Transmigrated To Ancient Times To Farm And Build A Kingdom

Chapter 14: Roasted Bird Egg

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Two flowers bloomed, one on each side.

Root and Mu Qin returned to the tribe to promote the various things that Chang Xia had shown them. At the same time, there was also the resin they needed to help exchange for Chang Xia with the tribe, as well as pottery and other things.

Chen Rong, led by Nan Feng, was cutting wood.

Chang Xia was left alone at home. She first picked up the white fruits and brought the basket that Chen Rong had woven to the sun to dry. Chen Rong was meticulous. The corners of the basket had been polished very smoothly by him, so she was not worried about it being prickly.

When it was done, she didn’t decide to plant ginger or garlic. She planned to do it at sunset.

At that time, the temperature was just right. However, Chang Xia did not plan to plant all the ginger and garlic picked by Nan Feng. She estimated that she would plant one-fifth of it.

After all, she didn’t know if they would grow.

Chang Xia took an old hide from the den.

She then picked up a piece of charcoal from the stove and sat at the door of the beast’s lair to begin drawing. The warm spring sun poured down and shone on Chang Xia’s porcelain face, soaking it in a warm glow that complemented the faint smile on her lips.

She held the charcoal in her slender hand and moved it around the half-worn animal skin to sketch.

Soon.

A simple sketch appeared on the hide.

The minimalist lines perfectly outlined the landscape of a cave. The house cave constructed of loess contrasted with the sparkling white lake.

In front of the door, there were two rooms on each side.

They could be used as a warehouse or cellar in the future.

Five holes were dug in the front, annd three on the side, symmetrical to the left and right. The front was neat and empty. No wall was built. It was connected to the vegetable patch. There would be fences or walls made of stone to guard against sneak attacks by wild beasts.

The main gate building was made of two house caves in front of it.

Considering that the beasts were generally more than two meters tall, the house cave had better be five meters tall, at least ten to twenty feet wide, and thirty to fifty feet deep. However, Chang Xia hadn’t decided how deep it would be yet. She wanted to build warehouses/cellars and stockpile as much supplies as possible.

This way, she had to expand deeper.

That was the reason why she would dig five holes in the front and three holes at the side.

The main purpose was to bring Wu Nian over to live with her when he was old. Coupled with the addition of Bai Qing and future beast children, it was naturally necessary to dig a few more holes.

Chang Xia had always liked to plan ahead.

The openings of the house cave were built to house the doors and windows, and a three-inch hole. The top of the house cave also needed skylights, which would ensure more light inside the hole. At the same time, the area leaning against the wall would be a raised platform. The sleeping place would be connected to the mountain wall, so that they would not worry about the cold winter.

She drew and made changes.

It took nearly an hour for a four-part architecture-like mountain side house cave to come alive on the half-worn animal skin.

“Chang Xia, is this a house cave?” Nan Feng blinked and looked at the half-worn animal skin in Chang Xia’s hand, not even daring to breathe too heavily. She and Chen Rong had returned with the wood and saw that Chang Xia was sitting at the entrance of the beast lair. She walked over out of curiosity.

She was about to shout when her gaze fell on the half-worn animal skin in Chang Xia’s hand.

The two of them were instantly stunned and didn’t dare call out.

“Yes, it’s a house cave.” Chang Xia nodded. “Isn’t it nice! It’ll look even better when it’s built.”

“I believe you,” Nan Feng said seriously.

At this moment.

She wished she could start digging for the house cave immediately.

Chen Rong handled the wood quietly, but he was as excited as Nan Feng.

He looked at Chang Xia with a probing gaze. He had a feeling that the beasts would set forth a new trend in the Eastern Continent as the Heluo Tribe changed.

His return to the Eastland might have been guided by the Beast Lord.

He exchanged a glance with Nan Feng, and a flash of excitement and complexity passed between them.

In the afternoon, Chen Rong and Nan Feng made seven or eight wooden barrels. The new wooden barrels were taken by Chang Xia to be filled with water and soaked before being dried. This was repeated to ensure that the wooden barrels did not leak. After all, the wet wood could not be compared to the dry wood.

The busy day was drawing to a close.

The sun had not yet set on the western hills when Chang Xia put the half-old hide away in the beast lair.

She used the basket to collect the white fruits that were drying on the ground. After drying them for another two days, all the water in the white fruits would be dried, and the white fruits would be ground into powder. At that time, the wooden barrel would almost be usable.

“Chang Xia, I’ll bring the wood and stone first thing tomorrow. Where are you going to stack them?” Nan Feng poured water into the last small wooden basin and soaked it before looking for Chang Xia who was collecting the white fruit. There was still some time before the rainy season, so there was no need to worry about the wood and stone getting wet.

Chang Xia thought for a moment, then pointed down the slope to the white lake.

“Nan Feng, temporarily stack wood and stone at the edge of White Lake. Bring it up when the house cave foundations are dug.”

Nan Feng nodded in agreement. Then she walked away.

She rejected her when Chang Xia asked her to stay for dinner.

In Nan Feng’s words, her family was poor. It was fine if she ate one or two meals, but if she ate a few more, Nan Feng was afraid that she would starve.

Despite her craving for Chang Xia’s cooking, Nan Feng retained her sanity.

“Chang Xia, are the white fruits piled outside the beast lair?” Chen Rong asked. The new wooden barrels were set aside. In two days, they would be ready to be used after drying.

Chang Xia said helplessly, “The beast lair is too small to pile them up inside. Put them outside. Find some vines and leaves to cover them. I’ll plant ginger and garlic. I hope they will grow.”

Chen Rong placed baskets of white fruits neatly against the beast lair and then covered them with vines. At this time of the year, the rain was not heavy, so there was no need to worry that the white fruits would be wet.

After collecting the white fruits, Chen Rong entered the house and started a fire to boil water.

“Chang Xia, what’s for dinner?” Chen Rong asked as he took a basket of salt crystals and prepared to crush them into fine salt.

Chang Xia wiped her sweat and squatted by the stone vat to wash her hands.

She didn’t plant much ginger and garlic so she finished it quickly.

Hearing Chen Rong ask what they were eating for dinner, she tilted her head and thought for a moment before answering, “How about roasted meat? Roast a few more eggs with stewed meat and bird egg soup.”

There were many reeds growing by the lake, and wild ducks and birds lived among them. When Chen Rong went to collect the fish basket in the evening, he picked up a lot of bird eggs. After eating two meals of fishballs, Chang Xia didn’t want to eat them for the time being.

When Root and Mu Qin left, Chen Rong gave Root a fish basket. He also told Root that with the fish basket, he could catch fish and prawns even without going into the water.

This way, the tribal beast cubs could participate in daily hunting operations just like the old people who had lost their hunting ability.

Chang Xia took this in and didn’t say anything.

Chen Rong was more capable and intelligent than she had expected.

Sometimes Chang Xia even suspected he wasn’t a beast. Still, aside from appearing smart, Chen Rong was mostly quiet.

The silence was more like the weariness and peace that comes after a lifetime.

It was heartbreaking to watch.

Every time this happened, Chang Xia would remain silent.

Everyone had secrets. Like her. Like Chen Rong.

“Sure.” Chen Rong’s lips curled into a faint smile. Every day, the happiest moment was when they discussed delicacies.

In the past, Chen Rong did not think much of food.

Ever since he met Chang Xia, every meal had become different.

“You go and cut the meat. I’ll get the eggs.” Chang Xia instructed Chen Rong to do it. She smeared the eggs with mud and shoved the eggs in the stove.

Roasted bird eggs. This was a new skill she had learned in the apocalypse.

If she ate raw eggs, she would worry about infecting parasites.

Most food in the post-apocalyptic world needed to be cooked, but cooked food was often accompanied by all kinds of dangers. After all, when food was cooked or roasted, it would emit a strong smell. Therefore, the post-apocalyptic world came up with all kinds of techniques to handle cooked food.

Roast bird eggs were just one of many.

Even though this technique was probably just a childhood memory of children before the apocalypse.

In the apocalypse, it had really saved a lot of people.