Make home in the bird's nest

When Stone woke up, the sun was shining brightly. The biggest advantage after moving into the tree hole is that he can sleep in broad daylight without being woken up by the sun.

Shi Shi tightened the quilt tightly, and found that his body was naked and his face was hot.

Wu Li was not in the cave, so the bird's nest alone was a little cold, and the quilt made of cotton cloth was also a little cold.

Shi Shi originally wanted to be lazy under the quilt for a while, but he had no choice but to get up immediately due to the desertion.Checked the underside while wearing pants, it was a bit sticky there, didn't clean it after finishing last night.

There was a bucket of water in the tree hole, and the stone wiped it casually with a cotton cloth soaked in water, and then put on his pants.

Shi Shi went to the tree hole to take a few breaths of fresh air, called Wu Li a few times, and then fell silent without hearing any sound, and sat at the tree hole sewing clothes.

Not long after, a big black bird flew over from a distance. At first glance, the stone thought it was Wuli, but when he was about to call out, he saw it fly to the opposite tree hole.Then, several black and swarthy bird heads protruded from the tree hole, chirping, with their mouths wide open, a bird's face and mouth occupying most of the area, and the bright yellow beaks appeared under the sunlight. Translucent and very beautiful.

The tree hole on the opposite side is not like their hole, it is a relatively standard circular shape, the hole seems to be very low, and even the birds can stick their heads out.

Then his sight was blocked by the body of the big black bird.

The black bird is lying on the edge of the tree hole, as if feeding the food in its mouth to the bird.

Shi Shi rested his chin on both hands, and looked at the other side with a smile on his face.

It turned out that the blackbird stayed in the tree hole all day to incubate eggs, what a warm family!Do you know how many big birds there are in that nest?It looks like a big bird. Is it a mother bird with a baby alone?

"Chirp!"

A low-pitched bird of prey could be heard in the distance, and the black figure glides smoothly in the air, and instantly flew to the edge of the cave, with a weasel tightly locked in its black claws.

"Wuli!" Shitou shouted with a smile, and when he saw Wuli flying, he quickly retreated to the entrance of the cave.

"Chirp!" Wu Li responded, slanted his body and flew in through the narrow and long hole with precision.

Wu Li turned into a human form, still stepping on the fluffy prey.

As soon as Shi Shi raised his head, he saw a huge ball between Wu Li's crotch, he quickly looked away, and ran to the closet to find a suit of clothes.

"Put it on quickly." Shito lowered his head and said.

Wu Li picked up the prey, handed it to the stone and said, "Bring it, the weasel can climb trees."

"Oh." Stone replied in a low voice, took it, and pinched the animal's fur by the way.Well, the hair is good, the body is small, but the leather is big, it should be good for hats, shoes, and gloves.

Wu Li saw that there were still traces of saliva on the corner of Shi Shi's mouth, and asked, "Just woke up?"

Stone: "Yes."

Wu Li: "You are getting more and more sleepy." He flapped his wings as he spoke, but felt that the clothes were not restraining his wings, so he approached the stone, hugged him and flew to the ground.

Standing on the ground with stone feet, he shook his arms and stretched his muscles and bones: "I was a little tired a few days ago. Every time I am very tired, I like to sleep."

Wu Li: "Yes."

Shi Shi came out of the kitchen with a kitchen knife and a few large bowls, walked side by side with Wu Li to the river, and suddenly said: "By the way, the cotton should be blooming. Let's go and check it out today. I'm a bit cold under the quilt right now."

Wu Li said: "I went to see it just now, and it opened."

Shitou felt warm in his heart, unexpectedly, Wu Li still remembered to keep him warm.

Breakfast is weasel mushroom hot pot, while eating wild vegetables, both of them are full.

Wu Li found that he didn't like eating raw meat more and more recently.After eating stone-boiled food, the taste of bloody meat seemed too monotonous.

After the weasel skin is processed, it is hung on the branches to dry in the sun.In the past two months, Wuli has caught a lot of prey with soft fur. The skins are dried and placed in the warehouse on the first floor of the tree hole. There are more than 30 pieces in storage.Fresh animal skins were first put on the branches to dry and were bitten off by wild animals. Later, the animals found that there was no meat, and gradually no animals touched the skins on the branches.

Shi Shi thought, when the cotton was picked, the leather would be tanned. During this period of time, the insect fruit he collected was enough, and if he didn't use it again, it might be ruined.

The wild cotton is really white, and the white cotton is like a cloud, and it is very beautiful.

Stone suddenly smiled, took out the sack with a smile, and started picking cotton.

The sun is already scorching, and the cotton is scorching hot, and the mountain wind can't blow away the heat.Shi Shi's face was also flushed from the sun, and his eyes were narrowed, but his enthusiasm did not decrease at all. Seeing that the cotton on the top of the tree was bigger and plump, he immediately tied a sack around his waist and climbed up.

The cotton tree is very big, with lush branches and leaves, and the small body of the stone can't be seen once it gets in.

Wu Li looked at the stone softly, and flew to the top of the cotton tree where the stone was locked, picking cotton with unfamiliar movements.

Occasionally, different birds come to grab cotton. The little birds just grab the cotton and fly away. The black raptors will pack cotton with large leaves and leave after collecting too much.

Because the cotton flowers are big enough and densely grown, it only took half an hour to pick the stone wuli to fill a sack, squeezing and squeezing, and finally returned to the tree hole when it couldn't fit.

This bale of cotton weighs nearly one hundred catties.Shishi took out the wooden boards left after making the attic from the warehouse between the toilet and the kitchen, laid them out one by one in the sun, poured cotton on them and spread them out to dry, and then went to the cotton field with Wuli.

The two spent the whole morning picking five bales of cotton and came back.

All the planks have been moved out, the cotton is piled high, and the quilts are spread on the ground by stones to dry the cotton. The last package can only be spread with sacks and leaves to dry.

Shi Shi turned the cotton diligently, thinking that next time he went out, he would buy some silk cloth and hemp thread, and make a few rolls of bamboo curtains, which would be convenient for drying things.

When picking cotton, Wuli caught a pheasant, which was wrapped in mud and roasted in the stove. At noon, the two of them ate a mud-roasted chicken with a potato.

In the afternoon, the stone went to the beach with the pot, ladle and wooden basin.

Due to the habit of the stone, the weather began to change, and he thought of making bacon for the winter.

Cured meat requires a lot of salt. In fishing villages, every household cooks salt to prepare cured meat during this season.

Wu Li carried a bundle and walked to the stone, looked at the boiling stone and said, "Can sea water be eaten after it's boiled?"

Shitou chuckled, smoothed out his hair that was blown by the wind, and said with a smile, "No, I'm cooking salt, which is the white powder we put in when we make food."

Wu Li sat beside the stone, with a serious expression, but curiosity was evident in his eyes.

Shi Shi had already figured out Wu Li's character, and when he saw his curiosity, he explained: "If you keep adding water to boil, you will get salt after a long time. But this is different from the bag of salt we bought from outside. It is dried out and has a different taste from boiled salt."

"Which one is delicious?" Wu Li asked curiously.

"Of course it's boiled." Shitou didn't even think about it. He thought about it for a while, and then said: "It's better to use boiled salt for cured meat. It's economical, and the taste can't be made with sun-dried salt. It's better to use sun-dried salt for cooking." The salt is good, the grains are distinct, and it is easy to fry. If the boiled salt is dried, it may be almost the same.”

Wu Li nodded, hid his wings behind his back, and added firewood to the stone.

Shi Shi said: "Tomorrow I will dry the salt, and we will eat boiled salt in the future, so as not to have to go out to buy it, which is troublesome."

"Okay." Wu Li said.

I boiled a pile of pots of salt in the afternoon, and the dinner was settled by the sea.

The stone is made from local materials, and the pot of coconut milk and pheasant soup is very delicious.

It was getting dark and the two of them went home. From a distance, Shi Shi could see a black mass on the kitchen roof.

Seeing the two of them coming back, Hong Shao started chirping.

Shi Shi glanced at him, then walked into the kitchen without turning his eyes, and began to boil the bath water.

Wu Li put Yan on the kitchen table, and said to Shi Shi, "I'll drive him away."

"No need." Shitou smiled and looked at Wu Li: "Let him go, he is your kind, I won't hate him very much." It's just annoying to watch.The chirping of the bird was really disturbing, and his rationality told him that he should get closer to this bird, so that he could slowly penetrate into the black raptor and let this race accept him.But this bird is really annoying, alas, it would be nice to have another bird.

Hong Shao didn't know that he was disgusted by others, so he flew to the door, flapping his wings, chirping to the people in the room: [Hey, I have a name, my name is Hong Shao, sounds nice, right? . 】Wu Li straightened his face immediately, and looked coldly at the burning.Hong Shao immediately stepped back for a distance, still yelling at the people inside.

The repeated birdsong was obviously talking about something, Shi Shi asked, "Wuli, what is he talking about?"

Wu Li snorted coldly, curious about Shishi's words about braised pork, and said unhappily: "He's saying his name, braised in soy sauce."

"Pfft." Shitou couldn't help but look at the braised sauce outside the house, and said, "This name really suits him."

[Hahaha, you think it sounds good too. 】Hong Shao didn't know that he was being teased at all, and thought that the stone was praising him, flying around in the air proudly.

Wu Li's face became even uglier, and he slammed the door shut with a "bang".

Shitou was startled, and immediately suppressed his smile, and said nervously, "What... what's wrong?"

"You want to take a bath." Wu Li said with a dark face, these two giggled, as if he was superfluous, this feeling made him very uncomfortable, if he knew that he shouldn't have brought this bird yesterday.

"Oh." Shito hurriedly opened the lid of the pot and took a look. The water surface was steaming, so he scooped out the hot water with a ladle.

Hong Shao found that the door was closed, thinking that they were eating inside and didn't want to leave it to him, and immediately became anxious, after all, he came today uninvited.

Hong Shao lay on the door and pecked vigorously, like a woodpecker.

Wu Li opened the door irritably, slammed the door against the wall with a "bang", reached out his hand to catch the stew, and threw it out forcefully.

"Chirp~" Hong Shao flew away in embarrassment.

The stone jumped up in fright, and hurriedly scooped up water.

The door closed again, and Wu Li was still in the room.

Shi Shi glanced at Wu Li, took off his clothes and took a quick shower.