Chapter 40 Having Children

  The damp soil on the edge of the pond is much better than the hard wood, Chu Mu and Xiao Ji relied on their strength, and in no time, they dug a big hole around the hollow tree. The hole was filled with intertwined roots, the thinner ones could be cut off with one knife, and the thicker ones took some effort. In about an hour, they had dug to the base of the large tree.

  Another hour passed, and the hollow tree was shaking slightly. Chu Yan hastily told Mo Yier and Xiao Jie: "You two run far away first, I'll take care of this place."

  Mo Yu'er nodded, she trusted Chu Jue very much, so she didn't ask anything and ran far away with Xiao Keke. This hollow tree was probably over ten meters high, if it fell down and crushed her, she would definitely be killed.

  Mo Yi'er and Xiao Lai watched from about twenty meters away as Chu Yan surrounded the hollow tree, turned around it twice, then stood still in the opposite direction of its slight tilt. He took two steps back, sprinted forward, let out a loud shout, and kicked towards the hollow tree with great force. The impact caused many leaves to fall off the tree, which became even more tilted. After kicking like this for over a dozen times, the hollow tree finally fell down with a rustling sound.

  In the distance, Mo Yuer and Xiao Jie only heard a "rumbling" sound, as if there was an earthquake.

  "Wow, it's fallen! It's fallen!" Xia Lala excitedly shouted and ran towards Chu Yan. Chu Yan was barefoot, with a slightly red sole on one foot. He looked down for a moment, saw Mo Yier walking in this direction, and pretended to be nonchalant.

  As planned, by dusk, the three trees that were originally designated had been dug up and laid down. The two smaller ones were easier to handle, and all they needed to do was wait for the strong men to return and transport these trees back to the empty space in front of the mountain cave. Mo Yier looked at the lush branches and leaves of the trees and asked Chu Yan: "Do we need to break off some of these branches first? It will be easier to carry them later."

  "No need, the branches can be lifted directly and taken back. Some can be used as water pots, and the rest can be left to dry in the sun for firewood. It also saves a lot of effort!" Chu Ge looked at the branches with indifference. The largest tree was over ten meters high, and even twelve strong adults could easily lift it back together.

  "Alright then!" Chu Yan said so, how could Mo Yi'er have any opinion? So the three of them headed towards the tribe, their stomachs were already very hungry, even if they wanted to carry the tree back, they needed to eat dinner first.

  The hunting tribespeople had just returned, and everyone was excitedly discussing today's harvest. It is said that Fan Ge hunted a wild boar alone again today, which is the second time he has hunted a large wild boar alone since Mo Yi first saw him. The elderly Hula couldn't help but praise him, saying: "Fan Ge is really a formidable hunter, you are the first person in the tribe to hunt a wild boar alone."

  "That's right! My brother is awesome!" Chu Yan also excitedly patted Bang Ge's shoulder to encourage him. Bang Ge was his younger brother, and also his pride.

  Fan Ge's face was filled with a proud smile, everyone likes to be praised, and he is no exception. But his eyes were looking at Mo Yi Er, the praise he most wanted to get was hers. Mo Yi Er smiled at him: "Fan Ge, you are really amazing."

  "Uh, I'll take good care of you from now on, Mo Yi'er!" Mo Yi'er's words to Fan Ge were undoubtedly the greatest encouragement to him. He puffed out his robust chest and smiled at Mo Yi'er with a wide grin.

  "Thank you!" Mo Yuer was speechless again, these two men were probably thinking about women from dawn till dusk. It seems that primitive men are indeed full of energy, she'd better slip away quickly. "I'll go help Sang Zhen with dinner..." Before she could finish speaking, Si Fen Ni, who was adding firewood on the side, let out a painful cry.

  "Xī fěn nī, what's wrong?" Mò yì ér, who was closest to Xī fěn nī, hastily ran over to support her body that almost fell.

  "My stomach hurts so much!" Silvia had already sweated on her forehead, and she was holding her waist with both hands, looking very painful.

  "Is it, isn't it about to be born?" Mo Yier said, glancing between Silfeny's legs, and indeed there was a flow of pale red liquid. Could this be the legendary amniotic fluid?

  "Oh, gods! Silfanie is going to give birth!" Sang Zhen had already run over, her face full of anxious expression. Then she shouted again towards the cave: "Kasa, Kasa... come out quickly, Silfanie is going to give birth." After shouting, she was afraid that Kasa and others in the depths of the cave hadn't heard, so she called Xiao Jiji to go in and find Kasa.

  Kasa and several old men hastily went out, took a look at Silfanie who was being supported between her legs, Kasa calmly said: "Take her into the cave, she's going to give birth."

  "Yes!" One of Sifen's men directly carried Sifen into his arms and walked towards the cave. Kasa said: "Women who have given birth come in to help, others do what they should do!" After finishing speaking, several old people also entered the cave together. Moyi was a bit surprised, shouldn't giving birth involve boiling hot water? Why wasn't anything prepared? And who would be helping with the delivery?

  "Who's going to help Fangni deliver? Uh... or rather, who's going to help Fangni give birth?"

  Now Sang Zhen has lost her initial tension, and she comforted Mo Yier with a smile: "Mo Yier, don't be afraid, everything will be fine! He is the old leader, he understands many things."

  "But why isn't anything prepared? Don't you need to use any tools?"

  "Hmm... when the last child was born, I only remember using a stone knife, nothing else." Sang Zhen replied with her head tilted to one side.

  Stone knife? It should be used to cut the umbilical cord, but Kasah is preparing for childbirth and hasn't even washed his hands. This is too unsanitary! Mo Yier couldn't bear it anymore. Although primitive people have always given birth like this, she felt it was necessary to remind him. "Sang Zhen, clean the clay pot, hurry up and boil some hot water, make sure the water boils until bubbles appear, got it?"

  "This..." Sang Zhen didn't quite understand what Mo Yuer was trying to do. Wasn't boiling water always used for cooking? What did it have to do with Silfeni giving birth?

  "Do as Mo Yi'er said." Chu Yan walked over and gave the order, and Sang Zhen immediately went to boil water. Only then did Chu Yan ask Mo Yi'er again, "Is there something wrong?"

  "Yes, it's unhygienic not to even wash your hands. Go and ask the women to prepare some soft animal hides, otherwise what will happen to the newborn babies?"

  "Alright..." Chu Yan agreed, now it's summer, usually children born at this time don't need animal skin, they just wear nothing, but Mo Yi'er said he wanted animal skin, so he let someone go find sheepskin for him, Mo Yi'er used to wear this kind of soft and fluffy one.

  When Mo Yi'er was carrying hot water and entering the mountain cave to ask Kasuo to wash his hands, he saw Kasuo's black fingers pulling out a small child's head from under Silfeni's body...