Traveling through time and space to achieve a well-off life with your family

Cheng Mo woke up early the next morning. Ban Mu and Cheng Lingqu were still sleeping. Cheng Mo got up and looked at the earthen stove from yesterday. The cement had dried up. Cheng Mo embedded the stone pot into it. He was going to cook a meal on the new stove today.

When Banmu was awakened by the aroma, Cheng Mo had already made a pot of broth. Cheng Mo asked him to brush his teeth and wash his face every day, so he slowly took Cheng Lingqu down to wash up and brought water back. There was still some left of the burning beast meat from yesterday, so he stewed it into soup and added the lettuce he found yesterday. It was the first time he ate the bitter lettuce, and Banmu's expression was blank for a moment. He glanced at Cheng Mo carefully, and Cheng Mo's enjoyment made him wonder, was it an illusion? Not sure, try it again! It's still bitter! Banmu was sure that he couldn't stand the taste, but he didn't want to waste food, so he drank the soup in the bowl with patience.

Banmu rinsed his mouth immediately after drinking to remove the bitter taste in his mouth. Cheng Mo asked jokingly, "Are you not used to the taste? Actually, you can pick it out if you don't want to eat it."

Banmu shook his head upon hearing this: "No, food should not be wasted."

"But if you don't like it..." Cheng Mo was interrupted by Banmu before he finished speaking: "The food you found cannot be wasted." Cheng Mo was a little stunned. He thought Banmu just didn't want to waste food, but it turned out that it was because he found the food. This big cat is really strange and cute. Cheng Mo felt as if his heart was hit by something. It didn't hurt, but it was very sour. No one has ever expressed their appreciation for him so clearly, so much so that they don't even waste the food he found.

He waved his hand at Ban Mu as if to cover up: "Next time if you don't like it, just tell me. It doesn't matter if it's wasted or not. It's just some vegetable leaves." Seeing this, Ban Mu wanted to say something, but Cheng Mo began to urge him to go out, so Ban Mu had to nod and leave.

After Ban Mu left, Cheng Mo squatted in front of Cheng Lingqu, covering his red face. Looking at Cheng Lingqu's innocent look, he poked his face in confusion: "Strange, why am I blushing? It's just a normal conversation! And the other person is younger than me, am I worse than an animal?"

Little Cheng Lingqu didn't understand the twists and turns between adults. He only knew that his father was talking to him, so he waved his little hands happily in response.

The little incident in the morning did not affect Banmu. He was only thinking about catching good prey and bringing it back. Besides, they had too few belongings, so he had to work hard to hunt and save some animal skins. Cheng Mo had not changed his animal skins for a long time, and he would just wash them when they got dirty.

After Ban Mu left, Cheng Mo also thought about building the bed as soon as possible so that they would not have to sleep in the haystack. Cheng Mo wanted to build a kang similar to the ones in Northeast China, but they didn't have many bricks, so he could only build a simple bed. He planned to use the remaining bricks to build a wall at the entrance of the cave to block the wind and make it convenient to build a door later.

He first built a bed in the designated position. Thinking that there were three people in the family, but there were not many bricks, he decided to build a big bed. Although it was a bit inconvenient, at least everyone had a bed to sleep on! Then he calculated the remaining bricks, which were only enough to make a rim for the hole. Cheng Mo sighed. It was better to have a rim for the hole, to reinforce it and make it safer.

By the time Cheng Mo had finished edging the cave entrance, it was already noon. Ban Mu came back carrying three rabbits. He had specifically been looking for soft-fur animals to catch today in order to get more animal skins. When he first reached the cave entrance, he hesitated for a moment, thinking he had gone the wrong way. He only went in when he saw Cheng Mo coming out with the child in his arms.

"Oh! We caught some rabbits today!" Cheng Mo looked at the rabbits in surprise. Ban Mu was very careful not to leave too many wounds on the rabbits. The three rabbits died from having their heads bitten. The rabbit skins can be used to make clothes, but they are a little small and cannot be used as bed sheets.

Although Banmu didn't say anything, his eyes sparkled as he looked at Cheng Mo, as if asking for praise. Cheng Mo smiled and put Cheng Lingqu into Banmu's arms: "Banmu, it's great to have you here! Come, let's prepare for dinner. I made a pot of fish soup and grilled some meat at noon. You've worked hard. After dinner, we'll process the skins and make two sets of clothes for you!"

Ban Mu nodded silently and placed the three rabbits in his hand at the entrance of the cave. He would take them downstairs to process them later and check whether the leather from yesterday was still not completely dry and could be used.

After the three of them finished eating, Cheng Mo was a little helpless holding the sleepy Cheng Lingqu. Children are like this. They sleep after eating and eat again after waking up. Even though Cheng Lingqu is not a normal child, his behavior is no different from that of ordinary children. Cheng Mo, who was worried about Cheng Lingqu being alone at home, still carried Cheng Lingqu out, and Banmu followed behind with three baskets carrying the prey he was going to process.

"Xiao Mo, I'm going to get the skins from yesterday. Wait for me here." Ban Mu put the things by the stream and left. He put the skins on the other side to dry in the sun, where there was plenty of sunlight and they dried quickly.

Cheng Mo didn't know how Banmu processed the hides. He only knew two tanning methods: oil tanning and smoke tanning. The oil tanning method is to peel off the hides, spread them out, and then apply animal fat, brains, lipids, etc. on the leather board, and then beat and rub them repeatedly to make the hides softer. The smoke tanning method is to place the hides on a tree trunk, light firewood underneath, and produce smoke to smoke the hides to soften them. Then, the fur is simply treated with wood ash, stove soil, etc.

Banmu came back with the processed leather. Cheng Mo looked at the soft leather in his hand curiously. It had no smell and felt very comfortable. He asked curiously, "Banmu, how did you process the fur?"

"First, scrape off the flesh and blood on the skin, then soak it in water with ripe Explosive Fruit powder, rub it several times, and dry it." Banmu said as he took out an Explosive Fruit to show Cheng Mo. Unripe fruits are safe. He thought that he would have to collect more fruits because he would have to deal with a lot of skins. And the purpose of bringing them back to Cheng Mo was to make Cheng Mo pay attention to safety and stay away from these fruits. "Xiaomo, this fruit will explode after being exposed to sunlight for a long time after it matures. Many orcs have been injured by the explosion. If you see this, run away."

Cheng Mo took the fruit from Ban Mu's hand, curious about what the powder inside the fruit was: "Okay, can I open it and take a look?"

Banmu took the fruit back from Cheng Mo's hand, and with a little force, he squeezed the fruit open, and the white powder inside fell out. Cheng Mo pinched the powder in his hand curiously: "Banmu, can I eat this?"

Banmu shook his head: "I don't know, no one has eaten this thing."

Cheng Mo was eager to try and pinched a little powder to take a closer look. He always felt that this looked like flour! It would be great if it was real! Ban Mu quickly stopped Cheng Mo's hand: "Xiao Mo, don't eat anything casually!" After saying that, he lowered his head and licked the powder in his hand.

Seeing Ban Mu's actions, Cheng Mo was both angry and amused: "You don't allow me to eat anything, so what are you doing now! Rinse your mouth quickly."

Banmu didn't eat much. He said sincerely, "Xiaomo, this is not delicious. It has no taste."