Good luck with koi carp

Chapter 233 Bird Feather Cloak
It is said that they are trying to lead the tribe to find a place to try to settle down, but it does not mean that they can just find a place to live directly. They must also consider all aspects and carefully select a place suitable for long-term residence.

As mentioned before, the Dats group wanders over a large area, and even one year is not enough for them to complete the journey. Generally, a circular migration will last two to three years. The specific time will depend on climate changes, terrain changes, etc. Changes due to various factors.

They have traveled to so many places from generation to generation, and naturally they have seen various environments, including snow, deserts, woods, grasslands, mountains, and basins...

If they want to choose a place to settle, they have too many choices.

Perhaps it was his daughter's brave performance in the battle to protect the cubs that made Datz realize that his heir had grown up and could help him take on some of the responsibilities of the tribe. Perhaps it was Chili's proactive inquiry about the tribe's future plans that made Datz realize Ci believes that she is already qualified to participate in relevant decision-making.

Anyway, in the end, Datz did not hide anything. After telling his thoughts, he took a rolled up old sheepskin, put it on the ground and unfolded it. What appeared in front of Chi Li was a very primitive, simple and simple Very good map.

On this map, generations of ancestors of the Datse people walked through every mountain and river with their feet, and drew what they saw and heard on it, even though some of the marks have become somewhat blurred over the years. , but it still can't change the fact that this is a precious wealth left by ancestors from generation to generation.

"This is where we are now. Going east from here, there is a very high mountain. There is snow on the top of the mountain that never melts all year round..."

Knowing that this was the first time for his daughter to see the map, she probably wouldn't be able to understand it, so Datz's father patiently pointed to different landmarks one by one and explained everything recorded on it to his daughter.

Following her father's guidance, Chi Li not only saw where they were now, but also found the cave where her tribe lived temporarily when she first came to this world. She also followed the direction between the two and used her fingers to outline their location. A route that has been wandering for months.

"Do you think, if we want to lead the tribe to find a place to settle down and live there for a long time, where would be the right place to choose?" Datz looked at his daughter expectantly, wanting to hear her answer.

Chili didn't hesitate, stretched out her hand and pointed on a plain, then moved her finger and landed on a basin, and then pointed at the foot of a relatively gentle mountain: "These three places are all suitable."

"How do you say it?" Datz became interested when he saw that his daughter seemed very confident.

"First of all, these three places are rich in water resources. The plain itself is located in the middle of a large river basin, and there are various rivers and rivers around it. The same goes for the basin. There are not only rivers, but also lakes, not to mention the foothills. There is a water source at the top of this mountain, flowing down from the high place, and there will be no shortage of water at the bottom of the mountain. "

Chi Li gave examples one by one: "Secondly, these three places have fertile land, which is very suitable for planting and raising livestock. If we want to live in one place for a long time, sufficient food security is a must."

"Of course, they have their own advantages and disadvantages. The plains are flat and there are no natural dangers to help. If we want to ensure the safety of our tribe, we must build a lot of fortifications. The basin has many mountains and many natural dangers, but it is inconvenient to enter and exit, which to a certain extent hinders our ability to communicate with others. Communication with other orc groups, and there are many dangerous factors in this terrain, which are also key points that we need to overcome. Due to the backing of the mountain, there are many wild beasts at the foot of the mountain, but this also means that there are many prey. When planting has not developed to a large scale, it is a Very good."

Among the many places to live, the first thing Chi Li excluded was the grassland, because if they lived on the grassland, in order to survive, they would have to live a nomadic life of chasing water and grass all year round, which would not be much different from the current wandering life. , does not meet the settlement requirements.

It is impossible to choose other extremely harsh environments such as snow and desert. They want to lead the tribe to live a good life, not to play some survival challenge.

Therefore, in the end, it is most suitable to follow the choice of human ancestors and focus on plains and basins and other places with sufficient water resources and suitable for growing crops.

Of course, Chi Li has not forgotten that they are orcs, and they are different from humans after all, so they cannot completely copy the experience of their ancestors.

After this period of understanding, Chi Li already has a rough idea of ​​the level of development of orc society.

We are currently in the early stages of primitive society, and most of the orc tribe is still wandering and struggling for survival every day, just like the Dats tribe.

However, some ethnic groups have developed to a certain extent, and are beginning to get tired of this wandering life without a fixed abode, and their sense of settlement has begun to awaken. Therefore, the earliest tribal forms have already appeared at this time.

So Datz's father had this idea. In fact, it was not because of how innovative and enlightened his thinking was, but because Datz had seen what an orc tribe that had settled in one place for a long time looked like.

Most of the orcs' main source of food still relies on hunting, and a small part of it is obtained by collecting non-toxic or slightly poisonous wild fruits and vegetables, but it cannot be said that they do not understand the meaning of growing food.

In fact, the orcs have generally realized that as long as they bury food seeds in the soil this year, there is a certain chance that the same food will appear here when they wander here again next year or the year after.

If you are lucky, you can gain a lot.

This is the earliest discovery of grain planting, but it has not yet developed into a large scale. No one thought that they could collect grain seeds and plant them in a piece of land, and water and fertilize them every day to make the grain grow longer. Well, let’s look forward to a good harvest.

It may be because of this that Datz actually half understood what his daughter mentioned about the settlement locations being suitable for planting, but it didn't matter, as long as he knew that these three places were suitable for long-term settlement. .

But he won't make a rash decision now: "These places happen to be on the way. Let's go there and take a look before deciding where to live."

Chi Li agreed with her old father's cautious decision.

After all, this is still a strange world to her. Even if she makes choices based on the experience of human ancestors, what if it is different?

Maybe the highly poisonous plants in this world like to grow on the plains, maybe there are many dangerous animals in the basins of this world, maybe...then her suggestions are useless, so she still has to go and conduct on-site inspections. OK.

The father and daughter secretly made decisions about the future development of the tribe, without saying a word to the tribesmen. Everything was done in secret.

From this day on, Chi Li began to intentionally identify the flowers and plants along the way and collect some edible plant seeds.

Then she discovered that although the orcs had learned about many edible wild fruits and vegetables, their knowledge inheritance relied on oral transmission from generation to generation and was not systematically organized.

So Chili had another task on her wandering journey with her tribe, to make the original world version of "The Encyclopedia of Plants."

At present, the only material that can be used as paper is animal skins. Fortunately, there are many good hunters in their tribe, and they harvest a lot of prey, so they have enough animal skins left.

After Chili complained to her father for a while, she got two large animal skins sponsored by her tribe.

Because these two animal skins are not perfect and have some relatively large holes on them, they feel a bit awkward whether they are used for making clothes or quilts, so they have been kept until now.

Hearing that Chi Li wanted it, the tribe gave it to her to play with.

They didn't know what Chi Li wanted to use the animal skin for, so they just treated it as a child who was short of toys and wanted to play with the animal skin.

After Chili got the animal skins, that night while everyone was resting, she sat by the campfire and, under the light of the fire, used a bone knife to cut the two animal skins into rectangular shapes of equal size as much as possible. The size of each rectangular piece is the size of a textbook, maybe a little larger, but it can still be held in one's hand and written and drawn.

After cutting the hide, she stacked all the hide pieces, threaded a rope through a bone needle on one side and sewed it up.

Since the animal skin was a bit thick and tough, it was not easy to wear. Chi Li spent a lot of effort to finish it. When she finished it, she saw that the stitching was crooked, but forget it, it just works, don't be too picky.

Finishing the book pages wasn't enough. Chi Li found another piece of thick wood. She first used a stone ax to split the wood into the shape of several wooden boards. She selected two pieces of similar size and relatively smooth, and used various tools to take turns. , repaired and whittled, and finally made two thin wooden boards.

She used the tip of a large bone needle to pierce one side of the board and drilled a row of holes. She did the same to the other board, and then sewed it on her newly made animal skin book with needle and thread, so that the book would be It is protected by a hardwood shell, and when you hold it in your hand and write, it will not be inconvenient for writing and drawing because it is soft and lying on the ground.

Text has already appeared in Orcs.

Chi Li inherited the memory of the original owner, so naturally she can "write", but those words are more appropriate to be called symbols than words, and there are not many words at present, and the meanings they represent are also limited, but It’s okay to work hard to express whether a plant is edible or poisonous.

After getting the animal skin book, Chili was busy writing and drawing every day. She recorded all the plants she saw along the way that could be used. Some plants even had medicinal value and were also recorded. in.

She is good at painting, and each plant is painted vividly. She also uses orc characters to mark the characteristic functions of the plant as much as possible on the side, trying not to give people the chance to make mistakes.

As for the pigment used, it is the fruit of an exotic tree.

That type of fruit was also recorded by Chi Li in her "Encyclopedia of Plants", which states that this fruit is brightly colored and has a sharp spear shape at one end. When broken open, there is rich purple juice inside, which is non-toxic, but has a strong taste. It is very bitter and not tasty, but its fruit juice has strong dyeing properties and does not fade for a long time. If an orc's skin or fur is accidentally dyed, it will never fade away for three to five months, so it is used as a pigment. very suitable.

It is also very simple to use. Just use a sharpened wooden pen or the tip of some kind of bird feather to poke it into the fruit and dip it in the juice, and then write and draw on the animal skin paper.

The only drawback is that this pen doesn't have much ink capacity. It runs out of ink after writing a few words, and you have to dip it in more ink before you can continue to use it.

Fortunately, the fruit of this kind of fruit is very durable. Under normal circumstances, it will not be damaged after being stored for three to five years, and its growing area is widely distributed. Therefore, if you occasionally encounter pond pears, you only need to pick more and keep them. This will ensure there is enough ink.

The tribesmen were curious and puzzled about what Chi Li was doing at first. After a long time, some tribesmen with poor memory accurately found a lot of food from the wild and brought it back according to Chi Li's "Encyclopedia of Plants". , only then did everyone realize how useful this thing is.

From then on, the tribesmen no longer had any objections to Chili holding a book of animal skins to write and draw. Instead, they would actively help collect the pigments and fruits, or sharpen a wooden pen, or catch birds. When it hunts prey, it will leave its more beautiful and slender feathers for Chili.

Chi Li did not accept the care of her tribe for nothing.

In addition to collecting crop seeds and compiling a plant encyclopedia on a daily basis, she also takes on the responsibilities of a clan heir.

Now she is able to lead her tribe to hunt independently.

Chi Li led the hunting team today, and they spotted a nest of birds. This kind of bird is not a species Chi Li knows. They look a bit like sparrows, gray and round, but they are huge in size. Visual inspection An adult giant sparrow must be two meters tall.

This also makes their feathers look more fluffy and warm, which is why Chili focuses on them.

They didn't feel much before, but when the weather began to turn from summer to autumn and they felt the slightest bit of coolness, Chili was shocked to realize that winter was not far away from them.

How did you spend your winters in the past?

Chi Li looked through the memory of the original owner, but only saw the shadow of death.

It turns out that the most difficult winter for animals is also the same for the orcs. In the memory of the original owner, their tribe had to survive every winter by force.

Even though orcs generally have strong physical fitness, the cold winter lacks food and is accompanied by various severe survival tests, so some tribesmen often cannot survive the winter and die.

Therefore, winter has almost become synonymous with death in the eyes of every orc, and the highest mortality rate for newborns is in their first winter.
Chili didn't want the little guy named Bunni to die, so she decided to prepare in advance for the cold winter that the tribe would face.

The most important thing is naturally to keep out the cold.

Even though their tribe currently has a lot of animal skins stored, in fact, in the winter when food is seriously scarce, many of the animal skins will eventually be eaten.

Some orc groups ended up not starving to death, but freezing to death because all the clothes that could keep them warm were eaten.

So in order to prevent this situation, Chili planned to dress up clothes that could not be eaten, such as bird feathers.

Just look at modern down jackets and you will know that bird down has excellent thermal insulation effect. Although not all bird down is suitable for making down jackets, it is certain that bird feathers can retain heat, so Chi Li plans to try to make bird sweaters.

And since she was going to make a bird sweater, she had to find enough raw materials, and it just so happened that the sparrow family in front of her looked very suitable.

It was a sparrow couple. They had just laid a nest of eggs. She didn't count the number of Chili eggs, nor did she plan to count them. Anyway, she would have plenty of time to count her loot after killing the sparrow couple later.

It would be impossible to hunt such flying prey by relying solely on brute force, so Chili spent some time and led the tribe to make several traps.

It's almost time to start planning.

Chili made a gesture to Simon's father. Simon's father understood and immediately spread his wings, flew high into the sky, let out a clear eagle cry, then dived down sharply, aiming at the sparrow's nest.

The sudden movement aroused the vigilance of the sparrow couple. The male sparrow immediately spread its wings and took off, bravely directly facing Simon's father's attack. Seeing this, Simon's father softened his diving momentum and turned it into a test, hovering near the sparrow's nest. .

This behavior was regarded by the male sparrow as a provocation and a sign that the enemy intended to harm his children, so he rushed forward bravely to expel the intruder and drove Simon's father away.

"Now."

At Chi Li's reminder, a goat orc boy from the Dats tribe immediately jumped out and rushed out. He was so fast that he arrived at the sparrow's nest in almost the blink of an eye, and took away an egg in front of the female sparrow. Turn around and run.

It all happened too fast for the sparrow to react.

Chili, who was hiding not far away, saw the female sparrow stunned at first, and then became furious. It suddenly stood up and flapped its wings to catch up with the sheep-orc. The sharp bird pecks almost stabbed the sheep-orc through it several times. Fortunately, the sheep-orc Being flexible enough, he used the terrain to lead the sparrow to the designated spot with a few jumps.

Chili immediately shouted: "Cut!"

The orcs who were scattered in several directions immediately raised their stone axes and chopped down on a thick rattan with all their strength. The rattan loosened immediately after losing its restraint.

At the same time, a large net hung over the female sparrow's head, catching her whole in one fell swoop.

It struggled hard in panic, and was about to break away from the big net. Chili and others quickly raised their weapons and stepped forward to strike. It was not until the female sparrow was completely motionless, and the blood flowing from her body soaked the earth, that the battle began. It's half over.

On the other side, Simon's father, who had lured the male sparrow away, estimated that time was almost up, and immediately turned around and headed towards the sparrow's nest. The male sparrow quickly caught up with him. As soon as the two approached the nest, a dull sound broke through the air. Simon's father As if it had been predicted, he immediately turned sharply to avoid it, but the male sparrow, which was a moment slower, was unable to dodge, and was directly hit in the head by a boulder thrown from the air, and fell to the ground dizzily.

It wasn't dead yet, but a group of orcs who had been lurking for a long time rushed forward when it landed and killed it using the same method they had just killed its mate.

"Everyone, go back and eat meat!"

The hunt was successful, and everyone cheered.

In addition to the two giant birds, there were three eggs in the bird's nest, which were also brought back to the group.

The tribesmen were all happy that they would have food to eat in the next period of time, but Chili only cared about how many clothes the feathers of the two giant birds could make.

It is not difficult to make a feather coat. Since sparrows are huge, each of their feathers is also very large. When Chili holds it in his hand, it feels like he is holding a small banana leaf.

So if you want to make them into the simplest clothes, you only need to use needle and thread to thread the rod at the bottom of each feather carefully and densely. In this way, layer by layer, you will make a dusty dress. Bird feather cloak.

This bird feather cloak is made very large, using the entire feathers of a bird. For comfort, the inner layer is made of relatively soft cowhide, making it windproof and warm when worn.

Chili gave it to her father. Datz looked very happy after receiving the gift from her daughter. She wore that cloak all day long and showed it off like a peacock, regardless of how hot it would be to wear such thick clothes in this season. sweat.

After all, these are the clothes Chili prepared for winter. They are naturally made thick and quite warm.

The remaining bird feathers were also made into cloaks, but there were two pieces, one large and one small. One of them was given to Grandma Carrie, the oldest in the tribe, and the other was given to Bunnie, the youngest in the tribe.

Considering that little Bunnie is only a few months old now and will continue to grow in the future, her cape is made a little bigger. Now it doesn’t feel like a cape when wrapped around her, but more like a fluffy bird feather swaddle.

When using bird feathers to make a cloak to keep out the cold, Chi Li told the tribesmen straightforwardly that this was clothes prepared for winter.

After trying it out and confirming that the clothes were really warm, the people's enthusiasm for hunting bird prey became unprecedentedly high. In the next period of time, a new bird feather cloak would appear in the Dats tribe from time to time. It also gradually transitioned from gray to colorful.

Even for warm clothes, every orc has his or her own aesthetic. Some like simple ones, while others naturally like complicated ones. Anyway, since everyone can prepare winter clothes on their own, Chili doesn't care and lets them do as they please.

Speaking of which, even if the bird feather cloak hadn't been invented, the winter of the Dats tribe would have been much better this year than in previous years.

Because they have fire, fire can bring light and warmth.

The Lion Auntie tribe who had been with them for a while discovered the magical power of fire and exchanged a large amount of precious food for fire with them before they parted.

The Dats tribe showed the existence of fire without hesitation, which meant that they would not refuse the deal. Therefore, after the other party took the initiative, the two parties happily made the deal.

Datz later specifically told Chi Li that if there were other ethnic groups that wanted to trade fire with them in the future, he would not refuse, even if the Datz ethnic group had fire because of Chi Li.

Chi Li doesn't care about this, and she can understand it.

The orcs have been able to survive to this day not only because they are powerful and intelligent, but also because they understand the meaning of the same kind and will help each other within their capabilities.

Even if two groups of orcs have grudges against each other, once they encounter any danger that threatens the survival of both parties, they will temporarily put aside their grudges and unite to overcome the immediate life-and-death difficulties.

Therefore, all orcs have a consensus that they must help each other in order to survive together in this crisis-ridden world.

With fire and cold-proof clothes, they had collected some of the necessary supplies to survive the winter. The next most important thing was to stock up on food, hoarding enough food for the whole winter.

This is not an easy task. Even if the Datz tribe is small in number, the amount of food they need to lose throughout the winter is not a small amount.

Fortunately, with the help of Chili's food storage method, they can make large quantities of bacon jerky and other foods that can be stored for a long time, without worrying about being left for too long and spoiling, causing the stored food to be wasted.

But Chi Li feels that this is not enough.

"Our transportation capabilities are so poor," she said.

It is true that dried meat can be made in large quantities by hunting in large quantities, but how to take away the dried meat is actually a headache.

Although they have been living a wandering life, the wandering orc tribe still relies on the most primitive manpower to transport things, that is, carrying it themselves.

Even Datz, the patriarch, and Chi Li, the next heir to the patriarch, had to pack their own things into a bag and carry them on their backs, without any tools or livestock to help transport them.

Forget the former, Chi Li also knows that this primitive society has not yet developed, and the use of tools is still in its most rudimentary stage. You cannot ask these beastmen who are still using stone tools and bone products to evolve to the point where they can make cars all of a sudden. That's not realistic.

However, it takes a lot of time and even several generations of efforts to domesticate a batch of qualified livestock that can be used for daily transportation.

For the current situation, the latter is also more practical than the former.

Structures such as wheelbarrows are actually quite simple. It's not impossible for Chi Li to build one, but she must consider that the wandering route of their tribe is too long, too wide, and covers too many types of terrain. A single wheelbarrow cannot cope with all situations. It is not as practical as taming a few wild horses.

It just so happened that among the prey groups that the Dats tribe was currently chasing, there were quite a few horses, including wild horses, zebras, and wildebeests. You could choose from them.

Chili murmured to her father, and then the members of the Daci tribe saw the patriarch and his daughter staring at the horses all day long, looking very coveted.

Is this... a craving for horse meat?

Then early the next morning, Chi Li stood silently next to a wildebeest carcass with her father.

"Clan leader, which part do you want to eat? I'll cut it for you?"

Uncle Xiong, who went hunting for wildebeest early in the morning with several clan members who cared about the clan leader and his cubs, held a big bone knife and asked with a simple and hearty smile.

"Hind meat, the wildebeest's hind legs are the most delicious."

Knowing that the tribesmen had misunderstood, Chili and his daughter were still touched by everyone's concern. They didn't explain much, they just happily lit up the bonfire and grilled wildebeest meat with the tribesmen.

Just eating barbecue, Chi Li had some different thoughts.

Eating barbecue every day is a bit drying, so she needs to find other ways to eat it.