Chapter 245 Primitive Beast World Cubs 20
With pottery, fire, food, oil, and salt, the quality of life improved significantly, and daily schedules became more relaxed.
Occasionally, I make some pottery for the home. When the weather is warm, I go to the forest to collect firewood and store it. With the system's double rebate, one piece of firewood becomes two, two pieces of firewood become two piles, which is equivalent to getting two rewards for one job.
There's also a basket space, which can hold any amount of firewood. These two items greatly improved our lives, ensuring that people wouldn't starve or die from exhaustion in this environment.
While gathering firewood, you'll also encounter wild fruits, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, and other food items from time to time, unlocking even more new species and always ending up with a full basket.
They had explored most of the forest near the plains, and sometimes, to make things more interesting and save time, Shen Ci would bring his lunch and eat it with the wolf cubs in the forest.
She made jam from all the wild fruits in her house, though it was more sour than sweet. She also baked a lot of jerky, which could be used as a snack or as dry rations.
The man and the wolf lived happily in the cave, a self-sufficient life—or rather, a gift from nature—only needing to hunt and gather resources themselves.
After working for about a week, Shen Ci would write tally marks on the stone wall every day to record the time. If a person forgets about time, he will become very empty.
The concept of time did not exist in the beginning; it was also created by humankind.
After waiting for a week, the weather still didn't seem to be getting cooler. Shen Ci stretched out her hand in the air, and a breeze blew by, even carrying a bit of dryness.
Is it summer or spring?
This continent is quite different from the ordinary world. It is difficult to determine the season by the growth of plants. She also cannot guess what season it is now. Anyway, it is not cold, but it is not very hot either.
Never mind, the seasons will change, but people also have to live their lives; we can't just wait around.
Shen Ci had the wolf cub cut down a small tree, then chiseled a hole in the trunk, and then found a sharp stone of suitable size, threaded it through the hole, and made a very, very simple hoe.
As for the results, I tried it on the ground a couple of times, and of course, they were terrible, but we had to make do.
I don't know what season it is, but the Chinese are farmers at heart. When they see vast tracts of land, who can resist planting some vegetables?
The land right in front of my house has become more tangible lately, with people constantly walking on it, causing the grass to grow slower or even stop growing altogether.
The first step in farming is weeding!
She pulled up the weeds, burned them, and dug up the ground to remove as many plant roots and stems as possible. She specifically chose a spot near her house where there weren't many weeds.
The little wolf cub worked with her, not knowing what they were doing, but it was running around excitedly.
He now looks like a real child.
Shen Ci thought of the cats she had raised. There is a saying that if a kitten leaves its mother when it is very young, as long as it is with people and is cared for, it will always think of itself as a kitten, instead of growing up.
In the cat world, once cats grow up, they are driven out to find their own food and survive, while kittens are always cared for by their owners, so they never feel like they've grown up.
Is Cangye before us the same? The moment he dared to leave his pack and venture across the entire continent, he grew up and became a solitary wolf.
At that time, he was strong, brave, and resolute.
Now, he has become a child again. Fortunately, he did not grow up prematurely.
"Mother! Can we eat these grasses? Why are we pulling them out?"
After running around for a while, Cang Ye got tired and lay down on the grass to ask.
"Plant the land, plant the food we can't finish eating."
When harvest season arrives, usually in autumn, we'll have plenty of food. They'll multiply rapidly from the ground, and then we'll have even more to eat in winter.
The little wolf cub was puzzled.
"Why go through all this trouble?"
"Food is everywhere, isn't it? What does Mother want to eat? I'll go get it!"
Yes, the outside world seems to be full of food—animals, plants, everything—and in such large quantities that the two of them could never eat it all. But the problem is, this continent doesn't belong to just the two of them.
Is there winter here?
Your mother asked you, "It's just that everywhere has become cold, and white, light things called snowflakes are falling from the sky."
At that time, many animals would hide in their homes and not come out because it was too cold outside.
At that time, the injured wild fruits and mushrooms on the ground may disappear, and finding food will become very difficult.
Moreover, this continent is not just home to the two of us; there are many more animals and beastmen groups that also need to eat and require food.
So, if all food is drastically reduced, there won't be enough to eat.
Therefore, we should grow our own crops so that when winter comes, we won't have to worry about food and drink, and we won't have to brave the wind and snow to hunt or be afraid of danger.
Wait, is it winter here?
If not, she'll have to change her strategy. She'll just grow enough for her own family to eat and use. She wants to experience farming, but she doesn't want to actually work in the fields every day.
winter?
Cangye thought about it carefully and recalled the past.
"Yes, there was a very, very cold time when small white flowers would fall from the sky. At that time, the elders of the tribe would lead the other tribesmen out to hunt."
But we would still sneak out; the wind was strong, and sharp things in the wind pricked us.
Silly child, that's wind and snow. Orcs are different from beasts, and they are not entirely human either. Based on his conversation with Cangye, Shen Ci deduced that the orcs here should have a certain level of civilization, but he didn't know to what extent.
Furthermore, the development of orc civilization and human society must be different, after all, their living habits and dwelling habits are different, and they have all developed according to the needs of their own species.
Was that period a very long time? Did you have enough food?
Cangye nodded, "It's been a long, long time! It gets dark, then light again, then dark again, and it goes through that many, many times. There's food in the cave, and sometimes we bring food back."
We don't go out when it's light, but we can go out when it's dark. Sometimes we have to walk quite far, but I've never been there; I don't have the strength.
Wolves are warm-blooded animals; their body temperature does not change with the seasons and they can maintain a constant temperature, so they do not need to hibernate.
As for Cangye, he was probably an accident. Could it be that human genes outnumber wolf genes?
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