Chapter 46: Bacon and the Wolf



Animal husbandry is a long-term endeavor that cannot be accomplished overnight. The most common thing Han Cheng told his senior brother was to do things within his ability and not to rush into things.

In addition to worrying about people in the tribe getting hurt, another important reason is that there are too many animals caught and there is no place to raise them.

The area of ​​the cave is not small, but there are also quite a few people living there. In addition, there are also a lot of bottles and jars taking up space, so the remaining space is not too big. It's okay to raise a few people, but it really can't accommodate more.

So Han Cheng decided to look outside the cave and try to build some pig pens, sheep pens and the like.

The weather is getting warmer. We hunted a lot of prey yesterday, but because there was no way to store it for a long time, the eldest brother took out a lot of food last night and roasted or cooked soup for everyone to eat. Many people were so full that they rolled their eyes.

Han Cheng didn't understand the eldest brother's intention at first. He just thought that he had hunted a lot of prey and the eldest brother wanted to celebrate. It was only after they finished eating that he realized that he did this because he was worried that the food would go bad.

After Han Cheng knew about this, he slapped his forehead and wondered how could he have forgotten about this!

We were so busy thinking about how to develop planting and animal husbandry that we even forgot the most basic food storage!

In the morning, the eldest brother took out all the remaining food at once and asked everyone to eat it all.

These foods are enough for the people in the tribe to have two meals. Eating them in one meal now would be a serious waste.

Han Cheng stepped forward to stop the eldest brother and told him that he couldn't eat so much food.

The eldest brother smiled. He knew that he wouldn’t need so much food. But if the food wasn’t eaten quickly, it would go bad by the evening!

"If you don't eat it, it will go bad."

He pointed at the meat and said to Han Cheng.

Han Cheng understood what he meant and replied with a smile: "If you don't eat it, it won't go bad. I can make food not go bad."

Because Mandarin has become more popular, Han Cheng can speak to them much more fluently.

After hearing what Han Cheng said, the eldest brother no longer insisted and put half of the meat back to its original place.

He didn't ask about the solution. He knew that since the Son of God said so, there must be a solution.

Over the past six months, the various miracles displayed by the Son of God have already convinced them to the point that they are almost blindly following him.

After breakfast, Han Cheng asked someone to bring a large ceramic basin and a jar of salt. He asked the eldest brother to put the meat in the ceramic basin, and then rub the salt on the meat continuously until the salt covered every part of the meat.

The meat, rubbed with salt, was placed in a basin for a while, and then holes were made on it with a stone knife, and then it was threaded with ropes and hung on the branch of a tree not far from the cave entrance.

In a short while, the tree was full of dozens of special fruits of various sizes.

Han Cheng also managed to hang two pieces of meat on the fire that was burning all year round in the cave. He wanted to try smoked meat.

He remembered that smoked meat seemed to last longer than dried bacon.

Everyone was looking at the meat hanging on the tree in the sun in a daze. They had not expected that the method the Son of God mentioned for preserving meat for a long time would be so simple.

With the appearance of pickled bacon, the Green Bird Tribe will not have a hard time this winter even if there is no fish.

Because they usually start storing food in the fall, now they can do it in the summer! And what they store is meat, which is much more filling than fruit.

Han Cheng's idea of ​​building various pens was not implemented immediately because he discovered another extremely urgent matter, which was more urgent than improving the pottery kilns and creating enough land for planting.

This thing is to build a wall!

I don’t know if it’s because the bacon has been drying outside continuously these days, but wolves have been attracted to the surrounding area of ​​the tribe.

The wolves did not eat the meat hanging on the tree because the meat on the tree was right in front of the tribe's cave entrance. There was always someone guarding it during the day, and the meat would be put back into the cave before dark, so the wolves had no chance to eat it.

What was really thrilling was last night!

Xing's younger brother Chen is about six years old. He is a little short compared to his peers, but he is very smart. He also studies under Han Cheng and is the child of Junior Brother Sha.

Yesterday evening, we made bone soup. Compared to barbecue, Chen prefers bone soup.

I ate too much last night and drank too much, so I had to get up more often at night.

Younger children who are still unable to take care of themselves would be accompanied by an adult when they get up at night, but Chen is past that age.

So I went out on my own to solve the problem.

There were no problems the first two times, but something went wrong the third time!

Chen had just come outside and stood still when a black shadow suddenly jumped out from the darkness and pounced towards Chen.

Chen didn't even have time to react. He just let out a panicked scream subconsciously, and then he was pounced on!

Fortunately, Junior Brother Sha was awakened by the noise of Chen getting up at night, and he was also feeling suffocated, so after Chen went out, he followed him out.

After seeing the wolf rushing out of the darkness and pouncing on Chen, Junior Brother Sha, who had been hunting for many years and had accumulated a lot of hunting experience, lost all urge to urinate. While shouting loudly to scare the wolf, he bent down, grabbed a handful of things on the ground, and rushed towards the wolf.

The wolf was frightened and ran away, and Chen managed to escape from the wolf's mouth.

However, he still had marks from the wolf's kiss. Half of his right ear was missing, and there were several bloody scratches on his arm.

The bloodstain on his arm might disappear over time, but the missing half of his ear will never grow back, and this scar will accompany him for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, people nowadays have different ways of distinguishing beauty and ugliness than people in later generations. The fact that he has half an ear missing will not affect Chen's chance of getting a wife.

The next day, the eldest brother led the hunting team and began to search for traces of wolves near the tribe with weapons.

Han Cheng also stopped his daily run. He stayed in a half-covered cave with the rest of the children. Several female adults stayed at the entrance of the cave with weapons in hand to guard against sudden visits from wolves.

At the end of the day, they did not see any trace of wolves.

However, the tribe did not relax.

If a child gets up at night, there will be at least two adults with weapons accompanying them.

Han Cheng's nighttime wake-up was even more grand, with four people accompanying him, which made him very uncomfortable.

But there is no other way. In order not to lose my life, I have to do this.

Three days passed like this. The eldest brother and his companions continued to expand the scope of their reconnaissance around the tribe, but they still did not find any trace of the wolf.

And the wolves did not visit the tribe during these few nights.

After searching for three days without seeing any trace of the wolf, the eldest brother and his companions had to give up the idea of ​​finding the wolf. After all, they still needed to hunt and could not just keep wasting time like this.


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