Chapter 1: The Golden Lion Again

  The night was cool and refreshing, quiet and comfortable. Mo Yi had eaten dinner and gone to feed the rabbits, then leaned against the warm kang and chatted with the women.

  Inside the cave, there were seven women in total, including Mo Yi'er, making eight. Adding the two babies, Little Hei and Little Black, nine people had already fallen asleep on the kang. The next kang would be built for the elderly, near the inner wall of the mountain cave. At that time, the flue would be difficult to walk through, so Li Lu had suggested using hollow trees as a flue in places far from the fire, and sealing the connections with mud to prevent smoke leaks. This idea was not bad, Mo Yi'er fully agreed, telling Li Lu that everything could be done as planned.

  "Mo Yi'er..." Kasa walked out from the depths of the cave, as if he had something to say to Mo Yi'er.

  "It's warmer here than by the fire, come sit down." Mo Yier moved her buttocks to make room for Kasa.

  They are all close relatives, and Kasa is not polite. He likes this warm kang very much! Sitting up, facing Mo Yier said: "Mo Yier, wooden bowls, wooden plates and chopsticks have been made a lot, enough to be used for many years. Can you find something for us to do? Burning bricks and so on, these old guys can still move."

  Mo Yeer finally understood that it was because Kasa and the others saw how busy the tribe was, they also wanted to join in. The people here are like this, very diligent, as long as they can move, they will definitely want to do something. The current Kasa is completely different from when Mo Yeer and the others first crossed over. At that time, the elderly had nothing to do, and since they couldn't hunt anymore, they lost their vitality and were lifeless. Since Mo Yeer let them help with grinding things, all the elderly felt like they could contribute to the tribe, and they all regained their spirit.

  So, Mo Yi'er thought very seriously and decided to find something that looked important but was actually easy for them to do. Burning bricks was definitely not feasible, as it required adding firewood day and night, which was not good for the elderly's health. She thought for a moment and an idea flashed in her mind: "Burning bricks is not necessary, but there's another thing that needs your help."

  "What kind of thing is it?" Mo Yier said they needed it, making Kasa feel unusually happy.

  "Uh, it's something called a cart. It has two wooden wheels and a body made of wood. When the time comes, we can use it to carry many things, and no longer need to carry soil back one basket at a time."

  "Oh? That's a great thing!" Kasa immediately came with enthusiasm!

  "Kasa, you and the old folks can rest early today. Tomorrow we'll start building the cart, but first we need to dig up some trees." Mo Yier thought for a moment, she still needed to tell Chu Huai about digging up the trees.

  "Alright, I'll go sleep first." Kasa smiled and nodded at Mo Yier, then returned to the depths of the cave.

  Mo Yi'er then went to find Chu Huo. Since the fire kang was built, they didn't sleep together anymore, which made Chu Huo and Fan Ge really depressed for a long time. Every day, they stared at the fire kang, their eyes fixed on it! "Chu Huo, I have something to tell you!"

  "What's up?" Chu Yan was delighted that Mo Yi had come to talk to him, and the two sat shoulder-to-shoulder on the animal hide where Chu Yan slept.

  "It's just that I want to build a cart, it's very convenient to use, and when the time comes, whether it's carrying yellow soil or prey, as long as there are two people, they can push very heavy things."

  "Oh? Come on and tell me."

  "It's like that..." Mo Yier roughly explained, and also mentioned that these need to be built with wood, so people are needed to cut down several large trees, and then let the elderly do the assembly.

  "Great, Mo Yuer you're really formidable." Chu Yan was shocked once again after many times.

  "Hehe, it's all right! Now we're making a cart, let's push it. Later, we can train wild oxen and horses to pull carts." Mo Yier thought of horse-drawn carriages and oxcarts, but those gasoline and diesel-powered cars were out of the question - she wasn't an inventor after all.

  "Bison, wild horses?" Chu Huo was shocked by Mo Yi'er's idea and thought to himself how they could possibly listen to orders and help the tribe with work. It seemed that only in a world of gods would such things happen. At this moment, Chu Huo deeply yearned for the place where Mo Yi'er had once lived...

  The next day, Chu Yu led the hunting team members to dig up trees, and the hunt was suspended for a day. With many hands making light work, plus sharp stone knives cutting off small tree roots, in one day, they dug up big trees that were more than enough to make three or four carts.

  At dusk, Mo Yi'er, Chu Yan and Fan Ge took a small Gou to the forest. They held torches and went to see if there were any prey in the traps.

  What's exciting is that none of the traps were empty, and although the prey was just small goats and the like, it was enough to feed dozens of people in the tribe for tonight. "Mo Yi'er, you're really amazing, we have food to eat without even hunting." Xiaoluo said with shining eyes, looking at Mo Yi'er with admiration that bordered on worship.

  "Heh heh, alright, let's hurry back with our prey!" Because the prey was small and scattered, Mo Yuer suggested using vines to tie their hooves or feet together, then using a branch to carry them. Due to height differences, Mo Yuer and Xiao Lai Lai carried some of the lighter prey, while Chu Yan and Fan Ge carried most of it. The four of them happily made their way back.

  As they walked, Xia Lala suddenly let out a sharp cry. Mo Yier didn't think much of it and burst out laughing: "Xia Lala, what's wrong with you? It's already dark, aren't you afraid of scaring people to death? Hurry up, dinner must be ready by now."

  "First, the leader... is Jin Shi!" Jin Shi's reputation was great, even a little kid like Xiao Ci had heard of it. When Mo Yier heard Jin Shi's name, she also saw two golden bright spots not far in front of her.

  Chu Huo immediately dropped the prey in his hand and rushed to Mo Yi'er's side, holding the stone knife tightly and shielding Mo Yi'er behind him.

  "Don't be afraid!" Banggo also dropped his prey and shielded Xiaolai behind him, everyone was so tense.

  She covered her still-growing mouth with her hand, realizing she shouldn't have shouted so loudly, but it was too late now.

  Mo Yu'er felt her muscles tense up and tried to ease the atmosphere. "Hey, don't be so nervous, we've met Jin Shi many times before, it's never attacked us, has it?"

  "Yes, but why does it keep appearing in our territory?" Chu Yan's eyes narrowed as he thought seriously. Moreover, he felt that the golden eyes in the darkness seemed somewhat familiar.

  "Maybe it's just that our territory has good feng shui... Hehe..." Mo Yier, saying this at a time like this is really too cold!

  A few people were as still as they had been every time before, afraid that if they weren't careful, they would provoke the Golden Lion.