Following the excited hunters, Li Du ran to a patch of grass that looked like a small drumstick.
This weed looked very strange, a bit like the clavicle grass in his hometown, but the sticks were shorter and bulkier, so they looked more like drumsticks.
The grass was soft and had many openings. The hunters squatted down and used bows and arrows to dig the grass.
The hunters were very fast and expanded the hole. Soon, some soil was piled outside, and then a mouse with short, grayish-yellow hair came out.
Li Du was annoyed and said, "Rats again?"
Cheeks smiled happily and said, "It's good to meet prairie rats. Sometimes we can only catch a few birds all day, so we go back and eat the stock."
Prairie rats knew how to enjoy life. They dug their burrows wide and deep, and the space inside was very large. It was very comfortable for them to live in.
If the prairie rats did not run away in fear, it would not be easy for the hunters to find them. They had to dig to the bottom of the burrow.
Li Du looked at the size of the burrow and drove Crispy Noodles in to catch the wild rats.
As Ali grew up, Crispy Noodles was the smallest. He was only about half a meter long. Ah Meow grew up to be more than a meter long and could not get in.
Crispy Noodles was more than enough to deal with the prairie rats. He went in and quickly came out, holding the rat's tail in his claws, and dragged out the beaten and confused prairie rat.
Seeing this, the hunters cheered, "Back!"
Li Du guessed that this meant something like 'Hooray' or 'Great,' but every time he heard it, he felt that these people were saying, "So hot."
In this way, the hunters looked for the prairie rat burrow. Ah Ow and Ah Meow helped dig the hole, Crispy Noodles went in and dragged out the prairie rat, and Ali waited at the hole. If the prairie rat was not unconscious, it would go up and punch it.
The four little ones worked together again. One rat after another was dug out, and the hunters kept cheering, as if they were gods.
Li Du was curious to see that the hunters could always find the rat hole easily. He asked, "How do they find it?"
The prairie rats were very cunning. They set the opening of the rat hole in the weeds. Li Du had to push the weeds to find it, but the hunters seemed to be able to determine whether there was a rat hole at a glance.
Cheeks pointed to the ground and said, "Look carefully. There are traces of fresh soil around the rat hole. This is because the wild rats constantly enter and exit the cave, bringing out fresh soil from the depths of the cave."
The traces outside the rat hole were very vague. Li Du had to look carefully to find them, but the hunters could make a judgment with just a glance.
The Hadza people's hunting trip was very boring. They kept digging rat holes until they could not find any more rats. It was already afternoon.
Next, it was time for lunch. They didn't eat at a fixed time, but according to their harvest and hunger.
"If the harvest is good, then when we are hungry, everyone will eat." "If the harvest isn't good, then everyone tends to go hungry. We go back and have dinner together at night."
Li Du looked at the skinny hunters and felt that their size was not the result of a lot of exercise, but because they often went hungry.
Someone had built a bonfire, and they had gathered dry bushes and grass on the road, poured a little petrol on it, put a lighter to it, and the fire blazed.
The hunters nodded at the fire and said something. Li Du thought it was a ritual, but Cheeks told him that everyone was marveling at the power of the petrol.
The Hadza people ate in a rough way. They plucked the wild birds and skinned the wild rats. After removing the internal organs, they didn't even wash them and put them directly on the bonfire to roast.
Cheeks said helplessly, "I don't think this is good. I have corrected their habits, and this is the result of my hard work. In the past, they didn't even throw away the internal organs and ate them together."
The hunters chatted casually together. People took turns to roast food, while others rested to save energy for the next hunting trip.
One of the characteristics of the Hadza people was that they didn't store food and liked to eat fresh food.
That was to say, the day they got more food was the day they celebrated, and everyone ate more. If there was less food on the day they had no choice but to starve.
What if they couldn't get food for a long time? The Hadza people were not afraid. The African savannah was too rich for them to be unable to find food for a long time.
Looking at the bloody birds and rats, Li Du couldn't bring himself to eat them. Godzilla carried a lot of food with him. He took out a few cans of meat and shared it with the others.
Cheeks didn't accept the canned meat. He said, "I'm used to eating freshly roasted food. It may not be delicious, but it's healthier."
Li Du said, "It's not healthy to have too many bacteria, right?"
Cheeks shook his head and said, "When I first returned to the tribe, I collected the feces of my people and did a bacterial test. The intestinal environment of my people is very good. No matter the age, the beneficial bacteria are very active. I think this has something to do with the food environment."
He collected some data and said that he would give it to Sophie when he returned. Sophie could study it and see if it could be published. This could help the people in the city with gastrointestinal problems.
Li Du asked, "Have you ever thought of teaching your people how to farm or breed? Now that people are destroying the environment more and more, I'm afraid there will be fewer prey, right? "
Cheeks said helplessly, "You're right, Li. Our prey is getting fewer and fewer, and there are fewer and fewer places to hunt. But my people can't learn how to farm."
"At first, I saw that there was a market for honey among the tribes, so I taught them to raise bees and collect honey. Guess what?"
Li Du guessed, "They ate it themselves?"
Cheeks laughed. "No, they don't know how to take care of beehives, and they don't have the mood. For my people, the joy of life is to come across honey on the way and enjoy the gift from heaven with surprise. "
When the birds and rats were roasted until they were half or 80% done, the hunters began to cheer and share the food.
The Hadza people shared food fairly. No matter how much food there was, they all started with one piece. Someone picked up a bird, took a bite, and passed it to the next person. Just like that, everyone took turns to finish the bird in one bite, and then moved on to the next.
Looking at the smiles on their faces, Sophie said thoughtfully, "Maybe we're measuring others by our own standards, Li. We've put our own ideas of poverty on the Hadza people. In fact, they're living a good life."
Big Quinn nodded. "I agree, boss lady. You're right. No one will starve to death on the African grasslands. The complete food chain is enough to meet their basic needs. Then they have a lot of leisure time. They can spend time with their families, rest, and laugh all the time. This is much better than the people in the city. "
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