Chapter 94
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A large group of people walked down the mountain with monkeys on their backs. Before they could reach the cave, they saw another group of men excitedly carrying sticks and ropes.
Three men carried a few monkeys in advance, and then they were excited and compared and painted. It was probably too exaggerated. Mother Ba was not only happy, but also frightened. While arranging a group of young and strong women to go up the mountain to help, he quickly asked someone to go straight down the mountain to find the man working on the construction site to come back.
Although the monkey is not big, it is very wild, and is considered a relatively difficult beast to deal with. She is worried that too many monkeys on the mountain will poke the hornet's nest and bring danger to Xu Chen and others.
However, the distance between the cave and the foot of the top of the mountain was almost far. When a group of men rushed back, Xu Chen and others were almost home.
A large group of men who came to meet looked at the monkeys filled with each other's backpack, and couldn't help but scream again, and then rushed to take everyone's backpacks and shouted loudly and headed straight to the cave.
After nearly two hours of waiting and bumpy, most of the monkeys who were not very drunk had woken up and found that they fell into the hands of a group of humans, they all struggled and shouted in fear.
When Fang Yun chased a group of wild men who were hiking like flying mountains and rushed back to the cave, there were already crowds of people in front of the cave.
Not only all the Ba people came back, but a large group of hired workers were also going up the mountain at this time, gathering in front of the cave to see the strangeness.
As more monkeys were raised from their backpacks and fell to the ground and struggled and shouted, they were surprised and shouting loudly.
After Xu Chen brought Gu Heju and others back, a shocking cheer suddenly erupted. Everyone looked at Xu Chen and others with more fanaticism.
In this wilderness era, monkeys and humans are the most similar and familiar animals.
There are monkey groups near almost every tribe, and they also have various difficult grudges and grudges.
Although humans have always had the tradition of eating monkeys, without bows and arrows and other sharper weapons, it is very difficult to hunt.
Yesterday a group of monkeys raided the cave. Today, the Ba people caught so many monkeys in one breath. The speed of revenge was so fast and so fierce that it was completely beyond their understanding and acceptance.
"Squeak squeak..."
"Hiss~~hiss~~"
The monkey with his hands and feet tied up was thrown to the ground, screaming and struggling.
"Damn!"
Looking at these annoying monkeys, some hunters raised their sticks and spears and beat them up.
"stop!"
Seeing this scene, Xu Chen didn't have time to take a break and rushed into the crowd.
Unfortunately, it was a little late to stop it. Several monkeys were beaten to death on the spot, and blood flowed all over the ground.
A few dogs are so cruel.
Looking at the dead monkey and the blood flowing all over the ground, Xu Chen twitched and didn't know what to say.
It’s not that he likes monkeys, but that the murder of this kind has caused him some psychological disorders.
After all, in terms of species evolutionary relationships, monkeys and humans are relatives, so there is no need to be killed by the same roots.
In addition, monkeys are actually not cute at all. Except for the golden monkey, other monkeys are more annoying. When they visited the mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou, the station was not affected by monkeys. They not only stole food and clothes, but also robbed equipment and instruments.
Yesterday, due to the monkey attack, the tribe almost died of one corpse and two lives. In anger, he thought of catching a few monkeys to come back, and while taking revenge, he also used it to scare the monkey group.
But no matter how annoying he hates, he hasn't figured out how to deal with it when he catches it.
But he didn't think about it. A group of savages had already thought about it, which was to peel and sift and have a full meal.
Eat your annoying enemies and that is a great victory.
Faced with such a cruel human, the remaining monkeys were all scared and curled up in a ball and shivered on the ground.
The so-called killing of chickens and scaring of monkeys is to kill one's own kind or even companions in person.
The group of monkeys woke up from their wine, and their eyes were filled with fear and could only let out a shrill wail.
Seeing Xu Chen seemed a little unhappy, the men who were still preparing to continue to kill the man also put down all the spears and sticks in their hands.
"Chenga..."
Some man looked cautious and puzzled.
Xu Chen also knew that it was too late to say anything at this time, so he could only sigh and wave his hand and say, "Take it away if you die, look forward to it first!"
So a man who understood began to get busy. A few bloody dead monkeys were mentioned next to him, and more than ten left were tied into strings and threw them on the edge of the open space.
A group of foreign hired workers didn't know why Xu Chen was unhappy, so after watching for a while, they all went down the mountain to continue working.
Although Xu Chen is young, he has the highest prestige among the Ba people.
All the changes that the Ba tribe now have brought about by Xu Chen.
Ropes, rattan baskets, straw sandals, pottery, bows and arrows, kiln factories, linens, fishing nets, houses under construction, and a large number of monkeys that were caught in less than half a day.
Every day, they are constantly using various utensils invented by Xu Chen and enjoying various delicacies, and are constantly learning many new languages and knowledge he created.
The longer they get in touch, the more they respect Xu Chen.
Especially the cave walls filled with various words and figures of Xu Chen made them feel a sense of awe from the soul.
After a large group of foreign men left, Mo Ba brought a group of women with joy and excitement around him. The aunts and aunts hugged Xu Chen in their arms and touched and pinched them for a long time. Then they slowly stopped and pointed at a group of monkeys to ask what to do.
Xu Chen was also in a little difficult situation at this time.
If it were before, I would definitely have to kill two or three people every day to eat.
But how could he eat it? Although he had never eaten monkeys, he definitely didn't want to taste what the meat of his distant relatives tasted.
The main reason is that the shadow in my heart is too big.
But there were too many monkeys caught this time, four of them were killed, and there were twelve of them all, and the number of them was captured far beyond his prediction.
According to his initial idea, monkeys should be a smart and vigilant animal and will not be fooled easily. Therefore, he thought about it for the middle of the night last night and planned today's game of winning the birthday gift.
But what he didn't expect was that these monkeys were so alert and became so drunk at once.
If you only catch two or three, you will naturally do whatever you want. The best thing is to beat them halfway and tie them up, and slowly train to guard the house.
Monkeys and dogs have always been the best animals to guard the house in ancient China, especially those who raise horses, who will raise monkeys as long as they have the conditions.
There is a saying in the art of Qimin: it is often a macaque in the horse's house, so that the horse will not be afraid, to ward off evil and eliminate all diseases.
The specific principle is not very clear, but it is probably related to the monkey's active habits. They will clean the horse's mane, catch fleas, drive away mosquitoes, and allow the horse to rest more comfortably. In addition, monkeys are more agile and will make sounds early if they encounter danger, so that the horse can be alert.
The three words Bi Ma Wen are also derived from this, and they are just homophonic to avoid horse plague.
Of course, Xu Chen has no horse to raise at the moment. He originally had a pony, but it was not worth raising so many monkeys as Bima Wen. If he really raised them together, he was still afraid that there would be too many monkeys and bullying the pony to death.
The pony is his baby.
All these monkeys are harmful.
However, how to deal with so many disasters did make him feel very troubled.
Keep it, waste food.
If you kill and eat meat, it is better to release animals than to eat animals.
Even the four dead monkeys did not intend to eat a bite. Not only did he not eat it, he also didn't want his tribe members to eat it. Therefore, he first asked someone to take the dead monkey down the mountain to slaughter and then give it to a group of foreign workers as dinner.
Neither Mother nor a group of men and women expressed their opposition.
The tribe is not short of food at the moment. Feng led a group of hunters to hunt and fish in two groups. There are harvests every day. Relatively speaking, the taste of fish meatballs and sashimi is much better than that of ordinary meat.
The monkeys with thin muscles and bones didn't have much to gnaw on.
Facing the remaining group of live monkeys who were trembling with fear, Xu Chen really felt it was difficult.
Damn, I'm going to waste a jar of fruit wine that is hard to buy for Mao, and I'll get such a bunch of things.
At this moment, he began to regret it.
After thinking about it for a long time, Xu Chen could only temporarily ask those monkeys to be divided into two groups, leaving two small ones and a few not particularly strong ones on the mountain. They kept them in front of the cave to guard the cave and drive away birds, snakes and rats. The rest were sent to the Shuan Kiln Factory at the foot of the mountain to raise them first. After the mansion was repaired, they would stay to visit the house to protect the yard.
Compared to the difficulty of turning a wolf into a dog, it is possible to domesticate monkeys at any time.
Because monkeys are the closest to human living habits and the smartest animal, and even their food is exactly the same.
Whether it is a wild monkey or not, they live with humans through training.
Even after training, it can help humans work, which is more useful than dogs.
The reason why Xu Chen only raised dogs and not monkeys in the era before traveling through time was that monkeys were protected animals and could not be kept privately. When he was very young, he still remembered that a folk acrobatic troupe from other places took monkeys to the countryside to perform various programs.
It would be great if all these monkeys could be trained to be as obedient as monkeys in an acrobatic group.
Chapter completed!