Wang Wei urgently needed a solid rear area, that is, a solid city wall that could be defended.

He also figured out that the existing wall-building method was definitely not working, and he needed to find another way to change the process and steps.

As for the operation steps, he hasn't figured it out yet, he just has some ideas.

He needs time. These days he will be working on iron during the day, and he can only think when he calms down at night.

After lunch, the sky cleared up and it stopped raining.

Most of the Xia tribe gathered outside the wooden wall.

Arrange for some people from the Xia tribe to go collecting. There are more women in this group, and Xia Feng will lead the team.

The other group of people felling trees were all men, about fifteen people, led by Xia Dazui.

The dozen or so people cutting wood were holding several new iron axes. They were all smiling and eager to do something hard, and walked towards the woods with their heads high and their chests high.

The remaining people dug drainage ditches, looked for large rocks or used trees to raise the ground, and paved a path to each room. This was convenient for traveling without getting their feet wet, without getting soiled, etc.

Wang Wei told Xia Feng that he was mainly paying attention to safety. It had been raining for two consecutive days, and he was afraid that some tribesmen would go out to collect and hunt. If they encountered them, they should try to avoid conflicts.

Xia Feng just nodded silently and reassured Wang Wei.

Wang Wei watched Xia Feng set off with about thirty people who were collecting. They were wearing simple animal skin shoes fixed with ropes, animal skin hats on their heads, and carrying rattan baskets or portable rattan baskets on their backs.

Cao Ming also went with the collection team. He said he was also active and had not been out of the Laixia tribe for a long time.

Cao Gen also wanted to go, but was stopped by Wang Wei. After all, Cao Gen was old and it was inconvenient to go out.

In fact, Wang Wei had already discovered that Cao Gen and Cao Ming had not found a woman during the time they came to the tribe.

He knew at the grassroots level that he had a woman in his original tribe. Maybe after being captured by the cannibal tribe, he had no desire to think about women. With his age, he might not have the urge anymore.

Cao Ming is even more surprised. This guy is young and is not looking for a woman. Could it be that he doesn't like her?

Or is it just like grassroots that the woman he likes is kidnapped by the cannibal tribe, and then he becomes desperate?

Under the leadership of Xia Feng, the collection team went to a place where there were slightly more types of wild vegetables, such as common fungus, shepherd's purse, dandelion, wild celery, bitter herbs, wild garlic, etc. There are actually many of these wild vegetables in the wilderness.

For primitive people, these dishes would not taste so good if eaten raw.

But when pottery is used as cooking utensils, there are many ways to eat them. These vegetables can be served cold, fried with oil, stir-fried with meat slices, used to make soup, and some vegetables can be used to make pickles.

, and some vegetables can be dried, soaked in water when eating, and can be used to stew, stir-fry, etc., and can be eaten in various ways.

At the beginning, when the Xia tribe did not have pottery, they could only look at these wild vegetables and eat them raw if they wanted to eat them.

Roasting them over a fire does not taste good because the leaves may dry out. At that time, the most collected fruits were wild fruits. Although they were sour, the sourness may contain a little sweetness.

Now, after the Xia tribe has pottery, these wild vegetables have become easier to eat, and the taste has changed greatly. For example, some vegetables are very bitter when eaten raw, but when used to make soup, they are not bitter at all and the soup is delicious.

After arriving at the destination, everyone got busy.

Cao Ming found Xia Feng and he said he wanted to go to his original tribe.

Xia Feng asked him what he was going to do, but Cao Ming only said he was going to get something.

Xia Feng sent two people to protect him, and Cao Ming agreed.

They agreed on a time to gather, etc.

Cao Muzi and Xia Zhong went together to protect Cao Ming. Cao Muzi was originally from the Cao tribe and was familiar with Cao Ming.

Xia Zhong was a slave of the Gen tribe, but under the inspiration of Wang Wei, he became a loyal warrior of the Xia tribe. Wang Wei named him Xia Zhong.

Let’s talk about Cao Ming leaving the collection team with Cao Muzi and Xia Zhong.

The collection place is not far from the original cave of the Cao Tribe, and it takes about more than 2 hours to walk.

This time Cao Ming went back to the cave where he used to live to get something. It was a small stone man given to him by a woman in the tribe. It was polished with stone. The woman always said that this small stone man was her. She asked him to keep it well. When he saw the small stone man

Just like seeing her.

Unexpectedly, just one day after the woman gave him the stone, she was captured by the cannibal tribe.

And he thought she was dead, so he buried the little stone man she gave him under a tree outside the tribe's cave.

One day, Cao Ming and Wang Wei analyzed the situation of the cannibal tribe. At that time, Wang Wei said that the time when the cannibal tribe captured them was autumn. Of course, Cao Ming didn't know what it meant in autumn.

But Cao Ming understood what Wang Wei said. What Wang Wei meant was that autumn is a time when food is plentiful, and those cannibals would not treat people as food so early, and would most likely treat the people they capture as slaves.

Cao Ming felt that Wang Wei's words made sense. Since the woman might not be dead, he would dig out the little stone man she gave him again.

After 2 hours of arduous trek, the three finally arrived outside the Cao Tribe's original cave. Nothing has changed here, except that the grass here grows very high, and since no one walks around frequently outside the cave, there is no road to walk on.

The river outside the cave has grown relatively high due to the rain in the past two days.

Cao Ming hurriedly dug out the little stone figure buried under a tree and wiped off the soil on it. Fortunately, it was polished with stone and it still looked like it was before.

He put the little man into the animal skin bag, and the three of them prepared to leave.

Xia Zhong suddenly spotted a child not far away. He could not tell whether he was male or female.

The child was standing under a tree, wearing a tattered leather coat and messy hair. He was holding something in his hand.

He warned Cao Ming and Cao Muzi.

Cao Ming and Cao Muzi looked at Xia Zhong's warning eyes, feeling very strange about the sudden appearance of the child.

The child threw away what he was holding and ran towards the forest, quickly disappearing into the forest.

Xia Zhong ran over and picked up something on the ground and found that it was some food such as fungus mushrooms.

Cao Ming and Cao Muzi came over and said, "Go and have a look."

So the three of them quickly headed in the direction where the child disappeared.

Because it had rained, the soil on the ground was soft, and the child left clear footprints.

The three of them chased after them along the footprints, and unknowingly went far away, but found that the footprints turned deeper into the mountain forest.

There is still some mist in the forest, which blocks the view, so we can only rely on the footprints on the ground to judge.

The three of them continued walking into the forest. The further they walked, the darker the surroundings became and the denser the trees became. They didn't know how far they had walked, but finally their eyes suddenly opened up.

In the jungle, they saw the child wearing ragged animal skins and with disheveled hair. He stood there and looked at them.

But Cao Ming, Xia Zhong, and Cao Muzi were so frightened that they almost sat on the ground.

Next to where the child stood, there were seven or eight men hanging, all with their arms tied up. The rope was strangled from their necks, and their necks were bloody. They were hanging in the air, their bodies swaying with the rope.

There were some small shacks around the child, and some of the shacks had been burned to ashes. It was obvious that this was a small tribe living in the jungle.

The tribe didn't know what was going on.

Cao Ming was not a brave person to begin with, but this scene reminded him of the cruelty of the cannibal tribe, and he was unwilling to stay any longer.

"go back."

The scene they saw was too strange and frightening to them! They didn't dare to stay and ran away.

The three of them rushed out of the jungle, found the direction where Xia Feng was collecting, and ran all the way.

On their way back, they found some blood stains, and it felt like someone was being dragged away.

They had no intention of pursuing him anymore and quickly left the place.

At this time, Xia Feng was waiting anxiously. It was not long before dark, and light rain began to fall in the sky again.

He wanted to send someone to look for it, but what if he missed it again in such a vast wilderness?

Suddenly Xia Yi, who was outside, shouted loudly:

"They're back."

When I saw the figures of Soaki Kasaka and Somuko, they were panting, their faces were red, they were in a state of embarrassment, and their bodies were covered with sweat.

Xia Feng immediately went up to him and asked with concern:

"Are you okay? Why did it take so long?"

"There's something wrong." Cao Ming said, "Go back and tell us."

The people in the collection team hurriedly took action and rushed back to the Xia tribe.

Xia tribe, at the wooden wall gate.

There was only a glimmer of light between the sky and the earth, and the stars and raindrops began to float again.

Caogen was also waiting anxiously. He looked into the distance from time to time and couldn't help but worry.

Suddenly, there was a rumble of thunder in the sky.
Chapter completed!