After returning to the tribe, everyone was very excited when they saw that Jiang Xuan and the others had actually captured a nest of big bamboo rats.
"Chief, can this big bamboo rat be eaten?" Nan Xing shouted excitedly.
Jiang Xuan said helplessly: "Why don't you think about what will happen to the three little ones if you eat this female bamboo rat?"
Nan Xing scratched his head and said sheepishly, "It seems so. These three little bamboo rats seem to be still nursing."
Jiang Xuan added: "Don't worry. When they multiply in large numbers, you will be able to eat them sooner or later."
The stone loach on the side said: "I have eaten roasted bamboo rat. The skin was roasted until it was golden brown. When it cracked, there was oil flowing out. It was so fragrant."
When he said this, everyone stared at the big bamboo rats, drooling secretly, and made the big bamboo rats in the animal skin bag tremble with fear.
Jiang Xuan hurriedly warned: "I'll say it again, these big bamboo rats are used for breeding. No one is allowed to take advantage of them. If anyone dares to roast this big bamboo rat secretly, I will beat him to death."
After Jiang Xuan said this, everyone immediately became honest. After all, it is a very stupid thing to anger the leader just to eat a big bamboo rat.
Jiang Xuan glanced at everyone, then carried the animal skin bag and walked towards the place where Dajiao breeds insects.
Dajiao has dug a new small cave, less than two meters deep, one person tall, and looks relatively round.
When Jiang Xuan carried the animal skin bag over, Dajiao was still repairing the new cave. If there was enough time, he could dig deeper.
"Dajiao, the big bamboo rat has been dug up and will be tamed by you from now on."
Dajiao hurriedly put down his tools, walked out of the cave, and took the animal skin bag from Jiang Xuan's hand.
"Don't worry, chief, I will take care of these big bamboo rats."
Jiang Xuan also explained to Dajiao some key points of raising bamboo rats, such as not feeding them with water, but directly digging some water-rich miscanthus roots and feeding them to them. You can also try feeding them small bamboos, fresh reeds and other plants.
In addition, if the female bamboo rat is pregnant, it should be raised separately from the male bamboo rat to prevent the male bamboo rat from biting the cub to death for the sake of its crotch.
These experiences were all gained from raising bamboo rats in Jiang Xuan's previous life.
When it comes to digging bamboo rats in the mountains, he is not as good as red peony root, but when it comes to raising bamboo rats, he has quite a lot of experience.
"Do you remember everything?" After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he looked at Dajiao.
"Remember." Dajiao said with his fingers: "Don't feed water, feed grass roots, small bamboos, and reeds. Female bamboo rats will be raised separately after they become pregnant..."
Kang If you catch the smell of humans, you will be bitten to death by the female bamboo rat."
"Chief, I remember."
Dajiao tried his best to remember everything Jiang Xuan said, but Jiang Xuan talked too much, and he was actually a little confused.
Jiang Xuan knew what was going on as soon as he looked at him.
"Don't be nervous, just remember the previous ones. If you forget or are unsure about something, just come and ask me directly. I will come over often in the future."
"That's really great." Dajiao let out a sigh of relief.
"Okay, I'll leave this nest of bamboo rats to you. If you raise it successfully, we will dig up more in the future."
"Don't worry, leader, I will work hard to raise them well." Dajiao assured, patting his chest.
Jiang Xuan nodded and planned to leave.
But he just took two steps and fell back. He carefully observed the cave in Dajiao and said with a frown: "It's okay to raise colorful ducks in a cave. Just make a wooden door. Big bamboo rats can't do that. They dig holes." It’s so powerful that it will escape.”
"Huh? Then... what should we do?"
Dajiao didn't expect that he couldn't raise the big bamboo rat in the cave he dug for most of the day.
Jiang Xuan frowned and thought for a long time, then said: "Unless the ground and walls are covered with stones so that they cannot dig."
"It's too late today. Don't let the big bamboo rats out yet. Let them stay in the animal skin bags. I'll find someone to come and build the cave tomorrow."
"good."
Jiang Xuan returned to the bamboo house, while Dajiao placed the animal skin bag next to him. As long as there was the slightest movement, he would immediately get up to see if the animal skin bag had been bitten through.
Fortunately, after the night passed, the animal skin bag was still intact.
The next day, Jiang Xuan took three people. They first went to the creek to dig several large baskets of clay and mix it with mud. Then they found a large number of stones and gradually covered the floor and walls of the cave with stones. .
The reason why clay is used is because the reconciled clay is closer to cement and is not easy to crack after drying. It is not like ordinary soil that cracks and falls as soon as it dries.
After the entire small cave's floor and walls were lined with stones, Jiang Xuan built a third of the cave entrance, leaving a door open for people to enter and exit.
At this location, a wooden fence door needs to be placed, so that it is more convenient to go in to clean up dirty things or feed food.
Of course, the wood used for this fence door must be hard enough and strong enough, otherwise it will be easily chewed through by bamboo rats and escape.
In fact, it would be better to use iron gates, but this is a primitive tribe and we don't have that condition.
After completing the wooden gate, Jiang Xuan found a lot of soft grass and threw it into the hole for them to make nests and hide.
Finally, Jiang Xuan had someone cut some fresh reeds, dig out some miscanthus roots and throw them into the hole to serve as food for the bamboo rats.
"Okay, now you can put the big bamboo rat in."
There were a lot of miscanthus roots in the animal skin bag, which were dug out during the process of digging for bamboo rats. When I returned, I stuffed some into the animal skin bag to serve as food for the female bamboo rat.
Dajiao poured these miscanthus roots, as well as the big and small bamboo rats out of the animal skin bag and put them into the built cave.
The big bamboo rat quickly got into the pile of grass to hide, and the three small bamboo rats followed closely behind.
Jiang Xuan closed the wooden gate and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Xuan turned to the three people who came to help and said, "Thank you everyone, let's eat meat tonight."
The three people suddenly beamed. For the tribesmen, as long as they had enough to eat, it was nothing to do some work. Having meat to eat made them even more motivated.
Jiang Xuan said to Dajiao again: "Keep an eye on this cave and listen for any movement at night. Don't let the big bamboo rat escape."
"Don't worry, chief. I live here. No sound can escape my ears."
Ever since Jiang Xuan asked Dajiao to be responsible for breeding, Dajiao asked people to help him and built a bamboo house in front of these caves. He usually eats and lives here and takes care of the insects and colorful ducks. Now there are a few big bamboo rats.
Jiang Xuan nodded and said: "Go over and get a piece of meat in a while. You can stew it in a clay pot or grill it."
"I...am I also involved?" Dajiao was a little unbelievable.
Jiang Xuan smiled and said: "Of course I have a share. You have worked hard these days. Everyone is eating meat tonight, how can I leave you behind?"
"Thank you, chief, thank you, chief..."
Dajiao kept thanking him, and this feeling of recognition made him very excited.
"No need to thank me, you deserve this."
Jiang Xuan patted Dajiao on the shoulder and said: "Do a good job. Although we only have four colorful ducks and four bamboo rats now, as long as you raise them well, sooner or later they will multiply into countless colorful ducks. Unclear big bamboo rat."
"One day, the whole tribe will eat meat because of you, and everyone will thank you."
"Um!"
Dajiao nodded heavily, his face flushed with excitement.
