【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Chapter 285: Primitive Tribe Chieftain Mother-in-law 5

Wolf thought that the chief was remembering the tribe's former glory. When he was young, the tribe had a large population, and he, Ying, and Tao couldn't count them with their fingers and toes combined.

According to the oldest tree, when the tribe had the largest population, the number of the most powerful wise men was so large that it was impossible to count them. That was a long time ago. Now there are fewer and fewer people in the tribe. Why is that?

The wolf couldn't understand.

The flower behind the tree couldn't understand it either. She was also a survivor of the wildfire in the north. She followed the tribe to the south. Good days were about to come, but her mother's feet started to stink and she couldn't walk anymore. Several other tribesmen also got sick and died one by one. In the end, she was the only one still alive and kicking.

Why is that? Now that my mother is dying, I can’t even find anything to eat and can only rely on stealing.

Thinking of her mother's dying appearance, Hua stumbled out.

"Please save my mother. I won't steal anymore. Please."

Yun Xi turned her head and saw a dark and skinny child. The only white parts of his eyes were white. Strips of animal skin were casually hanging around his waist. He looked to be in a very bad situation.

The wolf bared its teeth in a state of alert, "Stranger, you have trespassed into our territory!"

Hua took a step back in fear, then stood firm and said loudly, "I brought my mother here to seek refuge. We are the only two left in our tribe."

Yun Xi looked at her, "Just the two of you? Where are the others?"

Hua said dejectedly, "They're all dead. When we were escaping, half of us couldn't breathe and suffocated. Those who couldn't see were burned to death. After we escaped, some of our feet were scorched and couldn't walk. Others couldn't even breathe. They're all dead. Only my mother and I are left. My mother's feet are almost gone."

The child gestured as he spoke.

Yun Xi decided to go and see the other person's mother. This primitive society was a matriarchal society, and her mother was considered a strong laborer. There were only a few people in the tribe, so the more people there were, the better. There was a lot of work to do in winter.

"Let's go and see if your mother can cure it." Yun Xi asked her to lead the way.

Hua's eyes lit up, hope ignited, "Is there a witch doctor?"

"That's it."

After walking east for almost two hours, they arrived at a shallow cave by the river. Hua's mother was already barely breathing.

Yun Xi checked the soles of her feet and found that it was an infection caused by burns. She quickly cleaned her feet, scraped off the dead flesh, disinfected them with iodine, and wrapped them with gauze. Despite the pain, the woman did not move, and only the slight rise and fall of her chest showed that she was still alive.

"Her nose and mouth need to be cleaned too, go to the river."

Yun Xi easily picked up the person and walked to the river, where she cleaned her mouth, nose and eyes. Most victims in a fire were not burned to death, but choked to death. This person had thick nose hairs, which protected her.

"Her nose and throat were choked by the smoke, but it will recover slowly. There's no bone damage in her feet. As long as she doesn't have a fever recently, she'll be able to pull through." Yun Xi wiped the sweat off her forehead. "I'll carry her back to the tribe, and you guys follow."

The wolf only then reacted, "Chief, are you a witch doctor?"

I haven’t heard of it. When did it happen?

"Let's talk about it when we get back. It will be dark soon."

After a lot of trouble, more than five hours passed. I hope it was worth it for this woman named Lian.

"Mom, who are these two people?"

Yun Xi gave a brief introduction, "I'll go make her some egg soup."

"Mom, is this the soil you want?"

Xing ran back, holding a hide bag full of wild vegetables and fruits in one hand, and holding a dead tree in the other. What a diligent child.

"Where's the dirt?"

"Mom, look at the wet mud on my feet that I can't get off no matter how hard I try. It must be very sticky, right?" Xing lifted her foot, revealing the sole of her animal leather shoe.

"It seems so. Take me to see it tomorrow." Yun Xi was not sure. "Put your things down and eat first. Tonight we'll have dried meat, egg drop soup, wild vegetables and two oranges."

"Finally, I'm going to eat eggs. I haven't eaten them yet."

Tao came over and said, "Ah, the stone pot is about to crack."

"Yes, otherwise why would I be in such a hurry to find clay." Yun Xi quickly cooked the meal and invited everyone to eat.

The newcomer Hua was given two bowls, "Feed your mother first."

Hua's eyes turned red, "Give it all to me?"

"Yes." Tail said, "Everyone in our tribe is the same."

"Thank you." Hua thanked her and tried hard to feed her mother the soup.

In the middle of the night, Yun Xi got up and gave Lian some anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drugs, then continued to sleep.

The next morning, Yun Xi followed her little daughter to the river. Sure enough, she saw a lot of clay, so she started arranging everyone to knead the mud.

A pottery kiln can be built with mud in a cylindrical shape that is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, with a ventilation hole at the bottom.

“First, make a clay pan with holes and bake it.”

Yun Xi personally worked on the clay kiln, which was half a person's height and half a meter in diameter. The clay pan was also simple: a round plate was made like dough, with a few holes pricked in the middle. It was then dried near the fire and placed in the bottom of the kiln.

The last step is making pottery. "After kneading the clay, make a base first, then circle the clay strips around it and connect them to make the shape of a pot."

Yun Xi spoke as she did, and the tribesmen followed her to learn. Shu, who loved to think, had already copied two earthen kilns based on the ones she made. Yu Xuehua didn't know what to do, so she kept picking up firewood.

Yun Xi made two larger pots, as well as bowls and plates. After they were completely dried in the shade in the afternoon, she placed them by the fire to dry, and finally sealed them in an earthen kiln. The gaps in the kiln had to be filled with firewood. After preheating for a while, the fire was burned on high for more than two hours, and then the kiln could be sealed to allow heat to dissipate.

The next morning, everyone rushed to open the kiln. The yield rate was only half, which was not bad. It was the first time, so we couldn't ask for too much.

"Based on this, we can make as many as we can before the cold season arrives. We won't need heavy stone tools anymore." Yun Xi pointed at the tree, "Shu, you can use the Star-Moon Wolf Fang Tail to do this. You can make some large, thick ones to hold water, or some thin, light ones to use as bowls. It all depends on your research."

"Tao Xing He Miao, let's go hunting. We've stored enough food, and it's not too much." Yun Xi looked at the three children and the baby again. "Hua, you take good care of your mother in the cave. Yu Xue, you take good care of Bing. Ying, you stay in the cave and chop firewood. Put the dry firewood in the cave and leave the wet firewood outside to dry."

"it is good!"

Yun Xi took people to check the traps first. The first few didn't yield any results. When everyone was disappointed, there was movement in the last trap.

Yun Xi looked out and jumped in surprise, "Wow! It's a deer! It's still alive! Take it home and raise it. Prepare some fodder for it. We can eat it in the winter when it runs out of food."

Xing and Miao were very shocked. They didn't expect that this so-called trap could really catch prey. They had never held any hope before. They came to check it every morning full of energy, but returned disappointed and gradually wanted to give up.