Sweater chicken, lion, tiger—the three that I met that day are all here now. It turned out that they were not poor chickens who were chased and killed at all, but the perpetrators who took the lead in chasing and killing their own horned sheep!
That sweater chicken sneakingly followed him to the tribe was definitely not because he was rescued and had feelings for it, but simply clicked on his remaining five-horned sheep.
Haru's brain suddenly brightened.
So, when he looked at Meng Jiuzhao again, his expression became very serious.
"This chicken you raised, that lion, and that tiger over there have eaten me up in the past few days..." In the middle of speaking, Haru counted carefully in his heart, and finally reported a compensation amount , "I ate a total of forty sheep, how much I have to pay, you can figure it out."
Meng Jiuzhao suddenly thought of the group of stupid horned sheep a while ago!
I said, why don't you change the place to graze when you are caught every day~ Feelings are raised by others!
but-
"Sorry, I didn't know you raised those horn sheep." Meng Jiuzhao said modestly. Then, he began to compliment each other, "The horn sheep you raise are really fat~ every horn sheep is delicious!"
Finally, he began to bargain, "However, according to my calculations, we have eaten a total of twenty-eight horned sheep in the past few days, definitely not forty."
"Ah?" Haru felt guilty, the number of more than ten fingers plus ten toes was an astronomical figure for him, so that he never knew how many sheep he had in total.
"Besides, four of the horn sheep we have caught are very old horn cattle, and the meat is a bit old. A discount is two horn sheep! There are also three small horn sheep that are a few months old. Three plus It doesn’t look as big as the butt of an adult horn sheep, this one can only be regarded as half a horn sheep, so at most we have eaten your twenty-three and one-half horn sheep.”
As soon as Meng Jiuzhao finished speaking, Haru's eyes were already circled by mosquito coils.
He can't figure it out!
"Let's just pay the compensation according to the amount you said." Haru replied cautiously, not daring to underestimate the other party.
"What's the general price of your horned sheep?" Since the other party already has the concept of compensation, it means that some orcs have realized the benefits of the exchange? Do they already have the concept of money? Meng Jiuzhao was both curious and worried. After all, the Washi tribe is obviously still in a very primitive primitive society. Now that other primitive tribes have been discovered, other tribes have already started to raise prey in captivity. The Washi tribe is still hunting hard. Could it be that they have fallen behind in terms of productivity? Big cut
"Ten horned sheep can be exchanged for one salt rock." Haru honestly explained the price offered to him by other tribes.
Now, Meng Jiuzhao was the one who was stunned!
Salt!
Was he talking about the "salt" he had been looking for
"Is the salt you are talking about the kind of salt that is used in food to make food more delicious?" Meng Jiuzhao felt that he needed to carefully confirm it.
"..." Haru was silent: As long as the salt stones exchanged by their tribe can be licked every few days, it is a very happy thing. Cooking with salt stones is too, too extravagant!
As expected of the rich second generation of the tribe who can buy a few fruits and get rid of a few salt stones!
"Just give me two salt stones." Haru made his own exchange terms. From the moment he saw Meng Jiuzhao, he noticed the salt stone slabs in the other's bag.
Isn't he afraid of being robbed when he goes out to pick fruit with such a bag of salt stones
Haru's gaze was too direct, and Meng Jiuzhao quickly followed his gaze to the... note in his bag
and many more! It wouldn't be what he imagined—
"Are... two pieces enough?" Meng Jiuzhao tentatively took out two stone slabs.
Haru's face immediately showed unconcealable joy. If he was still the prototype, others would definitely be able to see the wagging tail behind his ass!
He cheerfully took the stone slab that Meng Jiuzhao handed over, checked it carefully, and then his face suddenly changed.
"You wait for me!" After throwing this sentence, he ran away immediately—
"Ah?" Meng Jiuzhao was dumbfounded. Did he think wrong? Wasn't his slate really a salt stone? The tone of the other party just now—was he dissatisfied with his compensation, so he went back and called people to beat him up
He, is it better for him to run away
Just when Meng Jiuzhao decided to run away with the fruit, Haru came back quickly. He came back from the prototype, a shepherd dog running happily in the grass... It looks so beautiful.
For a long time, Meng Jiuzhao, who was forced to watch lions, tigers or dinosaurs running in the grass every day, was deeply moved by the peaceful scene in front of him.
Haru came back with an animal skin bag in his mouth, looking at Meng Jiuzhao with warm eyes.
Meng Jiuzhao couldn't help but took the bag he handed over, and opened it: there were all kinds of fruits inside.
Haru also just turned into a human form at this time.
"The salt stone slab you gave is too big. My horned sheep can't afford to exchange it for such a large salt stone. These are the fruits I picked today. I will give you some of them first. When you come here the day after tomorrow, I will give you two more horned sheep. "
After Haru finished speaking, he turned his head and left.
Holding the heavy fruit, Meng Jiuzhao almost burst into tears: Primitive society is good!
After distributing the fruit to each of the cubs, Meng Jiuzhao also stuffed one into his own mouth.
Juicy and delicious! Really tasty!
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The fruit Haru gave was too big, and Meng Jiuzhao couldn't eat half of it. He stuffed the remaining half of the fruit into Louis's mouth. Meng Jiuzhao began to study the remaining slate in the bag, and he tentatively licked it.
Bitter...a bit salty...
I rely on!
Isn't this the taste of salt
It would not be an exaggeration to describe Meng Jiuzhao's expression as being struck by lightning.
He started thinking about the salt he was looking for not long after he hatched, and it turned out to be around him, it appeared on his neck (tribal member certification on the neck), in his bag (notes for class), and under his buttocks ( white tailor-made primitive society version king size bed).
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No wonder you can find Vash wherever there is no grass. No wonder he worked so hard to plant crunch grass in the tribe for a long time, but nothing can grow. Wa is the land of the tribe, which is commonly known as saline-alkali land!
Meng Jiuzhao, who returned to the tribe, paid extra attention to the existence of Vash. Then, the more he opened, the more he discovered that Vash was everywhere: every household used it as the outer wall of the nest - Vash; The cooking pot—wash too!
Thinking of the information that just got out of Haru's mouth, in other tribes, Wash = salt stone, almost a hard currency!
Imagining Washi as gold, and re-examining the words of the Washi tribe, Meng Jiuzhao suddenly became embarrassing: gold is used by every household to make the outer wall of the nest! The table where the tribe usually eats and puts food - gold! The cauldron for cooking—gold! Every member of the tribe wears gold nuggets around their necks, and at night everyone sleeps on a big bed made of gold, and even—
Meng Jiuzhao glanced guiltyly at the washboard in his bag—a notebook made of gold, it was blinding!
Thinking of his first hunting experience, and recalling the horned ox he killed with so many salt stones, Meng Jiuzhao couldn't help but burst into tears again.
How many horned oxen can you buy with so many washes!
So, at night, Blake noticed that their bald cub was behaving strangely.
"Baby, why are you hugging the bed all this time?"
"...I like this bed." Rolling happily on the big bed made by Wash, Meng Jiuzhao was so happy when he felt that he and his body were closely attached.
"Oh? Didn't you always dislike this bed and think it's too hard? Bai and I are planning to throw it out and change to a grass bed~"
"Don't, don't, don't~" Meng Jiuzhao hugged the bed even tighter, "I like this bed the most!"
"Okay." Seeing that the cub liked the first bed he and Bai made so much, Black shrugged, bent over and stroked the cub's hair, and continued to do his own thing.
After figuring out that Washi is the salt stone, Meng Jiuzhao felt that everything had suddenly come to his senses.
For example, why people in the tribe never have symptoms of salt deficiency.
And, why is the food made by Carat so unpalatable, but Sita said that the food he made gave people strength.
Carat is very strong, the pot used for cooking is simply smashed out of a piece of washer (other people will choose bone pot for cooking), the food cooked in this pot is definitely not very delicious, but, eat salt It really energizes.
So, fortunately, Kela’s cooking is too unpalatable, and everyone is unwilling to eat more of his cooking, but because everyone knows the benefits of eating Kela’s cooking, they still eat a little on a regular basis, which happens to be a regular salt supplement.
What a joy!
Thank you Carat for cooking so badly, otherwise we would definitely have high blood pressure from eating too much salt!
Just after being happy and finally finding the salt, Meng Jiuzhao began to worry about whether he would consume too much salt.
He decided to boil, salt!
So, Meng Jiuzhao got up early the next morning. He ran to the kitchen and asked Carat to borrow a large pot (of course, Louis was in charge of carrying it), set up a fire, and poured a lot of water into it. Tossed a lot of wash blocks, which are everywhere in the tribe, and the ones he threw in were picked up by the roadside.
As the people in the tribe woke up one after another, it didn't take long for everyone to know that the bald boy of the Black family was cooking breakfast.
The cubs of the Black family are so filial! Really capable ← everyone thinks.
But when they found out that what Meng Jiuzhao cooked was a pot of stones, everyone's expressions became embarrassing.
But the other cubs thought it was fun, and they said they wanted to play together, so a group of cubs took over Carat's cauldron.
A pot of water was boiled until it dried up, and Meng Jiuzhao harvested a layer of white powder at the bottom of the pot.
After dipping a little powder and licking it, Meng Jiuzhao smiled with satisfaction: It's really salt! And it is white salt with very few impurities!
The other cubs were stunned!
They actually cooked snow!
The white salt grains are so delicate that they really look like snow. The female cubs all recalled the days when it snowed every day in the tribe. These children who grew up on the ice field have a love and nostalgia for white that others cannot understand. Thinking that they can cook something like snow, they cook even more vigorously.
So, when the adults came back, they saw a group of cubs happily sitting in the pot and playing with the snow (Meng Jiuzhao: Hey! Don’t count me in!).
They thought the cubs were just cooking for fun, but they didn't expect to cook something.
Everyone came over curiously, and Meng Jiuzhao started to introduce them.
"This is salt, it can be used for cooking and eating, it will be delicious!"
The adults were stunned for a while, but their eyes were quickly attracted by Louis who was beside him.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp~~" Louie called out so happily. This is a cub who usually does not like to talk. At this time, he is rolling in a pot of salt with a comfortable (囧) face. The fine salt grains roll down from his fine down from time to time, bringing out the dirt inside by the way. thing.
"This is a good thing for bathing!" Sita exclaimed in surprise after realizing the value of this thing almost immediately.
As a result, other members of the tribe immediately understood.
Usually, it is easy to take a bath in human form, but it is really not easy to take a bath in animal form! The orcs of the Vash tribe grew up in the frigid zone, so the hair on their bodies is delicate and soft, and it is hard work to clean the hair that can't wait for ten hairs to grow from one pore. Many people are born archetypal and basically never tidy anymore.
Many people tried the effect that day, and everyone praised the new product one after another. Snowflakes also developed another use for salt.
"It can also be used in human form, when the skin is half dry, it can remove dead skin~" The male god has a lot of beauty experience, and by the way, he showed off his smooth and clean face after removing dead skin.
So, the females went completely crazy!
Salt was suddenly regarded as a fetish by the Washi tribe!
"The baby is so smart!" Bai was rubbing Meng Jiuzhao's back with salt, admiring while rubbing, "I thought the baby was clean enough, but I didn't expect it to be clean enough."
"Baby got up early in the morning to cook salt, must have thought about it for a long time?"
"If you love cleanliness so much, you must be like me."
After cleaning the cubs, the two fathers began to clean themselves again. After rubbing with salt grains, the whole body felt comfortable. Black and Bai squinted their eyes in satisfaction. They decided to start cooking salt every day tomorrow, trying to save enough for the prototype. Wash the scales thoroughly.
At this point, Meng Jiuzhao was completely speechless.
Why... things never develop according to his plan
tears!
So the salt has not gone to the dining table in the Washi tribe, has it already gone to the dressing table
Forget it, as long as everyone finds it useful and likes it.
Looking at the three-headed Kantas with a happy face, Meng Jiuzhao shrugged.