Survival in Primitive Society

"This... can it really be domesticated?" Drew looked at Xie Wei'an stuffing the wild fowl he had captured alive into the bamboo cage he had made, and asked with some uncertainty.

Xie Wei'an looked at the wild birds that were stuffed into the cage and flew around, shrugging, "How will you know if you don't try it? You will know if it will succeed if you try it."

Xie Wei'an's indifferent attitude made Drew even more uncertain, "Then keep them closed like this?"

"Of course not," Xie Wei'an shook his head, "Take care first, and if you don't run away in a few days, you can put them in the wild. Of course, don't think too simple. Domestication is not something that can be done in the blink of an eye. As the saying goes Well, the wild is hard to tame, so don't rush, take your time."

Drew could only nod after hearing this, "Yes."

Xie Wei'an poured the feed he made with vegetable leaves into the trough, then turned around and asked Drew with a smile, "Are you hungry? I'll cook."

Drew liked to hear Xie Wei'an ask some common but ironic questions, and smiled with his white teeth, "It's okay."

Generally, when Drew says it’s okay, it means he’s really hungry, Xie Wei’an doesn’t bother, and turns around to prepare lunch. Before leaving, he stops to shoot Ah Fu, who is squatting aside and eager to try the wild birds in the bamboo cage. He shook his head and said, "Don't make trouble, or you won't be allowed to eat at noon!"

Ah Fu obediently rubbed Xie Wei'an's palm with his head, seeing that Ah Fu agreed, Xie Wei'an left in peace.

Since Drew and Xie Wei'an pierced that layer of window paper, the way they get along has changed again. Drew always loves to be by Xie Wei'an's side when possible, and when Xie Wei'an is about to cook, Drew will also Xie Wei'an is also very happy to follow along, start a fire, choose dishes and pass water, etc. It is indeed much more interesting to have someone by the side to help and talk, than to cook alone.

"I want to plant potatoes in the ground in two days." While cooking, Xie Wei'an began to tell Drew about his plan.

"Is it time to plant potatoes?" Drew has already discovered that Xie Wei'an knows a lot about planting, so he unconditionally supports Xie Wei'an in this regard, "I will help you too when the time comes." .”

"Well," Xie Wei'an nodded, thinking about it, he stopped his movements, "Drew, I want to expand the yard a little bit."

"Okay, when do you want to start expanding?" Drew agreed without thinking, "Let me know when you set a time, then I will hunt some prey in advance, and then make time to expand the yard. "

"Well, I got it." Although Drew didn't ask the reason, Xie Wei'an explained to him, "Because as the weather gets warmer, some seeds in my hand will start to sow. If you want to plant, you need land. Now Our small yard obviously doesn’t have enough space. Although there are only two of us plus Afu and Barton, I still think that we can grow more varieties. The amount of species is large and the quantity is not large, in case of emergencies. .Besides, with more varieties, we have more choices to eat, so we don’t have to eat the same thing every day, and it’s useless to eat too much.”

Drew looked at Xie Wei'an explaining to himself seriously, and couldn't help reaching out to touch his face, "It's up to you to decide, I don't understand these things, but if you decide, I will help you."

Drew's sudden intimacy made Xie Wei'an stunned for a moment. Before Xie Wei'an could say anything, the sound of chickens and dogs jumping from the yard outside the cave attracted the attention of the two of them. Running out to see, Xie Wei'an's nose was almost crooked -- the bamboo cage was crooked, and the wild birds stuffed in were either with their heads sticking out or their claws sticking out, or their wings were bristling. , There was a hysterical chirping sound from the whole bamboo cage, and occasionally a few pieces of wild bird feathers fluttered to the ground, but the instigator of all this, Ah Fu, was squatting aside with an innocent face, completely ignoring Xie Wei'an It has already come out, and it is still stretching its paws excitedly to grab the wild bird that has been tossed and about to collapse.The other Patton, who has always been inseparable from Ah Fu, is always on the sidelines, watching any bird that wants to stretch its neck to peck Ah Fu, and slaps it with its paw as fast as lightning, regardless of whether it is being caught. Slapped dizzy or directly returned to the west.

"Ah Fu!" Xie Wei'an now finally understands the gritted teeth of those owners who have raised large dogs and finds the house in a mess after returning home. He really wants to beat Ah Fu hard now.

Hearing his master's shout, Ah Fu happily turned his head and wanted to run over to say hello to his master, but after seeing Xie Wei'an's livid face, Ah Fu, whose nerves were as thick as a water pipe, finally realized something was wrong. For the first time, he lowered his head and whimpered with his tail between his legs, then turned around and ran behind Barton.

Seeing that the little fat man dared to ask for foreign aid after doing bad things, Xie Wei'an's heart immediately became three feet high, and he swaggered to catch the dog, "You still dare to run?" Walking to Barton, Barton stood up and prepared Stopped Xie Wei'an, but Xie Wei'an, who was always a little scared in front of Barton, lost his temper for the first time, pointed at Barton and shouted, "Don't stop me!"

Xie Wei'an's sudden outburst of arrogance even stunned Patton, who had never been afraid of Xie Wei'an, for a moment, that is, Xie Wei'an pulled Ah Fu out from behind Patton. Stand up for me!"

Faced with this situation, Ah Fu finally realized how much trouble he had caused, so he tilted his head and obediently stood in front of Xie Wei'an with his hind legs against the stone.

Xie Wei'an turned his head to look at the messy bamboo cages and wild birds screaming hysterically as if suffering from mania, and felt another headache. He turned his attention to Ah Fu again, and flicked Ah Fu's head bitterly. "I said, can you not mess around? What did I tell you when I just went in? I told you not to mess up, and you promised me yourself. Now? This is what you promised me? You are Pi Is it itchy or needs a beating? Ah? Tell me, why are you becoming more and more able to toss..."

Ah Fu couldn't quite understand what his master was saying, but he knew that his master was very angry now, especially angry, so even though he was tired from standing with his hind paws upright and his forehead hurt from being hit, Ah Fu still He wisely chose not to say anything, just stood there obediently, looked at the messy bamboo cage he had made with his pitiful eyes, and then lowered his head again.

Xie Wei'an was there scolding Ah Fu with raised eyebrows, and Drew, who watched for a while, looked at Ah Fu very pitifully, but he still got into trouble, so he could only silently go forward to tidy up the bamboo that was damaged by Ah Fu's tossing. caged.

Balabala Xie Wei'an, who had educated Ah Fu's thinking for a long time, finally stopped because of a dry mouth and a sore throat. Looking at Ah Fu who had been standing there for a long time, Xie Wei'an felt angry. Slowly disappeared, pointing at Ah Fu and said, "There is no next time, do you hear? Or I really beat you up?"

Ah Fu glanced at his master and finally calmed down, but he didn't dare to move immediately, he just looked pitifully at Xie Wei'an and sobbed, "Wow..."

Once the anger in his heart subsided, Xie Wei'an couldn't harden his heart to punish Ah Fu, and patted it on the head, "Come on, let's go play." After speaking, he turned to Drew and said, "Take those dead Let's get the wild fowl out, and then clean up the stew or roast it."

After finally getting the amnesty order, Ah Fu hesitated to resume his normal walking posture as a dog, shook his body, walked to Xie Wei'an's side and rubbed Xie Wei'an flatteringly.

Xie Wei'an was annoyed and funny when he saw A Fu's flattering and obedient appearance, and knelt down and rubbed the little fat man's head, "Come on, don't pretend to be pitiful, let's play with Barton." After speaking, he stood up and walked towards the cave—— Interrupted by this, I couldn't make a good lunch.

Drew, who stayed in the yard, glanced at Ah Fu who was licked and comforted by Barton, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and followed him into the cave.

The cave returned to the state where Xie Wei'an's chef, Drew, helped. Drew handed Xie Wei'an a glass of water and said, "Wei'an."

Xie Wei'an was putting salt into the iron pot to taste, so he didn't turn his head to look at Drew and only responded, "Huh?"

After receiving Xie Wei'an's response, Drew expressed his thoughts, "I think, it's better to let Ah Fu go hunting with me and Barton."

"Huh, huh?" Xie Wei'an wanted to nod subconsciously, but was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Drew, "What did you say?"

Drew added some firewood to the bonfire, and said, "I said, why don't you let Alfred go hunting with me and Barton, he's not small anymore, why don't you let him go to the forest to exercise."

"No need." Xie Wei'an replied with some hesitation, because in his heart, Ah Fu was originally a pet dog. Even though it was a Labrador, he didn't see anyone using Labrador as a hunting dog. He couldn't imagine the scene of Ah Fu swooping down on a prey and biting the other's throat with his head lowered and his teeth bared.

In fact, from the very beginning, Drew felt that Xie Wei'an's attitude towards Ah Fu was somewhat problematic. At least in Drew's opinion, before Ah Fu, he had never seen any beast living in the forest grow up to such a size. Most of them had never been stained with blood, and Ah Fu was raised by Xie Wei'an. Besides eating, sleeping and playing, he ran around in the yard like a baby, and had a mouthful of sharp teeth. Such Ah Fu always made Drew a little uncomfortable. I still think that a beast should have its own wild nature.

Thinking of this, Drew opened his mouth to continue persuading Xie Wei'an, but the unique fluttering sound of wild birds outside the cave made Xie Wei'an's expression change, and he stood up and walked out of the cave, "Little bastard, just forget the scar when it's healed." It hurts!"

Seeing this, Drew quickly got up and followed, but before he took two steps, he saw Xie Wei'an stop, followed Xie Wei'an's gaze and looked forward, and at some point there was an extra one not far from Ah Fu. Ah Fu likes wild birds with colorful feathers. As if he found an interesting toy, Ah Fu stretched out his paws and kept teasing, while Barton lay on the side and watched lazily.

Drew turned his head and took a look in the direction of the bamboo cage. It was peaceful and there was no sign of damage. Looking at the small unshed feathers on Barton's mouth, Drew came up with the answer—probably In order to coax Ah Fu, Button caught a live wild bird for Ah Fu to play with.

Soon, Xie Wei'an also figured out the cause and effect, and looked at Ah Fu, who looked like a young man who was playing foolishly without any worries, and then looked at Barton, and muttered, "Okay, just give Ah Fu this way." Forget it if you pet it to death!"

Drew was amused after hearing this, and said, "Ah Fu still looks like he doesn't understand anything. It is actually very dangerous in the forest like this, so I want to take him to hunt together, even if he doesn't hunt, Also let Barton teach it the ability to protect itself."

Hearing what Drew said, Xie Wei'an thought for a while and finally nodded, "Then take it and have a look."

Xie Wei'an felt that he could raise Ah Fu for the rest of his life, but he didn't want the little fat man he brought up with his own hands to become a meat bun in the mouth of some beast one day if he didn't pay attention.