"What are you talking about?"
Hu Jiaojiao's voice came from behind, and the two of them raised their heads.
Hu Qingyuan was ready to answer without thinking.
"Long Mo said..."
"Nothing."
Long Mo interrupted coldly, stepped over Hu Qingyuan, "Aren't you going to build a stone house? I told Hu Qingyuan that I would help too."
As he spoke, he pulled Hu Jiaojiao's little hand and walked to the other side, keeping a distance from Hu Qingyuan, not giving them a chance to talk.
"You help too? But you still have to hunt, won't it be too tiring?" Hu Jiaojiao didn't doubt it, and her voice was a little hesitant.
When did Long Mo have such a good relationship with the fourth brother, and he would actually take the initiative to offer to help.
"Not tired, half a day of hunting is enough." Long Mo answered nonchalantly, "and they don't have enough manpower now, right?"
The two walked away, and Hu Qingyuan behind them shook his head with a suspicious look. Did he just mention this? He clearly said...
Originally, Hu Qiang and the four brothers only needed to build one stone house, but now they have tiger crystals, they have to build two stone houses, so they have to speed up the progress.
After discussion, it was finally decided that Hu Qiang and the second and third brothers would build a stone house for Hu Min. Although Hu Qinggao had to make charcoal every day, he only had to go in the morning and evening, and he didn't have to stay there all day, so there was enough time.
The eldest brother helped Hu Qingyuan build the stone house, and Long Mo would also come to help.
Hu Jiaojiao didn't know about the agreement reached between Long Mo and Hu Qingyuan yet, and was relieved to see that their relationship had improved.
At least it was better than a tit-for-tat fight as soon as they met.
The next day.
The two families began to build the stone house. After Hu Jiaojiao finished taking care of the cub and eating breakfast, she went to find the clan leader.
Hu Jiaojiao told the clan leader about the plan to raise rabbits.
Hearing Hu Jiaojiao's words, the clan leader was surprised.
"Can rabbits be raised? Can they be kept alive? Moreover, rabbits are so small that they are not enough to eat. It is also very laborious and time-consuming..."
The clan leader frowned and put forward his point of view. It
's not like they haven't caught live prey before, but the prey they caught was wild and unruly, unwilling to eat. By winter, they were so thin that there was little meat left, so it was better to just eat them.
In their minds, only hunting in the forest was the right thing to do, and the forest was the best place to feed them.
Rabbits were weak and were preyed upon by many wild animals, so even if they reproduced quickly, there were not many rabbits in the forest. The chief thought that rabbits were no different from most wild animals.
"Chief, rabbits reproduce very quickly. As long as you raise them for a few months, they will reproduce quickly. And you don't need to feed them specially. You just need to build a wall around the enclosure and enclose the rabbits inside."
Foxy explained patiently.
Without natural enemies, the number of rabbits will increase exponentially.
"In this way, next winter, we can eat fresh meat without going to the forest to hunt."
Although rabbits are small, there are many of them.
Beastmen like to eat meat. Although there are potatoes in winter, they can only barely satisfy their hunger.
It must be said that the fact that they can eat fresh meat in winter makes the chief very excited.
"Then... where to raise them?" The chief couldn't help asking.
"Don't worry, chief, I have found a good place."
Fox Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows and showed a shrewd smile.
The chief, who was hesitant just now, couldn't wait to summon a few beastmen and go to the destination with Fox Jiaojiao.
A group of beastmen came to the place where potatoes were planted.
"Raise them here? Wouldn't the rabbits eat all the potatoes?" The chief hesitated when he saw the potato field.
These wild fruits are his lifeblood.
"Of course not." Fox Jiaojiao shook her head and pointed to the other side of the river not far away, "It's over there."
The place she pointed to was the wasteland on the other side of the river, where Long Yao had been in danger.
The wasteland on the other side of the river is very large. Except for some small animals that come to the river to drink water, there are almost no wild animals approaching. There is also lush weeds, which is simply a breeding ground prepared for rabbits.
Of course, the premise is that they can keep the rabbits here and prevent them from escaping.
"But rabbits can dig holes. Wooden walls can't stop them. They can also dig holes in stone walls to escape." The patriarch thought seriously and raised a question.
"That's not a problem. Rabbit holes are usually less than one meter deep, and the deepest is only three meters. As long as the wall is built from three meters underground, the rabbits will not escape."
Hu Jiaojiao explained confidently.
Of course, this knowledge is not from her memory. Even if she knew this, the data on Earth cannot be used as a reference in the Beast World. This knowledge comes from books in the space.
After returning from Hu Min's house yesterday, she found that there were more books in the space. Originally, she thought that books were useless in the Beast World. She flipped through them casually, but she didn't expect that these books were based on the Beast World.
She happened to see these, and she couldn't wait to find the chief.
The most important thing for the tribe at the moment is to solve the problem of food and winter shelter.
After hearing the explanation, the chief's eyes lit up, "Yes! Why didn't I think of that, Jiaojiao knows more and has more ideas."
"Quick, do as Jiaojiao said, go and call people."
The chief patted her elbow with a smile, and immediately asked the accompanying male to gather the beastmen to do the work.
Recently, the tribe has had many happy events one after another, and he has never closed his mouth.
Soon, the chief arranged for dozens of beastmen to come.
Because the river was turbulent, the beastmen had to rely on the bird beastmen to carry them across the river.
There was only one bird beastman in ten beastmen.
There were very few bird beastmen in the tribe, and it was impossible to arrange all of them to come, and Fox Jiaojiao also noticed this.
We can't just wade through the river or let the bird tribe beastmen eat us.
"It seems we have to build a bridge first..."
Fox Jiaojiao looked at the river and thought. Just as she was thinking about going back to the space to find a way to build a bridge, she heard the chief's call.
"Jiaojiao, come and see how big the fence should be?"
Fox Jiaojiao came to her senses, used her hands to push aside the wild grass that was as tall as a person, and walked to the side of the tribe leader.
"Can you fence off the whole area?"
For the beastmen, it is easy to catch rabbits in this area, much easier than hunting in the forest.
Rabbits like to be quiet and are afraid of being disturbed. If the area is too small, it is easy to scare the rabbits when catching them.
"Of course, it is possible, but it may take a long time..." The tribe leader stroked his chin and answered seriously.
"Can it be built before winter comes?"
Winter lasts for six months, which is enough time for the rabbits to grow up and reproduce next year. Fox Jiaojiao does not want to miss such a good transition period.
"Of course it can be done."
The tribe leader nodded confidently.
"That's fine." Foxy smiled and nodded, then took out the animal skin package she brought with her and handed it to the chief.
"Chief, please ask them to spread these evenly on the land."
"Okay, no problem."
The chief trusted Foxy very much, and didn't even ask what it was. He took the package and handed it to the bird beastman.
After the chief left, Foxy looked around and observed the situation of the wasteland.
She walked away unknowingly, and just when she came to her senses and was about to go back, she suddenly heard a faint cry for help from afar.
"Save, save us..."