Although the new house was built according to the original construction method of the orcs, the roof was laid according to Chen Qi's method. Considering that the house needs to be overturned and rebuilt after the end of winter, the beams on the roof did not use sword keels. Instead, a tree trunk was used.
The construction of the new house went smoothly. After the roof was finished, the remaining stone slabs were used to lay the floor. The glue of the newly finished house was not dry, so naturally it was impossible to live in the new house at night. People in the tribe had already They all moved to the lion wolf tribe, and the hyena dragon who escaped didn't know if it would come again. It would not be safe to go back to the tribe now, so Chen Qi invited Azhang and the two to live in his house.
The two habitable rooms in Chen Qi's house were too cold because there was no fire, so they made two animal skins and spread them on the floor of the hall. Fortunately, the hall was large enough, and it didn't feel crowded even after several people slept there. The fact that several people slept together always gave Chen Qi the illusion of going back to his student days when he went out to sleep together.
Before going to bed, Chen Qi checked Ah Jing's wound as usual. The catgut used to suture the wound has been removed, and the wound has scabbed over. Apart from wearing a bandage to prevent the wound from getting in the way, no herbs are applied anymore. .
Chen Qi found a few small red scratches on the shaved area next to A Jing's wound, raised his eyebrows and looked at A Jing.
Ah Jing shrank her neck, subconsciously leaned towards the little wolf cub's nest, her eyes wandered and did not dare to look back at Chen Qi, Chen Qi asked amusedly, "Is the wound itchy?" The itchy feeling is the most annoying, and Chen Qi knew without guessing that the child must have been disturbed secretly.
Ah Jing nodded, then shook his head.
Chen Qi asked strangely: "You are nodding and shaking your head, is it itchy or not?"
"Itches, but it's okay during the day, and you won't be able to sleep if you don't disturb it before going to bed at night." A Jing stretched his hand behind his back and replied obediently.
Chen Qi understood, he sat by the fire pit, "Then you can't sleep now?" Looking at Ah Jing's head, Chen Qi thought for a while, "How about I tell you a story, so you can fall asleep after listening to it?" No, it doesn't itch after falling asleep."
"Story? The story of the beast god?" Ah Jing asked with his head tilted. The old woman who lived next door to him also liked to tell stories, but there were only two stories about how the beast god saved people. At the beginning, he listened to it a few times out of curiosity, but he got tired of the story after listening to it a few times.
Chen Qi shook his head, "My story has nothing to do with the Beast God." He used to have a colleague who had a little daughter at home. Every night, the colleague would tell her a bedtime story. His daughter always fell asleep after listening to the beginning. He didn't listen to a story completely, so he thought of telling a story to lull Ah Jing to sleep.
Chen Qi thought for a while, and then told a fairy tale by Andersen that he remembers most deeply. Chen Qi put his tone very calmly, and his voice was soft, thinking that he had heard the rhythm that could make people sleepy and finished the story. Looking up, he found that Ah Jing was not asleep at all, and was still looking at himself with a pair of big shining eyes.
"Chen Qi, what is a mermaid?" Carlo, the curious baby lying on the edge of the bed, asked a question.
Chen Qi turned around, and at some point, the orcs at home surrounded him. It seemed that everyone had heard the story just now, "It's a creature that looks like a human but has a fish tail."
"A creature with a fish tail?" Carlo tilted his head and thought for a while, then asked Ake next to him, "Do you know what it looks like?"
Ake shook his head.
Chen Qi described it several times in detail, but several people still couldn't understand mermaids. It was the first time that Chen Qi felt the lack of imagination of orcs. Unable to do so, Chen Qi got up and went to the fire, and took a piece that was already cold. I found a piece of wood and simply drew the image of a mermaid on it, and then handed it to a few people, "It probably looks like this."
"I will understand if you draw it like this." Carlo passed the wooden board in front of several people with a smile, and then handed it to A Jing on the fire pit. A Jing took it carefully. It was the first time he saw this Although Chen Qi did not draw the pattern delicately enough, the characteristics of the mermaid can be understood at a glance. Ah Jing looked at it, and couldn't help but reach out to touch it, only to find that his hand was black and wooden. The painting on the screen was also blurred a lot, and the corners of Ah Jing's upturned lips quickly collapsed.
"What's the matter?" Ali found that Ah Jing's expression was wrong, and asked a little worried. He always felt heartbroken for this child, but it's a pity that this child's temper was as stubborn as his deceased father, and it was difficult to decide what to do. To follow through.
Ah Jing, who was about to secretly hide the muddy wooden plank while others were not paying attention, was startled, and hurriedly stuffed the wooden plank into the animal skin quilt, shook his head and said, "No, it's nothing."
Chen Qi, who had just finished drawing the mermaid, was a little itchy. He found a piece of wood and quickly drew another one. He used to do art design, and he never took a brush after crossing. He almost forgot that he could draw this piece. thing.
"Chen Qi, your drawing is so beautiful, why do you use charcoal to draw it? If you use dyed fruit to draw it, you can keep it forever." Carlo looked at the newly drawn mermaid and said with a little regret.
"We didn't find Ranguo before, and it's winter now, so I don't know if there are any." Before Aze went to the forest several times, Chen Qi didn't ask him to look for Ranguo specifically, and he didn't know if it was the place where Aze went. This area is not suitable for the survival of dyed fruit, and no dyed fruit has been found. When Chen Qi needed to record everything, he just took a piece of charcoal and then took a slate or wooden board to record, and he didn't find it inconvenient.
"When I made pottery before, there were a few dyed fruits left, but they were black. Do you want it?" Ali asked. These few dyed fruits have not been used because of the color problem. It is not easy to find dyed fruits in winter, so they have not been thrown away.
This is the first time for Chen Qi to see dyed fruit. Dried fruit and milk fruit look a bit alike. They are also hard-shelled, with some round black spots growing on them. These spots are used to distinguish the color of dyed fruit. Ruoguo There is a red liquid inside the dyed fruit, and the round spots on the surface will show red.
Chen Qi felt a little strange, so he found a clean bamboo tube and opened a dyed fruit. The dyed fruit liquid was a bit thick, and the color was very black, but it was a bit like ink. Chen Qi poured out a little and added some water to mix it up. After thinking about it , dug out the bird feathers that had been sun-dried a long time ago, found a relatively hard quill, cut it into the shape of a pen head with a sword knife, dipped it in a little blended fruit dye, and quickly drew on a new board up.
The quill pen has not been processed, and the water output effect is not very good, and the drawing is a bit intermittent, but Chen Qi is very satisfied. After a while, a new picture of the mermaid was drawn. Chen Qi handed the wooden board on which the mermaid picture was drawn to Ali, "Ali, can you give me those dyed fruits?"
Ali was stunned for a moment, then took the wooden plank over, and said with a smile, "Take it if you like it, the black dyed fruit is of no use to me."
"Then I won't be polite." Chen Qi put away the intact dyed fruits. With these dyed fruits, there is quite a lot of ink. Find time to make a quill or try to make a brush Come out, then there will be writing tools, Chen Qi smiled and had already begun to think about the usage of various dyed fruits in his mind.
Seeing Chen Qi happily holding the dyed fruit, Ah Ze was a little annoyed that he hadn't found it earlier, so he moved to Chen Qi's side, "If you like dyed fruit, I'll look for it again in two days?"
Chen Qi waved his hand, "No need, these dyed fruits are enough for me to use for a long time."
Aze nodded, still determined in his heart that if he went out these few days, he must find some dyed fruits and come back.
The dyed fruit dries quickly, and it will not fade when touched. It is said to be like ink, but it is more like paint. A Li handed the newly acquired mermaid picture to A Jing, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Can you save this picture for me? I'm afraid it will be damaged."
Ah Jing looked at him suspiciously, and then looked at the beautiful mermaid picture, feeling a little moved. "Then put it here with me first, remember to ask me to get it when you want it."
A Li looked at A Jing's bright eyes after he took the wooden board, and couldn't help rubbing the other's little head. He really wanted to give this painting to him directly, but A Jing would give him it every time. The things he had returned, he had no choice but to say something else.
As soon as Chen Qi got the dyed fruit, he couldn't help but began to think about tools that could be used for writing. The first thing he thought of was the bamboo slips. There were still some bamboos that were cut back before. Chen Qi cut the bamboos into suitable lengths and moved them back to the room. After all, It was night, worried that it would affect other people's sleep, so I found a corner and broke the bamboo into a finger-wide length.
Chen Qi is busy and Aze naturally wants to help. After building a house for a day, Chen Qi wants to send Aze to rest early. Seeing that Aze insists on helping, Chen Qi has no choice but to hand over the broken bamboo pieces to the other party for polishing. Seeing Chen Qi working on new things, people lost sleepiness, and they all came over to help.
A few people started working, and a few sections of bamboo were quickly finished. Chen Qi put the bamboo pieces by the fire, planning to bake them overnight at the temperature of the fire, and then start the binding work tomorrow morning.
After finishing the bamboo chips, Chen Qi sent several people to sleep.
The next day the weather was fine, and the temperature felt a little higher after no snow, not as cold as the previous few days. Ali had already prepared breakfast early on. He had learned how to cook from Chen Qi for a few days before, and the dishes he cooked now were even better than Chen Qi's.
For breakfast, I made meat porridge and potato cakes. Ali’s potato cakes added some rice berries. The rice berries are a bit sticky. The potato cakes made will not fall apart like Chen Qi’s. You can take them directly Eat in hand. Chen Qi ate the cake while drinking the porridge, and couldn't help feeling that Ali's hands-on ability was so good.
After breakfast, Azhang needed to go back to the tribe to bring back some of his leftovers. He had to hand over some of the porpoise dragons he hunted to the leader of the lion wolf tribe, and some to the tribesmen who stayed in the lion wolf tribe. The rest are just some animal skins and daily necessities.
With Ali staying at home, Aze and Ake also went to help, and Chen Qi started to tie the wood chips made yesterday into bamboo slips.