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When Wu Yue woke up the next day, his throat still ached slightly. He took out some cold boiled water from the space and drank a few big gulps before he felt a little better.
When I walked out of the tent, I saw Xiao filling a water bag with water. The water contained some heat-clearing herbs such as dandelion.
"Good morning." Wu Yue greeted, and his slightly hoarse voice startled himself.
Frowning, he sighed, "Tsk, being a teacher isn't something everyone can do."
Logically, the slightly hoarse voice should not be as pleasant as Wu Yue's usual clear voice, but for some reason, Xiao felt that this voice sounded unexpectedly comfortable, making his whole body numb.
If Wu Yue could bite his ear and speak in this voice...
This inexplicable fantasy made him shudder and goose bumps appeared on his arms. Just when he looked up to say something to Wu Yue, he found that the man had already gone away to wash up.
After a quick wash at the riverside, Wu Yue went to check on his crops as usual, but from a distance he saw someone busy in the fields.
Wu Yue walked closer and recognized the middle-aged woman in front of him. She was Shui, the sister of the previous great wizard. Logically, she should be Xiao's aunt and also Xia's mother.
However, the primitive Sharp Tooth Tribe did not develop any kinship terms. Except for their parents and siblings, everyone, regardless of age, called everyone by their first name.
"Master Divine Envoy." Shui saw him and greeted him, showing him the insects she had crushed. "I was passing by and saw some bugs on your plants."
Wu Yue took a look and found that they were indeed insects, including cabbage loopers, locusts, and ladybugs.
"Thank you, Shui, for coming so early to help me." After thanking her profusely, Wu Yue used her hand to pick out the ladybug. "These insects can harm plants, but this one is different. This ladybug eats aphids. It's a beneficial insect, so don't worry about it."
"Oh, so that's it!" Shui looked at the ladybugs with some regret.
"It's okay, they will come to help." Wu Yue comforted her and asked, "Shui, do you want to know about farming? I can teach you."
Shui became energetic and nodded repeatedly.
In fact, Wu Yue himself was only half-baked when it came to farming. He just taught her to recognize various crops and told her which plants were edible fruits and which plants were edible roots and rhizomes.
And water the soil when it is dry. It is best to fertilize the plants before fruiting. Humus soil and farmyard manure are good fertilizers. Such basic knowledge.
The sweet potato vines that were transplanted earlier are in better spirits and seem to have survived.
Those so-called 'flower seeds' have grown quite big. Except for the lily which seems to be really a lily, the other two types cannot be seen clearly for the time being.
The lotus seeds in the small pond have also grown a few leaves, floating quietly on the water. The leaves look quite large, so it seems that they are really vegetable lotus.
Very good, when they multiply and grow big, we will have lotus roots and lotus seeds to eat. Mature lotus seeds are easy to store, and lotus roots can be processed into lotus root powder which is easy to eat. Both are good storage foods.
After checking the vegetable garden, he went to see the lime kiln. He broke the stones into small pieces before burning them, thinking that it would take about a day and a night to burn them.
He used two long pieces of wood to quickly pick up a piece of red-hot stone from the kiln and poured water directly on it to cool it down.
When water is poured onto the hot stone, a white mist immediately rises. This reaction is very similar to that of quicklime, but it may also be simply because the temperature of the stone is very high.
Continuing to pour, the water slowly formed a small puddle and boiled due to the high temperature.
The small piece of stone slowly cooled down, and its grayish-white surface loosened and fell off obviously under the impact of the water flow. Wu Yue hit it with a wooden stick and it broke into several pieces.
The inside was also grayish white, and it looked like it had been burned through.
Should this be considered done? Wu Yue looked at the kiln and decided not to add any more wood, waiting for the flames in the kiln to die down and cool.
The wait lasted until the next day, and since there was no need to hunt, everyone could finally continue building houses.
Yesterday, Wu Yue had experimented with that small piece of lime. He crushed it and mixed it with sand and gravel. After it solidified overnight, he got a very hard mixture that was also waterproof.
Although it is not as good as modern products, it should be sufficient.
Needless to say, the mixture was passed around to everyone one by one, and everyone understood the importance of lime. They were all eager to build a solid house as soon as possible.
There was sand in the river and plenty of it on the stone mountain. Dozens of people worked together and soon the building materials were piled up into a small mountain.
Wu Yue was afraid that they would get burned when using lime, so he sat there the whole time, watching them mix the mortar and make bricks using molds.
There wasn't much lime in one kiln, probably only enough to build two small houses. Wu Yue planned to build a few more kilns. With more than 200 people in their tribe, they would have to build at least 100 houses. He also planned to build a city wall, so the amount would be even greater.
In the days that followed, in addition to the necessary hunting, gathering and salt making, the people of the Sharp Tooth tribe were busy burning lime, making bricks and building kilns.
Wu Yue fired another batch of pottery in the newly built kiln. This time he glazed it with lime water. Because he was unsure of the concentration, he tried different proportions. He even added wood ash or salt to some of the lime water. The effect was surprisingly good. The fired pottery showed a light, elegant color of gray-green or gray-blue.
Glazed pottery has an extra layer of glossy protection, feels smoother to the touch, and is more water-resistant.
Apart from the modern products brought by Wu Yue, the people of the Sharp Tooth Tribe had never seen such exquisite things. They all treated them as treasures, touching and looking at them again and again, and were almost reluctant to use them.
One of Wu Yue's two pickle jars was burned, but the other one came out of the kiln intact. Wu Yue added water to the edge of the jar in the traditional way, threw the burning grass leaves into the jar, and quickly covered it with a lid.
After watching the water in the jar boil and the water at the edge of the jar being sucked into the jar, Wu Yue determined that the jar was well sealed and was completely sufficient for pickling vegetables.
But it’s not time to harvest his vegetables yet.
At the unanimous request of everyone in the Liya tribe, the first house belonged to Wu Yue and was built next to his land, which meant that the entire land became his back garden.
Wu Yue was not pretentious. There had been occasional drizzles recently, and he really didn't want to live in a damp and cold tent that leaked wind and rain.
The foundation was dug, and large trees cut from the forest were stripped of their bark and smoked to remove moisture to serve as pillars and beams. The walls were built with concrete and stone, and the roof was made into a triangular frame made of wood and then covered with a thick layer of concrete.
At Wu Yue's request, the ground was also covered with a layer of concrete, and then a small stove and earthen kang were built.
Although the winter here is not long, it does snow, and having a kang can make life more comfortable.
In just ten days, the simple 30-square-meter house was built. Wu Yue put the fur and lazy sofa on the earthen kang, and a warm and comfortable nest was formed.
"This house is amazing! I thought living in a wooden house like the fish was the best thing ever, but I didn't expect there was a house like this!"
"It's so strong! Even a hundred beasts wouldn't be able to break through this wall, right?!"
"This thing called a stove is really great. I can cook meat right in the house!"
"A kang would be great! When the snowy season comes, I can lie on it and eat the food I've stored, even without the fur!"
"That's great, I want to live in a house like this soon!"
"We will be able to live in it! Didn't the envoy of God say that everyone can live in a house like this!"
The primitive people who had never seen the world kept pacing around the room, chattering about their thoughts. Wu Yue smiled as he watched them, and thought the light shining in their eyes was particularly beautiful.
What he didn't know was that his smile was also particularly beautiful in the eyes of some people.
Noticing Xiao's gaze, Wu Yue turned around and asked with a smile, "Why? The chief is envious too. How about we build your house next to him?"
Xiao was about to say something when the fish next to him suddenly said, "Huh? Doesn't the leader live with the God's Messenger?"
"What?" Wu Yue was stunned. Why did Xiao want to live with him?
The vein on Xiao's forehead was throbbing, and he covered the fish's mouth and pulled it out: "It's okay, he ate something wrong and went crazy."
There was no way Wu Yue could let something so obviously wrong go. He immediately frowned and chased after Xiao, grabbing him and saying, "Tell me clearly, what's going on?"
Xiao had no choice but to let go of the fish's mouth.
Yu also realized something was wrong at this time. On one side was the leader, and on the other side was the messenger of God. Both of them stared at him with scorching eyes, making him sweat.
In the end, Xiao didn't bother the hesitant and tangled fish and sighed, "Well, I'm sorry, there's another prophecy from the previous generation of witches, saying that the messenger of God will become the leader's lifelong companion."
Ah this.
Wu Yue didn't know what expression to make for a moment. He felt a little embarrassed, and also thought that the Sharp Tooth Tribe was ridiculously superstitious.
He doesn't mind finding a primitive partner, but he really doesn't want his love life to be dominated by so-called "prophecies."
Fortunately, Xiao is also an atheist, so he probably doesn't want to do that either.
Wu Yue felt relieved and laughed out loud. "So that's how it is, Yu. I have to tell you that there's nothing between Xiao and me. I don't have any feelings for him, and he doesn't have any feelings for me either."
He looked at Xiao for confirmation: "Right?"
Xiao was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking, and then slowly shook his head.
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