Chapter 95
...
Capturing a group of monkeys made Xu Chen's reputation reach its peak in the minds of the Ba people and a group of foreign workers.
Inspired and awe of this reputation, a group of foreign workers worked harder and harder.
The more stones there were piles on the construction site, and the digging was densely placed next to the ditches.
Near the foot of the mountain, more and more trees were cut down.
The number of mud bricks on the river beach cannot be counted, and the river beach, which is densely covered by nearly half a mile long, looks spectacular.
Many of them have been dry and hard, and they are standing up for drying for a second time.
The weather is getting colder, but the atmosphere of building the Ba people is getting higher.
Xu Chen is busy going out early and coming home late every day, and his walls are longer and thicker and thicker day by day... and it seems that he can start building walls with mud bricks in mid-November.
Moba and a group of women were still in charge of housework, spinning, weaving, cooking, and taking care of the elderly and young people.
The two groups of monkeys on the mountain have slowly passed the initial period of fear. Under Xu Chen's stick training and food reward temptation, they have gradually learned to be obedient. Although they are still wild, as long as they are a little disobedient, he will take out a few monkey skins and hang them in front of a group of monkeys, so the monkey's various irritability will disappear without a trace in an instant.
Of course, in order to reward those obedient and well-behaved monkeys, Xu Chen not only rewarded food, but also rewarded milk fruits and some dried fruit dried fruits, and even occasionally gave him some vine fruit lees.
In short, with his various coercion and inducement training, a group of monkeys has improved a lot.
Especially the few monkeys left on the mountain.
The two and a half-year-old little monkeys have gradually become more familiar with a group of children. They surpass the two little wolves and pony and have become children's favorite toys. They lead them in and out of the cave all day long, and even if they untied the ropes, the two little monkeys were unwilling to leave. After all, there is a group of big monkeys here, and there are all kinds of free food.
Of course, more monkeys will consume more.
More than a dozen monkeys are almost equivalent to the food intake of four or five adults.
However, the Ba tribe can afford this consumption at present. If you really think it's a waste, give the monkey less, or eat more if you're obedient, or eat less if you're disobedient. It's really too noisy. Then you'll be hungry. If you're hungry a few more times, you'll still have to be obedient.
Therefore, seeing these monkeys who are becoming more and more obedient under Xu Chen's training, both Ba people and foreigners admire them. Every time I see Xu Chen in his spare time, he will unconsciously express fanatical worship and excitement.
They never knew how to fight with monkeys for territory and food, but they never knew that they could still help with the monkeys in training.
Since a group of monkeys came, the two little wolves have become much more obedient and no longer roaring when they see people.
The last time the monkey group attacked the cave, the two little wolves suffered a great loss. They were beaten and scratched and bitten by a group of monkeys. Several holes were broken on their bodies, especially the wolf. Because of the fierce resistance, they were ravaged by a group of monkeys the most.
If Xu Chen and others hadn't rushed back from the bottom of the mountain in time, the two little wolves might have been bitten to death by the monkey group.
The so-called one thing is to subdue one thing.
Faced with these manic and unethical monkeys, the two little wolves seemed to feel that their lives were greatly threatened, and they had to put away their wild and cruel nature and carefully seek life under the eyes of a group of Bimawen.
Although Xu Chen often beats the little wolf with sticks when training, he still knows the importance and does not beat them too hard, but a group of monkeys really fuck them to death. The so-called heroes do not suffer any loss in front of them, and they still seem to be clear.
Of course, the so-called enemy is a friend. When the monkey was disobedient and beaten up and down and rolled around and wailed, the two little wolves seemed to have found the joy of life and would roar to the sky and cheer for Xu Chen.
This is a tacit understanding between an opponent and an enemy.
The only humans in the entire cave can make both sides hurt and happy.
Compared to the cruel training and unfair treatment suffered by the little wolf and a group of monkeys, the pony obviously has been much easier.
Xu Chen would comb his hair almost every day when he came back, and would lead it down the mountain to stock it up every now and then. In addition, he also woven a basket for the pony. He would put it on his back every time he went down the mountain, and sometimes he would help carry some things that were not light or heavy.
Under this warm communication and subtle training, Xiao Ma has begun to get used to the feeling of carrying a load.
Compared to when I first caught it, the pony has grown a lot, and it is almost at Xu Chen's chest. However, according to the size of the group of adult wild horses at the foot of the mountain, they can grow at least 1.6 meters tall, which is definitely a large breed.
Of course, this may also be related to the current climate and environment, and almost all animals and plants grow taller.
In this busyness and leisure, October passed by in a flash and entered a colder November.
The mountains, rivers and beaches became even more withered and withered, and sooner or later, they were close to zero. Sometimes when they woke up in the morning, ice began to appear in the pool. However, for the primitive savages with thick skin and rough skin, they could still bear it in fur, but their feet could not bear it because the straw sandals were not cold at all.
In order to solve the problem of cold feet, Xu Chen asked women to sew softer skins into simple socks and put them on their feet, and then put on straw sandals outside, which basically solved the problem. However, every night when a group of men came back from work and gathered by the fire pit to eat, they would take off their leather socks and roast their feet, and then the smell emitted was simply ecstatic.
But he had no right to blame others.
Because his own feet are the same smelly.
And he found out that he was the initiator of roasting stinky feet by the fire pit.
At first, a group of men felt that wearing fur socks was quite warm, but later they found it more comfortable to take off the fire.
So every day when the family eats, they roast their feet neatly, which becomes a unified habit and movement.
A group of women are so hardworking and virtuous that they never accuse men of being rude. Instead, they also have to help put fur socks on the edge of the pond to dry, which makes the smell even more sour. Fortunately, this is an open cave, and the air circulation is relatively smooth, otherwise it will be poisoned and suffocating.
As the late winter approached, the tribe consumed food very quickly, but at Xu Chen's request, most of the oats and some mixed grains and beans were left for seeds. In order to make up for the lack of food, Moba arranged for people to increase the amount of yam extracted.
In addition, as the temperature drops, the activity of fish in shallow waters decreases, making fishing more and more difficult. The main reason is that the fish in the small pool at the entrance of the valley have almost been caught. Now we can only go to the big river outside the entrance of the valley to catch fish. This kind of sunken net with a small area seems not suitable. It is almost difficult for big fish to enter the net, and all small fish are caught.
In order to increase the number of fishing, a group of hunters had to make more small mesh fishing nets. There were more than ten large and small pieces to make up for the quality by quantity. Although they were busier, they still gain a lot every day. In addition, the hunted rabbits and deer can even occasionally catch wild sheep. Overall, it can still ensure the food supply of the entire tribe and all employees.
Around mid-November, the base of the mansion was completed, and the entire construction site became the prototype of a rectangular courtyard composed of two-foot-high stone walls crisscrossed.
The next step is to build the wall with earthen bricks.
This step is much faster, but it is also more complicated.
Because Xu Chen had never had any experience in repairing a house, although the five stone houses in the kiln factory were successfully built, they were just as skilled as the crooked master of the two knives, and they were completely untidy and beautiful. The walls were bumpy, and even the width, narrowness, height and height of the stone walls were different. The doors and windows were also crooked and exaggerated. The roof made of beams and purlins was even more stretched, twisted, and completely unshakable.
Therefore, in Xu Chen's eyes, the houses in the kiln factory are at most equal to pigpens, and it is even better to pay attention to pigpens.
The reason why the house did not collapse was that it was small enough, with an area of seven or eight square meters and a vertical and horizontal pattern of only two or three meters. It was narrow and short, with the door frame less than 1.6 meters high. Adults had to bow their heads when they entered. The same was true inside. You could grab the thatch on the roof by tiptoeing.
Chapter completed!