Chapter 70 Preparing for Winter

  Xiao Hei's body temperature rose again the next morning, and Mo Yier let them continue with the method from last night. No matter what, as long as the method is effective, Xiao Hei won't be in danger.

  The women and boys of the picking team now also go out early and return late, the leaves have all fallen, the grass is mostly withered, there are very few things that can be picked, so they want to go out for a longer time, hoping to find more things.

  Moyi thought that the most important thing to do at the moment was to study how to keep the cave warm, so no one would freeze in winter. Just then, Silfeny finished taking care of Xiao Hei and extinguished several bonfires in the cave. The weather would be warmer during the day, so there was no need to light so many bonfires, after all, it would also produce smoke that was very choking. After putting out the fires, she moved Xiao Hei to sleep in the place where they had previously made a fire, so his body would be warmer from below.

  Mo Yu'er didn't think much, but suddenly had an idea, thinking of the kang in Northeast China in the 21st century. Although I don't know the specific structure diagram, it's also feasible to consider and practice carefully. But it seems that the difficulty lies in the materials, currently there are only yellow soil and stones, and bricks need to be fired.

  It's no use thinking about it, I have to do it right away, but the men in the tribe have all gone hunting, so it seems that tomorrow half of them will have to stay behind. Now what she needs to do is plan carefully.

  The stone by the water's edge is not bad, and there are some near the entrance of the Yellow Mud Cave. The viscosity is still okay. To burn bricks, you need to make some molds first. Mo Yi'er found a few wooden bowls, chopsticks, and plates, which are not too many, but they can be used later. Mo Yi'er came to ask for help from Ka Sa, who was very happy. "Mo Yi'er, just tell us what to do, we old folks will take care of it."

  "Alright, thank you all." Mo Yier smiled and thanked them, then described the shape of the mold that needed to be made. Now there were several stone saws in the tribe, which could cut out the rough shape of the wood. If it wasn't smooth enough, they could use coarse stones to grind it down, although it was a bit troublesome, but it was still a good method. Mo Yier also suggested using wooden pegs to fix the brick mold, and so everyone started working busily again. Before they knew it, night had fallen, but not a single mold had been completed yet. The foraging team and hunting team had already returned with their loads. Fan Ge laughed loudly and said: "Brother, the stone knife you brought back is really useful, the deer's neck was cut off in one go!"

  "Haha, the stone knives from the Shanliu tribe are really good." Chu Yan also agreed and returned four stone knives to Mo Yier, one of which was given to him, while the other three were distributed among Chu Yan, Fan Ge and Zhang Meng. They were all skilled hunters, and with sharp stone knives, they could be said to have added wings to a tiger.

  "Are you back?" Mo Yi'er heard the noise and hurriedly ran out.

  "Yes, Mo Yu'er." Fan Ge hurriedly replied. Mo Yu'er could already smell the bloody scent. Sang Zhen was washing his hands to prepare for handling this adult male deer, which was quite plump.

  Mo Yu'er took a look, then went to see what the harvesting team had brought back today. There were some dry corns that seemed like they could only be ground into flour to eat, and also some wild duck eggs. "Huh? Sang Zhen, these are wild duck eggs, where did you get them from?"

  "It's already very hard to find things near the village, we went a bit further away and found a big pond, that's where we found these wild duck eggs." Sang Zhen said with a smile, but couldn't hide her tired look.

  "You're talking about that pond in the jungle? There are large wild beasts going there to drink water, don't go again next time." Chu Yan scolded Sang Zhen upon hearing this, this is not a joke, if they encounter fierce beasts these few women and young people will lose their lives.

  "It's the leader, we know." San Zhen also knew, but seeing everyone working so hard, she wanted to make more contributions. So when Xiaodi proposed it, she agreed impulsively. On her way back, she was self-reproaching, fortunately, she didn't encounter any fierce beasts, otherwise... She dared not think about it anymore, and from now on, she must be more cautious.

  "Chu Zhuo, why don't you leave a few men behind to help me with some work? And take Sang Zhen hunting, how about that?" Mo Yier suggested.

  "No, Sang Zhen can't go hunting." Chu Yan didn't have time to refuse, Sang Zhen's man, Ya Shi, stood up immediately. He didn't want his woman to encounter any danger.

  "Alright!" Mo Yi'er didn't dare say anything more. If it were Chu Yan blocking her, she could argue a few sentences back, but opposing Ya Shi was different, and she had no standing.

  "Mo Yi'er, what are you thinking about again? Tell me first!" Chu Yan and Hu Ge exchanged a glance, the two of them had been discussing on their way back that Mo Yi'er was thinking about something yesterday, probably should take action now.

  "It is used for making a kang, which is used to keep warm. It can also be used for cooking, and at that time the cave will not be uncomfortable due to smoke from burning firewood."

  "Oh? Is there something good? Tell us quickly." The men immediately became interested and gathered around, three or two at a time. The women also listened with their ears perked up while handling the prey.

  "It's like this..." Mo Yier explained the shape, structure and function of the fire kang one by one, and everyone thought it was absolutely wonderful. Finally, she sighed and said: "But the materials are limited, we need to make bricks first."

  "Alright, no problem, I'll leave four men here to work for you tomorrow." Chu Huo directly assigned four people, then thought for a moment and said: "If it's not enough, we'll come back tonight to help out."

  "Great!" Mo Yuer was very grateful for Chu Yan's support, she had to work hard. Later, Mo Yuer took the dry wild vegetables and corn kernels to feed the two fat rabbits. At this time, feeding them was really a problem, they couldn't find carrots or other vegetables, and the wild vegetables were all dry, but fortunately, the rabbits in primitive society were also strong, and they even ate corn kernels.

  "Huh? Doesn't this rabbit's belly seem a bit big?" Mo Yier held the dried wild vegetables and shook them back and forth, and the rabbit followed, jumping around, but one of them was always too fat, somewhat like... a pregnant woman.

  "Maybe there are little rabbits!" Bang Ge walked over, most of them were raised by him, these two wild rabbits.

  "Haha, finally waited for it, great! I don't know if they will be cold, let's find some branches to make their nest warmer." Mo Yier excitedly said. Rabbits reproduce very quickly, and soon they had a bunch of rabbits.

  "Good." This matter of making a nest for the rabbit is as strange as it can get in this era, but Bango agreed to Mo Yier's request without any hesitation, and was completely obedient to her demands!

  I added a roof to the rabbit hutch with branches and laid thick dry grass on the ground, it should be much warmer. This way, even if we have baby rabbits, they won't freeze to death. "Great, soon we'll have many rabbits, and when we want to eat them, we don't necessarily need to go catch them."

  "What a great idea, next time I meet little rabbits, I'll bring back a few more." Bango absolutely agreed, but the big wild rabbit was too ferocious and destructive, not easy to raise. These two were raised from an early age, so they adapted well to this rabbit hutch.