Aze came back when the three of them had just returned to Carlo's home. From a distance, he saw a full-grown male wildebeest on his shoulders and an impala tied with a rope on his back. His steps were steady, When he saw the three people standing at the door, he obviously quickened his pace.
Chen Qi hurriedly went up to him, originally wanting to help him unload the prey from A Ze's body, but looking at the size of the wildebeest, and looking at his arm with no muscles at all, he had more energy than he wanted.
The wildebeest was put on the ground by Aze, and a layer of dust was splashed when it touched the ground. Chen Qi looked at Aze's dusty look, and didn't know how fast the other party ran back, "You are back, Is there any danger on the way?"
"The road went smoothly." Aze smiled at Chen Qi, and then handed the impala behind him to Ake, "This is for you, I met Uncle Azhang on the road with people patrolling nearby , I heard that the trace of Xinying was found, you are all right."
Ake took the impala over, "It's probably the letter eagle that got lost here, there is no problem for the time being."
"That's good."
"Brother, there are letter eagles passing by nearby. It's too dangerous for you and Chen Qi to live outside. Why don't you move back to the tribe, and the house can be rebuilt in the tribe." Carlo suggested with a little worry.
Aze hesitated a little, turned to look at Chen Qi. He didn't have any good memories of this place, but if it would endanger Chen Qi, he didn't know whether it would be better to move back.
Seeing A Ze look over, Chen Qi didn't say anything, went directly to the house and took out his backpack, and said to A Ze: "Let's go home."
Aze was stunned, and then he smiled, "Okay."
Chen Qi said to Carlo: "Don't worry, we can live well outside. Your brother has been living outside for so many years, and nothing happened to him, right?"
Carlo sighed. He naturally knew that it was impossible to move back to the tribe with his brother's stubbornness. He thought he would change his mind because of Chen Qi, but he didn't expect that even Chen Qi would not want to stay in the tribe. "Then be careful when you go back, we will go there tomorrow to help you build a house."
"Well, good." The two agreed, and Aze picked up the wildebeest on the ground and left with Chen Qi.
"If you want to live with Aze, we can move next to them." Ake looked at Carlo who was a little disappointed and said.
Carlo's eyes lit up, then he shook his head and reached out to touch Ake's firm and flat abdomen, "Let's wait until the child is born. Winter is coming, and it's too dangerous to move outside the tribe now."
Ake shook Carlo's hand and said nothing.
Aze gave the wildebeest to Ali. This is the cloth from before and a thank-you gift for asking him to come and accompany Chen Qi during this time. Of course, only one wildebeest is far from enough. If there is enough time, he will also I want to help Ali hunt as much as possible to prepare as much food as possible. Now Chen Qi still has a lot of things to do, almost taking up the two of them's time, so they can only go to Luoya Forest to hunt some porpoise dragons after the early winter.
The pottery bowls and cups I made yesterday have already been fired. Although a few were burnt out, the rest were burnt very well. Although the reddish-brown look is not very pretty, Chen Qi's current requirement is that they can be used.
Ali took out two more pottery bowls from another animal skin. These two bowls were not reddish-brown, but blue, a very deep indigo blue. Ali put the two blue pottery bowls The bowl was passed to Chen Qi, "Yesterday I found out that there were two blue dyed fruits in my house, so I colored these two pottery bowls."
Chen Qi took the two blue pottery bowls in surprise. He thought that the pottery making technique here was more primitive, but he didn't expect to be able to use color to color the pottery. Only then did Chen Qi remember that he was in Azhang's house before. I have also seen white pottery. At that time, I thought it was the reason for the natural discoloration after being used for too long.
After all, it was already evening, and the sun was going to set soon, and the few people didn't say anything. Chen Qi chose five pottery bowls and two pottery cups, stuffed them into his backpack, and left the tribe with Ze.
In the wilderness in the evening, there is no sound of people, no sound of cars, no traces of the civilization that Chen Qi is familiar with, only the boundless yellow weeds and scattered towering trees as far as he can see, Aze's speed is not fast, the wind blowing It's very pleasant when you blow it over your body. Chen Qi lay on A Ze's back, feeling so comfortable that he had the idea that this road would never end.
"Aze, are there any black dyed fruits?"
"some."
Chen Qi raised his head slightly, just enough to see Aze's well-defined side face, "Then next time you see it, help me pick some back."
"it is good."
Before the two of them got home, they smelled an unpleasant smell coming from the air. Chen Qi sniffled, "Ah Ze, do you smell anything?"
Aze nodded, "Well, it smells a bit like a skunk." Aze was surprised that he didn't have this smell when he took the locust dragon's eyes back first.
"Skunk?" Why are there skunks here? Chen Qi was puzzled, and suddenly remembered the pile of traps he had set up before he left yesterday, and asked a little uncertainly, "Would it be those traps that caught him?"
"I don't know, let's go and have a look."
"Um."
The stench got stronger and stronger as he got closer to home, until later Chen Qi had to ask A Ze to put himself down, took off his coat and tightly covered his mouth and nose, only then did he feel he regained his breath. He also handed Aze the cloth that was going to be used to make clothes in his backpack, and asked him to cover his mouth and nose like himself.
A Ze saw that Chen Qi didn't want to take another half step, "You wait here for a while, I'll deal with it first." After speaking, he walked to the place where the smell was the strongest.
Before Chen Qi could stop him, he was about to speak when a foul smell rushed into his mouth, almost causing him to spit it out on the spot, so he quickly shut his mouth tightly and wrapped his coat tighter. The skunks here are also too powerful. Is this a hundred skunks on the earth releasing their stench at the same time
Aze's speed is very fast. When the skunk encounters an enemy attack, it will spray a poisonous liquid. Aze shakes the cloth in his hand. When he sees the gray-white struggling figure in the grass, Immediately, he directly covered it with cloth, wrapped the opponent tightly, and his nails quickly turned into beasts and became longer. With one finger, he went straight to the throat, and the off-white cloth was instantly dyed red.
Aze gently cut the rope that bound the skunk, lifted the skunk and ran away from the house, dug a hole and buried it. Of course, the cloth has to be taken back, but Aze frowned when he saw the cloth that was almost as smelly as a skunk. After thinking about it, he put the cloth in the grass next to him, and waited for the stench to dissipate before recycling. .
When A Ze came back, Chen Qi already felt that the stench in the surrounding air had subsided a bit, but when A Ze approached, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, and A Ze's body was also smeared with the smell.
Seeing Chen Qi's performance, Aze stopped in his tracks, raised his arms and sniffed, his face darkened quickly, damn it, he even forgot that skunks would infect the enemy's body with stench.
Chen Qi waved his hands in embarrassment, and suggested: "Why don't you take a shower with figs first."
"En." Aze replied sullenly, and went back to get water with a dark face. It's almost night now, it's impossible for Aze to leave Chen Qi here alone and go to the Chishui River to wash. Fortunately, there was still a large pot of water left yesterday, so Aze went directly to the door with the pot in his arms. I picked a handful of figs and threw them into the tall grass.
Chen Qi didn't want to stay in this stinky place any longer. Remembering that there were still dozens of traps, he planned to recover the traps, but he couldn't help being shocked when he saw that there were almost one-third of the forty or fifty traps. Once touched, the ropes of several traps were bitten off. How many animals were there in just two days
After a lap, Chen Qi didn't find any more skunks, but he got three hares and two big-eared foxes. After tying up the prey, Chen Qi thought for a while, avoiding the usual route for several people to come and go, and continued to set up traps around the house. Even if it wasn't for hunting prey, it could still give him an extra layer of security.
After everything was done, the sun was setting. After returning to the house, Chen Qi raised the door curtain with a wooden stick. After not being home for two days, the house was full of the smell of bacon. He lit the fire in the middle of the house, and then hung the door. The bacon moved back to the corner. Aze hasn't come back yet, and he doesn't know if the smell on his body can be washed off.
The water in the last clay pot had been taken away by A Ze, so Chen Qi could only dig out two milk fruits, made a hole in the fruit with a sword knife, poured the juice into the clay plate, cut them Several strips of bacon and a handful of sun-dried golden needles were put in and boiled slowly. Because there was no water to wash it, Chen Qi only disposed of a rabbit outside the door. After peeling the skin and removing the internal organs, he directly skewered it on a wooden stick and roasted it on the fire. Anyway, the fire can burn most of the dirty things, so Chen Qi also There is no serious cleanliness, so I can only settle down like this. Other prey were tied with strong ropes and left in corners.
When Aze came back, he stood at the door a little hesitant, and he didn't dare to get close to Chen Qi. His bare arms were rubbed red, he lowered his head and said at a loss: "That smell, I can't wash it off."
Chen Qi's head was full of black lines, and he waved to the big man at the door, A Ze hesitated for a moment before leaning over. Without getting close to the other party, Chen Qi smelled the smell of skunk, and sighed silently in his heart. Fortunately, the smell became much lighter after cleaning, and now it is just within the range he can accept, and he will not not cover it like before. Mouth and nose will almost think that they will be stinking to death just like that.
Seeing Aze's sullen expression, Chen used a bamboo tube to put a large bamboo tube of milk and fruit boiled meat slices for him, and comforted him: "Don't worry, the taste will probably be gone tomorrow, just endure it overnight. Why don't you wait a while Go to bed early after eating, and you won’t be able to smell it when you fall asleep.”