Chapter 36 Strange Fish
Lin Xiao lay on the soft hay. Since the anesthetic effect had not completely dissipated, he soon fell asleep.
Lei on the side saw Lin Xiao fell asleep weakly, and frowned worriedly. He knew that these herbs could make people temporarily unconscious, so that the totem tattoo would not hurt so much. Of course, he actually applied it the second time. When the whole totem was on, he didn't feel much pain.
Lei lowered his eyes and frowned slightly as he looked outside the cave. He walked to Lin Xiao's side and glanced at the time on Lin Xiao's watch. It was almost lunch time. He thought about it and said to Ge next to him: "It's time to make lunch. "
When Ge heard Lei's words, he subconsciously stuck out his tongue and rubbed his chapped lips. His eyes fell on the meat on the table involuntarily. This was a small antelope that was not yet mature when Lei went out to hunt this morning. It's small, but the meat tastes great, and the portion is enough for them to eat for a day. "I'm going to start a fire and barbecue!"
The two solid wood tables in the cave were made according to Lin Xiao's request. Every morning after the prey that Lei hunted was cleaned and processed, they would cut the meat into strips and place them on the ground with washed leaves. on top.
Ge quickly started a fire skillfully. The fire inside the small earthen pot made of mud, which was half a man's height, was already burning. Ge took out an animal skin bag from the side, carefully reached out and grabbed some peppercorns, and took it out. The Sichuan peppercorns he used before were different, and now the Sichuan peppercorns are simply processed Sichuan peppercorn powder.
Ge evenly sprinkled the Sichuan peppercorn powder on the barbecue, and stared at the barbecue with a look of anticipation. Although they used to add Sichuan peppercorns to the barbecue, the Sichuan peppercorns tasted too numb when eaten in one piece. Now they are made into Sichuan peppercorns. It tastes just right after being powdered, and with the white salt brought by Lin Xiao and the others, the barbecue taste is really great!
No matter how much you eat, you won't get tired of it!
Ge thought while grilling meat, with a slight smile in his eyes.
In the cave, Lei stretched, turned to look at Lie beside him, frowned and said: "Ariel, let's go, before eating, let's go exercise."
Lie, who was drinking lemonade out of boredom, heard Lei's words, and a light flashed in his eyes. He put down the lemonade in his hand, and immediately followed Lei's footsteps and walked out of the cave. The two of them now train their reflexes and speed every day. , and the ability to hunt.
Of course, there is no systematic plan for the training of the two people. In this primitive era, most of the training of totem warriors is completed in hunting, without any rules. However, hunting and capturing wild beasts can indeed help the two of them quickly. growth.
Ge and others who were busy at the door saw Lei leading Lie out. At the same time, you looked at me and I looked at you. They communicated quietly with their eyes:
"Lei is too strict. Lie is so young and follows him out to train every day. It's so pitiful!"
"Such a young child must be very tired, right?"
Noticing the sympathetic looks of everyone, Lie was really confused. These ronin were really difficult to understand. He should just follow his elder brother.
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Lin Xiao, who was sleeping in the cave, vaguely felt someone shaking his arm and rubbing his sleepy eyes.
"Ah Xiao is having lunch!" Lie was covered in sweat. He shook Lin Xiao's arm and winked at Lin Xiao and said, "A Xiao just caught a fish when my brother and I went out for training."
"Fish?" Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, "You went into the river? Didn't you tell me not to go into the river? That thing has very fierce teeth and can eat people without spitting out bones."
Lie shook his head and explained: "My brother and I didn't go into the river. My brother killed those fish when they jumped out of the water!"
Lin Xiao: "?"
Seeing the confusion on Lin Xiao's face, Lie scratched his head and said: "My brother and I went to train our reaction ability and found that the strange fish in the river would jump out of the water, so my brother and I wanted to use them to train! I was struck when I was throwing a spear. One of them!"
Lin Xiao went out from the cave and saw that the fish brought back by Lei and Lie was lying on a leaf similar to that of a banana. There was a big hole in the fish's body. Apparently it was thrown out by Lei when it jumped out of the water. The spear pierced the body, nailing him directly to the ground, and then he died.
Lin Xiao took a closer look at this strange fish. Apart from its mouth full of fangs and its weird big eyes, the flesh of its body was no different from that of modern fish. Lin Xiao thought about it for a moment, and realized how delicious this thing was. It must also taste like fish, right?
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao licked his lips. He really wanted to change his appetite. He ate too much barbecue, so it would be good to switch to fish, which is high in protein!
After lunch, Lin Xiao rested for a while, picked up the bone needle in his hand, and carefully pricked his skin tentatively. He didn't want to get a tattoo, but just wanted to try whether he could endure the pain without anesthesia. Before he used much force, he suddenly felt the tingling sensation spreading from the skin upwards to the nerve endings.
What he feels now is a bit like getting an injection, but it doesn't happen with one injection, but with many injections.
Lin Xiao sighed silently, struggling in his heart for thirty seconds. Lin Xiao endured the pain and decided to get a tattoo for himself, but not now. At least he had to have a private space instead of sleeping here for ten years. Two people getting tattoos in a cave.
If it hurts too much and he cries... at least no one will know, right?
Lin Xiao waved his hand, stood up suddenly, and said to everyone: "It's too uncomfortable for a dozen of us to be crowded in this cave, and sleeping is uncomfortable."
Ge scratched his head, he actually felt quite comfortable! Since the arrival of Lin Xiao and the others, they have made straw mats during this period, one for each person, and they are no longer crowded together when sleeping as before. He is quite satisfied, but why is it uncomfortable?
Lin Xiao's eyes swept across everyone's faces, and finally landed on Ya. He felt that he had found a sufficient reason, "It's okay for a few of us men to squeeze together, but Ya is a girl after all, and it's still inconvenient for her to change and take off clothes, so let's choose a place to build a house!"
Ya was stunned when she heard Lin Xiao's words, "Actually, I..."
Before he could say the words "It's okay", he was directly interrupted by Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao said: "I know, in fact, you need some separate space!"
Ya: No, I'm not, I didn't!
"Repair a house?" Ge heard Lin Xiao's words, thought about it and said, "But this is the territory of the Nanka tribe. We live here secretly, and they won't care about us. But if we build a house, they will find it! "
"Then leave here and go somewhere else." Lei heard the words and said quietly.
Ge was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something. With Lei, a senior warrior, by their side, it didn't matter if they left the territory of the Nanka tribe. He thought about it and said with a serious look, "We will listen to you! We will do whatever you say!"
After they walked south for a while, they chose a relatively flat location as the foundation for building a house. Because they had the experience of building a house in Bahrain, this time Lin Xiao and the others built a house that was more reasonable, backward and forward. It took more than ten days.
The sun was shining on his shoulders, and Lin Xiao let out a long breath. Looking at the newly repaired house, he felt comfortable. He could move into the house in a few days.
He glanced at the time on his watch, well, it's almost noon, lunch should be ready!
Returning to the cave, Lin Xiao felt happy when he saw the fish meat that had been divided into bowls.
Ge Ze, who now took over Lei's position as cook, looked at the grilled fish with green peppercorns that he had baked and fell into deep thought. He lowered his eyes and looked at the hemp rope fishing net placed aside, always feeling a little confused.
These strange fish can easily bite people's hands and feet, so why can't they bite fishing nets?
There used to be a river near their tribe. One summer, a comrade in their tribe accidentally fell into the river. If the totem warrior of the tribe hadn't happened to be nearby, the comrade would have lost more than just one leg. , but life.
He still remembered when those monsters bit off their companions' feet with one bite of their teeth!
I can bite through these fish bones, but I can't bite through the hemp rope!
His memory instantly returned to more than ten days ago€€€€
Today's dinner was a strange fish brought back by Lei Helie at noon. Since no one else had any experience in eating fish, Lin Xiao guided everyone to handle the fish and then did it himself.
After a lot of effort, Lin Xiao made a grilled fish with green peppercorns.
Lin Xiao stared at the fish helplessly. He didn't want to grill the fish, but he had no choice. After all, he didn't have a pot. This restricted his countless ideas.
It was the first time to eat fish. Lei was very surprised when he ate it, "I didn't expect that this ugly thing tasted good!"
"Fish meat is like this, more tender than animal meat. But the way I grilled it wasn't very tasty. Maybe it's because it's your first time eating it, so you think it's good." Lin Xiao said softly. To be honest, the taste of the fish he grilled was really average, it was just edible.
Everyone was very careful when eating fish, because fish are very difficult to catch. After all, no one dared to go down the river, and even a totem warrior would be in danger.
This may be the first and last time they eat fish.
Ge tasted the taste of the fish carefully, trying to imprint this taste on his taste buds.
"It's so delicious, but it's a pity that I can't eat it anymore." Ge ate with relish, couldn't help licking the fish bones, and sighed.
"It's really delicious!"
Lei thought about it and felt a little regretful. He said in a deep voice: "These strange fish rarely leave the water, and they are very fast. I just accidentally caught one of these today."
Lin Xiao tilted his head, scratched his head and said, "Catching fish? What's so difficult about this?!"
Everyone: "???" Going into the river will kill people!
Lin Xiao raised the corner of his mouth and smiled: "It's easy to eat fish. I have a way. Just make a fishing net."
Lie, the 100,000 Why Immediate Class Representative, asked the question on everyone's mind: "Fishing net? What is that?"
Lin Xiao explained: "It's just ropes made of hemp, and then these ropes are knotted to make a net. Well... when I teach you how to make one, you will know what a fishing net is!"
"Those strange fish are quite powerful. The three of us couldn't catch them before, but now..." Lin Xiao meant something, naturally referring to the fact that Lei and Lie both became totem warriors, "Haha, I can bring them You eat them to extinction!"
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Ge retracted his thoughts. Ah Xiao explained to them that hard wood would easily break in the mouths of strange fishes, but soft fishing nets would keep the strange fishes biting, so they could use fishing nets to catch these fishes.
Everyone was eating fish, and suddenly Ge said: "There seem to be a lot less fish these days. We only caught one in the river. In the past, we would have caught many more in one net!"
"Yeah, why are these strange fish missing? They couldn't really be eaten by us, right?"
"Then if you want to eat fish in the future, won't you have to walk a long way?"
Lin Xiao silently lit some wax for the poor strange fish in his heart. The nine of them, including Lei, all had a special liking for fish. They went to catch fish to eat every day. He had found a lot for this group of strange fish that had no natural enemies. A natural enemy, this team will grow stronger in the future.
Lin, a stingy guy, Xiao: If you ever want to eat me, you will die!
At this time, the strange fish in the river were hesitant. Every time they swam through one of the river sections, their companions always disappeared. They were a little panicked! Never encountered anything like this before! It's better not to go there looking for food during this time! Stay away from that dangerous river bank and stay safe!