Many people went to cut bamboo to prepare for tomorrow's rain and store water.
The Zhou family members didn't go with them; they were weaving a fence, using thatch and branches.
Their family has already applied to live in a large cave. Once they move in, they will definitely need to fence off their resting area.
The leader and his men were moving the rocks that had been blasted out of the cave. Looking at the terrain inside, they had already found a spot they liked.
When the other four teams saw that they had actually found a place to take shelter from the rain and were even preparing water storage equipment, they all hesitated, wondering whether they should follow them.
Old Man Chen and the others are building an earthen altar for today's sacrifice, which they are going to hold on a grand scale.
After the earthen altar was completed, Old Man Zhou had someone move a broken stone altar.
This is the item that Daya received after signing in. It's a useless thing in Xiao San's eyes, but a treasure in Old Zhou's eyes.
A sacrificial ceremony is incomplete without an altar. Even a broken altar can elevate the ceremony to a higher level.
Chen Kai was looking at his cactus with a smile.
Daya stared blankly at the two-meter-tall columnar cactus. This thing was even fatter and taller than the ones she had seen before.
Those long needles made her scalp tingle. Why did her uncle think they were cute when they looked like that?
At that moment, Zhou Kai ran over.
"So you were hiding here! Huh? What's this? It's so pretty!"
Da Ya was speechless. So girls and boys really do have different aesthetic standards?
Chen Kai laughed and said, "This plant is called a cactus. What do you think? Isn't it cool?"
Zhou Kai's eyes lit up as he exclaimed, "So cool!"
This thing gave him the feeling that it was very powerful. He didn't know what words to use to describe it, so he just said it looked good!
Daya asked speechlessly, "What can this thing be used for?"
Chen Kai exclaimed excitedly, "You can use it to grow things! You can also remove its thorns and roast the cactus to eat!"
Upon hearing that it was edible, Zhou Kai excitedly said, "I'll go get a knife, cut it off, and grill it."
When Zhou Kai returned, he brought a large group of boys with him.
When he went back, he kept bragging that his family had gotten something really cool that they could bake and eat, so his friends came over.
The boys were stunned when they saw the strangely shaped cactus and instantly fell in love with the plant.
Sanya and the others, curious about what Zhou Kai was saying, followed him over.
However, upon seeing this large, spiky creature, they all frowned, but only reluctantly accepted it after hearing that it was edible.
Sitting in the carrying basket, Daya looked around for a while before saying, "Fifth Uncle, Cousin, please carry me back."
However, the two didn't hear it and excitedly went to cut the cactus.
As soon as the knife makes a cut, liquid flows out.
The children exclaimed with delight, "There's water! There's water in there!"
The fifth brother cut off a large piece, stuck it on a stick, and then used a knife to remove the thorns.
"Here you go, who wants it!"
A boy immediately snatched it away, opened his mouth and began sucking on the juice inside, chewing as he did so.
"Delicious!"
"Give me a taste, quickly give me a taste!"
"Uncle Chen, Uncle Chen, give me a piece, give me a piece."
"I want thorns, let me play with thorns!"
The boys were all clamoring for food and toys, while the girls only wanted food.
The cactus was like candy to the children, and they all clamored for it.
Zhou Kai cut out three large pieces, skewered them with a stick, and told Zhou Xing to take them back, remove the thorns, and roast them.
Before long, a group of old women came running over with knives and divided the cactus up.
Zhou Kai was speechless. He hadn't even gotten a few pieces yet, and they had all been taken by this group of people.
Seeing Bai Chuan trying to sneak away, Lao Wu called out, "Bai Chuan, did you attract people here?"
Shirakawa chuckled, "No, I just called my grandma. The others came along on their own."
One of the boys complained, "Your family got so many, while my family only got one piece. You should share some of the thorns you knocked off with me later."
This columnar cactus is so juicy! It has a crisp, soft texture, but it's a bit sticky, like okra, and it's also a little sour.
Lao Wu and Zhou Cheng were originally supposed to distribute cacti to everyone, but they were later squeezed out by those old women.
The two men each took out only one piece; Lao Wu gave his to his younger brother, while Zhou Cheng was still working on the one he had.
Xiao Bao ran to his uncle and said happily, "Uncle, let me do it, I can stab him."
Chen Kai originally intended to cut off the stigma, leave it for a few days, and then plant it, but seeing how happy Xiao Bao was, he gave it all to him.
The village chief's wife cut the meat into five large pieces, kept three pieces, removed the thorns from the other two pieces, cut them into small pieces, and cooked them.
After clearing the stones from the cave, Zhou and his family moved in.
After everything was packed up and the area was surrounded, Old Man Chen had Daya bring out 30 feed troughs, 5 wooden beds, 30 stone spears, 30 stone hoes, 30 pottery jars, 30 stone axes, 30 stone shovels, and 30 first-aid kits.
Apart from the feed trough, which was lent out, all the other items were given to the followers of their ancestor, the Chen family.
There's a lot of stuff, so we'll have to move it out in several trips.
I originally wanted to bring out more wooden beds, but the space is so small that we can't fit them all.
After the things were moved out, Zhou asked Daya to bring out two cacti, cut them up, and give them away later.
Now, Zhou Kai and the others had a great time cutting up the cactus, while Xiao Bao and the others just cut and ate it themselves.
Zhou Kai cut off a large piece, stuck it on a stick, and put it aside. His mother liked roasted cactus, so he would roast some for her later.
There were a lot of people attending the Chen family's ancestral worship ceremony today, almost as many as the Bai family.
The positions were assigned, and many people who wanted to stand at the front couldn't; they could only obediently stand in their assigned positions.
Grandma Zhao brought her whole family to participate in the ancestral worship ceremony for the Chen family, but unfortunately, they didn't get a good spot and were placed at the back of the line.
Village Chief Li divided the village into two groups: half went to participate in the ancestral worship ceremony for the Bai family, and the other half went to participate in the ancestral worship ceremony for the Chen family.
He himself ran over to the Chen clan members and placed himself in the middle, neither too far forward nor too far back.
In Anping Village, apart from the Chen and Bai families, the other surnames had previously followed the Bai clan in the sacrificial rites. But now that they had heard some rumors, the families split into two groups, with both sides participating.
Lotus Village also wanted to hold sacrificial activities, but they couldn't manage it because their ancestors couldn't manifest their power.
So they could attend whichever side of the rites they wanted, without anyone restricting them.
However, most of those who had worked for the Chen family participated in the Chen family's sacrificial activities.
The sacrificial ceremony proceeded as usual, and the final step involved dipping a tree branch in water.
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