The orcs have experience in building houses. All the materials have been prepared when building the exterior walls before. Now they only need to lay the stone slabs directly. The stone slabs are very large, and it doesn’t take much time to lay the roof and floor. Under Chen Qi's command, several people worked together to finish everything before evening.
While it was still early, Azhang took Aze and Ake to hunt near the Chishui River. This time was the peak time for the migratory army to cross the river. Although there were more prey, hunting became more troublesome than usual . Migrating armies almost all move according to ethnic groups, and even cheetahs, which are almost solitary predators, have begun to form teams. The lone prey is not only the target of the orcs, but also the target of these predators migrating behind herbivores. After all, for tens of thousands of migrating troops of the same race, even if they are as strong The orc female can only avoid its edge.
Of course, as long as the method is right, it is not difficult for the orcs to hunt prey from the migratory army across the river. Before the sun went down, Aze brought back two warthogs and a small antelope. The Chishui River was almost occupied by a dense army crossing the river. Naturally, Aze could no longer deal with prey by the river, so he could only fetch water and go home to deal with it.
In order to prevent the stench of animals at the door of the house, Chen Qi laid two stone slabs at the place where the prey is often handled, and dug a small ditch to the ditch not far behind the house, in order to prevent the blood from seeping directly. In the soil at the door, a small ditch was built with pectin sand.
Aze has already learned how to marinate meat. Today, since Aze started to process the prey, Chen Qi didn't even come to help. He was holding a piece of locust dragon's eyeshell and studying how to fix the windows of the house.
While handling the prey, Aze paid attention to Chen Qi's movements. Chen Qi frowned for a while and thought for a while, then fiddled with a few wooden boards, glued the melted glue to the wooden boards, and held Locust Dragon's transparent eye shells ran to the new house next door for comparison. Aze couldn't understand why Chen Qi did this, but looking at Chen Qi who was busy beside him, he felt a rare peace of mind.
Because Chen Qi had been tinkering with the windows, Aze made the dinner, and Aze didn't know how to cook, so he made a plate of bone broth and half a roasted antelope. After eating half of the milk fruit, the little wolf cub nestled into his own little den and fell asleep. He was very well-behaved.
"Chen Qi, let's eat something first." A Ze called out to Chen Qi who was seriously drawing something with a slate and a piece of charcoal.
Chen Qi stopped what he was doing, wiped his hands with a rag, and took the bone soup and the grilled meat that Aze handed over. Chen Qi took a sip of the bone soup and praised, "It's delicious."
Aze's pretty thin lips are slightly upturned, and he likes to hear Chen Qi habitually praise the deliciousness every time he eats something he cooks. "Eat more if it tastes good." Aze said and put the freshly cut barbecued meat into Chen Qi's bowl, and Chen Qi's bowl filled with meat was almost overflowing.
"You eat too."
"it is good."
"Aze, help me make a window frame after eating later."
Although Aze doesn't know what the frame of the window looks like, he will habitually agree to Chen Qi's request first, "Okay."
It is not difficult to make the framework with Aze's hands-on. Chen Qi was eager to see the results when he thought of the plan, so he first found a window to experiment.
After all, the eye shells of Locust Dragon are not square. Chen Qixian built the well-matched plank with pectin and sand on the left window wall. The wooden boards with cuts were made to insert them. After all, there is no steel. Chen Qi carved a substitute for the connecting piece that fixes the windows. It took Chen Qi more than half a day for just four small things.
Glue the four connectors to the eye shells and window walls of the Locust Dragon with melted jelly, and let it dry overnight. Early the next morning, Chen Qi got up early to check the drying of the jelly, and found that it was strong enough. , so he pulled Aze together to install the windows first.
After all, it is a poorly made thing, so the sealing is not very good, and the screws are replaced by wood, and there will be a friction sound between the opening and closing of the window. But Chen Qi was very satisfied with this simple window. In winter, as long as the windows were sealed with animal skins, it would not be afraid of the wind coming in, nor would it affect the lighting.
When Ah Zhang and the others came, what they saw was Chen Qi, who had just finished fixing the window and was excitedly running in and out, no matter how satisfied he looked.
"Is this the window?" Several people leaned over to look at the transparent eye shell embedded in the wall. Why didn't they think of using the eyes of the locust dragon to make windows before? In this way, even if the fire is not lit during the day, the house is still bright.
Chen Qi nodded with a smile, and opened and closed the window several times to demonstrate how to use the window to several people. The orcs were very curious and pestered Chen Qi to install all the remaining windows.
With the help of a few people, and the experience of making a window, the rest of the windows were almost done without much time, but the newly installed window frame needs to wait for a while for the glue to dry to a certain extent. Otherwise, no matter how light the eye shell of the Locust Dragon is, it cannot bear its weight.
Waiting for the pectin to dry, the three responsible for hunting continued to hunt. Carlo took the initiative to take over the task of feeding the cubs. When Chen Qi came back, he made a small wooden dish for the cubs out of wood. Put the milk fruit in a small wooden dish and bring it to the pup's mouth, and the pup will lick the milk clean with a whimper.
"Chen Qi, you don't have much milk in your house. It's best to let Aze go to the forest to pick some before winter, otherwise this little cub will have no food after winter." Ali said When I had time, I sat on the side with the cocoon weaving, and reminded Carlo after seeing Carlo teasing the little wolf cub.
Chen Qi nodded, there are not many milk fruits at home, even if the little wolf cub can only eat half a meal, it will not last for a few days, "The house is almost built, I plan to go to the outskirts of the forest with Aze tomorrow .”
"Are you going too?" Hearing this, Ali raised his head in astonishment, and Carlo's hand that was smoothing the cub's hair also paused.
"We're only on the outside, we won't go deep inside." Seeing the disapproving expressions of the two, Chen Qi explained.
"Even the periphery is dangerous. If you want to go, you must not leave my brother's side." Although Carlo disagreed, he didn't stop him. I also told Chen Qi about it.
It was almost evening, Chen Qi saw that the jelly fruit was almost dry, so he led a few people to install the windows. After everything is done, it feels like the whole house has changed a lot. Carlo ran in and out excitedly. He liked this tall, big, bright house so much that he almost asked him to build one too.
"If you like it, you can build one next summer." Chen Qi said.
"Can't we get up in winter?" Carlo was really happy, wishing he could get a house that was exactly the same now, but he also knew that winter would come in a few days, and it was the busiest time for hunting, so naturally he wouldn't Mess around at this time. But the orcs will be idle when winter starts.
"The ground is frozen in winter, so it's not easy to dig a foundation. And you can also see if my house can survive the winter. If you can't, then you are not in vain."
After hearing Chen Qi's explanation, Carlo was not bothered.
Azhang circled the house thoughtfully for a few times before taking the other three back to the tribe. Even though the food Chen Qi made was better than theirs, they didn't have much time to stay for dinner at this time , There is still a lot of work to be done in the tribe to store food.
Chen Qi carried several bundles of firewood into the new house. A rectangular pit was purposely dug near the entrance of the hall. The bottom was paved with stone slabs, and the top was covered with a thick layer of dry river sand. This was made by Chen Qi for the convenience of barbecue Save it for the fire.
Chen Qi set up firewood on the pit and lit a small fire, and then lit another one in the stove pit behind. The smoke passed through the fire pit and then through the bamboo chimney to the outside. After a while, the stone bed on the fire pit leaked out. There was a burst of warmth.
A Ze stood aside with a weary expression and watched Chen Qi busy. After the new house was built, he might be the only one who didn't respond. Thinking of Chen Qi moving here in the future, even though the two houses are only a few steps away, He still felt stuffy inside.
"Ah Ze, which of these two rooms do you like?" After lighting the fire, Chen Qi started to walk in the two rooms facing the door. There is no door in the room. The situation on the other side can be seen clearly.
"Any one is fine." Aze replied a little perfunctorily.
Chen Qi thought for a while, pointed to the room facing Yang and said to A Ze: "Then you can live in this room from now on."
The tips of Aze's ears moved, thinking he had heard wrongly, "What did you say?"
Only then did Chen Qi realize that he hadn't told Aze that he wanted the other party to move in since he started building the house until now, and he might be angry if he made a hasty decision for the other party now, so he straightened his face and asked seriously : "Aze, do you want to move in and live with me?"
A Ze opened and closed his mouth a few times, unable to speak, Chen Qi continued: "I have thought about this house since the beginning of planning, there are four rooms, one is yours, one is mine, and one is mine. I didn’t tell you before that I was afraid that the building would not make you happy, but now that the house has been built, the place is big enough, so I want to ask you, do you want to live with me?”
A Ze's heart was turbulent, something was about to overflow, he lowered his head to suppress the emotion revealed in his eyes, Chen Qi patiently waited for the other party's reply, after a long time, A Ze responded in a low voice, "Okay."