Chapter 6 Fishing
It was completely dark, and more than a hundred people hid in the wall made of big trees and ate barbecue around the bonfire.
As the leader, Chenbei's privilege is to eat wild boar's pig heart and pig brain.
These two things are the most nutritious on wild boars, so Chen Bei will naturally not be polite. He is exhausted today and needs to replenish a lot of energy.
"Chief, can I sit next to you?"
A young man walked over carefully. He was holding a meat bone in his hand. Because of the lack of oil, the meat on the bone was roasted black.
Chen Bei noticed that this young man was the one who shouted "the leader is mighty" in the crowd during the day. At that time, he almost thought this was a scourge.
Later I discovered that the boy was probably his first admirer.
"sure."
Chen Bei agreed readily. As the leader of the new tribe, he needed a confidant in the tribe who was completely loyal to him, and this young man had the potential to be a confidant.
"Thank you, the leader."
The boy sat happily next to Chenbei, but he didn't dare to sit too close and kept a certain distance.
"What's your name? How old are you?" Chen Bei asked.
"My name is Ya, I'm twelve years old."
Chen Bei noticed that there was a light yellow animal tooth hanging around the neck of this young man named "Take", about three inches long, similar to a canine tooth, and it was obviously the teeth of some kind of beast.
Tribes don’t pay much attention to the names. They choose whatever they think of. I guess Ya’s parents probably gave him this name because of this animal tooth.
"Chief, what will we do tomorrow?" Ya said while gnawing on the flesh on the bone.
"Tomorrow, some people will build wooden houses, some will collect wild vegetables and fruits, and also fish."
"Did you use a spear to fish in the river?"
Chen Bei shook his head and smiled, "No, you can make a few fish with a spear, you will know tomorrow."
Tribes occasionally fish, and Chenbei has seen them, but they don’t know how to fish, let alone fish in nets, and don’t even have decent harpoons.
Maybe some people can fish in the tribes outside the mountain, but in the forest, the most common thing Chenbei sees is that tribes use spears to fish in the stream, which is very inefficient.
"Chief, can I go fishing with me?"
Ya looked at Chen Bei very much looking forward to it. He was only twelve years old, and he was very curious and naturally longed to come into contact with new things.
"Okay, I'll take you with me tomorrow."
"Great, thank you, leader."
Ya was so excited that she was about to jump up. She could follow the leader to fish and tell her about it, which made the teenagers of his age envious to death.
The two of them ate and chatted. Soon, their teeth gnawed the meat from the flesh bone and chewed them cleanly.
Then, he used a stone to smash the ends of the bones, first sucked out the bone marrow that could be sucked out with his mouth and ate it, and then used a small wooden stick to poke out the bone marrow that could not be sucked out and then ate it.
This way of eating is very common in tribes, and they will not waste any food they can eat.
Time passed quickly, and the night passed smoothly, and no danger occurred.
Early the next morning, half of the tribe members of the Mang tribe were busy starting to build wooden houses.
The wooden house they built was very simple, they tied three pieces of wood into a triangular shelf with rattan, and then covered with bark, thatch and other coverings on three sides, leaving a door on the front.
Because it is simple, does not pick materials, and has many people and great power, it only takes one day to build all the wooden houses that everyone lives in.
Chenbei actually prefers to call such a wooden house a temporary shelter, but it is just a temporary solution and will definitely build a better house in the future.
Chenbei was not involved in building the wooden house, and he had a more important task - that is, to find food.
He first organized women and children in the tribe to collect wild vegetables and fruits in a safe place, and then took the remaining people to fish.
Ya followed the fishing team as she wished.
Chenbei did not take them to the river to fish, because there were many unknown dangers in the river, so he chose to let them practice in the stream first.
Because it has never been caught, there are actually a lot of fish in the stream, and fishing for a while is not a problem.
"This thing, called a fish hook, can be made of branches, thorns, or bones. It doesn't matter what the material is, the most important thing is to be strong and sharp."
Chen Bei was holding a fish hook made of bones, about an inch long. Last night, he found a small bone in the shape of a hook, which was sharply ground on the stone.
He gave everyone a look and let them remember the shape.
Chen Bei took out another animal skin cut into thin strips, used as a rope, and tied it to the bone fish hook.
Immediately afterwards, he found a dry branch as a floating branch, tied it to the rope, and finally found a strong wooden stick as a fishing rod.
A primitive fishing rod that was very rough, primitive, and later fishing enthusiasts would definitely dislike him when they saw it.
This inexperienced primitive fishing team had about thirty people, all of whom were stunned. They had never seen such things before and did not know how to use them.
Chen Bei held the rough fishing rod and said, "Who will find me a bug? It must be big and can be worn on this fish hook."
"I'll go!" Ya volunteered to find the bugs.
Not long after, the teeth really found a fat insect that was the size of a thumb.
Chenbei penetrated the insect into the hook, then threw it into the water, and started fishing.
"The water is very dangerous, I believe you all know that, especially in the river, there are many big fish that can eat people, so you all remember one thing for me!"
Chen Bei's face became serious. He looked at everyone and said word by word: "You must never go into the water to catch fish!"
Chen Bei knew very well that this extremely primitive water must have hidden a large number of terrifying fish, such as crocodiles, various unprecedented and large water beasts.
Once it is put into the water, it is likely to be eaten.
"Don't worry, leader, we will not go into the water." Tooth patted his chest and promised.
Everyone nodded like a chicken pecking at the rice, and promised not to go into the water.
As a good supporter, he responded to Chen Bei's words at the right time. In particular, he himself didn't realize that he looked like a supporter, so he didn't have any trace of supporter.
Chen Bei nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the fishing rod, and said, "Although we don't go into the water, we can still catch fish with tools."
"Okay, I'm done. Now, don't talk, so that you won't scare the fish away."
Everyone fell silent, and in the water, the worms with tenacious vitality were still swaying slightly on the fish hook.
The smell of insects has indeed attracted many fish, and these fish are not small.
Soon, a big fish swallowed the hook in one bite, and the float on the water was pulled and immediately sank.
"Did you see it? It means that the fish has bit the hook, so pull it up immediately!"
"Crash!"
Chen Bei said while lifting the fishing rod upwards. Soon, a big fish was pulled out of the water and fell on the shore, jumping around.
Chen Bei quickly grabbed it. The fish was about ten pounds and it was very strong. However, Chen Bei had even stronger strength. He was an intermediate totem warrior.
He took the hook out of the fish's mouth and found that the fish had dense teeth, which were very sharp. It was obviously a carnivorous fish.
"Good guy, if you get bitten, you'll get rid of a piece of meat."
Chen Bei once again reminded them to pay attention to safety, and then asked ten of them to make the same fishing rod. As for the fishing rod in his hand, he fished for teeth.
When I got the fishing rod, I was so excited. This was a fishing tool made by the leader himself, and it was definitely much better than others.
More than 20 other people, Chenbei taught them the technique of weaving fishing baskets with rattans.
In his previous life, Chenbei learned to weave baskets with his grandfather when he was a child. Therefore, it was not difficult for him to weave fish baskets with rattan.
After teaching it a few times, everyone basically knows it. If they don’t know how to read the people next to them, they can learn it.
Fishing in a fish basket is easier than fishing, but the waiting time is a little longer.
Chapter completed!