We made you the chief, and now you've become the world's chief?

Chapter 12 Clever Shia

Xia Minghao didn't understand, so Xia pointed to her genitals and then seemed to want to open her legs for him to see.

"Sia!"

Upon seeing this, Shia's mother, Shifa, immediately scolded her daughter, a hint of shame showing on her face.

Seeing Xifa's expression and recalling what Xiya had just said, Xia Minghao suddenly understood.

Bleeding refers to menstruation, a physiological phenomenon unique to women.

When blood is shed, the rainy season arrives; when blood is shed again, the rainy season ends.

In other words, the rainy season lasts for about a month.

Xia Minghao looked at Xia again, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

It wasn't because of Shia's actions just now that I had that thought.

With a survival crisis looming, there's no time to think about anything else.

In fact, Xia Minghao was surprised that this primitive girl named Xia was so smart.

I don't know how to count, but I never expected to find the answer in this way.

When we pass on knowledge to these primitive people in the future, we must give this primitive girl a lot of support.

Xia Minghao was carefully observing her, seemingly waiting to be praised, but before Xia Minghao could speak, she was pulled away by Xifa's large, visible hand.

After the brief incident, Xia Minghao began to think things through again, his brows gradually furrowing.

With the arrival of a month-long rainy season, obtaining food will no longer be as easy as it is now.

In fact, obtaining fresh food will become a secondary means, while food storage will be more important.

Get enough food before the rainy season and store it!

Nowadays, food resources are extremely abundant, which not only ensures that everyone can eat their fill, but also leaves a large surplus every day.

The prerequisite for storing food is having it, but the question is how to store it.

Roast the rest into jerky. Although the humidity in the forest is relatively high, once it's thoroughly roasted, it should keep for five or six days without any problem.

But that's still far from enough, as the rainy season can last for a whole month.

"Do you have salt? You mean that kind?"

Xia Minghao looked at Hima and asked, while pointing to Hima's arm, indicating that she should lick it.

Although Hima didn't know why, she still licked it, and then looked at Xia Minghao with a puzzled expression.

"Does it taste salty?"

Hima understood what he was saying and shook her head.

It seems there's no salt. That makes sense; this place isn't near the sea, so obtaining salt would be extremely difficult, and it's probably impossible.

Since there's no way to extend the shelf life of food through pickling, it seems the only option is to accelerate the progress of civilization.

Pottery making!

The earthenware jar has good sealing properties; if you store thoroughly roasted jerky, it will last for a month without any problems.

It can also solve the problem of water access.

Clay is everywhere along the riverbank, so the raw materials are not hard to obtain. However, actually firing pottery is not so simple.

Because there is so much to do.

For example, making pottery always requires wood, and if these primitive people were to make the two trees that I cut down today, it would probably take them a whole day.

There's also the handling of clay and such.

Moreover, those lasso traps and fish cages cannot be left unattended.

We are short of people!
"Forget it, that's it for now, let's eat first."

The aroma of the meat was already incredibly strong, so Xia Minghao temporarily put aside the problem of dealing with the rainy season and focused on filling his stomach first.

The meat was taken out, and everyone started to share the blackfish, which was easier to cook, with Xia Minghao taking the first bite as usual.

The blackfish roasted in this earthen kiln is definitely different from the one roasted over an open fire yesterday.

It tastes much better now.

Clearly, everyone noticed this as well, and they all looked at the earthen kiln in surprise, never expecting that the purpose of this "little cave" was to make the meat taste better.

Xia Minghao took a few bites and inadvertently noticed a small pile of internal organs not far away.

The pitch-black night was illuminated by the firelight, and a dark-furred body was crawling in the shadows, approaching its internal organs.

Xia Minghao smiled faintly. This wolf was quite cunning. It only crawled out when it saw that everyone had started eating and their attention was no longer on it.

After the fish was finished, it was time for everyone to share the pork, which was what they had all been looking forward to.

Wild boar meat was brought out, and everyone smelled the aroma of the roasted fat. The smell was far more intense than that of fish!

Looking at the wild boar meat sticking out of the tree branch, Xia Minghao then looked at the lame wolf.

It will also let you taste the flavor of cooked meat.

He then cut off a piece of wild boar meat and threw it at the lame wolf.

The lame wolf had just taken a bite when it sensed something flying towards it and quickly dodged.

The piece of roasted wild boar meat fell onto the open ground not far away, in a spot illuminated by the campfire.

It was about to cowardly crawl back into the bushes, but the fragrance wafting to its nose on the breeze made it stop on all three legs...

smell good!
The lame wolf first looked at the two-legged creatures by the campfire, and drool inadvertently dripped from its lips onto the ground.

It wasn't the sight of Xia Minghao and the others that made them hungry, but rather the aroma of cooked meat wafting from the brightly lit open space.

The lame wolf looked at the two-legged creatures, then at the chunk of cooked meat.

Finally, he lowered his body and carefully, step by step, walked towards the piece of meat.

Feeling uncomfortable with his body exposed to the light, the lame wolf took two quick steps and bit into a piece of cooked meat.

Then he turned and ran towards the shadows.

But because he was lame in one leg, he panicked and fell flat on his face, looking quite disheveled.

Upon seeing this, Xia Minghao burst into laughter.

The women laughed when they saw the lame wolf.

The flickering firelight could still illuminate the lame wolf hiding in the darkness.

Seeing that the wolf seemed to have swallowed the cooked meat and was savoring it, Xia Minghao took a knife, cut off another piece, and threw it out.

This time, however, the estimated loss was much closer.

The lame wolf clearly saw it too, but remained motionless, seemingly weighing the danger.

Xia Minghao ate the remaining wild boar meat while observing it, as if playing a "taming game," which could be described as a rare form of entertainment in this primitive society.

Seemingly having made up his mind, the lame wolf finally crawled out of the darkness again.

It tiptoed toward the piece of meat that was far away from itself but very close to the two-legged creatures.

It was only a few steps, but it took a long time. Xia Minghao finished the whole piece of wild boar meat before the lame wolf finally reached it.

His eyes remained fixed on Xia Minghao and the others. He lowered his head, began to bite into his meat, and then immediately turned away, disappearing back into the shadows.

This time, however, he wasn't as disheveled as before; instead, he seemed more composed.

Xia Minghao stopped throwing cooked meat to it, as feeding it would actually make it less likely to develop a "dog smell".

Moreover, it seems that the first step of trust has been established, and the remaining trust still needs to be cultivated slowly.

This interaction with the lame wolf became a topic of conversation among the women when they ate wild boar meat.

Everyone was excitedly using every word they could think of to describe what they had just witnessed.

The wolves that once terrified them have now turned into this.

During casual conversations, the women couldn't help but glance at Xia Minghao a few times. They all knew very well that it was all because of this man.

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After finishing the second piece of cooked meat, the lame wolf returned to the edge of light and darkness.

It sat on the ground like a dog, waiting for the kind-hearted two-legged creature to feed it again.

But in the end, they never saw a third piece of meat.

It whimpered in frustration, but quickly stopped making any sound.

At least I'm not hungry anymore...

Instead of returning to the open ground, the lame wolf ate all its internal organs and prepared to burrow back into the bushes.

Suddenly, the lame wolf noticed something unusual and immediately looked toward a large tree in the distance.

The wolf's eyesight allowed it to spot something in the tree!

It spotted another two-legged creature!

He was currently perched on a tree, looking in the direction of the campfire!

(End of this chapter)