The interest in eating mulberries was disturbed by the "foreign peppers", so Han Cheng and Tietou climbed up and picked some more before returning home. These mulberries were gifts for everyone in the tribe.

Because he had just encountered the mythical beast 'Foreign Pepper', Han Cheng was a little cautious when picking the fruits again. He didn't dare to be carefree like before, for fear that he would be taken care of again.

The rain had stopped at this time, and Han Cheng and his friends put the mulberries they had picked into an upside-down hat.

A group of people started walking back.

“Stop.”

The eldest brother who was holding the stone spear in the front suddenly turned around and spoke to everyone.

Han Cheng's heart couldn't help but shudder. Did he run into a ferocious beast?

With four parts of fear and six parts of expectation, he leaned towards Junior Brother Sha and looked in the direction that the Senior Brother pointed.

Didn’t you see any ferocious beasts?

Han Cheng was confused and looked around. Then...

Then I found that about ten meters ahead, there was a gray rabbit squatting there, eating grass attentively.

Han Cheng was very disappointed when he saw this. How could a rabbit be so grandly decorated...

The eldest brother held a stone spear in his hand, stood on tiptoe, and approached the rabbit in front quietly.

When the distance approached another two meters, the rabbit became alert, raised its head to look at the eldest brother, and then ran away.

The eldest brother, who was well prepared, waved his right hand and the stone spear flew out of his hand and flew towards the rabbit.

Then... the fork didn't hit the rabbit, and the frightened rabbit jumped and ran away.

“Ah~ah~ah~”

The eldest brother shouted and chased after the frightened rabbit, and the others also shouted and chased after it. Only Junior Brother Sha and Tietou were responsible for guarding Han Cheng, so they did not leave. However, looking at their expressions, it was obvious that they were itching to try their luck.

About ten minutes later, the eldest brother, who was a little out of breath, came back with other people who also looked a little out of breath. The eldest brother was holding the dead rabbit in his hand.

We haven't hunted for a long time, and today we unexpectedly encountered a rabbit, which made everyone a little excited.

Han Cheng looked at this rabbit, which looked bigger than most of the rabbits raised in the tribe, and his brows suddenly frowned.

Normally, the rabbits in the tribe eat when they are hungry, sleep when they are full, and have sex when they are in the mood. They live a life like pigs, so they are only bigger than the wild ones outside.

But now, it is not as good as the wild ones, which makes Han Cheng a little confused.

With Wu, who always goes to the rabbit pen whenever he has nothing to do, there is no chance that the rabbits will starve.

If it’s not a food problem, then what is the reason?

Han Cheng was puzzled about his sister.

After returning to the tribe, Han Cheng washed the purple stains off his hands and face, but didn't wash them clean. He then put two mulberries into his mouth, and then carried the wild rabbit with the witch to the rabbit pen.

At first, Wu did not understand what the Son of God meant. He thought that the Son of God wanted to eat rabbit meat, so he followed Han Cheng to the rabbit pen with a small wooden stick in his hand, with a kind face. He grabbed an adult rabbit from the pen and was about to eat it, but was stopped by Han Cheng.

The witch was a little confused and didn't understand what the Son of God meant by this action.

It was not until Han Cheng compared the wild rabbit in his hand with the one in Wu's hand that Wu suddenly realized the difference between them.

They are both rabbits, why is there such a big difference between them?

The witch looked at the obviously fat wild rabbit, then looked at the rabbit in his hand, put it back into the rabbit pen, and then took another one out.

After comparison, it was discovered that most of the rabbits raised by the Qingque tribe were not as fat as this wild one.

The witch scratched his head with the hand holding the short stick, looked at the rabbits that were obviously different, then looked at the grass placed on the raft not far away for feeding the rabbits, and the grass that had not been eaten in the rabbit pen, his face full of confusion.

I have never done anything wrong to these rabbits, so why can't they grow taller than the wild ones?

“Is it because I don’t exercise enough?”

Han Cheng thought so, then smiled and shook his head. He had only heard of people getting fat by just eating without exercising, but had never heard of anyone losing weight.

Unable to figure out what was going on, Han Cheng could only vent his anger on these useless rabbits. He asked Wu to take out nine more rabbits from the rabbit pen, beat them to death one by one, and then cook the fat wild rabbits in a pot, and have rabbit soup in the evening.

After seeing the sky clear up, the tribesmen began to paste the roof with mud without any further instructions.

Rabbit is relatively easy to skin. Once the head is taken care of, the "skin" can be peeled off.

The peeled rabbit skin is soaked in wood ash for a day and a night. After being taken out, washed and dried, it will become a piece of soft and good leather.

Fu Jiang stood aside, wagging his tail, looking at his owner expectantly, wanting to get some fresh meat from his owner.

Fu Jiang, who had lived with the people of the Qingque tribe since he was a child and had been deliberately trained by Han Cheng, no longer had much wolf nature.

"Baji"

Han Cheng threw the dug out internal organs to Fu Jiang who was waiting on the side. Fu Jiang caught it in one gulp and took it aside to share it alone.

Uncle Deer also wanted to come over and have a bite, but after Fu Jiang pretended to bite him on the nose, he left in disappointment.

Seven of the ten rabbits were stewed into soup, and three were grilled. People who had eaten too much fish thought that the rabbit meat tasted extremely delicious.

So after finishing half a jar of rabbit soup, everyone turned to drink fish soup...

Wu still seemed a little melancholy. Even after killing nine rabbits with his own hands and experiencing that wonderful feeling again, he still couldn't resolve the melancholy in his heart.

Why are all rabbits small when they are raised by ourselves?

This was the umpteenth time he had asked himself this question.

Wu also experienced the feeling of tossing and turning and having trouble falling asleep...

Got it!

Han Cheng, who was helping to put tiles into the roof, suddenly had an idea in his mind. He finally figured out the problem that had troubled him and Wu for more than two days!

Inbreeding! It must be inbreeding!

These rabbits in the Qingque tribe are all descendants of the two old rabbits. After reproducing for who knows how many generations, it is reasonable that the rabbits would become weak.

In order to make the offspring of the tribe stronger and able to reproduce, several nearby tribes got together to hold a celebration party this year, but I had forgotten about this matter!

Not only rabbits, but also deer will have to consider this issue in the future.

Han Cheng called Wu and asked him to identify the larger rabbits. Sure enough, these larger rabbits were basically early rabbits...

Wu asked Han Cheng why, and Han Cheng expressed his opinion, and Wu looked suddenly enlightened.

Now that we have found the root of the problem, it is easy to solve. We just need to catch a few wild rabbits and throw them into the rabbit pen...