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Chapter 31

Qiao's new cave is smaller than Zhuo Yan's cave. The cave is about twenty square meters. The soil on the walls inside is compacted and baked, and there is still a faint fragrance in the whole cave.

It's not the smell of firewood, but the fragrance of grass and trees. I don't know what kind of wood is used to bake it.

The gently sloping area outside is very wide, and there are some wild onions and garlic planted underneath. It must have been planted by Sister Qiao after they brought it back last time they went into the mountains.

Seeing so many people coming, Qiao greeted her warmly. When she saw the wooden door, her eyes were full of joy. When she took a closer look, she was surprised and said, "Why is there above - what is this?" She looked at Zhuo Yan.

This strange but beautiful thing must have been figured out by Zhuo Yan.

Zhuo Yan said, "You're getting married. I added some blessing patterns at home, like this auspicious cloud and little flowers. When the two doors are put together, it's 'safe'."

"Safe?" Qiao leaned over to take a look.

It was also the first time for Aman and Shitou to hear it. At this moment, they looked at the door under their hands and asked Zhuo Yan how to put it there and whether it was in the wrong position.

"It's backwards. A'man flips it over and the words and stones are spelled together." Zhuo Yan pointed.

Aman hurriedly opened the door, and Zhuo Yan helped him. The other sub-orcs who were watching didn't know what was happening, but they joined in the fun and stared at the wooden board. They saw the two wooden boards in Stone Aman's hand adjusted and put together. The position in the middle, Some lines are aligned.

"Is this peace?"

"I know peace, but how can this be peace?"

"Zhuo Yan, what on earth is this?"

Zhuo Yan didn't expect that the installation of the wooden door for Sister Qiao would cause such a big fuss, so he had to make it up well. , so she pondered for a while and said: "This is the word I came up with, which is the word for peace. I wish Qiao and Ada are married, and I wish them peace when entering and exiting this door."

Qiao's eyes lit up, she I liked this meaning very much. I couldn't help but stretched out my hand to hold Zhuo Yan's hand and said touchedly: "Thank you Zhuo Yan. I like the door you made very much and the peace you want."

"You're welcome. We are partners. We are all. Credit." Zhuo Yan said with a smile.

The other sub-orcs' attention was all on the 'safety' of this door, and some even asked Joe if he could touch it? Joe naturally agreed. There are also sub-orcs who noticed that there are patterns on the edge of the door. "I can see it. I can tell this is a small flower."

"Yes, it looks like a flower."

"So this is Ping An."

"This wooden board It's so beautiful."

"What kind of plank is it? It's a wooden door. Will it be alive after listening to Aman's words?"

Zhuo Yan: ...Aman, tell me!

Aman caught Zhuo Yan's gaze and said confidently: "I would have survived!"

"..." This is not for you to consolidate exaggerated rumors. never mind. Zhuo Yan has given up hope. It will be disappointing if everyone is disappointed. Anyway, it is a gift for Qiao. As long as Sister Qiao likes it.

Joe liked it very much and couldn't wait to install it immediately, so he also said that he would install the door.

Qiao and Ada had already dug grooves in the door frame and trenches. There were timber placed outside Sister Qiao's cave against the mountain, and Aman stones had been used to decorate Zhuo Yan's house. In addition, there would be so many sub-orcs watching, so both of them wanted to show off. Performance - Let the orcs of Tribelia see this. This is the method Zhuo Yan came up with. Zhuo Yan is not the one who hates all beasts. Zhuo Yan is very smart!

Including Xiao Xian, holding the wooden hinge in his arms, eager to try it.

The orcs gathered around, but at first they didn't dare to step forward for fear of breaking something. When Aman Shitou was carrying the wood, the strong ones in the crowd asked if they wanted to help, but Shitou readily said yes.

A few people got started.

At this time, Zhuo Yan poured out the yellow mud and dry grass from his basket, added some water and started mixing the mud.

"Zhuo Yan, is this okay?" Aman asked as he inserted the door frame into the slot.

Zhuo Yan, who was talking to the mud, looked up and said, "Tamp it down tightly."

"Okay." Aman handed the stone over.

The stone was so powerful that it tightened the pillars of the door frame against the mountain, and even pulled it out with force. It didn't move at all, so I called Zhuo Yan to be healed. Zhuo Yan began to pour yellow mud, mainly to fill the gaps in the slots.

The previous door frame of his house did not have this step. When Zhuo Yan made it for Qiao, he kept improving the door at home, making it strong and beautiful. Now the gaps in the door frame have been smoothed out, and the exposed pillars are aligned with the slots of the wooden door. Start grooving.

At this step, Shitou Aman retreated first.

"Look at the designated location, do some rough digging first, and I'll refine it," Zhuo Yan said.

"Then let me try?" Aman said.

Shitou didn't dare to try it. He was afraid that his strength would make the hole bigger and the wooden hinge would become loose when the time came. Aman carefully dug the groove according to the position left by Zhuo Yan, opened a small hole and went to another position. Zhuo Yan refined it later and dug inside until all four holes were dug.

"Xiao Xian, you can attack the wooden hinge." Zhuo Yan said.

Xiao Xian, who finally waited for this step, went up with the wooden hinge. While waiting, some of the more than ten sub-orcs felt that Zhuo Yan and the others were doing some incomprehensible work. Some people had no patience to leave, and some others I was very curious at first, but my curiosity slowly wore off and all I could think of was "I want to see how this weird wooden board can come alive." At this time, only half of the sub-orcs were left at the entrance of Qiao Cave.

Almost everyone had a look of disbelief on their faces.

How can wood come alive?

Shitou Aman and others have been playing with Zhuo Yan for too long. Were they coaxed by Zhuo Yan? However, Zhuo Yanzhong Nidou is indeed very smart, but the board is a board, and it is impossible for him to survive no matter how he looks at it.

When Aman lifted the door leaf, Xiaoxian Zhuoyan finished fixing the wooden hinges, and the first door was installed on the door frame. Before Zhuo Yan could say anything, Shitou said first: "Okay!" He shouted angrily.

Zhuo Yan:? ? ?

Then he saw that all the sub-orcs who were still at the entrance of the cave were looking at him and the wooden door. Everyone's faces were filled with doubts at first, and then a little surprised. Is anyone still saying hello? Where is life coming to life?

Before Zhuo Yan could say anything, he first noticed that A Man and Xiao Xian had a bit of fun on their faces, so he didn't say anything and let the two of them show off - they didn't have any bad intentions, just like elementary school students, they wanted to be shocked. Other orcs.

After all, Aman Stone was also shocked when the door was first installed.

"You can push it." Xiao Xian said.

Aman said: "You can move - yes, Zhuo Yan said you can move."

"It turns out it's activity, not alive, but what is activity?"

"I don't know."

"It's a bit strange, the wooden door is a little bit off the ground The distance is not close to each other.

"How to push it? What if it breaks?"

Joe said at this time, don't worry. Shitou Aman even left the wooden door, and Xiao Xian's eyes were filled with excitement. Maybe the performance of several people was too scary, which caused other sub-orcs to look at each other, and no one dared to step forward and stretch out their hands.

Until Zhuo Yan pushed the door leaf inside.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!"

"It, why did it move?"

"The wood is really alive!" There

were even a few people showing signs of alert, and some stepped back, all staring nervously at the wooden door.

Shitou Aman and Xiao Xian: Hehehehe.

"Are we going to look like this too - looking stupid?" Xiao Xian asked in a low voice.

Aman denied: "No, I'm very smart, and I wouldn't be like this."

"You screamed very loudly, I remember." Shitou hit.

A smile appeared on Joe's face, and he explained to the other sub-orcs that there was no danger. He began to figure out how to close the door. This door blocked half of the hole, but could be opened and closed.

So back and forth.

The expressions on the faces of the sub-orcs became more and more surprised and shocked. One of them boldly asked him if he could try it. Qiao nodded and let everyone try, "Actually, it was the first time we saw Zhuo Yan do this, and we were also very surprised. No.

"It's strange to think that the wood will move."

"I've never seen this before."

"It seems to be better than blocking the hole with stones." " The orcs

only use it when the snow comes."

Like a stone, Oman touched the door leaf carefully, pushed it gently, and the door leaf arced in the air. The sub-orc who touched the door leaf was surprised, "It really moved, it really moved."

"I try, I try. Try."

Very good, everyone started playing. Zhuo Yan was leaning against another door frame just in time to take a rest, with a smile on his face. Everyone was quite innocent.

After trying again and again, one of the orcs finally looked at Zhuo Yan first, "Zhuo Yan, my name is A Bai, you are so smart."

"Thank you." Zhuo Yan smiled on his face.

A Bai said: "You are really good at this door. Can we see how you do it?"

"Yes, I can also teach you. Shitou, Aman, Xiaoxian and Sister Qiao can actually do it." Zhuo Yan looked at Zhen Zhen Everyone said, "If you want to do anything, you can ask them." After all, there is only one of him.

The sub-orcs talked a lot, some thanked you, some asked questions, and some were a little embarrassed, "We misunderstood you before.", "Yeah, I didn't expect you to be so generous.", "Zhuo Yan, thank you."

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

When Zhuo Yan opened the doorpost slot of the second door, other sub-orcs gathered around to watch. Sometimes they would ask some questions, such as how to determine the location because the hole was too small. Zhuo Yan patiently explained to everyone After making gestures, someone even asked him if he could try it out.

"No, no, no." Xiao Xian was anxious at first, "This hole needs to be dug slowly. If it's too big, it won't be easy to install the door and it will break. If it's too small, it won't work. The wooden hinge will not fit in, and it will crack if it is forced in, so ——"

Zhuo Yan said: "Xiao Xian is right. You can try it with wood first. The strength of your hand and the depth are all important. This door is not difficult. The main thing is patience and wooden hinges. You have to take your time to make it."

"I see, then I'll try digging wood first."

"I thought digging wood was easy."

"What's the wooden hinge?"

Xiao Xian was surrounded. , I am very happy to tell everyone that he can make wooden hinges and show how to make them for his home. Because there were many people and they kept chatting, the door installation progress was a little slow. In the evening, the door at the entrance of Qiao's house was officially installed.

Two doors, put together, with the word "peace" engraved on the door leaves and patterns. Zhuo Yan installed door handles.

Qiao was very happy, pushed the door in, and came out again. The onlookers were amazed and tried again and again. Zhuo Yan was surrounded by others and kept talking about this door. In the end, his mouth was dry. Fortunately, it was dark, so he excused himself to go home. , everyone reacted.

"It's getting dark today." "

The day goes by so fast."

"But I saw the door. Qiao's door is really easy to use."

Qiao didn't leave many people to eat. His face was apologetic and he said, "There's not much meat in the cave. You must come to my marriage ceremony tomorrow evening."

"Okay, let's keep our stomachs open for a big meal tomorrow," Zhuo Yan said with a smile.

Aman laughed and said that Zhuo Yan was right, don't worry Qiao, we won't be polite tomorrow.

Joe's smile lost his apology, he hugged a few good friends and sent everyone off.

Zhuo Yan was walking towards the outside of the tribe. It was completely dark on the way back. Halfway through, he saw a big furry shadow - mainly white with a silvery glow. Zhuo Yan was walking quite well. Quickly, when I looked at it at this moment, a reassuring smile suddenly appeared on my face.

"Ah Yin!"

"Ouch~" Brother, brother.

Ah Yin ran very fast, and after wailing, he reached his brother's side. He raised his front paws and pounced on his brother. Zhuo Yan hugged him and rubbed Ah Yin's head, "I'm going to Sister Qiao's house to decorate the door. Let's go home. Are you hungry?"

He was a little hungry.

Ah Yin groaned and shook his head.

Zhuo Yan took a look and said, "Why are you so happy today? Did you catch something again?"

A Yin threw herself on her brother, stretched out her tongue and licked him very enthusiastically. Zhuo Yan hugged A Yin, and A Yin raised his front paws and pulled him so hard that his head was almost as tall as his. It was really not his imagination before, A Yin had really grown taller.

very nice.

"Let me guess, there must be gains and surprises, right?"

Ah Yin nodded crazily. My brother is so smart. He and his second brother Xiao Xian went to catch the lamb again today, but they didn't catch the lamb. rabbit! As my brother said before, raise chickens and rabbits.

The second brother Xiao Xian curled his lips when he saw it was a rabbit. He felt that after a long trip today, they were all small things, so he ate a few lazily and took a few home casually.

But Ah Yin didn't eat, and wanted to take the little rabbit back to the hole.

It was Brother Xiaoxian who said: "These little things will be gone if you run back and come back again. They are very good at making holes in the entire grassland. There are holes everywhere. Now that we have caught them, you need to eat as fast as you can. How many of them are going back?"

Ah Yin thought right, and started to eat first. He also listened to his brother's instructions when eating, and gave the rabbit a good time. He first sucked the blood and licked it clean. In the end, the meat and internal organs were not wasted, and he ate it dry. Clean.

Two leopards were feasting nearby, and the rabbits who stayed in the same place did not dare to escape. These timid rabbits were so scared that they froze in place and did not dare to move.

Until the second brother Xiao Xian opened his mouth wide and bit several of them. He didn't care whether they were dead or alive and stuffed them all in his mouth. He looked up at Ah Yin and signaled you to learn to hurry up.

Ah Yin opened his mouth wide, but his movements were very light, and he bit with just enough strength. Because he wanted to live the rabbit, Ah Yin did not dare to close his mouth vigorously on the way back. Sometimes he could not control his drooling and could not speak. .

Brother Xiao Xian didn't understand why he felt so uncomfortable. It would be better if he could just bite him to death.

Ah Yin did not cry out to explain, but took the three rabbits back to the hole after hard work. He carefully opened his mouth wide and was a little stiff, and shook the rabbits in his mouth to the ground.

The three rabbits were covered in leopard saliva and looked motionless as if they were dead.

Ah Yin tilted his head, feeling a little annoyed. Could it be that he died again? He stretched out his paws, put away his sharp nails, and gently pulled the rabbit with his flesh pads.

The rabbits were shivering like crazy, and two rabbits even peed.

Ah Yin frowned and was a little angry. This was his brother and his home. These stinky rabbits were peeing everywhere - but it was good that they didn't die.

Ah Yin also held hay in his mouth and cleaned up the urine of the two rabbits.

After doing all this, Ah Yin walked out of the cave, took a smell, and went to the river first, then to find his brother.

Zhuo Yan didn't know all this, and now he was happy to rub A Yin's ears, and took A Yin home. He passed by the river on the way back and took a shower. He was sweating from working today, and now his stomach is a little growling.

Ah Yin heard the noise and put her big head against her brother's belly.

Zhuo Yan: ...

"I'm just a little hungry. Let's go back and eat."

Sister Qiao moved to a new home. There is no meat in the cave. Ada has not been in the tribe these days and went hunting with her close friends - the tradition of the leopard people, and Sister Qiao When I became independent, I had a bunch of Dudu fruits at home. There will definitely not be enough food for them.

Upon hearing this, Ah Yin shook his head and asked his brother to get on top of him, and he carried his brother back.

Zhuo Yan understood, but said no, he was afraid that he would crush Ah Yin, "You are still young. No matter how long you grow, what if you are crushed and stop growing? You will be home soon."

"Ooooooooooo. ~" It can't be crushed, and he can carry his brother now.

Zhuo Yan saw A Yin acting coquettishly and being slimy, and started playing chasing each other, and ran back, passing by the chicken coop first. Only the hen was moving in the fence, and when he heard the noise, he ran to the hole. Squatting, and the cock wasn't there.

Ah Yin glanced at the chicken coop, ran to the crooked neck tree, looked down the slope from a high position, and whined twice, then Zhuo Yan heard the weak cry of the rooster.

Really weak, clucking in fear.

Soon, the rooster at the bottom of the slope fluttered its wings and flew up, but because its wings were broken, it could not fly high. Ah Yin ran over in a few seconds, and the rooster came up in a daze, flying and rolling, and jumped on the wooden tree. Inside the fence, he entered the chicken coop in one go.

Zhuo Yan: ...

Ah Yin really wasn't next to that rooster, really!

Why is this chicken so afraid of Ah Yin?

A Yin straightened his neck in front of his brother. The whole leopard figure was very beautiful and somewhat heroic. Zhuo Yan understood what A Yin meant. He touched A Yin's neck in a funny way and praised: "A Yin is very powerful and can catch chickens. "

Ouch~" Ah Yin flicked his tail.

So good. Zhuo Yan feels that A Yin is handsome, beautiful and well-behaved, and she deserves to be raised by him! Pushing the door open and entering the hole, the moonlight shone into half of the hole. There were three things. When Zhuo Yan took a closer look, he saw that they were rabbits! !

"Ah Yin, rabbit!" Zhuo Yan turned around and looked at Ah Yin with surprised eyes.

Ah Yin squatted behind his brother, his tail almost turning into a propeller. He knew that his brother would be very happy. He was really happy!

It was him who caught the rabbit, and it's still alive, brother!

"Ah Yin, you are so awesome. How did you catch them? You brought back three of them." Zhuo Yan rubbed Ah Yin's ears and kissed Ah Yin's head, "That's amazing."

Ah Yin responded by licking her brother. Zhuo Yan was drooled on his face, but he didn't think anything of it. Because he was so happy, he went to check the three rabbits. Both chickens and rabbits were very big here. At this time, the three rabbits seemed to be too frightened. He carried them When the rabbit's neck was pressed, the rabbit was stiff and stretched out its legs as if it were dead.

"Why are you so afraid of people? Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid." Zhuo Yan coaxed the big rabbit softly.

Ah Yin stretched out his paw and poked it, and the hard rabbit immediately came to life. Zhuo Yan smiled and touched the rabbit's ears, "Ah Yin is trying to scare you, don't be afraid."

Just scare him if his brother says.

Gu Gu Gu Gu. Zhuo Yan's stomach growled again, so he put the rabbit down, thinking of getting something to eat first -

"Ah Yin, have you eaten?"

Ah Yin nodded, "I've eaten, I've eaten. " My brother is hungry and hasn't eaten yet. So Ah Yin set his sights on the three rabbits. Zhuo Yan understood at the first sight and said, "I won't kill the rabbits anymore. If you eat them, I'll just cook a Dudu fruit to deal with one bite." "

Ooooooo!" A Yin rubbed against her brother and whined a series of times. Zhuo Yan hugged A Yin and said that killing rabbits was very troublesome. A Yin whined and it was not troublesome. Then he turned his eyes to the three shivering rabbits and thought about peeing. That one, the particularly smelly one, pounced on it with its claws extended.

Zhuo Yan: ...Okay, let's eat rabbit tonight.

The fire was lit on the stove, and Ah Yin went to fetch water with a bucket in his mouth. Zhuo Yan took off the rabbit skin and stored it, and started to carve the meat. He left the bones on the big plate. After a while, he saw the bucket in his mouth in the distance through the light of the stove fire. Ah Yin came running.

Ah Yin seemed really happy to kill the rabbit tonight.

Holding the bucket in his mouth, he didn't dare to shake it too much for fear of spilling the water, but he didn't hide his good mood. Under the moonlight, a furry silver leopard held the bucket in its mouth and swung its tail, as if dancing rhythmically. , da da da, da da da, wagging its tail and ran towards him.

Zhuo Yan was really funny. He took the bucket and touched A Yin's head, "Want to eat a rabbit? You are so happy to eat a rabbit."

"Ooooooo~" That stinky rabbit peed so stinky. When Ah Yin was laying out the straw, the rabbit's urine was all next to his fur. Ah Yin washed the piece of fur at the river before going to his brother. My brother likes to be clean. If he is smelly, he will also wash his fur. Get stinky.

Zhuo Yan didn't know this at all. He was also very happy today. He installed the door for Sister Qiao and came back with three rabbits. Now he can still eat rabbit meat. The rabbit has very little fat and the bones have been removed. This big rabbit is nearly two years old. Ten pounds.

The stone slab was already hot, and Zhuo Yan began to roast the rabbit. He took one bite of Ah Yin, and after eating three or four kilograms of meat, he was full. Ah Yin also shook his head and refused to eat. He was also full, and he put his front paws on his brother to show him. belly.

"Then pack up and go back to bed. We will make soup tomorrow morning and add some chopped green onion." Zhuo Yan put away the stove, A Yin fetched water to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth, closed the door, and then found the two rabbits inside. They were shocked when they entered. They clung to each other for warmth.

Zhuo Yan was silent for a second because he was full of delicious food at the door, and then said: "Don't be afraid, really, I will clean up a hole for you tomorrow."

The house may be lacking in other things, but there is no shortage of space.

When Ah Yin heard about the hole, his eyes lit up, and he pulled his brother to whine, but Zhuo Yan didn't understand this time, "A Yin, you mean rabbit?" Ah Yin nodded, "rabbit what? A hole?"

The two of them really couldn't understand.

In the end, Ah Yin was a little annoyed. Zhuo Yan touched Ah Yin's head and kept saying it was fine.

Ah Yin disappeared early the next morning. Zhuo Yan knew that Ah Yin would not run around, so he started to light a fire to cook - the buckets were full of water, and Ah Yin even fetched water when he went out to play. Not long after, Ah Yin came back, followed by brother Xiao Xian.

It's too early. Brother Xiao Xian is only wearing a piece of leather, with a messy chicken coop on his head, and is yawning. However, the orcs are all in good shape -

Brother Xiao Xian is over 1.9 meters tall and wears a small leather skirt. She has long legs, strong abdominal muscles, and a young figure with tight and smooth lines. She is not as exaggerated as the modern weightlifting and fitness experts, but just - quite beautiful.

Coupled with the face of the second brother Xiaoxian, the single eyelid is a bit narrow, the hair is thick and the eyebrows are brown, the whole skin is tanned to honey color, the nose bridge is high, the lips are a bit thin, standing there is out of shape, a bit loose and out of tune.

Ah Yin howled anxiously.

Zhuo Yan withdrew his gaze.

"He, he said, stop digging holes. These rabbits know how to dig holes. Let them dig them by themselves." After finishing speaking, the second brother Xiao Xian stretched his body and said to Ah Yin: "I'm going back first. There will be no patrol today. Let's take a day off and leave."

Ah Yin whined.

Zhuo Yan thought A Yin was seeing off his guests, so he smiled and said thank you for today and let you go.

The second brother Xiao Xian didn't reply. He nodded casually and ran away. As he ran, he muttered, "A Yin, who would like your brother? I really asked him to come over so early in the morning to talk about this."

"Ooooooo!" Don't think he didn't hear it. He said that my brother is not good, but my brother is doing well

.

The beast form is even faster.

Zhuo Yan rubbed A Yin's head. Unexpectedly, A Yin and Xiao Xian's second brother had become familiar with each other. They seemed to be having a good time, which was pretty good. But back to the topic, "A Yin, what did you mean last night, let these two rabbits do it for themselves?" Drilling holes? "

What a crazy idea, and you want the little animals in captivity to make their own homes.

"Ouch!" Yes, these two rabbits can dig holes without my brother having to work hard.

He could stare at the rabbits.

Zhuo Yan: ...

Ah Yin's eyes were too enthusiastic, and he wanted to help him solve his problems. Zhuo Yan really couldn't refuse the child's wishes, so he finally agreed. He thought that if the worst happened, the two rabbits would be lost or dead, and that would be left to Ah Yin. Silver bar.

"Ah wu ah wu ~" Ah Yin was very happy, waving his tail into the hole to chase the rabbits out. Two rabbits ran out shivering, and Ah Yin lay on the ground and growled.

The rabbit didn't know whether he understood it or not. The two chickens in the chicken coop first went down the slope to look for bugs to eat. They didn't dare to get too far away or get too close. They were very orderly.

Zhuo Yan was amazed.

His Ayin is really good at taming animals.

Aman Shitou didn't even come over today. When Zhuo Yan cooked a pot of rabbit soup, Xiao Xian came over and said, "Ah Yin called me second brother this morning. What happened? My second brother doesn't follow me." He said, "Humph." It made him even more curious.

Zhuo Yan: "It's no big deal. Ah Yin wants to tell me to let the rabbit dig its own hole and don't make me busy. I don't understand. Please tell me, your second brother."

"That's it." Xiao Xian nodded in understanding. He quickly said with a smile: "Brother Zhuo Yan, Ah Yin is so considerate."

"Yes, Ah Yin is very good and attentive, and very considerate of me."

Ah Yin's ears were raised as he stared at the rabbit down the slope. My brother praised him!

Chapter 32

Zhuo Yan and Xiao Xian were chatting. There was a clanging sound in the tribe again. Xiao Xian's ears stood up and he quickly said happily: "The hunting team is back!"

"You can go get the meat."

Zhuo Yanzheng After cooking a pot of rabbit viscera and chopped green onion soup, he groaned and looked at his soup... A Yin jumped up from the gentle slope first, squealing, he drank the soup, and his brother could eat more meat.

In fact, Zhuo Yan is not very hungry. The tribe's eating habit is to eat ruthlessly when there is plenty of food, because hunting can sometimes harvest a large number of prey, and sometimes it may only be small bits and pieces intermittently for two or three days, and there is not even two pieces in hand. Three pounds of meat.

At this time, tribesmen are accustomed to storing meat in their stomachs, but there is really no room for storage... Salt is very important. Triberian orcs have discovered that salt can preserve meat for a longer period of time.

The problem is, there is no salt at home.

Xiao Xian couldn't stay any longer when he heard the clanging sound, "Brother Zhuo Yan, I'm going back first." He said while running, "You and A Yin come quickly."

"I know, see you soon." After Zhuo Yan shouted, he looked at the firewood on the stove and saw that it was OK, so he stopped putting out the fire. He added two more ladles of water to the stone pot and it was almost ready to stew when he came back. "Ah Yin, we are going to get the meat. Do you want the rabbits and chickens to be brought back?"

Ah Yin came up with two rabbits in his mouth and threw them into the hole of the chicken coop. As for the two chickens, Ah Yin didn't care, Zhuo Yan saw There is no need to say more, he trusts Ah Yin's judgment.

"Let's go get the meat." Zhuo Yan went to the cave and carried the rattan basket, closed the cave door, and set off with A Yin.

The tribe was bustling with people. It was actually very early, about eight o'clock in the morning? Anyway, Zhuo Yan went to bed early and got up early after being punched through. Even if he stayed up late to do some work, he would go to bed around ninety o'clock in the evening. His body would wake up naturally before dawn. The first light shining into the cave would probably be around six o'clock in the morning.

As winter passes, the days are getting longer.

"I caught a deer today, and there are also silver-horned cattle."

"Wow, there are silver-horned cattle to eat."

Zhuo Yan heard the sub-orcs discussing, is silver-horned cattle delicious?

"There are also gray elephants."

"So many?"

"No, no, the hunting team caught a big gray elephant, the deer and the silver-horned ox were caught by Ada and the others. Did you forget that Ada married Qiao today? "

No wonder there are silver-horned cattle."

Zhuo Yan heard the orcs talking about silver-horned cattle several times and couldn't help but asked curiously, "Is this silver-horned cattle delicious?" Everyone talked about silver-horned cattle with envy. like.

"Eat?" The sub-orc man was stunned for a moment.

Abaiduo, who was next to him, glanced at Zhuo Yan and said with a smile: "Zhuo Yan, you must have misunderstood. I eat the meat of silver-horned cattle no different from other cattle. The main thing is that its horns are very beautiful, and they are a silver horn." Yes, it will emit a different light in the sun. It's very beautiful."

"Yes, you can grind it into a round hole and hang it on a string around your neck. It looks very nice," Zhuoyan explained.

"I really envy Qiao."

"You can let your orcs catch it."

"Silverhorn cattle are very difficult to catch. They have to run a long way and sometimes they can't be encountered."

Zhuo Yan understood that no matter where it was, As long as everyone is well fed and safe, they all pursue beauty, whether it is necklaces, jewelry, or the decoration in the cave. Sure enough, he heard A Bai talking to other sub-orcs about the wooden door they made for Qiao yesterday.

"...There are little flowers made by Zhuo Yan on it, they are very beautiful." Abai liked that wooden door very much.

Some of the other sub-orcs had never seen it before, some left early yesterday, and some had seen all of them. Abai told them all, and some of them, those who believed it or not, and those who were curious, gathered around Zhuo Yan.

"In the evening, Ada and his friends should be able to see that door." Zhuo Yan was trapped in the crowd and said first, and then said: "Carving patterns is very simple, you can learn it once you learn it."

Everyone nodded.

Ah Yin was squeezed out of the crowd, his ears pricked up. Does brother like silver-horned cattle? He will also catch silverhorn cattle for his brother in the future. My brother is so good-looking, and he will definitely look beautiful wearing a silverhorn necklace.

By the time Aman and Shitou squeezed in to 'rescue' Zhuo Yan, Zhuo Yan was already chatting with everyone until they were thirsty and enthusiastic - from the beasts to the sub-orcs, it was too much to chat with him so enthusiastically, at least Zhuo Yan couldn't stand it for a while. It may be that he has not recovered.

The two of them took Zhuo Yan out of their side under the pretext of having sex.

Aman crossed his arms and asked, "Did they bully you?"

"You heard it and you still ask?" Zhuo Yan said.

Aman changed his serious look just now and said with a smile: "So I pulled the stone to ask him not to go there first. They didn't like you before and would stay away from you when walking. Now, Hehehe, chatting with you so enthusiastically makes them more interested." Please."

"Next time, you should escort me as soon as possible." Zhuo Yan was so overwhelmed that he packed his backpack and asked A Yin to go ahead.

Aman Shitou followed him from left to right. Aman said: "Zhuo Yan, what weird things are you talking about? What do you mean by escort?"

"Just come and protect me as soon as possible."

Shitou: "No one bullies you." He added: "Did someone hit you somewhere we can't see?"

Ah Yin first put his anxious front paws at his brother to check. Zhuo Yan pulled on her little leather skirt and hugged Ah Yin with one hand, and said quickly, "I mean, everyone is so enthusiastic that I can't resist it. Even talking and chatting is very tiring."

"That's it." Shitou felt tired and didn't understand Zhuo Yan.

Aman was in a good mood and bumped Shitou's arm. "Maybe you will be tired from eating meat today."

"Be careful if your mother hears her scolding you. How can you be tired from eating meat?" Shitou said.

These words were obviously spoken by 'Versailles', because there was too much meat from the hunting team today and the prey brought back by Ada and his companions. The Leopard People cherish food, especially meat, and say that they eat delicious food until they are tired. And obviously a huge blessing too.

Meat began to be divided in the square.

The first two meat-sharing sessions were at night and pitch-black. This time, in the early morning, the light was very good. Zhuo Yan finally saw the whole "square" clearly. It was actually a huge, compacted flat land. The ground here was reddish-brown, because The flesh is often divided, and the blood is infected layer by layer. The ground is very compact, flat and clean.

The patriarch's cave is on the hillside behind the square, and the uncle's cave is at the bottom.

The orcs had already separated the bones, piles of meat piled together, like a small mountain of meat, and the ivory was collected separately. This belongs to the collective of the tribe. It used to be eaten by Xiao Zhuoyan and his grandmother when they were still there. Salt is actually the skins and ivory saved by the hunting team. These things are exchanged at the Feathered Market, and then the clan leader brings them back and distributes them to everyone.

They got very little, and salt was really valuable.

Now they are queuing up to receive the meat. Last time at the Mammoth, Zhuo Yan and A Yin received fifty kilograms of meat, and this time the Gray Elephant and the two received more than thirty kilograms of meat combined.

The mammoth appears to be much larger than the gray elephant - last time it was a mammoth cub.

If it were an adult mammoth, it would be really scary.

The uncle gave Zhuo Yan a huge elephant bone this time. Zhuo Yan was actually a little embarrassed because he was an adult - according to Aman, being in estrus is considered an adult, so he told the uncle that he was an adult.

"Take it." The uncle was very serious.

Zhuo Yan immediately took it with both hands, it was heavy. The uncle looked at Ah Yin, who came over and pressed his head against the elephant bone, and said, "You are Ah Yin. Since Zhuo Yan has taken you in, you must grow up well."

"Ouch."

"Go."

Zhuo Yan He and Ah Yin went out carrying the elephant bones.

They didn't go home immediately and waited for more than ten minutes. Qiao came out first and said, "Zhuoyan Ayin, see you in the evening. You must come."

"I know, Sister Qiao! I'm sure!"

Qiao's face was filled with joy. "Is this here?"

"?"

"I knew you would be stunned and accept the blessings of everyone in the tribe here." Qiao said.

Zhuo Yan finally knew the place, and said that he had just met Abai and several sub-orcs, and wanted to go to your house to see the cave door. Qiao said that she knew it would be fine, and she would go and receive everyone.

After saying a few words, Qiao hurried back. She still had many things to be busy with. Shitou, Aman, and Xiaoxian also came out, carrying heavy loads of meat. Everyone said hello and chatted while walking.

"Ada caught three deer and a silver-horned ox!" Xiao Xian cried out in envy.

Aman laughed and said, "We have meat again tonight. I told you that eating meat today will make you very tired."

"Zhuo Yan, you have a big elephant bone." Shitou had already noticed it, and now he said with envy on his face. : "You can grind it into a bone knife. This one is very sharp. I have noticed a long time ago that you only have one stone knife."

Oman Stone has both bone knives and stone knives. Most of them usually use stone knives, and bone knives are more precious.

Zhuo Yan's eyes lit up, it turned out that he could still sharpen the bone knife.

"Did you not expect this?" Aman saw it.

"Yeah, I thought making soup was just for playing with Ah Yin grinding his teeth." Just now he thought that making soup with elephant bones would cost more firewood.

Shitou: "I can help you sharpen it tomorrow."

"Thank you, just teach me how to sharpen it." Zhuo Yan also agreed politely.

Several people arrived at the fork, said goodbye, and went back to their homes. Ah Yin ran ahead with the elephant bone in his mouth, and Zhuo Yan walked behind with the meat on his back. After a while, Ah Yin came back to wait for him, and soon he arrived home.

Zhuo Yan first looked at the stove. The firewood was almost out, so he added another firewood. When he opened the lid of the pot, he could see the tangy smell of the soup. To be honest, there was no salt, so it was indeed lacking some flavor.

"Ah Yin, do you want to eat something raw or cooked?"

"Awwww~" He will eat whatever his brother eats.

"Then half raw and half cooked. The weather is hot and we can't save meat." Zhuo Yan was thinking about salt-free bacon? I had to go to Qiao's house to eat meat in the evening. This meal was too filling and I couldn't eat it at night, so I reduced the amount by half.

With the remaining half, Zhuo Yan planned to boil it all, just like refining lard, which has a lot of fat. If the meat is sealed in oil, it can be stored for at least two or three days - used for cooking and stewing.

This choice was obviously the right one, because that night I ate another barbecue.

While waiting for the meal, Ah Yin went to fetch water with an empty bucket in his mouth. After putting the bucket away and running down the slope, Zhuo Yan remembered that there were still chickens and two rabbits in the hole. At this time, they were released and then Looking down the slope, I saw the hen was still strolling around eating bugs. She hadn't gone too far and couldn't see the shadow of the rooster.

Ah Yin probably went after him.

Zhuo Yan took out the soup and let it cool down, cleaned the stone pot, and began to fry the remaining half of the elephant meat. The gray elephant meat was fatter than the mammoth meat, and soon the fat would sizzle out. Zhuo Yan didn't need to worry about it, and he set the fire slowly. fry.

Place a stone slab on the other stove hole.

"A Yin——" Zhuo Yan shouted towards the distance down the slope.

Soon there was a cry in response. Ah Yin's figure jumped up from the hillside very quickly. Zhuo Yan saw that there was only Ah Yin and the chicken was not there. He couldn't help but touched Ah Yin's head and said, "If you lose it, just throw it away. It's okay. Let's eat first." ."

There was grass on his head.

Zhuo Yan picked off the grass for Ah Yin. Ah Yin looked a little angry, bulging with anger, and her ears were swaying. Zhuo Yan thought that Ah Yin was very cute, very lively and cute.

"Hululu Mao, don't be angry anymore, brother, touch him."

"Ooooooooo~" Ah Yin stuck out his tongue and laughed, not angry or not, brother, don't worry about him.

All the seven kilograms of raw meat went into Ah Yin's stomach. Zhuoyan ate two or three kilograms of barbecue and fed Ah Yin half of it. After the barbecue was finished, the soup was about the same, but the rabbit liver soup had no salt flavor, only chopped green onion and garlic. It's actually a little fishy, ​​but it's not inedible.

Ah Yin drank all of it, saw his brother frowning as he drank, and then went to drink from his bowl. The brother didn't like to drink this and was afraid of wasting it, so he drank it.

"...You drink it, I won't be able to stand it anymore." Zhuo Yan felt that it was better not to argue. It would be a waste to give Yue food later.

After eating and drinking, Zhuo Yan cleaned up the pots and pans, and A Yin went to fetch water. He was responsible for cleaning. It was very convenient. The dirty water could just be poured into the grass down the slope - there was no non-biodegradable garbage.

The elephant meat fried in a stone pot over low heat is filled with the aroma of fat.

alright.

Zhuo Yan turned off the fire. He didn't have a big pot that could hold seven pounds of meat, so he could only put it in a stone pot. It seemed that he couldn't drink soup these days, but the weather was getting hot, and Zhuo Yan was too lazy to cook soup.

The bucket at home is always full. When Ah Yin realized that it was empty, he ran down to fetch water with the bucket in his mouth. Zhuo Yan rubbed Ah Yin's ears and said, "That's it. No more water. Do you want to take a nap?"

Ah Yin doesn't have to patrol today. She had a full meal at breakfast and lunch. There is Qiao's wedding banquet in the afternoon, so she doesn't need to turn on the fire to cook. There is still work at home, but Zhuo Yan decided to take a holiday today so that he doesn't have to be busy every day. Not working in a company.

So he took Ah Yin back to the cave to take a nap.

The door of the cave was not closed, and half of the sunlight filtered in. It was very cool in the cave, and the stone bed was covered with mats. Since the stove was moved outside for cooking, the smell of oil smoke in the cave gradually disappeared. Before going to bed, Zhuo Yan was still thinking about Qiao. After my sister baked the cave, it smelled delicious. In the afternoon, I asked Sister Qiao what to bake it with. He could also burn it in his cave.

Zhuo Yan, who was confused and thinking about things, fell asleep. He felt very safe when he was asleep. He lay on his side and hugged the furry Ah Yin. After a while, he let go, and after a while he hugged Ah Yin again. , and even put a leg on A Yin.

Ah Yin's blue eyes are all that of his sleeping brother.

My brother slept so soundly.

Ah Yin stuck out his tongue and gently licked his brother.

It smells really good.

Zhuo Yan slept soundly. When he woke up, Ah Yin was not in the cave. He couldn't help but stretch his body. He walked out of the cave and raised his eyebrows in surprise. The rooster came back, with messy hair on his body and a messy head. injured.

It was definitely not beaten by Ah Yin, it seemed like he fell or got scratched.

The rooster was listless in the fence. It had only been a few days and it seemed to have lost a lot of weight. Zhuo Yan was actually thinking about whether to let it out - but he definitely couldn't do it now.

The chicken's wings were damaged and he couldn't fly. He couldn't fight anymore and couldn't survive outside.

"...If you are really in so much pain, Ah Yin and I will eat you tomorrow." Zhuo Yan said while looking at the fence.

It's not that he has a bad heart, it's just that nature is like this.

Zhuo Yan stood at the door and sighed about the philosophy of life for a few seconds. Then he heard Ah Yin's low roar. He couldn't help but be curious. He followed the sound to the crooked neck tree. Not far below, Ah Yin squatted there and was snarling fiercely. Teach two rabbits a lesson.

When she saw him, she showed aggrieved expression again.

"Ooooooooooo~" These two rabbits are so stupid, brother, they can't even dig holes!

Zhuo Yan looked at the two rabbits that were about to pee out of fear:...

"A Yin is fine, don't keep an eye on them, let them do it by themselves."

A Yin jumped up with a cry, these two stupid rabbits made him angry to death. Zhuo Yan touched A Yin's head and said, "Okay, don't be angry. Let's pack up and go to Qiao and Ada's couple ceremony."

He had not attended it yet.

Zhuo Yan took Bubble Ye and walked around to the river where there were few people to wash up. The sun dried his hair, so Ah Yin didn't need to wash it. No leopard bathed every day. He just wiped Ah Yin's face and cleaned it. of the mouth.

After everything is done, it's almost time.

Zhuo Yan closed the cave door, and the two rabbits were locked in the chicken coop again. Ah Yin squatted in front of the fence and stared inside. Both the rooster and the rabbits were trembling. Finally, Ah Yin looked back, and changed from his fierce look just now, wagging his tail. Da Da ran beside his brother.

When we arrived at the square, the sky was red at sunset.

Joe put on a new leather skirt, wore a grass ring in his hair, and painted green and white colors under his eyes. He was surrounded by a crowd of sub-beasts, with a happy smile on his face, and his whole person exuded the beauty of vigorous vitality.

"Zhuo Yan, you're here." Qiao smiled and stepped forward to say hello.

"Sister Qiao, you are so beautiful today."

"Thank you." Qiao smiled happily and her teeth were very white. "By the way, Ada brought back bubble leaf trees. There are two. You can bring back one today." Zhuo

. Yan was not polite and agreed wholeheartedly, and the two briefly exchanged ideas on how to plant trees. Soon all of Qiao's friends arrived. Qiao was going to entertain his friends. There were orcs, sub-orcs, Shitou Aman and Xiao Xian. After saying hello to Qiao, they ran to Zhuo Yan and the four of them started muttering.

"There are so many orcs."

"Aman, Yu is here too!"

Zhuo Yan heard that Yu sounded familiar, and when he saw Aman beating stones, he immediately remembered that this was Aman's brother-in-law's brother Yu, and couldn't help but wonder: "Where?"

Xiao Xian He came closer to Brother Zhuo Yan and pointed in a direction happily, "That's the one, a little short, Yu is a cheetah."

Zhuo Yan looked over, it should be this one. Yu looks to be around 17 or 18 years old, with a childish face, a pair of tiger teeth, and blond curly hair. He is about 1.88 to 1.9 meters tall. He looks very talkative and is chatting with another tall orc next to him. Talk, smile and have dimples.

"Aman, this brother is not bad." Zhuo Yan joked, making Aman care about his nightlife from time to time.

Xiaoxian nodded, "That's right."

Aman was angry. Shitou laughed loudly when he saw it, and then was pushed by Aman's arm and almost split eight feet away. Shitou was not angry. The fight between the orc partners was a competition to catch prey. , and sometimes even fight and play, the sub-orcs fight and make trouble, which is nothing compared to the big deal.

"Zhuo Yan said, why did you push me?"

"You laugh the loudest!"

The two were quarreling with each other.

Zhuo Yan was afraid that Aman would hit him, so he quickly reminded: "Aman, Yu is coming!"

Aman stood on the spot for a moment, at a loss. Yu came over over there and called: "Aman, you are here too."

" Yes." Aman greeted dryly: "You are here too."

Yu smiled, "There are deer to eat today, I will catch them too, Aman." " I will get better and

better.

You're awesome, you can catch a lot of prey, don't worry."

Aman said directly: "What should I worry about? The prey you catch has nothing to do with me."

Then Yu scratched his hair and said a little shyly, "Aman, I will be an adult next year. "

Let's talk about it next year when we are adults."

The topic is dead.

Zhuo Yantou and Xiao Xian listened with open ears. Finally, A Man and Yu ended their conversation dryly. There were more and more people in the square. Yu ran to the orcs and glanced at A Yin before leaving. , thought for a moment and said nothing.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, I finally understand why you like to hear about things in other caves." Xiao Xian suddenly said with excitement.

"?" Zhuo Yan was still confused for a moment.

Xiao Xian followed up and said, "It's really interesting to see Brother A Man chatting with Yu."

Zhuo Yan winked at Xiao Xian, but before Xiao Xian could understand, A Man rubbed his ears and hit his head. Xiao Xian covered his head and glared at A Man angrily, but A Man said, "Is this any more interesting?"

"Huh!" Xiao Xian hummed, just looking at it.

There is noisy chatting and playing here, and the orcs are also chatting together there, because everyone has good hearing, but there are many people in the square and it is noisy. I can vaguely hear the orcs on the opposite side making fun of rain, and saying "...what?" Come running here', 'The white-haired boys all have sub-orcs', 'What A Yin', 'The orcs are standing aside... Do you think he is a human'.

Zhuo Yan lowered his head and stretched out his hands to appear to be rubbing A Yin's ears, but in fact he was covering them.

Ah Yin heard it all, and he would stand beside his brother wherever the orc liked to stand.

Almost everyone in the tribe came out, and even those who were not invited came to watch the fun. A bonfire was lit in the square, and as night fell, Ada and Qiao slowly walked to the middle, surrounded by young orcs and sub-orcs.

Zhuo Yan didn't understand what the patriarch was saying, but his voice was very low. Slowly, his mind wandered, and he followed the voice to a grassland. There were many animals walking around, resting, drinking river water in a safe and relaxed manner. , the sun is warm here, there is no hunger, and there is peace between animals.

In the grassland, there is a tree next to the water. As the stars move and night falls, the tree emits spots of light, like the power of life. The wind blows, and Zhuo Yan seems to be in an illusion or a dream. When he sees it in front of him, the patriarch stops. Singing, eyes full of love, he reached out and touched between Ada and Qiao's eyebrows, leaving a red mark.

There was excitement all around, everyone was applauding and blessing, and Aman called him: "Zhuo Yan, there will be roast venison to eat later. What happened to you just now?"

"What?" Zhuo Yan has not yet completely recovered.

Xiao Xian said: "It was just now. Brother Zhuo Yan, you looked dumb."

"You...didn't you go to a place just now?" Zhuo Yan couldn't describe it. "It was when the patriarch blessed Sister Qiao and Ada, his voice was very It's clean and long, and it makes you feel a little dazed unconsciously, as if your soul has drifted to another place."

Xiao Xian Aman Shitou looked confused when he heard this.

"Where?"

"What is the soul?"

"Brother Zhuo Yan is saying weird things again."

But the three of them didn't dwell on too many 'weird things'. After all, Brother Zhuo Yan said it from time to time before, and now Aman was excited to pick it out. As for the venison, I also recommended to Zhuo Yan A Yin where to eat the best.

Zhuo Yan: Did he just get distracted? Or hallucination?

He couldn't think clearly at the moment, everyone around him was very happy, and there was a burst of booing - it was the orcs who roared, the sub-orcs looked over, and Ada gave a silver horn to Joe.

Under the moonlight, the horn shines like a river of stars, so bright and beautiful.

"Wow! This is the Silver Horned Cow."

"If you take this to the Feathered Market, you will definitely be able to get a lot of salt."

"The feathered people love to be beautiful."

"They thought our skins were not good before. Well, these feathered people have wings and can fly to the sea people. They can exchange for salt, so they just ask for this and that."

"Silver Horn and the others are going to do it again . What's the point of liking it? Ada caught it and gave it to Joe. "

"Qiao will definitely not exchange the silver horn for salt."

"Of course, I heard that Ada has been tracking the silver horn since the autumn of last year. I haven't let it go intermittently..."

"Wow, Qiao is so happy."

Zhuo Yan ate the roasted venison brought by Aman Shitou - it was salted and had some other flavors. Zhuo Yan must have eaten it and it tasted delicious. Said: "Garlic is added."

The other sub-orcs had already discovered it.

"Today's barbecue is delicious."

"It's a little different, much better than what I cook at home."

"Is it a problem with the venison?"

"No, I heard that Joe put garlic in it."

"What is garlic? "

Some orcs didn't understand the question, but other orcs who heard it didn't understand it even more. Because the barbecue was so delicious, the gluttonous orc asked Ada, hoping that Joe could tell him what was added to the barbecue today to make it so fragrant.

Qiao said: "They are onions and garlic sprouts discovered by Zhuo Yan, which are found in our mountain. They are a little spicy but very fragrant."

"It is indeed very fragrant. Qiao Ada, your barbecue tonight is so delicious." Delicious The orc asked, "Can you tell me what that garlic looks like?"

"Yes, I'll ask Ada to bring it to you later. This can be planted."

"Plant?" The orc was confused again.

Qiao explained: "Zhuo Yan came up with this. He is very smart. If you plant it near the entrance of the cave, you can eat it whenever there is barbecue."

The orc suddenly realized and praised: "It's very smart." He ate it in his hand. The barbecue was so delicious that he couldn't help but praise: "That sub-orc named Zhuo Yan is really smart."

When Qiao saw this, he originally wanted to say that Zhuo Yan already had a partner, but was told by his mother and father . He changed the subject, but he couldn't help but take it to heart. No orc wanted to mate with a sub-orc because the barbecue was delicious.

...

This is the barbecue party of the original orc world.

Zhuo Yan roasted venison with one hand and roasted silver horn beef with the other. He wanted to taste the difference between the quality of silver horn beef and ordinary white horn beef. He couldn't taste it at the first bite. When Zhuo Yan was about to finish eating, he tasted the difference between silver horn beef and white horn beef. When I arrived at the silver horn beef at the corner of the stick, I couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised.

The salt was not sprinkled on this piece of meat, and the meat was medium-rare, so I could taste the deliciousness inside.

Very delicious and tender.

It was indeed delicious.

During the bonfire barbecue wedding banquet that night, Zhuo Yan learned from other sub-orcs and orcs that not all orcs and sub-orcs form partners. Being a partner is similar to a contract. The life contract mentioned by the patriarch is a blessing from God. .

There are more sub-orcs and orcs living together in the tribe, and they have cubs together. If they can't survive or are not used to it, they can separate and regroup with other sub-orcs and orcs to have cubs.

For example, Zhuo Yan's father and mother held a ceremony and made a contract, so after Zhuo Yan's father died, his mother took care of little Zhuo Yan alone.

However, Ah Yin's grandmother is from the werewolf tribe, and she just lives with the orcs of the leopard tribe. There is no partnering ceremony, but for the sake of convenience, the tribe will call someone's partner.

Chapter 33

The air was still filled with the fragrant smell of barbecue, but everyone had eaten and drank enough. They sighed that the night was very enjoyable, with smiles on their faces, and they went home together.

Qiao called Zhuo Yan, "Bubble Leaf."

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot." Zhuo Yan was so full that he was a little confused. So he went to Qiao's new home with A Yin, Qiao and Ada.

Even though Joe and Ada were standing and walking side by side, there was no intimacy between them. The two of them were in a small realm of their own. Occasionally they looked at each other and smiled, and they had a very tacit understanding. Ada held the silver horn for Joe in her hand, and in the moonlight Emit a faint silver light.

It's like a bright pearl in the night, and it can also illuminate the road.

When he arrived at the door of Qiao's house, Zhuo Yan took the tree, without looking at what the whole tree looked like, and put it randomly under his arm. "Sister Qiao, Ada, let's go first, bye bye." "

No need to send it away, bye bye."

Zhuo Yan almost yelled at A Yin to run away. It wasn't that he took the things and left immediately without recognizing anyone, but that Sister Qiao and A Da were too clingy before, and they stayed here just to disturb others' wedding time. He was still very discerning. of.

Sure enough, while he and A Yin were running, he vaguely heard Ada say: "They are gone, let's go back quickly."

Look, he is really sensible.

Ah Yin ran behind her brother, deliberately running slower, chasing her brother. Zhuo Yan ran in front, with a cheerful smile on his face. When he got down the hill, he walked a little slower and touched Ah Yin's head.

"We are in the know, and Sister Qiao will also be happy."

Ah Yin didn't understand, but what his brother said was right. He put his head on the Bubble Leaf Tree, and Zhuo Yan realized then, "Hey, it's quite light. "It's not heavy, I can just take it."

The bubble leaf tree is more like a big grass with branches and leaves. It's a bit like a short pine tree in a modern green belt. It has one main branch, and the randomly branched branches are flat and have thicker leaves.

Zhuo Yan and A Yin took the tree back and lit a firewood outside. Using the light, they planted the tree first. There was soil under the tree's roots, but some roots were broken, so they planted it quickly without delay.

"Ah Yin, bring the bucket, I'll dig a hole first."

Ah Yin came over with the bucket in his mouth, and then hit his brother with his head, but the situation was wrong - Zhuo Yan's butt was slapped, and he immediately covered his butt with one hand , looking back at Ah Yin, Ah Yin looked innocent and howled.

"You're here to dig?" Zhuo Yan understood and gave up half of his position, "Let's go together, I'll sprinkle some water on the roots first."

I don't blame A Yin, but this little leather skirt is a bit too short.

Ah Yin stretched out his paws to dig a hole. The soil was like tofu under Ah Yin's paws. Zhuo Yan saw that the soil was loose and asked him to dig deeper. He used the snow shovel at home to shovel away the loose soil. Then Ah Yin Seeing that his brother couldn't shovel anymore, he stretched out his claws to dig deeper this time. Zhuo Yan was only responsible for shoveling out the loose soil.

The pit was soon dug, half a meter deep. Zhuo Yan put the bubble tree in, filled it with soil, sprinkled water, patted the soil, and it was ready!

"Wash your hands, you can go back to bed."

Zhuo Yan washed his hands and checked the rabbits at home. The rabbits are currently kept with the chickens. The two chickens are completely tamed. The rooster was still wild before and ran out during the day. After coming back from the trip, he became wilted and behaved very well.

As for the rabbit – I can't see any good or bad at the moment, so I'd better keep it closed.

On the second day, until the sun was very hot, Zhuo Yan was not very hungry. Ah Yin went on patrol, and Zhuo Yan didn't have to worry about chickens and rabbits at home. Today's task was to collect the scraps of skins that he had saved - rabbit skins.

You can also pull out the mats at home and dry them in the sun to prevent insects.

After Zhuo Yan cleaned up the cave, watered the bubble tree, and went out to the river with the leather, the two rabbits shivered and ran down the slope to dig dirt wildly while he was gone. Zhuo Yan: ...

He didn't mean to intimidate the two rabbits, really!

But the two rabbits didn't believe it. The two rabbits concentrated on digging holes to settle down and didn't dare to run away anymore.

Zhuo Yan went to the river with the leather in his hand. Sometimes life in the tribe is very leisurely. You have your own rhythm in whatever you do, and no one cares about you. You are asked to submit a plan and change it - you have also attended classes for several years after graduating from university. , too painful.

"Zhuo Yan, what are you doing?"

Other sub-orcs came to say hello by the river. Zhuo Yan chatted for a while, and everyone talked about the Qiao family. Zhuo Yan then told how to do it. First, he had to dry a big tree to use as lumber. Some people took note of it, and some said, "Just ask your friend to ask Ada what thickness of tree he wants."

"That's true." The sub-orc man nodded.

It seems that the orcs generally accept the cave door very well.

"Zhuo Yan, I didn't realize you were very smart before. I misunderstood you before."

"Yes, yes, I'm really sorry."

Zhuo Yan smiled and said, "Everyone wasn't familiar with me before, so it's okay."

Then While working, they chatted, but Zhuo Yan didn't talk much. Later, he listened to other sub-orcs chatting about things in their respective caves. Zhuo Yan was quite happy to hear that - eating and drinking, hunting, and whose cubs were rapidly transforming. Shaped.

In the original world of orcs, there are also some parents who are short-sighted.

"Is this year's salt exchange team starting their journey soon?" Someone said this. Compared with the trivial matters of eating, drinking and defecating in the cave, going to the Yuren Market to exchange salt every year is a major event for the tribe.

Someone said: "We have prepared four pieces of skins, and I don't know how many can be exchanged."

"Some are missing. I heard that feather people are very picky. They dislike this and that."

"Yes, we used three deerskins last year . I only exchanged a large bag of salt for adding ivory. Before the snow season came, I preserved a lot of meat with salt, and now the salt in the cave is almost gone."

"Those feather people, especially the eagle people, are very fierce. We leopard people. There were also other werewolves, lions, and tigers, so they started to pick and choose."

Zhuo Yan became more interested in the matter of exchanging salt. He stopped doing the work and stood aside to listen. The eagle tribe sounded like that. Just like the big brothers in the Feathered Market, they are the four fur tribes, and the leopard tribe seems to be more peaceful.

He just analyzed it casually, mainly because he had never seen other races outside.

"Those four skins can't be exchanged for much?" The sub-orc who first asked the question was a little anxious, "I have nothing else at home. If there is not much salt, how can I put the meat for a snow season?"

"It's going to cost you . Don't worry, it's still some time before the salt team sets off. You'll have to wait and see."

"Yes, yes, I should wait until the grass becomes green -" The sub-orc man suddenly remembered how to tell time. , "The mud beans planted by Zhuo Yan and the others are ripe, it should be the day for the salt replacement team to set off."

Zhuo Yan: ... Suddenly he was cueed, and everyone looked at him.

A voice came from behind, "Yes, Zhuo Yan, when will our potatoes be ripe?"

Aman's voice said.

Zhuo Yan was startled, and turned around. Sure enough, he saw Aman Shitou and Xiao Xiandu standing behind him. He was still satisfied with what he heard. He didn't know how long he had been standing here.

"I don't know either, why don't you go over and take a look? You often dig mud beans, so you must have more experience than me."

"Okay." Aman agreed.

They went to see the potato field, and they were followed by many orcs - all of them chatting by the river. Compared with the sneaky crowds before, Zhuo Yan took the lead this time, and everyone chatted openly, talking about how to grow mud by the way. Dou, some sub-orcs even started calling them potatoes like Aman.

From Qiao's cave, some sub-orcs felt that the Zhuoyan people were quite good and would tell them anything. As long as they asked, their views on Zhuoyan changed. This time they asked about growing potatoes, and sure enough, Zhuoyan also told them the method.

Zhuo Yan: It's true that these sub-orcs are showing their evil intentions clearly on their faces.

What about asking me 'by the way' and 'accidentally'? If Zhuo Yan refuses to say anything - with a look of regret and remorse on his face at this time, then I can ask Zhuo Yan again? At this time, there was a serious determination on his face, as if he wanted to give him something good.

Zhuo Yan: Although I am a little curious, there is no need to really ask people to ask him.

Shitou squatted down and touched the potato leaves. The other sub-orcs looked at them and asked if they could touch them. Shitou looked at Zhuo Yan, and Zhuo Yan said, "...touch it, it must not be ripe now."

"It is not ripe yet, at least wait for more than a month. " "

It's almost time for the salt replacement team to set off."

Zhuo Yan was a little surprised when he heard that they were waiting for more than a month. The potatoes matured earlier or later, four or five months later, and they were just about to finish planting. It took more than a month, and if it could mature in three months -

he loved this land, it was really fertile.

After everyone dispersed, Aman Shitou was still saying, "Zhuo Yan, have you started chatting with other sub-orcs?"

"Brother Aman, are you jealous?" Zhuo Yan joked.

Aman hadn't heard this title for a long time. He rubbed his arms. He now understood that it was Zhuo Yan who was teasing him and said, "Don't call me that, I'm afraid your Ayin will beat me up."

"...What and what? "Zhuo Yan complained, turning to Xiao Xian: "How long have you been behind me without saying anything?"

Xiao Xian complained, "Brother Aman can't say anything, let's see what you are doing. Brother, we are all surprised that you chatted with everyone in the tribe today.

"Everyone knows Zhuo Yan," Shitou said.

Xiao Xian nodded his head, his furry ears exposed again, but this time he covered his ears first and said, "That's right."

"..." He slowed down a step and didn't rub it, Zhuo Yan said, "Thank you everyone for considering my interpersonal relationship."

"You said something you didn't understand again." Aman clicked his tongue, but he didn't talk much about it. Instead, he said, "I ate too much yesterday and was so bored."

Shitou nodded as well.

Zhuo Yan: I see you are bored.

"Why don't you help me work?" Zhuo Yan said shamelessly.

Shitou: "By the way, where are your elephant bones? I sharpened the bone knife for you, and I almost forgot about it."

"I forgot about it if you didn't tell me." Zhuo Yan remembered, "I'll go home to get the elephant bones. "

"Then what did you mean by helping you just now?" Aman was curious.

Zhuo Yan said casually as he walked: "Put a shed over the stove and a short shed at the entrance. I can do these by myself. I also want to burn some charcoal..."

Today everyone talked about the items that the salt replacement team should bring. It was covered with leather, bones and other decorations. Zhuo Yan couldn't help but think of the clay pots he had thought about when he was setting the stove. The stone pots at home were still occupied, just a big stone pot that couldn't be used anymore.

And earthenware pots are so good, they don't shed wood chips, are not prone to mold, and can be used to boil water and store them.

They have yellow mud, and the firing temperature needs to be high. You can burn charcoal first, so that the temperature is about 1,200. As long as the sealing is good and a manual blower is used, the temperature can be achieved.

Zhuo Yan's blood boiled as he thought about it - it's better to act than to think.

Anyway, everyone had enough to eat and drink, and had nothing to do. It was already boring.

Zhuo Yan first took out the elephant bones at home and gave them to Shi Shi while telling him his plan. Unexpectedly, Harvest was confused and had many questions, such as: "If the firewood is burned, it will be gone!" "Mud

will be gone!"

How can it turn into something like a stone pot?"

"Brother Zhuo Yan, if you want ashes, there are a lot of them in my cave."

Zhuo Yan: ...I don't want firewood ashes! ! !

"That's the thing. Firewood is burned in the furnace but it should not be exposed to oxygen - that is, air. Otherwise, it will be fully burned and become ash. This ash is useless. What is needed is to control the temperature, and then close the vents to let The inside is carbonized and then left to cool for 24 hours. "

Very good. The three faces were confused and confused, and the expression "Brother Zhuo Yan is crazy?"

Zhuo Yan: I knew it!

"You said something very strange again."

"Zhuo Yan, how do you know what kind of charcoal this is?"

Zhuo Yan put his chin on his hand and said casually: "I dreamed about it. It was so cold last winter. I almost froze to death. I'm going to die soon. " It was so cold when I died, so I dreamed of charcoal, which is more resistant to burning--"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"" Xiao Xian cried.

Zhuo Yan:? ? ? He was confused and looked at Xiaoxian cautiously, "Why are you crying?" He didn't say anything else, right?

"Brother Zhuo Yan, you are so pitiful. You are almost dead."

"You are not dead yet. You are alive. You are alive." Zhuo Yan hugged Xiao Xian to comfort him. When he looked up, he saw Aman and Shitou looking at him seriously. Then he said: "Zhuo Yan, I'm willing to help you with the wood burning you mentioned."

"Me too."

Zhuo Yan only realized later that what he had just made up made his friends sympathize with him. Even if they don't believe that firewood can produce charcoal, they are willing to accompany him.

Now it was Zhuo Yan's turn to be moved to tears.

"Good brother, good brother, woo woo woo."

"Brother Zhuo Yan, don't cry." Xiao Xian also joined in.

The four of them huddled together and whined here. Shitou and Aman were still a little unaccustomed to it, and finally stiffly gave up on themselves - forget it, whining with these two, they didn't whine.

By the time Zhuo Yan was finished being moved - although he didn't really cry, he was really moved. When he first came here last year, Aman kept calling him 'an animal'. Although he sympathized with him, it was just a chance encounter, and Now the relationship between several people is really different.

Just hearing him say that the snow season was so cold that he was going to die, a few people were willing to go crazy with him.

"Ahem, you two, especially you Zhuo Yan, you didn't cry at all, you just whined." Aman was embarrassed to sit up straight. When he hugged the two of them just now, he almost shed tears when he heard the whining. .

Damn it, this Zhuo Yan is a big liar.

Zhuo Yan said innocently, "Brother Aman, I don't like to shed tears when I cry. I just like to moan."

"Just...just." Xiao Xian left happily and ran back after saying that.

Everyone laughed.

Back to the topic, Shitou sharpened his bone knife. The elephant bone was very big. Shitou first asked Zhuo Yan what he wanted to use it for. Zhuo Yan said it was for cutting vegetables, so Shitou said, "That's too big. I'll make two for you."

"Okay, it's all up to you." The

stone began to pick the location of the elephant bone. Some locations were too thin to be used. After smashing the stone, I found a piece of rock and slowly sharpened the blade. If it is too thin, it will break easily, and it cannot be too thick.

These are all techniques of old craftsmen!

While Shi Shi was sharpening the bone knife, Aman asked, "Burn your wood into ash - no, what to burn it into?"

"Charcoal."

"Yes, how to burn it into charcoal?"

Zhuo Yan: "Collect firewood and dig a hole. When it comes to making a cellar, I know there is a burning method that yields a high amount of charcoal. "In the past, rural areas used to burn charcoal themselves.

There are two ways to burn charcoal: carbonization and kiln firing.

There are two kiln firing methods. Zhuo Yan previously learned the upright kiln firing method. This kiln is vertical, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. The amount of charcoal produced is not large but relatively complete, and the time is short. Until he recuperated in the countryside, too When he was bored, he made short videos and became a small video blogger. The villagers told him: Young man, you are not good at this. You haven't burned as much as my pigsty.

So Zhuo Yan knew a good way: the pig trough kiln firing method.

The pit dug is the same as the trough where the pigs eat their food. This kiln produces a large amount of charcoal, but the charcoal is very fragmented and takes time to pick up. It also takes a long time to burn. It depends on the quantity. If the quantity is large, it will take two or three days to burn, which is more labor-intensive.

Zhuo Yan: If he has nothing to do, he can spend it!

The other three people, stone sharpening, sharpening, sharpening, could not hear clearly. Xiao Xian and A Man listened as if they had not heard anything. Zhuo Yan: "... Let's do it. The first step is to collect small branches, not big trees."

Aman and Xiaoxian suddenly became energetic.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

"I know where there are thin trees." Xiao Xian thought for a moment and decided to go outside the tribe. "Should we wait for Qiao to come with us?"

Zhuo Yan: "Of course, we Do the preliminary preparations first, I don't think Sister Qiao will be able to show up for a while."

"Why?" The child was puzzled.

Aman said straightforwardly: "Of course you have to mate with Ada. Where did you get so many? Why? I told you that you were still young and not in heat, and you also told me that you have grown up and you don't understand this. Look, Zhuo Yan knows better!" "

..." Aman said, he was like a nymphomaniac.

Zhuo Yan planned to treat his friends to dinner at noon - it was almost noon, and Aman Shitou was not very interested. "I'm not very hungry."

"Brother Zhuo Yan, I'm still holding on. I almost didn't fall asleep after eating so much yesterday." Xian touched his belly.

"Have something simple to eat, just in time to wait for Ah Yin to come back. Aren't we going to chop firewood? It will be safer outside the tribe with Ah Yin watching over us." This is what Zhuo Yan meant.

Sister Qiao and Ada couldn't show up. They had Ah Yin, who was not far from the tribe anyway.

"Okay!"

Zhuo Yan went home and burned firewood to cook. Looking at the big pot of fried meat, he decided to consume it. In order to relieve his boredom, he probably couldn't even eat pure meat. Zhuo Yan took stock of what little was left at home. The Dudu fruit was first crushed in a wooden barrel -

and soon Aman Xiaoxian came up.

When Aman saw Zhuo Yan making Dudu fruit, he was very happy and took it, saying that he would make it.

"It's good to eat Dudu fruits."

Xiao Xian nodded, "There are no more Dudu fruits in my cave."

"You have a lot of family members, and mine is also the same. Sister Qiao said not to eat them during the snow season and save them. Eat one today and eat two more. It's gone." Zhuo Yan wondered if Dudu fruit could be grown, but the Dudu fruit tree was very tall, and it looked like it wouldn't bear fruit for three to five years.

Zhuo Yan started chopping green onions and washing wild vegetables. He planned to make stir-fried pork noodles.

Aman took action, and after a while the Dudu fruit was mashed into pulp and set aside. With no work to do, A Man and Xiao Xian joined in the fun and went to watch the chicken coop, and then watched the rabbits and chickens walking on the slope. They were both looking at the scenic spots, with strange surprises on their faces.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, can't the chicken run away?"

"No, the male ran away all morning, and then he came back. His wings couldn't fly anymore, and he settled down." Zhuo Yan glanced at the two of them. , added: "The rabbit still wants to run, you two help keep an eye on it."

As soon as Aman Xiaoxian heard this, he ran a few steps to the rabbit and stared at it for a while. The two rabbits moved their bodies Buried in the hole, with only his head exposed, he didn't dare to look outside.

"A bit silly."

"You're too silly to run away, right?"

"Who knows, some animals are very cunning."

The two of them stared at the rabbit hole as they spoke. In the end, Zhuo Yan called someone back and said, "It's almost time to eat. One of you can call Shitou."

Shitou was still sharpening his knife by the river.

"I'll go, brother Zhuo Yan!"

"I'll go!"

The two of them were tired of looking at the rabbit. At this time, they both wanted to run errands. In the end, the two of them were laughing and joking and went downhill to the river to call someone. Zhuo Yan said: ...The world is quiet.

The two rabbits, which tried their best to shrink into the hole, carefully poked their heads out.

He scooped out a large spoonful of the solidified elephant meat and placed it on the iron plate. He added chopped green onions and the freshly baked half-cooked dudu pancakes. Zhuo Yan stir-fried them with chopsticks. An iron plate could only produce two portions.

"You guys eat first." Zhuo Yan gave it to Shitou Aman, "Xiao Xian, will you follow me later?"

"Okay, okay." Xiao Xian took a breath of air, "Brother Zhuo Yan, everything you do tastes delicious."

Aman held the wooden bowl and said: "He works very cleanly. Obviously everyone lives in the cave, Zhuoyan's cave is different from our cave."

Shitou didn't eat anything, nodded his head, his cave It's messy, but not dirty. After getting the broom, he cleans the cave every day, but - he can't clean it every day. There will be firewood ash, food residue, and his sister naughtily overturning firewood, making it a mess. of.

At this moment, Shitou looked at Zhuo Yan's cave. It was clean outside. There was a tree not far from the door, and there was a bubble leaf tree next to it. The same mats. Zhuo Yan's house was very clean and dry in the sun. Look You will feel comfortable when you get up and fall asleep.

The inside of the cave is very open and large. In one corner, firewood is piled neatly against the cave wall. There are also wooden pillars. Zhuo Yan said these are called stools to sit down and eat. Clean leather is hung on the wall, and rattan baskets are placed on the wall. The corner of the firewood pile and the stone bed were also swept clean.

How nice.

Shitou couldn't hide his envy in his eyes, "I want to be a partner again."

"It smells delicious, but there is no salt." Aman had already eaten and took a big mouthful. He was obviously not very hungry, but Zhuo Yan was really good at cooking. The food was delicious, and he looked at Shitou again, "You don't want to have a partner, you just want a hole."

Shitou did not deny it, and lowered his head to eat the food in his hand.

"If you think about it, living with a smelly orc who has to mate continuously when he's in heat -" Aman looked at Zhuo Yan and said hurriedly: "I didn't say anything about you."

They said last time Zhuo Yan doesn't like to talk about the mating issue.

Zhuo Yan: Stir-fried stir-fried.

"You love cleanliness so much, Stone, you can find an orc who loves cleanliness." Aman returned to the topic and thought of a few names for 'clean' orcs.

After listening to this, the expression on Shitou's face changed from 'I want to be a partner' to 'I am heartless and have given up on love'.

In fact, it is not Shitou's fault. There are not many orcs in the tribe who are as old as Shitou. For example, Ada is partnered with Qiao, Ashu and Chun, or they are not partners but live with this sub-orc for a period of time. It is not suitable anymore. Go live with another orc.

The next one is smaller than Stone Aman, like rain.

There are mostly mature orcs in the tribe, but most of them are married or live with temporary partners. The young ones are too young, the old ones are too old, and the latter are even rarer.

"Brother Shitou, why don't you change the Salt Team and go to the Feathered Market this year? You can go with us and see if there are any suitable people from other tribes." Xiao Xian said.

"If your second brother doesn't carry you, who can carry the stone?" Aman knocked Xiao Xian's head, "Besides, what if the Zai Zai is born like Ah Yin -"

"Zhuo Yan, I'm not saying that Ah Yin can't. Good intention." Aman quickly apologized.

"I know, what you said is the truth." Zhuo Yan knew that Aman was just worried about Shi Shi's future situation, so he gave the fried noodles to Xiao Xian first, and he ate them directly from Shi Shi, and said with a smile: "A Yin is very good, I like it very much Such A Yin. "

If A Yin changed into a man, Zhuo Yan would not be as comfortable as he is now.

In the winter, he could sleep naked with Ah Yin as a man, which made Kiriki angry. Moreover, Ah Yin bumped into his butt several times, and a furry one accidentally bumped into you simply because he wanted to help you with your work. The nature of a big man bumping into your butt is completely different!

All in all: "I love Ah Yin and Fuzzy."

Ah Yin jumped up from the slope with a bunch of red berries in his mouth, running very fast, oooooooooo, my brother said he loved him, he liked him ~

Brother, eat the berries quickly , this is ripe, it must be very sweet!

Zhuo Yan, who had just confessed his love, said: ...it's not considered a confession, right?

Look at Ah Yin holding the berry in his mouth. The silvery hair on his mouth and nose has also been dyed red because of the ripe juice. A pair of beautiful blue eyes are looking at you eagerly, and his tail is swaying. My heart and eyes are full of you, who can't love such a furry one!

Ah Yin is so cute!

Zhuo Yan ate the berries and gave them to everyone - A Man, Shitou and Xiao Xian didn't want them at first, but Zhuo Yan insisted on giving them some, "Fruit after dinner." Both he and A Yin ate the berries, and their mouths turned purple after eating. Purple and red, Zhuo Yan leaned against the stove and smiled happily.

Ah Yin laughed when she saw her brother loved to eat, and she laughed too.

The other three people:...

'Is Brother Zhuo Yan in heat? '

'Are Zhuo Yan and A Yin going to mate? Are we going back? '

'Should we still burn the firewood and ashes? I haven't finished sharpening Zhuoyan's bone knife yet. '

'...Then don't leave now and wait and see. If they mate, we'll run away. '

The three of them had the above conversation on their faces, winked at each other, and finally decided to bury their heads in the fans and not run away yet.

Chapter 34

In the afternoon, a few people went to the forest outside the tribe to cut firewood. They carried baskets of firewood back. The wood they chopped was all branches. The thickest ones were as thick as a child's arm, and the next ones were thinner. They were about the same length and relatively even.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, why don't you cut down the tree?"

"If you cut the branches, the tree can still grow and can be used in the future. Moreover, if these branches are not pruned for a long time, the tree will not grow taller. It is enough for now." Zhuo Yan thought to himself, At this time, there were still few people, vast land, and abundant supplies.

There are only more than sixty people in the Leopard Man tribe, and there is a large area of ​​mountains, forests, and even grasslands in the distance. They have lived for so long, burning fires for heating and cooking, and the forest trees are still lush and lush. This is really because there are few people.

In modern times, a town consists of several villages, backed by mountains. If logging is not prohibited, the mountains will become bare within a few years.

Before I came here, there was a saying on the Internet: I have never enjoyed a wealthy life for a few days, but I have never failed to protect the environment and save energy. That's what they say, but it's been taught like this since childhood, and it can't be changed.

The four people spent the afternoon cutting firewood and moved it back to the tribe. The firewood was piled in the place where they would burn charcoal tomorrow - a large flat open space not far from the potato fields by the river.

It was already evening, the sunset was setting, and the sky was particularly beautiful.

"Zhuo Yan, what are you doing again?" The sub-orcs who were about to go back noticed and asked curiously.

Aman said: "Burn the firewood."

Zhuo Yan nodded.

The sub-orc man's expression was suddenly stuck. It wasn't Zhuo Yan's exaggeration, he was really stuck. He opened his mouth and wanted to continue asking, but he looked confused and didn't know what to ask.

"Oh, okay, you guys get busy, I'm going back to the cave first." Finally, the sub-orc man carried the rattan basket and went back. He walked with other companions on the way, and some of them said this.

"Zhuoyan Aman and the others cut down a lot of branches."

"I heard Aman said they were burning firewood."

"It's so hot now and it's not snowing. Why are they burning firewood?"

"I don't know."

"Didn't you ask? "

Asked, Aman said to burn firewood, Zhuo Yan also said, "

Then the topic came back. The orc man walked all the way and couldn't figure out why it was so hot. Even if it was for cooking, then firewood was needed. There are too many and I don't understand.

Zhuo Yan and the three of them were still sorting the firewood. They sorted the thicker ones and put them aside, trimming them to about the same length. After sorting everything, Shitou looked at the neatly placed firewood with a very soft expression on his face. , "That's great."

"Then let's come back tomorrow." Aman stretched and said.

Zhuo Yan nodded, "Okay, let's start burning firewood tomorrow." He was very tired today, so he went to the river to wash his face first, and then took Ah Yin back to have a rest. His dinner was meat in a stone pot, but there was too much grease. , he fished out large pieces of meat, heated them on the stone slab and ate them.

Ah Yin could eat more than half of it, but Zhuo Yan couldn't stand it after eating some. The main reason was that there was no salt. Even though the fat had been removed from the fat, it was crispy on the outside, but it still tasted a bit greasy without salt.

"Eat it, brother, I have no appetite." Zhuo Yan saw that A Yin was worried about him, and said, "I really have no appetite. It's hard to live without some salt. Everything you eat has no taste. You should try to eat raw food in the future."

He was beginning to regret that when Sister Qiao asked to bring him something in exchange for salt, he declined, and now he wanted to agree - but the things had better not be heavy and should be very light. Besides the clay pots that were going to be burned, what else could the family bring to the table?

Half a bear skin would definitely not work. First, it would be used, and second, it would be heavy.

In the past few days, I heard the orcs talking about the Featherman Market. Except for the Leopard Clan, most of the other three tribes trade in skins.

Yuren also loves to look beautiful.

When Zhuo Yan was feeling sad, Ah Yin stopped eating. He looked down at the meat on the stone slab and saw that there was a lot of meat left on the stone slab. He couldn't eat it because there was no salt. He said that the blood of herbivores has salt, but he didn't like it either. Raw meat...

Ah Yin was depressed, his head hanging down, and his ears stood up when he suddenly thought of something.

He remembered!

My brother said that the meat of mammoths has a slight salty taste. The places where mammoths are found - A Yin thought of this, nudged his brother with his nose, and screamed, don't worry, brother, A Yin has a way.

Zhuo Yan thought A Yin was worried about his appetite, so he touched A Yin's head and said, "It's okay. It's hot and I'm not very hungry anyway. I'm full at noon. You can eat well."

When he was cleaning up the stone slab, he saw that there was still something in the stone pot . There was almost half a pot of white flower oil, and suddenly my eyes lit up.

"Ah Yin, I've thought about what to use in exchange for salt. I'm going to make some soap. If I can't exchange for more salt, I can just use less salt. Just leave it to fate."

There is nothing else at home, and soap is light and easy to carry around without fear of damage.

Zhuo Yan is in a better mood, and the tribe leader will bring some collective things with him, and he will share some salt when he comes back. This should probably be enough... right?

So one person and one leopard were very happy. When night fell, they went to the river to take a bath and clean themselves. When they returned, they lay down on the stone bed and slept. The mats that had been exposed to the sun during the day still smelled of sunshine and grass. Zhuo Yan was very tired during the day, so he slept It came out very quickly and was very fragrant. I just dreamed of white and delicate piles of salt. There was so much salt!

He is rich!

When he woke up the next day, Zhuo Yan was still thinking about that dream. Unknowingly, he made a fortune not from money or gold, but from mountains of salt. He must have suffered from the lack of salt these days.

Early in the morning, Ah Yin took a piece of cold meat and went to the patrol team.

Xiao Xian, Shi Shi and A Man arrived very early. Xiao Xian said: "Brother Zhuo Yan, don't worry, my second brother will also go to the patrol today."

"Ah Yin didn't let me heat the meat early in the morning and just took it cold. The meat ran out in a hurry. "Zhuo Yan saw that A Yin was in a hurry today.

Aman said: "That must be because you don't have any meat at home."

"There are some more-" Zhuo Yan thought of the meat soaked in grease and cooled in the stone pot. Let alone A Yin, he had no appetite, "Then Ah Yin said, "

It's really not possible. I still have chickens and rabbits at home. You see, this is the benefit of breeding, and I have a lot of knowledge." Zhuo Yan felt that it was really safe to keep everything secret.

But the Leopard Man tribe doesn't have this awareness - except for hoarding food during the snow season, at other times, they just watch the hunting team eat and enjoy the moment.

While the four of them were chatting, they went to the river. Zhuo Yan politely asked them if they wanted to have breakfast. There was still meat in his stone pot, but they were all rejected because the meat in the stone pot was very hard and greasy. The salt taste is not good.

Zhuo Yan: ...shed tears of poverty.

Without salt, the family is reduced to tears.

patrol.

Ah Yin found the leopard in the team, the second brother Xiao Xian. Ever since the second brother Xiao Xian joined the patrol team, the patrol team originally had only Ah Yin in the form of a beast, but now there is a leopard.

After deciding on the road section, we patrolled the territory separately in groups of three or three.

"Ooooooooooo~" the silver leopard howled.

The leopard, which was walking lazily and listlessly in the early morning, staggered, and its limbs almost became paw-to-paw. The leopard stared at the silver leopard with its eyes widened in disbelief.

"Ouch!" What did you just say!

The silver leopard said it again patiently.

Leopard:! ! ! ! The whole hair exploded.

He heard it just now, and it's unbelievable for you to say that you didn't mean it again.

This Ah Yin, a cub that is not yet an adult, wants to find the territory of mammoths? And asked him if he knew? He, he, he knows nothing! He had only just grown up, and the biggest prey he fought with was a bear during the snow season last year. He was slapped by the bear and flew very far away.

Ahem, I can't tell Ah Yin this.

"Ooooooooooooo." Why are you looking for a mammoth?

"Ooooooooooooo." Your family is short of food, so my brother will take you to catch sheep.

"Woooooo." If you don't like sheep, I can take you to catch suzuka. Suzuka is delicious. Just run as far away as you want. No matter how far you go, it's safe. He's not afraid of distance!

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (Ouch) Wow

!

Ah Yin lowered his tail and swung it, and the leopard screamed anxiously, "What do you think, do you want to eat the suzuka or the sheep? If not, I will transform into a human and catch the cubs and lambs for you and bring them back to you."

"Ooooooooooooo." Ah Yin asked in a steady rhythm.

The leopard, which was about to go crazy with the hair on its back standing on end, cooled down for a moment and tilted its head: "Ouch?" Is it true? Who told you?

Ah Yin said with certainty: "Ouch!" It must be true. My brother said it must be true.

Is there salt where mammoths roam? The leopard scratched the grass on the side of the road with its front paws to sharpen its claws. He actually didn't believe it, so he couldn't help but moan and persuade Ah Yin to forget it and stop running away.

"Ouch!" You don't believe my brother.

Hua Bao: "..." I really don't believe it.

Salt can only be found in the Feathered Market. It is said that it was made by sea people who flew far and far from the blue sea and brought back, so it is very precious and rare. Where can the four fur tribes like them in the grassland and forest get it? Salt.

Did you let your brother coax you? - Hua Bao met A Yin's eyes and changed the sentence to: "Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo [poys. Yes, let the clan leader lead the hunting team to find it.

Ah Yin flicked his tail, "Ouch! Woo!" You didn't believe it.

Indeed, he didn't even believe it, it would be strange for the clan leader to believe it. Huabao probably understood, but he really didn't believe it, so he couldn't help but patrolled next to Ah Yin, howling along the way, but Ah Yin was thinking hard and didn't speak.

Huabao was anxious, "Ouch~~" Why are you still angry?

"Ouch, ouch, ouch." There was no anger.

Obviously the silver leopard is still a cub, smaller than the leopard, but at this time the two leopards seem to be opposite in age. The silver leopard is very calm and talks little, but it is the leopard who doesn't believe it and the one who is anxious. , it was he who was howling.

After visiting the tribe, Ah Yin did not go home immediately, although he also came to the tribe. The leopard followed closely. In fact, it's still early today. They can catch the sheep. Let's go. Ah Yin, isn't this your home? If you don't go back, where are you going?

Ah Yin went deep into the tribe.

Do we really want to go to the clan leader?

Hua Bao was a little afraid to step forward. He was also afraid of the clan leader, and what A Yin said - how to find salt in the mammoths was nonsense at first glance. However, he glanced at A Yin's back and followed him not close but not far away. behind.

As a result, Ah Yin did not go to the clan leader, but to the territory of another orc - he smelled the mark of the orc, and he was an older orc.

"Ouch, ouch -" Ah Yin, you don't want to die!

If the invitation is not accepted, or if a sub-orc leads the way, other orcs will still go to other people's territory in their animal form, and they will definitely be beaten. Huabao ran a few steps to catch up with Ah Yin and called out to Ah Yin.

Ah Yin turned around and asked in a very studious manner: "Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo [ [-

Ouch ouch ouch. You still ask. Then if you want to ask not to go in again, just shout here. The leopard stood still.

Ah Yin understood, so it was like this.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch." It doesn't matter if it's a cub. If an adult or almost adult orc goes to someone else's territory rashly, he'll be beaten lightly.

Two leopards roared ten meters away from the entrance of the cave. After a while, a sub-orc appeared first. The sub-orc drove them away and asked them to leave. Another orc appeared behind them.

This is Lei's father.

"You want to know the location of the mammoth?" the orc asked.

Ah Yin nodded and whined. He wanted to go where the mammoths were.

The orc looked at the two young orcs under him. He knew that the silver-white one was a beast that had not taken human form. These two were still alive, so why was his Alei dead?

"I'm telling you." The orcs stood on a high place and told the signs of the places where mammoths were found. He first left the tribe and ran along the direction of the sun for a day in the morning. He saw the river waters and followed the direction of the river waters where the sun sets in the evening. I continued running for a long time...

Ah Yin memorized everything, "Ouch." Thank you.

The orc at the entrance of the cave didn't say anything and went back. He just walked with a slight limp on his feet. The sub-orc hurriedly followed in. Before entering, he took a deep look at the two young orcs.

"You'd better not go there, it's very dangerous." The orc man said.

The leopard howled, "I know, but we just won't go if we ask."

The orcs also entered the cave.

Ah Yin left, still remembering the way the orc told him, while Huabao hurriedly followed Ah Yin, and in desperation, he directly turned into a human, "Do you really want to go? Or don't go, your brother didn't even go. How do you know if there is salt in a place where mammoths roam? "He is so smart, he thought of all this.

There is salt in the mammoth place. It was indeed the orcs from the A Yin family who said it.

"Ouch." I knew.

Hua Bao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "It's good that you know, I'm going home."

Ah Yin stopped and looked at Brother Xiao Xian, "Ooooooo~" Thank you.

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Brother Xiao Xian waved his hand. After the transformation, he was naked. From time to time, sub-orcs came out of the tribe. They were a little shy, and they turned into leopards and ran away to their caves.

It seems that he never told Ah Yin what his name was.

Forget it, tell me next time.

At the same time, Zhuo Yan and Aman Shitou Xiaoxian dug a pig trough kiln early in the morning and put the thick firewood in layers first, and then the smaller ones. The groove is flush, and then dry grass stalks are pressed into the top, wrapped layer by layer, and then covered with soil.

Although in this series of tasks, the three of them had many questions and were very curious. Zhuo Yan tried his best to answer them, but the three of them still didn't understand, but they did the work very quickly.

At noon, Sister Qiao came unexpectedly and brought meat.

"What are you doing?" Joe asked.

Xiao Xian was the first to answer: "Brother Zhuo Yan said to burn charcoal. It means that when you burn this wood, you don't need ashes but carbon."

"Qiao, don't ask what carbon is, because we don't know." Aman spread his hands and said.

Shitou nodded.

Qiao looked at Zhuo Yan curiously. Zhuo Yan: ...OK, explain it again.

"The firewood is burned at just the right temperature without contact with air. The wood burned in this way will turn into black charcoal. The fire will burn longer and the temperature will be higher."

After hearing this, Qiao smiled and said, "Haha, I I don't understand, but Zhuo Yan, you can do whatever you want, I'll help you."

"Thank you, Sister Qiao!"

These are his friends, it's really great.

Zhuo Yan skipped the 'woo woo woo' and did it the day before yesterday. After finishing the preparations in the morning, they rested by the river at noon and ate the barbecue brought by Qiao. Qiao looked very good, and it seemed that he had lived a very happy life these days.

Everyone talked about how each other was doing these past few days.

Potatoes have another month to mature. His family raised chickens and rabbits. Now the chickens no longer run away, and the rabbits have dug holes and settled down the slope of the house. The uncle gave him an elephant bone, and the stone helped him sharpen his bone knife. In fact, it doesn't matter much. After all, although Qiao has been a little busy the past few days, we still see each other occasionally.

"Speaking of bubble leaves, Sister Qiao, I plan to make a few pieces of soap. Can you take them to the Yuren Market for salt? I promise they are very light and do not take up space. They are about the weight of a piece of firewood." Zhuo Yan gestured.

Qiao agreed, "I wanted to bring you some. You were too polite before. You don't have salt at home. You will need to stock up on food soon after you come back from the Yuren Market. What will you do then?"

"And in the first year that Ada and I became partners, we actually couldn't bring much to the market." Just some leathers.

When Qiao said this, he smiled and said, "Thank you, Zhuo Yan. I tanned the leather according to your method. My leather is very soft and good. I believe that when I go to the market this time, although everyone has a lot of leather, I should You can exchange it for salt. "

Actually, you need to exchange a lot of salt, and you will get more with silver horns. Qiao heard from her elders and other sub-orcs before that she should just bring the silver horns to exchange for them.

For this reason, Joe was actually a little unhappy. Now, none of her friends mentioned it, Qiao smiled happily, they all understood her.

"By the way, what is soap?"

Zhuo Yan chuckled, "Remember when we tanned leather before, we mixed plant ash with bubble leaf water. I said that if we add some grease, it will turn into one piece when it cools down, and we can It is made into a rectangular and square shape. I heard that Yu people love beauty, so I can also make some molds, such as small flowers, or other things. "

With his strength and current tools, the small flower mold is very good.

Xiao Xian: "! Brother Zhuo Yan, I understand this time!"

"Me too." Aman touched his chin, no, why is he talking like Xiao Xian now?

Zhuo Yan: "Actually, it has the same effect as the bubble leaves. They are used for cleaning. However, I don't have anything to use to exchange for salt. This one is lighter. I can exchange as much as I can. It doesn't matter if I can't."

"Our tribe , If the clan leader goes, he should exchange some and send them back, right?"

Shitou nodded, yes, but only rarely.

Zhuo Yan breathed a sigh of relief and was no longer under great pressure.

Qiao felt that he should be able to exchange it and comforted Zhuo Yan, "The Yu people like to be beautiful very much. They have a lot of salt. The four tribes bring a lot of leather every year, but no one has taken out your soap. I think it can be done." "Hehe, I think so too. "

Zhuo Yan felt that he could change it, but he didn't know how much.

After all, everyone is more pragmatic at this time. The specific value of soap with the same function as Bubble Leaf still depends on Yuren's decision. To be honest, the salt eaten by the four fur tribes on the entire continent was controlled by the Yuren. No wonder salt was official in ancient times.

After taking a break at noon, the group finally started burning charcoal.

Bury the covered soil, sprinkle some water, and don't pat it too tightly. Leave a fire port on the side corner, and a small hole to exhaust smoke. The flammable hay will catch fire, and soon the entire earth bag will emit smoke.

"It's on, Brother Zhuo Yan!"

"Yes." Zhuo Yan was still lying there stuffing firewood, making sure it would all light up.

The small smoke at first gradually became larger and thicker as time passed, and the smoke from the vents floated directly into the sky, attracting many sub-orcs to watch and chat.

Seeing this, Zhuo Yan said, "Block it, block the vent." He blocked the ignition port.

The wet soil that had been prepared long ago filled the hole firmly. The smoke is trapped in it and can only vaguely emerge from the top. You have to watch from the sidelines later. If it is burned, the bulging earth bag above will collapse.

Zhuo Yan wiped his sweat and said, "Okay, I'll stay and watch."

"Is this okay?" Aman asked.

"Probably... I'll keep an eye on it." Zhuo Yan had also seen people in the village burn like this once. He had been there to help. This was not difficult.

After saying that, he looked up and was shocked. Why were there so many sub-orcs around?

"Zhuo Yan, why are you burying the firewood in the earth?"

"Yeah, what are you burning this for?"

"It's still smoking."

There were many people watching the orcs, and some Zhuo Yan could already name them, such as A Bai , flowers, he explained: "I want to burn some charcoal."

As expected, everyone was even more confused, and then asked all kinds of questions.

Aman waved his hand first, interrupted everyone's questions loudly, and said: "Don't ask, Zhuo Yan can't understand, and you and we can't understand either. Anyway, it's just for fun. Zhuo Yan only dreamed about it." "

... ..." Zhuo Yan: Is that okay?

But surprisingly, after Aman finished speaking, the sub-orcs who originally had many questions nodded immediately as soon as they heard what Mengmeng was talking about, as if they were just burning for fun, so they stopped asking any more questions.

This all works!

After the crowd dispersed, Qiao looked at Zhuo Yan's expression and explained in a funny way: "I used to dream about eating fruits, so I went to the mountains to pick berries. The berries were really ripe and ready to eat."

"There are also sub-orcs who dream about eating fruits." When there was a beast tide, he asked the orcs to urinate near his house the next day.

"Yes, there are many such things."

"Some people even dreamed of looking for red stones in the river, but they didn't see any after looking for them for several days. " Red stone, it seems that his orcs brought back berries in the end."

After Zhuo Yan heard this, it turned out that everything could be explained away by dreams.

Learned another trick!

A Yin came back in the afternoon, without bringing any prey. Zhuo Yan was afraid that A Yin would be lost, so he smiled and touched A Yin's head. Soon there was a clanging sound in the tribe, and Sister Qiao and others were very excited, "The hunting team is back. !", "Brother Zhuo Yan, I'm going to get the meat." "What should I do with this bumpkin?"

"Let's go get the meat first," Zhuo Yan said.

Everyone in the tribe went to get the meat, and no one would step on it. Zhuo Yan still trusted everyone in the tribe. The potato fields he planted were not touched by the sub-orcs no matter how curious they were.

He liked the Leopard Man's sense of boundaries.

This time the hunting team caught baboons and tusked pigs. As for why there were baboons, it was the baboons that angered the hunting team.

Zhuo Yan and A Yin went to queue to receive meat and heard everyone talking.

They were chasing a group of pied horses based on their tracks. When they were about to succeed, a few little baboons were croaking in the trees, which alarmed the group of pied horses and fled. The young and energetic orcs in the hunting team caught the one watching the fun on the spot. The clapping and squawking baboon was beaten but not killed, mainly the cubs.

Several others fled in panic.

When the leopard men continued to chase, the fleeing baboons and baboons came with groups of baboons - these things came in groups, because there were so many that sometimes even the lone lions and tigers were not included. They are very cautious, and a large group of attacks will attack you fiercely, leaving you exhausted and unable to shake off.

Then the result was...the orcs in the hunting team all came back with painted faces, and brought many baboons with them. On the way back, they happened to encounter a tooth pig, and they all got back in a rage.

"Ah, that's it. No wonder I see that the hunting team is all in animal form."

"There are injuries on the face, all scratches. Ah Ri's eyes were almost blinded."

That was quite dangerous. Zhuo Yan thought.

After waiting for a while, the other friends came, only Xiao Xian's eyes were red. Zhuo Yan wondered, it was fine when they first separated, what's wrong? He looked at Aman Stone.

"His eldest brother almost went blind."

Zhuo Yan sounded familiar, "Your eldest brother's name is Ari?"

"Yes." Xiao Xian nodded his head and said angrily: "Those hateful baboons, I want to eat them today! "

Eat, eat."

"It's okay." Aman patted Xiao Xian, "If the orc is injured, it will be fine. If it is blind, broken, and lame, it will be really fatal.

" When they were receiving the meat, Zhuo Yan saw some orcs with scratches on their faces and heads. Looking at those scratches again, he couldn't help but frown. He looked down at Ah Yin. During that snow season, Ah Yin met a group of baboons?

"I want a baboon too!" Zhuo Yan said.

The uncle didn't even raise his eyebrows. He was used to it today and said: "It's all done, we only have tusked pigs."

This time, the hunting team that went out didn't want tusked pigs, all wanted baboons.

Zhuo Yan: ...Damn it, damn it.

"Then let's take it."

Zhuo Yan carried the tooth pig back, "Ah Yin, was it a baboon that hurt you that time?"

"Ouch~" Ah Yin wrapped his tail around his brother's leg, brother, don't be angry, don't be angry, He is not even angry, but if he sees him next time, he will definitely take revenge himself.

At night, Zhuo Yan held A Yin's head by the light of the stove and examined it carefully, "Close your eyes, let me take a look." He pulled A Yin's thick hair, and the hair growing on the side of his head covered the scar. In fact, it was still there. There are scars, but fortunately Ah Yin has good recovery ability at a young age and is not bald.

You can see it on your eyelids, a thin strip, very shallow.

Zhuo Yan saw the scars and thought of Ah Yin who was dying in the winter. He couldn't help kissing Ah Yin's eyelids and said, "It's fine, Ah Yin. It's okay."

Ah Yin raised his head and smiled like a puppy, sticking out his tongue. Come.

My brother likes him like this!

Chapter 35:

That night, Zhuo Yan and A Yin didn't sleep much. From time to time, they went to the charcoal burning place. Early in the morning, before dawn, Shitou Aman ran over. Seeing that Zhuo Yan was still guarding, what? The pig kiln is smoking.

"Did you not sleep last night?" Aman asked.

Zhuo Yan yawned, "After sleeping for a while, I woke up and ran over to have a look."

"You go back to sleep, Shitou and I will come and see."

Zhuo Yan felt a little sleepy, so he nodded and said OK with a dazed look. Ah Yin accompanied his brother and sent him back to the cave first. He didn't sleep either. He squatted at the entrance of the cave and watched for a while, then ran out.

When Zhuo Yan woke up after a long sleep, the sun outside shone more than half into the cave. It must have been almost noon. He didn't see Ah Yin around him. He got up and got dressed. The bucket was full. Ah Yin fetched water. He probably went to the patrol team. .

Yesterday there was a tusked pig. The weather was hot. Zhuo Yan stayed up late last night to refine the fat from the tusked pig. Now it is mostly lean meat. When he saw that there was no less tusked pork on the plate, Ah Yin didn't eat it?

Zhuo Yan was stunned for a moment, brushed his teeth and washed his face. The temperature was very high at noon during the day, and it was quite cool in the cave. He cut a large piece of meat and planned to take it down for lunch with his friends, leaving a piece for Ah Yin.

Hopefully the meat will be available in the afternoon.

As a result, when he was halfway out with the meat, Ah Yin came running back with something in his mouth.

"Ah Yin!" Zhuo Yan shouted.

Ah Yin ran very fast, swinging his tail and holding the prey in his mouth before reaching his brother. Zhuo Yan saw that only half of the horned sheep in A Yin's mouth was left, and he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Did you go hunting with brother Xiao Xian this morning?"

"Ouch~" Brother ate meat.

Zhuo Yan: "I brought the tooth pork, which is enough to eat. Eat it quickly and eat more."

A Yin pushed his nose against the half-horned sheep on the ground. The meat was red and there was blood. My brother wanted to drink some blood. , with salt content. But Zhuo Yan couldn't understand it at all, but he didn't want to waste Ah Yin's kindness, so he decided that today's meal would still be a mixture of yak and mutton.

He went back again and brought the remaining meat of the tooth pig with him, as well as a piece of thin horned sheep. Zhuo Yan showed it to A Yin, saying, "Brother, I have eaten a lot of meat, so you can eat it quickly." "The weather is hot, save it now." If you don't want meat, you should eat more. You must eat enough for Ah Yin. My brother will not be hungry."

He removed the sheep's skin for Ah Yin and put the meat on Ah Yin's big plate.

After hearing this, Ah Yin lowered his head and started eating.

After a while, half a horned sheep and a large piece of tusked pig were eaten, and Ah Yin ate them cleanly. Zhuo Yan had just peeled the meat, and when he weighed it, he knew that there were at least twenty kilograms of meat. A Yin would not be hungry for at least three days after this meal.

By the time Zhuo Yan took Ah Yin and carried the meat back down to look for his friends again, it was already afternoon. Miss Qiao and Xiao Xian were also there. After greeting each other, Zhuo Yan took out the meat and said, "A Man Shitou, you two have a rest for a while. Eat!"

"Wow, where did the horned sheep come from?" Aman looked at the meat in Zhuo Yan's hand. He had eaten it yesterday.

Zhuo Yan: "The half of the bird that Ah Yin brought back from the patrol early in the morning must have been separated from the second brother Xiaoxian, right?"

"Brother Zhuo Yan, my second brother is not going to the patrol today and is going to the hunting team." Xiao Xian came running to say.

Zhuo Yan:? ? ?

"Then this half -"

"I understand, Ah Yin gave half to the patrol." Qiao explained to Zhuo Yan, "If the one caught in the tribe's territory is divided into half, half will be given to the patrol, but if it is caught outside, half will be given to the patrol. "

Zhuo Yan remembered. The first time he saw A Yin fail to catch the tooth pig, there was a patrol orc who caught and carried it back and wanted to share half of it with the team.

He thought that this horned sheep was just like the toothed pig, and accidentally broke into the tribe's territory and was caught by A Yin. Little did he know that this time A Yin went early in the morning to the place where brother Xiao Xian took him to guard the horned sheep last time. As for the half of the sheep, it was sent to another orc cave ten meters away.

Arele's father and mother's cave.

"The half-horned sheep that the white-haired boy sent."

Father Are actually saw it. In the morning, the disembodied beast took the horned sheep in its mouth and divided half of it on the ground not far from his cave. It didn't howl either. , silently holding the remaining half in his mouth and ran back.

"He...maybe he was thanking you for telling him about the place of mammoths yesterday."

Are's father said nothing. When Allei's other sub-orc father saw this, he just sighed silently. Since Are's death, his partner After taking revenge, he was injured all over, his temper became more stubborn, and he didn't know how to persuade him.

The white-haired boy who has not transformed looks pretty good.

I hope you don't go to Mammoth territory foolishly.

-Zhuo

Yan and his friends had a barbecue by the river. A Yin ran out again after a while. Zhuo Yan thought A Yin was going to play, so he didn't feel restrained. Theromorphic animals need a lot of exercise - he compared it with the modern experience of raising large dogs. Raise Ah Yin.

Besides, it's really boring to stay with them and watch charcoal burning.

Because the charcoal was burning, there was no need for them to do anything. A few people were sharpening bone knives by the river. This one was made of stone. Zhuo Yan and Sister Qiao started making soap. There was a lot of grease in their house, so they moved a big stone pot down. The plant ash was ready, and the bubble leaf tree was alive, but it lost a lot of leaves. Zhuo Yan picked it up and kept it in a small basket.

Now he is making molds, and Xiao Xian is watching.

There are two types of square shapes and flower shapes.

After Sister Qiao had prepared all the things for making soap, she called Zhuo Yan, and Zhuo Yan started to make soap, adding water, grease, plant ash, and bubble leaves. In fact, it was okay not to add it, but Zhuo Yan didn't want to add it. This one has its own refreshing scent, which may enhance its stain removal ability.

They make the first batch first.

"I will go to the mountains to pick some berries and wild flowers later to see if I can make two flavors." Zhuo Yan said.

Xiaoxian:! ! !

"Brother Zhuo Yan, can you make some kind of berry soap?"

"Theoretically, it's possible." This is very simple.

Xiao Xian didn't understand the 'theory', but he only understood it. His eyes suddenly brightened and he said, "From now on, I'll use berry flavor to wash my face and bathe."

Qiao also liked it a bit, but couldn't figure out what it looked like. .

When Zhuo Yan made the first batch, he still practiced. He had made a short video before but hadn't done it for a long time. He couldn't control the amount. In addition, he didn't know if it would work after adding bubble leaves, so he decided to give it a small try first. This batch is for friends.

Add plant ash and water to a stone pot and boil it first, then pour it into a wooden barrel and let it rest. They don't have gauze to filter it, so they can only let it sit and take their time.

During the resting process, Zhuo Yan continued to make molds.

Qiao and others already understood about the matter of letting it sit for a while. Xiao Xian said: "We don't want the water on top, we want the water on the bottom."

"Not this time, this time we just want water and don't want the impurities of plant ash at the bottom, otherwise the soap will be all ash. " "Scumbag, it's ugly." Zhuo Yan continued to answer without raising his head after hearing Xiao Xian's words.

Xiao Xian: "It's okay. I thought it was the same as making pancakes."

"There are alkaloids in the water boiled from plant ashes, and soap needs alkaloids. Some things settle down to become essences - they are useful, and some settle down to become waste materials. ."

"I understand, Brother Zhuo Yan!" It turns out that making things is so difficult.

Zhuo Yan used a stone knife. After he had roughly carved out the flower from the mold, the stone bone knife was finally sharpened and handed to Zhuo Yan. This bone knife had a long palm, and the handle was wrapped around the stone with thin vines. .

"Thank you." Zhuo Yan held the bone knife and admired it carefully. It was really a work of art. The blade was bone white, the blade was sharp, and it was actually very light to use - compared to his stone knife, the bone knife was really light.

"Try it."

Zhuo Yan used the bone knife to cut the wood first, but he didn't expect - "Stone, I like it so much, thank you!!!" It's really easy to use, it's a bit dull compared to the stone knife, and it often takes more time to work. Find the angle and use strength. Don't use force on too delicate areas. You have to sharpen slowly. The bone knife will be much lighter and sharper.

Shitou smiled and said, "You're welcome."

With the bone knife, it is very convenient to refine the texture and double the efficiency. After Zhuo Yan finished making the kindergarten simple drawing flower pattern mold, he could even carve another cloud - a five-pointed star. , the stars have too many edges and corners, soap would be cuter if they were rounder.

Except for flower clouds, boxy molds are best.

It worked slowly for a while, and the bucket was almost still. Zhuo Yan scooped the water into the stone pot with a ladle, and then slowly boiled the water over a low fire. There was only a layer of gray-white powder left at the bottom of the stone pot. This is ç¿¿.

Scrape it out and don't waste any bit of it.

Boiling bubble leaf water in a stone pot...

Aman and Shitou ran to see how to burn charcoal. Xiaoxian joined in after a while and said, "Brother Zhuo Yan makes that soap. It's so troublesome. If I make it myself, I won't be able to think of it." Come."

"It's a lot of work, including boiling plant ash water, soaking leaves, and heating oil. Brother Zhuo Yan said it's very simple."

Shitou nodded. He would rather sharpen the bone knife to do this.

"I think bubble leaves are very good for cleaning." Aman also commented.

Let him do this one after another, and he will already have a big head.

The three of them squatted there and watched the charcoal burn.

Zhuo Yan and Sister Qiao are making soap. In fact, making soap is very simple, but because the tools in the primitive world are backward, otherwise modern heating can be done by turning on the natural gas stove. There is only one stone pot here. After one is finished, the next step is Burning firewood and washing things are really troublesome.

"Next time you make soap to replace the salt, I'll bring out my stone pot." Joe said.

Zhuo Yan was not polite this time and agreed, "Thank you, Sister Qiao."

"You're welcome. Actually, I understand. It's very simple, just be very detailed."

"Yes, I don't want to waste materials. It's best to succeed the first time. If anything fails, everything will be wasted and an entire afternoon will be wasted."

After Qiao listened carefully and thought about it, she felt that Zhuo Yan was very smart and careful.

"Let me help you. It doesn't matter. Take your time."

"Sister Qiao, I plan to finish the first batch and let you pick first!" Zhuo Yan said with a hum.

Qiao laughed happily and said yes. Not polite either.

When Xiao Xian and A Man and others heard this, A Man Shitou was unmoved - the two of them couldn't do the fine work, so they thought it was nothing. Anyway, bubble leaves can be washed. Xiao Xian couldn't wait any longer. He was very curious about this soap, but Xiao Xian The child found it troublesome to do the fine work for a while. Now he couldn't sit still after hearing this. He ran over and said, "I'm here, I'm here. Brother Zhuo Yan, Sister Qiao, I'm here to help."

"..." I laughed to death. Zhuo Yanrua has a little salty head.

Xiao Xian carefully took out the boiled bubble leaves and squeezed out the water. Put the residue of the leaves into a bowl aside, "Brother Zhuo Yan, the water is ready." "

Bring it here, I've almost heated the fat. "

Xiao Xian carefully held a large bowl of bubble leaf water. Qiao mixed the water into it first, and then poured the water into the grease. Zhuo Yan kept stirring with a spoon. Finally, the liquid turned into a vegetable green color - mixed with a little... A little bit gray, the color is not that bright. After all, although the water boiled from plant ash water is dried into powder, the color is mostly gray.

It becomes a pasty liquid and poured into the mold.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, are you okay?"

"Okay! Let it cool down."

It was already evening, the sunset was setting, and the river water illuminated by the afterglow was red and beautiful. Zhuo Yan also finished packing up his stone pots, bowls, Basins, buckets and other tools, and the remains of bubble leaves in the basin, he planned to use them for bathing in the river at night, and he could also rub them into foam.

After a busy day, Zhuo Yan didn't realize that A Yin hadn't come back until nightfall.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, is this ready?" Xiao Xian shouted.

Several other people were surrounding the mold. Zhuo Yan first put down his own things and took them back later. He went over and touched them. They found they were completely dry and said, "Okay, just take them out of the mold."

After carving the mold, he poured in the liquid . It had been greased before, but now it is very easy to remove from the mold. I put it upside down on the stone slab and patted my back gently. A few people did not dare to express their anger and only heard a slight clicking sound.

Zhuo Yan took off the mold, and a few pieces of gray-green soap rolled down on the slate. The flowers and clouds were indeed very cute, round, and the square shape was just like ordinary square soap.

"Wow!" Xiao Xian liked the round one, "It's so beautiful."

It's Shitou and Aman, two rough orcs - they were tough before, saying that it would be the same with bubble leaves, but now they have to admit that this is indeed better than The bubble leaves are beautiful.

"Sister Qiao picks first, one piece for each person." Zhuo Yan said.

He carved a flower and a cloud, leaving three square pieces of soap. They should not be too mini, they are all about the size of a palm.

Seeing that Xiao Xian's eyes were always on the clouds, Qiao smiled and said, "You're welcome, I'll choose flowers." In fact, she also likes flowers, and the door at home is also made of flowers.

"Give Yun Duo to Xiao Xian, and we three Sifang Zao." Zhuo Yan made the decision.

Shitou waved his hand and said he didn't want it, but Aman wanted it a little bit. Zhuo Yan gave it to the two of them, "Don't tell the difference so clearly. If you two can't contribute to this, then I haven't sharpened the bone knife yet. Just take it."

"Take a shower and wash your face, wet your body and hair, rub it with this, and then rub your hair with your hands to make foam." The foaming effect of the bubble leaves is not guaranteed. Now that it is made into soap, Zhuo Yan doesn't need to think too much, it is definitely Easy to use.

"Thank you."

"Hey, why are you so polite?"

It was getting dark and all the friends had dispersed. Zhuo Yan was about to carry his basket back home when he saw A Yin running back from outside the tribe, jumping over the narrowest water and running quickly Xiang him, so he was not in a hurry and waited for Ah Yin where he was.

Ah Yin's hair was dirty.

"A Yin, did you fight with something?" Zhuo Yan saw that A Yin's hair was still a little knotted, much like tearing each other's clothes and hair during a fight, and couldn't help but look a little worried, "Let me see if there are any injuries. ."

Ah Yin threw herself at her brother and screamed easily.

Not injured.

Zhuo Yan checked around and found that there were indeed no wounds except for the messy hair, so he was probably playing with someone - I heard that sub-orcs do know how to fight when playing.

"It's okay, go home."

A Yin went to pick up the barrel, and Zhuo Yan didn't stop him. Ever since he knew that the orcs could easily carry more than three hundred kilograms, Zhuo Yan had been telling himself not to use modern pet dogs against him all the time. Biao Ah Yin!

...But sometimes, Ah Yin is really cute, like a big dog.

Right now, Ah Yin ran two steps with the bucket in his mouth, looked back at him again, and tilted his head, Zhuo Yan: "I'm coming, I'm coming~" His voice also took off.

-Xiao

Xian and A Man are separated. His cave is very close to A Man's house.

"Mom, look, the soap Brother Zhuo Yan made for me." Xiao Xian showed off what he had in his hands before he even entered the cave.

The eldest brother in the cave, Ah Ri, took the first step and quickly took away the things from his younger brother's hands. He held them in his hands and looked at them carefully, "What is it? It smells so familiar."

"Soap." Xiao Xian didn't hesitate either. Happy, he went over and proudly said to his elder brother: "Brother Zhuo Yan made this, it contains bubble leaves."

After hearing this, Ah Ri threw the thing to his brother, it was just bubble leaves.

"Mom, look at my big brother!" Xiao Xian hurriedly put away the soap.

Before grandma could say anything, Ah Ri quickly said: "Okay, then what do you think this is for? Let me hear what good things your smart orc friend Zhuo Yan has made."

"Soap, It's just for taking a bath, washing your face, and cleaning your hair."

After hearing this, Ah Ri smiled and said, "I thought it was a good thing, isn't it just bubble leaves?"

"Humph." I don't know what to say but I can only sigh in anger.

My father and brother went out hunting, and there was my mother in the cave, cooking. She was used to the children playing around, and rarely interfered. However, seeing Xiao Xian's huffing and puffing, her mother asked patiently: " Let me take a look at this—"

"Soap."

"Okay, grandma, take a look."

Xiao Xian handed the soap over and explained how to make it enthusiastically, "...Brother Zhuo Yan wants to use this in exchange for salt."

"Ah . ? This bubble leaf can be exchanged for salt. That may not work. You have to tell Zhuo Yan that there are bubble leaves in Yuren Market. This cannot be exchanged for anything. "My mother is very serious. Zhuo Yan's father and mother are dead, maybe." No one told Zhuo Yan this.

"Mom, this is different from Bubble Leaf. Look how beautiful this is."

"Silly brother, no matter how beautiful it is, it's still Bubble Leaf." Ah Ri reminded from the side, "They are all clean. Salt is so rare and can be seen everywhere. Bubble leaves can be used for cleaning. Would you use salt to replace this soap? "Well

...of course not. " Xiao Xian knew it, but he felt it was different. Brother Zhuo Yan did this really well. He hoped that Brother Zhuo Yan could change it to salt. He wasted a lot of time in the afternoon and couldn't help but lower his head and his eyes were red.

"If we can't exchange for salt, Brother Zhuoyan will have to raise A Yin during this snow season, so how can he survive?"

He didn't want Brother Zhuo Yan to be unable to survive the snow season.

Seeing Xiao Xian's sadness, grandma touched Xiao Xian's hair.

Xiao Xian held the piece of soap and hid on the stone bed with red eyes. He turned his back and his head was filled with the words of his brother and his mother. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became - he could think of the fact that there would be no salt in the snow this season. Meat, what can Brother Zhuo Yan do? It's okay to catch fish, but if there are no fish, Ah Yin has a lot to eat now...

"Wai, are you crying?" Ah Ri leaned over.

Xiao Xian ignored his elder brother.

"Can I use your piece of soap?"

Xiao Xian said nothing.

"Maybe it's different from Bubble Ye -"

Xiao Xian sat up and looked at his elder brother, "Yes, it's definitely different. Brother, let's go to the river to clean up, and I'll wash your hair."

Ah Ri was not I really wanted to wash my hair, but my brother was crying very annoyingly, and his grandmother was looking at him, so she could only say okay, okay.

"Are you carrying me? Let's get out quickly."

"Only this time." Ah Ri compromised.

Xiao Xian sat on his elder brother's back, and Leopard carried the orc man to the nearest water. On the way, Ah Ri was still muttering: If I had known, he would have gone to the hunting team...

By the river, Leopard wet his fur. , Xiao Xian remembered Brother Zhuo Yan's words, slowly applied it on, and then rubbed it, and soon a lot of bubbles formed, and the smell was fragrant. He couldn't help but apply it to himself.

Several others were in the cave.

Sister Shitou took a mouthful of soap, but Shitou found out and took it out of her mouth. She drooled, but she still felt so uncomfortable in her mouth. She drank water, and the water she spat out was filled with bubbles.

The cub, Little Leopard, jumped around anxiously looking for his brother.

"Drink more water." Shitou could only ask him to drink more water.

The little cub drank a lot of water, and his belly became bulging. He fell heavily on the stone bed. After a while, his stomach hurt again and he made a squealing sound.

...

Zhuo Yan had a good sleep that night, because A Yin said that he was going to see the Zhucao Kiln. Zhuo Yan understood it tacitly. After sleeping, he woke up and A Yin was gone. He carried A Yin and waited for A Yin to come back. , rubbed Ah Yin's ears, and said vaguely: "It's okay, I don't care, I feel pretty good..."

Then he hugged Ah Yin and fell asleep again.

Early the next morning, Ah Yin ran down first with the wooden bucket and the things, and came back to help her brother carry the stone pot. Zhuo Yan said no, he would carry it.

Not long after they got down, Xiao Xian ran up happily with short, fluffy hair, "Brother Zhuo Yan!!! Soap is really useful!!!"

A Man followed closely behind, but he also ran away. A few steps.

"My grandma likes it very much. She said that her hands are very clean and they still smell good."

Bubble Leaf is good for cleaning hands, face and hair. When cooking, especially orcs often eat barbecue and stew, when cleaning up, they come across grease. It would take several times, but soap is different. Aman's grandma made roasted pigs last night, and she rubbed her hands with bubble leaves several times, but it was still sticky.

Until Aman handed over the soap, it quickly foamed up and washed my hands, feeling refreshed.

"My eldest brother told me before that it was just like Bubble Leaf. He was cleaned last night and his hair was smooth and shiny. He is still handsome now. He said early in the morning that he was going to patrol, but he turned into a beast shape and asked My mom and I, my hair is glowing in the sun." Xiao Xian felt relieved when he mentioned it.

The point is: "I think soap is better than bubble leaves. Brother Zhuo Yan, you should be able to get salt instead!"

Soon Qiao came too. She used it last night and also used it in the morning.

"Feather people love beauty so much. They like their feathers to be shiny, and they will definitely like soap. I also think they can change to salt."

Zhuo Yan also became somewhat confident after listening to the feedback from his friends.

Not to mention too much salt, it is enough for daily cooking.

A few people made soap as usual today, but when the sun got hotter, Shitou didn't come. Zhuo Yan was still afraid that something would happen and asked Qiao, but since Qiao lived with Ada, he was far away from Shitou's house. At this time, he shook his head. He shook his head and didn't know what was going on.

It wasn't until after noon that the stone came.

"Zhuo Yan, my sister chewed soap yesterday -"

"Ah? Is it okay?"

Almost at the same moment, Shi Shi opened his mouth and smiled, "It's okay, it's my sister who turned into a human form. She suddenly turned into a human form. She He's too stupid to walk and crawls around in the cave.

"Wow, Brother Zhuo Yan, I didn't expect that soap can transform into an orc!"

Zhuo Yan: ...No, soap definitely doesn't have this effect.

"It's a coincidence. Soap can only clean, but it can't change your body."

Everyone laughed. The stone cannot stay for a long time. His mother is the only one in the cave. His sister is running around in human form and cannot speak. "I'm going back, Zhuo Yan. I'll come back in a few days to help you."

"No, no, you go home quickly."

After Shitou returned home, some orcs were curious about the soap made by Zhuo Yan, but they heard that it had a cleaning effect and they were boiling bubble leaf water, so everyone had the same reaction. , I feel that this soap definitely cannot be exchanged for salt. Even if it is very beautiful, maybe it can be exchanged for a little salt.

After all, Yuren likes to be beautiful.

"Zhuo Yan's efforts were in vain."

"There's nothing we can do about it. His partner doesn't know how to hunt, so it's all up to Zhuo Yan."

"It's really not easy for Zhuo Yan."

"I hope Yu Ren can give Zhuo Yan a little salt. , He is not that annoying, on the contrary, he is quite smart."

On this day, Zhuo Yan produced five more bars of soap, but he will not make them tomorrow because there is no more grease at home. He wants to go up to the mountain to pick berries and wild flowers, and try to make more. It's more beautiful, and the mold doesn't need to be square.

Anyway, there is still a month left before the salt exchange team sets off.

In the evening, Ah Yin came back covered in dust and grass.

Zhuo Yan checked, except for a bunch of hair missing from his tail, which seemed to have been pulled by someone - which made him convinced that Ah Yin must have made new friends in the hunting team these days, because Ah Yin looked very good. , happily, not like being bullied.

"It's good that you're not hurt."

Ah Yin whined and swung his tail. Today he ran out of the forest to the grassland. He encountered a group of hyenas eating and had a fight with the group of hyenas.

He killed a hyena, but the tail was scratched.

The hyena was dirty and unpalatable, so he didn't bring it back.

"Awwww~~" Brother, I am so powerful, I can protect my brother!

When he practices again and goes out to fight every day, he can go find mammoths, and his brother will have salt to eat...

The hunting team came back at midnight and brought the prey, but they waited until early morning before the tribe rang the clang. There was a clanging sound, Zhuo Yan rubbed his eyes, and as soon as he heard the sound, he immediately took A Yin with the rattan basket to get the meat.

Good news early in the morning, what a great day it is.

Zhuo Yan and A Yin went to the tribe, and many people came one after another. They greeted their friends. There were tribe leaders and uncles where the meat was divided. What we ate today was horse meat. Last time, a baboon ruined a good thing. Hunting The team still caught up with the horses.

After receiving the meat, when Zhuo Yan and Ah Yin went out, there was a leopard howling at the entrance of Xiao Xian's cave. Ah Yin stopped and Xiao Xian asked, "Second brother, what are you doing?"

The leopard jumped down. , walked to A Yin, "Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwww."

Ayin looked at his brother and rubbed his head against him.

"Okay, you can go out." Zhuo Yan cut a large piece of lean meat for A Yin, "You can eat it." He couldn't eat any more.

Ah Yin originally wanted him to catch something to eat, but his brother said that it would be a waste if he couldn't eat it, so he took the meat in his mouth and ran out after the leopard.

Xiao Xian's grandma came out of the cave, "Did your second brother run out again?"

"Yes, grandma." Xiao Xian answered obediently.

"This A-tou, he came back last night and he's not tired, so forget it and leave him alone."

"A-mo, I'm going out to play too!" Xiao Xian followed Brother Zhuo Yan by the way.

After walking a few steps, Zhuo Yan said: "Your eldest brother's name is Ah Ri, and your second brother's name is -"

"Ah Tou, my mother just said it."

Sure enough, it was true, but Zhuo Yan's expression was dazed and hesitant. After a pause, "Why did your mother and father give your second brother such a name?" Ah Tou said.

"My grandma said that the sun was very good when I gave birth to my eldest and second brother." Xiao Xian didn't want to answer without thinking.

Ah Ri and Ah Tou were born in the same litter.

Zhuo Yan: This... the naming logic seems to be correct... right.

Chapter 36

Under the trees in the forest outside the tribe.

Ah Yin was eating. He was not really hungry, but his brother said he would not waste food, so he ate slowly.

The leopard found a short tree, jumped up, and lay on the branch, lazily sharpening its paws.

"Ouch?" Came here?

Ah Yin ate very slowly, looked up at the leopard on the tree and said, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

The leopard nodded, then lay down on the branch of the tree and stopped talking.

After Ah Yin finished his meal, the two leopards began to patrol around the forest outside the tribe and up the mountain. The leopards yawned from time to time and followed Ah Yin's buttocks, saying, "Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooootter "

Going to the hunting party thing.

How to catch the horses and how to judge the signs of their presence. It's a pity that we didn't encounter a baboon this time. My eldest brother was scratched on the face by a baboon, these hateful baboons.

When Ah Yin heard this, he whined in agreement.

"Ouch." Right.

After Hua Bao finished speaking, he glanced at Ah Yin again. The silver leopard concentrates on patrolling, and will run over to check the troubled areas carefully. In fact, this area is very safe, but the leopard still follows.

"Ooooooooooo." In fact, there is a lot to eat, such as suzuka, horned sheep, and horses. If you want to hunt, just wait until you are an adult. In short, mammoths are not something you can go, so don't go.

Xiao Xian has always said that your brother cares about you, and your brother is his best friend. He tells me to keep an eye on you every day, and don't let other orcs bully you. If anything happens to you, Xiao Xian will cry. .

You don't even know that if my brother cries, my father and mother will beat us.

We are me and my oldest brother.

Hua Baoxian chatters a lot. In fact, Xiao Xian's second brother has such a personality. There are no orcs in the tribe who play well with him. They think he has a weird personality. In addition to talking a lot, he sometimes thinks out of his mind.

Ah Yin stopped and listened to Hua Bao, and he knew that his brother liked him very much. He couldn't help but tilt his head, his eyes following the direction of the morning sun, "Ouch."

I want to go.

A bunch of leopards who just finished talking: Ahhhhhhh!

Just look up to the sky and roar like a leopard.

Did you listen to me? I really don't want to tell your brother. I don't want to be the one to complain. This is very unloyal. This is your business, but you really can't go to Mammoth territory. Did you hear me clearly? ?, you will die.

Arei is dead. His beast father is very brave in the tribe. Apart from Ada's grandmother, Allei's father is also. Arei has been learning hunting skills since he was a child. He can't even deal with mammoths, and now his father Although he survived, I heard his legs were lame.

You're just an underage orc, don't get carried away.

"Ouch." I know. Ah Yin looked at Hua Leopard. He was worried about him and couldn't help but explain: "Ooooooooooooooo."

I won't go now. I'll start exercising every day, and I'm not going to hunt mammoths. , I just go to where they walked, looking for salt.

"Awww." I know you don't believe there is salt over there. My brother said it. I believe it. I will definitely go there.

After hearing this, the leopard looked at the sky and scratched his paws.

"Ooooooooooooooo." Thank you for not telling my brother.

The leopard lowered his head and scratched a piece of weed, and it was already scratched to pieces. He hadn't made a decision yet, so he just said: "Ooooooooo." You're welcome, "Ooooooooo." By the way, my name is A Tou.

"Ouch." Ah Yin.

"Ouch." I know.

The two leopards continued to patrol. The patrol was completed in the morning, but Ah Yin did not go back. Ah Tou was very sleepy and wanted to sleep, but when he saw Ah Yin running outside the tribe, he thought about it and followed him.

"Ooooooooooo?" What are you doing?

Ah Yin: "Ouch." Go fight.

When Ah Tou heard this, he swung his tail and ran a few steps to catch up. He went to see this underage orc, and also wanted to go to the mammoth territory. Maybe he would be beaten down by other animals, so he would not go.

On this day, the two leopards walked farther and farther away.

In the tribe.

The matter of eating has been solved - it should be said that the hunting team has brought too much meat these days, and Ah Yin also brought back half a horned sheep. As a result, the meat is now rich, and he is afraid of spoiling it. Zhuo Yan is using the fat. All the meat is picked and the meat is eaten with eyes closed.

There is no salt taste, and the weather is hot, Zhuo Yan really has no appetite.

The Dudu fruit is gone too.

Are there any grain seeds in this world? When Zhuo Yan eats barbecue, he often looks up to the sky with tears in his eyes, praying for grain seeds on this continent. It's just that the map he is currently exploring is relatively small and he hasn't found them yet.

You don't even need corn or rice, even miscellaneous grains such as red beans, mung beans, and millet will do.

Although he loves to eat meat, people really can't eat meat every day, especially meat without salt.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, you look in pain."

"Sure, I don't have much salt in the house. I will be in the same pain as him in a few days." Aman held his cheek with his hand and took a tasteless bite. "I'll get used to it first."

Xiao Xian: "I still have a family, but not many."

Among several friends, Xiao Xian is really from a wealthy family.

Not to mention Qiao, they moved to a new home. The young couple struggled all over again. Other things were fine, but the salt really couldn't be distributed. In the past few days, they also started to eat barbecue without salt like Zhuo Yan.

"Keep on holding on, it will soon be the salt season." Zhuo Yan began to comfort his friends, so after breakfast and lunch were finished, everyone went into the mountains to pick berries and wild flowers.

Now that he has grease again, he can make soap.

In the evening, there were four more soaps. Now he had nine soaps, neatly stacked. He planned to collect twenty pieces, and then weave some baskets for soap-packaging skills.

Zhuo Yan didn't want to take too many heavy things along the way. This was Sister Qiao's kindness towards him.

Ah Yin came back very late that day again, and there were shadows of leopards down the slope. This is Brother Xiaoxian. When Zhuo Yan thought of the leopard being called A Tou, it was a wonderful naming logic.

"Ouch~" Brother, brother! Ah Yin had something in his mouth.

Zhuo Yan took a look and saw some wild flowers. They were very beautiful. They were red and pink. The flowers in the mountains were yellow and green. "Where did you go to play? Let me take a look."

A Yin was not injured today, but Maomao was still very fluffy. Where did I roll?

Zhuo Yan held the flower in one hand and reached out to pick off the grass on A Yin's body. A Yin squatted on the spot and looked at his brother obediently.

"Okay."

"Ooooooooo." Thank you brother~

Zhuo Yan touched A Yin's ears. These flowers were very beautiful with big petals. "Just suitable for making soap." He washed the flowers and dried them on the stone slab of the stove. Once dry, put it away so it can be used in the next batch of soap.

In the evening, after everyone and the leopard had washed up, Zhuo Yan opened the bowl and found half of the berries in it.

"We went into the mountains today and found this. This sour and sweet food is very good for relieving tiredness. I have eaten it and left it for you." I need to supplement my vitamins. I can't bear to eat meat every day.

Ah Yin refused to eat and pressed her nose against her brother's finger.

"Okay, let's share it." Zhuo Yan took a bite and handed one to A Yin. It was sour and sweet, and tasted soft, a bit like a strawberry peach.

The two fell asleep on the stone bed at night. Before going to bed, Zhuo Yan was still thinking that he should be able to open the pig trough kiln tomorrow. He went to see it tonight and found that the soil above had collapsed and was ready for burning.

The kiln will be opened tomorrow evening, or the day after tomorrow.

Just in case, let's do it the morning after tomorrow. Zhuo Yan plans not to be idle tomorrow. Anyway, he has no desire to eat recently, so he might as well work on it. Let's build a shed for the stove and a short shed for the entrance of the house. This has been delayed for a long time.

Early the next morning, Zhuo Yan brushed his teeth and washed his face. The soap he used to wash his face now felt that it was indeed very clean. "It still smells good." The smell lingered for a long time.

Ah Yin went to fetch water with a bucket in his mouth.

After finishing his work at home, Zhuo Yan touched A Yin's ears and said, "You go on patrol." Everyone did their own thing, "Don't worry about me, I have plenty to eat."

He didn't want to eat meat anymore. He ate too much yesterday and wouldn't eat it today. Hungry, although the sub-orcs can't carry it for three or four days like the orcs, it doesn't matter if they don't eat for more than a day after being full. Today he is going to the Thin Tree Forest. If he finds any fruit there, he can nibble on it.

The stone still didn't appear today.

Qiao Xiaoxian and Aman came. Qiao had to deal with tanning leather today. Aman and Xiaoxian were left to help Zhuo Yan cut down trees, but they were all thin trees. They chatted while working.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, my second brother came back yesterday and praised A Yin, saying that A Yin learned quickly."

Zhuo Yan's ears perked up, "Have they finished patrol and gone outside?" He did not restrict A Yin, this one The world is dangerous, so it is even more important to practice Ah Yin's survival skills.

"Yeah. My second brother said he ran a little far and met a jackal and had a fight."

Zhuo Yan:! He thought that brothers A Yin and Xiao Xian were learning to hunt for fun, but unexpectedly they encountered a jackal.

"Wolf?" One second he was training Ah Yin to be a good parent, but the next second Zhuo Yan became nervous.

Even Aman's ears perked up, "I heard that the werewolf tribe likes to go out together in everything they do. If they are beasts, jackals are about the same." He

unexpectedly encountered a pack of wolves.

Xiao Xian hurriedly said: "Brother Zhuo Yan, my second brother said that they were just fighting and playing, and then they ran back."

"Can we still fight and play?" Zhuo Yan didn't understand.

Aman hesitated and said, "Maybe the wolves mistook Ah Yin and thought that Ah Yin was also a wolf." He then added, "He is still a wolf cub."

He was in a trance. Zhuo Yan didn't believe it and seemed to be a bit logical, but when he thought that Ah Yin came back in good condition yesterday and didn't even lose his hair, it must be really funny.

So Zhuo Yan returned to being an 'enlightened parent and a good brother'.

Aman chuckled secretly. When he was carrying the thin tree back, he passed by the river and several people stopped to rest. Sister Qiao was rubbing her skin there. She also stopped now. Aman said first: "Qiao, you didn't see that Zhuo Yan just I'm very worried about his A Yin."

"...Isn't it normal for me to be worried?" Zhuo Yan is not afraid of making fun of him. For those who frequently 'mating', this is nothing.

Sure enough, when Aman heard Zhuo Yan's answer, he suddenly felt that joking was pointless.

Qiao said: "Ah Yin is in the patrol team now, so there shouldn't be much danger. Zhuo Yan, don't worry too much." "

By the way, let's have lunch together? Ada just sent me a rabbit."

"I I've been waiting for you."

"The leather needs to be soaked now,"

Zhuo Yan said, "Let's put the tree back and bake it by the river. I'm afraid my rabbit will pee if he sees it."

"Hahaha, okay. " Joe was amused.

Several people went up to plant the tree. Zhuo Yan glanced at the hole at the bottom of the slope and saw no rabbits. The chickens were walking steadily and pecking at insects, so he took the bone knife and went down to join Sister Qiao.

When it comes to cleaning up rabbits, Sister Qiao has very good skills. She peels off the whole rabbit skin and throws it into the bucket for soaking. In the past, the orcs would bite this thing to death, leaving it in a mess and destroying the skin. Now Qiao follows the same example. Zhuo Yan specifically told Ada that these little things could be beaten to death and the fur on their bodies should be kept well.

The four of them ate roast rabbit by the river and chatted for a while. After dinner, Zhuo Yan went back to chop the wood. Just split it in two and chop it off. The short one is inserted above the entrance of the hole. There is no need to chop the wood for the stove and shed. Just use wooden sticks to build the frame. Zhuo Yan plans to use the top One layer of hay is spread, and several layers of hay mixed with yellow mud are spread.

The main reason is that there is too much snow in the winter, so the entire top is made of solid wood. The snow is too thick, and it cannot bear the load and is easily crushed. However, if the roof of the thatched shed is removed before the snow season, it is directly a wooden frame, and the snow falls on the stove. It just fell off the stage, it doesn't matter.

"...I'm too lazy to clean up all the time." Zhuo Yan finished telling his friends the plan.

Last winter, when it was the coldest, the snow would be very thick in half an hour. It was impossible for him to go out and clear the snow every day.

Xiao Xian listened carefully, "I see, brother Zhuo Yan, you are so smart."

"Haha, I'm not smart, I'm lazy." Zhuo Yan said with a smile.

Aman also snorted with a smile on his face and said, "I said before that I would be very diligent."

"Hey, you are all my best friends now. Even if I am lazy, you will not stop playing with me. " Besides, why are you so tired every day? "Zhuo Yan has never been a roll king.

After graduating from college, I worked in a company for three years. Later, I was diagnosed with various physical problems, so I resigned and returned to my hometown to farm. Other college students were surprised when they heard this.

Their university was the focus, and their major was nationally strong. Although Zhuo Yan was not a top student in his class at that time, with average grades, others still felt it was a pity to return to the village like this.

Someone inquired that Zhuo Yan was in poor health and might have returned to the city after recovering from his illness.

But unexpectedly, a long time later, I came across a short video of an old classmate's rural retirement care on a certain short video website - this guy also raised chickens, and the chicken stewed in a big iron pot was really delicious.

At this time, Aman just smiled when he heard Zhuo Yan's rogue words, because Zhuo Yan was right, and he found that Zhuo Yan was not lazy everywhere, and there was nothing wrong with working with them.

"Brother Zhuo Yan is smart and lazy." Xiao Xian said with certainty.

"What a compliment! Xiao Xian has great vision." Zhuo Yan replied with a smile.

Aman and Qiao also laughed.

"When the salt is replaced, let's have a stewed chicken. If there are some mushrooms, add some bamboo shoots and fungus." When Zhuo Yan said this, he suddenly thought of something, "Bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, are there any bamboos near us? "There should be some, I remember there was a bear."

Qiao: "What kind of bamboo?"

"It's very long and thin and green, with hollow sections. You can cut it off, it's a natural water cup." Yan gestured, how could he forget this.

Aman said: "I have never seen this kind of tree in the nearby trees. As for the bear you mentioned, what does this have to do with bears?"

"Bears like to eat roots, bamboo shoots and the like."

Xiao Xian's eyes lit up when he heard about it . "Brother Zhuo Yan, are the bamboo shoots delicious?"

"It's delicious. Think about it. Even bears like to eat it. It must be delicious." Zhuo Yan was so excited just now, but now he knows how to retract his words. After all, Xiao Zhuo Yan has never been outside the tribe, so how does he know what bamboo is? .

He talked relatively loosely in front of his friends, mainly because Sister Qiao and the others trusted him too much.

"I don't know where the bears live," Aman said.

Qiao couldn't figure it out when he thought about it carefully, "Zhuo Yan, I'll go back and ask Ada and I'll tell you tomorrow."

"Okay, don't worry." Zhuo Yan was happy. Look, his friends were really innocent and didn't ask him any questions. How do you know bamboo.

Aman: "But-"

Zhuo Yan reacted quickly and handed the wooden stick to Aman first. Aman:? ? ?

"Hey, help me get it, I'll dig a hole now."

"Okay."

After finishing the work, Aman really forgot what he was going to ask. He thought about it and gave up quickly. Unexpectedly, if he didn't remember, it meant it wasn't important. So he continued to help Zhuo Yan build a shed. This shed was really interesting.

The day passed very easily. Ah Yin and Ah Tou came back first in the evening. Ah Yin and Ah Tou both had something in their mouths. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be crocodiles.

Zhuo Yan:! ! !

Where did you two go to play again today?

Ah Yin squatted on the ground and rubbed his brother's legs flatteringly. Zhuo Yan couldn't ask Ah Yin anything like this, mainly because Ah Yin couldn't tell, so he turned his attention to Ah Tou -

the leopard let out a roar, holding the crocodile on the ground in its mouth, and jumped up very fast.

Xiao Xian: "? Second brother, please wait for me. I'm still here. Can you carry me on your back? Second brother, second brother - Brother Zhuo Yan, I'm going home first."

The incident happened so quickly that Zhuo Yan opened his mouth again . Close it, before he finishes asking, the shadow of Xiao Xian's second brother running away is gone, but Xiao Xian's shadow can be seen - forget it.

"Sister Qiao, Aman, please bring some crocodile meat back." His family couldn't finish it.

A Yin listened to his brother's words and already stretched out his claws to turn the crocodile over. He scratched the softest part with his sharp nails and quickly divided it. Zhuo Yan packed a large piece for A Man and Sister Qiao, and the two of them Not polite, just took it and left.

Zhuo Yan stared at the remaining crocodiles and looked at A Yin.

Ah Yin squatted obediently, tilted his head and trembled his ears.

......never mind.

"It's good that you're not hurt."

"Ooooooo~" Brother, I'm not injured!

Zhuo Yan put most of the crocodile in a bucket. When he went to clean it, he noticed that A Yin's fur was very clean, as if it had been specially washed before returning home. However, solidified black mud could still be seen in some corners. .

It must have been caught from a crocodile.

The children have grown up, and you are an enlightened brother! Don't waste Ah Yin's thoughts! So Zhuo Yan praised Ah Yin while washing the crocodile, "I haven't eaten this crocodile yet." That's great, thank you Ah Yin." "This piece of crocodile skin is so hard, we can make shoe soles after my brother cleans it up."

In short, I'm very proud of it.

Ah Yin was so happy that she rushed over, hugged her brother enthusiastically, stuck out her tongue and licked him. Zhuo Yan held Ah Yin's head, enjoying the painful and sweet lick. His Ah Yin had really grown up, and the barbs on his tongue seemed sharper than before?

Little did they know, Ah Yin restrained himself and licked it gently.

The two brothers happily finished brushing the crocodiles by the river and took a bath. They saved this for tomorrow. It was still quite cool in the tribe at night so they could let it go. Zhuo Yan stood up and carried the bucket. Ah Yin took the lead, holding the heavy bucket in his mouth and clattering to clear the way.

Early the next morning, Zhuo Yan grilled the crocodile meat first. Unexpectedly, this thing was quite delicious. The meat was relatively firm and lean, but not woody. It had a fragrant aroma. Ah Yin ate a big piece and went to patrol.

Zhuo Yan arrived at the Zhucao Kiln, and the kiln will be opened today.

He deliberately waited for a while, because all his friends helped when the kiln was fired, and none of them understood what charcoal was. Today, when the kiln was opened, he wanted to wait for everyone to come and work together, so he found a shady place and waited for a while.

After a while, four people came, and Shitou also went out, carrying his sister on his back - Zhuo Yan was still a little leopard when they met last year, and is now a primary school student, about seven or eight years old.

The little girl is very cute, and she can vaguely look like a little leopard, with her round head and round head, which is very cute.

Seeing it with his own eyes, Zhuo Yan once again sighed at the magic of this world.

Beasts can turn into humans, and humans into beasts.

"Zhuo Yan, I can only bring her here." Shitou was still a little embarrassed. His sister was too stupid and hadn't gotten used to walking on two feet. She crawled around in the cave all day, which made his mother very angry.

Zhuo Yan said it was okay, "Children should be brought out to bask in the sun and have more contact with people. They learn things quickly." Then he said, "We will open the kiln today."

"I know, I heard A Man talk about it this morning." So the stone is back I went out with my sister. He also wanted to see what charcoal was.

Everyone arrived. Zhuo Yan took the wooden hammer in his hand and started digging.

The soil above was originally loose, but due to the water and the long-term fire baking, the soil above turned into lumps. The further down, some of them turned into solid lumps of mud. Zhuo Yan picked up a lump and placed it on the ground. I smashed it, but it didn't move at all and didn't crack at all.

This mud is great! Zhuo Yan thought it would be okay to make clay pots.

Xiao Xian imitated Brother Zhuo Yan and smashed, "Brother Zhuo Yan, why does this hard piece of earth not fall apart?"

"Because it is stronger after being roasted by fire." Zhuo Yan shoveled it a few times and used his hands when encountering something hard. Bye, Shitou said he would shovel it, but before Zhuo Yan could say, "Your sister," Shitou had already neatly put his sister on the ground.

Then my sister was jealous and crawled around with her hands and feet.

"It's okay." Shitou said first when he saw Zhuo Yan's gaze, and then said to his crawling sister: "Dayun, don't go to the river, just crawl here."

My sister Dayun turned around halfway and crawled back jealously . .

Zhuo Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He picked up Dayun. Dayun only had a small leather skirt tied with vines. He patted the dust on Dayun's knees and arms, "Does it hurt?"

"Ouch." Dayun. Yun blinked and the little leopard barked.

Zhuo Yan didn't understand, so he smoothed the child's hair and found a stone to put on it. "You sit here and play. There are lumps of dirt everywhere and it will hurt you." He gestured with his arm.

Dayun followed suit, raised his arm to look at it, and stuck out his tongue to lick it.

Zhuo Yan: "Don't lick anything that's dirty." He turned to look at Shitou again, "Did you eat anything this morning?"

"Don't worry, I'm not hungry." Shitou worked hard.

That means I haven't eaten. Zhuo Yan: "I still have a piece of crocodile meat at home. It will go bad if you don't eat it. I'll take it down and you guys dig it out first."

When he came down with the meat, several people from the pig trough kiln were surrounding him, and there were people in the pig trough kiln. The cloud is also lying there. Zhuo Yan:?

As he approached, he heard several people chattering excitedly.

"Wow! It's not ashes."

"It's really not burned to ashes, it's black."

"I touched my dirty black hands."

"Hey Dayun, you can't eat this."

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Shitou opened his sister's mouth to check. The teeth were still fine, and he taught his sister, "Don't eat everything you see."

Zhuo Yan handed the meat over, "You two, eat this, and I'll take a look at the charcoal." He looked at the whole thing. The rectangular pig trough kiln was originally neatly stacked in four rows, but now it is full of black, broken knots, and charcoal.

It's burned.

"Don't eat the stone yet!" Zhuo Yan turned around.

Dayun had already taken a bite. Shitou snatched the meat back from his sister's mouth. Both brother and sister looked at Zhuo Yan. Zhuo Yan: "I won't let you eat. Do you want to eat barbecue? We have ready-made charcoal. Give it a try."

"Brother Zhuo Yan, can this really be cooked again?"

"Yes, it has been burned for several days. Now, can this still be used?"

Qiao was also curious.

Zhuo Yan: "So I'm going to grill Shitou and his sister, and let you guys see if they can cook it."

So other tasks were temporarily postponed, and I was going to grill Shitou and his sister first.

Xiao Xian found hay to light the fire, Zhuo Yan picked up a few larger pieces of charcoal and piled them up with stones from the Oman River. Qiao skewered the meat with tree branches, and the stone hugged his sister. Everyone looked at Zhuo Yan .

"You can make a fire."

Zhuo Yan rubbed the flint, and the sparks fell on the hay and ignited quickly. He gently placed the broken charcoal on it, and the three of them built a small tower. The flames licked the charcoal, and the black charcoal turned into in red.

"It's really burning."

"It actually can burn."

Aman was afraid that it wouldn't burn, so he even found some dead branches. The firewood in the pit had been burning for several days, but now it could still burn. He didn't understand. , holding the dead branch, he stood there in a daze, looking helplessly at the charcoal that was burning more and more red.

What the hell is going on.

Several people were surprised, frowned in thought, foolishly happy, and in short did not understand. But when Shi Shi and his sister ate the cooked barbecue, the flames were not extinguished, and were even burning brightly.

Zhuo Yan saw the principle of "not thinking about anything" on everyone's faces. No matter what, Zhuo Yan succeeded anyway!

"Brother Zhuo Yan, the charcoal is cooked, right?"

"It must be, they all ate the barbecue."

"Yes, it's done."

Zhuo Yan also had a happy face, because the success of the charcoal was also because of his friends. I have unconditional trust in him and am truly happy for him. Look at the charcoal in that big kiln.

"Tomorrow, we will start burning clay pots. If we don't exchange this for salt, the clay pots will break easily, so our tribe will use them ourselves."

"Burn more patterns, and you will choose first when the time comes!"

This is what his little friend deserves!

Chapter 37:

Making pottery is not as easy as making charcoal. Zhuo Yan prepares the preliminary work. There are two main points. The yellow mud in the clay pot needs no sand and must be filtered. If you want to increase the success rate, it is best to grind the tiles into powder and add it to it.

The question is, where are the tiles here?

The second point is the high temperature.

The first step of high temperature charcoal production is completed, and the second step is the hand blower. The latter is a delicate job.

Zhuo Yan simply doesn't go to work now, and he's not in a hurry to use this. He can do whatever he wants throughout the day. As for Aman and others, after seeing the success of charcoal, they are now more curious about making pottery and are urging him to make progress. Even Shitou holds his sister Dayun in his arms and comes to check in every day.

Zhuo Yan: ...Several people are like his bosses!

"Take your time, take your time." is now his mantra.

Qiao would find it funny every time he heard this, and then he would say out loud: "Let Zhuo Yan do it slowly, don't rush him."

"Qiao, are you really not curious about that clay pot?" Aman.

Xiao Xian: "Brother Zhuo Yan said that mud can be used to make something like a stone pot. It can boil water for cooking and hold things. How can mud be used as a stone pot?"

"Are you really not curious?" The gaze from the stone.

Qiao: ..."Curious."

The other three people laughed and looked at Zhuo Yan. Zhuo Yan: ...Even Sister Qiao has changed!

There was a smile in Joe's eyes, "I'm really curious about what that clay pot looks like. You told us that if you burn more of this one, it can be used as a water cup, rice bowl, plate, or stone pot."

" ...In fact, it is not that comprehensive. At least clay pots should be handled with care. They are easy to break. Compared with stone pots, they will crack after cooking for a long time." Zhuo Yan tried his best to use the shortcomings of clay pots. Tell your friends not to get too carried away.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, you've already said it, but I'm still very curious." Xiao Xian nodded his head and tilted his ears, "When can we bake the clay pots!"

Zhuo Yan: "...It's roasting. Let's wash out the sand today. Choose Huang Ni. "

Okay!"

Everyone responded.

When making pottery, select yellow mud. There is no sediment. There is no sieve for filtering. Making a too dense sieve is troublesome. Zhuo Yan has a stupid way. He chooses a land with a slope, digs a piece of ground on it, and tamped it with stone slabs. Immediately following the bottom piece, there is a channel connection, so that the shallow puddle above can be used as a pit for filtering yellow mud, and all the floating dirt is filtered into the pit below.

Wash it several times, leaving a fine and sticky yellow mud.

Zhuo Yan explained clearly to A Man and others, and everyone understood it, so he went to make a manual blower. It was actually better to use bamboo chips for this, but Qiao said that she had asked A Da and she had never seen the bamboo you mentioned.

"...Maybe Ada didn't notice that he was always chasing animals." Qiao explained.

Zhuo Yan: "It's okay. I'm not in a hurry. There's no rush." ​​Bears run very fast, especially crazy bears. It's easy to run dozens of kilometers. The orcs chase their prey and ignore the trees - in their eyes The trees are all pretty much the same, divided into edible and non-edible, so it's normal that I didn't notice them.

The friends were in a hurry to make pottery and couldn't find bamboo chips in time. Zhuo Yan found some wood at home and used the leftover wood to build a shed for the stove at home. He first made 'fan' sheets, which needed to be very thin, so he also He took out the bone knife.

For three days in a row, the progress was slow, and even the anxious Aman and Xiaoxian didn't push it. Zhuo Yan was still wondering why they were still not healed without asking.

"Have you forgotten what you said when you were making soap?" Qiao reminded, "If you make it badly in a hurry, it will be a waste of time and materials."

Because several people were anxious to see what a clay pot was, but the work on their hands was Very carefully, the yellow mud was washed for a long time. A Man and Xiao Xian even lay there and ran over it with their fingers. The final yellow mud was very smooth and smooth. They stepped on, kneaded, smashed, and beat it over and over again, and even dried out some of the water. .

Zhuoyan's blower is also ready.

At the end of the day, Zhuo Yan said to his friends: "We can start building the kiln tomorrow."

"!" Aman's eyes lit up.

Shitou's younger sister Dayun's face was still stained with mud, but she was happy to see her brother happy. Dayun crawled less these days and could even babble a few words. Shitou's grandma was very happy, so Shitou took care of her sister.

At this time, several people discussed coming over early tomorrow morning.

At this moment, the hunting team came back. Normally, the hunting team does not come back from this way. The area near the door of Zhuo Yan's house is said to be the outermost part of the tribe. It also refers to the location of the entire tribe. The hunting team usually goes to the narrowest water area when going back and forth. .

At this time, they arrived here. Seven or eight orcs, also in the form of beasts, were carrying prey. They were quite large and loud. The sub-orcs working by the river all looked over, and Zhuo Yan was no exception.

"It's Ada!" Aman said first, then looked at Qiao.

Zhuo Yan understood. No wonder he came here specially this time. It turned out that Ada's home team was picking up Qiao back.

When the hunting team arrived, Ada handed over the prey to others. There was also an orc who stayed and greeted him warmly: "Qiao, Ada was very good today and led us to catch a rhinoceros."

Zhuo Yan was thinking about eating beef tonight . ,fine.

Ada looked at Qiao and said hello. Joe: "We're almost done. Come back tomorrow to burn the kiln."

"Burning the kiln?" The orc who greeted him said and quickly understood, "I heard from Ada that Joe, you and your friends have been playing in the mud recently."

Ada frowned and said, "I didn't say playing with mud, Ah Hui. I said Qiao and her friends were preparing to burn the kiln."

"Burning the kiln? I asked you what the kiln was, and you said it was burning mud. , Isn't that just playing in the mud?" Orc Ah Hui couldn't understand, it was obviously like this, but it was still his fault.

Ada moved her mouth to explain, but she really didn't know what a kiln was. Qiao said from the side: "I told Ada that after burning this mud, it will turn into a jar that can be used to hold things and cook rice."

"Can mud cook rice?" Orc Ah Hui obviously didn't believe it.

Qiao was unwilling to explain and took Ada's hand. "Let's go back. Are we going to get the meat later? You wash up first and we'll go together."

"Okay." Ada nodded.

Qiao said goodbye to Zhuo Yan and said they would see him later. After all, we still have to get meat.

The orc Ah Hui stayed where he was and muttered: "I don't believe that mud can be burned into a pot."

"Who told you to believe it?" Aman said angrily.

The orc Ah Hui had extremely strong ears. He looked over and said, "You are Xiao Xian, the younger brother of Aman, Shitou, and Ari. This must be Zhuo Yan."

"Zhuo Yan, my name is Ah Hui. Before that, Ada and Qiao During the marriage ceremony, Qiao said that you are good at cooking barbecue. It just so happened that we hunted rhinoceros meat today. You got the meat. Do you want to come to my cave to barbecue?"

Zhuo Yan: Huh?

Shall I go to your house for barbecue?

"Uh, no need, I'll just bake it at my house." Zhuo Yan refused directly.

Ah Hui nodded, laughed and said, "That's right. It's inconvenient for you to be a sub-orc, so forget it. I'll leave first. You sub-orcs should go home quickly." After saying that, he transformed into an animal form and held a cup in his mouth. The leather skirt on the ground ran back.

"We must bake a successful clay pot tomorrow." Aman clenched his fists and said angrily.

The stone nods the head.

Zhuo Yan knew that the two of them were angry with what the orc Ah Hui said - they were playing in the mud, as if they were not doing their job properly. Zhuo Yan patted the two of them on the shoulders and said: "Burning pottery is more difficult. You can't control the heat. I can't say whether the first batch will be successful."

"But we are definitely not playing in the mud!"

Aman and Shitou nodded heavily and felt more comfortable. They said goodbye and went back first.

Zhuo Yan didn't take this little thing to heart. Not to mention the orcs' misunderstanding, the sub-orcs didn't understand it before when they were growing potatoes and building doors. Just wait until they are done. As for the orc Ah Hui asking him to have a barbecue, Zhuo Yan forgot about it. He was a little unhappy at first.

He felt that the orc Ah Hui was a bit self-respecting, so he asked him to come and barbecue for him.

Is he a cook? ! I don't owe this orc anything.

After refusing, the other party said nothing more, and Zhuo Yan didn't think much about it.

Until Zhuo Yan finished collecting the meat, two leopards, A Yin and A Tou, jogged back. A Yin whined, ran up behind Zhuo Yan and pushed his head against the rattan basket. Zhuo Yan said: "It's not heavy, it's okay."

Uncle Hua Bao let me take your share.

Zhuo Yan: "Ah Yin, say goodbye to Ah Tou, we are going home."

Ah Yin heard his brother whine. The leopard ran for two steps and then turned back. Ah Yin was injured, and it was on his paw. He said that it was dark and his brother couldn't see it, so he even washed himself by the river. Is this okay?

Should he say something? Leopard Ah Tou stopped.

Ah Yin screamed, go back quickly!

Ah Tou froze for a moment, and finally ran back bravely, forget it and just follow Ah Yin. This Ah Yin fights so fiercely that he actually ran into a lion today. It was really...

Zhuo Yan had no idea that these two people were 'negotiating' this kind of issue. During this period, Ah Yin was very nervous every day. Busy, he goes out to patrol in the early morning, and goes out to practice hunting with Atou in the afternoon. It's like his own child, clamoring to go to school before dawn, and taking the initiative to take extra classes after school, this kind of academic master spirit.

Do you think parents can delay? !

Of course it's not easy to delay.

So Zhuo Yan was used to A Yin leaving early and coming back late, as long as he wasn't injured. Now Ah Yin was walking behind him, holding the rattan basket on his head, all the way to the cave. Zhuo Yan asked Ah Yin if he had eaten. Ah Yin whined, so Zhuo Yan gave Ah Yin a piece of raw meat first, "I'll make a fire." Bake it and eat it!"

Ah Yin cried out, holding a wooden bucket in his mouth to fetch water.

"There is water in the bucket. I poured it in the afternoon. You can rest for a while." Zhuo Yan touched A Yin's ears, and A Yin smiled.

Usually when he is grilling meat, Ah Yin will always follow him and pester him. Today is strange, Ah Yin will also pester him, but he is a little far away from the stove, lying aside and eating rhinoceros meat slowly. As usual, Ah Yin must She came over to accompany him with a basin in her mouth, ate a few bites of raw food, and then pressed on him to eat cooked food - just to play with him.

Something is wrong today. Zhuo Yan glanced at Ah Yin. Ah Yin turned her back to him and lay down towards the entrance of the cave. Something was even worse...

"A Yin." Zhuo Yan put down the chopsticks in his hand, "Come here."

Ah Yin's back froze. Not daring to move, Zhuo Yan did not continue the barbecue, but frowned. Just as he stood up and walked over, A Yin stood up and ran over obediently.

Zhuo Yan began to examine A Yin by the light of the stove hole.

His head was uninjured, his eyes were fine, and his hair was a bit messy. There seemed to be a gap in this area, which must have been scratched during a fight. Zhuo Yan opened the gap and looked carefully, but there was no bleeding.

Then Ah Yin broke away. Under Zhuo Yan's somewhat confused gaze, the next second, Ah Yin raised her front paws and stretched them out in front of him. Her eyes were wet and she felt guilty.

Zhuo Yan met A Yin's eyes and said hurriedly: "I don't blame you, I don't blame you, just touch A Yin." He touched A Yin's ears, Zhuo Yan focused his eyes on his front paws, and then noticed Ah Yin's flesh pad was dirty and bloody, and her nails were split.

It must have hurt.

Zhuo Yan hugged Ah Yin, but he didn't move the first time...

Ah Yin understood his brother and jumped up and down with his front paws so that he could keep up with his brother.

Zhuo Yan: "Then take your time. You go to the bed first, and I'll clean it for you."

Ah Yin jumped on the stone bed with three feet. Zhuo Yan didn't bother to eat, so he washed the wound with clean water first. One of the nails was completely gone, and the one on the side was split in half. After being washed by the water, it looked bloody and bleeding.

"Don't go out tomorrow. Can you keep your claws at home?" Zhuo Yan asked A Yin.

Ah Yin nodded his head and howled.

In fact, Zhuo Yan wanted to go to Ada's house to exchange some herbs for stopping bleeding, but it was very late now and it was not suitable to go there. Zhuo Yan just cleaned A Yin's wound and waited until tomorrow.

There was a mushy smell outside. Ah Yin whined first, pushed his head against his brother and looked outside. Zhuo Yan thought of his barbecue and said, "I'm going to eat. Just lie down and I'll bring the meat to you. Don't worry." Come down."

"Ooooooo~" Ah Yin was obedient.

That night, Zhuo Yan didn't eat well either. He finished cooking the roasted and somewhat mushy meat, put out the fire in a hurry, closed the door after cleaning up, and returned to the cave.

"Does it hurt?" Zhuo Yan touched A Yin's head, "Next time if you are injured, you must come back and tell me, don't hide it."

A Yin put his head into his brother's arms, whining like a baby, knowing it.

"Be good."

Zhuo Yan didn't sleep well that night. Zhuo Yan got up early the next morning before dawn. He held A Yin's front paw. The pad was a little swollen, but the bleeding had stopped. As soon as Zhuo Yan woke up, Ah Yin also woke up, sticking out his tongue to lick his brother, with a feeling of flattery and self-blame.

Zhuo Yan smiled and patted the little leopard on the head and said, "You are all wounded. Stay at home. I will go to Sister Qiao to get some medicine. When I come back, don't go to the ground."

"Ouch, ow, ow." In fact, it's just a broken nail. It was a little bit injured. He had lost his nails before when he was a child. He would have recovered quickly if he left it alone. However, his brother wanted to find medicinal herbs for him. He was very worried about him and didn't sleep well all night.

Ah Yin's blue eyes were a little wet.

Zhuo Yan couldn't stand A Yin. He raised A Yin as part of his family. If someone in the family was injured or sick, it was natural for him to run around to take care of her. He didn't want A Yin to feel guilty and blame himself. This was not what A Yin wanted to get hurt.

"Okay, okay, stop acting like a baby." Zhuo Yan kissed Ah Yin's forehead, "You can sleep a little longer."

Ah Yin closed his eyes after listening to his brother's words, but his ears were perked up. When he heard the sound of his brother closing the door and leaving, he He opened it and lay obediently on the stone bed, with his head facing the entrance of the cave, waiting for his brother to come back.

Zhuo Yan rushed to Qiao's house. Qiao and Ada had just opened the cave door. Qiao was surprised when he saw Zhuo Yan coming, "Zhuo Yan, why are you here? What's the matter with you?"

"A Yin injured his foot last night. "I want to exchange some medicinal herbs with Ada's mother."

That medicinal material must have other uses besides stopping bleeding. Ada was the most seriously injured in the fight with the bear before, but he was healed by Ada's care.

"I'll take you there, just wait for me." Qiao went back to the cave first and told Ada. After a while, Ada also came out and said he would go with you.

When they arrived at the entrance of Ada's parents' cave, Ada roared first from a few meters away.

After a while Ada's father came out and said, come in. When they got to the cave, Zhuo Yan took out a piece of soap and explained the reason. Ada's mother nodded happily and took the soap. Ada's father gave it to Zhuo Yan. Got a lot of herbs.

"Mash it into paste and put it on the wound. We have cleaned up this. In addition to stopping the bleeding, it also speeds up the healing of the wound. This will be used. Let him lick the wound at night." Ada said.

Zhuo Yan kept the doctor's advice in mind, "Should we remove the herb and let Ah Yin lick it, or lick it directly?"

"Lick it directly."

"Thank you, auntie, I'll go first, thank you." Zhuo Yan thanked him, waved to Qiao, and said See you soon.

Qiao knew that Zhuo Yan was anxious and didn't talk much. After Zhuo Yan left, Ada's mother said: "Qiao, your partner cares about that orc very much."

"Yes, they have a good relationship. It's a pity. It would be great if A Yin could become a human." Qiao still hoped in her heart. Zhuo Yan was living a good life, and it would be much more convenient for Ah Yin to become a human, but she never said this in front of Zhuo Yan, because she was afraid that Zhuo Yan would be sad.

Ah Yin didn't want to be unable to transform into a human form.

"The gods have arrangements. Even if he didn't turn into a human, the boy would be cared for and cared for by the sub-orcs. He is lucky." Ada said.

When she was not fighting, Ada was very peaceful and open-minded. After saying this, she quickly started talking about the thing in her hand. She remembered that it was soap, and Qiao gave her half a piece. Unexpectedly, she had a big piece at this moment. .

"This is very useful. Your partner is very good."

"Zhuo Yan is very good."

When Zhuo Yan arrived home with a large handful of dry herbs, he first took a third of it and pounded it into medicinal powder, then carefully sprinkled it on Where Ah Yin was injured, look at Ah Yin's expression and smile. Does that mean it doesn't hurt?

"I'm not going out today. I'll lie down at home all day long. I'll have to lick off the medicinal powder at night." Zhuo Yan was sure, and took yesterday's rhino meat and prepared a bowl of water for Ah Yin, and then went out carrying the rattan basket.

It's like taking one step and looking back three times, nagging.

"If I meet Tou, I will tell him that you are not going to the patrol today."

"Don't worry."

"If you want to pee, just go and I will come back at noon to change your dressing."

Zhuo Yan said everything possible After thinking about it, he went out with the rattan basket on his back. He had no choice. Yesterday, he promised his friends to burn the kiln today. Amanqiao and the others were so interested in the pots that they couldn't delay.

Ah Yin lay obediently on the bed and whined, "Brother, go ahead, he will be very obedient."

The door of the cave, Zhuoyan, was half closed, so the sun was good and the ventilation was good. When he arrived at the bottom of the slope, all his friends were gathered, and Xiao Xian's second brother Ah Tou also came, still in the shape of a leopard. When he saw him hiding behind Xiao Xian, Xiao Xian shouted: "Second brother, what are you doing? It's so weird today."

"I wanted to come with you to burn the kiln, but I came and hid."

Zhuo Yan was funny. Ah Tou was not curious about the kiln. He wanted to come to inquire about the situation. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "A Yin's foot was injured last night. "I'm not going to the patrol today. He applied medicine to his wound at home. Do you want to go see him?"

Huabao whimpered.

"Then thank you for accompanying him." Ah Yin happened to be bored.

The leopard has already run away.

Xiao Xian: "Damn it, I just said that my second brother was acting weird early in the morning. It turns out he went out to play. He must be afraid that Brother Zhuoyan, you don't know that A Yin is injured, so he came to inquire about it."

A Yin's foot was injured, Qiao All said.

At this time, Zhuo Yan said: "It's a small injury. Let's build the kiln."

After yesterday's disdain from the orc Ah Hui, Oman Stone became extremely powerful in burning pottery. Everything was ready, including charcoal, yellow clay, manual Blower.

Zhuo Yan took Oman stones to build a kiln.

For the kiln, in order to ensure a high temperature and a large capacity, Zhuo Yan first dug a hole in the ground and used the mud from the pig trough kiln to make a floor. The disc was opened in a hole, dried and put on top, and the hole was sealed. There is a base on the top of the hole, built into a column, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, and finally the top can be sealed.

Qiao and Xiaoxian were not idle either. They washed the yellow mud from the sand and dried it in the shade without any moisture. It felt a bit like plasticine. They were very handy. The water cups, plates and bowls Zhuo Yan mentioned were available in several caves. Wooden, now it's just a different texture.

Zhuo Yan has taught me before. First, make the simplest deep plates and bowls. Use a wooden rolling pin to knead the yellow mud into a uniform thickness. Then start kneading it. For larger clay pots, roll the yellow mud into a strip. Get up and do some repairs.

The two of them did it very carefully.

After Zhuoyan successfully builds the kiln, he still needs to bake it with fire to remove the moisture from the soil. There are already many bowls, cups, and clay pots placed on the stone slabs where Sister Qiao and Xiao Xian are.

This one needed to be dried in the shade, so the two carefully moved it under the tree.

While waiting for the kiln to dry and the pottery to dry, a few people ate barbecue by the river. Zhuo Yan went back home first. The leopard's head disappeared. A Yin was lying on the bed. When he came back, his ears stood up and cracked. Smile at him.

Zhuo Yan was in a good mood, "Let me see the injury."

Ah Yin stretched out his paw to show his brother that he didn't go anywhere and the medicine powder was not dropped.

"You want to eat and drink, don't you want to pee?" Zhuo Yan saw that there was no meat on the plate and a little less water, so he guessed that Ah Yin didn't drink more water, "It's hot and you need to drink more water." Touching Leopard head.

Last night, he didn't pick up Ah Yin for the first time. He really realized that Ah Yin was no longer a puppy and had grown up.

Ah Yin listened to her brother's words and stuck out her tongue to lick the water and drink. Zhuo Yan pounded some more medicinal powder and waited for Ah Yin to go out and come back. At first glance, he saw that some of the medicinal powder had fallen out but the wound was not dirty.

Zhuo Yan's mind showed that Ah Yin was jumping around on three legs. It was funny. He touched Ah Yin's ears and applied the medicinal powder again.

"We made the kiln in the morning, and Miss Qiao and Xiao Xian also made pottery pots and bowls. They can be fired after they are dry in the afternoon. There must be no shortage of people at the kiln entrance tonight. I will come back to pick you up in the evening, and we will keep watch. Outside."

Ah Yin was a little anxious when he heard "no one is missing", fearing that his brother would leave him in the cave, but now he heard the whole words and smiled with his tongue hanging out.

"Hey Ah Yin really looks like a puppy, and you are a little leopard." Zhuo Yan looked cute.

After chatting with Ah Yin for a while, Zhuo Yan got up and went out after it was almost done.

The pottery is dry in the shade, the kiln is dry, and it is ready for firing.

"Be careful, these things can be put in." The big pots were stacked one on top of the other. Finally, Zhuo Yan sealed the kiln entrance with yellow mud.

Aman Shitou couldn't wait and stared at him as soon as he saw him sealing the kiln entrance. Zhuo Yan turned around and was startled, "Burn, you can burn it. Use firewood first."

"Why, brother Zhuo Yan." Xiao Xian was curious.

Shitou Aman didn't care why, since Zhuo Yan said he could burn it, he would send firewood.

"The temperature should be lower first. If it is too hot, it will easily crack the pottery."

Qiao nodded after hearing this. It is indeed difficult to make pottery, but making soap is too easy in comparison.

"How long will it take to burn?"

Zhuo Yan thought of at least seven or eight hours. This time - he raised his head and glanced at the sky, and estimated that it would be around four or five o'clock in the afternoon. If calculated at four o'clock, it would be almost early in the morning.

"So long!"

"It's okay, A Yin and I will stay here to burn." Zhuo Yan said.

Shitou said: "I will send my sister back in a while, and I will stay too."

"Me too." Aman said.

Xiao Xian was still young, so his family would definitely disagree. As for Qiao Du getting married, Zhuo Yan said, "Just leave one person alone and burn the first batch. If it doesn't succeed and we have to burn the next batch, we'll change it."

So today The late stone is left first.

By evening, everyone dispersed and went home. Shitou stayed to look at the kiln, while Zhuo Yan went back to get the straw mat leather. A Yin followed behind his brother with three legs.

"Slow down and don't be in a hurry." Zhuo Yan said.

Ah Yin screamed and knew.

When he arrived at the place, Zhuo Yan laid out a mat and stood by the kiln, letting Shi Shi rest for a while while he fired. Shi Shi said he was not tired, "In fact, it's quite easy to burn the kiln."

Zhuo Yan actually didn't believe in this ease and wanted to watch. The fire was so big that even a hand-operated blower had to be used to burn it to this extent, which already made my arms sore.

"I was watching the big clouds in the cave, chirping and squealing. Sometimes I had to urinate, sometimes I had to poop, and sometimes I was hungry and needed to eat."

Zhuo Yan: ...It's really easy to burn the kiln.

The cubs in the tribe are very thick-skinned. Even the children in human form are stronger than modern children - this is something inherent in genes. It was the first time he saw Sister Dayun, a seven or eight-year-old child who looked like a human being crawling on the ground. At that time, I was shocked and felt strange.

But after these few days of getting along.

The big cloud climb was nothing, it climbed very fast, except for being a little dirty, there were no scars on the arms and legs, no scratches at all.

One time while eating barbecue, Dayun was anxious and grabbed Shitou's hand. The barbecue stick poked Dayun's forehead. Zhuo Yan heard a "thud" sound, which must have been very painful. However, Dayun didn't care at all, and continued with a big gulp. Eat barbecue.

He could walk unsteadily, stumbling and falling to the ground. When Shitou looked at him, he shouted to stand up and come over. Dayun stood up with his hands on his hands, without even crying.

In modern times, if he stumbles, he will secretly cry in a place where no one is around!

It really hurts.

"Dayun...it's pretty easy to take care of." Zhuo Yan sighed, and his eyes met A Yin's, "By the way, your feet, your claws, you can lick the wounds when it gets dark."

The stone shook Blower, look at Zhuo Yanzai staring at Ah Yin carefully and talking. Zhuo Yan raises Ah Yin, which is even better than raising Zaizai. He also thought of what Qiao said in the morning. Ah Yin can't turn into a human form. Zhuo Yan really has a lot to do. , but luckily we still have partners like them.

At this moment, Shitou made up his mind and said: "Zhuo Yan, I think Zai Zai is actually very powerful, and Zai Zai is not very annoying. If you have Zai Zai in the future, I can help you look after it. Don't be afraid."

"Ah?" Zhuo Yan was confused.

What cub?

Chapter 38

Ah Yin stopped licking her paws and glanced at her brother secretly.

Zhuo Yan: ...

But soon A Yin lowered his head and started licking again. I wonder if he had seen it wrong. A Yin looked a little lonely. Soon Zhuo Yan figured out that if Shi Shi misunderstood, he could just laugh it off - anyway. It's impossible, but it would definitely be hard for Ah Yin if he couldn't turn into a human being.

So Zhuo Yan touched A Yin's ears, but did not talk about the topic, but said: "Let me see how the wound is."

With the charcoal fire and starlight of the kiln, the powder on A Yin's paws was licked away, and it was still there last night. The bloody wound looked very painful, but now it has stopped bleeding and has scabs, and the entire claw pad is a little pink -

Zhuo Yan touched it lightly, and Ah Yin's claws trembled.

"Does it hurt?"

Ah Yin shook his head like a rattle, so it didn't hurt. It was just that his paws were itchy and numb when his brother touched them.

"Let me look at the split nails." Zhuo Yan held Ah Yin's claws. Ah Yin's flesh pads were pink, and there was a thin layer of scab on the entire broken nail. It would be nice if it could grow longer, no. Need to apply medicine.

"Okay, it's nothing serious. Try not to touch this claw these days." When Zhuo Yan let go, he couldn't help pinching A Yin's flesh pad again.

Ah Yin's furry ears trembled, and he looked at his brother and howled. knew.

The burning stone lowered its head and continued to light the fire, just thinking: Why does Zhuo Yan like to touch the orc's claws? He pinched them several times just now. Then he thought about it, when his father and mother mate, his father likes to bite his mother's neck, and his mother likes to bite his father's ears.

It should be the same truth.

Zhuo Yan had no idea that his behavior when checking Ah Yin's wounds revealed to Shi Shi that he had a mating habit. At this time, Zhuo Yan clapped his hands, walked over, and changed shifts with Shitou.

The stone came with a straw mat and spread it on the other side of the furnace cellar. At this time, it was covered with leather and said that it was good.

"Call me later."

"Don't worry." Zhuo Yan agreed.

According to the tribe's custom, everyone goes to bed early and gets up early. Unless the orcs are hunting and tracking at night, they will stay up late. Shitou has been tired for a long day and fell asleep at this moment. The temperature was still a bit cool at night, but Zhuo Yan was not cold when he sat in front of the furnace cellar, adding charcoal, turning on the blower, and the fire was very strong.

Then Ah Yin came bounding over on three legs and sat next to his brother.

Zhuo Yan: ...It's so funny and so cute!

So he ignored Ah Yin, and Ah Yin stayed with him to burn the kiln together.

Kiln burners tend to get sleepy easily if they are bored for a long time. From time to time, Zhuo Yan chatted with A Yin about what to eat tomorrow. Pay attention to safety when hunting in the future. Even if you are injured, it doesn't matter. Come back and tell me and I will help you treat the wound.

He knew that it was impossible for orcs in this world to go hunting without getting injured.

Ah Yin whined and whined, but he listened to his brother.

Zhuo Yan didn't know how long it had passed. The time became very long and he stopped talking. Ah Yin whined when he was sleepy. Zhuo Yan was alert and saw that the fire in the cellar was still very strong. Fortunately, the fire was still strong. , Ah Yin reminded him.

After a long time, the stone woke up and replaced the stone for burning.

Zhuo Yan changed shifts with Shitou, "I don't know how long it is now."

"This is easy to handle, you ask A Yin." Shitou yawned and sat down to add charcoal.

"Does Ah Yin know?" Zhuo Yan was curious, "What do you think about this?"

Shitou: "I don't know how to look at it either. Orcs often go out hunting and can look at the stars and the moon. If an experienced orc can smell the breath, Tell me if it will rain tomorrow." He added: "The patriarch will."

Ah Yin cried. Zhuo Yan rubbed A Yin's ears and said, "Let's check the time together."

After a while, it was Zhuo Yan. Shi Shi was not sleepy after sleeping. He sat on the straw mat and looked up at the stars, "Zhuo Yan, what do you mean? What does a god look like?"

"I don't know either." Zhuo Yan used to be an atheist, but later he became ill and incurable. His parents, brothers and sisters began to burn incense and pray to Buddha, hoping that he would survive.

At that time, he believed in Buddhism and God. In fact, he believed in the wishes of his family.

It's a pity... he still didn't survive, but now, in this world, he is alive.

Shitou nodded, he had never seen it before. Zhuo Yan felt that Shi Shitou talked little, but sometimes hit the nail on the head and made a splash, and he also had his own ideas. He couldn't help chatting and asked: "Shitou, how do you want to live in the future?"

"I want to have my own cave, but I don't want to find a tribe. "The orcs in there." Shitou looked at Zhuo Yan, "I feel uncomfortable when I think about mating with them."

Zhuo Yan: "Do you like the orcs?"

Don't say that Shitou's eyes suddenly widened. He was also energetic, and he stretched out his paws and slowly and quietly touched his brother's feet. Shitou was confused and said: "The sub-orcs and sub-orcs can't survive."

"Oh, I misunderstood." Zhuo Yan thought for a moment and felt that his knowledge was superficial and he had to tolerate his friend's asexuality, even if everyone dislike.

Who knows, Shitou said: "The orcs in the tribe are all dirty and don't like to bathe. Now everyone has a partner. The younger orcs without partners are just like cubs, very annoying."

Zhuo Yan: Another misunderstanding.

Shitou is not asexual, but there are too few unmarried orcs in the tribe, so no one likes Shitou.

"An orc asked me before if I wanted to give birth to a cub for him."

Zhuo Yan:! ! !

And this gossip?

"He is so annoying. He said that I am strong and strong and can give birth to strong cubs. Of course I know that, but I don't like him. Moreover, he lived with other sub-orcs before, and he was not good to that sub-orc at all." He gets angry when he lifts the stone.

Zhuo Yan: "That's a scumbag orc." "

? What is a scumbag orc?"

"It's just not a good thing, a flowery orc. One moment he's pursuing this sub-orc, and the next he's flirting with you. He's not a good orc who lives a good life." Yan explained.

Shitou nodded continuously, "You are right Zhuo Yan."

Zhuo Yan concluded: "You like orcs who are clean and stable, and not so childish and like a cub."

"There are none in the tribe." Shitou held his cheek. "Actually, it would be best if you don't have cubs."

Zhuo Yan: "..." Is Shitou still a sterile tribe?

"My sister is so annoying. The cubs are only cute when they are born. They are very troublesome at other times." After Shitou finished speaking, he quickly looked at Zhuo Yan and added: "But don't worry, if you give birth to cubs, I'm sure It's not too much trouble."

Zhuo Yan: Thank you.

The two of them chatted for a while, the fire in the cellar was very strong, until A Yin whined, and Zhuo Yan looked up at the starry sky - he couldn't understand either.

So Shitou and A Yin looked at each other in confusion.

"Zhuo Yan, I don't understand, have you made up your mind?"

"I've actually heard that, depending on the material and the temperature, some seven or eight hours are enough, and some need twenty hours." Zhuo Yan has never burned this before, it is all theoretical knowledge, unlike charcoal, which is his I have actually burned it, so it was a success the first time.

Shitou looked at Zhuo Yan, "Don't be afraid. It's burned out. We still have yellow mud. There is mud everywhere. We also have plenty of time. Take your time as you said."

Zhuo Yan felt warm in his heart. Shitou is really normal. Although he didn't speak, he could understand. Zhuo Yan was actually a little worried that the furnace was not burned properly. After all, the friends had been busy for many days.

"Then slowly stop the charcoal fire." Zhuo Yan decided to stop.

If the temperature continues to be high, it will crack if burned for too long.

Shitou listened to Zhuo Yan and stopped using the blower. The two of them sat next to the furnace and waited until the flames in the furnace started to glow. Zhuo Yan knocked open the door of the furnace that was covered with fire. Shitou and Ayin both ran over, but After opening it and taking a look, Zhuo Yan was overjoyed at first.

It seems...successful?

It's not cracked anyway, so no matter how you put it in, it's still like that now.

It was just that it was too dark, and the residual temperature inside was still very high. After it was ventilated for a while, Zhuo Yan lit a piece of firewood and held it up. Shi Shi reached for it - Zhuo Yan put the stone on leather, but Shi Shi said no, it wouldn't be hot anymore.

Take them out one by one and place them on the mat.

All the items burned in this furnace were 'small items', such as large bowls, deep plates and kettles. Because the furnace was dug big enough, a total of twenty items were burned, and now they are all on display.

Shitou Zhuoyan looked at the mat, neither of them dared to move.

After a while, Shi Shi stuttered a little, "Zhuo Yan, mud, really, really mud!"

"It seems... done?!" Zhuo Yan was also surprised. He didn't expect the first The first time I burned it was really successful.

The torch was stuck on the ground, and Zhuo Yan picked up a kettle. It had a pointed spout, a small mouth, smooth lines and a round belly. It also had a handle. This one looked a bit unfamiliar when you pinched it. The shape was similar but the details were not.

But now, Zhuo Yan feels that this kettle is the most beautiful kettle in the world.

"I'll get some water."

"Ouch!" He wanted to follow his brother to the river.

Shitou couldn't wait, "I'll go with you."

The two of them arrived at the river. Zhuo Yan gently put the spout of the pot into the river and poured half of the bottle. Zhuo Yan seemed to be afraid of being crushed, but only half of the bottle was filled. The bottle was raised.

Shi Shi leaned over and said, "Zhuo Yan, mud can really hold water!"

Zhuo Yan rubbed the wall of the kettle against the leather he was wearing, and was very excited, "Let me see if it leaks."

"Okay."

Wait for it to dry. Zhuo Yan held the wall of the kettle in the air and looked at it carefully. It seemed that there was no water leakage. He saw that Shitou was always staring at the kettle, so he stretched out his arm and said, "Hold Shitou and take a look."

"Ah? Me, me? My hand It's very strong, I'm afraid it will break." I didn't dare to pick up the stone.

Zhuo Yan smiled: "After burning so much, you can't keep using it. Take it."

At this moment, Shitou was more nervous and cautious than ever before. He had never held his sister so carefully when she was just born. At this moment, I took it with both hands, not daring to use too much force for fear of crushing it, but not daring to use too little strength for fear of dropping it.

Shitou looked at the pot made of mud. This was the first time he had seen such a thing. It was really made of mud. After being burned in the fire for so long, it could really hold water.

"Zhuo Yan, what is it called?"

"Pottery."

Shitou opened his mouth, repeated Pottery, and looked at Zhuo Yan suddenly, "Zhuo Yan, you are so smart!"

Zhuo Yan said before He remembered, but he never thought that what was burned would look like this.

When they returned, they didn't dare to hold the stone, so they asked Zhuo Yan to hold it, and Zhuo Yan took it. The two of them quietly looked at the other pottery on the mat. At this moment, they were very happy. They worked all night. Surprisingly, I didn't even feel sleepy at all.

"I don't want to go back." Shitou squatted beside the mat, his eyes fell on the pottery seriously and said, "Zhuo Yan, what do you think they will look like when they come here in the morning and see these pottery?"

Zhuo Yan's eyes narrowed, "I must be overjoyed." He was also overjoyed.

"Hahaha, let's wait for them to come and see how silly they look!" Shitou said happily.

Zhuo Yan: "Promise!"

So they stayed at night, waiting for dawn, but when it was still dark, they heard Aman Xiaoxian's voice in the distance: "Brother Zhuo Yan——", "Did you say it's ready? "I don't know. I didn't sleep last night. If I had known it, I would have stayed with Shitou."

Qiao said from behind: "You two, wait for me."

Shitou Zhuoyan heard the sound. Yan said: "You came so early." Shitou's eyebrows were a bit naughty and he said: "Let's keep quiet and let them come and take a look."

"Okay." Zhuo Yan agreed. He now felt that Shitou's sister Dayun was naughty. Who does it look like?

Stone is actually naughty, but it's just hidden.

After a while, the three voices came closer. Xiao Xian asked, "Are they still sleeping?"

"Maybe." Qiao's voice said.

When the three of them turned a corner, they saw that on both sides of the furnace cellar, Shitou, Zhuo Yan, and A Yin were sitting on mats on one side, and on the other mat -

"!!!"

"What is that!"

"Wow! It's me and Qiao. Sister pinched it!" Xiao Xian recognized it at a glance.

Qiao was shocked on the spot. After Xiao Xian finished speaking, he ran two steps closer. The three of them were one step away from the mat and did not dare to touch it. They stared at the things on the mat carefully. Xiao Xian recognized that he had pinched this. It's not pinched properly and it's a bit ugly. Brother Zhuo Yan said it's okay and it can be used.

"Brother Zhuo Yan!" Xiao Xian turned around, his furry ears exposed, "Is this ready? Is it cooked?"

Shitou looked at the three people's looks and couldn't help but think, luckily he stuttered and was stupid last night Others didn't see their appearance, but he saw the three of them looking silly. Hahaha, it's so funny.

"Yeah, I tried a kettle that didn't leak." After Zhuo Yan finished speaking, he saw that the three of them were still there and looked down on their hands. "You can try it and go to the river to fill it with water."

"Can you really try it?" Aman I don't even know how to hold it with my hands.

When Shitou looked at Aman's appearance, he thought of himself last night. Now in Zhuo Yan's words, he was very experienced and said: "You are going to use it in the future anyway. It's okay to try it."

Aman: "... Shitou, you have become like Zhuo Yan. "

Hahahahaha, this is what Zhuo Yan told me. I didn't dare touch it when it was burned out last night."

The friends all laughed.

The first ray of sunshine in the morning shines on the riverside, and the river water is sparkling and seems to be dyed orange. Four sub-orcs and a silver leopard are carefully holding various jars, bowls, and kettles by the riverside. .

No leaks.

The appearance is different, but the practicality is very good. The pottery pot has been heated and fired at high temperatures. Its appearance is a simple brown color, and it makes a crisp sound when it is knocked. When Zhuo Yan knocked it, the faces of the onlookers were clearly "on tenterhooks".

"Although it is not as strong as stone or wood, it is not as brittle as paper." Zhuo Yan said. It's okay for daily use.

Several other people were so nervous that they forgot to ask what the paper was.

Twenty pieces, four for each person, two large bowls, a deep plate, and a large kettle.

Everyone was in high spirits. Zhuo Yan thought for a moment and wanted to use an open fire to see if he could cook rice and water, so he set up a charcoal fire, filled a large bowl of his own with water and put it on the fire.

Everyone gathered around, having the experience of knock-knock just now, this time everyone relaxed.

As the fire increased, the water in the big bowl became scalding hot. Zhuo Yan was overjoyed, and Aman said, "Okay, okay, we can make a stone pot next time."

"It's not a stone pot, this is a clay pot." Xiao Xian correct.

Aman: "I was so happy, I made a mistake."

A few people chatted, and other sub-orcs also went to the river to wash and clean. Someone heard the noise and ran over, saying hello from afar: "Zhuo Yan, you guys are here What are you doing?"

Youya orc saw the mat on the ground.

"Didn't you go back?"

"What is this?"

A Bai's eyes fell on the various things on the mat, especially the ones roasting on the fire, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

Everyone knows that some time ago, Zhuo Yan took Qiao and others to play with mud every day, burning firewood and building some kind of stove cellar. They said they wanted to make something, just like a stone pot, but now -

"Mud can really be made."

"Is this

a stone pot?" It won't leak."

"Yes, you can still boil water." After finishing speaking, Aman thought of something, "You didn't believe us before."

Abai was honest, "I really haven't seen it before." Things made of mud can hold water.

" "Yes, we have never seen it before."

"God, it's so amazing."

More and more orcs were watching, and Xiao Xian was asking questions. Looking at Brother Zhuo Yan, Zhuo Yan nodded, and Xiao Xian took a jar and showed him how to fill it with water. A group of people huffed and went to the river again, with exclamations coming one after another.

"God! Mud can really hold water!"

"What's it called?"

"Is the pottery bowl really made of mud?"

Xiao Xian: "Of course it's true. We made it for several days."

In fact, everyone is not doubting Zhuo Yan and the others. They have not concealed their previous work. Curious sub-orcs will also ask, and Zhuo Yan will also say, but for sub-orcs, it is really unimaginable. A jar made of mud. , the bowl can be used to hold water instead of being dirty and leaking.

They really hadn't thought about it, so they were naturally shocked and unbelievable.

Xiao Xian generously let some of the orcs who were friends with Brother Zhuo Yan try it first, but he looked generous and when the bowl was in their hands, he said nervously: "Be careful, this is different from the stone pot." , It will break."

A Bai was frightened and became even more nervous.

Aman said: "Xiao Xian, please stop scaring him."

"I'm not scaring him, I'm just reminding him."

Fortunately, A'bai's hand was very steady. After fetching a bowl of water, he looked at the clear bottom of the bowl and let everyone see it too. He exclaimed: "The water is very clean, there is no mud."

"There is no mud in the first place!" Xiao Xian said proudly.

There was a lot of noise by the river, but at the furnace cellar, Zhuo Yan, Sister Qiao, and Shi Tou discussed making the second batch. This time, the pot should be larger and deeper, because the orcs eat a lot, but it doesn't need to be particularly big. Orcs can eat raw meat, mainly sub-orcs.

Something like a large modern casserole will suffice.

After the first success, everyone was full of confidence, and a large group of people cheering at the river continued to come over. A Bai was holding a water bowl in his hand. Now he looked at Zhuo Yan with warm and sincere eyes, and said: " Zhuo Yan, can you teach us how to make this pottery bowl?"

"Yes, can you teach us? I can use my meat in exchange for it."

"

I can pick Dudu for you before the snow season .

"I can do it, I can do it too." Xiaoxian

and Aman looked weak and did not dare to show off, because they were too showy and showy, which caused some orcs to ask them if they could learn this. The next two people were in trouble, and it was Zhuo Yan who did this, so they had to ask Zhuo Yan for permission.

Now everyone is surrounding Zhuo Yan, while A Yin stands silently in front of his brother.

Aman and Xiaoxian looked at each other. Xiaoxian seemed to have made a mistake, "Brother Zhuoyan still wants to cook the pot. There are so many people. What if he doesn't agree?"

"Yes, yes." Aman nodded. , then waved his arms and said loudly: "Don't be too anxious first, Zhuo Yan can do whatever he wants."

"That's right."

A Bai hurriedly said: "Zhuo Yan, we are not forcing you, I'm sorry, we were just too surprised. " Oh, I've never seen a bowl like this."

"That's right."

Zhuo Yan saw that everyone was quiet and said, "It's more delicate and slow to make. I can teach you how to cook the second batch. If anyone is willing to learn, I will be happy. "

"As for what you want to exchange for, no need to do it. If I need help in the future, I may have to trouble you."

Zhuo Yan doesn't want everyone's things. I'm about to exchange the salt. I'm too skinny. It's valuable, and Zhuo Yan currently has no shortage of meat. As for not accepting any benefit, that's not appropriate - mainly because he wants to accept it.

The people in the tribe are very down-to-earth, and they will definitely not break their promise to work for him.

Zhuo Yan also wants to wait until he has some leisure time to arrange some furniture for the house, such as tables, stools, clothes hangers, etc. Anyway, there is a lot of work to do, and there are many people and strength, so everyone will come to help.

As soon as he said this, the other sub-orcs were all happy, with happy smiles on their faces.

The next second.

'Crack' -

something cracked.

Zhuo Yan felt the leather skirt sinking down. When he lowered his head, Ah Yin held his leather skirt in his mouth and turned his head sideways. Zhuo Yan then looked over and saw that the pottery bowl on the simple stove he had originally built cracked!

"I'm also torn."

Just now, he was being encouraged by others to teach others how to make pottery, but now he was slapped in the face. Zhuo Yan laughed at himself for a second, but he didn't really feel anything. He went to take a look at the situation on the stove. The water in the pottery bowl extinguished the flames. The pottery bowl fell into pieces and burned red.

Zhuo Yan used a branch to pull half of it and look at it. The body of the pottery bowl was burned red. The cross-section of the pottery wall was a little fiery red and mixed with gray. Fiery red is the color of burning.

"Did you not burn enough time?" Zhuo Yan murmured to himself.

Qiao stepped forward to comfort Zhuo Yan and said it was okay, we would burn it again. Zhuo Yan quickly changed his mind and said, "Fortunately, everyone has been chatting. I didn't take this bowl down. Otherwise, when we burned the second batch of pots, we wouldn't have enough time to cook them, and they would all be broken." It

was basically on the fire . It won't last long.

When Shitou saw that Zhuo Yan was fine, he smiled.

Zhuo Yan was not discouraged and succeeded in cooking the first time - these kettles, bowls and plates could be used to hold food, but he did not choose to burn a big one. It can only be said that God was helping him make the decision.

Failure is not terrible.

Zhuo Yan stood up and said to everyone, "I'm sorry."

"Why are you sorry?" A Bai wondered.

Zhuo Yan pointed to the broken pottery bowl on the ground and explained: "This won't last long on the fire. It failed. I have to think about burning the second batch to see if it can succeed."

A Bai was confused. The other sub-orcs were also stunned and reacted for a while. A Bai said in disbelief and shock: "Zhuo Yan, can the mud bowl you made still be burned on the fire?" "

?"

A Bai: "Wow!"

Others The sub-orcs also screamed.

Zhuo Yan:? no? If you fail, why is the impact on your face even higher?

"You can also burn things on the fire."

"It turns out you can cook things."

"Things made from mud can be put on the fire to cook things. Zhuo Yan, you are so smart and powerful."

"Zhuo Yan, it turns out what Xiao Xian said is true. "

You don't have to cook anything. You are already very good now, and Zhuo Yan can become even more powerful!"

Zhuo Yan looked at everyone, and they all felt that he was smart. Zhuo Yan was stunned and finally understood.

Xiao Xian also said that pottery can be used to boil water and cook food, but the orcs can't imagine it because they have never seen it before. However, the mud bowls we see now can be used to drink water, and the water is very dry. There is no mud at all. I already feel incredible. I feel that Zhuo Yan is very powerful.

The bowl was cracked just now, no one would think that Zhuoyan was a failure.

Zhuo Yan laughed. Everyone's emotional value is maxed out.

"Then let's continue cooking the second batch, and I'll teach you how to cook this one." Zhuo Yan said happily.

The broken pottery bowl did not make everyone feel a little bit frustrated. On the contrary, they were now full of confidence. When the sun rose, under the arrangement and command of Zhuo Yan, Shitou and Aman taught everyone how to dig a furnace cellar.

Qiao and Xiaoxian taught everyone how to sift the yellow soil, wash it, dry it out in the sun, and dry it in the shade to a suitable state. It should not be too dry, which will crack it, and it should not be too sparse, so that it cannot be shaped.

Zhuo Yan was making blowers. He couldn't do it alone, so he asked who had better hands.

A Bai said: "Hua and Chun are very skillful with their hands. They can weave rattan baskets." After saying this, his face showed embarrassment, "Chun, Chun may not come."

Zhuo Yan was about to say, then ask them. When I didn't come, I heard what A Bai said next, and suddenly I remembered that Chun was the sub-orc who had a dispute with Xiao Zhuoyan - he was friends with Sister Qiao before.

Xiao Zhuoyan didn't know that there were orcs in Chun, so he poached others, and was taught a lesson by Chun and Ashu.

"..." He saw the embarrassment on A Bai's face. Ben Dang didn't think about it and said calmly: "Then you can ask Hua if she wants to come and learn."

A Bai quickly said: "I'll call her "

Zhuo Yan saw A Bai leaving, but he lowered his head and continued to do his work. He just thought: He has to ask Sister Qiao about Chun. He and Sister Qiao are now friends, and Sister Qiao broke up with her friend because of him. Well, as for Chun and Ashu bullying and scaring Xiao Zhuoyan -

unbeknownst to everyone, Xiao Zhuoyan was actually dead. If he hadn't come through, Xiao Zhuoyan would have ended up in the end: courting an orc who had a partner, and being taught that he couldn't blame anyone even if he died.

After he came through, he became infamous among the sub-orcs. It was not Zhuo Yan who said good things to little Zhuo Yan, but a minor child who had no father, lost his mother, and was in extreme fear. In the tribal atmosphere, it was always said that 'if there are orcs, you will be safe' ', so he got sick and went to the doctor in a hurry.

Xiao Zhuoyan's most explicit and courteous words to the orc Ashu were: Can you, can you live in my cave? Just one winter will be enough.

At that time, Qiao accompanied Chun to find Zhuo Yan to ask clearly, but when Qiao heard Xiao Zhuoyan saying he was sorry, Qiao relented and pulled Chun to say that he knew he was wrong and forget it.

But Chun was unwilling and asked the orc Ashu to teach Xiao Zhuoyan a lesson.

Thinking of this, Zhuo Yan planned to ignore Chun's troubles and pretend that he didn't know. If Sister Qiao took the initiative to bring it up in the future, let's talk about it.

Chapter 39:

Ah Yin's front paws were fine after resting for a day. I don't know if it was a problem with the medicine powder or the orcs' strong self-healing ability. In short, on the third day, Ah Yin and Ah Tou continued patrolling.

Zhuo Yan was actually a little happy. When he went out in the morning, he touched Ah Yin's ear and said, "We Ah Yin have made new friends, let's go."

"Ouch~" Ah Yin's ear rubbed his brother's palm, and then ran away. stand up.

The leopard was waiting not far ahead, and when the silver leopard arrived, the two leopards ran side by side, and soon they could no longer see their shadows.

Zhuo Yan has a partner, and A Yin is happy that he has also found a friend.

Today is another beautiful day!

With more people and greater strength, we built two furnaces and a pig trough kiln in one day yesterday. Today is charcoal burning. The orcs finally understood why they need to burn firewood, because burning clay pots requires a high flame, which cannot be achieved with firewood, only charcoal.

Although, everyone still understands little about it, but it does not hinder their work.

"Zhuo Yan, good morning."

"Good morning, Zhuo Yan."

"Zhuo Yan, we are going to chop wood today."

Abai and several orcs carrying rattan baskets greeted Zhuo Yan one after another. Zhuo Yan said hello one by one. Remind a few sub-orcs not to run too far, they are in the thin woods near the tribe.

"Haha, don't worry Zhuo Yan, we will pay attention."

"And the tribe has patrols and it is safe."

"Let's go."

Zhuo Yan waved his hand and he arrived at the place where he was working. At this time, the area changed from the previous one. It is deserted. Now there is a kiln a few meters apart, and the two pig trough kilns are a little further apart. There is only a piece of grass, stone slabs collected from the river tamped on the ground, and dozens of large and small pottery items.

Pottery needs to be dried in the shade. The climate of this world is such that a batch made yesterday evening is now neatly placed under the tree, waiting to be burned today.

Still the same as before, Zhuo Yan decided to burn the small one first, fearing that it would not be done well, and then tried to increase the time over and over again. Two of them were made by him himself - mixed with the first batch of burnt and broken pottery bowl powder.

When Zhuo Yan taught everyone how to make kilns and burn pottery, he kept thinking about theoretical knowledge. He had seen people smash tiles, grind them, filter them and add the yellow mud used for making pottery, saying that it would increase the probability of success.

They didn't have tiles, but the tiles also needed to be burned. The broken bowl was essentially fine, but the firing time was not enough. So Zhuo Yan thought about it and decided not to waste the bowl. He smashed the bowl and mixed it into powder. .

He wanted to see how it was different from the others who hadn't joined.

After a while, today's pottery makers arrived. Zhuo Yan sighed again: At this time, everyone is working together to listen to the instructions and work hard. Of course, if they are tired, they will take a break and work again when they feel better.

"It can be sent to the kiln." Zhuo Yan said.

The pieces of sun-dried pottery were neatly placed. The tops were not sealed first, and the firewood was burned at low temperature for a while. When the temperature slowly came up, Zhuo Yan gave everyone a signal to seal the kiln entrance with yellow mud.

"The last time the fever lasted a short time, this time

it will last for more than a day." When Zhuo Yan said this, seeing that everyone's eyes were still confused, he said to be precise: "from early morning until after dark." It's less than seven o'clock now . , now that it's dark, it's been burning for at least thirteen or four hours.

"Don't be reluctant to give up the charcoal fire. Keep the temperature high at all times. The blower must be manually shaken at all times. If someone is tired, just shout and everyone will switch to shaking it." Zhuo Yan discussed all possible problems in advance.

The orcs listened attentively. This time, the kiln was fired by Zhuo Yantou and Aman. Those who were strong learned it here. Later, they would burn it by themselves. Those who were dexterous had to work with Qiao and Xiao. Wash out the salty yellow mud.

As the sun was high in the sky, it was getting hotter and hotter, especially in front of the kiln.

Shitou took off his waistcoat and wore only a small leather skirt. When he turned the blower, the muscles on his arms bulged and beads of sweat rolled down.

Zhuo Yan looked a little envious, then stretched out his arms to make the same gesture.

"..." He is really a weakling. Zhuo Yan: "Tou Shi, you take a break, let me do it."

Shi Tou didn't show off, handed it to Zhuo Yan, stood and shook his arms, "I'm hungry, what can I eat for a while?"

"The hunting team has been gone for two days. I'm back, I have a hunch, I will definitely come back today, and I will bring a lot of meat," Aman guessed as he was also hungry.

Qiao was beside him, "It's good to come back safely."

The hunting team hadn't come back yet. At noon, Ah Yin and Ah Tou came back with a deer in their mouths. The deer was divided into two as usual, and the leopard stopped. Looking at Ah Yin, Ah Yin was already running to find his brother with the meat in his mouth, so Huabao followed behind with half of the venison in his mouth while he went to find his brother.

Actually... Ah Yin doesn't need to give him half of it.

This deer was caught by Ah Yin, but he actually lost the deer he was chasing.

Ah Tou gave his younger brother Xiao Xian a big piece and ran back to find his grandma.

Zhuo Yan first left more than 20 kilograms of venison for Ah Yin, and after Ah Yin finished eating it first, he and his friends grilled the rest and ate it, but it was a bit too much. Zhuo Yan and Xiao Xianyi combined it and gave it to everyone in the end. All divided.

Mainly because they were grilling meat, and other sub-orcs who had been doing hard work for most of the day couldn't watch. Zhuo Yan felt that it was not good, and there was a lot of meat, so he divided the meat between them. Each person had a small piece of meat and a pad.

Unexpectedly, the sub-orcs who received the meat were stunned. Although they did not refuse and ate because they were really hungry, they looked at Zhuo Yan with some eagerness and intimacy.

"Is it weird for me to do this?" Zhuo Yan asked his friend in a low voice.

Aman said first: "Are you still afraid of weird things? You've been saying weird things."

"..." Zhuo Yan punched Aman on the shoulder.

Aman laughed and explained seriously: "It's not strange, it's just that food is shared between partners. They may think you treat them as partners."

Qiao nodded.

Zhuo Yan: "...I'm just sorry, please be polite."

When Xiao Xian came back after delivering the barbecue, his face was excited, and his furry ears were trembling. Xiao Xian was the youngest among them, and he was actually more concerned about the opinions of the orcs from the outside world. , also very enthusiastic and straightforward.

Now Balabala said: "Brother Zhuo Yan, they all thanked me."

"Actually, I didn't think about what they were grateful for. You are right, we are full, and it is not good for others to work hungry."

" Xiao Man also gave me a berry.

"They said I'm very capable now, and I don't look like a little Zaizai anymore."

Zhuo

Yan looked at Xiao Xian's furry ears and could tell. Xian was so happy at this, he couldn't help itching his hand, and then a furry head came out from under his palm. Zhuo Yan lowered his head, and it was Ah Yin's head that came over.

"Have you finished eating? Are you full?"

Ah Yin cried out, "I'm full!"

Zhuo Yan still gave Ah Yin two bites of the roasted meat in his hand. Ah Yin rubbed his head against his brother and acted like a baby. Zhuo Yan was so cute that he rubbed her hands hard. He forgot what he wanted to do just now - oh, touch Xiao Xian. ears.

When he raised his head, Xiao Xian flew to other places where he was working like a little butterfly. Someone asked Xiao Xian about pinching the spout of the kettle. Xiao Xian was very serious about being a little teacher and liked this job very much.

...I can't touch it anymore, forget it, he still has Ah Yin.

The day was very fulfilling and very hot, after all, I was in front of the kiln. The sub-orcs who cut firewood are back. Shitou Aman teaches everyone how to burn charcoal. He calls Zhuo Yan when he is not sure. Zhuo Yan follows the other sub-orcs and takes turns to burn the kiln.

In the evening, the charcoal in the pig trough kiln was burning.

Bang bang bang, there was a knocking sound coming from the tribe.

Qiao's eyes lit up and he stood up, "The hunting team is back."

"The hunting team is back with the prey."

"We have meat collars."

The sub-orcs who were working spoke one after another. Zhuo Yan was about to burn the kiln, and finally and Shitou Aman decided to let the two of them take Ah Yin to get the meat first. As for the pig kiln where it was being burned, there was no need to keep an eye on it.

Soon the bustling kiln became deserted and quiet, and everyone returned to the tribe to collect meat.

Zhuo Yan was guarding the kiln alone, and before he was bored for too long, he heard Ah Yin whining, and Ah Yin rushed over with a large piece of meat in his mouth.

"Put the meat in the rattan basket, it's such a big piece." Zhuo Yan told Ah Yin while working. When Ah Yin dragged the rattan basket to him, he whined and showed his brother the meat he had received.

Zhuo Yan:!

"Aman is right what he said today. The hunting team didn't come back for two days and brought a lot of meat."

The meat weighed at least forty kilograms. The last time this amount of meat was caught, the hunting team caught a baby mammoth. Today's meat is only slightly less than last time.

It can be seen that the two days of work were not in vain, which is a lot.

Ah Yin didn't care about the meat. He wasn't hungry. When he saw his brother opening his mouth, he smartly took the rattan basket and moved it away. Zhuo Yan smiled. Ah Yin and he were getting closer and closer to each other, and he was very smart. He just wanted to remind Ah Yin that the temperature in the kiln was too high and the meat couldn't be put in. Unexpectedly, before he said it, Ah Yin held the rattan basket in his mouth. Put it under the shade of a distant tree.

"Eat this tomorrow morning."

Ah Yin ran over wagging his tail, whining to listen to his brother, and squatted down to work with him.

After a while, when the sky was dark, some orcs arrived one after another. They all had meat in their hands, the size of their fists, and wanted to give it to Zhuo Yan. Zhuo Yan refused to accept it. The orcs said, "You can divide it at noon." "I'm hungry." "Yeah, aren't we friends?" "You're welcome, Zhuo Yan." "We have enough to eat."

Zhuo Yan: No, he also has a lot of meat to worry about.

However, the tribe's orcs were very straightforward and sincere in their interactions. Zhuo Yan told the truth: "I have a lot of meat in my house and there is no salt. I can't keep it. I know your thoughts. I will accept the meat. Let's go together tomorrow morning." Eat."

"Okay!"

"Okay, Zhuo Yan."

"Zhuo Yan, if you want to make pottery, you can use the pottery to exchange for salt." He thinks clay pots are very useful.

"That won't work. I can't go to the Feathered Market this year. Sister Qiao helped me carry my things. The orcs run very fast. Clay pots are not like stones and are relatively easy to break. Don't bother Qiao too much." Zhuo Yan explained .

Everyone suddenly realized that Zhuo Yan was right. Whether it was the idea of ​​accepting their meat and roasting it together tomorrow morning, or the idea of ​​going to the Feather Market to exchange for salt, Zhuo Yan thought of it all.

A Bai looked at A Yin next to Zhuo Yan, as if A Yin had grown up again, and couldn't help but said: "Don't be discouraged Zhuo Yan, when A Yin becomes an adult, even if he can't turn into a human form, he can carry you to Yu Yu." People from the market."

Ah Yin roared, his ears perked up.

Zhuo Yan touched Ah Yin's ears and said, "Then I will feed Ah Yin good meat so that Ah Yin will grow taller and not be tired when the time comes."

My brother is so thin that he won't be tired. Even if my brother grows strong, he will not be tired.

Everyone came here to deliver meat to Zhuo Yan. It was getting dark, and the orcs who were making clay pots were about to go back to their caves. The orcs who were burning charcoal in the pig kiln were a little hesitant. Zhuo Yan said, "It's okay. You can go back. After a while, the stone Aman came over. "

But it's strange. Miss Qiao didn't say much. Ada had a family and it took two days for Ada to come back safely. Xiaoxian would definitely go back to the cave at night when he was underage, but it was agreed. Shitou Aman didn't even arrive at this time.

"Then I'd better stay and wait until they all arrive before leaving." A Bai said.

Among them, the orc man who played well with A Bai also chose to stay, "You won't be afraid when we leave together."

"Okay."

After a while, it got dark and it was very quiet here. In addition to the sound of charcoal fire thundering, A Bai and another sub-orc were a little scared. The two chatted for a while, and Zhuo Yan said: "You can go back first. Really, I am not afraid because I have A Yin with me."

" Let's go to Zhuo Yan first."

"Okay, be careful on the road." Zhuo Yan thought for a moment and originally wanted to send A Yin away for a while, but decided not to.

He was afraid that it would be dark, so he sent two sub-orcs to the entrance of the cave. The orcs were very wary and it would be bad if there was a misunderstanding.

Zhuo Yan definitely puts A Yin first.

Just when the two of them left, Zhuo Yan said to A Yin: "A Yin, you don't have to follow them when you go to the main road. Just watch them leave and come back when you can't see them."

It's okay to watch them off. After all, the orcs' night vision is definitely better than that of the orcs.

Ah Yin whined, obeying his brother's words, and swung his tail a little anxiously to get out of this mountain bay. He still wanted to accompany his brother. The two sub-orcs walked faster and faster.

After waiting for a while, Zhuo Yan heard Ah Yin squealing. It was not the kind of urgent and dangerous cry, but relatively gentle. Zhuo Yan thought that Ah Yin was worried about him playing with him, so he shouted back: "I'm fine. I'm fine." Come back after you see them off."

"Awwww~" My brother's two sub-orcs are back again, and there are many people. Ah Yin stared for a while and saw people getting closer and closer, including people with torches, so he hurried back, "Ouch!"

Brother, Shitou Aman and the clan leader came.

Zhuo Yan thought that the delivery was over, so he rubbed A Yin's head and praised her for doing a good job. They talked to each other until A Man said: "Zhuo Yan."

"You are finally here." Zhuo Yan sat in the furnace. In front of me, I just heard the sound and saw no one.

Aman stopped talking again, but after a few minutes, only the stars in the kiln were lit, and suddenly the light source came on. At this time, Zhuo Yan finally realized that something was wrong. He followed the light source and looked sideways. The leader was the clan leader. , the one holding the torch is Ada, next to him are Shitou, Aman, Qiao, and behind him are Abai and his friends who just left and came back.

Zhuo Yan:? He was stunned for a moment, then stood up first.

"Hello, chief, I didn't go to get the meat, but Ah Yin went and brought all the meat back." After he finished speaking, he felt that it was not a matter of getting the meat.

It's just a sub-orc who wants meat, so he won't alarm the clan leader.

"Zhuo Yan, we are here to see you making pottery." The clan leader said first, with a stern face showing a bit of generosity. "Today we are sharing the meat. I heard the orcs in Tribelia talking about clay bowls. They said you Teach them how to do it."

Zhuo Yan was relieved at first. It turned out that because of this, he soon became nervous because he didn't explain to his friends how he knew about the pottery making, and the friends trusted him and wouldn't ask any questions. , but the patriarch is different.

If asked, what would he say?

A sub-orc who was born and raised in Xiaozhuoyan and has never been out of the tribe, how could he know this?

"Chief, the kiln must be blown all the time, otherwise it will burn out." Shitou saw that no one was turning the blower at the entrance of the kiln. He was anxious at first and walked towards Zhuo Yan, "I will burn it, you go and talk."

Zhuo Yan nodded and agreed. Shitou could see that Zhuo Yan was a little scared, but he couldn't figure out what Zhuo Yan was afraid of? This is a good thing. The clan leader praised Tao Wan very much.

"Shitou, you are busy first." The clan leader said to Shitou.

Zhuo Yangang was so nervous that when he got closer, he saw that the patriarch was holding a pottery bowl in his hand.

"Everyone was chatting while the meat was being divided, and the clan leader was very curious after hearing it, so I made a special trip back to get a pottery bowl to show to the clan leader, so I came late." Aman explained.

Qiao saw that Zhuo Yan was nervous and said, "The pottery bowl is very good. The patriarch likes it very much."

"I like it very much." The patriarch touched the pottery bowl with his rough fingers. There was still half a bowl of water in the bowl, and he brought it over. There is no leakage at all, and the water is so clear that you can see the traces on the wall of the bowl. "They said it was made by kneading mud and burning it. This bowl is easier than cutting out stones."

There are stone pots in every cave, but stone bowls and plates There are no small pieces in these holes, and it is very laborious to chisel large stone pots. Many stone knives have been broken, and the orcs have to hammer and chisel over and over again. Sometimes they work for a long time, and they are almost ready. The last stone chisel is Cracks opened and it fell apart.

Sometimes I am afraid of cracking, and the stone walls are too thick, and even a lot of firewood cannot heat hot water or cook food. Orcs can eat raw meat, but as humanoids and sub-orcs, it's better to eat it mixed with cooked food.

If you eat raw meat for too long, the beastly nature of the orcs will be amplified.

"Zhuo Yan, they said that this clay bowl can be set on fire to cook food, just like a stone pot?"

Zhuo Yan felt the gentleness of the patriarch and was not so nervous. He said, "Yes, if it is burned If you succeed, you can put food on the fire. The first time we burned it was too short, we can't cook food, we can only hold things."

The patriarch nodded and understood, and his eyes fell on the earth bag. Qiao said it was a kiln.

"You can open the kiln tonight. If it takes a long time, the pottery will crack and explode." Zhuo Yan explained.

So the clan leader stayed and waited for the kiln to be opened.

Zhuo Yan: ...It's like the boss is watching while he is tightening the screws (bushi).

Fortunately, there were other people present. The patriarch looked at the pig trough kiln and the charcoal, and then asked Ada to put out the torch. Everyone was busy with their own things and found a corner. The patriarch sat on the earth ridge and waited quietly. There is a kind of patience and calmness of orcs when chasing prey, and there is no sense of presence.

In the quiet environment at night, it became a bit boring after a long time, and Aman started talking more.

"Actually, I was also shocked." Aman said.

Zhuo Yan reminded in a low voice: "Are you not afraid now?"

Aman froze for a second, as if he just remembered that the patriarch was still here, and immediately looked around furtively, but he couldn't find the shadow of the patriarch in the first circle.

Ah Yin used her claws to pull at her brother. Brother, you are looking at the clan leader.

Zhuo Yan was attracted by A Yin's actions, and decided to change the topic of safety with A Man. Speaking of which, everyone just gave him some meat pieces, and the people who worked tomorrow morning should eat them together, otherwise they would definitely go bad if left out all day.

"Okay." Aman didn't find the position of the clan leader in the second round.

Ah Yin, on the other hand, squatted in front of his brother, blocking his sight with his furry back. The brother was obviously afraid of the clan leader, so why did he keep looking at the clan leader?

Qiao and Ada sat together and whispered about what happened in the past two days, such as how to make pottery, wash yellow mud, etc.

Zhuo Yan heard everything, and then heard Aman say to Balabala: "...Actually, the patriarch's uncle is quite nice, and he's not very scary, but I'm still a little scared."

The clan leader can definitely hear your 'quiet voice'!

It's really strange. He was obviously sitting there just now and he saw it. Why can't he see it now? Could it be that the clan leader has changed places? Zhuo Yan thought about it, and couldn't help but look in that direction, and then he only saw A Yin's furry head.

Ah Yin blinked and stood up, reminding her brother.

Zhuo Yan: Ah Yin's blue eyes turned darker in the dark night, and they looked pretty good.

Abai and his companions were staying at the farthest pig cave kiln. Zhuo Yan heard the two of them chatting: "Why did we come here? We didn't mean to go back to the cave.", "I don't know either, we met Patriarch, I'm here." "Actually, the patriarch didn't ask us to come." "Yeah, but I'm just here."

It's good. He's not the only one who is scared and nervous. Everyone is the same.

But I can hear what you two are talking about, and the clan leader can definitely hear it too.

And now the atmosphere has changed, everyone should know that the clan leader is there, but they have to work in the dark, and if they don't talk, they will feel sleepy and a little scared. In addition, the clan leader's presence is very low, and chatting in a confused state is not that important. Restricted, yet quite comfortable.

Until Shitou asked: "Zhuo Yan, I can't shake, am I still okay?"

Zhuo Yan: "..." He forgot the time.

"I don't know how long it has been, is it a long time?"

Then the patriarch's voice appeared: "How long will it take to burn?"

Zhuo Yan was startled because the patriarch's voice was very close to him. He still didn't see where the patriarch was, so he subconsciously answered first. Question: "It was about seven in the morning - not long after the sun left the river. It burned until everyone fell asleep for a long time at night."

"When did you cut down the trees?" asked the clan leader.

Zhuo Yan wanted them to chop down a big tree. With Ada's help, it took about four or five hours for a tree to fall to the ground and split into sections, so he said yes, "It will take at least half a day in the morning."

"Wait a little longer." The patriarch said .

Zhuo Yan agreed, but after a long time, because he was too bored, Aman was there shaking the blower, and the patriarch said it was time. Zhuo Yan got up and said, "Aman, stop shaking. Don't add charcoal to the fire. Add firewood instead. Don't let the temperature drop suddenly too fast."

Because it was a bit cold at night, the kiln fire must be turned off step by step and slowly.

Aman loudly: Got it!

This time everyone gathered around and stood guard in front of the kiln, waiting for the kiln fire to slowly extinguish. Ada lit the torch, and Zhuo Yan began to dismantle the kiln mouth. Ada was tall and held up the torch to light up the entire kiln. The pottery inside was burning. Some are whitish, but each piece is very complete.

When Zhuo Yan saw the color, his heart sank at first, fearing that it would burn out. But when he looked carefully, he saw that there were only two pieces of whitened pottery - could they be the two pieces where he added the pottery bowl fragments?

Sure enough, the color of all the pottery is darker than before.

"You can try boiling water after it cools down," Zhuo Yan said.

No one was sleepy that night, at least Zhuo Yan. The patriarch, who had always been quiet and inconspicuous, his weathered eyes were very bright now, looking at the pottery in the furnace.

After it cooled down, the patriarch personally took the pottery pot and filled the water, and placed it on the simple stove. Everyone gathered around and stared at the pottery pot until the cold water boiled and made a gentle whining sound. The wrinkles at the corners of the patriarch's eyes deepened. With a smile.

"Good." The clan leader praised.

Zhuo Yan was afraid that he would be happy in advance, so he said, "You can wait a little longer. The pottery bowl cracked not long after it was burned."

The clan leader nodded and continued to wait patiently.

In fact, Zhuo Yan did not notice, or in other words, only the patriarch's partner knew how excited and happy the patriarch was at this moment. He just suppressed it and waited patiently.

After a while, the pot of water was half boiled.

Zhuo Yan thinks it's okay, but why doesn't anyone say anything? When he raised his head, there were people standing around, with shocked expressions on every face. Abai and his friends slightly opened their mouths in surprise. Even the stone Amanqiao, they had already burned a batch, and at this moment Still surprised.

Because this pot has been burning on the fire for a long time.

The water has burned down halfway, but it hasn't cracked yet.

The clan leader didn't look very calm anymore.

"Zhuo Yan, you succeeded! You did it." Aman shouted first.

"Hey, we all made it together."

That night, the clay pot was updated to 2.0, a more powerful version. Although Zhuo Yan and Shitou didn't laugh out loud with excitement when it was fired for the first time, everyone was still very restrained tonight. of shock.

I was shocked by Zhuo Yan, this was burned by Zhuo Yan!

The clan leader said very well, "Zhuo Yan, I'll leave the making of the pots to you. If it's wood cutting that requires a lot of effort, Ada, call Zhuo Yan a few orcs to help."

"This belongs to the entire tribe. Things."

Ada: "I know, Patriarch!"

And the Patriarch did not want any of the pottery pots that were successfully fired tonight. In fact, Zhuo Yan mentioned giving some to the Patriarch, but the Patriarch waved his hand, "You have worked hard, wait for the tribe.

"Zhuo Yan, you are very smart. You will get more salt from the salt team and the tribe this year. I believe everyone in the tribe will agree. This is what you should do. " Got it."

Then the patriarch left.

Zhuo Yan:! ! ! What an unexpected surprise.

When they cleaned up the place and went back to their respective caves, Zhuo Yan was still a little excited. The things were really burned, and there was also the promise of salt later. Lying on the stone bed, Zhuo Yan touched Ah Yin, and thought about it before and after he fell asleep. I really didn't ask him how he knew how to make pottery.

...No matter what, it's over anyway.

Early the next morning, Zhuo Yan and Ah Yin took the meat to the kiln to work. The orcs all gathered around Zhuo Yan and said, "Zhuo Yan, I heard Ah Bai say that the clan leader came last night. Here?", "The pottery you made is the same as the stone pot?", "

Zhuo Yan, what are we doing today?", "And the salt changing team has your salt?" Lots of pottery."

"Yes, yes, the clan leader has said that Zhuo Yan must be rewarded."

"Zhuo Yan, can I see the pottery that was successful last night?" "

Okay, just look!

Today he also wanted to try out what was special about gray pottery mixed with pottery bowl powder.

Chapter 40

A piece of pottery mixed with pottery bowl powder was made into a large bowl. The mouth of the bowl was large and deep, a bit like a basin. Another was made into a pot-bellied kettle.

Everyone who worked in the morning was gathered, and the pieces of meat delivered by some orcs last night were more than ten kilograms. While the weather was not so hot yet, Zhuo Yan took everyone to barbecue first, and then worked after breakfast. Yesterday, the tribe distributed a lot of meat. When they went out to work, the orcs all brought meat with them.

Zhuo Yan is the same. He has forty kilograms of meat. He ate more than half of it last night. If he doesn't finish it in the morning, it will definitely smell bad in the afternoon. Therefore, he has to eat this meal vigorously. He can at least carry it until tomorrow. Not too hungry.

So this breakfast barbecue is just like a barbecue party.

There is not much else in the work area. There are plenty of simple stoves, firewood, and slates. Now there are also some cooked pottery. The sub-orcs who came early are quick to light the fire. The slates are washed by the river and put on the stove. There are many Stone knives, some are bone knives - the orcs who go out to work basically never leave their hands with a basket and a knife.

"Cut the fat meat first. I heard Xiao Xian said to roast it first, and then roast the leaner ones when the oil comes out."

"Zhuo Yan must have taught Xiao Xian."

"Yes, yes, brother Zhuo Yan taught me. "Xiao Xian also brought a small bag of salt today, but he hid it. He took it out secretly when he went to Zhuo Yan's place to eat, and whispered: "I have salt."

Zhuo Yan was told . Xian was amused by this look and said, "Your things are so precious and we are allowed to eat them all in secret."

"No one has to eat them." Xiao Xian scratched his head, "Brother Zhuo Yan, you said you wanted to share it.

"If you have enough stuff, you can share it if you feel embarrassed. If you are too tight, then I will definitely keep it to myself first and use it with my best friends." Zhuo Yan said seriously to Xiao Xian . explain.

Xiao Xian: "So that's it!"

"I used to eat by myself without giving it to others, and others wouldn't criticize me. But this time I gave it to others, and they praised me, and I was quite happy."

Aman said: "Be bold and no one will criticize you. If anyone criticizes you, I will scold you."

Shitou nodded. Joe smiled and had the same attitude.

The concept in the tribe is different from that in modern times. Food here is very precious. In the past, everyone ate what they wanted. Even if others were hungry, if you were eating meat next to you, no one would scold you for eating meat, because the meat was your own. of.

The meaning of sharing can only be found in the best partners. Zhuo Yan's "pleasant politeness" yesterday, a kind of social politeness in modern society, had never been seen in the tribe before.

That's why those sub-orcs were surprised yesterday, and then they got the meat and gave it to Zhuo Yan in the evening.

The main idea is that you come and go, and there is a return.

But Xiao Xian obviously liked the atmosphere yesterday. He had meat to eat, and everyone could eat meat too, which made him very happy. As for today's salt matter, Xiao Xian was a little embarrassed at first, but he really didn't have much left. Now he listened to what Brother Zhuo Yan said, thought about it, and soon put that embarrassment behind him and became happy.

The fat meat was roasted to produce fat, and then the lean meat was put in. It sizzled and was browned. Zhuo Yan also asked A Yin to run back and bring a handful of green onions, sprinkle some chopped green onions and a little salt. When it was done, the first Zhuo Yan said, "I'm so moved that I'm about to cry."

It's been a long time since I've had salty barbecue.

He is so starry~

"Hahahahaha." Aman laughed at Zhuo Yan.

The others also laughed.

Zhuo Yan said vaguely: "Take a bite. I don't believe you won't want to cry. It's so delicious that I'll cry." He also gave his A Yin a bite, "Come on, A Yin, open your mouth, be careful of the burn."

A Yin didn't want to eat . , my brother hasn't tasted salt for a long time, my brother eats it. Zhuo Yan didn't let go, but looked at Ah Yin, "It's really delicious after one bite, ah."

My brother is so cute. "Ouch" Ah Yin still opened his mouth.

But Ah Yin stopped eating after one bite and ran to the side to eat raw meat. Zhuo Yan knew what Ah Yin was thinking. This was also the salt brought by Xiao Xian. He didn't force Ah Yin to eat more. He just had the feeling that "my brother's sauce is useless and I can't give Ah Yin three dishes, one soup and a can". Who knows? Families with pets really can't stand it.

Zhuo Yan cried, and then took another big mouthful of meat. It smelled so good.

When Ah Yin saw that his brother was eating delicious food, he became even more determined and eager to find Mammoth territory.

The "Kiln Factory" was delicious one after another. Everyone was chirping and chatting. After finishing the barbecue, they were energetically cleaning up. It was only after seven o'clock and the day's work started.

"I'll boil some water." Zhuo Yan filled his big gray bowl with water and put it on without extinguishing the simple stove.

Aman had already noticed that the color of this pottery bowl was different from the others. Just as he was about to ask for an explanation, Qiao first said, "This must have been made by Zhuo Yan mixed with powder from the last broken pottery bowl."

"Yes, there is this one too. , I forgot." Aman remembered.

Several people came closer to see what was different. Zhuo Yan said: "Except for the difference in color, there seems to be no other difference. No, I haven't used this to boil water yet. I tried boiling water in the pottery bowl last night."

"I want to try this today."

Everyone They all stared at the pottery bowl, but after a while they started working and forgot about it. Zhuo Yan did the same. When he remembered, he noticed that there was only water at the bottom of the gray bowl, and the wall of the bowl was a little black from the heat. He hurriedly took it down with something on it.

It seems more resistant to burning?

Zhuo Yan thought for a moment, then added a spoonful of cold water and continued to put it on. It was cold and hot, but it didn't explode.

"Sister Qiao." Zhuo Yan asked Sister Qiao to come and see, "You saw the water boiling last night. I actually didn't make any special comparison. I just alternated between hot and cold for this one. The pottery is actually very easy to crack when it is cold and hot. Yes, but this one doesn't."

Qiao said, "The one that boiled water last night only boiled the water and didn't put in the cold water."

Zhuo Yan: "Wait for me. Go get one at home and compare the two. Anyway, let's burn charcoal for the next two days."

When Zhuo Yan came back after taking the things, Ada came with two orcs. Ada was talking to Qiao when he saw Zhuo Yan coming over. He walked over with two orcs and said, "Zhuo Yan, the clan leader said yesterday that we will listen to your arrangements."

Both orcs Zhuo Yan knew each other and had only met each other.

One is Ah Hui and the other is Yu. Yu is the cheetah, Aman's brother-in-law's brother.

"Zhuo Yan, I heard that the clan leader praised you." Ah Hui was very talkative and initiated the chat first.

Before Zhuo Yan could think about what to say, he heard Ah Hui continue: "The clan leader rarely praises anyone when he takes us hunting. I didn't expect to praise a sub-orc."

Zhuo Yan: ...I don't want to go back at all.

"Today you are cutting firewood and burning charcoal." He brought the topic to the main topic and called Aman Shitou, "Which one of you will take the lead and teach you the thickness and length of firewood."

When Yu saw Aman coming, his eyes lit up. .

Aman didn't want to do it, so Shitou said first: "I want to keep an eye on the charcoal kiln, let Aman do it. Aman and Yu also know each other and can talk about it." He talked little and didn't like chatting with orcs.

Zhuo Yan: "Okay, Aman will leave it to you."

In a few words the matter was settled. Ah Hui was a little unhappy. Before leaving, he asked Zhuo Yan, "Why did you ignore what I just said?"

"I really don't know what to say." Zhuo Yan looked at Ah Hui, "The patriarch will take you hunting. The patriarch's hunting skills." He should be very powerful. It would be better to be strict with you, so that you will be safer when hunting in the future. As for making pottery, the clan leader can't do it, so I can, so he praised me."

Ah Hui thought about it carefully and nodded, "You said . That's right. But Zhuo Yan, you are a sub-orc, how can you talk like my grandma?"

"..." Zhuo Yan didn't know what to say again.

Fortunately, Sister Qiao patted Ada on the arm, and Ada took Ahui away without getting entangled in this issue. Seeing Zhuo Yan's expression, Qiao couldn't help but smile, "Ah Hui is a bit straightforward."

"Then I also think he's a bit of a beastman," Zhuo Yan said.

Qiao: "What big orc? He's not very big, right?"

"Maybe I'm overthinking it, but sometimes he looks down on sub-orcs when he talks - maybe he looks down on me." Zhuo Yan thinks he might be too sensitive , when they met for the first time, Ah Hui directly asked him to go to his cave to barbecue, and it was completely like he didn't take him seriously.

Now that I think about it, maybe it's not that he looks down on the sub-orcs, it's normal for Ah Hui to talk to Qiao, but that he despises him.

Qiao thought about it carefully and realized that what Zhuo Yan said might make sense, so he comforted Zhuo Yan, "Not anymore. The whole tribe knows that you are smart and powerful. The clan leader also praised you, so no one will look down on you."

"Forget it . Well, I don't deal with him often anyway, so it doesn't matter what he thinks of me." Zhuo Yan thought for a moment and felt that there was no need to worry about this matter, and looked at Sister Qiao, "Before I made pottery, my reputation was not good at that time. , Qiao, you are still willing to play with me. "

This is the fundamental difference.

"You were...so pitiful." Qiao told the truth. "I never thought you would survive the snow season. You were underage and you were considered a brat. I just wanted you to feel more relaxed in a few days." "

Zhuo Yan: My good friend Sister Qiao woo woo.

Qiao laughed and said, "It's better now. You won't feel uncomfortable this snow season. You have Ah Yin."

"That's true. It's very warm to hug Fuzzy in winter."

Even if they were chatting, they would not forget their hands. live.

On this day, Zhuo Yan repeatedly experimented with the large gray-white pottery bowls and the batch of pottery bowls that were shipped last night. Repeatedly, one was cold and the other was hot. Both pottery bowls were quite resistant to burning, but the brown pottery bowl in the end was The bowl still exploded.

The gray and white ones are still the same.

"Brother Zhuo Yan, this has been burning for a long time." Xiao Xian also sighed.

"I'll bring all the ones I burned for the first time at home. Let's mix them with the powder and bake them again."

"I want to get them too."

Zhuo Yan agreed, "There's no need to smash the batch that came out yesterday. It can be used. Anyway, It's just for holding food, even if it's on the fire, be careful when the time comes, don't let it go cold and hot, let the pottery bowl sit for a while and then add cold water."

This was also due to Zhuo Yan's careful experimentation and polishing of the material, including subsequent improvements. The temperature lasted a long time. Finally, before the snow season, every household in the tribe had gray clay pots and bowls in their caves to withstand the extreme cold of the snow season.

In the evening, Yu and Ah Hui led by Ada chopped the firewood piled on the hill and started to burn charcoal. The next day, Zhuo Yan first fired a batch of pottery shards for seven or eight hours - there was not enough powder, so this time there was no need to shape them into bowls, they were directly shaped like tiles, which can save space when set up.

On the third day, all the sub-orcs in the tribe who could work came out, even the two elderly old men were there - Zhuo Yan heard what Aman said, and when he saw it on the scene, the 'elderly old men' were not visible Judging from his appearance, he looks a few years older than his uncle, probably in his forties.

Is this the old man? ! ! !

Zhuo Yan was startled, and then a little scared and worried. The life span of people in this world is too short, not because of poor physical fitness, but because of the poor living environment.

He was just a half-orc, and his physical fitness was a hundred times stronger than modern times. His eyesight, strength, endurance, resistance to wind and cold, etc. were all very strong, but his living conditions were poor. In modern times, after working for three years, I would feel dizzy after squatting for a long time. That is to say, with good medical care, food and clothing, people can live a long life.

In order to enjoy his old age in peace in the future, Zhuo Yan feels that he still has to do a lot. Genetically, they are all very strong, and they just need to improve their living conditions, such as clothing to keep out the cold in winter, and not eating like this for two days. , planting and breeding must be slowly expanded!

Now.

On this day, everyone needs to use stones to smash the tiles burned yesterday, grind them into powder, and then filter them. The powder comes out and is mixed with the yellow mud for burning pottery. Bi Zhuoyan also remembers that he paid special attention to it when burning.

On the fourth day, make pottery.

Since the entire tribe is dispatched, every household must have one. Zhuo Yan thought it would be better to burn small items. No matter who wanted what, they would unify two large bowls and one kettle. Today, Zhuo Yan clearly knew that the entire tribe had a total of sixty-five. people.

Are dead.

According to the number of households that dug holes, there were twenty households in total, including the big hole in a tribe. Two old men lived in the big hole. According to three pieces of pottery per household, a total of 60 pieces. If a single kiln had to bake three batches before, but now there are more kilns, they can be fired at the same time.

Kneaded pottery must be placed in a cool place to dry.

That evening, a batch of pottery was placed neatly. Ada was worried. The patriarch gave him the task to stay here and keep an eye on it, "...it will be burned tomorrow. I'm afraid some insects or mice will come."

" Then I'll accompany you." Qiao didn't want to go back.

Zhuo Yan laughed at the side and thought the young couple was very sweet. He suggested that you should bring mats and leathers. It was still very cool at night and you should cover your stomach when sleeping.

The orc Ah Hui hadn't left yet. He stood there and listened for an unknown amount of time. He rubbed his shoulders and said, "I have been chopping trees and chopping firewood for the past few days. My stone knife is about to break. The orcs have squeezed so much mud. Zhuo I know about rock-fired pottery, but stone pots are actually quite useful."

"Ignore him, Zhuo Yan, he just cares about his stone knife." Qiao spoke first, then looked at Ah Hui, "Ah Hui, don't. Tell me, otherwise Zhuo Yan will hate you."

Ah Hui said hurriedly: "Why? I knew Zhuo Yan didn't like me, but I didn't say anything."

"...Maybe we can't talk." Zhuo Yan lost his temper with Ah Hui. In the past four days, this man would always talk to him after work, but every time he would start with being speechless and end with losing his temper.

Ah Hui: "Why can't you speak? If I speak and you answer, you can speak."

"..." Zhuo Yan.

Fortunately, a cry came, and A Yin ran over and rubbed his brother's waist. Zhuo Yan touched A Yin's ears and said to Sister Qiao: "Then let's go first. If you need anything tonight, you can call me at my house." " I

know." Joe agreed readily.

Zhuo Yan carried a basket on his back, and A Yin carried a bucket full of water, and each of them went home with a leopard.

Ah Hui, who stayed there for a long time, turned to ask Ada, "Zhuo Yan likes a beast, why is he ignoring me?"

"A Hui, you'd better not call A Yin beast in front of Zhuo Yan." Ada was very worried. Seriously.

Qiao nodded beside her. She could see that Ah Hui had been showing good intentions to Zhuo Yan these past few days, but Zhuo Yan didn't notice it. In fact, she wasn't sure before, but what Ah Hui just said was obvious.

"Zhuo Yan and Ah Yin are partners, Ah Hui."

"They didn't hold a mating ceremony either. It's different, Joe. I know what you mean, but everyone in the tribe is the same. Strong sub-orcs choose stronger orcs to give birth to cubs, so that the cubs will be more powerful."

"I didn't think so before. After all, Zhuo Yan is not very strong, but his barbecue tastes very good. The clan leader also praised Zhuo Yan. He should be very smart. In this case, I am stronger than that A Yin. I You can have a baby with Zhuo Yan." Ah Hui had his own understanding.

Qiao: "..." No wonder Zhuo Yan said he couldn't get along with Ah Hui.

"But Ah Hui, Zhuo Yan likes Ah Yin, and I don't think you like Zhuo Yan, you just think Zhuo Yan's barbecue is delicious and smart."

"Huh?" Ah Hui scratched his head, thinking that Qiao was talking nonsense, he I couldn't understand, "Zhuo Yan's barbecue is delicious and clever. I like these two things, isn't it good?"

Qiao was afraid that Ah Hui would disturb Zhuo Yan, so he wasted no time at this moment, "That's different Ah Hui, Zhuo Yan's When I picked A Yin back, A Yin wouldn't turn into a human and was seriously injured. They have been here till today. You like her differently." But she didn't say it out either.

It's just that she has confidence that if one day Ada or she is injured and becomes less smart and strong, they will take care of each other instead of choosing to live with other orcs/sub-orcs.

"Go back quickly and don't talk nonsense in front of Zhuo Yan tomorrow." Ada said directly.

Ah Hui said yes, but scratched his head and still couldn't figure out why Qiao said it was different. He didn't mind that Zhuo Yan was too thin, his body was too thin, and he wasn't strong either. He was an orc. A young orc who hunts well.

It is obviously good to have cubs with him, at least better than that white-haired beast.

On the fifth day, the kiln was fired.

Zhuo Yan got up early and ate barbecue. Recently, the tribe has been giving out meat every evening. There is not much meat, about five or six kilograms per person. This is what the hunting team caught nearby during the day without going far, such as baboons and toothed pigs. , horn sheep, deer, etc.

If you travel far away, for two or three days, you will bring back a lot of meat, such as horses, rhinos, gray elephants, etc. Each person can at least get more than ten kilograms, which can be eaten for a day or two.

The meat that was given in the evening was quite good. It could barely be kept in the cave for one night and could be eaten for breakfast in the morning. However, Zhuo Yan smelled something bad when he was grilling meat this morning -

it seems that it will have to be eaten at night in the future. I'm full and can't leave it in the morning.

The weather is hotter than before. Zhuo Yan didn't waste any time and wanted to eat it whole, but Ah Yin took a bite first. Zhuo Yan was so frightened that he

said: "This is not fresh, don't eat it."

Big leopard.

It was inedible, but in the end they both ate it. Zhuo Yan grilled the meat until it was charred. Under the high temperature, the piece of meat was almost carbonized, and it tasted nothing but burnt. That day Zhuo Yan said to A Yin: "If you feel uncomfortable, tell me." He also felt it to see if he would have a stomachache.

Who knows, not long after I came here, I didn't dare to eat any wild vegetables I saw for fear of being poisonous, but now I dare to take a bite of anything that looks edible.

Aman also takes poisonous mushrooms.

Facts have proved that Zhuo Yan's body is very strong, and those pieces of burnt meat did not make him feel any discomfort. However, he also reflected that he would not let go of the meat he received in the evening after finishing it.

As usual, Ah Yin and Ah Tou went on patrol.

The people from the kiln factory are all here, and they are waiting for Zhuo Yan to tell them how to release, burn, and seal the top.

Everyone arranged the pottery one by one, and under Zhuo Yan's guidance, they first added firewood to burn it, and then learned how Zhuo Yan sealed the top. One of the orcs didn't do it well, and a piece of mud fell into it, with a frightened look on his face.

"It's okay, it's okay. The mud didn't hit the pottery when it fell in. Even if it did, the pottery became the only one." Zhuo Yan hurriedly comforted the young sub-orc man, "Go on."

The sub-orc man didn't dare to cap it off, but still Zhuo Yan encouraged him to continue. This time it was good, nothing went wrong.

Zhuo Yan smiled and encouraged: "You did a good job. You will definitely become more proficient if you do it a few more times in the future."

"Thank you, Zhuo Yan." The orc man's self-blame and panic just now disappeared, and he felt that he could complete this task.

"You're welcome."

Then came the burning, which lasted from morning to night. This was a laborious job. Zhuo Yan had already assigned numbers to everyone. In the morning, two sub-orcs in each kiln took turns, and in the afternoon, they switched to the other two sub-orcs. , you can take a break.

Shitou Aman took turns going to each kiln entrance to check the temperature, the amount of charcoal added, etc.

On this day, the three orcs, Adayu and Hui, were not around and went hunting.

Aman breathed a sigh of relief and said, "We're gone now."

"...Are you so afraid of rain?" Zhuo Yan was curious, unlike Aman.

Aman said: "He is not like what he appears outside. If I ignore him and don't talk to him, he will tell my sister that my sister and her partner brought Yu to my cave last night and said that Yu was crying."

"???" Zhuo Yan was in a daze, but he didn't expect Yu to complain.

Qiao was also shocked, Xiao Xian couldn't close his mouth, and Shi Tou was also surprised.

"I'm telling you, don't talk about it everywhere."

This sentence sounds a bit familiar, no less than 'I tell you a secret, don't tell others', which is equivalent to wanting the whole world to know this secret. Zhuo Yan was in a daze, but decided to keep it secret for Aman.

"Yu is obviously just like a cub. No, cubs don't like to cry. But I cried secretly behind my back and asked my sister to deal with me." Aman was furious, "If you tell it, he will definitely come back." I'm going to cry. My sister is coming to see me again." Zhuo Yan: "...You are playing with matryoshka dolls

here." "Brother Zhuo Yan , are they made of wood ? The toys are big, and the inside is smaller, and then the inside is smaller. " Xiao Xian heard it interesting, and tried to imagine it, but he couldn't figure it out, so he didn't give up and said, "Let's make one sometime." "That's when you have free time." It's hard to carve a doll, so carve something else to play with. Anyway, I heard another piece of gossip. Zhuo Yan shook his head and clicked his tongue: "I didn't expect that Rain looks the same in front of him but behind his back." These days, he seems to be an 'adult' when working and talking, and he is quite stable, but he didn't expect that he is a crybaby behind his back. And the complainer. "If you don't like someone, just tell him plainly and refuse." Zhuo Yan said. Aman was worried to death, "What if he talks to my sister again?" "You never refused, and he complained. Your sister is annoyed and will trouble you. If you make it clear directly, your sister will definitely not come to deal with you." "Really?" Zhuo Yan glanced at Aman, "Unless you don't hate rain very much, and you like it a little bit." "Who likes it?" Aman said after another pause, "It's just me, there's just no other orc in the tribe. Well , Yu and I have grown up together. He will definitely be willing to marry me, but other orcs will not. They will only live with me for a few years and have a cub, and maybe not for a few snow seasons." There are relatively few orcs in the tribe who are suitable for marriage and want to obtain a marriage certificate. Living together without a partner ceremony = free love and cohabitation without a license. Marriage ceremony = living with a marriage certificate. The difference between the two. "Why is there a partnership ceremony?" Zhuo Yan asked in surprise.

The primitive world of orcs is not affected by any dogmatic restrictions. Everyone has the instinct of beasts and is strong. They come and go when they agree with each other, and they are free to do so.

I asked Aman, yes.

"If you haven't lived with other orcs, how do you know whether he sleeps, snores, grinds his teeth, likes bathing, and whether he eats with you." Zhuo Yan thought for a moment, but was not rigorous, so He added: "Of course after living together for a long time, if you like each other and he likes you, you can go through the marriage ceremony."

And Aman finally figured out the last question Zhuo Yan asked.

"Because Joe and Ada have a partnership ceremony, I think they are very good. I also want to find someone like them. If I have cubs with other orcs and don't like to live separately in the future, I am looking for other orcs, my What should Zaizai do? Do you want to live in a big cave? "

This is a very serious question. This world follows some animal rules - the cubs of other animals seriously encroach on the living conditions of their own cubs, so orcs will ignore and drive them away, and some males in the animal world will bite other strange cubs to death.

After all, there are still too few materials.

Zhuo Yan said, "Can't it be done outside the body?" He remembered that cats were not stuck, only dogs would be stuck and unable to pull it out at that moment.

"What do you mean?" Aman was curious.

Qiao, Shitou, and Xiao Xian looked over with curious faces. Zhuo Yan: ...

He originally thought that Xiao Xian was still underage, but Xiao Xian was also sixteen, so it would be good to accept it early, so he murmured, "I don't want that in my body."

"Oh, oh, Zhuo Yan, you When you want to mate, the thing the orc wants to produce should not be in the body of the sub-orc." Shitou understood, literal translation.

Zhuo Yan: ...I thank you, my dear friend, Classmate Shitou!