Chapter 21 Slipped Away
Ever since being summoned, whenever I was awake, I was busy for the survival and development of this tribe, and I really didn't waste even a second.
As he couldn't even get enough food to eat, these days were definitely too fulfilling for Zhou Xu.
[Well, it feels almost done. I can start trying to fire pottery. ]
Looking at those small clay bowls that were drying, Zhou Xu didn't have much experience in judging. He just relied on his intuition. This kind of thing always requires constant trial and error before success.
"Go and fetch some wood."
Needless to say, Zhou Xu was ready to start the furnace.
"Butterfly, come over here and help."
Hearing the call, Butterfly said nothing, put down the stone axe he had just polished, and ran over.
After experiencing the experience of sharpening a stone axe, Zhou Xu has summed up some experience.
That is, when facing some things that neither he nor Butterfly is very good at, he can completely trust Butterfly's skillful hands more. She can study it herself and maybe do it better than you.
Butterfly, who ran over, knew without a doubt that the work of their handicraft team would increase again.
Although Butterfly didn't say it, Zhou Xu knew in his heart that the workload of the handicraft team was indeed a bit heavy. There were too many things in the tribe that needed them to do.
But there is no way around it. Doing these things requires a certain amount of talent. It is difficult for clumsy people to do them well.
For this reason, Zhou Xu could only reduce their workload in other ways.
For example, at the beginning, the handicraft team had two people who were dedicated to helping them tear bark and twist thin ropes.
Now, after some adjustments, Zhou Xu has increased the number of people responsible for helping with miscellaneous tasks to five.
All the odd jobs like carrying stones and moving things were left to these five handymen.
Including the five people from the handicraft team, nearly one third of their entire tribe are already here.
At this time, Zhou Xu was introducing the stove to Butterfly.
Referring to an old stove he had seen on the Internet when he was researching tea cups, he built it by following the same pattern.
However, the conditions were limited and the build was not very good, and he was aware of this.
"The stove is roughly divided into two areas. I built a platform in this area, and the bowls are placed on this side. This side is for wood to make fire."
As Zhou Xu spoke, he began to put the dried clay bowls into the stove.
Seeing this, Butterfly didn't need Zhou Xu to say much. Based on the experience she had accumulated over the past two days, she naturally stepped forward to lend a hand.
Light the fire and the stove will soon be burning.
After adding enough firewood and making the fire burn vigorously, Zhou Xu began to pick up the stones that had been prepared on the side to block the furnace mouth, and then filled the gaps between the stones with mud to seal the furnace to ensure the stability of the internal temperature.
Only a hole was left at the top of the stove to help them check the fire and add some firewood when necessary.
"Find someone to watch this stove all day, and let it burn for three days first."
He had thought of this time long ago.
According to the little knowledge he had accumulated from playing with tea cups in the past, modern tea cup burning is generally divided into electric burning and wood burning.
To put it simply, electric burning relies on equipment. Its advantages are stability and high efficiency. Basically, a batch can be burned in just over ten hours.
Wood burning is commonly known as the ancient method. Its output rate and efficiency are not as good as electric burning, so it often requires more time and energy.
He had zero practical experience in this matter, and he was prepared to fail for the first time.
After arranging things here, Zhou Xu sat aside, rubbing the bark rope and tinkering with new things.
Needless to say, his next step was to prepare to kill the giant spider.
As a human being, what did Zhou Xu think of first when dealing with such a dangerous giant under such limited conditions? Of course, it was long-range weapons!
While ensuring your own safety, kill the big guy through long-range attacks.
When it comes to long-range weapons in this era of cold weapons, the first thing that comes to mind is of course the bow and arrow.
But even a fool knows that he can't do it now.
Even if he managed to make it, he couldn't guarantee the power and range of the arrows. What use would such soft arrows have? Based on this premise, in this primitive society, apart from bows and arrows, what other long-range weapons could be simple and easy to make and have sufficient value?
The answer was obvious: the slingshot! It just so happened that they had eaten rats these past two days, and the skins they had saved up were just the right size.
Using this leather and putting on a bark rope of appropriate thickness, a slingshot was soon created in Zhou Xu's hands.
In fact, in order to improve the attack range and stability, it is best to polish the stones used.
But where do they have the time now?
Just find some stones of suitable size and use them.
Carrying the stones and the slingshot he had just made, Zhou Xu found a spacious place outside the tribe and started testing.
With the help of the centrifugal force caused by high-speed rotation, after two attempts, he easily made the rat skin bag wrapped in the stone bullet rotate at high speed.
Then he aimed in a certain direction and swung his arm! The stone bullet immediately flew out in a long parabola.
It estimated that it flew about fifty or sixty meters before landing. Zhou Xu was undoubtedly quite satisfied with this result.
This is his first time using it, so there are definitely many things he hasn't done well. With more practice, he should be able to do better.
However, considering the environment of the Black Forest, they don't actually need such a long attack distance.
Of course, he had thought about luring the giant spider out of the dark forest and launching an attack on the open wasteland.
But is it really a good thing for them to fight in an open wasteland? Those black trees are indeed obstacles when they launch long-range attacks, but conversely, they can also serve as cover for them to hide when the big spider attacks.
Just as he was thinking about this, the collecting team led by Dashan came back.
"Dashan, you're back just in time. Come and try out this new weapon."
Dashan, who was feeling depressed because of what happened in the morning, suddenly brightened up when he heard about the new weapons and ran to Zhou Xu in two steps.
Without further ado, Zhou Xu directly told him how to use it.
This thing itself is not difficult. After listening to it, Dashan easily got started without even trying.
I don’t know if it was his talent as a weapon master that came into play, but he broke his previous record with just a wave of his hand.
Fortunately, no one noticed the distance of his throwing just now, and Dashan, who was not sure what he had done, looked at him with a slightly nervous expression.
Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu coughed twice and patted Dashan's shoulder appropriately.
"Considering it's your first time using it, it's pretty good. Bring a few people from your team and practice more when you have time. This weapon will definitely come in handy in the future!"
"Don't worry, Chief. I will lead everyone to practice well!"
"Well, keep it up. I'm counting on you!"
[Slipping away…]
Updated and sent, thanks to the book friend 'Dodo Bird who is afraid of heights' for the reward~ (End of this chapter)
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