Ke's house. Later, because of a series of things such as hunting, building a house, and moving, it was put on hold, Shao Xuan almost forgot about it, and Lao Ke didn't eat it, and it has been put until now.
Do the math, it's now the end of the year, it's been half a year, and I've been putting it in it, and I haven't starved to death!
Probably hungry and unmotivated, Shao Xuan poked twice with a wooden stick, and it only moved slightly.
Why don't you stew it today?, Shao Xuan thought.
Just thinking about whether to stew today or raise it for a few days before stewing, Lao Ke has already returned with Caesar.
Seeing Lao Ke come in, Shao Xuan asked, "You say, should we eat it today, or will we eat it for a few days?"
"Well, it's still there!" said Old Ke in surprise.
When Lang Ga sent this turtle over, he didn't say that Shao Xuan was going to slaughter it and eat it, plus there were Caesar and chirp in front, Lao Ke thought that Shao Xuan wanted to bring this thing back to raise and play, after all, there were already two in front of him, and it was not novel to have one more.
So after putting it in the stone jar, Lao Ke just added some water to it every once in a while, and threw some meat residues when he had time, he thought Shao Xuan would take care of it, but he didn't know that Shao Xuan had forgotten about it. Later, after the house was expanded, Lao Ke asked about the turtle again, only to know that Shao Xuan had no intention of raising it, but just put it away, so he didn't continue to feed it. Food is still treated differently from pets.
In the past, Lao Ke thought that pets were spare food, and then got along with Caesar and Chirp for a long time, and also had a little feeling, every day Caesar still carried him around, naturally reluctant to let Caesar starve, but, food is different, with the thinking of the tribesmen, since it is food, why do I have to waste anything to feed it?
As soon as it was put aside, it was now.
"Yes, this is the time when the river rose after the full moon before, and I set up a fish fence by the river to catch it, and I asked Langga to keep it for me to cook and eat, and then I forgot about it when I got busy. Shao Xuan said.
"It's been a long time since I've fed it, and it's still alive!" said Lao Ke. After all, they were not short of food, and they didn't finish eating the first few stone jars, and the stone jars in the corner didn't pay much attention to them.
"This creature carries hunger, has a long lifespan, and does not die easily. Shao Xuan said, throwing a piece of freshly cut beast meat inside.
The turtle, which was originally wilted, immediately bit it, and when the eagle hooked its beak and bit the meat hard, because it was too hard, it pecked at the stone tank wall after biting the meat, making a clattering sound.
Shao Xuan looked at the inner wall of the stone jar inside, and found that there were various scratches and traces of pecking on the inner wall, if it weren't for the thick wall of this stone jar, it would probably have been pecked through a long time ago. Perhaps, most of the cracks on the stone jar are also due to it.
"Why don't you eat it today?" Shao Xuan turned his head to ask Lao Ke, but found that Lao Ke was staring at the turtle in the stone jar, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Ah Xuan. Lao Ke stared at the turtle inside and said.
"What?"
"Didn't you say that you were going to the mountains to learn from witches in the winter?" asked Lao Ke.
"That's the plan, and Wu agreed. Shao Xuan said.
"You can give it to the witch. Lao Ke raised his finger and pointed to the turtle in the stone jar that was active after eating the meat, and said.
"To the witch?"
Wu is not short of food, how can this be rare?
But soon, Shao Xuan also reacted. Lao Ke thinks that the meaning of this turtle is very good, just like Shao Xuan just said, "longevity" and "immortality".
Shao Xuan doesn't know what the meaning of the turtle is here, but in his previous life, many people did regard the turtle as a symbol of longevity and immortality, and this turtle is indeed very vigorous.
Think about it, when he caught it, Lang Ga tossed the prey trapped by the fish fence for a while, and then brought it over, and starved it for a long time, nearly half a year, counting, it really didn't eat much, but it still survived tenaciously, which also made Lao Ke believe in the meaning of "longevity and immortality" that Shao Xuan said.
Good moral things, the residents of the tribe always feel that they should be dedicated to the revered people, Lao Ke is naturally one of them, plus Shao Xuan wants to learn from Wu, this is an honor in his opinion, and it is natural to dedicate this turtle, which symbolizes longevity and immortality, to Wu.
Seeing Lao Ke insisting so much, Shao Xuan would not insist on eating it, anyway, there was no shortage of food.
"Okay, next time I go up the mountain to look for a witch, I'll bring it over. Shao Xuan responded.
Hearing this, Lao Ke smiled, "Before that, you have to take care of it." ”
Lao Ke felt that the things dedicated to Wu must be in excellent condition, otherwise they would not be able to show their sincerity.
So, after eating and drinking for more than ten days, Shao Xuan grabbed the turtle's back with both hands, turned its belly outward, and half-lifted it up the mountain.
Mountains.
Wu was sitting in the stone house, holding a beast brush to record something on the animal skin scroll, and when he heard Shao Xuan coming over to offer food, he was a little curious, after all, Shao Xuan's hunting team had been back to the tribe for so many days, and what could he offer now?
Putting down the pen, Wu raised his head and was about to say something, when he saw the turtle in Shao Xuan's hand.
Wu's old face twitched, and what he was going to say was held back.
In the past, when other people in the tribe came to offer food, they were all cut pieces of meat, and they were also cleanly handled, and when they came to Shao Xuan, they directly brought a turtle over, and it was still alive, this turtle was having an eagle hook beak, and there were bitten sawdust on the side of the mouth.
Obviously, this turtle has a lot of destructive power, and when it was brought in by Shao Xuan, it was still murderous, as if he wanted to go up and bite it when he saw anything.
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Sorry.,It's just a chapter tonight.,Tomorrow it's an early update.,There will be a double update on the weekend.。
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