In the old days of sucking bears

"What are you doing?" Tai saw a group of orcs gathered in the center of the square, and was curious. He stepped forward and saw a large stone disc in the middle of the square. It was divided into two parts, each with a certain It is thick and flat cylindrical, and there is a short vertical shaft between the two stones. It looks very strange, and it must be something made by Shen Shuliu.

"What is this?" Dai asked, and the orc next to him said with great interest, "This is a 'stone mill' made by the Liujiao people. It is said that it is used to grind wheat. It can grind those thorny wheat into fine powder. .”

Tai nodded, Shen Shuliu had sharp ears and sharp eyes, and also noticed Tai, but saw that his hair was a little messy, and a few strands around his ears were still knotted. Shen Shuliu walked over and patiently helped him straighten his hair, "Why is your hair so messy when you sleep?"

"I didn't want to wake up just now, and I rolled around on the bed a few times." Tai's face was a little red, which appeared from too much sleep, and she looked a little cute.

"Have you eaten the rice left on the table?"

"have eaten."

Shen Shuliu nodded, and pulled the person away to the shade of a tree, "The sun is shining, if you want to watch the wheat grinding, just stand here and watch obediently, okay?"

Tai looked at the black head in front of him, the big stone mill was blocked so he couldn't see the shadow, so he pursed his lips, "But you can't see it here."

"I also asked them to make a small one, and it should have been delivered to our house by now," Shen Shuliu predicted Dai's little thoughts, and said smoothly, "I'll go back and grind it for you after I show them a demonstration." ,Ok?"

Dai just nodded, Shen Shuliu kissed him on the cheek, pushed the orcs away and went in.

"Liu, are you ready to be sticky with Tai?" The patriarch laughed, "Come on, I'll be waiting for you!"

"Hurry up, I'm already impatient!" Yan's face was anxious and excited, "I haven't seen anything that can be ground into powder yet! Is this more advanced than a beast god?"

"That's not!"

The orcs who followed Shen Shuliu to the Beast God Capital cried out.

"Even the beast gods have never seen this before!"

"That's right, the tribe that gave us wheat has never used this thing, and they also said that it hurts their mouths."

"Hey, Liu, you are really amazing." Brother Yan slapped Shen Shuliu on the shoulder well, grinning and praised, "You can think of anything weird!"

"It's all the wisdom of the predecessors." Shen Shuliu was almost shot with internal injuries, and walked away calmly, "Then let's start now, who will polish it?"

"I'll come!" Qi took the lead, rushed to the side of the stone mill, hugged the handle, and said with a smile, "Of course I will do my part!"

"You boy!" The patriarch pointed at Qi, and scolded with a smile, "You are fast enough!"

Qi hehe smiled, seeing the remorseful and regretful expressions of the orcs, he felt even more proud.

Not much to say, Shen Shuliu took the small rattan basket containing wheat in one hand, and a wooden cylinder in the other hand, and said, "I'll pour this wheat in, and you start grinding."

Qi Xing nodded eagerly, his hands were already on the grindstone, eager to try: "Don't worry, I must have worked hard!"

"Don't pull it so fast," Shen Shuliu reminded, then filled half a tube of wheat with a wooden tube, slowly poured it close to the small hole in the upper fan of the stone mill, prayed for it, his eyes lit up, and he called himself, "Hey! "

As he said that, Qi started to move, with a lot of strength, he pushed the stone mill half a circle, and then began to exert force under his feet, quickly pulling up the stone mill and running in circles, Shen Shuliu frowned when he saw this, " slower."

Qi's heart stopped, and then he remembered Shen Shuliu's words. He quickly regained his strength, and then fell forward out of inertia. If it wasn't for his quick eyesight and quick hands, he would almost have a forehead scar.

"Hey! I pray you can't do this!"

"That's right, or let me go!"

"Let me come!"

The orcs onlookers seized the opportunity to boo, everyone was eager to make a move, Qi immediately grinned, "No! It was a mistake just now, I have learned the strength now, just watch me."

After the big talk, Qi watched Shen Shuliu sweep out the wheat that had just been ground into slag and ash, and poured some wheat in again, Qi tightened his grip on the stone mill, let out a breath, and said silently, "Slow down!" Slow down", and then carefully pushed the stone mill.

But the strength was a little weak, and he didn't push it at the first time. Qi added a little more strength, and the stone mill was lightened suddenly, and slowly moved, and the grains of wheat gradually turned into fine powder.

Just now the picture was flying fast, the orcs didn't feel anything, they saw the powder ash, this time they saw it intuitively, and the orcs were amazed.

"It really turned into powder little by little!"

"Although we can shoot it with one paw, this one is so fast!"

"The flow thing is amazing!"

Shen Shuliu swept out the powder in time, put it in a leaf pocket, and added some wheat, and as Qi moved slowly, the wheat also turned into powder.

Pretty similar.

Qi felt complacent: "I'll just say, isn't this a trivial matter to me?"

"Tch, if it were me I would do it too!"

"I pray that you have worn it all out, come down and let us have a try!"

"exactly!"

"Slightly—" Qi stuck out his tongue, and made a grimace with the rest of his hand, "I won't give it!"

"It looks pretty good." Shen Shuliu looked at the upper and lower fans of the stone mill, they fit perfectly, and the powderiness of the wheat was also very good. He nodded and said, "You can make two more stone mills."

"This is good! This way we can all grind it out!"

Shen Shuliu couldn't deny it, he casually gave the wheat to an orc, and left the crowd.The orc was flattered, and then gave the other orcs a provocative smile, and took over the job of pouring the wheat. While doing it, he sighed: "Hey, happiness came so suddenly!"

Dai waited for a while, only to see Shen Shuliu coming out of the black crowd, who were still laughing and making noise, a group of elders were having a great time playing against a stone mill, thinking about it, it was a bit hilarious feel.

Tai went up and hugged Shen Shuliu's hand, curious and slightly complaining: "What did you tell them just now? I can't even see it."

"It's how to use a stone mill, it's very simple." Shen Shuliu said it again, and said to Dai as he walked, "I'll show you a demonstration when I get home later. We grind wheat and then make a small Baking cellar."

"Small baking cellar? How do you do this?"

"This one is also simple, I'll teach you." Shen Shuliu said, "This baking cellar can not only bake bread, but also bake other things. However, let's make some bread tonight and try it."

-

"Is that how it came out?" Tai curiously touched a little wheat flour on the stone mill with his fingertips, twisted it, and it was really fine, "It's amazing."

Shen Shuliu smiled, "I've already worn out a small bag, why are you still so surprised?"

"It's the first time I've seen you." Tai pursed his lips, smiled a little embarrassedly, and asked again, "Why are some of these wheats white and some black?"

"The black one is wheat bran. I need to use a dustpan to lift it up. These wheat bran taste bad, but you can feed them to grunts." Shen Shuliu said, then took out a large dustpan and poured freshly baked wheat flour on it. , spread out slightly, and said to Dai, "Stand farther away."

"Yeah." Dai obediently stood a little farther away, and saw Shen Shuliu picking up the dustpan, raising the front without moving the back, the wind picked up the powder, and the black wheat bran was skillfully lifted out by Shen Shuliu in a few strokes.

Tai was fascinated by the sight, walked in a little unconsciously, was startled and choked a bit of dust into his nose, and sneezed loudly: "Aqiu!"

"I told you to go a little farther away, but you still stand so close." Shen Shuliu was a little bit dumbfounded, "It's just raising wheat bran, what's so good about it?"

"It looks good." Tai nodded quite seriously, "I think it's quite interesting."

Shen Shuliu suddenly remembered that when he was a child after school, he would see someone's excavator digging the soil for a long time on the way, and suddenly felt a little empathetic, smiled and said: "Then do you want to come and have a try?"

"Ah?" Dai was a little eager to try, but he was afraid of something. He wanted to do it but didn't dare to do it. "I have great strength, will I scatter them all? The wheat just ground is wasted when it is scattered on the ground."

"It's okay, I have a solution." Shen Shuliu went to the cabinet inside and took out a piece of linen and spread it on the floor, "Use this as a pad, so it won't be wasted."

As he said, he handed the dustpan to Dai, "Here, there are little stars in my eyes, give it a try."

"Yeah!" Tai happily responded, took the dustpan, sweated a little from nervous palms, and lifted it carefully, but the strength was too weak, the wheat flour just popped out, and the wheat bran didn't float up at all.

"Be bold, it's okay to spill it."

"Yeah." Dai pursed her lips, exerted a little force on her hands, and with a light lift, the wheat flour flew up, and a small piece of wheat bran went out by the wind.

Shen Shuliu laughed and encouraged him: "Look, isn't this pretty good?"

"Hey." Dai continued to work hard, and after slowly cleaning up almost all the wheat bran in a dustpan, he gradually mastered the method, and then, after happily throwing up all the wheat bran that had been ground just now, he was still a little unsatisfied.

"Why are you still a little addicted?" Shen Shuliu looked a little like laughing, stretched out his hand to rub his hair, took off a little bit of wheat bran that accidentally got on it, and said with a smile, "Okay, now the wheat bran is also finished." , shall we make a small oven?"

"Okay, then what do we need to prepare?" Tai nodded, looking at Shen Shuliu with bright eyes, and the little bear's ears on his head were shaking, looking very happy, making Shen Shuliu's heart itch.

Shen Shuliu suddenly became serious, which made Tai also nervous: "Is it difficult to get what you need?"

"It's not difficult, it's very important." Shen Shuliu said, "I need to prepare a pile of soil, a bucket of water, me, and a partner who will cheer me up or accompany me. The last one is the most important."

After hearing this, Tai realized that she was being teased by Shen Shuliu again, so she slapped Shen Shuliu angrily and with a smile: "Don't be poor, be serious."

"No poverty." With a smile in his eyes, Shen Shuliu squeezed his face, "Okay, let's make a baking cellar." Then, Shen Shuliu took a small wooden bucket, but didn't fill it with water.

"Is there no water in the bucket?"

"Use this to fill the soil first." As Shen Shuliu said, he walked under the locust tree, changed his claws and started digging, "I've seen the soil here, it's very sticky, and it's suitable for baking. "

Tai followed him to make claws, one wolf and one bear squatted on the ground to dig the soil. To be honest, no matter how I thought about it, I was a bit foolish. Shen Shuliu suddenly laughed, and Tai was puzzled, "What are you laughing at?"

"Don't you think digging the soil like this is very similar to a grunt?" Especially Erha.

"It seems to be a bit similar." Dai said, wanting to laugh too, seeing Shen Shuliu laughing more and more vigorously, he said angrily to Shen Shuliu, "Okay, okay, stop laughing, dig the soil quickly."

"Okay." Shen Shuliu nodded, still smiling.

"Laugh again and dig a big hole and bury you in it." Tai kicked him, "Hurry up, I want to eat bread."

"Greedy bear." Shen Shuliu snorted softly, "Bread is more important than me?"

"No," Tai said honestly, "but I want to eat."

Shen Shuliu was happy, and leaned over to kiss him: "Satisfy you."

After finally digging suitable soil, Shen Shuliu poured an appropriate amount of water and plant ash, and asked Dai to step on it. Dai stepped on it suspiciously, "Is this how the oven is made?"

"Of course not. Wet the soil until it becomes sticky before building a baking cellar." Shen Shuliu found a more suitable place on the mountain next to his home, and started digging, digging a small one. Hole.

"What are you digging for?"

"Use it to light the fire and ventilate it." Shen Shuliu said, "Have you stepped on the mud?"

"It should be fine." Dai came down from the mud, his feet were wet with mud, Shen Shuliu wanted to laugh when he saw his two muddy feet.

"What are you laughing at? What's so funny?" Tai didn't understand, but Tai was a little bit ashamed and angry, and kicked up, flirting, and immediately a muddy footprint appeared on Shen Shuliu's calf, which was very distinct.

"No, I just think it's cute." Shen Shuliu immediately stopped laughing, coaxing people in a low voice, half-believing, "Really?" Seeing the unconcealable smile in Shen Shuliu's eyebrows and eyes, he was even more ashamed and annoyed, " You're just laughing at me for stepping on mud and having fun, you're laughing at me."

"I was wrong, I was wrong, and I won't laugh again next time." Shen Shuliu immediately crouched down, coaxing people softly, very coaxing, pursed his lips and said, "I believe you again .”

Shen Shuliu couldn't help laughing, little stupid bear, how many times have you believed it?

"Okay," Shen Shuliu nodded solemnly, "Then let's build the oven now."

Upon hearing this, Tai nodded immediately, "How?"

"Let me lay the bottom first." Shen Shuliu packed the mud in a small wooden bucket and brought it to the small hole just dug. Tai followed and saw that the top of the small hole was dug out by Shen Shuliu with his claws. There is a big hole.

"Why is there a big hole here?"

"It needs to be plugged." Shen Shuliu plugged up the big hole with mud, and made a few finger-thick holes in the middle of the mud, then made a semicircular dustpan with rattan, and stuck it upside down on the small hole. .

"Now spread the mud over this cane."

"Like this?" Tai took up a handful of soil with both hands, carefully spread it on the rattan like Shen Shuliu, and then patted it evenly along the arc, "Do you want to make a semicircle?"

"Yes or no." Shen Shuliu bought a gate, made a semicircle, left a hole in the front to put things in, poked two holes on both sides of the top of the circle, put wooden sticks on it, and then a handful of mud, Make two small semicircles.

Tai watched his movements, and felt that the figure was inexplicably familiar, and suddenly thought of something, touched the top of his head, there were two small round ears, and there were also two small round ears on the baking pit.

Tai pursed her lips, and couldn't help but smile, "Are you being me?"

These words are really ambiguous, Shen Shuliu couldn't help laughing when he heard it, "Well, I'm being you."

Tai Hou realized it, blushed a little, stopped talking, and watched him move.

Shen Shuliu picked up some firewood, and started to burn the fire on the upper and lower sides. The blazing flames swept away the moisture from the scorched bear, and the mud slowly began to harden.

Shen Shuliu looked at the fire, and pulled Dai up: "It's still a while, I'll go wash your feet first."

"Just wash my feet?" Tai stared at the footprints on his calf, "You don't wash your feet?"

"Don't wash it. When someone comes and sees it later, I'll say you stepped on it."

"There's no one like you..." Dai muttered in a low voice, but there was a smile in his eyes.

Washing your feet should also be delicate.

Shen Shuliu first asked Dai to wash away most of the mud in the creek, then let him sit down, went to fetch a pot of hot water and mixed it with cold water, felt the temperature was right, and then brought it to Dai.

"Put your feet out." Dai obediently, Shen Shuliu held his feet, Dai felt itchy and flinched, Shen Shuliu slapped him lightly, "Don't move."

"It's a little itchy." Tai shrank his toes, Shen Shuliu held him down, nodded from his thumb to his little finger, and nodded solemnly, "Well, one is not too many, one is not too many."

"Are you sick?" Dai smiled and scolded, Shen Shuliu also laughed, "Stop making trouble, I will wash you well."

From the toes to the seams of the toes, from the soles of the feet to the insteps, I washed him carefully. It was still as white and clean as before, and the toes were all light pink.

"Okay." Satisfied, Shen Shuliu nodded seriously, pursed his lips, suddenly wanted to play tricks, lifted him up, and lightly stepped on his shoulder, Shen Shuliu looked up at him, still smiling.

Shen Shuliu immediately bullied him, kissed him under him, looked at him, his eyes were dark, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Deliberately seduce me?"

"No..." Dai looked at Shen Shuliu's face close at hand, her heart beat violently, and she said softly, "But I want to seduce you now."

Shen Shuliu kissed the man heavily on the lips, and pulled away again, his voice was still hoarse, obviously emotional, so he still refused, "No."

With that said, he took out the water.

Tai looked at Shen Shuliu's back, a little happy and a little unhappy.

Even if I finally eat the toast I have been thinking about, I still feel a little bit uncomfortable.

-

sunset night.

Shen Shuliu stayed at the gate of the city for a long time, until the clouds in the western sky covered the setting sun, and the setting sun slowly broke free from the shackles of the clouds, and then fell into the embrace of the distant mountains.

The night was getting dark, and the distant mountains had turned dark. Shen Shuliu had no intention of going back, and suddenly his hands were itchy, and he wanted to smoke a cigarette.

"The sun is already setting, why don't you go back?" The patriarch Li came out to inspect, and saw Shen Shuliu's lonely back, walked over and patted him on the back, "Isn't Dai still waiting for you at home? "

"I just fell asleep in the afternoon, so I probably haven't woken up yet." Shen Shuliu's face was cold, but there was inexplicable sadness on his brows, "I don't want to go back so early."

"It's still early?" The patriarch Li heard the music, and suddenly asked a little curiously, "Have you been having trouble with Dai recently?"

"No."

"It's not why you don't go back?" The patriarch Li was a little puzzled, then thought of something, and persuaded with earnestness in the tone of a young orc whose old people were all lost and never returned.

"I know, I'm pregnant with a cub, and I've gained a lot of weight recently, but we are moral and obedient orcs, and we can't just have a grudge because our partner is out of shape, so we don't want to care about him..."

As he said that, the patriarch Li himself didn't believe that Shen Shuliu was such a heartless orc. He frowned and thought for a long time before asking thoughtfully, "Is it something about the lion tribe? Although we killed their leader, According to our analysis, they should still be busy fighting for the position of patriarch, and they should not attack us in the short term."

"The mountains and rivers are far away from the Beast God City, and it is even more impossible to come to our tribe so soon. I have also let the orcs observe the white tiger snow. It is a half-grown cub with only food in its mind. It's nothing. threaten."

"Now the tribe is on the right track. Those weapon traps have been done, patrolling and training, and they haven't let go. There is absolutely no orc who is lazy..."

The patriarch talked about it for a long time, and finally patted Shen Shuliu on the shoulder, "Young orcs, don't think too much, do your own thing first, and think about the rest later."

Shen Shuliu denied it coldly: "It's not this."

The patriarch Li was really stunned. After thinking about it, he still couldn't think of anything else that could annoy this extremely clever young orc, so he humbly asked, "Then what are you worrying about?"

Shen Shuliu avoided answering, but asked: "Do you know why those orcs whose partners are pregnant with cubs don't like to stay outside instead of going home?"

The patriarch Li didn't know why he was talking about this again, but he didn't speak just now, and frowned, "Isn't it because their partner is too strict or their figure is out of shape?"

"You don't understand." After Shen Shuliu said this sentence in a deep voice, he left in a deep voice, leaving the patriarch, an orc, at the gate of the city to think for a long time, and finally came to an outrageous conclusion.

"Could it be... because my partner is not pregnant, this kid is waiting for me here on purpose?"

-

The tribal lights are full of lights.

Shen Shuliu took advantage of the night, carrying a big animal leg on his shoulders, and went all the way back to his small home on the mountainside.

From far away, I saw the brightly lit home, a tall yet cute little white bear, sitting alone on the bluestone road, with his hands hugging his knees, the cold afterglow fell on him, blurring the expression on his face, It looks very lonely and lonely.

Shen Shuliu walked up the stone steps step by step, and slowly walked up to the little white bear. Only then did the little white bear raise his head, looked at Shen Shuliu, and suddenly smiled slightly.

"you're back."