Through the wild age

Seeing that autumn was about to pass, Chen Qiao and the others were busy stockpiling food for the winter.There are basically no fruits in winter, and most animals hibernate, making it difficult to catch.

Chen Qiao himself was not afraid, he could eat sea fish and shellfish, but the others couldn't get used to the fishy smell of seafood and couldn't eat it at all.The main reason is that the cooking conditions here are too limited, whether it is fish, crab or shellfish, they are all roasted in the fire.

The animals that Kevin hunts back every day are handled by Ada, and the part that is eaten every day is removed, and the rest is really limited.

They dug a hole in the ground and stored the fruits they picked in it, hoping to keep it longer.

Chen Qiao made a few baskets out of vines. Although they are not pretty, they are really practical, especially when they go out to pick fruits.

Because the nearby fruits have almost been picked, they are walking farther than usual today.There is a big tree on the hillside in front of it. The leaves on the tree are big and long. The fruit is full of burrs, and some of them have cracked small mouths...

"Haha..." Chen Qiao laughed happily, and ran under the tree while laughing.Dila was confused, but she followed Chen Qiao's footsteps closely.

There was a chestnut tree here. Chen Qiao was so happy that she squatted under the tree to pick up chestnuts without any delay.Dila had never seen a chestnut tree, but he knew that some nuts growing on the tree were edible. Seeing that Chen Qiao was so happy, these small brown nuts were probably good things.

They put the chestnuts they picked up in the Louzi and saw that there were many more on the tree.

"I climbed up to pick it."

"No, we'll come back another day."

This chestnut tree was very big and very tall, Chen Qiao was afraid that Dila would fall, although he always knew that this child was very good at climbing trees.

Chen Qiao was in a surprisingly good mood that day. Ever since they came to this land, they seemed to have been depressed. Except for the heartless Mai Xi, none of them was freed from the disaster of that night.

This evening they ate their supper and sat around the fire in the yard.yard?Hehe, generally the place in front of the house is not a road or farmland, so it is considered a yard, although they do not have a fence around it.

While teasing Mai Xi, Chen Qiao threw chestnuts into the fire, and when the fire crackled, he picked out the chestnuts with twigs.

He rolled a chestnut on the ground with a branch for a while, picked it up carefully and peeled off the shell, took a small bite himself, found it very fragrant, and stuffed the rest into Maxi's mouth.As a result, the child became addicted to eating all of a sudden, and while eating, he wanted to throw himself into the fire to get chestnuts.

"Hey, ancestor, that's fire." Chen Qiao had quick eyes and quick hands, and brought him back in one go.

"Incense, incense..." Xiao BuDian waved his little hands and wanted to go into the fire.

"You are a glutton!" Chen Qiao directly picked him up and threw him to Ada, while she worked tirelessly to peel the chestnuts. Of course, most of the peeled chestnuts went into Mai Xi's stomach.Even the silent Dila ate a lot of chestnuts today, and Ada and Kevin also had faint smile lines on their faces...

Ever since he ate roasted chestnuts once, Dila ran under the chestnut tree from time to time, fearing that he would not be able to pick up the fallen chestnuts in time, which would make it easier for the underground mice.

Chen Qiao didn't care much about him, it took a lot of effort to see that he was cheerful, and it didn't matter if he was a little pampered.It's just that he is not allowed to go up the tree. If he falls from this tree, it's no joke. They can't bear any accidents anymore.

They have been lucky recently. Chen Qiao found a lot of wild taro in the lower reaches of the creek where the water flow is gentle.

When he roasted the taro for the first time, he didn't dare to let everyone eat it, but he ate a small one first, and after a while he felt that he didn't feel any discomfort, then he peeled one and handed it to Mai Xi. I can't wait.

Recently, he discovered that Mai Xi ate a variety of food, which was more similar to him. He could even eat some sea fish, but he couldn't eat shellfish.Maybe the child is younger and more adaptable.In this case, he felt relieved to some extent. After all, marine life is still very nutritious, at least he doesn't have to worry about the little one's nutrition not being able to keep up.

Among them, Mai Xi is also the most cheerful one. Recently, he is babbling and learning to speak. Chen Qiao taught him to call "Daddy". After he learned how to call it hundreds of times a day, Chen Qiao sometimes even felt that This baby is actually his own.

So, this little guy who couldn't speak very much quickly became the loudest one among them.It's just that no one thinks he's noisy. It's really good to have such a child by his side.

When the weather was about to turn cold, they sat in the house and warmed up by the fire. Chen Qiao suddenly remembered that there was still a box of needles and thread stuffed in his pocket. In fact, his trousers were already very torn, and it was rare that the pockets were still intact.They ran in a hurry that night, and it was only later that Chen Qiao realized that she still had needles and thread in her pocket.

Right now, he took out the recently saved rabbit skins, pieced them together, and sewed a jumpsuit for each of Maisie and Dila.Two children in jumpsuits were eating chestnuts around the fire. They looked like two little bears, so cute no matter how they looked.

Kevin and Eddie were not just startled when Chen Qiao took out the needle and thread, and then watched Chen Qiao finish the two dresses together, they didn't ask any more questions.What Chen Qiao didn't know was that when he appeared in front of these people wearing a T-shirt and shorts, he was already a different existence in the eyes of this tribe.

Seeing that the ball of thread was getting smaller and smaller, and when the two children's clothes were finished, there were only a little more than half of them left. Chen Qiao thought for a while, and asked Kevin to take some larger animal skins and sew them into two pieces. A blanket, when all was done, there was only a little bit of thread left.

They will rely on these to survive the winter in the future. They have a lot of dried meat and a lot of fruits hidden in the ground, including chestnuts and taro, and now they have two extra blankets.

When the weather is good, Kevin will still go out to hunt, and sometimes he can bring back small animals to improve everyone's food. They have eaten a lot of jerky recently, and they are really tired.

Chen Qiao went out to collect some rattan and weaved it back. After winter, he probably wouldn't have time to do these things.The more he weaved the baskets, the better he got. Later, he even picked some soft vines, scraped them with stones, scrubbed them carefully, and weaved them into a mat.

He was working with his hands, but his mind was never free for a moment. Everyone planned to settle here in the future. If they want to live here for a long time, it is obviously not enough to have only one house, and building a house is really a huge task. project.

And now their life style also needs to be adjusted. Now it is no longer like when they were in the tribe. They occupy more people and dare to challenge any beasts.Now among them, only Kevin can go hunting alone. Some small animals are fine, but it will be dangerous if they encounter large beasts.

Moreover, in the long run, it is also the biggest problem.He didn't want these two children to spend their whole lives in this barren and inhabited land. Maybe those so-called civilizations don't make much sense, but at least they should know that there is another group of people in the world who don't Lonely.Or, they can also marry a gentle and virtuous wife, and then have their own children...

But it doesn't matter, these two children are still young, and he still has a long time to prepare.