"Great! Great!"
"Nothing either..."
"It's awesome, Ayun! You're awesome by yourself."
"Hehe...really?"
Ayun scratched her head in embarrassment. After showing Tisuo the fence she had built, Tisuo kept praising her: "This way, it is much safer."
Is it really much safer? It's okay when Tisuo is no longer there and there is no reference object. Now that he is standing next to it, the fence looks like a toy... As long as he wants to, he can cross it by raising his leg slightly.
But there is no big problem. If it is a large animal similar to Tisso's size, she will be safe as long as she hides in the cave. Although they can destroy the fence, the cave entrance cannot get in. Now, Ayun still cares more about what happened last night than the fence.
Although he had confirmed that there were no wounds on Tisuo's body when they met before, Ayun still glanced at him from time to time. Indeed, no obvious wounds could be seen outside the animal skin, but what about underneath the animal skin?
After thinking about it, Ayun walked to Tisuo and stretched out his hand to tug on his animal skin clothes. Tisuo looked a little surprised but did not stop Ayun's movement. Instead, he stopped and waited for Ayun to see what she was going to do. What.
"Well..." Without being stopped, Ayun pushed forward and opened the animal skin. Of course the first thing that catches the eye is the strong brown body. Well, I didn't come here to see this. She looked left and right, except for some traces of old injuries that looked dated, but there was nothing new.
"Tisuo, these..." Ayun held Tisuo's clothes in one hand and pointed to a huge old wound above his abdomen with one hand. This scar was lighter in color than other places and looked very obvious and ferocious." Why?
"Huh?" Tisuo looked down at the scar pointed out by Ayun. "The wound."
I’m not asking you to teach me how to say this! But I still learned thank you. Ayun started to show off what he had learned: "Wound! Why?"
Tisuo muttered a lot, then frowned and began to think deeply, probably thinking about how to say it in a way that Ayun could understand.
"Fighting, left behind. And the enemy." Tisuo bared his teeth again and put on a very ferocious expression. "The enemy attacked the home."
"Enemy? Is it a beast?"
"No, the enemy. Not a beast."
In other words, in addition to Tisuo's settlement, there are other settlements in the rain forest... and the relationship is not harmonious. This is undoubtedly a bit of heavy information for Ayun: "Last night, you said I would die if I went out. Why?"
"Because of the enemy." Tisuo made a strange movement with his hands, as if he was sweeping the floor, and then followed up with a throwing motion. "Yesterday, at night, it was the enemy's *&..."
Ayun didn't understand, so Tisuo began to patiently explain it to her. After about ten minutes, Ayun relied on his strong abstract understanding ability to understand what Tisuo was talking about. The forces hostile to the Tisuo settlement were hunting for something last night.
But it was not intentional, but they seriously injured the prey in their own territory during the day, but the prey fled to this area with the injury, and the stalemate lasted from afternoon to night.
"Ayun, I don't know. If you are found out at night, you will die." Tisuo patted Ayun on the head. "I will stay here. If they chase their prey here, I can protect you."
Fortunately, the hunting range did not extend to Green Slope last night and ended. After seeing that it was safe, Tisuo also returned to his settlement. Ayun completely understands...but this is not a frequent incident, so she shouldn't need to worry too much, right?
Just when A-Yun was deep in thought, Tisuo took off his cloth bag from his waist and handed it to A-Yun: "Food. Are you hungry?"
Damn it, you gave me food again, what do you think I am, a stray dog and cat that no one cares about in the community? Although Ayun felt hot and resentful in his heart, his body was still very honest. He quickly took the bag and opened it to see what was inside.
Some stinky flakes, some dried fruit, and a few pieces... What are these? Ayun took out the soft gray-white irregular lump and put it under her nose and smelled it. There was a strong earthy smell. She probably dug it out of the ground, or something that grew close to the soil. .
Tisuo saw Ayun holding the food and smelling it, and thought she didn't like it. "This doesn't stink." He snatched it from Ayun's hand and stuffed it into her mouth.
Ayun didn't care about Tisuo's tough behavior. He just chewed the unfamiliar food in his mouth carefully. It tasted a bit like rubber, but the teeth would break quickly when touched. There was no other taste except the earthy smell. After chewing a few more times, it would feel a little watery. Run.
"What is this?" Ayun swallowed the thing and asked Tisuo curiously, "Also, what is this?" After she finished speaking, she picked up a thin slice.
This is a very difficult communication process... With Tisuo's full efforts to dance and Ayun's full understanding...
The gray-white irregular lumps are simply a kind of fungus. They look more like fungus than mushrooms. They grow in the moistest places in the rainforest and are found on the ground and tree trunks. Pick them off. Just wash it and eat it.
And the smelly flakes... are more complicated. It took Ayun about two hours to understand that these flakes are processed and made from some unknown giant insect. According to the action of waving his hands on the rope, he keeps jumping up into the sky. , Ayun analyzed that it should be an insect that can fly.
The flakes are made from the viscera of this insect. They are first soaked in clean water for a period of time, then taken out and mixed with some raw meat and broken into pieces. Then some plants are added and flattened into thin slices. After being exposed to the sun for a period of time, they are torn into portable sizes by hand.
For Tisuo and the others, this kind of flakes should be equivalent to dry food for long-term hunting, so this thing is made into a state that can be stored for a long time.
"Every time, I can't bring you too much." Tisuo was a little helpless. "You will be found out. The food is managed by someone."
"You don't have to bring it to me next time, I will find a way on my own." Ayun didn't expect that Tisuo would take a certain risk every time he brought food to her, so thinking about yesterday's fish, he should have been forced to do so. "Even if If you don't give me food, I won't be hungry." This sentence was against his will. Before Tisuo appeared, Ayun was hungry every day.
Obviously Tisuo didn't believe it either, he actually laughed in front of Ayun.
Laugh, laugh, I'm just embarrassed. Ayun felt very annoyed.
"Ayun, what are you going to do next?" After laughing enough, Tisuo looked around and found a lot of velvet grass placed on a rock near the cave. "What are you going to use this for?"
That was the fine velvet that Ayun had dried here earlier in preparation for further lighting the fire. She didn't know what Huo should tell Tisuo, and she couldn't describe it. Has Tiso's settlement now entered the age of fire? If she entered, some of the food Tiso brought her would have been processed with fire, but it seems that it has not been done so far.
Or is it already popular, but the control is very strict? After all, fire is not made with a lighter, just say it. In Ayun's memory, there are only two opportunities for the fire of this era to appear, natural fire and independent fire.
Considering that the terrain of this place is complex, with rainforests, grasslands, and stone forests, there must have been instances of fires caused by lightning strikes or natural mountain fires. If people like Tisuo relied on nature to start fires, then they would definitely find ways to keep the fire burning, which would naturally make fire very precious and not everyone could get it.
What will happen? It's easy to know, just see if Tisso knows "fire". She took Tisuo's arm and pulled him close to Xilu, then took out a small red fruit from her waist bag, pointed at the small fruit, then pointed at Xilu, made an opening motion with her hand, and mouthed It also makes a popping sound.
Tisuo frowned, showing a confused expression.
Ayun started to continue the performance, and finally... after she touched the skin with the fruit, and then pretended to scream in pain and kept breathing on the skin, Tisuo suddenly realized: "Mobha!"
After confirming several times, Ayun was certain that the "Mobha" in Tisuo's mouth meant flame.
"Fire, do you want Ayun?" Tisuo showed a somewhat embarrassed expression. "Food, no problem. I can try my best to bring it to you. Fire is very dangerous and will be punished."
Ayun waved her hands hurriedly. She really wanted fire, but according to Tisuo's expression... fire must have been strictly controlled by the people in the settlement. Ayun believed that her relationship with Tisuo had not reached the point where Tisuo could commit such a serious crime for her.
"But... Ayun really wants it, I can give it a try."
What has this relationship achieved? !
Ayun waved her hands even more fiercely. She didn't want Tisuo to be tied up on a mountain and fed to the eagles for stealing fire and giving it to outsiders: "Just out of curiosity. I don't need it."
It seems that because there is no way to give the fire to Ayun, Tisuo seems a little disappointed: "I can give you food, tools, etc., what do you need?"
"There's nothing you need today." She looked at the sky to determine the time. It was almost time to finish her meal. Because the sides of the fence have not been made yet, we have to climb over it with difficulty before we can return to the cave.
She took out the water, some fruits and roots she had saved, and asked Tisuo to sit with her near the workbench. There was a flat area she had deliberately arranged. After Tisuo sat there, she went to pick a few large and wide fields. spread the leaves on the ground, and then put the food on it, including the food Tisuo brought today.
"Let's eat together." She handed the water to Tisuo. He must be thirsty after coming all the way. "Do you want to go back later?"
"No, tonight, just in case. I will continue to stay here to guard." Tisuo sat cross-legged opposite Ayun, drank two sips of water, and then ate a few fruits and "played with Ayun."
What are you playing with... Ayun ate slowly. Normally, she would not lay out the food like this and spread it with leaves. The food on the leaves is very simple, but when put together, it feels like camping for some reason, especially when there are people on the opposite side to accompany you.
She picked up the slice and threw it into her mouth, while Tisuo was also crunching the fungi he had brought. The two of them were still stumbling and communicating during the meal. It was a very ordinary and tiring day, but Ayun felt inexplicably at ease.
