Jiang Xuan walked and looked around, and found that there were really too many caves in the Rabbit Tribe.
It is said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows. A cunning rabbit can dig three burrows for itself. How many burrows will this giant rabbit have to dig?
Even when walking on the road, sometimes you need to go around it, because there are caves in the middle of the road, and some branches and weeds are laid on them to create traps.
If a tribe came to attack, they would not even be able to find the Rabbit Tribe in this mountain of caves.
If a tribe that is not particularly strong in combat ability can exist for a long time, its ability to save lives must be very strong.
The Rabbit Tribe is a typical example.
When they got halfway up the mountain, they finally saw the house of the Rabbit Tribe.
The houses of the Rabbit Tribe are different from those in other places. Half of their houses are underground and half are on the ground, and are connected to caves.
The method of obtaining these woods is also different from other tribes.
It is very hard for other tribes to cut down trees. Small trees can only be cut down bit by bit with stone axes, while large trees need to be burned with fire.
The rabbit tribe is different. They don't have to cut down the trees themselves. Those giant rabbits will help them chew up the big trees!
When Jiang Xuan walked to the rabbit tribe's residential area, he saw a giant rabbit with his own eyes. It chewed up a tree with his own eyes. It was very outrageous.
Their two front teeth are as sharp as steel knives.
Shanfeng invited Jiang Xuan and the old witch into the tallest wooden house in the center of the tribe, where he lived.
After entering the gate, there is a downward earth staircase, and you can follow the stairs into this peculiar building.
Jiang Xuan also noticed that deep drainage ditches were dug around the house, obviously to prevent rainwater from entering the house.
In addition, there are two smaller holes in the corner of the house, and I don't know where they are connected.
In the center of the house, like other tribes, there is a fire pit that burns day and night for them to keep warm and cook food.
"Chief Xuan, sit down, sit down."
Shanfeng warmly greeted Jiang Xuan and the old wizard and sat on the floor next to the fire pit. The floor was covered with wood and covered with a layer of animal skins. It was not uncomfortable to sit there.
Several women from Shanfeng were responsible for entertaining them, while the seven or eight children from Shanfeng were timid and hid in the cave when strangers came in.
The women brought out a lot of food to entertain Jiang Xuan and the old witch.
There is fresh animal meat, animal bones, and various wild fruits, which is quite abundant.
The meat and bones are thrown into clay pots and cooked, and the wild fruits can be eaten directly.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Chief Shanfeng, your wooden house is quite special."
Shanfeng said proudly: "Our wooden house can withstand the cold wind in winter and enjoy the coolness in summer. It is very comfortable."
This kind of half-ground, half-underground building has good drainage and a fire pit to bake it day and night to remove moisture. It can be said to be warm in winter and cool in summer, so it is indeed more comfortable to live there.
But the premise is that the rabbit tribe lives on the mountainside, and those giant rabbits have hollowed out the ground.
Otherwise, given the humid and rainy climate of the southern wasteland, these houses may have long been turned into fish ponds and no one can live in them at all.
This is also the reason why all buildings cannot be the same. Only buildings that adapt to local conditions can play their due role.
After simply eating some wild fruits, the two parties got down to business.
Jiang Xuandao: "Chief Shanfeng, we came here this time to find a relatively large piece of high-quality stone. If there is any, we can trade it with salt and pottery."
The old witch didn't speak at the side, but there was obvious expectation in his eyes.
Shanfeng smiled confidently and said: "Chief Xuan has really come to the right place. Large pieces of high-quality stone are really hard to find anywhere else except our Rabbit Tribe."
When Jiang Xuan heard Shanfeng's words, he knew there was something going on, so he asked, "Can you let us go and have a look?"
"Okay, you guys sit down and I'll find someone to move the stones."
Shanfeng got up, went directly into a cave on the side of the house, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Xuan and the old wizard could only sit and wait.
When the animal meat in the pottery pot was cooked, the women of Shanfeng used wooden sticks to pick out the animal meat, put it into pottery bowls, and sadly sprinkled some salt on the hot animal meat, and then brought it to Jiang Xuan
Eat with the old witch.
Those animal bones were not wasted. After they were cooked, the women took out the animal bones, lifted stones, and smashed the animal bones open to reveal the marrow inside, which they also gave to Jiang Xuan and the old witch to eat.
"Why don't you eat?"
Jiang Xuan took a few bites and found that the women were just watching them eat without doing anything.
One of the older women said: "We have eaten, this is for the guests."
Since they said this, Jiang Xuan and Lao Wu could only continue eating.
However, out of the corner of his eye, he clearly saw the women swallowing secretly.
The children in the cave were poking their heads and drooling.
Jiang Xuan immediately understood what was going on.
Not that they were full, but they took out all the good things to entertain the guests and tried not to eat.
As a small tribe that is not very powerful, it is a luxury to have enough food, let alone eat meat regularly.
Although every tribe often goes hunting, the food obtained from hunting is not stable. If you are lucky, everyone will have a full meal, but if you are not lucky, you will be hungry.
Because of this, what the tribesmen usually eat the most are all kinds of wild vegetables and fruits, plus insects that are easier to catch and are numerous.
The living environment of the tribal people is so difficult. They have to hunt every day, but it is impossible to eat meat every day, and they cannot even eat wild vegetables for every meal.
There is no way around this.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan ate a few pieces of animal meat and sucked the marrow of a bone before eating any more, so that after they left, the women and children could still eat some meat.
In order to avoid making those women feel that they were not entertained well, Jiang Xuan picked up a wild fruit and chewed it slowly, lying that he loved it.
The old witch saw Jiang Xuan's actions. He still didn't speak, but his eyes became softer.
A leader who is too kind-hearted is actually unqualified.
However, if he can act decisively in the face of big right and wrong, and show more mercy to the weak in peacetime, it will obviously be easier for people to like him.
After the mountain breeze had gone away for a while, when he appeared again, he came in from outside.
"Chief Xuan, the high-quality stones are ready. Have you eaten?"
"After eating, take us over to have a look."
"Okay, come with me."
Shanfeng took Jiang Xuan and the old witch out of the house, and then walked around the rabbit tribe's residence and finally came to a cave.
"It's right inside."
The mountain wind took them into the cave, and the Youtu tribe warriors lit two torches to prevent them from getting into the dark.
The cave was relatively deep and winding. The mountain wind took them through several turns and finally came to a more spacious place.
Under the illumination of the fire, Jiang Xuan and Lao Wu saw more than a dozen high-quality stones of different shapes and sizes.
Shanfeng pointed at the stones and said, "Chief Xuan, these are large pieces of high-quality stone. Let's see if there is anything you need."
"good!"
Jiang Xuan walked over and was surprised to find that the largest piece of high-quality stone was more than one meter long, in the shape of a strip, and should weigh several thousand kilograms.
Other fine stones, the smallest ones are as big as a basin.
Shanfeng said: "It's a coincidence that you came here. If it had been a few days later, these fine stones might have been turned into small pieces."
Tribal people like to use high-quality stones to make various weapons, and making weapons does not require large stones.
Therefore, even if they find large pieces of high-quality stone, the tribesmen will find ways to break them into small pieces and then polish them into weapons or trade them.
The old witch stepped forward and stroked these large pieces of fine stone, feeling very excited.
This means that his wish to carve a sketch of the Great Wilderness on high-quality stone can come true.
The old witch touched it for a while, then turned back to Jiang Xuan and said, "I want the biggest one!"
Jiang Xuan looked at the one-meter-long stone and nodded.
"Chief Shanfeng, we want this largest stone."
"Okay, I'll ask someone to help you move out first."
To be continued...