After the girl finished drinking the bone soup, Gongliang asked: "Is there anything wrong with you coming to see me?"
"Um."
"Thank you for carrying those things here for me. This is a gift for you."
Isa took a bulging small bag from her waist and handed it over.
Gongliang took it and opened it. Inside was a bag of fruits, which had lost its moisture and was wrinkled with dryness.
Seeing that it was the girl's intention, he put it away and asked casually: "Has your place been arranged?"
"Um."
Isha responded, raised her head and glanced at Gongliang, her beautiful eyes softened, and for some reason, her face turned red. Instantly, she felt her heart beating so fast, and she was in a panic. She didn't dare to stay in the room any longer, and she quickly said: "I
I have to go back." He stood up and walked out.
Actually, giving gifts this time is secondary, the most important thing is to meet Gongliang.
When Mabe saw him, Isa had a vague impression of him, but he seemed to have no feelings for her.
She made special inquiries and found out that he was the only one left in his family and he was not married. He was good, tall, strong and good at hunting. He was a legendary good man.
Happiness must be achieved by oneself. So she secretly cheered herself up and came to Gongliang's house on an excuse to strive for happiness.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I came to his house and saw him, I felt at a loss. I completely lost the strong look in my tribe. I felt so embarrassed.
"Wait a moment."
Gongliang thought that the Mabe people had just settled here and there must be a shortage of food. He happened to come back from hunting today, so he wanted to give her some as a gift. So he caught a fat mountain rabbit and pheasant for her from the things he brought back.
Isha didn't refuse, so she took the things and walked out. The mountain rabbit and pheasant were a bit heavy for Isha, so that the pheasant's tail was dragged on the ground.
Gongliang looked at it and said quickly: "I'd better take you back!"
Since he was the one sending people back, it was obviously a bit unjustifiable to just send him this little thing.
He went to chop off a leg of the white-headed monkey, poured the chestnuts he carried back into half a basket, and then put the white-headed monkey meat inside. He took the mountain rabbit and pheasant from the girl's hand, and then walked towards Mabe's place.
go.
Isa followed him silently.
Mabe's temporary residence was built next to Yanbe's hunting ground where he trained new recruits. When Gongliang walked over, he saw that a row of houses had been built in front of it, and construction continued in the back.
There is no doubt that the Mabe people are more experienced in building wooden houses. After all, they live in wooden houses. The Yanbe people are in a mess because they dig rock holes to live in and have no skills in this kind of thing. So when building a house, they can only provide
If you want to build a house with wood, leave it to Mabe's own people.
There were a bunch of children playing in front of the wooden house, and Xiao Xiaoshi was among them. When he saw Yuan Gungun following Gongliang, he immediately shouted: "Yuan Gungun, come and play with us."
Yuan Gungun didn’t want to pee on this little brat, so he continued to walk with Gong Liang with his head held high.
When Xiao Xiaoshi saw it, he ran over to catch it.
If he grabs the right side, Yuan Gungun will run to the left; if he grabs the left side, Yuan Gungun runs to the right.
The two were running around like hide and seek, which annoyed Gongliang to death, but there were so many people and it was difficult to scold Xiao Xiaoshi, so he had to let them play.
Arriving in front of the built wooden houses, the girl ran towards one of them and shouted when she got inside: "Mom, Aye, I'm back!"
Hearing the sound, two old men came out and asked, "Isa is back. How is it? Have you found the Yanbu man who helped us carry our things?"
"Found it, he's outside." Isa pointed behind her and said.
"Then why don't you invite people in quickly?" the mother said angrily.
"Oh," Isa quickly ran out again.
But Gongliang had already walked in from the outside. When he saw the two old people, he took off his things and greeted the old people: "Hello, two old people."
"It's good for you, it's good for you," Isham's mother and Aye replied with a smile.
"This is the prey I just brought back. I can't eat that much myself, so I brought some for you. There is half a basket of chestnuts below, and the fruits have not been taken out. You can break them yourself, and be careful of the thorns on the shells.
"This thing is more delicious if boiled in water or roasted over fire." Gongliang told them in detail, lest they don't know how to deal with it.
"How can this be so embarrassing?"
"Everyone should help each other." Gong Liang said politely, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Sit down for a while, sit down for a while and then leave!" Isham's mother and Aye quickly persuaded her to stay.
Gongliang didn't want to stay here for long, so after saying a few more words, he turned and left. Yuan Gungun quickly followed.
Isa didn't know what she was thinking. She clenched her fists and looked at Gongliang's back, her eyes shining.
Gong Liang actually had nothing to do, but he was not used to being a guest in a stranger's house. Besides, his house was newly built and empty, so how could he disturb him.
After leaving Mabe, I didn't even want to go to the wild sansho peppers when I came back, so I stopped by to have a look. Passing by the place where the tribe planted tri-color rice, I found that the tri-color rice had not been frozen to death by the snow, and was still standing proudly in the field.
Not even the leaves showed any signs of being frozen, so it seems to be very cold-resistant.
However, the wild peppers he planted were not so lucky.
The leaves above were all frozen, but fortunately the branches were relatively stiff, so nothing happened.
I saw some wild mountain peppers hanging on the branches. Regardless of their size or whether they were ripe or not, I picked them all to avoid being rotted by the cold.
When he got home, he took out a sieve from the corner and dried the wild peppers. Now these wild peppers had been frozen by the snow and had too much moisture. After they were dry, he could soak the green wild peppers in salt water, and maybe they could be used later.
For seasoning. If it is red, dry it and set aside.
After handling the wild pepper, Gongliang saw that the fire in the kitchen stove was a little low, so he added some firewood. He also covered the golden-winged roc carved egg placed in front of the stove with an animal skin to protect it from the cold.
After returning, he placed the golden-winged Dapeng egg in front of the stove and warmed it to see if he could hatch the egg under the warm fire.
But now that the weather is so cold, it’s probably going to be quite harsh.
So he thought that if it couldn't hatch after a while, he would eat the egg.
It snowed non-stop. When I woke up the next day, Gongliang found that it was not only snowing outside, but also windy. The wind blew the snowflakes into the house, and the ground in front of the house was covered with a thin layer of white snow. In the bedroom
I didn't feel much while sleeping, but when I got outside and was blown by the wind, I shivered with cold.
There is no door in his family. There has never been a door in the Yanbu people's homes.
But the wind blew the snow into the house, turning the originally warm stone house into a freezing cold place. There was no way to stop it without a door.
After thinking about it, he went to find a piece of wood, split it into thick slices, and placed them on the left and right sides of the door. Then he placed a piece of wood across the top to make a simple door frame. Then he found a wide piece of animal skin and nailed it to the door frame.
In this way, there is no need to set up a door, and it can also block the wind and snow. It is the so-called best of both worlds. Gongliang is almost frightened by his own clever mind.