Chapter 64: – Drying the grass and hunting in the woods

Chapter 64: – Drying the grass and hunting in the woods

From over two months ago, the children of the tribe were tasked with harvesting green grass.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

The children and the women in the tribe who didn't go to pick fruits were involved in this task.

The harvesting of green grass had been going on for a while, but the amount harvested was not significant back then. It was enough to feed the rabbits and provide some for the deer near the salt mountain.

But things had changed. Since the Shaman issued the command over two months ago. They had to harvest at least twice as much green grass every day compared to before.

The excess green grass was spread out in the large courtyard of the tribe to dry. Once dried, it was collected and stacked together.

It wasn't directly piled on the ground; thick logs were placed at the bottom, followed by a layer of branches and then another layer of dried grass that rabbits and deer didn't prefer to eat. Only after that did they begin stacking the dried grass on top.

This method allowed for ventilation, preventing the grass below from getting moldy or rotten.

Now, these dried grass stacks had grown into three substantial piles.

Han Cheng issued this command with a purpose, aiming to prepare winter forage for the rabbits in the tribe and, of course, to bribe the group of deer near the salt mountain.

The autumn grass naturally withered and dried in the fields, and the taste was entirely different from the freshly harvested and dried grass.

Herbivores welcomed dried green grass.

Han Cheng had ordered preparations in advance to avoid going out in the severe cold of winter to collect hay for the rabbits.

The adults in the tribe weren't idle either. After picking a certain amount of fruits, under Han Cheng's guidance, they built a row of low mounds inside the wall, close to it.

The mounds pressed against the inner side of the wall were one meter wide, one meter two high, and two meters long.

Every two meters, they built one.

Because they didn't use stakes and dug a shallow foundation, this task didn't consume too much time for the tribe. In less than a month, it was completed.

Han Cheng ordered the construction of these low mounds not as an unnecessary addition. This circle of low mounds had significant purposes.

The Elder Senior Brother and others from the Green Sparrow Tribe were excited to see this and immediately prepared to chase, brandishing their weapons.

At this moment, more commotion emerged from the woods. A group of people, similarly carrying sticks and draped in animal skins, charged out, shouting and chasing after the direction where the wild boar fled.

They were the ones who discovered the wild boar.

The Elder Senior Brother, who had just felt pleased, immediately lost that feeling.

Like others in the tribe who wanted to chase after, he stopped in his tracks, standing in place, looking enviously at the dozen or so people chasing the prey not far away.

The one at the front looked the strongest among the dozen or so people running past. He was the leader of this tribe.

Upon seeing this group of people standing outside the woods, he appeared vigilant.

Although encounters between tribes during hunting usually didn't involve fighting over preywhat one discovered belonged to themthis was just a general situation.

With the weather becoming colder daily, it was a crucial time to store food for the winter. During this time, incidents of robbing prey were much more common than at other times.

Moreover, the people from the tribe before them were more numerous than those in their tribe. Most importantly, their tribe had only discovered the wild boar, not captured it yet. In such a situation, the other party was likely to compete for it. If such a thing happened, it would be quite troublesome.

He chased after the wild boar while occasionally looking back at the group not far away.

Seeing that they were just watching without intending to pursue, he finally relaxed.

He shouted something in their direction, leading the people of his tribe, and sped toward the direction the wild boar had run.

The Elder Senior Brother envied the good fortune of these people. In the glimpse just now, he had roughly identified this tribe. They had interacted with this tribe before but were limited to the annual joyful gathering.

They also survived in this territory, but it was not close to their Green Sparrow Tribe. It took more than a whole day of continuous travel to reach.

The Green Sparrow Tribe was friendly. Even before, the Elder Senior Brother wouldn't have competed for prey discovered by another tribe first. Now that there was no need to worry about food in the tribe, he wouldn't do such things.

Standing here and watching the wild boar run off and the other tribe for a while, he also set out with the people of his tribe to find their own prey.