Crossing to Live in the Wilderness Plains (Completed)

Chapter 27

the next day.

Before dawn, Chen Qi woke up, and put the bamboo tube with salt and flint in the backpack that A Ze was going to carry on his back. A few hares caught in the trap yesterday, Chen Qi simply salted them, wrapped them in pupa leaves, and stuffed them into the backpack. There was also a sturdy rope that was made overnight. With eyes wide open, Chen Qi taught Azer how to tie things with simple knots, and he was relieved after confirming that Azer made no mistakes several times in a row.

After a brief breakfast, Chen Qi carried another backpack on his back, which contained the two bone needles he had made before, as well as a large number of banyan tree roots, and a piece of cloth sent by Ali yesterday, a sword horn knife. Always keep it in your coat pocket.

Before going out, Chen Qixian went to check the boiled syrup. It was still sticky, and no crystals were precipitated after drying for a day. Fortunately, the color still looked milky white, and there was no sign of deterioration. The racks for drying and curing dried meat were moved to the door, and a slit was opened in the animal skin door curtain for ventilation. I was worried that passing animals would smell the smell of meat and run in. Chen Qi put a lot of thorns by the door as a fence. There were also several rows of small traps scattered around the house, which made Aze go to the tribe on his back.

This is Chen Qi's second visit to the Yanshan tribe. The guard on the fig tree outside the tribe has been replaced by a younger female, who will wave enthusiastically when he sees Aze.

Carlo's house is not far from Ali's house, and there are four or five houses in the middle, but because it is just behind a corner, you can't see the location of the other party's house unless you go to the intersection.

When Chen Qi came, Carlo was moving the meat out of the room to dry, and the ground was covered with thick leaves or clean animal skins. Carlo's dried meat is not cut into strips like Chen Qi, but a large piece. The jerky is placed outside the house during the day, moved back into the house at night, and continues to be dried by the residual heat of the fire until the jerky is completely dehydrated, so that it can be stored until winter.

"You are here." Ake took out the last plate of jerky, with a backpack behind him, as if he was going out.

"The room has been tidied up, it's next door, Chen Qi, you can stay as long as you want." Carlo finished disposing of the things in his hands, wiped his greasy hands with the hay by the roadside, and came up to talk.

"Chen Qi will trouble you to take care of it." A Ze put Chen Qi down and said to the two.

"Who takes care of who doesn't know." Ake poured the jerky from the pottery plate onto the leaves on the ground. "Today, the people from the tribe are going to Loya Forest, and they happen to be leaving the tribe. Let's go together."

A Ze nodded, and told Chen Qi a few words that he could go to A Li or A Zhang if he had something to do. Chen Qi rolled his eyes secretly, now it's him who wants to go far away, how can it be like he is going to go far away.

The two told each other that Aze and Ake left, and Carlo took Chen Qi to the next room. The structure of the room is similar to that of Aze's house, except that the space area is reduced by half and the height is lower. This time, it seems that you don't need to raise your hands to touch the roof. Maybe you can have a close contact with the roof with a little padding on your head. There was only a slate bed in the corner, and in the middle of the house was the place where the fire was burning, and two bundles of dry firewood had been placed beside it.

Chen Qi put the backpack on the bed and said to Carlo who followed up, "Carlo, I'm going to visit Ali's house."

"Okay, I'll go with you."