Chapter 39: Cutting Down Trees Changed to Digging Up Trees

  One night without dreams, Mo Yi slept even warmer and more comfortable. When she woke up in the morning, her body was covered with a thin layer of sheepskin, as cold winds would blow into the cave at night, making this action thoughtful and considerate. Mo Yi opened her eyes in confusion, it was still early, she had already gotten used to waking up early and getting out of bed early! Chu Huo was lying in front of her, his deep eyes looking at her.

  During this time out, Mo Yuer had almost gotten used to waking up and seeing Chu Yan, so she smiled at him: "Good morning."

  "Good morning!" Similarly, Chu Yan had also gotten used to Mo Yi's morning smile and greeting.

  The two got out of bed at the same time. Mo Yi'er pointed to the small sheepskin she had covered herself with last night and thanked Chu Yan: "Thank you!"

  Chu Yan smiled and replied: "You should thank Piakka for this, he covered you last night. The weather is getting cooler and the leaves are about to fall!"

  "Ah, yes!" Mo Yi'er looked at the leaves outside and felt something. She turned around to look at Fan Ge, who was still sleeping on her other side. He hadn't woken up yet, and there was a dark circle under his eyes. Hadn't he slept last night? She glanced at the small ball of fur that had been sleeping on her rabbit skin yesterday. The little guy was lying on its back, with all four paws stretched out. Was it stretching its waist? It looked adorable and cute. Mo Yi'er couldn't help but reach out to scratch its belly. The little guy must have felt itchy, as it quickly retracted its stretched-out body and gazed at Mo Yi'er with a pitiful expression.

  "Haha, what's wrong? You're still stretching, aren't you? Uncomfortable from being interrupted?" Mo Yier guessed through his eyes, asking several questions in a row. But Xiao Rong couldn't answer her, and could only look at her with grievance.

  Mo Ye's bright and cheerful laughter startled Fan Gong, who had been watching her all night and only fell asleep in the morning. Fan Gong woke up with a dazed expression, and his silly sleeping face suddenly made Mo Ye laugh again - why was everyone being so cute early in the morning? Wasn't Chu Yan supposed to be normal for once?!

  "Am I late?" Bang Ge asked hastily as he jumped up and saw that there were only a few tribesmen left in the cave.

  "No, just right!" Chu Yan smiled and replied, then walked towards the outside of the cave. Mo Yier also smiled at Fan Ge and walked out of the cave.

  The women all got busy, cooking meat soup for the men who went out hunting. Even though Mo Yi'er wasn't in the tribe during this period, they still insisted on listening to Mo Yi'er's words and used breakfast every day. Mo Yi'er thought that if things continued like this, once food was abundant, she would change the meal time to three times a day and think of ways to make some lunchboxes for the hunting tribespeople to bring simple meals at noon.

  Mo Yi'er went to feed the rabbits first, then planned to go to the edge of the pond to wash up. Chu Yan had already handed over a large leaf of clear water. "I just went to wash my face and brought water for you!"

  Mo Yu'er smiled as she handed over the clear water, looking at Chu Yan's clean face and smooth hair, discovering that he had also gradually developed a habit of loving cleanliness, washing his face every morning and almost always bathing or wiping his body at night.

  Compared to him, the other tribesmen in Kan still maintain more or less the same style as before, with occasional mud on their faces and hair that is a primitive society's most popular chicken nest head. Hmm? This one is different! It's Bango! He seems to wash up carefully by the water pool every day after hunting! Not bad, not bad, it's a good habit, when there's time, I'll tell the women, they must be cleaner too.

  After a simple breakfast (meat soup), the hunting men set out under Bango's leadership, but Chu Huo stayed behind. Sang Zhen asked: "Leader, aren't you going hunting today?"

  "Hmm, I'm going to do something with Mo Yier today, you guys go pick some stuff, Xiao Lai Lai stay behind and run errands for me." Chu Huo said, beckoning to Xiao Lai Lai who was standing aside.

  "Want me to go with the leader? Okay, what's up?"

  "Let's go fetch water, shall we? Let's head to the edge of the pond." Mo Yier smiled, Xiao Jie was indeed a diligent and good child.

  "What's a water bucket?" Xia Lala didn't quite understand, but still followed Mo Yuer and Chu Xuan to the edge of the pond. Sang Zhen led the women and young men who were picking wild herbs to the edge of the thicket.

  The grass and trees by the pond became more lush, and two fruit trees also matured. Mo Yi'er remembered that before she left, they were still small green buds on top, but after more than a month, they had grown to the size of ping-pong balls, yellow in color, resembling apricots. She pointed at them and asked Chu Xiang: "Can those be eaten?"

  The Kam people have always lived here, and the water pool is also a place they often come to. As for whether the fruit can be eaten or not, they must know.

  "Edible! I'll pick some back later." Chu Yan knew that Mo Yi'er liked to eat fruit, and when they traveled, whenever they saw ripe and edible fruits in the forest, Mo Yi'er would always be smiling.

  "That's great, I wonder if we can make some jam, and when the time comes, pair it with roasted meat to eat, the taste will definitely be good." Mo Yier said, her eyes very reluctantly moved away from the fruit tree, searching for a hollow tree of suitable size.

  Make a large bucket, with a diameter of about 1.5 meters, and then find two smaller buckets with diameters of about 0.5 meters to carry water. This way, even women with little strength can use it easily. Fortunately, there are many hollow trees near the water pool, so finding suitable ones is not difficult, but cutting down the trees is a challenge.

  Mo Ye'er looked at the tools Chu Huo was carrying, which were just simple stone knives. If these could fell trees, that would be strange. At least, they should have a stone axe that can be swung around? Mo Ye'er was at a loss for what to do, but Chu Huo and Xiao Ji had already launched an attack on the hollow tree, hacking away with their stone knives "thud thud thud". Although the stone knives were not as effective as a stone axe, Chu Huo's great strength was shocking to Mo Ye'er. So, even though the tools were not handy, they quickly hacked out a notch in the hollow tree. But at this rate, it would take a whole day to fell this tree with a diameter of about 1.5 meters!

  "Halt!" Mo Yier suddenly called out, looking at it this way, the base of the tree should be solid! "Cutting like this is no better than digging up the roots!"

  "What?" Chu Yan and Xiao Lai stopped, asking Mo Yi'er in confusion.

  "Yes, the structure of hollow trees is not well understood, let's dig up the roots instead. At least the soil by the water pool is not too dry and won't be hard to dig! Let's dig one out first and study it carefully. We'll need to use it a lot later, so after studying it, we can make the corresponding tools!" Mo Yier thought for a moment, tool-making was very important, now that there were many types of food, let the harvesting team work hard on that! She would focus on using existing stones and wood to make simple yet practical tools.

  "Alright!" Chu Yan is now unconditionally obeying Mo Yi'er. Mo Yi'er told him to dig up the tree roots, and he immediately changed his actions, starting to dig into the mud. Xiao Ji also didn't object, because he still hadn't figured out what they were doing!