Prehistoric Widows Survival [Farming]

Hearing Lu Er's invitation, the expression on Jiao's face went blank for a moment: "Castration?"

"Yes." Lu You thought that orcs like Jiao, who kill their prey outside every day, shouldn't be afraid of this. By the way, the operation of pigs can also be taught to Jiao.

Although pigleting does not have much technical content, there are still some precautions, as well as post-processing of piglets that need to be paid attention to.

Picking up Xiao Lu from the pigsty, Lu Er pulled Xiao Lu's two hind hooves, pulled them a little, and introduced, "Actually, the pig is not cutting off the whole lower body, but cutting a hole, and the inside ..."

Jiao could hear goosebumps all over his body, and forced himself not to show a strange look: "What do I need to do?"

Lu You thought for a while: "Hold Xiaolu for me, I'll do it."

The bone knife used to slaughter pigs had been sharpened in advance, and Xiao Lu happily twisted his fat body in Jiao's arms, with the pig's nose arching around Jiao's body, oblivious to the fate that was about to befall him.

If Xiao Lu dared to wipe the snot on Jiao's chest before, Jiao would have to give it a slap; but today, Jiao looks at it with strong sympathy, barely overpowering the disgust of pig's nose.

Seeing that Lu You's blade was getting closer and closer to Xiao Lu's lower abdomen, the hand holding the pig trembled slightly, and couldn't help asking: "Do you have to castrate it?"

—Whether it’s a pig or a cat?

Lu Er replied bluntly: "If Xiaolu is used as a breeding pig, there is no need to castrate it. But we only have this pig now, and there is no sow for it. I will also try to see if there is any problem with artificial domestication."

Jiao's eyes lit up suddenly, and he quickly hugged the pig in his arms and took a step back: "If you have a sow, don't you need to castrate it?"

Lu You blinked, a little strange: "What's wrong?"

Jiao held the pig in his arms, and tried hard to keep his face straight, to make himself look serious: "I thought, you said before that you raised it to try to domesticate dwarf pigs, so only one is not a bit too little... I will Go catch a few for you?"

It would be better if there were more piglets. After receiving Xiaolu, Lu Er also wanted to raise two more piglets.It's just that the dwarf pig has a violent temper and is extremely protective of its young. It is not easy to avoid the big pigs and catch the healthy piglets.

When questioning Yong, Yong said frankly that he had made a mistake. There were no big pigs in the wild boar nest he found, and there was only a small piglet that had eaten up the surrounding grass and was dizzy with hunger.

Teng does have this ability, but Teng has a lot of things to do, and Lu Er is not sure that he will be able to domesticate successfully, so he doesn't bother Teng.

Now that Jiao took the initiative to ask for a job, Lu Wei was very pleasantly surprised.

It's rare to see Lu Er show an expression other than polite and alienated to himself, and Jiao's heart is more motivated. He put Xiaolu back in the pigpen, and promised Lu Er: "I'll go out and catch it today."

Although Jiao used to dislike this "brother" who inexplicably intervened between them, but in terms of castration, he felt empathy for Xiaolu's sorrow.

Now that Xiaolu's testicles are protected, Jiao feels that he can also let go of his legs.

——As long as this stupid pig has a gilt, it doesn't need to be castrated, so if he has a sub-beast, doesn't he need to be castrated?

This unknown "egg defense battle" finally declared victory by capturing four new piglets.

There were four new piglets, two males and two females. After Lu Yi castrated the two male piglets, he applied a handful of plant ash on the wound to help stop the bleeding, and then raised the five piglets together.

The appetite of the five pigs is not small. If Lu Yi raised them alone, he might not be able to take care of them. Fortunately, the horns came back.

Taking the feed ratio set by Lu Er, Jiao would pick up seven or eight cans of water, hay and fresh grass to feed the five pigs every day, and was also responsible for cleaning up the stool in the pig house.

It was okay when I was feeding water and grass, but when I was sweeping the pigsty, I began to regret why I had to be impulsive and talkative, and came back from so many pigs...

——It's none of his business that the silly little brother was castrated!

But looking at the smile on Lu You's face when he simply weighed the five pigs seriously every day, Jiao Jiao felt much more comfortable.

— Forget it, who made him love his own sub-beast?

For Lu Er, exploring the process of real domestication is more important than the actual results of domestication.He directly assigns the ownership of the other four pigs to Jiao in his heart, and he is just helping to formulate the feeding plan.

Lu You asked Jiao if he wanted to name the other piglets, Jiao thought about it, but still refused.

He can only tolerate the existence of one "brother", and he doesn't want so many more.

The growth of the five pigs was very good. The two young boars that had been castrated did not eat much because of the pain in the wounds. Lu Er specially gave them a few sweet berries as a comfort.

But after a few days of recovery, the two piglets who lost their eggs ate more than the other three.

They are too young and don’t know what they have lost. They only know that the hay in the pig trough is so delicious that they can never eat it up. Occasionally there are sweet fruits to chew on... Such a happy life !

Others in the tribe were very puzzled by Lu You's behavior of raising five pigs in such a big way: Even if Lu You likes to eat pork from dwarf plain pigs, can't it just let Jiao go out to catch them?Why bother to feed yourself?

For the orcs who can turn into beasts to hunt, the efficiency of domesticating domestic animals may indeed be lower than hunting. Lu Er has no intention of explaining it now, and it's all prevaricated with personal hobbies.

It is the horn, which is admired by many sub-beasts in the tribe.

When Lu Er went to Baixu's small vegetable garden to guide Baixu to build a cucumber shelf, Baixu sighed: "Don't look at Jiao usually looks a little arrogant, but I didn't expect to treat you very well."

Lu Er put down the branch and was slightly taken aback: "What?"

"Didn't the little pigs in your house be caught for you to play with?" Baixu crossed two branches and inserted them in the mud according to Lu Er's instructions, and said with a smile, "I see that Yong used to treat them well." Huawei is not so concerned."

where is this...

Lu You was a little helpless, and didn't know how to explain it, so he nodded vaguely: "Yes, yes."

Talking about the juniors in the tribe, Baixu seemed to be motivated, and wiped his hands with a smile: "When Jiao was alone, he did his own way and was strong and domineering. We all guessed in private what kind of sub-beast Jiao would choose. I didn't expect the leader to bring the two of you together."

Lu You felt a little puzzled when she heard this—doing her own way, domineering?Is this the same person as the character he knew?

Except for the roar when he was taken away by the Xiaoshi tribe, Lu You felt that Jiao was usually like a serious big child, without any momentum at all.

"In the past, we all felt that Jiao was at a disadvantage." Baixu shook his head with a smile, and stood up, "Looking at it now, I always feel that Jiao has made money."

Lu You smiled silently, looking at the thriving small vegetable garden behind the white-bearded tent: "He is still at a loss."

After all, he didn't intend to really be a sub-beast with horns.

Lu Wei didn't intend to continue this topic. He was afraid that his "affectionate" personality would become more in-depth, so he changed the subject: "Baixu, Yong's father has been away for many years, why don't you find another orc?"

There is no concept of widowhood in this era, and the Redwood tribe doesn't mind the sub-beasts with their cubs. Seeing that Baixu is hardworking and gentle, it is impossible to find orcs.

Baixu looked dazed for a moment, and the smile on his face slowly settled down. After a while, he unconsciously supported the freshly erected cucumber stand, and a helpless smile appeared on his face: "He just started to leave For a period of time, I actually couldn’t accept it, and always felt that he would come back; later I slowly accepted it, and my thoughts on finding orcs faded away——Yong was not young at the time, and I could go hunting with Lie. You don't have to find an orc."

Although Baixu didn't say it clearly, Lu You could still see that Baixu missed the orc named "Gang", and patted him on the shoulder in relief.

In fact, depending on age, Baixu is only in his 30s now, and even in modern times, he is still in his prime; but in this primitive era, the average life expectancy was not long. the second half of the stage.

The two of them were talking, when suddenly a red pompom rolled over, slammed on the brakes when it approached Lu Yi, and turned into a red-haired boy with vacant eyes: "Brother."

"Mang? What's wrong."

"this is for you."

What Mang held in his hand was a shiny hard stone, reflecting blue light in the sunlight.

Lu You liked Mang's younger brother very much, so he reached out to take it, and affectionately rubbed his soft red hair: "Thank you, Mang."

He looked at the blue stone and tapped it lightly. It felt very hard, with a faint metallic texture.

Lu Er had never seen a stone of this color near the tribe, and it was not like an ordinary stone.

Could it be metal ore?

Lu Er was a little surprised. The durability and hardness of metal utensils far exceeds that of bone and stone tools. If you can find metal mines, try to explore, and smelt copper and iron, it will be a great thing for the development of tribes and agriculture!

"Mang, where did you find this?"

"When Li and I were playing outside, Li said that we saw a particularly beautiful rock, so we took it together." Mang touched the back of his head, tilted his head and recalled, "It seems to be in a cave in the south. "

Lu Er is not very familiar with the development of the smelting industry, but as long as he can find ore, he will find a way if he explores slowly.

Mang found such an important thing, Lu Wei lowered his head, gently rubbed on Mang's soft hair, and thanked again: "Thank you, this is a good thing!"

Mang smiled embarrassedly, and changed back into a bear state——Mang was delicate in his thoughts, and recently noticed that his brother seemed to like being transformed into a beast, so after saying what was necessary, he changed back into a fat bear and let his brother masturbate .

Sure enough, Lu You squatted down contentedly and gave the soft little chubby bear a big hug.

"Lu Er, I want a hug too!"

Li rushed out from behind Mang and shouted, "Mang and I found this beautiful stone together!"

Lu You was a little helpless: "Come, I'll give you a hug too."

Li happily turned back into a little fox, and his big furry tail kept rubbing against Lu You's chest.

Holding the bear on the left and hugging the fox on the right, Lu You's heart was greatly satisfied, and the smile continued to flow from his eyebrows and lips, and spread all over the floor.

The horned nose that happened to come by not far away was almost crooked.

Seeing Lu You brushing the fat bear's back and rubbing the fox's tail at the same time, Jiao's eyes turned red with jealousy.

——These were clearly his treatment in the past!

——He left the tribe for only a few days, and the place in the arms of this sub-beast doesn't belong to him anymore? !

Forget about Mang, at least he is a younger brother, and there will be no threat; why does that stinky fox stick to his sub-beast every day? !

Also, wrapping its tail around that sub-beast's neck!

He's never been this close before!

The horns were covered with a layer of frost, and they walked slowly, with a low voice that seemed to be mixed with sand: "Green ear."

Lu Wei woke up from the fuzzy state, raised his head and found that it was a horn, he looked serious and thought there was something important, put down the two furries and stood up: "What's wrong?"

Lu Er put down the fox, and Jiao's mood improved a little; Lu Er's words were still rude and polite, which made Jiao feel a little down.

But he couldn't express this feeling, so he could only hold his breath and find a reason: "You have caught the prey you wanted."

Yesterday Lu You suddenly said that he wanted to ask him to help catch a dwarf pig, and he also emphasized that it should be fat. Today, Jiao wandered around outside the tribe, picked out the fattest dwarf pig and dragged it back. With the cold and arrogant expression in the past, I wanted to see Lu You's surprise and admiration, but I didn't expect that it would be the scene of Lu You's "cheating".

Lu You didn't understand what was going on in Jiao's mind. Seeing Jiao's serious expression, he thought that catching fat pigs was not going well, so he thanked him earnestly: "You've worked so hard, Jiao."

Such a solemn thank you not only did not ease the expression on Jiao's face, but made it look even more stinky.

Lu You followed Jiao back, leaving only White Beard and Li looking at each other: Why does it look like Jiao is not satisfied with Lu You?

Mang couldn't see clearly, sat on the ground biting his paws with some doubts, and wondered: Today, my brother only touched for a short while and left?

……

Lu You asked Jiao Jiao to help catch fatter dwarf pigs because he wanted to boil lard.

The fat content of wild dwarf pigs is far less than that of modern domestic animals, but it is already the fattest meat Lu Er has seen since he came to this world.

Throw the fat and suet in the pork into a clay pot, add a bowl of hot water and cook slowly over low heat until the water dries up and all the fat in the fat is boiled out, forming a bowl of lard.

Jiao watched from the side, sniffing it was the oily aroma when Lu Er used to fry tofu with fatty meat, his eyes couldn't help but shine a little.

When Lu Wei wanted to make stir-fry dishes before, he always used fat meat to stir-fry the oil. This is the first time he tried to boil lard seriously, and he was a little worried that it would be too burnt, but in the end, the taste of the finished product was not bad, so he was relieved.

The oil residue after boiling the oil was very fragrant, so Lu You shared a few horns to help with hunting.

The horn was stuffed in his mouth, and he bit it down lightly, the indescribable crispy fragrance exploded in his mouth, which was better than any barbecue he had eaten before.

After eating a few, Jiao stared closely at the leftover oil residue in Lu You's hand, trying to suppress his urge to ask for some more.

——No, now I’m not a kitten, I can’t eat, I can’t eat...

When he was nervous, he habitually tightened the corners of his face, and his serious face seemed to be discussing tribal affairs, which surprised Lu Wei: "Isn't it delicious?"

Jiao suppressed his saliva: "No."

"It's okay if it doesn't taste good, and it's not healthy to eat too much oil residue." Lu Wei comforted him, "I'll give the little orcs in the tribe a taste of these oil residues."

Children should love to eat this kind of food.

Jiao was a little aggrieved, watching Lu You take out those fragrant oily residues, he couldn't help but make a note of those Mao Furry who came to Lu You's side.

When Lu You passed by the pigsty, Xiaolu saw his eyes lit up, and leaned over to the side of the pigsty and said "lulu" twice.

After Xiao Mi disappeared, Lu You empathized with Xiao Lu a little; the last time he didn't castrate Xiao Lu, it meant that Xiao Lu's role as food was greatly reduced, and he didn't completely regard Xiao Lu as sausage pork belly anymore.

Looking at Xiaolu's dark eyes, Lu You's heart softened: "Xiaolu, do you eat oil residue?"

Pigs are omnivores, and Xiao Lu has no resistance to the oil residue of the same kind thrown into its mouth, so it eats very deliciously with its mouth.

Lu Wei looked at Xiaolu's appearance, as if seeing the particularly greedy kitten from before, feeling a little sad, grabbed a few more and prepared to throw them to Xiaolu: "This is for your brother, I will give it to you Bar……"

"and many more!"

Jiao came out after Lu You, watching Lu You feed the delicious oil residue to the pig, he was already very reluctant; when Lu Wei was about to catch the second handful of oil residue and feed it to Xiao Lu, he couldn't help it.

——This one is for him!That stupid pig can't be cheap!

Lu You looked at him suspiciously.

Jiao met Lu You's eyes and felt a little nervous, and he couldn't say that he was Xiao Mi. After holding back for a while, he said, "Xiao Mi's...give it to me."

"what?"

"I'll eat it for it."

Lu You looked him up and down in surprise, with a slightly strange expression on his face, and finally passed the oil residue in his hand to Jiao without saying anything.

Subconsciously, Jiao lowered his head and bit the oil residue in Lu You's palm.

In the past, when he was still Xiao Mi, he often ate from the palm of Lu Er, and formed a habit. This time, seeing Lu Er's familiar movements, he just said it directly, and he didn't react until he straightened up and met Lu Er's more surprised eyes. come over.

--Oops?

Jiao's expression became more tense, carefully watching Lu You's expression, the oil residue in his mouth was no longer fragrant.

The handsome orc with a height of nearly 1.9 meters leaned over to grab food in his hand, and the softness of his moist lips touching his palm made Lu Wei feel a little strange.

Lu Er withdrew his hand, just now Jiao's act of lowering his head to look for food from his hand very naturally made him feel a sense of tacit understanding, which was very familiar.

But it's only been a few days since he got along with Jiao...

Is it possible that I have raised my little mi for too long, and I have already developed a sense of cats?Even feline orcs have a kinship?

Unable to figure it out, Lu You put her right hand behind her back without any trace: "I'll go first."

……

The purpose of Lu You's boiling lard is not actually for cooking, but for two other purposes.

On the one hand, it is to make simple oil lamps.

At night, it’s okay to have moonlight and starlight outside, but it’s pitch black inside the tent, with only a little light from the sparks of the campfire.

Although Lu Er is very clear about the location of things in the house, some delicate things can't be done without light, and he doesn't want to go to bed directly when it gets dark.

Find a small bowl and simply pour a little oil, pull some animal hair, twist it into thread and soak it in the oil, use a small wooden stick to light the fire, and a simple oil lamp is ready.

Although the brightness of the oil lamp is not too high, for the sake of safety, Lu Wei only adds a little oil every time to use it for a short time, but at last he has a decent tool that can illuminate at night, and he does not need to use a burning stick as a light source, and he still has to worry about it. Will not light anything.

On the other hand he wants to try making soybean paste, or even soy sauce.

Sauce and soy sauce both need oil, and the production of soybeans is not enough to extract oil. It is more convenient to boil oil directly from the meat of the prey.

Lu Er has never brewed soy sauce and vinegar by himself before, and only learned about the records related to brewing soy sauce and vinegar in ancient times when reading books related to agriculture.

Warm season game is plentiful now, and there is enough game, food, and energy for him to make multiple attempts.

This time the orcs were poisoned collectively and couldn't move. When chatting among the sub-beasts, they mentioned, "Now it seems that it's the cold season, only Teng and Jiao can catch prey", which reminded Lu Er.

The cold season of this era, that is, winter, is different from the comfort and romance of modern society full of heating, air conditioning and electric blankets. Food and keeping warm are very difficult.

For Lu Wei, he has confidence in the food, but he has no confidence in the taste of the food.

With the crude meat storage methods and rough food processing tools in this era, it is hard for Lu Yi to imagine how painful it will be when there is no fresh meat to eat.

So he planned to make some condiments, not only for seasoning in the cold season, but also for making sausages and bacon before the cold season, which is better than directly salting and drying in the tribe.

The brewing of millet vinegar is quite simple. Fry the millet dry, then pour it into a jar with hot water, seal the water and wait for it to ferment slowly; after thinking about it, Lu Wei prepared two jars, one of which is The altar also secretly added spiritual water.

The production process of soybean paste is similar, but Lu Er is not confident about whether the soybean paste can be brewed successfully, so instead of using fresh soybeans to make the paste, he chooses to use the bean dregs after making tofu.

During the trial, Lu Er occupied most of the pottery in the house, and some of them would emit strange smells during the brewing process.

Lu Er was still a little worried that Jiao would not accept it, and thought that if Jiao raised an objection, he would just take the opportunity to ask to live separately, and it would save him from having to hide his spirit water ring all the time.

Unexpectedly, Jiao just frowned when he smelled the peculiar smell, and without saying anything, he would take the initiative to help Lu You move the jar, which made Lu Wei a little disappointed.

But according to conscience, Jiao is indeed a good roommate.

They are surprisingly close to him in terms of daily routines, falling asleep and getting up at the same time as him and eating at the same time; personal hygiene habits are not like other orcs who do not pay attention to cleanliness, and wash their hands and face before and after dinner like Lu Yi; even at home The rules of placing items are similar to his.

When Lu Er was in the modern society, he never met a roommate whose living habits were so close to his, and some even had the illusion that they completely catered to his habits.

However, under secret observation, Jiao's living habits are very smooth, without any trace of deliberate effort. Rather than catering to him, it is more like a natural tacit understanding after getting along with him for a long time.

Is there really two people in the world whose living habits are completely harmonious?

Lu Er was puzzled, and even a little bit reluctant to part with such a high-quality roommate who made him so comfortable.

——If only Joker could ditch that sense of responsibility as soon as possible and quickly transform into socialist brotherhood.