There was no need to hunt that day, so Kumano brought people to help Zhou Ji dig a pond early in the morning.
He has experience!
However, digging the pond this time was much more troublesome than the previous time.
If the pond is dug too small, it will easily become stagnant water. Zhou Ji wanted to connect the pond to the nearby river. In this way, Xiong Ye could bathe and wash his prey in the pond at his doorstep, and any domestic sewage could be dumped directly into the pond without worrying about the water becoming smelly.
At this time, domestic sewage, such as vegetable and rice washing water, will not only not pollute the environment, but also can be used to raise fish. It is a good idea to pour it into the river.
This is a huge project, but fortunately there are many people in the tribe now.
Half of the slaves who had just arrived at the Big Bear Tribe were now working for Zhou Ji every day.
"You guys pile the mud you dug up over there."
"You dig the foundation along this line, and then hammer down the rest of the ground to make it tight."
"We can start building the wall tomorrow."
…
Kumano was busy running back and forth.
Zhou Ji would teach him arithmetic or reading every night, but these past few days, Zhou Ji didn't teach him much about these things. Instead, he kept talking to him about their new house.
The more Zhou Ji talked, the more Xiong Ye became excited, and then he discovered that the cave he lived in was really not that great.
The ground was cold, you had to go outside to use the toilet, and washing things was also troublesome... But now it’s different. Zhou Ji dug a pond in front of his house and is planning to dig a... well?
In addition, Zhou Ji also said that he could have several rooms, some for sleeping, some for cooking, and some for eating and entertaining guests...
Xiong Ye didn’t know what was going on in Zhou Ji’s brain. How could he come up with so many things?
Of course, he was also a little worried.
He always thought that Zhou Ji was weak, so he wanted to take care of Zhou Ji, but now... Zhou Ji is much stronger than him!
He felt a little uneasy, but soon realized that he was overthinking.
They are partners and will always be together. Zhou Ji is so good to him, so he has no need to worry.
Thinking of this, Kumano started to get busy again.
This is his and Zhou Ji's home, he must make it beautiful.
When Zhou Ji's house was being built in full swing, the weather gradually turned colder.
The orcs have a strong ability to adapt to the weather. Although the weather has turned colder, everyone has adapted well and is not affected at all. Kumano is still catching fish in the river as usual.
But it was different for the children who had not awakened their beast form. These children were very afraid of the cold and began to wrap themselves in animal skins. At night, they would light a fire in the collective cave.
This was another day without hunting. Xiongye took the candy that Zhou Ji gave him as a snack and exchanged it with Zhuzhan for two birds to go to the pottery firing site to find Zhou Ji. He saw some children from the tribe playing with animal skins by the pottery pit. There were also some women holding their children by the pottery pit, grilling meat and talking.
"Why do all the children come here recently?" Xiong Ye was puzzled. "It's quite dangerous here. If you are not careful, you will fall into the pit." Recently, the tribe has been firing pottery one after another. Today, they are firing pottery. If you accidentally fall into the pit...
Seeing that Kumano was a little worried, the priest who was drinking barley tea said, "The weather has been cold recently, so these children come here. It's warm here." Recently, some walls and houses have been built here. They are all burned. Not only can they be lived in, but they can also block the wind and keep warm. As a result, people in the tribe like to come here on sunny days.
When the weather gets cold, people no longer want to avoid the place where pottery is fired. Instead, they want to stay next to it and absorb the warmth.
When Xiong Ye heard the priest's words, he subconsciously looked at Zhou Ji and found that Zhou Ji, who always stayed under the tree before, had moved the recliner to a place closer to the fire pit and was looking at him. When he saw him looking over, he smiled at him.
Xiong Ye suddenly thought that Zhou Ji did not have a beast form, which meant that he was not very able to resist the cold.
These days are fine, but the weather will get colder day by day...
The priest drank the barley tea, poured the barley grains into his mouth, chewed them and ate them.
When he saw Zhou Ji making barley tea, he started making some too and actually liked it.
After drinking the tea, the barley was just softened and tasted just right for him.
Xiong Ye strode towards Zhou Ji at this time, then reached out and held Zhou Ji's hand: "Zhou Ji, it's been cold recently, do you feel cold?"
"No." Zhou Ji said.
"winter……"
Zhou Ji smiled and said, "We will move to the new house soon, and we can light a fire there to keep warm."
In his opinion, living in a cave in winter was not very comfortable. They could make a fire in the cave, but there was no smoke exhaust. That was fine, as the stones were always cold, and it was bound to be very cold when entering and exiting the cave, but they had to go out.
Luckily, their house is almost finished!
"Yes." Xiong Ye nodded. He handed the two birds he had packed to Zhou Ji and said, "I'll go over there and keep an eye on them. Ask them to finish building the house quickly."
Zhou Ji thought for a moment and said, "I'll go over there too."
Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji came together to the place where they were building the house.
The pond and the stream leading to the nearby river have been dug, and the house is almost built.
Zhou Ji finally built three south-facing mud houses, and behind each south-facing mud house, there was a small house.
He planned to use the mud house in the middle for eating and entertaining guests, and the small house behind it was made into a kitchen.
The room on the east side is Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye's bedroom, and the house behind this room is the toilet and shower room.
Open the door from the bedroom and you will see the shower room. Open another door and you will find the toilet. Because Zhou Ji didn’t want to smell any strange odors, this is called a toilet, but in fact it only has a toilet.
Zhou Ji couldn't think of a use for the house on the west side and the house behind it, so he just left them empty.
In fact, Zhou Ji had thought about building a two-story house at the beginning, but later he found it too troublesome to do with current technology, so he gave up.
At the same time, in order to prepare for the coming winter, he also dug a pit in the bedroom so that he could burn firewood for heating in the future... In short, this house is really suitable for primitive people to live in.
Now, the walls of the house have been completed, as for the roof...first build a triangle with wood, then cover it with several layers of dinosaur skin, then paste thick mud on it, and finally cover it with layers of wide leaves...At this moment, Monkey Stone, who is in the shape of a monkey, is doing the final process, covering the roof with some leaves.
This is what Zhou Ji asked them to do. What they did did not perfectly meet Zhou Ji's requirements, but in Zhou Ji's opinion it was pretty good. Afterwards he would scan it again with his mental power and reinforce it, and it should be able to be used.
Everything seemed so-so to Zhou Ji, but in Xiong Ye's eyes...
Kumano felt that everything here was perfect.
There is probably no more beautiful house in the world than this one!
"Zhou Ji, Zhu Zhan said this house is better than the best house in their tribe!" Xiong Ye said. According to Zhu Zhan, most of the houses in his tribe were made of wood. Even if they were covered with dinosaur skin, they were very low and were not as good as the house built by Zhou Ji.
"Do you like it?" Zhou Ji asked.
"Of course." Kumano said.
Zhou Ji smiled and went into the house.
The room is empty now, but it can be lived in immediately if you put furniture in it. Unfortunately, the furniture has not been ready yet.
Zhou Ji looked at Xiong Ye: "Let's go back."
"Okay." Kumano nodded.
After the weather started to get colder, the Big Bear Tribe began to prepare for winter. When the two returned to the valley, they saw Xiong He and his men busy at work.
Xiong He took out the bacon and barley, dried them again, and started making more bacon. As for the food distributed to everyone, he replaced it all with earth eggs that were difficult to preserve.
In fact, according to Zhou Ji's idea, they should eat the smoked meat made at the beginning, and then make smoked meat with the prey hunted recently, so that everyone can eat something fresh in winter, but there is not much salt in the tribe, so this cannot be done.
Although the tribe no longer lacks salt after the previous visit to the Xiaoxi tribe, the salt is not particularly abundant. If it is used too quickly, it will be gone in the future!
Fortunately, they learned the route to exchange salt from the survivors of the Qingshan tribe who had just arrived at the Big Bear tribe not long ago.
The people of the Qingshan tribe kept going east to exchange salt with the Shatan tribe on the seashore.
The Beach Tribe lives by the sea, depends on the sea for their livelihood, and is far away from here, so they should not have been harmed by the Giant Tiger Tribe... Of course, for Zhou Ji, as long as he knows there is a sea, he won't worry about anything even if there is no tribe by the sea.
They finally plan to go to the beach next spring.
"Zhou Ji, you're back." Seeing Zhou Ji, Xiong He greeted him with a smile.
Zhou Ji nodded and returned to their cave with Xiong Ye.
As the new home was about to be completed, Zhou Ji suddenly felt disgusted with this valley.
The mixed smells here are really not very pleasing...
Zhou Ji thought about it and finally said, "Xiong Ye, are we moving tomorrow?"
"So fast?" Kumano looked a little embarrassed.
"Are you reluctant to leave?" Zhou Ji asked. Kumano has lived in this cave for a long time. Would he be reluctant to leave?
"No? Why would you be reluctant to leave?" Xiong Ye looked confused: "I have to hunt tomorrow, or move the day after tomorrow?"
Zhou Ji smiled: "Okay."
After deciding to move the day after tomorrow, Zhou Ji went to check his house the next day, then made some reinforcements and asked someone to bring a lot of firewood to burn it inside and outside the house.
Burning the mud walls of such a mud house can not only remove moisture but also make the house stronger.
And then there is the furniture... Zhou Ji asked someone to get some thick wood, and stick it into the mud like making a fence. He inserted two short rows of wood, and then laid wooden boards on top, and it became a bed.
He actually wanted to make a kang with a fire underneath, but firstly he didn't know how to make it, and secondly he had no bricks, so he gave up. Anyway, he and Kumano were not particularly afraid of the cold.
Zhou Ji was busy for a whole day, and at this time, the Giant Tiger Tribe was also preparing for winter.
The Giant Tiger Tribe conquered the Qingshan Tribe last winter. The area where the Qingshan Tribe was located was very fertile. They originally planned to live here for a year and then leave before the next winter.
Preparing for winter is a very troublesome thing. Hu Tian likes to attack a tribe before winter comes, then rob them of their food, kill all their people, and occupy their territory. In this way, the Giant Tiger Tribe does not need to make too much preparation and can have a good winter.
Even if there is a shortage of food in the winter... they can let the slaves hunt in the new territory where there is plenty of food and feed them.
Hu Tian's original intention was to attack the Big Bear Tribe as his next target, but some incidents that had occurred there previously made him a little hesitant.
But after such a long time, there was no movement from the Big Bear Tribe, which made him restless.
If the Big Bear Tribe was very powerful and someone died here and they had a falling out with him, they should have taken revenge in any case. However, the Big Bear Tribe did not do so.
So, this Big Bear Tribe... I'm afraid it's not that powerful.
Hu Tian thought about it and sent people to the Big Bear Tribe to investigate.
When Hu Tian sent people to the Big Bear Tribe, everyone in the Big Bear Tribe was busy with the relocation of Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji.
People in the tribe already knew that Zhou Ji was going to move out, and everyone was puzzled by this.
How wonderful and safe their col is! This was a good place that the previous priest had found for them, but Zhou Ji was actually going to move out...
Living outside, what if a powerful dinosaur suddenly comes?
Of course, Zhou Ji is the messenger of the Beast God, so perhaps he is not afraid of dinosaurs?
In fact, even Zhu Zhan was puzzled about Zhou Ji moving out.
In his opinion, this valley of the Big Bear Tribe is really good. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack and couldn't be safer.
What's good about living outside?
However, Zhuzhan was very happy that Kumano was willing to live outside.
He took the initiative to join the Big Bear Tribe and is now a member of the Big Bear Tribe. However, because there are not many caves in the Big Bear Tribe that can be lived in, he and his men have been living in one cave.
They were all very big people, and there was only one cave, so they couldn't even sleep comfortably. If some of his men hadn't found women to love in the tribe, they probably wouldn't have been able to lie down and sleep at night!
He had long wanted another cave, but digging a new cave was quite troublesome. It just so happened that Kumano and Zhou Ji were about to move away, so the priest said that after Kumano and Zhou Ji's cave was vacant, they could live in it.
Zhu Zhan is now extremely obsessed with that cave!
Early in the morning of that day, Zhu Zhan found Xiong Ye and said, "Xiong Ye, let me help you move!"
"Okay!" Xiong Ye agreed. He and Zhou Ji had a lot of things to move, and it would be great if Zhu Zhan and the others were willing to help.
After Kumano agreed, Zhuzhan entered Kumano's cave.
As soon as he came in, he was shocked by the cave.
This cave is so perfect and luxurious!
There is a platform outside the cave and a door. When you open the door, you will find that the entire long cave is divided into two rooms, separated by animal skins.
There were some things for making fire and cooking outside, as well as various bottles and jars, many of which Zhu Zhan had never seen before. He sniffed and smelled a lot of foods and seasonings that he had eaten and liked very much.
All the things that were very precious to him and could only be obtained by fighting with Kumano were now placed very casually. There was even a jar of dried chilies that was as big as his head!
Just a little bit of dried chili peppers can make a big pot of delicious food. Such a big jar of dried chili peppers will be enough to last for several months, right?
There is also honey and sugar, which smells really sweet.
Xiong Ye usually stays with them, and these things... were all obtained by Zhou Ji?
Zhu Zhan looked at Zhou Ji with a complicated expression.
Zhou Ji is really mysterious...
Of course, what makes him sigh even more now is this cave.
After reaching the inner room of the cave, Zhu Zhan discovered that this cave was better than he thought!
The inner room of this cave was actually divided into two rooms. One of them was also separated by animal skins. It should be used for sleeping. It was a nest that looked very comfortable. The other one was used to store sundries.
And those so-called sundries were all things he wanted but did not have, such as various kinds of pottery, many of which were newly fired.
Zhu Zhan saw an open pot at first glance. This pot was fired not long ago. He had never known what it was used for...
Zhu Zhan picked it up, studied it carefully, and asked Xiong Ye: "Xiong Ye, what is this used for? Is it used to drain water?"
One of Zhu Zhan's men followed up and said, "This thing looks really good. If we put one in the cave, we can drink water whenever we want."
"..." Xiong Ye looked at them speechlessly: "This is a chamber pot... Zhou Ji said it is used for going to the toilet... cough cough!"
Xiong Ye explained the purpose of this chamber pot. Zhou Ji said that it was troublesome to go to the toilet outside at night, so he made such a chamber pot...
Zhu Zhan put down the chamber pot in his hand awkwardly.
The priest rushed over and immediately picked up the chamber pot: "Good stuff! This is a good stuff! I also want to hire someone to make one!" He was very old, and it was quite troublesome for him to go to the toilet outside late at night. If he had such a chamber pot, it would be much more convenient.
The priest watched it carefully and planned to make one later.
"There are a lot of things to move, let's hurry!" said Kumano. He picked up two chairs, crawled under the cave, and ran towards his new home.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhan and others picked up some things and followed. Even the priest was no exception - he held the chamber pot and walked forward slowly.
Before Zhuzhan thought that the cave where Kumano lived was already very good, but when he saw Kumano and Zhou Ji’s new home, he immediately found that it was not the case.
He had seen Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji’s new home before, but this house now was completely different from the ones he had seen before.
Not only does it look more beautiful from the outside, but the extra decorations inside are even more appealing at first sight.
Everyone entered from the middle room. Once inside, they saw a small round table carved from a whole piece of wood and several small wooden stakes used as chairs. Further in was the kitchen, and in this kitchen, there were two stoves made of mud with clay pots placed on them. On a raised stone slab next to it, there were some bottles and jars that had been moved in.
also……
The beds in Kumano and Zhou Ji's bedrooms are really nice. The bedroom is also connected to a small room which is said to be used for bathing. By opening a door from here, you can even see a small room whose purpose is unknown. In that small room, there is a round stool.
No, this doesn't look like a round stool.
Zhu Zhan became curious again. After discovering that the stool had a lid, he reached out and opened the lid. Then he saw that the stool was actually a wooden barrel with a lid.
"Is this room used to store grain? Is this wooden barrel used to store barley?" Zhu Zhan asked again.
"..." Xiong Ye was still helpless: "This is the toilet."
Zhu Zhan: “…” He immediately knew what the wooden barrel was used for.
After the people of the Big Bear Tribe discovered that human, dinosaur or other animal feces could make plants grow better, all human feces were collected.
Now Xiongye and Zhou Ji have such a thing at home... They don’t want to waste any feces at all!
Just when Zhu Zhan was thinking that Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji were being "stingy", the priest opened the toilet and looked at it again: "This is great, I want one in my room too! It's really convenient!"
As he spoke, he studied it more carefully.
Even Zhu Zhan was speechless about the priest!
Zhou Ji was very calm. He let the priest watch and said, "I need your help with a lot of things today. If you don't mind, you can have dinner at my place later."
Whether it was the priest or Zhu Zhan and others, their eyes lit up.
The food Zhou Ji cooks is really delicious, but it’s a pity that they can hardly eat it!
Now Zhou Ji is willing to cook for them... These people work very hard and soon move all of Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye's things over.
Zhou Ji didn't want some things in the cave, such as the stone pot, but he still wanted most of the things.
It wasn't easy for him to accumulate such a small fortune!
Zhou Ji even had the bed he and Xiong Ye slept on dismantled and moved to his new home.
This is the one he and Kumano slept with, and he doesn’t want to let anyone else sleep with it!
After moving all the things, Zhou Ji asked Xiong Ye to take them to clean the yard outside.
He was going to use this yard to grow crops in the future, so the mud in the yard would naturally need to be turned over, and the roots left after the trees were cut down in some places would also need to be dug out.
There wasn't much work to do when moving before, but this work is really physically demanding... However, when they thought about the meal they would have next, Zhu Zhan and the others felt full of strength.
At this time, the priest, Xiong Mao and Xiong Bai were helping to clean the house and light a fire for Zhou Ji.
Of course, the priest was not serious about his work. He followed Zhou Ji and kept asking, "Zhou Ji, what are you going to do tonight?"
Zhou Ji said, "Fry it in wheat oil."
What Zhou Ji was planning to make was something his grandmother often cooked for him when he was a child. His grandmother called it wheat oil fried food, so he called it that too.
His grandmother usually made fried wheat oil like this - put a few spoonfuls of flour in a bowl, beat an egg into it, add a little water, salt, and some green onions, stir evenly to make a batter, then turn on the fire, brush a layer of oil in the pan, and put the batter in.
The batter can be rolled. Shake the pan or use a spoon to spread it out and make it thin. When one side is cooked, turn it over with a spatula and fry the other side. Then it's done.
Generally, after it is made, it is broken into pieces and not whole, but it does not affect consumption. In fact, the food made in this way tastes very good.
Zhou Ji liked this kind of food very much at that time, and since it was easy to make, he remembered it.
Now, he has neither eggs nor onions, so he can omit the eggs and use another vegetable to replace the onions - in fact, it is okay to not put onions, but he happens to have a fragrant vegetable around him, which should be delicious if he adds a little bit of it after chopping it up.
Zhou Ji quickly made a lot of fried dough sticks with wheat oil.
Of course, he couldn't just feed people this... He fried the bacon with chili, then made a pot of pickled vegetable soup and fried two green vegetables.
Taking into account that everyone had a big appetite, he made large portions. Of course, even so, it was definitely not enough, so Zhou Ji simply made a hot pot.
There were a lot of people and a lot of food, so it was impossible to eat on the table, so Zhou Ji just put it on the ground.
No one had any objections. Those who had been busy all day even felt that their day's work was not in vain after coming here.
These things are really delicious!
Xiong Bai, in particular, regretted it immediately after taking a bite of the fried barley: "I thought fried barley was delicious, but I fried it and ate it all!"
"It's okay." Zhou Ji said, "Even if you keep the barley, you can't do these."
Xiong Bai: “…”
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