Survival in Primitive Society

"Hey, drink more bone soup to replenish your body." Patton came back from hunting a wild boar two days ago, and Xie Wei'an pickled some and took some bones to make the soup. Now he is using a spoon to add to Drew's soup. Thick bone broth.

Seeing Drew take a sip of Xie Wei'an, he quickly asked, "How is it? Is it still delicious? I've been up all morning."

Drew nodded, "Well, it's delicious, you can drink it too."

Generally, people who cook like to be praised for their good craftsmanship, and Xie Wei'an is naturally unavoidable. Although it is only a simple two words, Xie Wei'an is still in a good mood. The big bones used for stewing soup were given to Barton and Ah Fu, "Come on, let's continue your favorite bone-gnawing business."

Patton unceremoniously took the bone in his mouth and took Ah Fu to the side to gnaw. Xie Wei'an watched as Barton deliberately crushed the bone for Ah Fu to hold and eat, smiled and shook his head, "Hey, it's really like serving my son."

Drew followed Xie Wei'an's gaze, and smiled too. After taking a few sips of soup, Drew rubbed his hands on the animal skin, and after deliberating for a while, he said, "Wei'an, I want to tell you something thing."

"Huh? What?" Xie Wei'an was focusing on picking up the Chinese cabbage in the bone soup without raising his head.

"I think I'm almost in good health, and I want to go hunting." Drew said his plan.

This time Xie Wei'an finally turned his head, "Hunting?"

"Well." Drew nodded, and explained, "My injuries are already healed, and I have nothing else to do if I stay here in the cave. It's better to go hunting," said Drew after a pause. Only then did he continue to speak the second half of the sentence, "How can I keep eating the prey that Barton hunted..."

The voice of the last sentence was a little soft, but Xie Wei'an still heard it clearly. Thinking about it, a big man who used to be an expert hunter in the tribe now wants a wild animal to hunt for himself. No matter how he thinks about it, he feels awkward. Lu also felt that his dignity as a man had been hurt.

Xie Wei'an glanced at the hunting stone tool usually polished by Drew in the corner of the cave, and said with some hesitation, "I'm not against you, but... I'm afraid it's not convenient for you to meet there."

Xie Wei'an hesitated to speak, but Drew understood, and suddenly remembered the place where he used to live. Drew's expression darkened, but soon he adjusted his expression and said with a smile, "I know they hunt regularly. Range, I won’t go there, I know, it’s not good to meet…”

Drew had already said that, so Xie Wei'an had no reason to object. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Why don't you go hunting with Barton?" , "I know you can do it alone, but you think that when you usually go hunting, you go with others, and there is mutual support. But now you are only one person, with only one pair of eyes and one ear, it is difficult to take care of In all respects, I feel more relieved to have Barton by your side. I think you know better than me how dangerous the forest is, right? It’s not for Barton to hunt for you, I just want you all to return safely. You can, you can Treat Barton as your partner, don't we live together? Is that okay?"

Seeing Xie Wei'an's serious expression, Drew thought for a while and finally nodded, "Okay." I have to admit that after getting along these days, I and Barton have indeed cultivated a tacit understanding. With untamable wildness, perhaps the two have a unified attitude towards the prey that kills with one blow.

In Xie Wei'an's words, Drew and Barton still cherish each other.

Now that he decided to go hunting the next day, Drew also started to prepare hunting tools as before in the tribe, and took out the stone tools to sharpen them.

Xie Wei'an watched from the side, and asked, "Is the wound really healed?"

Drew kept moving his hands, raised his head and smiled honestly at Xie Wei'an, "It's all fine, thanks to you."

Drew's words made Xie Wei'an think of him who was lying on Barton's body in a bloody mess that night. When I think about it now, I still feel a little scared, Xie Wei'an said with some emotion, "Yeah, I was really scared when you were injured so badly You can't make it through. You just lay there like that, you didn't respond to what you were doing, and you couldn't feed the medicine, I still had to use my mouth..." At this point, Xie Wei Anteng stopped, and looked at Drew with an uncomfortable expression One glance, then turned away and continued, "It's a lot of effort to feed the medicine, and it's also a lot of effort to change the medicine. I'm always afraid that it will hurt you, and I'm afraid that the herbal medicine won't work. Hey, I'm always worried, but fortunately you opened your eyes and woke up later. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do."

"Well... thank you." This is the first time Xie Wei'an mentioned the matter of being injured, and Drew listened carefully, he nodded and reached out to hold Xie Wei'an's hand, "You saved my life, I am very grateful you."

Xie Wei'an turned his head to meet Drew's solemn expression, and smiled, "If you really appreciate me, then live a good life, you know, I'm actually quite boring by myself, so I just point to you to chat with me to relieve boredom .So you can live a long life."

"Yeah." Drew nodded seriously, and then asked after thinking about it, "What does it mean to live a long life?"

Xie Wei'an explained, "It means to live for a long, long, long time."

After hearing this, Drew learned from it and said, "Then you will live a long life."

Xie Wei'an nodded, "I would like to borrow your good words."

Early the next morning, Drew fetched water for Xie Wei'an, and walked towards the forest with Barton after breakfast. Only Xie Wei'an and Ah Fu, who was running wildly, were left in the yard.

Xie Wei'an watched the backs of the man and the beast disappear into the jungle, and sighed, "Hey, I'm also a man, why can I just stay in this three-acre land like a left-behind child? I should let the old man send me to Shaolin Temple to learn some kind of iron sand palm one-finger Zen or something, that brother is the real king of the forest..." Mumbling for a while, Xie Wei'an still resigned to his fate and turned back to be his useless The scholar went.

Drew was not there, and neither was Barton. After Xie Wei'an finished watering and chopping firewood, he could only hug Ah Fu and tease him. He sat in the yard alone with a dog and basked in the sun for a while. Xie Wei'an really didn't want to be so boring, so he went Pat Ah Fu on the head, "Okay, they went hunting, let's go outside for a walk, don't go too far, just walk around."

Seeing that Xie Wei'an returned to the cave with a machete, Ah Fu immediately became excited, knowing that he was going out, he was so happy that he wagged his tail and ran left and right under Xie Wei'an's feet, leaving Xie Wei'an almost without a place to step down.

Unbearable Xie Wei'an restrained Ah Fu, "Hey, if you make such a fuss again, we won't go out."

Seeing the master's serious expression, Ah Fu finally calmed down, squatting obediently in front of Xie Wei'an, and nuzzled Xie Wei'an's palm flatteringly.

As soon as Ah Fu behaved, Xie Wei'an had nothing to do. He found a dog leash made of cloth strips and tied it to Ah Fu, then stood up again, "Let's go."

Of course, Xie Wei'an didn't just take Ah Fu out for a walk, but more importantly, he wanted to check the surrounding vegetation. In this primitive society with poor supplies, we always try to expand the number of species that can be used.

This is Xie Wei'an's plan, and for Ah Fu, this is the time to take it out for a walk. Although it is tied by a rope, it does not damage Ah Fu's good mood. Very exhilarating.

The forest in spring is filled with a different kind of vitality, the plants are sprouting new buds, and all kinds of flowers are also blooming shyly. Compared with the solemn winter, the forest in spring seems to be a brightly colored one. oil painting.

After walking with Ah Fu for a while, Xie Wei'an first went to find a place with purple chestnuts and picked a few fruits, then squeezed out the juice and applied it on his hands, and found the place with pepper fruits without much effort. After eight had picked enough, he went to pick the berry thorns as well.

No matter how careful he was, Xie Wei'an was still pricked a few times by the calyx of the berry thorn flower, but Ah Fu was very interested in the fruit under the berry thorn flower, maybe the sweet taste suits Ah Fu's appetite, so he stuck his head in it The food in it refused to stop, and Xie Wei'an had to drag it several times before he reluctantly followed Xie Wei'an with one step and three turns.

Drew and Barton were not there, so Xie Wei'an didn't dare to go too far. He only went around in a circle that he thought was safe, and found that he didn't find any plants that he knew and needed except for the newly grown mushrooms. Even the bamboo shoot that Xie Wei Anxin was thinking about had only sprouted, and he had to wait for a while.

Xie Wei'an looked at the time, and it was getting late, so he decided to take Ah Fu home, but Xie Wei'an stopped after walking two steps, and he bent down to pick up a green fruit with a very puzzled expression, "Huh? "

In fact, there is nothing special about this fruit at first glance, it is so small that it is easy to miss it if you don’t pay attention, but Xie Wei’an held the fruit for a long time, put his nose on it and sniffed it, then crushed it in the palm of his hand and rubbed it Rubbing, until he felt the slippery juice, the surprise on Xie Wei'an's face couldn't be concealed, "My God, is this genetic mutation?"

Xie Wei'an held the fruit and took two quick steps. Sure enough, in a sunny place, he saw several trees growing together, densely covered with such green fruits in Xie Wei'an's hands. Seeing this scene, Xie Wei'an's doubts were confirmed. - This is indeed a Sapinberry tree.

It’s no wonder that Xie Wei’an was surprised and puzzled. According to the common sense, Sapinbow trees bloom in June and July, and bear fruit in September and October, but now it’s the spring season, and these Sapinbow trees bear densely packed fruits. Isn’t that true? What is abnormal?

Xie Wei'an circled those trees back and forth several times, but couldn't figure out why, and then he simply didn't think about it, and took out an empty cloth bag and filled it with a cloth bag full of fruit and went home—this thing It can be used as soap, and it is natural and pollution-free. For Xie Wei'an, who uses one piece of soap and one piece less, it is like sending charcoal in a timely manner.

Went for a walk in the woods, and brought back mushrooms, peppers, berries, thorns, and a bag of Sapinberry fruits. Xie Wei'an felt that this trip was worthwhile, and the harvest was quite fruitful.

Back to the cave with the things, Xie Wei'an first processed the peppercorns and berry thorns, and when the mushrooms were just cleaned, Drew and Barton came back with their prey.

Because Xie Wei'an told Drew in advance, saying that now that the weather is getting warmer, meat is not easy to store, so he told him not to be so big, so Drew came back with some small prey.

But Barton still acted according to his own temperament, dragging a sizable prey back home. Xie Wei'an had no objection to this. The prey Barton hunted was big, but it also ate a lot, as long as it was a rabbit or a pheasant. Not enough for it to fit between the teeth.

Drew, who had just entered the yard, was stunned when he saw Xie Wei'an's berry thorns and pepper fruits drying on the ground, "Have you gone to the forest?"

Xie Wei'an, who was squatting on the ground and spreading these things evenly, raised his head to look at the tall Drew, squinted his eyes and nodded, "Well, it's boring to stay here alone, so I took Ah Fu for a walk around ,” After thinking about it, he added, “I haven’t gone too far, don’t worry.”

Seeing what Xie Wei'an said, Drew nodded, gestured to the prey he had caught, and then raised the thing in his other hand, "I went to the lake to catch this."

Xie Wei'an looked at it and was overjoyed, "Yo, you still went fishing? The harvest is good!"

Drew didn't know what he thought of, and his expression was a little embarrassed, "Hmm..."

Xie Wei'an, who was all focused on the fish in Drew's hand, didn't pay attention to Drew's expression, and only planned cheerfully, "Take one for soup and the other for roasting. I haven't had fish soup for a while. I find that the fish soup here is very fresh and the meat is firm."

Regarding eating, Drew has always fully respected Xie Wei'an's opinion, "Well, you decide."

It takes a lot of effort to make the fish soup taste good, so Xie Wei'an decided to drink fish soup tonight and eat baked potatoes and grilled fish at noon.Taking advantage of Xie Wei'an's time to kill fish, Drew consciously went to bake potatoes.

Since returning to the cave again, Xie Wei'an found that Ah Fu had changed his eating habits under the guidance of Patton. He used to not touch raw meat at all, but now, when Patton threw a fresh bone, Ah Fu could hold it and gnaw with relish.

Xie Wei'an thought that he was forced out during the few days when he left, who would cook cooked food for Ah Fu when he was not around, and he could only eat raw food with Barton when he was hungry a few times.

But as soon as he came back, Ah Fu put all his enthusiasm on the cooked food again, and Ah Fu, the prey that Barton occasionally made up for, gave him a face and gnawed bones, and it was right to use it to grind his teeth and eat snacks.

Under Xie Wei'an's leadership, everyone in the cave has the habit of taking a nap, but today Xie Wei'an was thinking about stewing fish soup, so he got up a little earlier. When Xie Wei'an moved, Drew also woke up, so he followed him to fight.

Xie Wei'an looked at the soup bubbling in the pot, and suddenly said with a sense of loss, "Hey...if only there was rice." As a Chinese who grew up eating rice, it has been a long time since I touched a grain of rice , Xie Wei'an really felt that something was wrong.

"Rice? What's that?" Drew was still looking at the bonfire, but his attention was diverted as soon as Xie Wei'an spoke.

"Rice, it's just white, such a small grain, and then steamed in a pot over water, and then when the pot is opened, a burst of water vapor rises with the aroma of rice, and a pot of rice is ready, don't mention it when you eat it with vegetables It smells so good." The more Xie Wei'an said, the more melancholy he became, the rice scent that was once ordinary is now like ginseng fruit, hooking the greedy worms in Xie Wei'an's belly and running out, if anyone gives Xie Wei'an a bowl at this time, He is really willing to call others brothers and sisters.

Drew looked at Xie Wei'an's look looking through the autumn water, and couldn't help but ask, "Has it always been like this for nothing? It grows on trees?"

Xie Wei'an, who had longed for the rice, was a little lost, but he still took a branch and gestured to Drew on the ground, "No, it grew in the ground. It was a small seedling like this first, and then Slowly grow up, and then head..."

Xie Wei'an spoke carefully, and Drew listened carefully. Seeing Drew's concentration, Xie Wei'an suddenly felt a little hopeful in his heart, "Drew, have you seen this before?"

Drew thought about it carefully, shook his head sincerely and said, "I haven't seen it..."

Phew - this answer immediately made Xie Wei'an deflate like a deflated balloon.

Drew found that he couldn't see Xie Wei'an's disappointment, so he quickly promised, "There is everything in the forest, I will pay attention to it, maybe it grows somewhere, and when I find it, you can eat rice Yes," said Xie Wei'an and teased Xie Wei'an with what Xie Wei'an teased himself, "At that time, you can eat as much as you want, eat a bowl and throw a bowl away!"

A simple, honest and honest person can always receive better feedback from the audience if he occasionally humors. For example, Xie Wei'an smiled very appreciatively, "Hey, I have confidence in you, and I am optimistic about you."

Drew promised seriously, "Well, definitely."

Cooking this thing, as long as you are willing to spend time and work hard, the result will not be too bad. For example, Xie Wei'an's fish soup has been stewed for a long time, and when it is time to eat at night, it becomes the milky white that Xie Wei'an expected. The strong fresh scent makes people swallow.

The fresh and smooth fish soup was paired with sticky baked potatoes. Both the two of them ate round belly, and even Barton, who was always unpredictable, squinted his eyes comfortably.

Thank you chef for the dinner, it was a success, very successful.

After eating and drinking and packing up the cooking utensils, Xie Wei'an started to sleep in the quilt in a daze, but before falling asleep, Xie Wei'an grabbed Drew who was about to lie down, and said sleepily, "Hey, Can you help me make a small bamboo house in two days?"

"Huh? What house?" Drew asked without hearing Xie Wei'an's vague words.

Xie Wei'an yawned heavily, stretched out his hands and gestured wildly, "A house, a house made of bamboo, like this..."

After gesturing for a long time, Drew didn't see why, but when he saw Xie Wei'an's sleepiness, tears welled up in his eyes, so he stuffed Xie Wei'an's hand into the quilt like coaxing a child, patted his quilt and said, "Got it , Got it, go to bed first, talk about it tomorrow, and I will make it for you."

Satisfied with this guarantee, Xie Wei'an nodded and tucked his head into the quilt to meet Duke Zhou.

Drew looked at Xie Wei'an who had quickly fallen asleep and smiled. After a while, Drew who hadn't lay down suddenly stretched out his hand in the direction of Xie Wei'an's face hesitantly, but stopped halfway, shook his head and turned sideways Lie down and sleep.

For a while, only the sound of shallow breathing remained in the cave.

A good night's sleep.