I'm bad and I'm hitting a wall, primitive life requires hard work

Nishi Ichiki suddenly opened his eyes, his whole body covered in cold sweat, his eyes full of struggle and fear, and his whole body seemed unusually stiff.

I just had sleep paralysis.

She saw a group of people rushing out of the forest ahead. They had faces like evil spirits, blue skin, and their eyes revealed endless malice.

What was even more horrifying was that they kept chewing raw meat in their mouths, with blood flowing from the corners of their mouths, drop by drop, instantly dyeing the entire open space red.

Nishi Ichiki's eyes widened. This strange scene made her feel extremely frightened.

The evil ghost moved.

They held stone tools in their hands and glanced around with cold eyes. They stepped on the red soil with heavy footsteps and the breath of death was overwhelming.

Suddenly, the evil ghost's eyes locked on him.

She wanted to scream.

She tried to wake up the people sleeping around her, telling them to wake up! Run! Escape!

But I couldn't shout out.

All they could do was watch helplessly as the group of evil spirits approached step by step.

Nishi Ichiki's heartbeat was getting faster and faster, and his breathing was becoming rapid.

Looking at the figure approaching step by step, she struggled desperately, trying to move her body, wanting to wake up Ze Yi and others who were sleeping around her by touching them, but her whole body was numb as if she was imprisoned, unable to move, even her little finger could not bend.

time is limited!

The bloody mouth was already within reach, with hair and pieces of meat embedded between its sharp fangs, which was extremely terrifying.

At the same time, the evil spirits raised the blood-stained axes in their hands and were about to chop down.

Finally, at the last moment, I was able to move!

She was trying to push away a tribesman beside her, but her foot missed!

Suddenly woke up...

After waking up, fear, anger and pain seemed to still remain in my mind.

When she thinks back on it carefully, it seems very absurd, but when she is caught up in it, she feels that everything is so real.

For a moment, she couldn't tell whether the scene she saw was real.

Slowly close your eyes.

"Huhahuha..."

“Hmm…”

"Hoo hoo hoo hoo..."

The snoring of the children around her slowly brought her back to reality.

Nishi Ichiki opened his eyes again, sat up, and slowly glanced around.

There are no evil spirits here.

There were only children lying on the straw mats nearby, and only Zeyi and Arthur, who had already woken up and were pouring the clay in their backpacks into the pit.

He rubbed his temples.

It must be because I didn’t get enough rest recently that I experienced sleep paralysis.

Nishi Ichiki stood up slowly, his legs were weak, as if the strength of his muscles had just been used up.

He dragged the stone hammer beside him, walked to the pit, lowered his voice and asked, "Why don't you take a rest for a while?"

As soon as she said this, she was stunned - her voice was extremely hoarse, as if she had really screamed with all her strength just now.

Arthur also frowned and naturally noticed this situation.

"We've rested enough, so let's carry back some more clay." Ze Yi answered in a low voice for fear of waking up the sleeping children nearby.

He raised his head and glanced at the children lying in a crooked position, and added, "Wu Xiqi, you should go and have a rest too."

"No need." Xi Yiqi swallowed hard, and when he spoke again, his throat sounded much better.

Arthur silently took the stone hammer from her hand and said calmly: "Just go and have a rest. You are not yet an adult just like them."

After saying that, he turned around and swung the stone hammer hard at the clay block on the ground.

Nishi Ichiki was stunned when he heard this, and swallowed back the words "I'm an adult" that were about to come out of his mouth.

In this different world, people are considered adults at the age of sixteen.

I actually forgot that my original self was still a child.

Ever since she came back from the Washa tribe, she had hardly had any rest. She was busy every day like a chicken with its blood pumped up. Thinking about it now, she was really exhausted.

Exhausted.

Nishi Ichiki did not refuse. He dragged his still sore body back to the straw mat and slowly sat down.

The body is the capital of revolution.

Just rest for a while.

She picked up a large leaf and outlined something on it with a knife.

"Hmm, it's so hot." Ster woke up next to him.

Nishi Ichisu turned around and saw him pulling at the animal hide on his body in annoyance.

"Hello——"

Yan Ya also woke up. She rubbed her nose and sneezed.

Yan Ya was wearing linen clothes.

Yamaye took the linen away, but did not have time to make linen vests for the other children except Iwaya.

Now, it can’t be done.

"Ah," Nishi Ichiki sighed.

It is too troublesome to go back and forth. I have been going there frequently recently. In addition, after what happened yesterday, it is better not to go to the Wasa tribe for the time being.

Wait until the earthenware is successfully fired and we have bargaining chips for exchange.

Seeing that everyone was awake, Nishi Ichiki put down the blade in his hand, put the knife back into the animal skin sheath, stood up and walked towards the pit.

The stone knife hung on her waist, swaying gently as she walked.

"Ster, go get some water in the bucket."

"Skye, go ask Grandpa Morishi to get some wood of about this length." Nishi Ichisu roughly gestured the length with his hand.

Grandpa Senshi is the skilled carpenter found by Uncle Luye.

Most of the wooden tools currently used in the tribe were made by him.

"Okay!" The two answered in unison, turned around and took action immediately.

Nishi Ichisu asked the other children to spread out the clay that Arthur had hammered into pieces and separate the visible impurities inside.

This step is critical.

Impurities will affect the quality of clay, so the higher the purity, the better, at least that's what Nishi Ichiki thinks.

When Ster and Skye come back,

Nishi Ichisu first asked them to add water to the crushed clay and knead it slowly until the clay reached a moderate viscosity and could be well shaped.

Then, she picked up a bunch of branches of similar thickness and length from the side, arranged them into a grid on the ground, fixed the intersections with vines, and finally applied clay on them.

This is to create a shelf on which to place the pottery.

Although he had never fired it before, Nishi Ichiqi thought that he couldn't just throw it into the earthen kiln to fire it.

Next, she carefully filled the inside of the dug pit with gravel and clay so that it would not collapse easily when it rained.

After finishing the interior, you have to start plastering the exterior walls.

First, use larger stones to build a circle around the edge of the pit, and then fill the gaps with clay to ensure airtightness; then gradually mix small stones and hay into the clay, stacking them in circles, and gradually shrinking them inwards, eventually forming a hollow semicircular structure to complete it.

This is done to better concentrate the heat.

Although they already had experience in making earthen stoves and were fairly skilled in mixing the soil for the outer wall, the structure of this was different from that of an earthen stove - an earthen stove only required stones to be piled directly upwards, but this inward-retracting structure stumped several people.

because,

As the pile was being piled up, it collapsed, and the bottom that had just been laid was smashed to pieces.

After trying several times, Nishi Ichisu gradually began to get angry!

It's really hard!

It's one thing to have the idea in your head, and another to actually do it.

Looking at the smashed interior of the pit, Nishi Ichisu decided to burn the internal structures of the pit for a while, and then continue to build the outer walls after they become dry.

At least they won’t repair the top part and then rot the bottom part, and then pile it back on the top part after the bottom part rots, continuing the vicious cycle.

There is no other way. The skills are not good enough, so I can only use this stupid method that wastes time.

Sure enough, the process of trying is the most tiring and is also the easiest way to make people give up.

Because failure will break down your psychological defenses again and again.

At least, it's a little bit broken now.

"Ahhh-"

Nishi Ichisu couldn't help but roar in anger. He scratched his scalp hard and stared at the outer wall in front of him that was about to collapse with an irritated look on his face.

I could never have imagined that a small dirt pit could torture a person like this.

I originally thought that the most difficult part was firing the pottery.

I didn’t expect it would be so difficult to make an earthen kiln!

Ste, who was standing by, blinked his eyes and quickly supported the collapsing mud wall. It was the first time he saw Sister Xiqi so impatient.

"Sister Xiqi, how about we take a break for a while?" Ste asked tentatively.

Nishi Ichiki took a deep breath, calmed down his frantic state, and shook his head: "No, I must stack it up!"

As she spoke, she picked up the clay aside again and prepared to start again.

After many attempts, a few people finally figured out a clumsy way.

They first paste the paste slowly in circles, and then gradually stack it up after the lower part is dry. At the same time, they use branches to support the inside layer by layer, and then cover it with clay, which can barely prevent collapse.

In addition, several more shelves were added to increase structural stability.

This time, it finally didn't collapse again.

Finally, leave an entrance in the leeward side as the furnace door for firewood and earthenware to enter and exit.

At this point, the earthen kiln is completed.

Looking at the completed earthen kiln, Nishi Ichisu breathed a sigh of relief and threw the firewood into the kiln and lit it.

This is to fire the earthen kiln to give it its final shape.

The previous step took an entire afternoon. It was already dark, so I decided not to wait for it to dry naturally. It would be faster to burn it with fire.

at this time,

"Wu Xixi——"

Yes, it’s this familiar voice again.

Nishi Ichiki's shoulders sank, and he was no longer willing to turn around.