Chapter 4 Cang Li stretched and gently...
Cang Li stretched, quietly fetched some water to rinse his mouth, and then sat at the cave entrance to think about what to do next. After seeing a rosy glow appear on the horizon and the sun slowly rising, he started to spread out the firewood to dry. The temperature was not low at the moment, like summer, so he should be able to find some food.
There's also a collector for gathering plants and animals. Plants are easy to collect, there are flowers, grass and trees everywhere here, but animals are a different story, she's unarmed... Hmm, she can exchange for an axe first, it can also be used for self-defense.
Cang Li opened the collector. An axe gave him two collection points, and a sickle and a hoe each gave him one. After exchanging them, he would only have two collection points left, enough to buy four steamed buns. Cang Li sighed. He didn't exchange the hoe for the time being, but exchanged the axe and sickle for the remaining three points and used them to buy steamed buns.
After changing, Cang Li started eating steamed buns, planning to go to work and collect gathering points once the kids woke up.
While eating, Cang Li suddenly remembered that in the body's memory, "she" was also mute and could not speak. However, after Cang Li came over, she obviously did not have any language problems. In other words, there was no problem with this body. So, were those little brats also mute, just unable to speak because no one taught them?
Cang Li thought about it more and more and felt that it was very likely. He would try to teach her when he went out to collect things later. In this kind of place, it would be good to have someone to talk to, even if it was a child. He kept talking to himself like a madman.
After the sun had fully risen, rustling sounds came from inside the cave. Cang Li turned around and saw that the cubs had all woken up. The eldest and second cubs got up on their own and walked behind Cang Li.
Cang Li lazily pointed to the earthenware jar filled with water. The eldest son, being quite clever, ran to get the leftover steamed buns. After distributing them, the eldest son, having nothing to eat, just stared longingly. Cang Li took out a whole steamed bun, tore off a small half, gave most of it to the eldest son, and fed the small half to the younger son.
It's morning anyway, so it's okay to eat less.
After eating her fill, Cang Li carried the cub to her chest and walked out. It took Cang Li a long time to mentally prepare herself to accept the fact that she was naked. Her sense of shame made her linger at the cave entrance, but the problem of survival was in front of her. In addition, the place looked deserted, so Cang Li comforted herself that no one would see, so it didn't matter if she wasn't dressed. But she still carried the cub to cover her chest.
The eldest son hurriedly led his younger siblings to follow.
The floodwaters outside the cave had receded, revealing the ground, which was still muddy. Cang Li looked at it and saw that it was all black soil, which looked very fertile and suitable for planting. If she could get some seeds, she could try to grow something.
Cang Li held the cub in one arm, took out a sickle with the other, cut a handful of grass, and then pulled out the collector. When the light screen appeared, Cang Li looked down at the cubs and found that they couldn't see the light screen, so he put the handful of grass into the collector's storage bag.
"Wild weeds, after being dried, can be used as stuffing. The first time you collect them, you will be rewarded with 0.5 collection points."
Cang Li cut off another large handful and stuffed it in.
"Collection point +0.1"
After ten times, if you add weeds again, the number of collection points will not increase.
Cang Li frowned. It seemed that this data collector was indeed very mature and there were no loopholes to exploit.
Seeing that there weren't many places to collect weeds, Cang Li gave up and turned his attention to the mountain behind him. The mountain was covered with lush vegetation, and there must be plenty of things to collect.
Cang Li waved his hand and led the children up the mountain.
As they walked, they taught the child to speak, pointing to the sky and saying, "Sky."
The eldest cub stared blankly at Cang Li, while the second cub looked at Cang Li, then at the sky, and finally back at Cang Li's mouth, also somewhat puzzled. But after Cang Li repeated it three times, the second cub suddenly uttered a soft "sky".
Cang Li's eyes lit up, and a smile finally appeared on his face as he pointed to the sky and repeated, "Sky."
When Erzai saw Cang Li's smile, he immediately became happy and repeated, "Sky!"
Once the cubs learn to speak, they become like a broken record.
"Sky!"
"Sky!"
Not only that, the eldest cub also learned the word "sky" from the second cub, and the third and fourth cubs also started to mumble "sky" indistinctly.
Cang Li suddenly felt like he was raising five hundred ducks instead of five chicks, and shouted with a dark face, "Shut up!"
The four talking children paused for a moment, then quickly began—
"Shut up!"
"Shut up!"
"Shut up!"
"Shut up!"
The tone of voice is so similar to the original that it shows a remarkable talent for learning.
Cang Li: ...
Cang Li casually picked a flower, pointed at it, and said, "Flower."
The eldest tilted his head and spoke first: "Flower!"
The second child followed closely behind.
Cang Li continued to pick up stones from the ground to teach, and also looked at the white clouds in the sky.
The path up the mountain was filled with the sounds of several children.
"cloud!"
"white!"
"Stone!"
When Cang Li got tired, he stopped and let his children collect dry branches nearby. He then took a sickle and axe to collect plants to exchange for collection points. He also used the weeds he had just collected to weave two new grass skirts, one for his waist and one for his chest. After all, having lived in civilized society for so long, how could Cang Li not feel comfortable running around naked?
There are many trees here, and many kinds of them. Cang Li can recognize more than a dozen kinds, such as poplar, banyan, cypress, and Chinese pistache. These trees are tall and thick. Cang Li estimates that it would take a whole day to cut down one tree, so she gave up on cutting down trees and will wait until she has solved her food problem before cutting down trees.
There were many bushes and vines under the tree, and many small fruits were hidden in the bushes. Cang Li put away his axe and picked up a sickle to harvest the bushes. The bushes had thorns, and he was easily cut and bled if he was not careful. However, the harvesting was effective. There were more collection points for bushes than for weeds. The first type of harvest could be exchanged for one collection point, but subsequent harvests would be halved. If you harvested too many times, the collection points would not accumulate.
Cang Li switched to another type and casually tossed the small red berries she had picked into the collector.
"Raspberries, a fruit of the Rosaceae family, are sweet and juicy, edible, and used for winemaking."
"Collection Point +2"
Cang Li's eyes lit up; the fruit yielded even more collection points.
Realizing this, Cang Li picked all the wild fruits in the bushes, both familiar and unfamiliar, and put them into the collector to exchange for gathering points. After identifying the edible ones, he could keep some to eat.
"Sky!"
Suddenly, Erzai's voice came from behind her. Cang Li was startled and turned around. Erzai grinned and threw a lot of dry branches on the ground, as if he was greeting her.
Cang Li walked over and used a sickle to cut the vines, then neatly bundled up the firewood so it would be easier to take it back to the cave later.
"Sky!"
Another sound came from the sky. Cang Li turned around and saw the eldest son carrying a bundle of firewood, and the third and fourth sons each carrying a small child. They walked over with big smiles on their faces.
Cang Li felt it was necessary to tell these kids that her name wasn't "Sky"!
"Cang Li!"
Cang Li pointed to himself and spoke seriously.
The two cubs tilted their heads at Cang Li and quickly imitated him, saying, "Cang Li!"
Cang Li was satisfied, and called out the name a few more times. Realizing something was amiss, he pointed to himself and continued teaching:
"sister."
The two kids were a little confused, but they still called out, "Sister!"
Cang Li nodded with great satisfaction. The eldest and second sons called out "sister" several times, and the third and fourth sons learned it.
There was plenty of firewood on the ground. Seeing that it was still early, Cang Li pointed to the firewood and said to the children:
"Go gather firewood."
So the two kids learned how to say "firewood," put the sleeping little kid under the shade of a tree, and continued to collect firewood. Sister likes it, and they should try their best to collect more!
Cang Li tidied up the firewood and saw that he had collected almost all the bushes and wild fruits in the area. He had also accumulated fifty collection points. With these collection points, Cang Li no longer had to worry about food and drink. After solving the problem of food and drink, he needed to solve the problem of clothing.
The grass skirt she was wearing wasn't a long-term solution. It was alright now, but once the temperature dropped, she and her children would definitely freeze to death. She wondered how the original owner of this body had survived the winter.
But I still want clothes to wear. By the way, where did Leizu discover silkworms? How did she weave silk into cloth? What tools did she use? If there's no silk, it seems that hemp fibers can also be processed into linen cloth…
Cang Li became agitated. No matter how she thought about it, she needed the tools, and she didn't even know how to make those weaving tools.
There was still food to eat. Cang Li remembered that the steamed buns in the gathering shop could only be bought 100 times, two at a time, which meant a total of two hundred steamed buns. She had to find the next thing to eat before the steamed buns ran out. Cang Li vaguely remembered that millet had existed for tens of thousands of years, so perhaps she could find millet.
Thinking about this, Cang Li had an even bigger headache. People really can't be idle; when they're idle, they like to think about all sorts of things.
Cang Li simply turned on the collector and saw that it showed 50 collection points. Cang Li felt somewhat relieved. Then he saw that the second page of the shop was unlocked. Cang Li's spirits lifted and he quickly clicked the next page to see what was on the second page of the shop.
The second page still has six items, including an iron pot that costs five collection points and is limited to one purchase. This is a good option; Cang Li feels that he really needs an iron pot to cook rice and boil water.
There is also a set of wooden bowls and chopsticks, six bowls, six cups, six pairs of chopsticks, six spoons, a large soup bowl, and three large plates for serving dishes. A total of eight collection points are needed for the set.
Looking at the number, Cang Li thought that the collector might be collecting items based on demand. She did need bowls and chopsticks, since she was currently "penniless" and even had to use her hands to drink water.
There's another shuttle behind it, which looks like a weaving tool, but Cang Li isn't willing to use it to try it out for now, since there aren't any materials available, and it would be a waste of gathering points.
When Cang Li clicked on the larger image of what was behind the shuttle, he discovered that it was actually adult clothing and underwear!
Upon seeing this, Cang Li immediately sat up straight, completely ignoring the shuttle. This was exactly what she needed right now! Cang Li looked at the adult clothes from the two collection points and immediately changed into a set. After changing, the item display showed that there was only one item left to buy. Obviously, this was a purchase limit; she could only buy two sets. It was quite thoughtful, as one set could be washed and one set changed.
Cang Li received a gray-white ancient cross-collar short robe and a pair of loose trousers, which looked like pajamas. But Cang Li didn't mind. The clothes felt like cotton, which was more comfortable than leaves. She liked them. Cang Li changed out of the rest of the clothes as well, and also changed out of two sets of underwear. Just the two sets of clothes cost her eight gathering points.
After buying the clothes, Cang Li continued to look at the back. There were even children's clothes available. She could buy ten sets in total, which was just enough for two sets per child.
Seeing this number, Cang Li became even more certain that the shop would unlock items based on what she wanted most. Yesterday, when she was hungry and wanted to start a fire, she got steamed buns and matches; today, when she didn't want to run around naked, she got clothes. Perhaps she could start thinking about seeds more often.
Cang Li instantly felt hopeful and looked forward to something. She immediately got up and continued gathering. She wanted to save more money... to build up her gathering points so she could live a good life in the primitive society! Cang Li didn't believe that she could survive in such a difficult time as she was in the primitive society, where she had no creditors.
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