Worried that Wang Zili and the others would be nervous if they couldn't see him, Si Cheng stepped back and shouted towards them, "I'm going to come in and take a look. If anything happens, shout loudly."
Seeing that the other party nodded, he turned around and continued his exploration.
Upon entering the cave, a pungent smell of pig manure assaulted the nostrils, and Si Cheng quickly covered his nose with his arm.
It was much more spacious than he had imagined, because it was a natural cave with uneven surfaces and even a few small forks.
Si Cheng chose a relatively wide fork in the road and walked in. This should be the main gathering place of the wild boar herd. Si Cheng even had to carefully avoid the filth under his feet.
As he carefully moved forward, he suddenly heard a humming sound. He quickly took out his usual hammer from behind his waist and slowly moved forward.
The empty den was about half the size of a football field. The sounds that had come from earlier belonged to a litter of wild boar pups that had just been born. Perhaps because the mother had gone out with them and never returned, the hungry little boars began to dart around inside the den.
Seeing that they were starving and howling, Si Cheng thought about taking them out with him. He would see if Chief Wu and the others wanted to raise them. If not, he would have no choice but to bring them back to the village.
Fortunately, he always carries a large cloth bag around his waist when he goes out, which saves him the trouble of going out to find a container to take them with him.
He found four wooden sticks, tied them together to form a square, and then spread them out inside the bag so they wouldn't suffocate.
Perhaps it was their animal instinct, but when Si Cheng approached them, they began to scatter in all directions. However, how could their short limbs outrun Si Cheng? In no time, they all fell into his bag.
He checked the other forks in the path but found nothing, so he left the den with the bag of baby wild boars.
When he came out, the people from Xin San Village had almost finished weaving the two rattan mats, but because they were in a hurry, the weaving was not very tight, and some gaps were even quite large.
"Now that it's all done, let's pack up and head back quickly," Si Cheng said, frowning as he reminded them as they stood there without taking any further action.
Facing Wu Yong, they still dared to say things they wouldn't dare to say, but now, facing Si Cheng, they didn't dare to say anything more after just seeing him frown. They quickly picked up branches from the side and gathered up the scattered limbs and fragments, then wrapped them in the rattan mats they had woven.
Throughout the entire process, they did not communicate, except for occasional gagging sounds.
The elders, led by the clan chief, began to carefully examine every inch of the land. The more they looked, the more they felt they had struck gold. If this place hadn't been located deep in the mountains, it would never have been their turn.
Or rather, if it weren't for the words "deep in the mountains," which isolated a large portion of the population, they wouldn't have been able to take advantage of this opportunity.
"At that time, everyone can build houses along this stone wall. It will not only be sturdy, but also save a lot of materials."
"I don't know when it will rain. Otherwise, it would be quite nice to just sit in the open like this. As long as the entrance and exit are built solidly, everyone can rest easy."
“That won’t do. What does ‘home’ mean? ‘宀’ (roof) is a symbol of a house. Moreover, each family is a small community. With a house, everyone can distinguish themselves and have rules.”
“Well said. No matter what, since they have provided us with such a good place, we must build our own home here. We’ll have a meeting later and mark out the areas where we want to build our houses.” Before the election of the new village chief, Chief Wu was effectively the acting village chief of the village.
"Yes, but this house can't be built on land without any restrictions. There must be certain data. We don't want everyone to turn farmland into residential land."
His proposal was well-received. "Yes, we should allocate land based on population and family size, which makes arable land more important."
Chief Wu has a list of people who will be moving to the new village of Jiu this time. He says that if everyone builds their houses along the stone wall, they should not even occupy half of the stone wall.
"We need to plan this water source carefully. We can't just mix drinking water and domestic water together." Chief Wu looked at the large lake in front of him. It would be a huge project to reclaim the land around it, because the slope from the mountainside to the lake would not retain water well, and the irrigation water would also cause pollution if it flowed into the lake.
“Speaking of this, we’ll have to rely on Chief Wu’s cattle. We can build a protective dike along the lake and divert some irrigation canals for washing, so that we can separate the water for domestic use from the water for irrigation.” An old man surnamed Hu said to Chief Wu with a smile.
"That's only right. In the early stages of these projects, everyone worked together without distinction. As long as we can build our homeland as soon as possible, everything will be fine." From the beginning, Chief Wu never thought that if his own people only cared about themselves, it would cause a lot of conflicts before long.
Upon hearing his statement, the other elders praised him, showering him with compliments, all feeling that they had gotten a great deal from Chief Wu.
Just as Captain Xiao and his men were about to put up the breach with wood and thorns, Si Cheng returned with Wang Zili and the others.
"Let's put them in this corner first, don't bring them inside. It wouldn't be good if they frightened the elderly and children inside." Si Cheng pointed to a corner inside the door, telling Wang Zili and the others to put the two rolls of rattan mats there first, and take them back when they went down the mountain together tomorrow.
"Brother, what's in here?" Yun Jianying asked, pointing to the still-shaking cloth bag after glancing at Wang Zili and the others.
"Here, first make a small enclosure for them. These little guys might be hungry. I'm leaving them to you." Si Cheng handed the whole bag to Yun Jianying and walked towards Wu Yong and the others by the lake.
Yun Jianying opened the bag and found that it contained some wild boar piglets, which felt like they were being asked to be abused.
"Hey, this is perfect for you," Yun Heng and the others also came over and saw the baby wild boar in the bag, somewhat gloating. "It's so small, it's probably still nursing, isn't it?"
"What should we do?" Yun Jianying felt completely overwhelmed. Where could he find milk at this moment?
"Why don't you give them some water first and try to appease them for now?" Yun Heng suggested, offering a bad idea.
"Go find Amon. They have such a large herd of cattle and sheep; you should be able to find some," Captain Xiao chimed in, offering at least a decent suggestion.
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