Without an axe or a plane, it was naturally difficult to carve a plank. But these men, who spent their days hunting and eating meat, were quite strong. With a bone knife, they could slowly carve it into something presentable.
You don't need a fancy bed anyway, just a frame with a thick straw mat will do, and it won't hurt. It's better than sleeping on the ground.
Qiao Yu wanted everyone to build a kang. But the caves have small entrances and large bellies, so they often block the entrances to keep out wild animals. Burning wood or charcoal inside can easily lead to carbon monoxide poisoning. It's best to make do with simple beds for now.
After the house is built, she will build a kang for everyone so that they can endure the winter.
During the day, the mountain burned twice, but the temperature was not high. At night, it burned again, but only to 38 or 39 degrees Celsius, not as high as last night.
Qiao Yu stayed on guard until midnight. Seeing that the fire had subsided, he felt that there was no danger anymore. Only then, urged by the tree, did he feel at ease and have a good sleep.
The next day when she opened her eyes, it was already bright outside.
She went to the spring, rinsed her mouth with a bamboo tube, scooped up a handful of water to wash her face, and came back to ask the tree, "Did they go hunting today?"
The tree nodded and sighed. "We're all scared, but there's nothing we can do. If we don't hunt, we'll all starve to death this winter."
"Where do they go hunting? Where was the place where you encountered the tiger yesterday?"
Shu thought she was concerned about everyone and was afraid that everyone was in danger, so he told her: "We met the tiger on the mountain over there." He pointed in a direction, which according to Qiao Yu's experience should be the east. "No one dares to go there today, and they are only hunting on this mountain." He pointed to the west again.
He sighed and said, "The mountains here are low, and there are no large animals. The animals we hunt are too small to feed us for a day, let alone store food. I'm afraid this winter will be really difficult to endure."
Qiao Yu looked in the direction he pointed, and learned how badly the tiger was injured yesterday. He didn't ask any more questions and took the dried meat to eat.
After eating the dried meat, she put some of it in her pocket and stewed the broth she made for Shan. She asked Xiaoquan to watch the fire and told him to turn off the fire when it was almost done. She should wait until the bamboo tube was no longer hot before bringing it back to her father to drink. She then took the bone knife and left the cave.
"Sister, where are you going?" Koizumi hurriedly asked.
"I'm going to find Aunt and the others to collect wild fruits. You and Uncle stay at home to take care of Father." Qiao Yu waved his hand and walked out of the tribe.
After leaving the tribe, she did not go west where the women used to collect wild fruits, but went east.
The original owner usually only went with the woman to the low hills to the west to collect wild fruits, and had only a vague impression of other places. If Qiao Yu wanted to lead everyone through the winter safely, and even live a good life, she had to find out what resources there were.
She walked east for about ten minutes before she saw a river from the original owner's memory. The river was about ten meters wide, with a gentle flow.
Qiao Yu searched his memory but could not find any experience of the original owner eating fish.
She shook her head.
Primitive people stood at the starting point of history, with no knowledge inherited from their predecessors. Their understanding of the world was completely created from scratch. It was impossible to imagine how many detours they would take and how many lives they would have to endure before they could acquire a little knowledge and pass it on. They were surrounded by abundant resources, but their lives were extremely difficult.
In her experience, there must be fish in this river. The tribesmen guarding this river still starved to death in the winter. She didn't know if they didn't know fish were edible, or if something happened in the past that made them afraid to eat fish.
Instead of looking for a way down to the river, Qiao Yu turned north and walked towards a nearby mountain.
People in the tribe are afraid of tigers, but she is not.
Although the tiger is the king of the mountain, it has no weaknesses, especially without a weapon. Unless a trap is set to trap the tiger in a deep pit and starve it to death, it is difficult for humans to kill a tiger with their bare hands or the bone knife in her hand.
But in ancient times, Wu Song beat a tiger to death with just a stick, so Qiao Yu thought it was possible for her to beat a tiger. Wu Song had beaten a tiger that had been hungry for several days, while she was now facing a wounded tiger. She had supernatural powers and was no less powerful than Wu Song.
What makes her most confident is that she also has lightning abilities.
In the eighth year of the apocalypse, she had killed six or seven mutated wolves with thunder, which were no less large and ferocious than tigers. She didn't believe that she could not defeat the injured tiger.
However, she wanted to kill the tiger to compete for the position of tribal leader, and she did not intend to use her lightning ability unless it was absolutely necessary.
It was still early, and while searching for traces of the tiger, she planned to walk slowly in the forest to identify whether there was anything edible.
She didn't know whether the land she crossed through was still within the territory of China, but judging from the skin color, appearance and language of the people in their tribe, this should be China.
Based on the memories left by the original owner, and analyzing the changes in seasons, temperature, rainfall, geology, etc., she judged that this place specifically belongs to the central or southern China region.
Of course, the climate has been changing slowly from primitive times to modern times. The rise of industry in modern times has created a heat island effect, so her judgment is not accurate.
Before the apocalypse, they were a group of wealthy second-generations with no pressure in life and no motivation to strive for success. In order to avoid boredom, they would occasionally seek excitement, such as wilderness survival and adventure.
Qiao Yu once participated in a wilderness survival activity in southern China, where she survived for a full month on her own. Therefore, she is confident in identifying wild plants.
As she walked, looking around, she encountered rabbits scurrying through the bushes, startled pheasants, and even encountered a few snakes.
Before the prosperity of human civilization, these places were simply a paradise for animals.
The tribesmen looked down on these small animals because they had little meat. They hunted medium and large animals such as goats, deer and even wild boars to get more meat.
Qiao Yu ignored the animals. She tapped the grass in front of her with a branch, both to alert any snakes and to clear a path for herself. She carefully examined the plants in the grass.
"Huh?" Seeing a clump of plants, she walked over in surprise and squatted down to take a closer look.
After confirming that this clump of plants was very similar to a plant she knew, she found the root of the vine touching the ground, inserted the branch forcefully into the ground, and then lifted it up with force, bringing out a handful of soil.
After doing this three or four times, she finally dug out a bunch of brown potatoes from the soil. Each one was slightly bigger than a fist and looked like the soles of feet.
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