After everything in the tribe returned to normal, Shao Xuan's life also returned to its original routine.
Every twenty to thirty days, he would go out to hunt, then return to the tribe to make stoneware, learn how to make traps from Old Ke, and train Caesar and Chacha.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed. During this time, Shao Xuan expanded his wooden house. Under Old Ke's guidance, he added stone to make a wooden house, which was more solid than the original one. In terms of construction, Shao Xuan was indeed not as good as Old Ke and the others, so all he could do was to follow Old Ke's guidance.
The newly built wooden house was twice as big as Old Ke's house. There was also a workshop for making stoneware. Old Ke's equipment had already been moved in. While Shao Xuan was making stoneware, Old Ke was sleeping in the room next door. He did not mind the noise and would wake up to instruct Shao Xuan.
When Shao Xuan went out to hunt, Old Ke would sit by the window and bask in the sun in his spare time besides making stoneware and helping to train Caesar and Chacha. Every time Ge came over and saw Old Ke's comfortable appearance, he felt very emotional. A year ago, who would have thought that Old Ke's life would change like this?
Chacha grew very fast. It had been half a year since it hatched. The weak chick that could be held in one's hand was already almost as tall as Shao Xuan's shoulder when it raised its head. The previous wooden house was too small, so Caesar and Chacha wanted to tear it down whenever they made a fuss. Therefore, during the expansion this time, Shao Xuan specially built two nests, one for the bird's nest and the other for the wolf's nest.
Caesar's wolf's nest was near the gate, so Shao Xuan was completely raising it like a dog. As for Chacha's nest, it was specially built on the roof of the house.
With Chacha, the Night Swallow would not come close to the house at night. Sometimes in the morning, Chacha would wake up and find several Night Swallow corpses next to its nest. It did not eat. After pecking the Night Swallow to pieces, it would fly to the river to feed the fish. Then it would watch the big-headed piranhas fight over it. It was not only cruel, it also had a bad taste.
Shao Xuan always thought that the baby bird needed external help to learn how to fly, such as pushing it down from a high place. But in fact, Shao Xuan did not need to worry about it at all. Chacha was restless when it first opened its eyes. When it could walk, it was even more troublesome. It often jumped off the stone table. By the time Shao Xuan realized what was going on, it could already fly very well. Moreover, it flew everywhere all day long, always provoking Caesar, chasing and pecking. When it saw that Caesar was serious, it would immediately fly high, which made Caesar so angry that he could only dig the ground.
Once, when Shao Xuan came back from a hunt, he was summoned by the Shaman. When he brought Chacha to the Shaman, he met Chief Ao, who was talking to the Shaman.
Ao said that Chacha might be a bird similar to the Giant Mountain Eagle. From what he said, it might be a close relative. Although it was not as big as the Giant Mountain Eagle, it was still a bird of prey. Compared to other birds, it was still bigger.
When Shao Xuan heard this, his first thought was: Damn, no wonder it could eat so much!
When it was a baby bird, it had a big appetite and was picky about its food. Now that it had grown up and could fly, it mostly relied on Shao Xuan to raise it. Occasionally, it would find some snacks to eat, because Shao Xuan did not let it go too far.
As for what the Giant Mountain Eagle looked like, Shao Xuan had never seen it before. Most people in the tribe had never seen it before. It was said that there was an eagle mountain far away, where the Giant Mountain Eagle lived.
Shao Xuan did not know what kind of bird Chacha was, so he could only speculate based on what Ao said about the Giant Mountain Eagle. If it was really a close relative, there must be some similarities.
It was said that the Giant Mountain Eagle was cold-blooded and cruel. Even if it was related by blood, it would still fight. However, when it came to fighting for territory, it would not fight to the death. As for birds or other birds that were not related by blood, it would fight until the end. After it won, it would try its best to kill the opponent.
From what Shao Xuan observed, the Chacha was really close to the Giant Mountain Eagle. Their personalities were similar. The good thing was, because it had been tamed since it was young, it was much more restrained.
"You found a good stone core again?"
Old Ke stood by the window and asked when he saw Shao Xuan come back from the training ground with two big stones.
"Yes, it feels good. I can make some spear darts. The fine stone leaves can also be made into stone needles for setting traps."
After putting the two stones in the grinding workshop and drinking some water, Shao Xuan heard a few birds chirping in the sky outside.
Walking out of the door, Shao Xuan looked at the birds circling in the sky above his head. He raised his hand and made a gesture. The birds chirped and flew away.
"Chacha is going out to play again?" Old Ke asked.
"Yes. Fortunately, it knows not to fly too far. It will come back when it's time." Shao Xuan said as he entered the house and sat down.
"It's still young. After it leaves the territory of the tribe, there will be many fierce birds in the sky. Chacha is no match for them." Old Ke was a little worried.
"Don't worry. It's very smart." Shao Xuan said.
He was not lying. Chacha did have many tricks up its sleeves. It was much smarter than Caesar and rarely suffered losses.
Looking at Caesar, who came back from the training ground with Shao Xuan, Old Ke was silent for a while. Then he asked, "You've trained Caesar so well. Do you want to take it out in the future?"
Shao Xuan nodded and said, "I want to take it hunting next year."
"Are you really going to take Caesar?" Old Ke was not sure.
Although Caesar had been trained better and better by Shao Xuan in the past year, and had learned how to cooperate with him, there were too many unpredictable factors in the real hunting ground. Any one of them could cause irreversible effects.
"It's just a plan. I heard from Uncle Mai that we might need to hunt some difficult prey next year. I suggested it to Uncle Mai, and he said he would think about it. But we have to let Caesar show off in front of them. " Although Caesar could make the decisions in the hunting group, and the others would not directly refute him even if they had different opinions, Shao Xuan still wanted everyone to know about Caesar's ability. It would be a pity to not use such a helper.
After hunting with the group for so many times, Shao Xuan also knew that some special prey were not easy to hunt. But with Caesar, who had a keen sense of smell, the result would be different.
Now Caesar had no problem in speed, but Shao Xuan was still training its reflexes and adaptability.
Caesar was about the size of a wolf in the forest, but it did not have a murderous aura. No one in the tribe was afraid of it now.
Since Shao Xuan had already made his decision, Old Ke did not intend to interfere. "Even if you don't train it well now, you'll have more time to train it in the winter when the hunting stops."
"Winter," Shao Xuan looked at a few ordinary looking leaves on the wooden shelf, and said, "I can't be idle in the winter."
He wanted to learn some knowledge about herbs from the Shaman, and he had mentioned it when the Shaman talked to him alone. He did not know if this skill could be taught, so he only tentatively and euphemistically mentioned it once, and the Shaman agreed.
Many people in the advance group knew about the use of herbs, but they did not know much about it. The other people in the tribe did not seem to have mentioned similar problems. They probably thought that as long as they believed in the Shaman, they could ask the Shaman for help when they needed. They did not need to spend time to learn. Or, they thought that only the Shaman could learn such profound skills, and no one else could do it.
When Shao Xuan proposed to learn about herbs, the Shaman was very happy. However, Shao Xuan did not have much time on weekdays, so the Shaman asked him to go up the mountain in the winter when the hunting stopped.
Therefore, Shao Xuan said that winter would be busy too.
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