newbobooks Chapter 117 New Fruit
Chapter 117 New Fruit
After someone was in charge of the field, Ji Lang began to focus on his own training and hunting practice. Although he had been clamoring for training before, he really made up his mind to take this matter seriously after being chased by the apes last time. It was really a race against time, and Ji Lang felt the feeling of losing his life at any time.
Before dawn, Qing Jiu got up and gently pushed Ji Lang next to him, "Get up, it's time to exercise."
Ji Lang was awakened, rubbing his eyes and leaning forward, squeezing himself into Qing Jiu's arms, "I'm in pain all over."
He is not exaggerating. He gets up every morning to run, jump rope, and do all kinds of exercises. In the afternoon, after Qingjiu and the others come back, he has to learn how to hunt and fight with prey. At the beginning, Qingjiu couldn't bear to do it and always let it go. Ji Lang still thinks he is very talented and would drag Qingjiu to fight several times every day. As a result, one day he became so inflated that he had a sparring match with Sa Shi.
In less than three minutes, he was beaten until he screamed like a pig being slaughtered, and his body was covered with bruises when he slept at night.
After this, Ji Lang told Qing Jiu very seriously not to let him win, and Qing Jiu really listened and didn't let him win so obviously anymore.
Knowing that this man had suffered recently, Qing Jiu had been holding back from teasing him these days. Now he helped rub his flesh for a while. It felt smooth and soft, completely different from the touch of his own body, and it was addictive.
Ji Lang, who was originally humming in comfort from the rubbing, said: What a beast, why did something go wrong while I was massaging him? He was "seriously injured" at the moment, how could he have the strength to fight this guy for three hundred rounds.
I slapped his strong arm hard and said, "Be honest, you are going to kill me."
Qing Jiu did not retreat at all after being hit. On the contrary, he turned over in the direction of Ji Lang, trapped him under himself, and bit Ji Lang's white neck gently.
His whole body felt heavy when he pressed down on Ji Lang. He felt like he was almost unable to breathe. He took a few breaths with difficulty, but the man on his body seemed to become even more excited, and his bite made Ji Lang feel a little pain.
"You are a dog...F*ck!"
He was just getting a little excited, and he finally turned around and saw Xiaoman had woken up at some point, rubbing his eyes and looking over at him from the kang. It was still daybreak and the room was dark, so even after his eyes had adjusted, he could only see that the little guy was awake, but he couldn't see the specific expression on his face, and Ji Lang didn't want to see it.
He pushed the person away with all his strength, turned over and sat next to Xiaoman. His body was still sore, and he couldn't help but hiss.
Before he could open his mouth, Xiaoman spoke up, "Father, did Qing bully you again? I'll tell Grandma Li later and ask her to avenge you."
But forget it. Last time, he was teased by several people for a long time because of this little guy's talkativeness.
"No, no, father was just joking with him." As he said this, he kicked Qing Jiu's still bare chest twice, signaling him to leave quickly.
Alas, Qing Jiu sighed, why is it so difficult to eat meat? He suggested several times to send this kid to the other room to sleep, but Ji Lang ruthlessly refused.
Knowing that he would be in trouble after the little thing woke up, he resigned himself to his fate and got off the bed and left.
Ji Lang heaved a sigh of relief after seeing him leave. He was really afraid that this guy would become "beastly". His son was still young, and he couldn't do anything unhealthy in front of him.
He remembered reading a study before that said people with precocious puberty were more likely to be short. If his son accidentally saw him and Qingjiu live and was left with a psychological trauma, and didn't grow taller and remained the same size, he would be worried to death.
"Son, why did you wake up so early?" Ji Lang asked. With Xiaoman's sleep quality, he should have worked out outside for at least two hours before waking up.
Xiaoman trembled and said, "Father, I'm going to pee on the bed."
Jilang: ...
The exercise these days has really taught him a lot. He put on his clothes and shoes, and rushed to the toilet with Xiaoman in his arms, all in one go. After bringing the little guy back and putting him on the kang, he didn't even take a breath when he went to wash his face.
The hunting team usually goes out early. Qingjiu and Xishi came out of the kitchen, each holding a pancake. Ji Lang was already dancing and warming up.
Xi Shi smiled and said, "I didn't expect that he could really hold on for so many days. Maybe we can take him out in a couple of days to try out some actual combat." It's not that Xi Shi underestimated Ji Lang. After all, Ji Lang had often clamored for exercise before, but he had never held on for more than three days.
"Let's go to a distant mountain to check out the area today, and then bring him back to try it out." Qing Jiu agreed. The two of them went out of the doorway. There was already movement outside the gate. It seemed that the hunters from the next yard had arrived and were waiting for them to set off together.
Feng also followed in a hurry. He didn't want to work in the fields anymore and wanted to go hunting today.
Before, there were fewer people in the tribe, and there were at least a dozen hills around, so they didn't have to go too far for hunting. After all, the prey on one or two hills was enough for them to eat for a whole life. But now it's not the case. The prey that is nearby cannot be hunted too frequently. First, they can't reproduce, and if they become fewer and fewer, there will be nothing to hunt. Another thing is that these prey are not stupid. If so many people go to catch them every day, they will definitely run away after a few times.
Therefore, when they hunt now, they go to far places, so that the prey on the nearby hills will not feel any danger and will not be so vigilant, and it will be easier to catch them when the windy season comes.
Basically they set out before dawn, look for prey at the approximate place, and lie in ambush until almost noon. This is the best time for hunting. People are hot, and animals are hot too. Once they get hot, they tend to feel tired and relax.
The group was busy for a whole morning and caught a large injured wild boar. It was unlucky for the boar as it fell from somewhere and was injured. It was not with the other wild boars and was picked up by this group of people.
On the way back, there were many strange trees that I had never seen in the Taoli tribe before. There were some strange big green fruits hanging on the trunks of these trees. Each one was as big as a pig's head, and some were even as big as two pigs' heads.
There is a smell in the air, which is not pleasant, but has a fruity aroma.
Feng moved closer and saw a large fruit fallen to the ground, with signs of having been gnawed and scratched by something.
He bent down with some surprise and saw some gnawed skin on the ground next to the fruit.
"Brother, this thing looks edible!"
Xishi heard him shouting and came over. He glanced at the ground and the trees. Something hid in the leaves nearby, making a rustling sound.
"It was gnawed by a monkey. It looks like it's really edible."
Feng was happy, "Then let's pick all these back!"
Xi Shi couldn't help but knock on his forehead, "Let's not talk about whether it tastes good or not, it's so big, and this one is not light, how are you going to take it back?"
After thinking for a long time, Feng couldn't come up with any good idea, so he had to resign himself to listening to Xishi's words. He climbed up the tree, cut off two larger ones, tied them together with a rope, and carried them on his back back to the tribe.
I plan to show it to Ji Lang when I get back, just in case Ji Lang recognizes it. If it’s edible, I’ll come back here and eat all of it.
You know what, Ji Lang actually recognized this thing. As soon as he smelled the familiar scent, he knew it was jackfruit.
In other words, he is the predecessor of Jackfruit.
They were about the same size and smelled similar, but after peeling them open with great effort, the flesh inside was much larger than the jackfruits Jilang had eaten before. Each one was as big as a fist and had a lot of juice, but not as sweet.
This was not considered delicious to Ji Lang, but most people here eat fruit to fill their stomachs, and many fruits were eaten before they were ripe and tasty, so he had never eaten truly delicious fruit. At this moment, a person was holding a fist-sized "jackfruit" and eating it with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Jilang had only had this kind of expression when he ate iced watermelon.
It’s a pity that in this world, not to mention watermelons, even winter melons can’t be seen.
Knowing that this thing can be eaten and is so delicious, the group of people immediately became excited. The next day, except for the children and a few people who were looking after the house, everyone went out to pick the fruit, and even pulled a few carts.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t eat the jackfruit you picked. Everything here can be dried. For several days in a row, the whole yard was filled with the smell of jackfruit. Even the honey was more than usual. It was buzzing every day and it was very annoying.