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Chen dragged his injured foot to the upper floor of the star cave, and ate some leftovers by the big fire pit.The sunset glowed into the star cave, and most of the people had already had their fill at this time, and they all returned to their places to rest.Chen picked up a bone with very little flesh, gnawed it, and raised his face when he heard a "snap" from his side.He was haggard from injury, his cheeks were slightly sunken and listless.

The roasted yellow leg bone was cracked by a stone and immediately picked up to suck the marrow.The person who knocked the bone and sucked the marrow was filthy all over. He was a skinny man, so thin that every rib was visible.He was thin, and people called him skinny.

"Dirty hair, I haven't eaten with you for a long time, you eat, eat." The thin bone tapped the marrow-absorbed beef bone on the stone, and he generously signaled Chen to let go and eat.

Chen put down the bone he was gnawing, and suddenly lost his appetite.

"Do you remember, when you were young, you liked to sit on my shoulders. You even pulled out my beard and robbed me of meat." Skinny Bones let go of his two crossed legs, and one of his legs was as thin as a bamboo pole.

Sitting on his shoulders, it should be very young, Chen has no impression.

An old woman struggled to scoop soup out of a clay pot. She said, "Yes, Dirty Mao was restless when he was young." After taking a sip of the soup, the old woman continued, "Heying's son, what is his name? Fight every day."

Skinny Bones said: "It's called a tiger, that kid is as strong as a big tiger."

"Yes, it's the child of Hu. I also want to have such a child, who will give me good food every day." The old woman deviated from the topic while talking, and she was a little confused.

Skinny Bones teased: "If you don't lay an egg, there are no children."

There were five old, weak, sick and disabled people eating leftovers around the fire pit, and the other two ate in a muffled voice the whole time, while Chen sat aside and listened to their chatter.After his adoptive mother passed away, Chen was like them for a time, eating other people's leftover food until he was old enough to participate in gathering and hunting.

"Dirty hair, I heard that your foot was scratched by the big tooth tiger, is the injury serious?" Skinny Bones became concerned about Chen.

"It's almost ready." Chen replied.

Skinny Bones looked at Chen's injured foot, and saw a piece of leather tied to his left foot. There were brown blood stains on the skin, and he couldn't see the injury underneath.Skinny Bones suddenly became sad, and said: "Take good care of your wounds, don't be like me, you are a cripple, you can only pick up meat scraps and drink cold soup."

"Hmm." Chen responded.

He stood up and left slowly. When he walked to the second floor of the star cave, he met the feather ring tiger sitting on the stone steps grinding stone arrows. He was a tall and burly young man.The skinny bones and the old woman just mentioned him just now, and Chen unconsciously glanced at him.

Yu Huanhu was also looking at Chen, his eyes fell on his injured foot, thinking about the injury.Chen noticed that he was looking at him, ignored him, and walked down the stone steps.At this time, he heard Yu Huanhu question: "Dirty Mao, it's been three days, why don't you go hunting?"

"I will go when I recover from my injury." Chen replied.

Yu Huanhu remembered that he passed by the lower level of the star cave this morning and saw Chen sleeping with his head covered. He took it for granted that his foot injury was healed, and said, "Are you trying to be lazy? They are all like you. Hunters don't go hunting, everyone what to eat?"

Chen Heiliang's eyes were cold, he looked directly at Yuhuanhu, and said coldly: "Isn't there your warriors?"

The warriors in the star cave will tie a feather-decorated armband on their right arms to show their identity.The armbands of the Feathered Tiger have red, green and blue feathers, and the colors are particularly bright.

Yu Huanhu stood up quickly, tall and imposing, his brows raised angrily, giving people a strong sense of oppression.Chen looked directly at him, not showing weakness at all, with his back straight.

"Dirty hair, everyone said that you were scratched by the big tooth tiger. I want to see where there is a big tooth tiger."

A cynical voice sounded, and a tall and thin boy came from the bottom of the stone steps.He has straw-like hair, a mouthful of rotten teeth, and three large shells around his neck. His name is Dabei.

Chen didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned around and left, and heard Dabei talking about him behind him, saying that he was a liar.

Back in his own small residence, Chen lay down tiredly, looking at a star in the open sky.The sky will be dark, and the star will light up alone, like a lonely self.

In the early morning of the second day, Chen was making arrow feathers by the fire pit. He roasted the resin on the fire to soften it, and then glued the feathers to one end of the arrow shaft with the resin.Hearing a commotion, Chen looked up and saw that the collection team had returned, women and children brought back fruits, poultry eggs and fresh fish.Xi filled the wild fruit with a straw basket, walked to Chen, took out an ostrich egg from under the wild fruit, stuffed it to Chen, and whispered: "Here you eat."

Chen nodded, looking at his sister with gentle eyes.

After making the bow and arrow, Chen took a stone cone and gently drilled through the shell of the ostrich egg.He held the egg in both hands and raised his head to suck it. For him who was injured, it was really good food.Although raw is not as good as cooked.

In the afternoon, with a bow and arrow on his back, and a straw basket from the west, he went to the nearby woodland to collect.There are already many children who have come to collect in the forest, laughing and laughing.

The children are all masters of climbing trees and digging out bird nests. They hang on the trees one by one, imitating the calls of birds and playing games.

Chen casually picked a wild fruit, rubbed it with his fingertips, threw it into his mouth and ate it.Most of the wild fruits have a sour taste, and the more he eats, the hungrier he will be. He is recuperating and needs meat.Chen pays attention to his surroundings. There are civet cats in this woodland, and they will come out to move around at dusk. Although there are injuries on his body, it is not too difficult to shoot them.

Chen went into the forest, inspected the cave, and looked for the civet cat, but the civet cat didn't see it, so he heard crying from the woodland.It was the cry of a little girl, and the voice was so sharp that Chen could tell that it was Fat Mu's younger sister, Hongcao.

Red Grass cried out: "Help me! Woohoo...it wants to eat me, save me..."

Her voice gradually weakened, and the voices of other children became louder. Some shouted: "There is a big snake! Don't go there!" Some shouted: "Throw stones at it!"

Chen Xunsheng chased after him. During the running, cold sweat flowed from his forehead, and the injured foot really got in the way.

When he came to the scene of the incident, Chen saw a big black snake entangled on the giant tree, its body rolled up, and it tightly strangled the red grass.Hongcao was unconscious, her head tilted to one side.

"Stand back, all of you!" Chen shouted, pushing the children away.

He drew his bow alone and aimed at the hissing head of the big snake. He knew that once the snake was attacked, it would leave the prey and attack the person who provoked it.But he didn't have time to think about whether he would be in danger if he could be killed with an arrow. If he continued to delay, the red grass would suffocate to death.

The arrow feathers flew out, and two consecutive arrows were fired at the big snake's head. The coiled body of the snake suddenly relaxed, and the whole snake fell heavily from the tree.Its head was still moving, its tail was still swaying, and it was still alive. Chen took a deep breath, lifted a big stone with difficulty, and smashed it hard on the big snake's head.

After smashing the snake's head flat, Chen dragged out the red grass from under the snake's body. The red grass's body was limp and its eyes were closed.Chen put her flat on the ground, waiting for her to wake up.

The children rushed forward, the boys kicked and kicked the snake, and the snake died long ago, leaving them to vent their anger.The girls went to visit Red Grass, gathered around her, and called her by name.

After a while, Hongcao came to life and cried loudly: "Wow wow..."

Chen heard her cry and knew she was still alive and all right.

"Don't smash the snake, it's food." Chen stopped the boys' behavior.

A tall, red-faced boy shouted, "Dirty Mao, I want to eat snake meat!"

"I want to eat too!"

"I want to eat too!"

The children's voices rose and fell to each other. They had been playing all afternoon, and they were hungry.

In the past, children were not close to Chen, they were more or less influenced by the attitude of adults.Today, they all gathered around Chen. They saw Chen killing the big snake to save people, and they thought he was very powerful.

Chen said loudly: "Put the snake on your back, and eat it after you take it back."

The children were very happy, and six or seven of them carried the big snake together. It was thick and long, and it was roasted and eaten, which could fill the stomachs of several people.Chen limped behind, his feet were bleeding, and the blood seeped through the leather shoes.Shicai ran so fiercely that the wound burst open.

Not long after, a big skinned snake was roasting on the fire pit in Xingdong, and a group of people gathered around to eat the snake meat.Chen broke off a piece of snake meat, handed it to Xi, and said to Xi, "You eat."

Xi grabbed the snake piece, took a bite, looked up at Chen, and smiled.

Chen said: "When I go hunting big deer, there will be venison to eat."

Like him, Xi has no parents, and the clansmen don't take much care of Xi on weekdays. It is often Chen who hunts, and Xi has animal meat to eat.

Xi let out an "um" and lowered his head to bite the snake meat, which was delicious.

Chen stopped talking, he ate meat and drank soup, his physique was not bad, as long as there was enough food, his injuries would recover quickly.

The star cave has three floors, that is, three platforms, and each platform has a fire pit.Chen Roasted Snake Meat was on the middle floor of the star cave, and most of the people who ate snake meat by his side lived in the middle and lower floors.

A snake quickly ate only its bones, and even its head was gnawed clean.

Everyone dispersed after eating, only Chen was left by the fire pit.

Chen lowered his head to expose the blood scab on his injured foot so that he could apply herbal medicine to the wound. This was a painful process, and Chen frowned.

At this time, someone walked up to Chen. It was a fat man with loud footsteps.Chen knew that it was Fat Wood who came, and he was upset with the pain at this moment, so he ignored him.Fat Wood stood aside for a long time before handing over a grilled lamb chop wrapped in leaves, and said timidly, "Dirty Mao, Hongcao said that you beat the big snake to death and saved her."

Chen put the medicine on his injured foot, and wrapped himself in a pimp, as if the fat wood didn't exist.Fat Wood behind him seemed even more cramped, hesitating: "This... this is for you to eat."

Fat Mu has always been a cowardly person, and hunters are not willing to take him hunting on weekdays, only Chen will accompany him.A few days ago, he was attacked by Yi in Sunset Forest, and the person who left Chen and ran away was Fat Wood.

Chen went to pick up the food, he looked up at Fat Mu, who felt guilty, and defended: "I didn't intentionally leave you alone, I was too scared at that time..."

"Why did you tell Xi that I was taken away by people from Xishan Cave? She cried all night." Chen said angrily.He knew that Fat Wood would run away, but he also lied out of cowardice.

"I..." Fat Wood lowered his head, and he felt guilty afterwards.

Chen pushed him: "Go away!"

After he returned to the star cave, Fat Wood has been avoiding him, and now he shows up because he feels guilty, especially when Chen saved his sister Hongcao.

Fat Wood put down the grilled mutton chops, and left with a disheveled face.

"Dirty hair, it's your fault, he came to apologize to you."

An old voice came from an old hunter, who was resting against a wall behind Chen.

"I didn't come back, and no one looked for me." Chen felt sad, he died outside, and no one would go to him, let alone someone would rescue him if he was attacked.

The old hunter sighed: "If I could still hold the spear, I would go to you, Dirty Hair, but I am old and sick." His body was bent and he was very weak, and he lay down all day.

"Hunting Spear, I don't blame you." Chen's words were rarely full of emotion. This old hunter had taught him how to make stone tools and use a bow and spear, and he was the one who taught him survival skills.Moreover, he had been saved once.

The old hunter named Hunting Spear said earnestly: "Dirty Mao, you must become a warrior and wear a feather ring, so that everyone will recognize you."

Chen has heard his similar words, and he often encourages him.

"You are not from a star cave. You have to work harder than others to live in a star cave." Hunting Spear mentioned Chen's life experience, which is also the reason why Chen had a difficult life since he was a child.

Chen Moran, he put his legs away and hugged them with his arms, feeling depressed and disappointed.

The author has something to say: Yi: Do you want a hug?

Chen: Go away!