Chapter 146 Adaptability
That day, Xu Que and Hou went to the Black Deer Tribe to see the houses that everyone was working hard to build! From the very beginning, the entire Black Deer Tribe, under Xu Que's leadership, had been constructing and renovating houses to accommodate so many people. This was a daunting project, especially since the Black Deer Tribe couldn't possibly have all its members participate in the construction. Hunting and other daily tasks also required people to do them!
The leaders, deputy leaders, and elders of the Black Deer tribe unanimously decided to deploy 5,000 members of the original tribe as basic laborers to speed up the construction of this large-scale house.
These 5,000 members were all commanded by Hagang and Pingyao and were responsible for transporting timber to the tribe.
Xu Que opened the system's exchange shop and exchanged a lumber saw for Pingyao, the strongman of the Black Deer Tribe. Ha Gang taught Pingyao how to use it, and after all the preparations were completed, the members of the Black Stone Tribe who were involved in building the house began work.
Led by Ha Gang and Ping Yao, they ventured deeper into the primeval forest, to a place with even richer timber resources.
Two weeks before the team set off, Xu Que began preparing for the issue of shoes for these members of the primitive tribe.
Xu Que still used wood as the base and cowhide as the upper to make shoes that fully cover the feet with a wooden sole and cowhide upper.
With the concerted efforts of all members of the tribe, several thousand pairs have finally been made.
Ha Gang distributed the shoes to everyone who needed them!
Pingyao and Hagang don't need shoes! Even if they did, shoes wouldn't fit their huge feet!
Xu Que waited at the site of the wooden house foundation of the Black Deer Tribe for the tribe members to bring back the wood. He was there to drill holes where needed and mortises where needed on the wood!
Hou and Xu Que worked together to help him.
"Wait! Wait, let's lift it together! That log is a bit thick! We need both of us to move it!" Xu Que stood up and said as he walked towards Hou. He hadn't gone far when he saw Hou already carrying the log over by himself!
"Uh... We agreed to lift it together, lift it together! Why did you secretly carry it all by yourself without saying a word! Were you afraid I would come and help? This could easily strain your muscles, let me tell you! A strained muscle could turn you into a vegetable, let me tell you!" Xu Que glared at him and shouted.
"Huh? No way! Before you came to our tribe, I carried three by myself! The other girls in the tribe carried four! Each one required two people to lift. You'd be laughed at by the other primitive people in the tribe!" Hou said to Xu Que again.
"Let's not follow their example! Let's carry it slowly together! I'll get angry if you carry it all by yourself again!" Xu Que stomped his feet in frustration as he watched Hou go over to carry one of the loads.
Seeing that Xu Que looked like he was about to explode, Hou stopped carrying the wood by himself.
"Hmm! That's right! This is what normal scientific work should be like!" Xu Que slowly lifted a piece of wood with Hou.
Hagang and Pingyao each carried a large bundle of timber to the tribe!
Xu Que took out a multi-functional power drill from the system warehouse, changed to the appropriate drill bit, and began drilling into the wood he had previously planned!
Before long, Xu Que quickly finished making mortise and tenon joints on all the timber sent by the primitive people led by Ha Gang.
With Hou's help, Xu Que quickly surrounded the house's outline with every piece of wood that Ha Gang and the others had brought.
"I'm going to climb up to the roof now and do the final finishing work on these houses!"
"I'll help you!" Hou said, immediately taking action against Xu Que.
With Hou's help, Xu Que quickly used up all the timber that the primitive people had brought back!
"Wow! Brother Xu Que is so fast today! In just a short while, he has used up all the timber that more than 5,000 people used to cut down and transport! The construction is going too fast!" Hou couldn't help but say while handing timber to Xu Que.
"The fact that I built it so quickly today is largely thanks to you! I don't think it ever built this fast last time!" Xu Que said to Hou, flicking his nose.
After being praised by Xu Que, Hou worked even harder.
The primitive lumberjacks in Hagang sped up their work, and soon they had cut down a large area of forest, leaving not a single tree behind!
Seeing that the timber had arrived, Xu Que took out a multi-functional power drill from the system warehouse and started drilling holes and slotting grooves in the timbers, wherever needed. In no time, he had drilled or slotted all the timbers brought by the tribe members!
The tribal chief, Hua, and the deputy chief, along with all the elders of the tribe, slowly started a fire in the stove under the large iron pot. Ji Mao then volunteered to work the bellows for the tribe!
The Black Deer tribe's leadership cooks do nothing but cook beef and horse meat!
They don't know any other methods, and all other methods are much more complicated than boiling! Boiling is a simple, scientific, hygienic, and efficient way to cook food!
Hagang and Pingyao each carried a large bundle of timber back to the tribe.
The deputy chief of the Black Deer tribe told him in advance that after he lay down, he should notify all the busy primitive people to stop what they were doing and come to the tribe for a meal. After the meal, they should continue logging and transporting timber.
Hagang returned to the place where the tribe members were working and relayed the deputy chief's words to everyone who was logging there.
"This is the last trip of the morning! Everyone, carry as much wood as you can back to the tribe! After we get back, we'll eat! After we eat, we'll rest for a while and then continue working! Brothers, let's go! Let's carry the wood and head straight back to the tribe!" Ha Gang said as he carried another large bundle of wood and headed towards the Black Deer tribe.
Pingyao, a strongman from the Black Deer tribe, followed closely behind, carrying a bundle of timber as heavy as Hagang's.
As soon as they arrived at the tribe, Hua, the deputy chief, and members of the elders were busy scooping meat out of a large iron pot.
Upon seeing this, Ha Gang threw the wood aside, not even bothering to untie it, and ran to the large iron pot. Pointing to a piece of meat in the pot, he said to the elders who were in charge of scooping out the meat, "I want this piece! This piece! The one that looks like it has more meat and is bigger!"
"I want that piece over there! The one with a little bone still attached!" Pingyao followed closely behind Hagang and said the same thing to the elders who were in charge of scooping out the meat.
Following their respective instructions, the elders scooped out the large chunks of meat that each of them liked from the pot and distributed them to the two men. After receiving their meat, Ha Gang and Ping Yao squatted down in a corner not far from the village and began to eat.
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