Traveling through the primitive world: I was a priest in the tribe

Qing Jiu bent down and gently patted the furry head with his thickly gloved hands, "Don't worry, Liefeng is here, they won't get cold." The puppies are still not used to the sudden drop in temperature. After a few days, they will get used to it and their fur will grow longer, and then they will be fine.

Ji Lang hummed, looked up and asked him, "Are you done cleaning up?"

"Not yet." Pointing to the bamboo basket beside him, he said, "I picked up some firewood in the woodshed. You can take it back to the house and light the stove." The daytime in the cold season should not be underestimated.

"You are so thoughtful." Ji Lang's dimples appeared when he smiled. The weather was cold, but this person made his heart warm.

The little head was rubbing against Qingjiu's legs. Qingjiu held down the naughty little head and reached out to pick up the person sitting on the shoe. "Go back to the house. We will clean up the outer yard later. You can go out to look after the sheep and ducks."

This time, Ji Lang remembered the sheep and ducks that were still freezing in the outer courtyard. He nodded quickly and pushed Qing Jiu out the door, "Hurry up and pack up."

When the house is a little damp during the rainy season, Jilang will light the stove for a day or two, so now he is quite an expert at lighting a stove.

Their stove and flue were well made, and every time they lit a fire, it burned very brightly. After a while after the stove was lit, the doorway of the house became warm. Ji Lang filled the largest pot with water, placed it on the stove and waited for it to heat up.

The jars and cans in the house were all frozen, and the water pipes in the yard must have frozen long ago.

I will have to drink snow water from now on.

Originally, Ji Lang was a little averse to snow water. After all, when he was a kid, he would be scolded every time he ate snow for fun. Snow is very dirty and contains a lot of pollutants and dust.

But this world, this era, is pollution-free.

After realizing this, Ji Lang quickly accepted the idea of ​​drinking snow water.

But it is still troublesome. You have to put the snow into the jar little by little, and then put the jar in a warm room, waiting for the snow water to melt slowly.

The snow from the first snow cannot be drunk and can only be used to moisten the water tank.

The fire in the stove was burning brightly, and soon, heat began to rise. Ji Lang added the mixed water into the basin, then went to the door to call Xiaoman and Wu who were squatting in the yard.

As soon as I opened the door curtain, I was surprised to find that the sun had come out. Outside the kitchen door, Wu, Xiaoman, Chuan, Liefeng and three puppies were sitting in a row, basking in the sunlight that came into the yard.

A fun and warm scene.

Ji Lang waved at Xiao Man who was looking over, "You two come in and wash up."

The two children quickly got up from the wooden stool, and Xiaoman was still holding the hand of Chuan, who was so chubby that he had difficulty walking.

Wu and Xiaoman squatted on the ground washing their faces, and Chuan watched curiously from the side.

Thanks to Lan and Guo Qi's good care, Chuan is more than a lifespan younger than Xiaoman, but he looks plump and strong, not much shorter than Xiaoman.

At this moment, his two big black eyes were wide open. Ji Lang laughed in his heart and asked him, "Chuan, have you gotten up to wash your face?" Seeing his look, Ji Lang thought he wanted to wash his face too.

Chuan nodded and shook his head, "I didn't wash it. Am... Am wiped it. It's so cool, but... it's warm after applying the oil."

Except for Ji Lang, these people were reluctant to burn firewood to boil hot water to wash their faces. Even though it was so cold, they just wiped their faces with a clean wet towel in the morning. However, in order to prevent cold, Lan Gechuan applied badger oil on his face and hands.

Ji Lang had shared the facial oil he had made with everyone, but Lan didn't expect that she still wasn't willing to use it.

It seems that this matter needs to be mentioned today. It is brushed out for everyone to use. This thing will not grow into a flower if it is kept.

Xiaoman and Wu, who had just washed themselves, each squeezed some facial oil on their hands. Ji Lang demonstrated, and the two younger ones followed suit. However, as they were not very skilled, they did not rub it evenly.

Ji Lang helped them to smooth out the areas that were not rubbed open, and reminded them, "You have to use this stuff every morning and evening after washing your face, otherwise you will get frostbite."

Xiaoman has no memory of frostbite, but Wu knows the feeling of pain and itchiness, which is really unbearable.

He immediately nodded his head obediently. Xiaoman, who didn't understand what was going on but didn't want to be left behind, also nodded like a little woodpecker.

Even a child like Wu who has his mother and brothers and sisters to take care of him and has no worries about food and clothing will suffer a lot during the cold season, not to mention Xiaoman, who has no mother, no father who is often not around, and whose grandmother who is around often bullies her. Just think about how difficult it was for her to survive the last cold season, but now she is like a little sun, surrounding Jilang.

He touched the little guy's cheek lovingly and said, "Okay, go out and play."

Xiaoman also rubbed Ji Lang's palm dependently. Although it was a little cold, it was still very reliable.

"Lang, we want to play checkers in the house." Xiaoman said.

Ji Lang was puzzled, "Are you not going to play with the puppy?"

Xiaoman looked very cautious, and then as if she had made up her mind, she asked, "The puppies are so cold outside, Lang, can we bring them in to play?" After saying that, she was afraid that Ji Lang would disagree, so she hurriedly added, "I will watch over them and make sure they don't mess around in the house. Just stay by the stove, and I'll send them back at night."

The little guy has said so much, how could Ji Lang disagree, "Okay then, remember to bring the box of ash in, and don't let them peep and poop in the house."

“Yeah!” Seeing that Ji Lang agreed, the little ones immediately ran out to hug the puppies.

After a while, Da Mao, Er Mao and San Mao were squatting in the house.

Because we are afraid that children at home might get accidentally scalded, a moisture-proof mat is placed around each stove.

The stove was burning brightly, and even with the moisture-proof mat, heat continued to come out from the surroundings. The three puppies stuck to the moisture-proof mat as soon as they came into the house, whimpering in comfort, closing their little eyes and falling asleep on the floor.

It seems that you didn’t sleep well last night because you were too cold.

Ji Lang felt a little guilty.

We still have to find a way.

Although Qing Jiu said that they would get used to it, Ji Lang felt really uncomfortable seeing them suffer like this.

I feel a little worried while eating.

People rarely saw Ji Lang like this, and after asking him a few questions, they knew why.

In the past, when people were cold and hungry and couldn’t take care of themselves, if someone had this idea, they would definitely be laughed at. But now that their lives are comfortable, they must want the dogs at home to be more comfortable as well. When these guys grow up, they will be a great help when they go out hunting in the future.

"There's no need to worry. I can use the leftover scraps of cloth and down to sew some small clothes for them to wear," Lan said with a smile.

That's right! Ji Lang slapped his thigh, thinking of the clothes that the puppies and kittens had worn before, and immediately went to Lan to discuss with her what kind of clothes to make.

It was very simple to make clothes for the puppy. Lan went to plan it after dinner.

Jilang went out to see the sheep and ducks outside.

As expected, the water tank in the outer courtyard was frozen, and the ice was quite thick. Feng and Xi broke the ice and fished out all the fish inside.

Fortunately, they were not frozen for long, and except for a few small ones that turned belly up, the others were still alive.

Several people were cleaning fish and the smell was strong.

The fish are cleaned and hung on racks outside so they can be eaten directly when they are ready.

If you don't clean it first, it will take more effort to clean the scales and internal organs after it is frozen.

There was a small fire in the outer yard, with a pot on top, and Feng was adding clean snow into it.

A pair of hands were red from the cold.

Ji Lang was so distressed, "Don't you have gloves? Why aren't you wearing them?"

Feng rubbed his palms which were a little stiff due to the cold and said, "I just took them off when I was fishing in the water, and forgot to put them on." He turned around, picked up the gloves that had been carefully placed on the tarpaulin next to him, put them on and continued to add snow to the pot.

He also gave Jilang a silly smile with his teeth bared.

It's simply a refined version of Liefeng.

Ji Lang helped him, and soon the pot was full of snow, and the snow at the bottom had begun to melt due to the rising temperature.

Qingjiu, who was cutting open the belly of a fish, and Xishi, who stopped from time to time to flex his fingers, were both concentrating on their work.

When the water was almost boiling, Jilang and Feng took two basins and placed a basin of hot water next to the two men.

Ji Lang couldn't help with anything else, and Qing Jiu wouldn't let him do anything either, so he had to continue looking after the sheep and ducks.

The ducks huddled in the duck cage. Even though the cage was open, not a single duckling came out. The four big ducks surrounded them tightly on the hay in the middle of the cage. The ducklings' calls were not as active as in the previous few days. Ji Lang couldn't help but worry that they really wouldn't survive. And from what Aunt Li said, it wasn't that cold on the first day of the cold season. It wasn't even the coldest yet.

I don’t know if these little guys can grow up well.

In fact, this is because Ji Lang is too worried. Although the chances of survival for these animals living in the wild are very small, generations of inheritance and evolution have allowed them to adapt to such a harsh environment. The condition is not obvious on the ducklings now, but in a few days, they will be bigger and their fur will be more fluffy, which will help them resist the cold.

Ji Lang walked around the duck cage several times, making sure that none of the ducks were frozen to death or frostbitten before adding two shovels of dust under the cage. It would be troublesome if the feces excreted by these guys froze to the box under the cage, which would also increase the workload for the people cleaning up. This morning, everyone was cleaning up the snow, so the duck pen had not been cleaned up yet. Guo Qi and A Zhou were busy cleaning up the sheep pen, so Ji Lang cleaned up the duck pen himself. He cleaned it every day anyway, so it was not a heavy job.

When they came out of the duck pen, Guo Qi and his friends just came out after cleaning up the sheep pen. Ji Lang asked, "How are the lambs? They should be able to hold on, right?"

Guo Qi placed the shovel in his hand at the entrance of the sheepfold and said, "We can handle it. Don't worry. There's so much hay. If it gets cold, they will get into it."

Thinking of something, he turned around and looked at Ji Lang and continued, "We plan to slaughter the ram first today, and keep the ewes and lambs." He explained to Ji Lang that this was their tradition.

On the first day of the cold season, they would slaughter prey. In addition to respecting the mountain god, it was also a good omen and hope. I hope that they can have the same food as on the first day during this cold season.

Originally, the tribe would go hunting before the cold season came and save some prey for slaughter on this day.

But they raised sheep at home, so they didn't bother hunting, and they didn't keep any of the kills.

When it's cold, time seems to slow down.

Ji Lang felt that he had been in the outer courtyard for quite a long time, but in reality, less than half an hour had passed.

Even though Qingjiu and Xishi were very fast, half an hour was still not enough to clean up all the fish.

Ji Lang, who wanted to help, was ruthlessly rejected by Qing Jiu.

Seeing that he was a little unhappy, Qing Jiu had to find something to do for him. He said softly to the person squatting beside him, "Baby, go get me some thin ropes to hang the fish on the wall of the woodshed."

It's not that he underestimated Ji Lang, but for someone like Ji Lang who was experiencing the cold season for the first time, he could get frostbite if he wasn't careful. Ji Lang might not understand, but he had to consider this person.

Ji Lang was not an ungrateful person. He wanted to help, but most importantly, he didn't want to see them suffer like this. But he realized it last night when he was heating the kang. In such a low temperature, his hands were not very obedient, let alone killing fish.