Last time, the Beast Deity had performed a miracle and allowed all the barley in the tribe to ripen at once. Most of the barley had been used as seeds.
Not only that, it was the priest who had personally harvested the barley.
After all, it was a miracle!
Because of these reasons, the people in the tribe did not understand the barley at all. Now that Zhou Ji said that the barley could be harvested, they all gathered around, wanting to know how to harvest the barley.
It happened to be a day where there was no need to hunt. Xiong Ye followed beside Zhou Ji and looked at the large field of barley in front of him. He especially missed the flatbread that Zhou Ji made for him.
This barley was brought back by Zhou Ji, and Zhou Ji could get a lot of it … He felt that he should have the opportunity to eat a lot of flatbread, and maybe he could eat other food made from barley.
"Harvest the barley!" The priest said, "Get some strong ones to bring the barley back to the tribe!"
He had studied it. It was too troublesome to just pluck the ears, and there were no tools to cut them, so he might as well get someone to pull them back.
"Let's do it!" Many people responded, and Xiong Ye was one of them.
The priest picked some people, and Xiong Ye was among them. Then these strong people began to pull the barley, and after pulling, they piled the barley together and finally brought it to the pottery place.
Although there was an open space in the col, there was relatively little sunlight. But the barley needed to be exposed to the sun … The priest finally chose the pottery place, and even made a special area for the barley to be dried.
For the people in the tribe, pulling the barley was much easier than digging for eggs. Not long after, all the barley was dried on the open space.
Xiong Ye put all the barley away, and was about to go out to hunt for more food for Zhou Ji when he was stopped by Zhou Ji, "Xiong Ye, help me get some barley back."
"Okay." Xiong Ye answered, and took a wooden basin and began to pull the ears of barley.
Not long after, he pulled a basin full of ears.
"Xiong Ye, is Zhou Ji going to make something delicious again?" Seeing this scene, the priest felt a little hungry.
"I don't know." Xiong Ye looked at the priest warily, and returned to the cave with the basin of ears.
When he returned to the cave, Zhou Ji was not there. Xiong Ye placed the wooden basin on the ground and helplessly realized that his cave was a little small.
There were more and more things in the cave. Although he had expanded the cave a little, it was still not enough. Not only that, there were many more things in the cave that he had not noticed before.
He had been too busy these days and was often away from home, so he didn't know what was in the bottles and cans beside him.
With that thought in mind, Xiong Ye casually opened a wooden jar that he had never seen before, and then he saw … a little bear inside?
Xiong Ye looked at the little bear in surprise.
With just one look, he recognized that this little bear was him.
In their tribe, Xiong He was the only one who looked exactly like him. This bear that was carefully placed in the wooden jar was obviously made by Zhou Ji. It couldn't be Xiong He, so it had to be him!
Zhou Ji actually made a little bear and hid it!
Xiong Ye was indescribably happy. He knew that Zhou Ji had gone to knead mud a few days ago, but he didn't expect that Zhou Ji would actually knead him … He also wanted to knead Zhou Ji.
Xiong Ye put the wooden jar back and looked at the other jars.
Finally, he opened the honey jar, dipped his chopsticks in some, and put it in his mouth.
So sweet!
Xiong Ye's eyes narrowed. Just as he was about to close the lid and put the honey jar back, he heard Zhou Ji's voice. "If you like it, eat more."
Xiong Ye: "…" Why did Zhou Ji come back without a sound?!
Also, he could eat more … Xiong Ye took a spoon and scooped a spoonful of honey into his bowl. Then, he dipped his chopsticks in it and slowly tasted it.
The honey was really delicious!
Xiong Ye hugged the bowl and asked, "Zhou Ji, what are you going to make with the barley?"
"I'm going to make barley and pumpkin porridge." Zhou Ji showed the pumpkin he was carrying to Xiong Ye.
Previously, when he went out to exchange for salt, he had brought pumpkins back. As there weren't many pumpkins planted, the people in the tribe couldn't get any for the time being, but he could eat them.
Xiong Ye had tasted the barley porridge that Zhou Ji had made and eaten the pumpkin. He asked, "Is this porridge sweet?"
"Yes, I will also add sugar," Zhou Ji said.
Xiong Ye immediately looked forward to it.
He had no resistance to sweet things and loved to eat all kinds of sweet food!
Zhou Ji continued, "But you have to help me remove the barley's husk first."
"Remove the husk?" Xiong Ye was puzzled.
"Remove the husk on the barley," Zhou Ji said.
Xiong Ye looked at the big pot of barley and was a little dumbfounded. The barley was so small. How long would it take to remove all the husks?
Wait, the barley that they ate last time was unhusked. How long did Zhou Ji spend to remove the husks? Xiong Ye looked at Zhou Ji in admiration.
Zhou Ji said, "You can use a wooden stick to knock it lightly. You can knock the husk off."
Xiong Ye took a wooden stick and tested it. Then, he accidentally knocked some barley into pieces.
Fortunately, he didn't use much strength and didn't break the barley into pieces.
He slowly studied it.
At first, he couldn't control his strength well and broke a lot of barley. But slowly, he was able to control his strength well. Not only that … he found that when he used energy, he could actually control his strength better and knock the barley better.
Just like that, Xiong Ye focused on knocking.
He didn't know how long he had been knocking. He only knew that after a long time, he had finally knocked all the barley out.
In the beginning, a lot of barley was broken by him. But later on, many of the barley he knocked out had fallen off, but the grains were still intact.
"I'm done," Xiong Ye said.
"You're done so quickly. How impressive," Zhou Ji said with a smile.
Xiong Ye was a little embarrassed. "A lot of them were broken, and the husks were mixed inside …"
"It's fine," Zhou Ji said. He rubbed the grains with his hands and added water. Then, the husks floated on the surface of the water. He scooped up the husks and threw them away. Then, he poured the water … Zhou Ji poured the barley kernels into the pot and cooked them.
A lot of the barley was broken, but it didn't affect the cooking of the porridge.
Zhou Ji cooked it slowly. When the water boiled, he put in the pumpkin and began roasting the meat for Xiong Ye.
Cooking in a stone pot was really very slow. Zhou Ji roasted the meat for Xiong Ye before the porridge was ready. He added a little sugar and gave Xiong Ye a bowl.
The porridge was sweet, and the pumpkin inside was soft. The cooked barley kernels were even more delicious …
Xiong Ye liked it very much. He felt that the porridge was even more delicious than roasted meat.
However, he didn't eat much. It was better to give the porridge to Zhou Ji!
However, just as he finished eating, Zhou Ji used a wooden spoon to add another big spoonful of porridge into his bowl.
Xiong Ye smiled and drank slowly. He didn't want Zhou Ji to scoop another bowl for him after he finished it.
After finishing the porridge, Xiong Ye left the cave.
He went to the pottery place and asked for a piece of clay. He wanted to mold a Zhou Ji.
He had Zhou Ji's appearance in his mind. He thought that he could mold a lifelike Zhou Ji like how Zhou Ji molded the little bear. He didn't expect that no matter how hard he molded it, he couldn't mold it well.
It must be because it was too small and not easy to sculpt … Xiong Ye got another piece of clay and began to mold it. Then, he found a needle-like, slightly hard plant to sculpt this person.
However, the finished product was still very ugly. No, it was even uglier.
Xiong Ye: "…"
Just as Xiong Ye was feeling a little depressed, Zhu Zhan, who had just returned from hunting, walked towards Xiong Ye. "Xiong Ye, why didn't you go hunting today?"
The barley had been harvested in the morning. Xiong Ye should be free in the afternoon, but for some reason, he didn't go hunting.
"I have something to do," Xiong Ye said.
"What is it? Make a clay person? " Zhu Zhan sat down beside Xiong Ye. Then, he looked at the clay person that Xiong Ye was sculpting and revealed an indescribable expression — Xiong Ye's molding was too ugly!
"Yes," Xiong Ye replied.
"Who is this clay person that you made?" Zhu Zhan asked again.
"I want to make a Zhou Ji," Xiong Ye said. He really didn't have the face to tell Zhu Zhan that he made Zhou Ji. He could only say that he wanted to make a Zhou Ji.
Xiong Ye wanted to make a Zhou Ji, but in the end … he made such an ugly doll? Zhu Zhan felt a little helpless. He didn't feel that the ugly clay person in front of him looked like Zhou Ji at all.
However, Xiong Ye's thoughts were quite good. "You made this clay person to coax Zhou Ji, right? That's a good idea! "
Since Xiong Ye could chase after Zhou Ji, he definitely had some ability. He felt that he could learn a little.
This way, he could coax his woman in the future and make her stop hitting him!
He, Zhu Zhan, also wanted his face!
Xiong Ye didn't know what Zhu Zhan was thinking. He kneaded the clay person back into mud and couldn't help but frown. "I can't do it well."
"Actually, it's okay," Zhu Zhan said. He felt that he couldn't do it as well as Xiong Ye.
"Zhou Ji made it as if it's real," Xiong Ye said.
"He's different from us. He's the messenger of the Beast Deity." Zhu Zhan sighed. Zhou Ji was truly capable. They couldn't compare to him, and there was no need to.
"That's true. Zhou Ji is especially amazing." Xiong Ye was very proud.
Zhu Zhan saw Xiong Ye's blissful face and said, "Your relationship is really good. I hope that your relationship can always be this good."
"Of course, we are partners blessed by the Beast Deity!"
"So what if we are partners blessed by the Beast Deity? Aren't there still people who separate? "Zhu Zhan said.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How can partners blessed by the Beast Deity be separated! "Xiong Ye said," After becoming partners, they have to be together for life. "
"There's such a thing?" Zhu Zhan was a little confused.
"Aren't you guys like that?" Xiong Ye said.
"Of course not," Zhu Zhan said. There were many people who became partners in their tribe. Basically, two-thirds of them would find a partner for themselves when they came of age.
Most people would live with their partners until they grew old, but not everyone was like that. There were many people who separated as they lived.
Just like his father, how many partners had he changed?!
"What about you guys?" Xiong Ye asked.
Zhu Zhan told him about the situation in the tribe and said, "You know, I have a partner. I like her very much."
Xiong Ye didn't notice that Zhu Zhan's expression softened when he mentioned his partner. He only said, "You guys are mistaken. After becoming partners, they can't be separated for life!"
Zhu Zhan: "…" There's such a thing?
Zhu Zhan originally wanted to raise his doubts, but when he thought that Zhou Ji was the messenger of the Beast Deity, he gave up — perhaps, it was really like that?
Zhu Zhan didn't dwell on this point and was about to talk about something else with Xiong Ye. Xiong Ye said, "You must treat your partner well in the future. Don't betray her. Otherwise, the Beast Deity will be unhappy and punish you."
Recently, Zhu Zhan often went hunting with Xiong Ye. Their relationship also got better. Of course, the most important reason for their relationship getting better was because they cleared up the misunderstanding — after knowing that Zhu Zhan had a partner, Xiong Ye's hostility towards Zhu Zhan completely disappeared.
He didn't expect to find out from Zhu Zhan that their partners could be changed … how could that be!
Xiong Ye felt that he needed to teach Zhu Zhan a lesson.
"Okay." Zhu Zhan said.
Xiong Ye asked again, "What does your partner like? What will you give her? "
Zhu Zhan said, "She likes to hit me and eat meat. I usually give her prey or weapons."
Xiong Ye wanted to learn something from Zhu Zhan, but he didn't expect to get such an answer. He was a little disappointed — Zhou Ji didn't like hitting people, eating meat or weapons. As for prey … who wouldn't give it to him?
Xiong Ye felt that he probably wouldn't be able to make clay figurines. Just as he was thinking about what to give Zhou Ji, Zhu Zhan said, "Xiong Ye, how does it feel to be with a man?"
"Very good." Xiong Ye said.
Xiong Ye almost blurted it out. Zhu Zhan said, "Looks like Zhou Ji is great … He does look good, it must be comfortable to hug him. He's just a little too tall. I know someone outside. He likes men, but he only likes slender and good-looking men."
Xiong Ye was a little confused. "Slender and good-looking?" Wasn't the more muscular the better? He always felt that Zhou Ji was a little thin.
Zhu Zhan said, "You are really … Oh right, I know he will use something. Do you want it? It will make you feel more comfortable. "
"What is it?" Xiong Ye asked.
"It's the oil inside a kind of fruit." Zhu Zhan explained.
The more Xiong Ye listened, the more he felt that something was wrong.
What Zhu Zhan said was different from him and Zhou Ji!
Could it be that he was wrong when he was with Zhou Ji in the past?
Xiong Ye suddenly understood and felt like he was struck by lightning.
"What's wrong with you?" Zhu Zhan asked.
"Don't men use their hands when they are together?" Xiong Ye asked.
Zhu Zhan: "…" So, what did the two of them do after they became partners!?
Zhu Zhan was a little dumbfounded. Xiong Ye also wanted to beat his chest and stamp his feet — how much time did he waste!?
Xiong Ye immediately ran towards the cave.
Seeing Xiong Ye run, Zhu Zhan remembered what he was here for. "Xiong Ye, you aren't fighting with us today?"
He was still waiting for his subordinates to fight with Xiong Ye so that he could change the seasoning!
But Xiong Ye actually ran?
But he could understand Xiong Ye. Suddenly knowing that he had a partner but hadn't eaten his partner for so long, anyone would be anxious!
Zhu Zhan could only go back helplessly and prepare to eat the most ordinary barbecued meat with some salt. But at this moment, Xiong Ye had already run into the cave. "Zhou Ji, I know something."
Zhou Ji was puzzled. "What is it?"
"So men should be like this …" Xiong Ye quickly said.
Zhou Ji covered his head helplessly.
He knew that Xiong Ye would find out about this sooner or later, but he really didn't expect Xiong Ye to find out so quickly.
"Who told you?" Zhou Ji asked.
Xiong Ye said, "Zhu Zhan … Xiong Ye, let's try?"
Xiong Ye had always been straightforward and bold. As he spoke, he had already carried Zhou Ji.
He wanted to be intimate with Zhou Ji!
He believed that Zhou Ji would definitely want to be intimate with him too!
Xiong Ye thought so, but Zhou Ji said, "Wait, I'm a little afraid."
"Afraid?" Xiong Ye was puzzled.
Zhou Ji said, "I'm afraid of pain. That way … will it hurt?"
Xiong Ye thought for a moment and felt that it would probably hurt a little. He immediately said, "How about this, you do it!"
Zhou Ji: "…" Xiong Ye was more straightforward than he imagined!
Moreover, he thought that Xiong Ye would insist on something, but Xiong Ye actually didn't insist on it … How cute!
But … Zhou Ji said, "I'm also afraid that you will feel pain. You might even get injured."
Zhou Ji gave some reasons, and these reasons were all reasonable.
However, the main reason why he didn't agree was not because of these.
When he agreed to Xiong Ye's "proposal", it was only to help Xiong Ye. He didn't think too much about it. If Xiong Ye had sent himself to his doorstep, he might have slept with him.
But now that his relationship with Xiong Ye was getting deeper, he had many concerns.
For example, did Xiong Ye really like him? If he hadn't agreed back then, would Xiong Ye have chosen someone else as his partner? If Xiong Ye had chosen someone else as his partner, would he treat that person as well as him?
And how did he feel about Xiong Ye?
Zhou Ji looked deeply at Xiong Ye.
Xiong Ye kissed Zhou Ji and felt that Zhou Ji's worried look was really too cute!
Actually … Between men, it should be the same? Actually, there was no need to be like that …
"Then forget it," Xiong Ye said.
Zhou Ji: "…" Forget it just like that? Wasn't Xiong Ye going to fight for it?
Xiong Ye really did forget it. That night, after he went to bed, he immediately fell asleep.
Zhou Ji transferred some energy to him and fell asleep with complicated feelings. However, he didn't sleep for the whole night.
The next morning, Xiong Ye woke up and prepared to go hunting. When Zhou Ji left the cave, he realized that Zhu Zhan was observing him.
It was this person who caused him to not sleep well last night!
Zhou Ji rubbed his brows and sighed.
Zhu Zhan saw that Zhou Ji was walking as usual and didn't have any abnormalities. He couldn't help but feel resentful towards Xiong Ye.
However, this was other people's business, so he didn't care much.
If he had the time, he might as well try making boats!
These days, Zhu Zhan brought many small pieces of wood back to the cave where he and his subordinates lived. He wanted to make the boats that Zhou Ji mentioned. Although he made some, it was quite difficult to enlarge them and sit on them. In addition, how to deal with the predators in the river was also a big problem.
Zhu Zhan was quite worried.
And just when Zhu Zhan was worried, the tribe burned pottery for the third time.
This time, Zhou Ji took it very seriously. He personally put the things that he made, including the clay bear, into the pot. Only then did he get people to put the things that other people in the tribe made into the pot. When all the things were put in place, he lit the fire again.
The fire burned fiercely.
That evening, when everyone was eating beside the pottery pit, Zhu Zhan's subordinates asked Zhu Zhan, "Big brother, do you think the big bear tribe can make pottery this time?"
"Maybe, but probably only one or two." Zhu Zhan said. The high priest of the Beast Divine Palace didn't have many pottery, which meant that the making of pottery should be quite complicated for the Beast Divine Palace.
The Beast Divine Palace had been making pottery for so many years, but they made very little every year. The big bear tribe only made it twice, so what could they make?
Although he had already acknowledged that Zhou Ji was the messenger of the Beast Deity, he still couldn't completely believe what the big bear tribe said about the barley maturing immediately and the potatoes growing in a day.
As for those slaves who had only joined the big bear tribe for about ten days …
These ten days of life were simply heaven to them.
In these ten days, they could eat two meals a day and eat their fill. Although they didn't eat meat, but mainly potatoes, this was already extremely happy for them.
These people were getting fatter at a speed visible to the naked eye.
They were very grateful to the big bear tribe, but they couldn't understand why the people of the big bear tribe played with mud and used fire to burn the mud.
The last time they came here, they were burning it, but in the end, only some fragments were burned out. It should be the same this time?
They also didn't know why the people of the big bear tribe did this …
Everyone was very curious. At this time, the fire finally went out, and the temperature in the pit also slowly dropped.
Xiong Ye was the first to jump into the "fire pit".
He saw Zhou Ji put the little bear in, but he didn't know if the little bear was burned out …
Xiong Ye hoped that the little bear was not burned out.
After he entered, he immediately wanted to see the little bear, but it was a little hot …
"Be careful." Zhou Ji reminded. And just as he reminded, he saw Xiong Ye turn into a brown bear.
Xiong Ye who had turned into a brown bear had thick skin and was not afraid of the heat. He quickly took out the pottery that was placed inside.
He took out a very beautiful little bear, and his face was full of surprise — this little bear was not broken!
Actually, Zhou Ji already knew that this little bear was not broken. He had squeezed it, and he had used his mental strength to protect it. How could it be broken?
As for the others … Zhou Ji said, "Take out the others too."
Xiong Ye nodded, then took out a complete pottery pot.
Following that, he took out a complete pottery bowl, pot, and pot.
These things were very thin. Other than the pot which was thicker, everything else was very light and very smooth.
Xiong Ye had made stone tools before, but for things like stone, no matter how hard he tried, he could not make such pots!
Previously, he didn't understand why Zhou Ji wanted to make pottery. He didn't know what pottery looked like, but now … Xiong Ye looked at the pots and pans in front of him and was a little excited.
These things looked great!
"These are all ours. Bring them back." Zhou Ji pointed at what he had done. When he had done all this, he had said that everything he had done belonged to him.
"Zhou Ji, you are indeed the person who is doted on by the Beast Deity. None of the pots you made are broken!" the priest said excitedly.
Zhou Ji: "…"
"With the pots you made, there are even other pottery made!" the priest said again, looking in surprise at the few finished products other than those made by Zhou Ji.
The first two times he made pottery, other than giving the people in the tribe more pottery pieces for decoration, there were no results. This time, it was different.
This time, other than Zhou Ji's, he also made a complete pot, a pot with a hole in it, two pottery bowls, and a pot.
Compared to those made by Zhou Ji, these pottery were coarse, but even so, they were still pottery!
When the priest picked up the pottery and felt its weight, he already understood how precious it was.
Stone tools were not easy to use, especially stone pots. Every time, a lot of firewood was needed to cook the things inside, but this pot …
The priest said, "These … take them to my cave first!"
Xiong He said, "You should only want one pot?"
"This hole is for you," the priest said.
After everyone finished "dividing" the loot, they each took their things back to their own caves.
Zhou Ji began to stir-fry.
There were quite a lot of vegetables in the tribe recently, and he stir-fried a few.
Previously, when he used the stone pot to stir-fry things, it felt really bad. Sometimes, it didn't seem like stir-frying, but boiling. The vegetables would always be overcooked, or not cooked no matter how he cooked them.
But now, it was different.
Using this pot to stir-fry, although it couldn't compare to an iron pot, it was much better than a stone pot, not to mention that Zhou Ji also made some very large plates.
Zhou Ji stir-fried several kinds of vegetables in one go, and even used shelled barley to cook wheat rice.
Barley could be directly cooked into rice, and the cooked rice was very chewy and fragrant, but a little hard, definitely not as good as rice.
But in a place where there was no rice to eat, a bowl of wheat rice was already very good.
Zhou Ji had not eaten for a very long time. Now, with rice and stir-fried vegetables … he had a great appetite.
As for the priest … After the priest returned to his cave with the pot, the first thing he did was to stir-fry meat with chili.
His cooking skills weren't good, but the meat he used was bacon, which was salty and light, so there wouldn't be any mistakes when stir-frying. And after stir-frying, he found how good the pot was.
The priest, who hadn't used an iron pot before, felt that the pot was the best.
Only Xiong He …
Xiong He, the chief, returned home and planned to use the pot to cook some meat, so he poured some water and put it on the fire. In the end, the pot cracked as it burned.
Xiong He: "…"
Seeing this, Xiong He's woman took half of the pot and put it on her head. She asked Xiong He, "Do you think I look good like this?"
Xiong He said, "Yes." He put the other half of the pot on his head, thought for a while, then took it off and started polishing it.
When Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji were cooking in the cave at night, Zhu Zhan was still a little absent-minded.
The big bear tribe actually made pottery in such a short time!
Forget about the ones that the priest took away, the pottery that Zhou Ji made himself was really perfect!
Such pottery could be used to exchange for a territory, not to mention a dinosaur!
"I've decided!" Zhu Zhan suddenly said.
"Decided what?" Zhu Zhan's subordinates asked.
Zhu Zhan said, "I want to join the big bear tribe!"
He used to be the young chief of the Huge Pig tribe, but he wasn't anymore. He didn't want to go back to be the chief.
He felt that joining the big bear tribe was more promising.
Even his father didn't have many types of pottery, but if he continued to work in the big bear tribe, he would definitely be able to use pottery!
The more Zhu Zhan thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good idea.
One of Zhu Zhan's subordinates said, "I thought we joined the big bear tribe long ago, so we didn't?" Didn't they hunt with them every day?
Zhu Zhan: "…"
At the same time, Xiong Qi, Xiong Bai and the rest climbed into the pottery pit.
Seeing each other inside, both of them were a little embarrassed. Then, they silently found a place to lie down. When they were lying down … they suddenly realized that there were people beside them.
"This is the place where the Beast Deity gave us divine weapons … You guys are also here to bask in the glory, right?" The priest's voice sounded.
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