Back in the tribe, after the sword cleansing ceremony, everyone in the hunting group went down the mountain. The Shao Xuan didn't have much game, so he went down the mountain with the game by himself.
This time, the Shaman didn't ask the Shao Xuan to stay for a chat, because all his attention was on the Green Thief brought back by the advance group. He didn't have time to pay attention to other things. But after the sword cleansing ceremony, the Shaman told the Shao Xuan that he would find him again in a few days, and that he would send someone to pass on the message.
The advance group didn't bring back as many ferocious beasts as before, and the quality of the ferocious beasts was also not as good as before. But this time, they made the biggest contribution. The Green Thief couldn't be told directly. Only a few people in the tribe knew about it, and those who knew about it were those who had a high position in the tribe, or those who had made great contributions. Most of the ordinary people didn't know about it. The only thing they knew was that the advance group had made great contributions this time.
Most of the ordinary people in the tribe didn't care about what the advance group had done. They cared more about their own family members who had participated in the hunt. As for other people, it was just a topic they talked about. Even if many people were curious about the performance of the advance group, they would forget about it after they went back to the tribe, and busy themselves with the game.
Shao Xuan dragged the game back home, put it down, and ran to Old Ke's place. He also brought back some fresh meat and some bird eggs. When they went down the mountain, Shao Xuan gave Mai, Lang Ga and the others some bird eggs. He had eaten a lot of bird eggs in the green land, so he brought them back for them to see if there was any difference between the bird eggs in the green land and those in other places, and if they could be used as medicine eggs.
In Old Ke's house, Shao Xuan briefly told him about the harvest this time. Of course, he couldn't tell him about some things that needed to be kept secret. He only emphasized the white hair used to set traps.
"That kind of white hair is very suitable for setting traps after it is connected into a thread. It's a pity that it can't be kept for long. I originally wanted to bring some back for you to see, but I ran into some trouble midway and used up all the traps. The broken thread began to deteriorate after a few days. It lost its elasticity and broke with a pull. When we came back, it had already degraded."
Although some of the words Shao Xuan used were unfamiliar to Old Ke, he could guess the meaning of these words and understand what Shao Xuan was talking about.
"What a pity," Old Ke said. The materials were hard to find, which was one of the main reasons why this skill was gradually lost.
"It would be great if we could find a way to bring them back in one piece," Shao Xuan said.
Old Ke shook his head. "I won't force you."
Old Ke's greatest wish was to pass on his skills to the right person. Now that he had found Shao Xuan, he had no regrets. Moreover, Shao Xuan could follow the advance group and come back safely. It was both luck and strength.
"What are these eggs?" Old Ke looked at the eggs that Shao Xuan threw into the pot and asked.
"I brought them back from the other side. The people in the advance group often eat them, so I brought some back."
Hearing Shao Xuan's words, Old Ke didn't ask any more questions. Since Shao Xuan said that the advance group often ate them, they should be good stuff.
Shao Xuan kept three bird eggs and gave the rest to Old Ke. After having dinner at Old Ke's place in the afternoon, Shao Xuan took Caesar back home.
Before the sun set, Shao Xuan planned to process the animal meat that he brought back.
He set up a stone pot in the house and lit the fire. Shao Xuan put the three remaining bird eggs into the pot. He planned to cut them up and take them back to the cave after cooking them.
After throwing the eggs into the pot of water, Shao Xuan left it alone and processed the animal meat outside the house. Otherwise, the Night Swallow would come out and cause trouble when it got dark.
Caesar was lying in front of the wooden house, holding a bone and playing with it. Suddenly, his ears twitched. He turned his head and looked at the stone pot in the house. After listening carefully, he got up and ran to the pot to look inside.
There were three bird eggs in the pot. They were as big as Shao Xuan's fist. However, they weren't the biggest or the smallest among the eggs that Shao Xuan brought back. They didn't have so many patterns, but the color of the eggs was different.
Shao Xuan took the chopped meat and put it into the stone pot to marinate. He turned his head and saw Caesar staring at the stone pot.
"What are you looking at?" Shao Xuan walked over and glanced at the stone pot.
At a glance, he saw that one of the eggs had a crack on it, and the egg was still shaking.
Damn it!
Shao Xuan directly put his hand into the stone pot and fished out the broken egg. He held it in his hand and looked at it.
Just now, the eggshell was only cracked. Shao Xuan fished it out in time, so it didn't get wet. The crack on the egg was getting bigger and bigger, and Chacha sounds came from inside.
Obviously, the bird in the egg was about to come out.
Looking back at the stone pot, Shao Xuan scooped out the other two eggs from the pot with his free hand.
Fortunately, the stone pot had just been set up and the temperature of the water hadn't risen yet. Otherwise, the bird that was about to break out of its shell would have been cooked directly.
This had never happened to any of the bird eggs that he brought back. Even after eating so many bird eggs, none of them had taken shape. When he fished out the bird eggs, Shao Xuan followed Keke's instructions and took those eggs that looked like they had just been stolen. Normally, there wouldn't be any formed birds in them. This was Keke's experience. It wasn't that Keke was overflowing with sympathy. It was just that it was difficult to light a fire in the green space. If there were formed birds in the eggs, he didn't like to eat them raw, and it was inconvenient to cook them. That was all.
The eggs that had just been stolen were generally clean, while the eggs that had been left for a long time would have stains or other marks on them. The birds that stole the eggs didn't pay much attention to hygiene. The nests weren't exquisitely made and were very simple. The bird feces from the nests above could even fall into the nests below. Therefore, when Shao Xuan was selecting eggs, he chose the cleanest ones and didn't shake them one by one.
Besides, there was no need to pay too much attention to whether the bird in the egg had taken shape or not. As Keke said, if you didn't want to eat it, you could just throw it away. Before this, Shao Xuan hadn't encountered any eggs with formed chicks. He didn't expect that there would be one now.
Shao Xuan's hands, which had just skinned the animal, were still stained with blood. The crack on the egg in his palm was getting bigger and bigger, and the sound of Chacha was getting clearer and clearer. Shao Xuan could clearly feel the movement of the egg through his palm. Looking at the egg, he thought that if this bird could survive, he would raise it as a chicken. He just didn't know if it could lay eggs like a chicken. It didn't matter if it couldn't lay eggs. He could raise it until the end of the year and kill it to eat.
The broken eggshell was pushed out, and the chicks inside gradually revealed themselves.
It didn't look like the chicks that Shao Xuan had seen before. This bird was wet and had no hair, and its eyes were closed.
Chicks were divided into early and late adult birds. Early adult birds could open their eyes as soon as they came out of the shell. Like chicks, they were fluffy and could stand, walk, and eat independently. Late adult birds couldn't open their eyes after they came out of the shell. They didn't have much hair, and had to stay in the nest and be fed by their parents.
The one in Shao Xuan's hand was obviously a late adult bird.
Shao Xuan observed the little chick's beak in his hand. From the shape of its beak, he could tell that it ate meat.
Probably because the smell of blood on Shao Xuan's hand had stimulated the chick, it opened its beak wide and even pecked at Shao Xuan's hand. It probably thought that it was food, but it couldn't swallow it.
Shao Xuan looked around. He took out an old piece of animal skin and placed it on the stone table. He placed the little chick in his hand on top of it. Then he took out a piece of unmarinated animal meat, cut a small piece, and tore it into smaller pieces. He used two thin wooden sticks to pick up the meat and put it into the chick's open beak.
The meat he cut was the weakest among all the prey that Shao Xuan had hunted, but it wasn't weak by much. Shao Xuan didn't know if the chick could withstand the energy in the meat.
Unexpectedly, the little chick swallowed it directly. Then it opened its beak wide and continued to make Chacha sounds.
There didn't seem to be any problems.
Shao Xuan continued to feed it a few more times before it closed its beak. After eating, it went to sleep.
Looking at the quiet little chick nesting on the animal skin, Shao Xuan shook the two eggs that he had fished out to listen for sounds. Then he threw them into the stone pot to continue cooking.
As for the little chick that had just hatched, Shao Xuan shook his head. It was almost cooked. Fortunately, it had hatched before it was cooked.
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