Because Ah Jing is young, apart from helping with housework or tidying up the few pieces of land in the yard, he can only teach characters for about an hour a day to the people in the tribe, and the rest of the time is quite free. Chen During Qi's absence, in addition to reviewing and practicing calligraphy every day, he also had an extra task of painting.
Probably because he is not as rigid in thinking and cognition as adult orcs at a young age, and has a strong ability to accept, coupled with being smart and conscientious, Ah Jing has now become the most educated person in Qi Ze City. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts in painting, even if he is talented No matter how good it is, it needs to be practiced slowly stroke by stroke.
Looking at the slightly messy picture he drew, compared with Chen Qi who outlined the majestic charm of the Duosha River with just a few strokes, Ah Jing bit the tip of the brush, picked up the bone knife next to him and cut the wick, which was a bit The dim light was brightened again, the colors were adjusted again, new paper was laid, and the painting continued.
The little wolf cub moved his ears, raised his head to look at A Jing, found a comfortable posture and arched towards the corner of the wall. The weather is hot now, and the stone walls are cool, so the little wolf cub squinted his eyes comfortably , looked up at A Jing again, then slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.
The next day, when Chen Qi opened the door refreshed, what he saw was the energetic little wolf cub and A Jing who looked a bit sleepy.
Chen Qi was taken aback, quickly took the other party's little hand, and asked worriedly: "What's wrong? Is there something uncomfortable?" After speaking, he reached out to touch the other party's forehead, compared his own body temperature, and found nothing Symptoms of fever.
Ah Jing shook his head, "I didn't draw well."
"What?" Chen Qi was confused.
Ah Jing ran back to the room and took out the pictures he had spent all night drawing last night, there were more than ten pictures. Chen Qi was stunned for a moment, and opened the pages one by one to have a look.
"It's obviously the same color, but it's different when you draw it." Ah Jing frowned inexplicably. No matter how many times I tried to draw it last night, it was different from Chen Qi's. There are discrepancies, not to mention how depressed.
Chen Qi smiled lightly, and rubbed the other person's little head a few times, "The light of the oil lamp is yellowish and still so dim, it's pretty good that you can draw like this. Next time, don't draw at night, in case of myopia What should I do? I don’t know how to make glasses.” Chen Qi felt a little funny when he thought about how the grown-up Ah Jing needed to go hunting with a pair of heavy glasses.
"Painting needs to be done slowly, and there is no rush. You must sleep well in the future, you know? Otherwise, you won't grow taller."
Ah Jing was taken aback, and quickly nodded his head in agreement. He didn't want to be a small man forever. Ah Zhang said that he could only be allowed to hunt when he grew up. Only when he learned how to hunt could he hunt food for himself and the little wolf. He is a female son, he can't let Chen Qi raise him all the time.
For breakfast in the morning, Ah Jing ate five milk fruits for the first time.
Aze was probably really tired, he rarely slept until noon, and Chen Qi didn't wake him up, warmed his breakfast beside the charcoal fire that had been removed, and went out to school with Ajing after he was full.
The writing class was arranged in the morning before the girls started working. I hadn't seen Chen Qi for more than two months and needed to see how the others were doing.
The orcs of Yanshan tribe and Luoshui tribe are also very interested in the so-called class. They went to school with the owner of their temporary residence early in the morning to wait. Although the classroom area is large enough, there are about 30 desks, It happened to be one seat for each person in Qi Ze City, so everyone wouldn't feel crowded when they sat in, but now there are nearly twenty people pouring in, the space is not enough, Chen Qi asked them to go home and get some futons Come over and place it in the middle of the aisle between the tables, so that it can barely squeeze in.
It took a lot of time for everyone to check the study situation. After all, there were still a lot of things to do in the tribe. After the check, it was time for get out of class to end, so Chen Qi asked them to go back to work.
Seeing that the orcs from other tribes were interested, Chen Qi also taught them how to write their own names. After all, the names of the females only have one word. Even so, everyone taught them once and chatted with them. noon.
When he got home, Aze wasn't there, and there was only a note on the table. Ayan followed Chen Qi home, he promised last night that he would go to the forest with Aze to pick grapes, but when he arrived, he didn't see Aze himself, so he couldn't help being a little puzzled.
"Is Aze not here? Do you want to go to the forest today?"
"He has already gone first."
Ayan was a little stunned, "Go first? How do you know?" He was with Chen Qi all morning, and he didn't see Aze coming to him.
Chen Qi raised the note in Yang's hand, "He left me a message."
A Yan took the note from Chen Qi in surprise, there were indeed some words on it that looked like the words Chen Qi had taught them just now, but unfortunately he could barely recognize his own name now, and his words were undoubtedly the same as heavenly scriptures in his eyes.
Unexpectedly, a few words could convey information, Ayan raised her head and looked at Chen Qi, feeling that she really came to the right place, perhaps compared to the Luoshui tribe, Qi Ze City might be more suitable for them.
Seeing that Aze was not there, Ayan didn't stay any longer, and left after saying hello to Chen Qi. After class, Azhang took people from the Luoshui tribe and the Yanshan tribe to visit the tribe. In the past, it happened to catch up with Azhang and the others to lead people up the city wall.
At noon, Chen Qi boiled a large plate of mung bean porridge, and then baked a few pancakes and A Jing hastily settled the lunch. After all, the weather became hotter and his appetite weakened a lot.
In the afternoon, I went with Ali to check the pile of luggage piled up in the school. I was even more amazed to see Chen Qi making a large plate of ice with a few stones on a hot day.
"It's a pity that the saltpeter is not enough for everyone in the tribe. I plan to save it and make it into gunpowder, so that I won't be afraid even if there is a hyena next time." Although the person who asked the Luoshui tribe to come to the next meeting Bring some saltpeter over here, but the Luoshui tribe is too far away from here after all, this batch of saltpeter will be used until next winter, Chen Qi is not willing to carry it back so far just to get a few pieces of ice to use, that would cost too much Too high.
Ali pondered for a while, "The sulfur you mentioned next time let Azhang and the others look for it near the forest. There are many mountains in the forest. Maybe one of them will find what you need." If that fire/ The medicine was really as powerful as Chen Qi said, and for a tribe with a small population like them, it would be safer to have it.
"Will it be unsafe to search in the forest?" Chen Qi was a little worried.
A Li shook his head, "There are many mountains outside the forest. Although they are all hunting in a fixed range now, there are not many prey that can be hunted recently. Azhang is planning to expand the hunting range. Look for that thing called brimstone."
Chen Qi nodded, "As long as it's not dangerous, go find it."
A Li wrote down this matter and planned to talk to A Zhang at night. He opened another animal skin backpack next to him, and found that there was a fluffy white thing inside. He pulled out a piece in surprise, "What is this?"
"This is cotton, which can be used to make clothes, quilts and weave cloth." Chen Qi explained.
"Weaving?" Ali looked at the handful in his hand, how to weave this kind of thing? There is no connection.
Chen Qi looked at the bag of cotton with a headache. He really didn't know how to turn this thing into cotton thread, so he could only study it slowly when he had time in the future.
I took out a small bag of cottonseed from another backpack, "Although I don't know how to weave these cotton into cloth, if you use it to make cotton clothes or quilts, the insulation effect in winter is still good." Technically rough hides work much better.
"After harvesting the crops at home later, I plan to plant some cotton, but there is too little land in the yard, and there are still many open spaces in the tribe. At that time, I will open some land on those open spaces and grow some Some short-cycle crops are planted, so that another batch can be harvested before winter."
A Li responded one by one. After the last planting experience, he already has a certain understanding of the growth of crops. This method of planting and harvesting in his own yard is much more convenient than searching aimlessly on the plains. , and the amount of harvest is also very impressive, even if there is not enough food to hunt in the forest this summer, there should be no need to starve this winter.
Chen Qi also explained some dried seafood to Ali one by one. After finishing everything, he put away the saltpeter. Chen Qi took back the food and seeds that belonged to himself and Aze, and let Ali take care of the rest. Assigned to other people in Qi Ze City.
It was so busy until the evening that Chen Qi was free to start processing the pile of mature crops in the yard. The crops grew very well, even when they were mature, there were no withered and yellow leaves at all. I don't know if it was the growth characteristics of the plants in this world.
Ah Jing, who was studying in the room, saw Chen Qi going out with a hoe and a bamboo sieve, and hurriedly followed. Chen Qixian picked the bright red peppers that had already grown on the branches. There were about a dozen peppers planted, but the patience It can't help that it has a high yield, and even after picking all of them, there is a small pile on the bamboo sieve.
Chen Qi spread the peppers directly on the bamboo sieve to dry. He is not a person who likes spicy food. The reason why he grows peppers is to prepare for winter. Can drive away some chills.
After the peppers were picked, Chen Qi dug up the potatoes and sweet potatoes. The two fields harvested five or six bags. Usually, he could only find one or two trees at a time outside. A dozen or so, seeing so many this time, Ah Jing couldn't help swallowing, "Chen Qi, can we make French fries and dried sweet potatoes again this time?"
He hasn't eaten these two kinds of food for a long time since Chen Qi left. Occasionally, Carlo would be eager to make some, but because he didn't find many ingredients, he could only get a little bit every time, and he had to share half of it. There's not enough food for the little wolf cub.
Seeing this harvest, Chen Qi was also very happy, "Of course, we will make a bunch of snacks tomorrow." Not to mention Ah Jing, even he was a little hungry after not eating for so long.
Ah Jing cheered, and couldn't help but hug the little wolf cub for a circle, so frightened that the little wolf cub tightly grasped his hand with his front paws, howling in dissatisfaction.