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

"Liefeng! Damao! Ermao! Sanmao! Where have you been? Come out and play?" Xiaopang shouted outside at the top of his voice.

Ji Lang saw several dogs scrambling to get into the woodshed in the yard: ...

Why is this child so disliked?

It's leather indeed.

Shaking his head helplessly, Ji Lang continued to work on his work. After burning this kiln of bricks, they would basically be enough and he could continue to smelt iron.

Just as I was thinking about what kind of ironware to burn next, I suddenly heard a few dogs barking softly in the woodshed.

It was a strange sound, not the usual unrestrained cry when encountering danger, but rather a somewhat suppressed and excited sound.

Ji Lang followed the sound into the woodshed, only to see several dogs squatting next to the cat's nest, surrounding it and looking inside.

When I got closer to take a look, I saw two fist-sized balls moving around on the cat bed.

Ji Lang:?

My grass?

What is this?

His already big eyes opened wider, and he took a closer look. "Oh my god, isn't this a kitten?"

what?

Did the cat give birth to puppies?

The two kittens had their eyes closed. They were both black, thin and small. They kept raising their little heads, probably looking for milk.

No, where is the kitten? This guy put the kitten here, where did it go?

I looked around outside.

Seeing a few children sitting under a tree helping to pick wild vegetables, Ji Lang asked, "Xiao Man, Wu, did you guys see Miaozi just now?"

"He just came out to drink water, and then I don't know where he went." Xiaoman and Wu hadn't spoken yet, but the fat boy next to them was very active.

The main reason was that the kitten was the only small animal in the yard that had not yet had friendly interaction with him. There was no way he could catch it because it ran so fast and flexibly.

So every time I see it, I can't help but pay attention to this little guy.

Ji Lang had no choice but to go back to the inner courtyard. He did not dare to tell the children that the kitten had given birth to kittens. It was not for any other reason but because he was afraid that Xiaopang, who was fearless, would hurt the kitten without any care, and the kitten would probably make him suffer.

As a priest of the Taotie tribe, he is obliged to protect the safety of the children in the tribe.

This is to protect the children.

The two Xiaomans were born not long ago, but their fur had been licked dry. They were very small, and did not seem to be pure black. They had patterns on them, but they were too small to make out what they were.

When this cat bed was made, the kittens were already grown up and there was no need to worry about them, so Ji Lang just chiseled a shallow groove in the wood. It was just right for the kittens, but now it was a bit dangerous for these two little guys, and they might fall down.

Ji Lang found a bamboo sieve in the yard, which was used to sift flour and bean powder. Recently, the flour and beans had been ground a long time ago, and the sieve had been left unused. He took the sieve into the woodshed, transferred the blanket and the kitten into the sieve, and placed it on top of the cat bed.

I guess the kitten was hungry after giving birth, so she went out to find food. This guy got pregnant and gave birth quietly, and Ji Lang didn't notice it at all, and she didn't come to find Ji Lang either.

Otherwise, even though I can't help much, I can still prepare some food for the kitten.

The rabbits in the cage have multiplied from a few to more than ten, and have given birth to two litters. Now the little rabbits are as long as my hand, round and white. They squat in the corner of the cage, chewing grass with their mouths moving, and look very fluffy.

Ji Lang, who originally wanted to catch a baby rabbit to feed the kitten, was so touched by its cuteness that he couldn't bring himself to do it.

These cubs are really good at deceiving people with their appearance.

Fortunately, there was some pheasant meat in the kitchen. When Ji Lang tore a bowl and brought it into the woodshed, Miaozi came back in a hurry and ran into the woodshed.

Liefeng and the others had been driven out by Jilang a long time ago. After all, the way these guys expressed their affection was either biting or patting with their claws. Jilang was worried that they would not use enough strength and hurt the kitten.

Sensing the scent of a dog in the woodshed, the kitten meowed anxiously, jumped into the cat bed, and saw the two cubs moving around in the blanket. Only then did he feel relieved.

Ji Lang put the bowl of chicken in the cat's bed. The kitten came over to smell it, rubbed Ji Lang's hand, and started eating with a meow.

After feeding for a while, the mother seemed to realize that the two cubs also wanted to be fed, so she half-lay down. The two kittens closed their eyes and relied on instinct to find a place to suck.

After the kitten finished eating the chicken, it was in a very relaxed state and did not reject his approach. Ji Lang felt relieved. After all, when he was a child in the village, he knew that free-range or wild cats would be very cautious after giving birth to kittens, and would like to find a very secluded place to hide the kittens.

But for some novice cat mothers, it is easy to injure or even kill the cubs in the process of transferring them.

While Ji Lang was carefully teasing the kitten, he was thinking to himself that this place was really a good place for Feng Shui. Since their group arrived here, first Sa Shi became pregnant, then gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, then Liefeng gave birth to Da Mao, Er Mao and San Mao, and now Miaozi has given birth to two more kittens.

There are more and more people in this tribe, and the population will definitely increase in the future.

As more people came, the place became more lively. At first, Dashu and his friends would come from time to time to ask for help in looking after the cave being dug. Then, every day someone would come to look for Zhou and Xiaoying to go hunting together. After they followed Qingjiu and Guoqi to hunt down a few big-horned deer, this group of people who admired the use of force began to follow Qingjiu and Guoqi every day.

There are about a dozen children from the Big Tree Tribe and the Snow Mountain Tribe. After eating Jilang's fruit candies, they have become Jilang's loyal believers. After collecting them every day, they would bring some mushrooms and wild vegetables to Jilang.

After the rain, a lot of wild vegetables grew again in the mountains. There were dozens of species that Ji Lang recognized and didn’t recognize. Every day, he could see people going out carrying back full baskets of wild vegetables. They would eat some and dry the rest in the yard to eat during the cold season.

The yard was full of patches of wild vegetables drying in the sun. Ji Lang walked over and turned them over one by one. Many of them were dry and could be put away.

There are quite a few plastic bags in the kitchen, and I can take out a few to pack the wild vegetables. I thought about this as I walked towards the kitchen.

A few kids were squatting in the doorway peeling Chinese mustard, a wild vegetable that grows by the water. It looks a bit like an onion, but it doesn't have the spiciness of an onion. It has a slightly bitter and sour taste and is very good for reducing internal heat when eaten cold.

However, the size of the Chinese cabbage is quite large, as big as an adult's fist, so it is impossible to dry it all at once. After picking them outside, the family members will peel them one by one and dry them in the sun when they have free time.

"Peel the skin and put it on the bamboo mat and bring it over here." Lan was sitting under the shed at the kitchen door, shouting at the children in the doorway.

Her hands were busy, knitting a sweater for someone unknown, but her eyes were also busy, staring at little Tao An and little Tao Rong who were playing on the bamboo mat under the shed.

The two little ones are finally able to play by themselves and no longer stick to Am all the time. Sa Shi wishes he could stay outside all day.

The important task of looking after the child was given to Lan. She was gentle and patient and did not find any trouble in taking care of the child.

It's also strange that the two kids are so well behaved in her hands. They play with whatever she gives them and play wherever she tells them to play. They never run around.

Sichuan's tender little voice came from the doorway, "Got it, Amu, we haven't finished peeling yet."

In fact, what could he peel? He spent half a day struggling with a piece of vegetable, but it was still a vegetable. He could only squat beside it like a little supervisor, watching the other people peeling vegetables skillfully.

Of course, fortunately, Xiaoman is still there to keep him company.

The two of them were not bored and from time to time stretched out their little hands to spread the vegetable slices on the mat.

Ji Lang came over. Lan didn't ask anything, but looked at him with a questioning look on her face.

"The greens and wild onions over there are dry and can be collected. I'll get a few bags." Ji Lang pointed to the middle of the yard and said.

"It's time to put it away. It won't taste good if it's exposed to the sun." Lan smiled and moved the small stool under her butt to the side to let Ji Lang enter the kitchen.

There are so many people and so many things to do. Sometimes everyone gets so busy that they forget to feed Liefeng and the others. Two days ago, Damao took advantage of the kitchen door being open, ran in and ate two big steamed buns. He was seen by Li and was beaten up. Because there are many utensils in the kitchen, it is difficult to lock the door at ordinary times, so he can only watch from time to time.

Ji Lang was taking out a plastic bag from the bamboo basket when he heard Lan outside shouting at the door, "Wu, take Chuan and Xiao Man to help Ji Lang pack the wild vegetables. Let Xiao Pang and the others peel the vegetables."

Wu in the doorway responded, and ran to the kitchen door with Xiaoman and Chuan, lifted the curtain and looked inside.

"Father, do you need anything?" Xiaoman asked.

Ji Lang stuck his butt out from under the propped-up wooden board and said, "No need. Go gather those gray vegetables in the middle of the yard. I'll have a sip of water and come over so we can pack them together."

In the beginning, for convenience, I spent a lot of effort to carve a large wooden board to use as a chopping board, with room to put things underneath, thinking of making the best use of the space. As a result, there are more and more things in the room now, and it is difficult to turn them over.

They had more than enough items to use, so Ji Lang planned to open a small exchange shop and exchange these bags, unused pots, and some seldom-used seasonings, or even just some wild fruits for the children to eat and play with.

After being dried, the gray-gray vegetables became very crisp. Ji Lang didn't dare to use too much force, for fear that he would accidentally crush them all into crumbs. He told the little ones to be careful when packing them, not to put too much in at once, and not to press them with their hands.

Soon they filled more than a dozen bags. Although they had picked some wild vegetables from time to time in the past, they had limited manpower. Plus, they also had to eat them on a daily basis, so it was rare for them to be able to store so many wild vegetables at once. It turned out that there was strength in numbers.

Not all of these gray vegetables need to be collected. Some of them need to be distributed to the people in the collection team. We can't let them work for nothing.

Ji Lang took the three bags of food that were left for them to eat and put them away in the kitchen.

The rest will be distributed to the collection team after they return.

It's still hot outside. Before it rained, it was dry and hot, with dust flying everywhere. The heat made people feel irritable. Later, after it rained, it was still hot, and the air was filled with a damp heat, which also made people uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the temperature has been much better in the past two days. It is neither dry nor wet, and the breeze that blows from time to time is cool, which is very comfortable.

It was still early at this time, and the collection team would not be back for two or three hours. They were not afraid of the heat, so they set out after lunch. Even though it was the hottest time of the day, Ji Lang wanted to stay in the house and not go out. But these people acted as if nothing had happened, and each of them carried a basket on their backs and went out excitedly.

Ji Lang once said that when he first arrived here, he was more diligent. He would go out to pick some grass after breakfast in the morning. He would not even eat lunch at noon and would continue to go out to pick grass. He would run up and down the mountain three or four times a day.

Obviously they ran the race on their own, but Ji Lang felt like an old landlord exploiting their hard work. After much persuasion, he finally got the lunch added to their meal.

I walked around the yard several times with a few kids and finally finished collecting all the dried wild vegetables.

The well dug at the door had not been of much use before, but it was useful now. The small wild fruits that Jilang picked but could not eat these days were hung in the well to soak. They were cool and crisp when eaten, and even sweeter. Unfortunately, most of the wild fruits in the mountains were tormented by the drought, and the flowers and newly formed fruits fell early. After the heavy rain, only a few kinds of trees could be used to pick some fruits.

Fortunately, the guava trees are doing well. Although the fruits they produced this time are not as many as last time, the number of them is large, almost filling up two hills. As long as the weather is not a problem in the future and it rains and shines normally, we can still have a lot of harvest.

Ji Lang lifted the bamboo basket out of the well little by little, picked out a few big red fruits and gave them to the children one by one. He also took one for himself and squatted by the well to eat it without caring about the sun.

It’s not very sweet and a little sour, but it can relieve the heat.

The fruit cores were thrown under the tree and several goats scrambled to eat them.

The thing that is most in short supply in the mountains is fodder. Plus, there are more people in the tribe now, and everyone can carry back one or two bundles of fodder when they go out. These goats have no shortage of food and drink, and they are visibly fatter than before.

When Ji Lang was a child, his grandfather raised more than a dozen sheep at home. Every year when the weather got hot, they would shave the sheep's wool. The shaved wool could be sold at a very good price, and could also be kept to spin yarn and make clothes. Ji Lang didn't know if the goat's wool could be done the same way. Looking at their long hair, Ji Lang began to think about it. He could pick a strong ram and shave it first. If it didn't get sick, he would shave the other sheep as well. It would be hot just looking at their long hair.

After Xiaoman and the others finished eating the fruit, Wu took them to the yard to find Uncle Lin to learn tracking techniques.

Since Uncle Lin drank the water boiled with the roots of the magic grass for a few days, Grandma Xue prescribed him some herbal medicine. After drinking it for a few days, his health began to improve. He no longer had to stay in the house every day. He could even go out to sweep the yard and teach the children. Uncle Lin was quite satisfied.

If he were in the former Taoli tribe, with his physical condition, he would have left the tribe early and frozen to death during the cold season. But now, no one in the tribe despises him, and some are even willing to go out to collect herbs for his health. His mentality has also changed. He no longer thinks that death will be the end of everything, and he even wants to live longer. One reason is to pass on his skills to the people in the tribe, and the other is to see what the Taotie tribe can develop into under the leadership of Ji Lang and Qing Jiu.