The hunters chewed up and ate the bones of the rats and wild birds, leaving nothing behind except the rat skin and bird feathers.
The rats and bird feathers were also not left behind. They carried them with them. The feathers could be made into accessories, and the rat skin could be collected to make mattresses or canopies.
In the afternoon, they came across a new forest with thick trunks and lush branches.
At the sight of the woods, the hunters cried out in joy again and rushed into the woods one after another.
Cheeks was also very happy. He patted Li Du on the shoulder and repeated, "Good luck, dear guest!"
Li Du said, "What did you find?"
Brother Wolf said, "That's a noodle tree. The fruit on the tree can be picked for food."
Li Du said, "But it's winter now. The fruit has dried up, right?"
Brother Wolf nodded and said, "Yes, but the fruit of the noodle tree needs to be dried and cooked before it can be eaten. Therefore, the fruit that has dried up naturally on the tree is more tempting than fresh fruit."
The hunters were good at climbing trees. They went up and cut the long fruit with a sharp knife.
Li Du thought that the lush things on the tree were branches, but after cutting them, he realized that they were the fruit of the noodle tree. No wonder there were so many of them.
Looking at the noodle trees, Brother Wolf had a strange expression on his face.
Li Du asked, "What's wrong?"
Brother Wolf said, "The noodle tree is a tropical tree. It is not distributed in many places. Some island countries in the South Pacific, such as Fiji, Polynesia, Tahiti, or Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, and some tropical areas in China. South Africa, too? Rare. "
Cheeks laughed. "Yes, it's rare. In fact, we didn't find many noodle trees along the way. However, there are always some. This is nature, the magic of nature."
Godzilla had brought beer. He wanted to drink. Hearing this, he took out a can, raised it, and said, "To the magic of nature."
Gulp, gulp, gulp. He drank happily.
After harvesting the fruit of the noodle tree, Cheeks and his people prepared to return.
"Today's harvest is enough for us to eat for two days," Cheeks said happily. "Then, let's go back and rest early."
Li Du shrugged, indicating that he would do as he pleased. The Hadza people did not store much food. It was their tradition.
However, just because the Hadza people did not store food did not mean that they only knew how to enjoy themselves and not prepare for a rainy day.
They went back the other way, around, and into a whole new field.
On this road, they were still looking for food. When they found a place where they could catch prey, they would mark it. Tomorrow, they would come back here.
Back in the tribe, some children of all ages ran over excitedly, jumping around the hunters, curiously sizing up their prey.
The hunters introduced the things they had obtained to the children, introduced the methods of hunting, and passed on their knowledge to the next generation.
After sitting down, Li Du recalled the day's hunting trip and realized that the life of the Hadza people was not easy.
In his opinion, the African tribes would go out for a stroll and encounter an antelope, water buffalo, and other animals. Then, they would hunt it down together and drag it back for everyone to eat and drink happily.
Yesterday, when he followed Lion Hunter, he had the same feeling.
Of course, this was because they had cars at that time, so they could search for prey faster. Moreover, they had Abdullah, who was good at tracking prey. He was very familiar with the grasslands here and knew where the water source was and where the prey was.
Today was completely different. It was too difficult for the Hadza people to hunt. They were guests of this grassland. This place felt very unfamiliar to them, and they had to rely on their feet to find prey.
Cheeks came over and asked, "What are you thinking?"
Li Du told the truth and said, "Your life is not easy."
Cheeks laughed. "Yes, life is really difficult. Fortunately, overall, it is quite happy. Otherwise, I would not stay in the tribe instead of going to the big city to work."
That was true. There was a shortage of doctors in every country in Africa. Cheeks was a top student from the University of California, San Francisco. The medical specialty at the University of California, San Francisco was particularly good, ranking in the top five in the United States.
In other words, with Cheeks's ability, he could easily find a job in the United States, let alone in Africa.
A child ran up to him and handed him a few fruits. He smiled and said in English, "Delicious."
All the children in the tribe were the same. They were naked, barefooted, and dirty from head to toe. Barefooted, they would roll around on the ground at any time.
However, in them, Li Du saw a purity and contentment that he did not see in China or the United States. It was a strange feeling. The children here were very pure, very simple, and lived very happily.
Among them, the girls were more naughty and could play as much as they wanted.
Boys matured early and were quiet. Although they could play, they learned to make weapons and hunt wild animals from their fathers at an early age.
These fruits were small berries. Cheeks said, "They collect them during the day. The children follow their mothers around during the day to collect berries, fetch water, clean up, and do some simple work."
Dinner was boiled noodles, fruit tree, and barbecued meat. The meat was cut into pieces, and there were also two thick hind legs.
This time, they roasted the porcupines they had harvested yesterday. Li Du asked, "Don't you eat fresh food? Why did you keep the porcupines until today? "
Cheeks laughed. "Big food is usually left in the sun for a day or two. After that, the meat becomes harder, and everyone needs to chew it. You know, wolfing down food does not make people feel full, and people tend to overeat. "
This was a helpless move. In a civilized society, eating more was fine. At worst, they could get fat and find a way to lose weight.
For the Hadza people, who did not have easy access to food, they did not have enough food for everyone to waste. Most of the time, they could not even fill their stomachs and could only maintain their lives.
Li Du and the others did not eat much. One reason was that the Hadza people had a hard time getting food, and the other was that their food was too rough and not easy to eat.
It was not that Li Du and the others were pretentious, but they could not be like the Hadza people, who reached into the pot and ate the noodle tree fruit. They also did not have to drool over the porcupine barbecued meat.
Out of politeness, they ate some. Cheeks prepared a pork leg for them, and they gnawed on it.
At the end of the day's hunting experience, Li Du and Cheeks hugged goodbye and returned to the lion hunter's camp.
On the lion hunter's side, there was one more lion in the camp, but it was a dead lion.
Seeing that Li Du and the others had returned, he said proudly, "How was it? Look at what I got!"
The lion was skinned and made into a specimen. All the meat inside was thrown away because it was not tasty. The fibers of the lion's meat were too thick and the meat was too rough.
Looking at the lion meat thrown away, Li Du thought of the Hadza people next door. In terms of difficulty in getting food and attitude, the two sides were worlds apart.
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