From Chief to Ball

People gathered around to look at the eight little wolves. Seeing so many people suddenly, the little wolf was a little scared and shivering.

"Yumqian, you and your sisters and brothers raise them."

"Eh!"

He found a pile of stones, made a small circle near the rock wall of the cave, and put the eight little wolves inside.

Now the tribe's food is sufficient, anyway, some internal organs have to be thrown out anyway, and the tribe doesn't care much about the addition of a few more living things.

The children had a natural fondness for such furry things, so their thoughts were transferred from the three chicks to the little wolf.

After killing their mothers, they don't have to worry about following their mothers to learn wildness, and they will more easily integrate into human society, and even regard humans as their masters.

I took a bird's egg, found some minced meat and mutton fat, mixed them into a jar, heated them and cooked them, threw in some remaining tubers and fern root powder and cooked them together, and a sticky mass came out of the pan.

"In the future, I will feed like this. After three or four days, I can directly feed the rest of the food."

After the yuqian had cooled down, he hurriedly poured it into a chipped pottery bowl and put it next to the little wolf cub.

When the little wolf saw the person coming, he hurriedly shrank towards the corner.

"It won't eat. What to do?"

"Eat it after a day of hunger. Don't worry about it. After two or three days when you start eating, move this stone away and let it play with you. Don't lose it."

"Ah."

After packing up, Chen Jian and a few men left the cave to hunt. Before leaving, he told the woman in charge of cooking that the she-wolf's skin should be soaked in the gray water.

There were only seven or eight people who went hunting this time, and the rest of the staff, the old grandmother would arrange for them to do other things.

Langpi and Chen Jian walked side by side, thought for a while and said, "Jian, I want to go out with you to have a look."

Several people in the same company also expressed their desire to go, Chen Jian shook his head and said: "There must be enough people in the family, including my five men, and five women. Go back and see everyone's opinions."

Ten people is the number calculated by Chen Jian. They can protect themselves when encountering wild beasts, scare them away, and it is convenient to deal with them in case of any special situation.

Now I am thinking about how to walk, as long as I have two legs, it will definitely not work. Ten days to go back and forth, five and a half days, the distance is only two to three hundred miles, and I am exhausted.

I originally thought that the first means of transportation was to ride animals such as cows and horses, but now it seems that I can only change it a little bit.

They found a few big straight birch trees that were as thick as a person. Chen Jian and Lang Pi climbed up the trees and cut a hole from top to bottom with a stone knife.

With a strong tear, the three-meter-long and nearly two-meter-wide birch bark was completely peeled off.

The bark of the birch tree is a bit like oiled paper, which is rich in various oils, burns when exposed to fire, and is very soft and tough.

It was white as snow on the outside and yellow as oil on the inside. When it was torn off and let go, it automatically rolled into a ball.

"Jian, what do you want this bark for?"

"You'll know then."

Several people peeled off six or seven pieces of huge birch bark to see if it was still early, and then led them to a place with more pine trees halfway up the mountain.

The uncut pine trees give off a burst of fragrance, and the grass under the cover is very short.

Take out the stone axe, chop off the skin on a pine tree, dig out a Y-shaped groove, and paste a large grass blade under the Y-shaped groove.

The tears from the pine tree fell on the grass blades drop by drop, and the sticky rosin became more and more.

There are plenty of trees, so there is no need to worry about species protection. The rest of the people are also eager to know what to do in the end, and they have started to do it.

Soon, such a strange Y-shaped groove appeared on hundreds of pine trees. The bark was peeled off, revealing the rosin glands inside, which fell into the large grass leaves bent into a cage.

It was about the same time. It would take time to get the turpentine. Chen Jian sighed, fearing that he would not be able to leave today.

After returning to the cave, I discussed with the clansmen who would go out tomorrow, and the wolf skin must go, and brought three cousins, two aunts and three cousins ​​with me.There are ten people in total.

In order to prevent accidents, I prepared a jar of maple syrup, a jar of boiled suet and minced meat. Chen Jian would not eat these things unless he had to.

Even if there is no salt, the meat can be preserved for a meal. The fat is boiled into fat, and cooked meat is mixed in it, and it can be preserved for about ten days.

Plus a lot of dried fish, if you plan carefully, you can guarantee not to starve within three to five days.

There are a lot of things, the people of the clan guess how to get these things?Wolfpi is considering the relationship between these things and birch bark resin.

In the evening, I taught the tribe how to tan fur with plant ash and alkali and how to make soap. Early the next morning, before the sun rose, Chen Jian woke up the wolf skin, and the two retrieved the turpentine.

Wolfpi felt that he had learned another method. In the past, he used to pick pine resin directly from tree trunks, which was far worse than this method.

On the way back, I cut down a few small trees that were as thick as a wrist, and woke up the tribe when I returned to the cave, and needed their help.

Two small trees with a length of three meters are placed side by side, fixed with three crossbars about one meter long, and wrapped with a lot of ropes to make a simple boat side.

The huge birch bark was stretched outside. After the bow and stern were sewn together with bone needles, the birch bark shrank inward naturally after being lightly roasted.

The turpentine of the pottery is melted, and it is applied to the joint while it is hot.

Cover the outside with another layer of wood, and tie it tightly with the inner side of the boat with ropes. The exception is that the two layers of wood tightly clamp the birch tree. Once it enters the water, the wood will expand and can be clamped even tighter.

All the possible leaks were covered with turpentine and suet, checked again, and the wolf skin carried a simple birch boat down the mountain.

The clansmen followed them to the river, and the miraculous scene was deeply engraved in their minds.

In the river, Jian stood on the crescent-shaped birch bark, but did not sink to the bottom, but floated along the water!

The people of the tribe have seen wooden sticks floating in the water, and mandarin ducks swimming in the water, but even mandarin ducks have their feet underwater. How can Jian stand on the water?

The light birch bark is very thin, but it is also very tough, especially when it is wet, it cannot be torn by hands without following the stubble.

Compared with canoes, birch bark boats are lighter and can be resisted by one person, and they can also be used in shallow water, as long as they are half a meter deep, they can float casually.

The disadvantage is that the service life is only one year, and the transportation of goods is not as safe as a wooden ship, but it is suitable for the expedition team.

The turpentine and suet seal well, and the light boat has a shallow draft.

The clansmen watched in amazement until Chen Jian dragged the birch bark boat back from below, pointed at it and shouted loudly: "Boat!"

The old grandmother drew the shape of a crescent moon on the ground with a wooden stick, and repeated the pronunciation of Zhou in a murmur, and a new character was born.

As for Chen Jian's going out this time, he felt less worried and more looking forward to it.

At noon, the three boats, poles, and wood pulp had all been completed.

After having lunch with the tribe, the old grandmother sprinkled plant ash on everyone and told them to be careful.

Saying goodbye to the family members one by one, with anticipation for a new life and apprehension for the unknown, ten people boarded the boat.