The stone slabs are very large and thick. Chen Qi saw that the largest one was almost one meter high. Naturally, Chen Qi couldn't move it by himself. Carlo's strength was stronger than Chen Qi's. Two people could lift it from the ruins. The stone slabs were pulled out and neatly arranged in one place.
Chen Qi chose relatively complete stone slabs, but because the stone slabs were too heavy, the speed of the two of them was not fast. After working for almost an afternoon, they only managed to get about a dozen or so slabs. Azer's home.
Chen Qi originally wanted to try to see if he could make a wooden cart, but then he seriously considered the feasibility of this plan. Not to mention the distance between the two places, the wasteland full of weeds on the way could not be passed smoothly by wooden wheels. Yes, it's better to let the powerful females run a few more times, and it will be faster to carry them back by human power. So as soon as this plan popped up in his mind, it was rejected by Chen Qi.
As the evening approached, Chen Qi was using a simple brush made of hay to clean up the broken stones on a stone slab, and there was still dry sand on the edge. Suddenly, a long howling wolf came from not far away. He paused unnaturally, and thought in horror, could it be that a pack of wolves came here
At this time, Carlo also stopped what he was doing and walked over, "Chen Qi, let's go home quickly."
"Has a pack of wolves come?" Chen Qi asked a little worriedly. Wolves are pack animals. Today, many females in the tribe have gone to the forest. If a pack of wolves rush into the tribe at this time, the consequences can be imagined.
"It's not the wolves, it's the signal sent by the tribe's guards. It's to remind everyone that there may be danger." Carlo explained, took Chen Qi's arm and walked towards the center of the tribe.
"Why use wolf howling to signal? What if a real pack of wolves is attracted?"
"Well, I'm not very clear about the specifics. I heard from Ake that the howling of wolves can be heard far away, and the whole tribe can hear the signal outside the tribe, and the howling of wolves can drive away many timid predators. "
Chen Qi understood, when the two returned to Carlo's house, they first gathered the dried meat that had been drying outside for a day and moved them back to the room. After a while, Ali also came over, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two of them were fine. "Carol, after putting away all the jerky, take Chen Qi to the ancestral house in front of the rock mountain. I'll go there first." Ali hurried away after speaking.
Carlo quickened the movements in his hands, and Chen Qi couldn't help but become serious with his expression. Put all the pieces of meat into the pottery plate, and put another layer of animal skin on it after moving it back to the room. After finishing everything, Carlo pressed the animal skin curtain with stones to make the lower part dense, and then took out a few ghost flowers. The needle flower was crushed, and the flower juice was sprinkled several times along the doorway, and then he and Chen Qi walked to the rocky mountain behind.
The overall color of the rock is reddish brown, which looks a bit like shale. The ancestral house is built close to the rocky mountain. It looks almost two and a half meters high, and it is the tallest house in the tribe. However, the area inside is narrower than ordinary houses, and it looks more like a tree from a distance. towering pillars.
The function of the ancestral house is not to avoid disasters. What can really be avoided is the rocky mountain behind. There is a cave of about 30 square meters in the rocky mountain, but it is enough to accommodate people who are not able to protect themselves in the tribe.
Chen Qi followed Carlo into the ancestral house. There were about a dozen people in the ancestral house, most of them were old people with disabilities or gray hair, and there were three or four children who looked like they were only ten years old. When Chen Qi came in, everyone looked at him in unison. Chen Qi naturally showed them a friendly smile as a greeting, and the two came to Ali, who was checking whether the entrance to the rocky mountain behind was blocked by stones.
There are two doors in the ancestral house, one in front and the other in the back. The rear one is about one meter above the ground, which can block the footsteps of most enemies who can't climb walls and have poor jumping ability. The size of the cave can only allow an adult to pass through, leading directly to the cave in the rocky mountain behind.
"Uncle Ali, did the guards say what is coming?" Carlo asked Ali who was returning from the cave inspection.
"It has already been asked, and there will probably be information back in a while."
The two were talking about a young female coming in from the door, Chen Qi recognized that person as the female who was guarding outside the tribe in the morning, named A Le.
As soon as Ah Le came in, he was surrounded by everyone. Ali walked over and asked eagerly: "What's the matter? It's your turn to guard today. Can you see what is coming?"
Ale's immature face was full of dignity, "I saw a letter eagle flying by not far away."
"Xinying?"
"Impossible, how could Xinying come here at this time? Winter hasn't arrived yet."
"Did you read it wrong?"
"Is that why hyenas are coming too?"
"..."
Speaking of hyena dragons, everyone fell into silence. After all, it was not long before this tribe was attacked by hyena dragons last time. Because of that attack, there were only a few people left in the tribe.
"Ale, are you sure you read it correctly?" Carlo confirmed again in disbelief.
"No." Ale shook his head, and took out a white feather from his bosom, with wisps of faint mist wrapped around it, "I went to check it out to make sure it was Xinying, and I picked up this feather on the way. a feather."
"Why did you bring Xinying's feather into the tribe?" Ali scolded. You must know that Xinying's feathers are used to transmit information. If Xinying's companion finds this feather and finds the tribe, and then attracts hyena dragons, it will not be a joke.
Ale shook his head in embarrassment, "I'm afraid you won't believe me, so I brought it back for you to have a look at. I'll throw it away from the tribe now." Then he rushed out of the room, turned into the corner of the house a few times and disappeared.
Ali calmed down everyone's emotions, and then said to Chen Qi with a little apology: "I'm going to check the situation nearby, you and Carlo stay here, and it's about time for Azhang and the others to come back, don't worry."
Chen Qi nodded, "I'm fine, go get busy."
"Uncle Ali, don't worry, I will take good care of Chen Qi." Carlo assured with a straight chest.
Ali smiled and rubbed his hair, then turned and left.
Azhang and Ake came back after the sun had completely set. As soon as Ake entered the door and saw Carlo sitting in the corner intact, his heart that had been carrying him finally fell to the ground, but he still couldn't help but walked over and hugged him tightly. Into his arms, he nibbled on the other person's face in a hurry.
"I'm fine." Carlo patted Ake on the back lightly and comforted him.
"Um."
In the evening, all the people in the tribe gathered in the ancestral house to spend the night. Only then did Chen Qi know that the whole tribe now has no more than thirty people, of which there are only ten young and strong ones plus Ali, and the young Xiongzi is even more. Only Carlo.
Worried that the hyena dragon would be nearby, Azhang arranged for the females to take turns guarding the night around the tribe. Chen Qi, a scumbag of combat power, and his identity as the default male son naturally did not need him to watch the night. After working hard all day yesterday, and today, he spent most of the day pawing and pulling stone slabs in the ruins, Chen Qi's body was already exhausted. After eating the simple barbecue that was allotted to him, he took the animal skin that Ake brought from home. Laying on the floor, I wanted to raise my spirits and pay attention to the development of the matter, but I didn't expect to fall into a deep sleep not long after I sat down.
When I woke up the next day, I found that everyone in the room had left, only Ake and Carlo were whispering together. Most of the time, it was Carlo who was talking, and Ake listened carefully, occasionally humming slightly as a response . Seeing that Chen Qi woke up, Carlo came over and asked a little worriedly, "You're awake. Are you feeling unwell?" You must know that Chen Qi fell asleep sitting up last night, and the sound of falling to the ground was startling Everyone jumped, and he fell asleep and fell and didn't wake up. Carlo didn't know how Chen Qi did it.
Fortunately, an old woman checked at that time and found that Chen Qi had really fallen asleep, so Carlo and the others were relieved.
"Yeah." Maybe it was because the animal skin that he slept on last night was too thin, Chen Qi felt that every bone was sore and uncomfortable after waking up, and then he seemed to remember something, and blushed slightly in embarrassment and apologized, "Sorry, I didn't I fell asleep right away when I thought about it." And he slept until dawn, Chen Qi silently spurned himself. Fortunately, he didn't know what he had done last night, otherwise he might have crept in at this time.
"It's okay, you're exhausted too."
"Where's the hyena?"
"I didn't find any trace of it. It is estimated that the letter eagle was just passing by yesterday." Ake handed a bamboo tube containing broth and a piece of barbecue in a leaf to Chen Qi, "Let's eat something first, it's almost here At noon, you should be hungry."
"Noon?" Chen Qi choked, and took the food stiffly, he didn't expect to sleep for so long.
The broth contained in the bamboo tube smelled like lamb, and the barbecue was still a little warm, so it tasted ordinary. Perhaps the salt stone has been refined by using the method of refining salt by oneself, and neither the broth nor the grilled meat has the unique bitterness of the salt stone.
"Ake doesn't need to go hunting today. Let's sort out all the stones you need for your house. When my brother comes back, we can move the stones back."
Chen Qi looked at Ake, "Is it because of the Hyena?"
Ake nodded, "The members of the hunting team will stay in the tribe today to observe the situation. Uncle Azhang has already taken people to a place some distance away from the tribe to investigate. He will resume hunting after confirming that there is no problem."
Chen Qi finished his food in two bites and stood up, "Then I will trouble you today, let's go."
A Li is going to burn the pottery he made yesterday, so the three of them are the only ones to lift the slate. With Ake joining in, this job is obviously much easier. A slate needs the joint efforts of Carlo and Chen Qi to lift it. Ake One person could easily move it away, and in the end it became Carlo and Chen Qi to clean up the slate, and Ake was responsible for moving the slate to the same place to organize it.
In the evening, the three of them sorted out three piles of stone slabs, enough for Chen Qi to build the outer wall of the house into two layers thick.