Ah Shu piled two big salt stones wrapped in animal skins at Chen Qi's feet, "These are the leftover salt stones from our tribe. If you need them, I will give them all to you."
Chen Qi looked at it in surprise, "So many?" Naturally, Chen Qi didn't think there were too many salt stones, but what made him feel strange was that the people of the Luoshui tribe left so many salt stones without exchanging them.
"These are intended to be exchanged for flint. My brother is teaching the people in the tribe how to drill wood to make fire. This is because the tribe thanked you and told me to give it to you. But you can use so many salt stones for many, many years, right?" ? Will you come to the next rally?" Ah Shu looked at Chen Qi expectantly.
There are at least three or four hundred salt stones in the four big parcels. Even if Chen Qi plans to pickle all the prey he hunts in the future, it can be used for two or three years. "The future is not clear, if there is still demand It should come again."
Ah Shu was a little disappointed, he still had a good impression of this male who seemed to know a lot, if only he was from his own tribe. "We plan to rush back to the tribe tomorrow." The Luoshui tribe is far away from here. This year they will return early this year. If they are fast, they should be able to return to the tribe before winter.
Although the square of Lion Wolf Tribe is very large, Chen Qi and the others caused a great commotion by making fire by drilling wood. In such a short time, almost all the orcs who came to the assembly knew that there was a way to avoid using fire. Flint can make fire.
Although Aze didn’t talk much, he patiently demonstrated it to those newcomers over and over again. After the firewood they collected before was almost used up, some people moved a lot of firewood from their own homes. If you don’t understand, just repeat it. He asked Aze all over the place, and only after he could get angry with this method, he excitedly withdrew from the crowd of onlookers, making room for the new crowd.
Chen Qi, who was talking to A Shu, saw the man named Ai Li outside the crowd looking at A Ze in the crowd with a gloomy face, Chen Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, "Be careful when you go back, I was in the crowd before I also met a hyena dragon on the plain, I don’t know if that hyena dragon is still wandering in the plain.” Chen Qi reminded.
"Have you ever seen a hyena dragon on the plain?" Ah Shu was taken aback, but before he could ask, Chen Qi had already turned around and walked towards the crowd who were still demonstrating how to make fire by drilling wood.
Aze has been demonstrating for several hours. Although his hands have thick skin and thick flesh due to long-term hunting, they are also red from rubbing sticks all the time. Chen Qi asked Aze to stop and asked other people from the Rock Mountain Tribe to replace Aze. Come to demonstrate, and those who have learned it will be dragged to other places to demonstrate by those who have not yet learned it, so Aze has to rest for a while.
Chen Qi thought that the man would come over and say something, but when he saw A Ze being dragged away by Chen Qi, he just glanced mockingly before turning and leaving.
Chen Qi poured some water from the bamboo tube to wash A Ze's red hands, but luckily the skin didn't break. Although I asked Aze to demonstrate it to them, I still couldn't help being a little bit annoyed: "You don't know how to take a break, who would foolishly bury your head and work for so long like you?"
Ah Ze thought that Chen Qi was angry, and lowered his head to admit his mistake, "I'm sorry."
Chen Qi patted the other person on the head amusedly, "I don't blame you, and you are so reckless, you are the one who is tired."
"Did you ask me to give them a demonstration on purpose?"
"Well, what? Angry?"
Aze shook his head, it was the first time for him to be surrounded by so many people asking for advice, he felt a little unaccustomed, but deep down he was very happy.
Chen Qi brought over the barbecue that had been warming by the fire and handed it to Aze, "You're hungry, eat something first."
Aze took it and took a bite of the wooden stick with barbecued meat on it. I didn’t feel like I was busy just now, but now when I smelled the smell of barbecued meat, my stomach started to rumble. After driving for a day, I still spent several hours on the road. The thing about making fire with wood is really starving right now.
After chewing for a while, Aze raised his head as if remembering something and asked, "Chen Qi, have you eaten yet?"
Chen Qi handed the broth to the other party, "We've eaten it all, and these are reserved for you."
A Ze took it, the broth was still steaming, maybe it was because it was stewed for too long, the taste was much better than the usual broth, one mouthful, even the heart felt warm.
It was already dark early in the morning, and the square was full of large and small fires. Chen Qi looked at the man on the opposite side who was seriously eating barbecue, and couldn't help asking: "Ah Ze, who is the person who came to see you today? Who?"
The movements in Aze's hands paused, "That person's name is Aili, who I rescued in the Luoya forest before. I heard that their tribe used to live in the forest, and was later destroyed by the hyena dragon."
"Oh, then you are his savior?" Seeing that the man's behavior is not like treating a savior.
Fearing that Chen Qi would misunderstand, Aze quickly explained: "I have nothing to do with him. After bringing him back to the tribe, he hardly spoke to each other."
"If he asked to live with you like I did, would you agree?"
Aze looked at Chen Qi silently, if Ai Li had asked to live with him when he brought Ai Li back to the tribe, would he have agreed? Probably not, he still remembers the resentful look in Aili's eyes when he saw his smooth right wrist, which was more terrifying than those in the tribe who simply ignored his existence, as if he was the one who destroyed him. Like the culprit of the tribe.
Seeing that Aze didn't speak, Chen Qi felt a little awkward in his heart, and picked up the red-burning coals in the fire with a wooden stick, "Aze, let's go home early tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Back home, he liked the word.
Naturally, Chen Qi didn't want to carry all the four bags of salt and rocks back home by himself. He also planned to slowly search for other edible food along the way. Chen Qi had already had enough seasonings, only salt and wild Ginger, even if he found another perilla tree on the return trip, it would probably make Chen Qi happy for several days.
The rest of the Yanshan Tribe will stay here for a day. This time, Azhang brought Ale with him in the hope that the other party can take advantage of this gathering to find a partner. Naturally, he needs to leave some time for him.
The animal skins and pottery they brought over were all replaced with salt stones, so the luggage on the return journey was naturally much less. The two females in the tribe who learned how to make fire by drilling wood were very grateful to Chen Qi, seeing that Chen Qi had exchanged so many salt stones. Enthusiastically said that he would help Chen Qi move back. Naturally, Chen Qi would not refuse, the females are very strong, Chen Qi also sewed two super-large animal skin backpacks overnight, separated the salt stone into two newly made backpacks, and just put the two backpacks together. fill up. Chen Qi handed over two bags of salt stones to the female son of the Rock Mountain Tribe, and he and Aze planned to set off with two empty bags on their backs to find food.
The orcs in the square were excited all night because of drilling wood to make fire, and they gradually dispersed until dawn.
Chen Qi cooked some barbecue early in the morning and filled the bamboo tube with boiling water. After a hasty breakfast with A Ze, he greeted A Zhang and left the tribe when there were few people.
Because he wanted to find something in the grass, Chen Qi got off Aze's back after leaving the lion and wolf tribe.
The sun has just climbed out of the horizon, and the surroundings are quiet, with dew still hanging on the withered grass. Chen Qi took off the animal fur coat and changed it back to his own shirt, rolled it up and tied it around his waist, holding the sword horn knife in his hand, with a face full of eagerness, slightly raised his chin and said to the man beside him: "Let's go!" .”
Aze nodded, "Okay." He was also looking forward to what new food Chen Qi could find, it would be great if he could find sweet potatoes, and he also wanted to eat the roasted sweet potatoes made by Chen Qi.
Chen Qi searched very carefully, and he didn't intend to let go of every crack in the grass. In the wilderness, Aze needed to be distracted and pay attention to the surrounding situation, so the speed was naturally not fast.
When A Xu left the lion and wolf tribe, he planned to be alone with Chen Qidao, but he didn't expect that the other party would leave earlier than him, and he felt a little annoyed that he didn't get up earlier.
Ah Shu has sharp eyes. Not long after he left the lion and wolf tribe, he saw two orcs with strange movements not far away. He reached out and pulled A Xu who was walking in front, "Brother, does that person look like Chen Qi?"
A Xu looked in the direction A Shu pointed, and found that it was indeed Chen Qi. The two brothers greeted the leading female, and planned to go over to say goodbye to Chen Qidao.
Chen Qizheng handed a small thistle to A Ze. They had been searching for almost an hour, and they only found two small thistles. Chen Qi's previous excitement that was about to be blown was gone.
Seeing Chen Qi's depression, Aze comforted him: "After all, the plains are not suitable for plants to survive. Next time, I will take you to the outskirts of the forest. There are many different types of plants."
"Won't the forest be dangerous? I'll be a hindrance if I go." Chen Qiguang, the ferocity of dragons, is deterred by imagining it. He still has self-knowledge about his scumbag fighting power. He doesn't want to become a dragon before he finds food. other people's food.
"Before winter comes, dragons will not come to the outskirts. We only look around the outskirts of the forest. If we don't go deep, there is no danger. The males in the tribe will also go to the outskirts of the forest to pick wild fruits in summer. .”
Chen Qi's eyes lit up, "Then let's go back and fix the roof before going to the forest to have a look."
"it is good."
"Chen Qi." Ah Shu called Chen Qi's name while waving his hands, and after a while, the two brothers came in front of them.
Chen Qi looked at the two of them strangely, "Why are you here?"
"We were planning to go back to the tribe. We saw you here from a distance and wanted to say goodbye to you." A Xu explained, "I went to the place where your tribe stayed to find you in the morning, but I didn't expect you to leave so early."
Chen Qi still had a good impression of the two brothers, after all they gave him a lot of salt stones. "You guys came just in time."