Chapter 121 Taming Honey Sparrows
In Jian Mo's shocked eyes, Qi Ming said: "We made ceramic pipes a long time ago, and they are very useful for sewer pipes."
Jian Mo: "I know it's very useful, but I'm a little shocked by your technology and life philosophy."
Qi Ming smiled: "It's nothing. Do you want to go outside to have a look? It will be much more convenient in the future."
Jian Mo nodded without hesitation: "Yes!"
Qi Ming heard him say this and took them outside to visit.
The toilet is connected to a closed pool, which is a bit like a modern septic tank.
There is an opening in the upper part of the pool, and the excess water flows out and flows into the ditch. It is purified by the river water brought in and flows far away.
The amount of water they brought in is very large, and it looks very clean under the flushing of the running water.
Because the sides of the ditch are extremely fertile, the land on both sides is full of small flowers.
Jian Mo did not expect that the toilet and sewage treatment of the Yuqi tribe would be like this. This treatment mode is not worse than the modern toilets seen on Earth, and is even better.
After all, there are few people here, and the pollution caused is also small. Nature is fully capable of purification.
There are many people on the earth, and additional sewage treatment is required.
Jian Mo has seen modern toilets and roughly knows the principles. He understands what is going on without Qi Ming's explanation. He can't help but sigh: "When we go back, we will also build one. It won't be troublesome for us to build it, right?"
The second half of the sentence was said to Wu Jiong.
Wu Jiong looked at Jian Mo's expectant eyes and nodded: "No trouble."
Qi Ming smiled: "Okay, if you need help, you can tell us, we are happy to help."
Jian Mo: "Thank you, if there is anything we don't understand, we will definitely ask you."
After visiting the Yuqi tribe, Jian Mo examined them.
Their problems were similar to those of people in other tribes, all of which were minor problems such as fatigue and rashes, and at most some headaches, fevers and rheumatism.
After Jian Mo examined them, he left some ointments, powders, plasters and the like, and went back.
When they were going back, Jian Mo was determined not to let the people of the Yuqi tribe send them back, fearing that it would be too troublesome to send them back and forth.
They would go back faster by themselves, after all, the giant wolves were much larger than the caracals, ran faster, had better endurance, and did not need to stop and wait on the way.
Jian Mo was thinking about how to build a toilet all the way. Unexpectedly, when he just returned to the Snow Foot Tribe, the giant wolf stopped. He looked up and saw a group of fat chicks waiting by the road.
The fat chicks looked very resentful and spoke very resentfully:
"It's not convenient to leave the main force when you go out with the people in the tribe?"
"Come to our two tribes next time?"
"Doctor Jian Mo, you must not have gone to the Yuqi Tribe alone. Did we see it wrong?"
Jian Mo wiped his forehead and was almost sweating because of this group of fat chicks.
Aren't these weird words what he said before?
These guys are too vindictive.
Seeing Jian Mo's action, the fat birds chirped angrily: "We were the ones who made friends with you first, but you went to the Yuqi tribe first. Humph, you are not a good friend!"
Jian Mo raised his hand: "I am wrong in this matter. It's mainly because they came to pick me up--"
Fat birds: "We are here to pick you up now!"
Jian Mo: "Pick me up? Wait, where are you taking me?"
Fat birds: "Didn't you say before that you wanted to raise honey finches? We have a beastman who raises honey finches here. He can take you to have a look."
Jian Mo was surprised: "Can honey finches be raised? Wait, how did you know I wanted to raise honey finches?"
The fat birds were proud: "We have asked around. Your family thieves I like to use sugar."
Jian Mo gave them a thumbs up and praised them in a very cooperative manner: "You are really amazing, amazing, smart and enthusiastic, and you even asked about our family's situation--"
The fat birds puffed out their chests one by one, and said reservedly: "No problem, no problem."
When Jian Mo's praise made their tails flutter, the fat birds said: "While it's not too late now, why don't we go today?"
Jian Mo: "Today? Is it too late?"
The fat birds: "It's not a big problem, but we have to fly there. Should we carry you there, or do you want the flying beast to carry you there?"
Jian Mo was a little embarrassed to let these fat birds carry him.
After exchanging a glance with Wu Jiong, Jian Mo said, "Let's go on a flying beast, it's more convenient."
The fat chirps didn't mind at all: "It's all right, our beast forms are not very good at carrying tall people."
As they were talking, Wu Jiong blew a long whistle, calling Chirp and Ying Ao in the Snow Foot Tribe.
Chirp responded quickly: "Chirp--"
Then, Chirp flapped its wings and flew over quickly: "Chirp--"
followed by the steady Ying Ao.
Jiujiu flew in front of Jian Mo and the others, dived down, and stopped at Jian Mo's feet. Then, it rubbed Jian Mo's face with its furry head: "Jiujiu!"
Jian Mo rubbed Jiujiu's head and wiped the fur on his face: "Jiujiu, come with us."
Jiujiu happily agreed, and rubbed Jian Mo again, but was pushed away by Jian Mo.
The fat Jiujiu seized this opportunity and said, "We said that hair loss is annoying, right?"
Jian Mo pretended not to hear this eye-watering behavior, and smiled at the fat Jiujiu: "I'll trouble you to lead the way."
The fat Jiujiu: "No problem."
Jian Mo and the others decided to set off, and Ying Ao said that he wanted to go too, and he wanted to carry one of them on his back.
So, Jian Mo and Wu Jiong, who were originally sitting on Jiujiu's back, had to sit separately, Jian Mo sat on Jiujiu's back, and Wu Jiong sat on Yingao's back.
When the fat Jiujiu saw that they were seated, they took two run-up steps and flew up, shouting in high spirits: "Let's go -"
Jiujiu said loudly: "Jiujiu -"
The fat Jiujiu flew very fast, Jiujiu and Yingao flapped their wings hard and followed behind them.
The fat chirps flew high into the sky. Chirps usually don't fly that high, so it was quite hard for them to follow them.
Jian Mo looked at the scenery around him. Because he rarely saw it, he was shocked every time he saw it.
They flew and flew until they were almost in the white clouds.
Clouds and mist should not be much different, but it still felt different to shuttle through them.
They flew all the way until the sun was about to set, and then they flew to an alpine meadow.
Jian Mo didn't know how high it was here, but he could clearly feel that this was a high mountain on the plateau, the temperature was much lower, and the oxygen content had dropped a lot.
There were several cabins on this alpine meadow, and there were reclaimed vegetable fields outside the cabins, which looked clean and tidy.
Jian Mo found it hard to imagine that there would be fairy-tale-like houses in such a place.
After the fat chicks landed on the ground, they shouted, "Ji Xun, we're here to find you."
After they shouted a few times, a tall young man came out of the wooden house: "Are you looking for me to trade things?"
The fat chicks: "No, let me introduce two people to you - this is the chief of the Riverside Tribe, Wu Jiong, and the witch doctor Jian Mo. They are a couple. We told you before that they also want to raise honey birds."
Ji Xun looked over and nodded to Jian Mo and Wu Jiong: "Welcome, is this the flying beast you raised?"
As he spoke, Ji Xun's eyes fell on Jio Jio and Ying Ao: "You raised them very well."
Jio Jio seemed to understand Ji Xun was praising it, saying loudly: "Jiujiu!"
Jian Mo smiled and patted Jiujiu's neck: "Its name is Jiujiu, and the one next door is Yingao, they are really good."
Ji Xun nodded: "Just tie the flying beast outside, come in."
Jian Mo: "We usually don't tie them up, they won't make trouble, okay?"
Ji Xun looked at Jiujiu and Yingao for a while, nodded: "As long as they don't destroy my vegetable garden."
Jian Mo smiled: "We also grow vegetables, they know it."
Jian Mo and the others let go of Jiujiu and Yingao, letting the two guys move freely, and then went into the house with Ji Xun.
The cabin was soon packed. Jian Mo looked around
. There was a fire pit and a cabinet in this small wooden house, and there were small flowers in a pottery pot. Although it was small, it looked very tidy and warm.
Ji Xun must be a person who loves life. Ji Xun asked them to sit down, picked up the pot and said, "I'm cooking. Can I make an extra portion for you?" The fat birds chirped, "Okay, then we won't be polite." After the fat birds finished speaking, they said to Jian Mo and the others, "Jixun's cooking is delicious, very delicious, and unique." Ji Xun: "No, it's just special." Ji Xun said while washing rice. Jian Mo took a look. This was clearly pearl rice. It should be wild. Some of the rice grains were not so full, large and small, and of different shapes. Cultivated pearl rice should be more regular, not like this. Ji Xun washed two large pots of rice, placed them parallel to each other on the fire, and then took down the dried meat. Jian Mo found that the dried meat he made was half fat and half lean, and the water content should be much higher than that of ordinary dried meat. It was not wind-dried at all, and it was covered with a layer of sauce. Ji Xun used a metal dagger to cut the dried meat into pieces and spread them evenly in the pot. The cut dried meat had a bit of a runny texture, and the greasy lean meat and translucent fat looked very tempting. After putting the meat in place, Ji Xun covered the pot with a lid and stuffed the edge of the lid with grass, stuffing the pot tightly, with only an exhaust hole in the middle. Jian Mo praised after watching it: "We have a similar method here, called clay pot rice. When the rice is almost cooked, we put the vegetables in, then beat an egg on top, and then pour a circle of sauce on it when it comes out of the pot." Ji Xun looked at Jian Mo, "I sometimes eat it this way." Jian Mo: "Do you cook some hot pot specially? Sometimes we stew some hot pot specially, and the taste will be extra fragrant." Ji Xun: "Yes, I like to eat hot pot too." The two chatted and exchanged techniques for cooking clay pot rice, and then talked about planting. Ji Xun said that he was originally a Yabeastman from the Nongliu tribe, but later he didn't like dealing with people and was not interested in tribal life, so he simply moved out to live. It was too troublesome to collect by himself, and it was not safe to go far away, so he simply planted the collected plants in front of the house and gradually reclaimed the land. He didn't eat much, so just planting a little was enough, which was much more convenient than going outside. Jian Mo agreed. If he planted some by himself, he could eat whatever he wanted, without having to rely on luck to go out and collect. Ji Xun had the same idea. The two of them got along well. The rice in the pot was ready soon. Ji Xun took them outside to pick vegetables. The picked vegetables were washed with snow water not far from the house, shaken dry, squeezed into the pot, and sprinkled with a circle of oil. Before covering the pot and simmering the rice again, Ji Xun found a few bird eggs and beat the eggs into the pot according to Jian Mo's instructions. After the rice was cooked and the bird eggs were just solidified, Ji Xun poured some sauce on them, turned the pot crust and rice upside down, stirred them evenly, and said to everyone, "It's ready to eat." They each got a bowl of rice. The rice was cooked just right, with the right hardness and steam, and had a unique aroma. The pot crust at the bottom was even crispier, and it crackled when you bit it. Jian Mo took a spoon and took a bite. He was immediately amazed: "Is the sauce here similar to the sauce of the Snow Foot Tribe?" Ji Xun nodded: "It was exchanged from their tribe." Jian Mo: "I guessed it. It's so delicious. This rich and fresh feeling--" Ji Xun: "Try a piece of meat. This is the recipe I figured out myself." Jian Mo really tasted a piece under his recommendation. The meat has a slight sweetness and tastes just the right hardness. It is very delicious. When you bite it, the rich gravy flows out. It is not greasy at all, very fragrant, and it is even better to mix it with rice. Jian Mo raised his thumb and said, "This kind of rich flavor really whets one's appetite to the extreme." It can be seen from the fact that the fat guys can no longer speak and just concentrate on eating.
Ji Xun's eyes sparkled: "If you like it, eat more. There's more in the pot."
Jian Mo asked shyly: "Can you give me two more? I want our two flying beasts to have a taste too."
Ji Xun: "Can they eat human food?"
Jian Mo: "Yes, as long as the proportion is not too high."
Chirp Chirp Only a small part of their food is cooked food, and most of it is fresh grass stems collected directly from the wild.
Ji Xun praised: "You are really careful in raising them."
Jian Mo: "You have to take good care of your own beasts."
The two got along well. After dinner, Ji Xun took Jian Mo and Wu Jiong to see where he raised honey finches.
Ji Xun pointed to a row of honey sparrow nests on the back hill and said, "I raise them here. Most of the time, they can find food for themselves and even store extra honey cubes in their nests. I take the extra honey cubes."
Jian Mo nodded, "We have found honey sparrows and come into contact with them."
Ji Xun smiled, "No wonder you want to raise them. Raising honey sparrows is good and not a big deal. All I have to do is drive away their natural enemies, provide some food when food is scarce, and give them food when the weather is too bad. I'll just take them and hide in the house and wait. There won't be much time to worry about them in a year."
Jian Mo's eyes were full of longing: "How to tame them? I think they are very fierce and don't like humans very much. They will peck at people when they see them. If you force them to take their nests back, they will abandon the nest and run away."
Unlike bees, which will always come back after they get used to the hive, honey sparrows will seize the opportunity to escape and don't care about the nests they have built with great effort.
It is also unrealistic to keep them from going out to collect honey. Honey sparrows must collect a lot of honey to make honey cubes, otherwise there is no point in raising them.
Ji Xun heard this and said, "This is the exclusive secret recipe. I won't exchange it."
Jian Mo: "Huh?"
Ji Xun looked at him and said, "If you want to raise them, I can provide you with some honeyeaters' nests. This kind of nest is very attractive to them. Once they move in, they won't run away."
Jian Mo thought about it and felt that it might work: "Then how do I exchange it?"
Ji Xun: "One nest for one basket of the pearl rice you mentioned."
Jian Mo took a breath and said, "That's too much. A honeyeater can't actually produce that much in a year. Less honey lumps."
Ji Xun emphasized: "If you take them back to raise, it should take three to five years to get your investment back, and the rest is profit."
Jian Mo: "Three to five years, after five years, we are not sure whether the honey sparrows will still be alive."
Ji Xun guaranteed: "As long as there is no problem with your raising, they will definitely be alive after five years."
Jian Mo shook his head repeatedly: "No, one basket of pearl rice is too much, we are not sure we can raise them successfully after taking them back, but we can try half a basket."
Ji Xun disagreed: "Half a basket is too little."
The two sides talked for a long time without reaching an agreement.
Ji Xun said with regret: "Then think about it after you go back. If you are sure to exchange, you can come back to me. Raising honey finches is really cost-effective. You see, I live here alone, and most of the supplies are exchanged for honey lumps. I don’t hunt and gather much, and I live very comfortably. There are more people like honey lumps among you, right?"
Jian Mo: "I like it, but it’s too bad for us to get one basket of rice for one nest."
Ji Xun argued: "Honey finches’ nests are made of honey lumps. Even if we don’t let honey finches live in them, we can exchange them for half a basket of rice."
Jian Mo: "Yes, if you calculate it this way, the value of the honey lumps themselves plus the materials that attract honey finches should be enough to exchange for more than half a basket of rice. How can we exchange it for a whole basket? And the honey finches have to pay for themselves. Catch it yourself!"
Seeing Ji Xun showing a look of disapproval, Jian Mo said seriously: "Just catching the honey sparrow by yourself will be difficult for many people. Apart from us, there shouldn't be many people who can catch the honey sparrow. I think you can also consider whether there will be a second group of people to exchange for this nest for raising honey sparrows after we are missed."
Ji Xun sighed: "Then let's all think about it."
Jian Mo smiled: "We will leave the Snow Foot Tribe the day after tomorrow morning. If you have thought it through, you can come down to find us."
Ji Xun: "If you have thought it through, you can also come up to find me. In any case, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Jian Mo: "Me too."
Night has fallen, and the sky is about to get completely dark. Jian Mo and the others bid farewell to Ji Xun and prepared to fly back.
The fat birds wanted to send Jian Mo and his friends to the Snow Foot Tribe, but Jian Mo quickly declined, saying, "It's getting dark, you guys should hurry back."
These fat birds were all teenagers, and it would not be good for them to stay out too late. Moreover, the Snow Foot Tribe was quite far from the Baizhi Tribe, and it would take a lot of time to send them back and forth.
The fat birds thought about it and did not insist, but asked again, "Doctor Jian Mo, taming honeyeaters is very useful to you, right?"
Jian Mo did not tell them that he would not talk about it for the time being, but just nodded.
The fat birds took credit: "Compared to visiting the Yuqi tribe, are we much more considerate?"
Jian Mo did not expect that this group of fat birds were waiting here, and said calmly: "We really like honey lumps. Compared to other things, honey lumps are very important to us. Thank you very much for bringing us here and introducing Ji Xun to us."
As he spoke, Jian Mo sighed: "You are so good to us. Usually only companions from the same tribe will be so good to us. I didn't expect you to be so friendly. Although we come from different tribes, we are almost our own people."
Jian Mo said sincerely.
The fat chicks puffed out their chests proudly and said modestly: "It's great to be able to help you."
Jian Mo raised his thumbs: "It's a great help."
The fat chicks: "So we are still the best, right?"
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