I am a Primitive Man
Chapter 105 – A Year Past. It’s Spring again
The little fawn was hurt because ever since its food bowl was stolen, a person, a wolf, and another deer came to share its milk daily.
It wants to stop these milk thieves, but unfortunately, its father doesn’t help but also assists the two-legged creature in driving it away, making it unable to come over and facilitating the two-legged creature in stealing its milk.
Looking at its old man who, after taking a mouthful of milk, curls up its upper lip, revealing a row of front teeth and a sly expression, the little deer strongly suspects he was truly his biological parent.
Since the day it discovered deer milk, Han Cheng comes over every day to milk some.
Following the usual routine, first, he gives some to the Deer Lord and Fu Jiang and then takes the rest back to the tribe, boils it, and divides it into three portions.
Han Cheng’s portion is about the same as Shaman’s, and Shi Tou’s portion was the smallest, just a little less than half a bowl. However, he is exceptionally happy because even the chief doesn’t have a share of this deer milk.
Considering the growth of the little deer, Han Cheng doesn’t milk much, just about half a bowl every day.
Eating less milk doesn’t affect the little deer much since it can already eat grass and doesn’t rely solely on milk for survival.
The mother deer, who’s being milked, doesn’t feel owed either. After each milking, Han Cheng feeds her a few cleaned rapeseed plants. These rapeseed plants used to be almost exclusive to the Deer Lord.
Under Han Cheng’s management, the situation regarding deer milk has become a win-win for everyone.
Of course, this ignores the pitiful little deer.
Because the production of deer milk is very low, currently, in the Green Sparrow Tribe, only Han Cheng, the Divine Child, Shaman, and Shi Tou, the next shaman, can drink deer milk.
No one feels that there is anything wrong with this.
After all, deer are not cows. Once the little deer grows to a certain age, the milk will gradually disappear, and it’s impossible to have a stable milk supply.
To ensure a continuous supply of milk, when Han Cheng feeds the Deer Lord, he occasionally advises it. He tells it not to wander around and to favor his harem more, so that everyone, including itself, can have enough milk.
However, this guy doesn’t listen. No matter what Han Cheng says, it remains unmoved. If his legs weren’t short, Han Cheng would kick its butt.
Days pass by, and the snow and ice begin to melt as the weather gets warmer. When the rapeseed plants on the west side of the wall emerge from under the snow, stretching and yawning as if waking up, turning from yellow to a greenish color, spring truly arrives.
With the arrival of spring, many things that were thought of but couldn’t be done before can now finally be started.
After Shaman leads everyone in worshiping the gods and standing beside the Divine Child, with a shout from the Eldest Senior Brother, the people of the Green Sparrow Tribe, holding tools made during the winter, begin digging and gathering mud.
At Han Cheng’s suggestion, the first task is not to raise the height of the wall but to cover the unfinished deer canopy with mud.
This is because, with the arrival of spring, there will be more rain. Completing the roof of the deer enclosure allows the deer to have shelter from wind and rain, but it will also reduce the chances of the wooden beams and lattice on top being damaged by rain, reducing the likelihood of decay.
The people from the original Pig Tribe, after spending half a winter together, have completely integrated into the Green Sparrow Tribe.
They are very curious about the work that is about to begin.
The Eldest Senior Brother placed the bone shovel on the ground, held the handle of the bone spade with both hands, lifted his right foot, and stepped forcefully to the right side of the bone spade, and the sharp bone spade drilled into the damp soil.
He gripped the handle of the bone spade and pulled it back slightly, lifting a large chunk of soil from the ground.
The others were also engaged in their respective tasks.
Since the people from the original Pig Tribe had never used such tools or engaged in such labor, they appeared unfamiliar with tasks like digging, carrying water, or mixing mud.
However, that was not a problem; these tasks were not too complicated. With a few more days of practice, they would become proficient.
Considering the tribe’s defense, before starting the excavation, Han Cheng drew two lines parallel to the east side wall of the tribe, fifteen meters away from the wall. Three meters apart, these two lines were designated for digging and carrying mud.
His idea was simple—to create a protective ditch on the east side of the wall.
Whether smearing mud on the lattice, raising the wall, or building houses, a large amount of soil would be needed. Doing it this way would kill two birds with one stone.
At first, the Eldest Senior Brother and others didn’t understand the Divine Child’s arrangement.
This was mainly because the deer enclosure was built inside the wall, but the Divine Child had them dig and carry mud outside it.
The places for digging and carrying mud were far from the main gate of the wall, facing each other across the wall. Even with a carrying pole, transporting mud into the wall would require much effort.
However, their confusion quickly disappeared.
This was because Han Cheng had people wrap two ropes around the leather bags used to carry mud or fruits.
At each end of the rope, tie them to adjacent corners, and a makeshift basket would be ready.
When using it, spread the basket on the ground, shovel the well-mixed mud onto the leather bag, pull the two ropes together, and carry it with one hand.
This was much more efficient and easier than wrapping it in a leather bag. Initially, Han Cheng had considered using straw baskets, but they were not sturdy enough. They worked well for carrying dry soil but were prone to damage when carrying mud.
Also, the large space inside the straw baskets made it hard to load much. This made it too strenuous to carry.
A durable and wear-resistant leather bag was more convenient.
Of course, having only a leather bag didn’t solve the problem of long-distance transportation. This required the use of another tool—ropes with hooks.
Nowadays, ropes were not scarce in the Green Sparrow Tribe because, with the existence of spinning tops, they could manufacture ropes much faster.
At this point, they had accumulated quite a few unused ropes. Just tie a wooden hook to one end of the rope, and the tool is ready.
With these two tools, the person responsible for transporting soil outside only needed to lift the soil to the edge of the wall and hook the two ropes of the leather bag with the hanging hook.
The person standing on the inner side of the low wall would handle the rest.