Chapter 024 Welfare Housing
Acorns need to soak water before processing to kill insects, this operation is not difficult for humans, for snow wolves is very difficult ... Even bean sprouts are dug pit hair, where to find bubble acorns equipment to go?
Because the poor on the simple, anyway, mainly to feed livestock also lazy so much attention, Xiao Yunso straight skips the steps of soaking insecticidal, with the cubs directly cut out the surface of the snow frozen all night acorns, piled into the activity room to burn the ground warm directly baked.
As soon as the ground heats up, the whole house is warm, the young people are excited, do not need XiaoYun call them to do the work and they spontaneously take up the work of adding firewood, they also drag the rattan grass in the activity room to meave togther - the activity room is at least about 50 square meters of empty room, much more spacious than sleeping long heatble bed house.
Xiao Yun also does not care whether the cubs will crush the drying acorns, or that sentence, anyway, feeding livestock, not so much attention ... As for what he wanted to eat, he took a water can filled with snow water and soaked half a can of acorns , when he have break and then grinding it into powder to give the tribes for a fresh taste.
In addition to the use of the activity room under the heating, Xiao Yun also intends to burn pottery kiln up - in the absence of fear of fuel, pottery is naturally more beneficial, the tribe's water pot pottery pot or something is still nervous.
This time, Xiao Yun pondered want to burn some of the larger pots out to use, there are pots of words bean sprouts do not rely on earth pits, he wants to soak some acorns also do not have to occupy water cans.
This weather also has to run the river bank and the edge of the swamp to collect mud is a hard work, but the weather below zero degrees is not without benefits, at least the wild big beasts can not be as active as before, the young people can also run their own swamp side to collect mud, do not always have to take large people.
Get back the mud, use the bath room to rub on the warm water of the big stove, plus the tribe's broken pottery grinding powder (with quartz stone slowly crushed slowly, don't mention how hard), Xiao Yun will take the young people Hand the most clever wool a few pondering pinch pot - the diameter of this pot in 0.8 meters or so, than before the burning pot is mostly, although not to sell goods, do not have to pursue special enough round, but the basic form can not collapse is not?
Kneading out the bottom of the basin with mud, and then pinching out a long mud strip circle up, taking into account the earth kiln area of pottery touching, can only put up to three pots at a time into the burning, in the preparation of mud tire Xiaoyun must be careful enough; Self-use pottery pots do not pay attention to what to sell, glaze on the use of long strips of stone, quartz stone, grass ash and mud, natural pigments what is not necessary.
The kiln put three pottery pots and some corner space left, did not have to say, all be used on, and then pinch out the pottery bowl, colorless glaze, big spoon or something also pinch a few, a thin side of the thick pottery knife also try to burn two to see ...
Start burning pottery, the temperature of the firewood room is higher than the activity room, there is nothing to say, how many acorns can be piled on how many acorns come in.
After spending day and night, this kiln pottery burned well, the first batch of acorns are also be dried, Xiao Yun casually picked up a shaking down, heard the acorns inside the collision of the sound, then the nest in the house to play with rattan grass, run outside to play with snow, or hold their parents petite cubs back, together busy to the acorn shell ... ...
The cubs were busy, and the adults were not idle. The cubs spend most of their time in the house doing things, and adults come and go in the wind and snow. The reason is that Xiao Yun went to see the cattle and sheep captive place and dislike their feeding methods - they just casually throw the grass down to let the cattle and sheep eat. The cattle and sheep eat in time it doesn't matter, if they did not eat in time it would be trampled, mixed with mud and snow water feces what dirty to die, and waste and unhygienic.
Before the clan people did not feel that there is anything wrong with such feeding, anyway, the grassland tribes are doing so. Now pointed out by Xiao Yun to ask for improvement, the big guy face to face for a while, but no one objected to ... After all, the facts have proved that the changes proposed by Ayun are good for the clansmen, and the snow wolves reflect the arc a little longer and do not mean stubbornness.
So Xiao Yun this cub just spoke from his mouth, adults began to busy broken legs, Xiao Yun's proposal is to mix all together the open-air sheep ring to change the composition of the batch feeding mode, that is, with soil or wood, thorns and other things to isolate every hundred cattle and sheep feeding in a long striped area, and then in this open-air feeding area with earthy stone wood and all other available things to pile up so that cattle and sheep bow their heads to eat grass, but can not step in and can not pull feces inside the simple feeding tank.
For the total number of twenty adults, this is indeed a big project called "transforming nature" ... The equivalent of created a well-planned breeding area to the original free-to-let livestock are really "circled" up, in the absence of convenient tools to use, the ground and frozen hard state weather, this is really the old life of snow werewolves.
"I've never felt like doing something so hard before!"
"I'm so tired, my paws are so painful..."
"Oh Jesus, I dig on the stone, my paws!!! ache....ache...ache...."
"Why do I now think there are too many cattle and sheep in the tribe..."
"Hands are going to freeze off..,paws are going to freeze off too..."
The snow werewolves were crying...but couldn't stop working...
After three snows, Xiao Yun burned five kilns of pottery, the cubs shelled out more than two dozen tons of acorns into feeding feed.The snow werewolves who tired off the skin, claws were be bald, the adults finally finished the cattle and sheep spacing area open-air sheep's circle. The patriarch after taking a hot bath to sleep, and braced himself up with Xiaoyun "inspection" of their work results, in Xiaoyun showed a little dissatisfaction but basically acceptable expression, the patriarch produced a relieved and very itchy hands, had a small mood that want to beat cub Ayun up.
"Keep it like this first, with more manpower and then consider building a larger sheep's circle." Xiao Yun a reluctant tone, "this side of the word have done ... patriarch, do you think we're going to build some more houses next? "
"... Aren't the houses enough? The patriarch's accumulated anger was interrupted by this inexplicable proposal.
"How could it be enough, there is a dozen people in the tribe are squeezing a heatable bed house. Xiao Yun said with a heavy tone, "I have said at first, this side by side heatable bed is emergency, is used to ensure that 'there is no' this basic requirement and can only insured our basical requirement in the cold days. ."
"..." The patriarch can't remember Xiao Yun saying this, and he is not very confident in his memory, and only stop saying.
"The house with under heats is now going to bake acorns, to bake meat bars, to give the clansmen as an activity room and as a canteen for everyone, the dining room integration, basically belongs to the public space, can not be used for it, then to cultivate mushrooms, I have to build another mushroom room, do you agree?"
The patriarch nodded, the wild picked the enoki mushrooms ran out two days early, although he does not like to eat, but others who love to eat are particularly miss it at this time.
"Single people in the tribe ... Well, the cubs and people who without partners crowing on the heatable bed is not a problem, but threr several couples in the tribe, and in snowing time and in the spring after snowification, some adult females have the probability of affection, we have to make private place for people who want to have children or want to have a partner, after all, the to develop and prosper in the tribe is inseparable from the newborn cubs, right?
"Ah!" The patriarch opened his mouth, this question... He hasn't really thought about it!
In fact, this is not to blame the patriarch, because in terms of the tribe's current population ratio, the tribe is really not short of cubs - including Xiao Yun, the tribe has a total of twelve cubs, accounting for more than one-third of the population in the tribe, this proportion is very surprising regardless of which tribe ... Of course, the reason for this situation is very sad, not because of the tribe's high fertility rate, but the loss of too many adults over the past decade, Xiao Yun and Fleece they are four orphans, the other eight cubs: five cubs are single parents, other three cubs whoes parents complete, two of the cubs is a pair of siblings, in other words, the whole family of parents and children is home in the tribe are only two families.
With such a sad demographic composition, it is reasonable to say that the clans will not consider fertility until at least half of the cubs reach adulthood, because the adult population is not large enough and the hunter-gatherer food will not be abundant, so that female snow werewolves can not guarantee the survival of their cubs due to their rut mating. Then the female snow werewolves will certainly skip the rut period, no rut or in the rut period do not mate - nature like humans all year round rut creatures are a minority, snow werewolf only twice a year, each time only three to five days Only during this time will the snow werewolf have the desire to mate.
This is also where most intelligent races are different from humans, with females deciding whether to mate and give birth.
The patriarch did not consider this problem before, is based on the tribal living environment considerations, in Xiaoyun was dragged into the world before the clan even winter is a problem. Now with the cold house fire, with more than the previous year's meat reserves of wild pork and vitamin-replenishing bean sprouts, but also save the consumption of trading pottery, this survival advantage continues, next year to raise one or two more cubs is not a problem at all.
"It's true that ... That should be the case. "The patriarch nodded, looked at Xiao Yun again with anticipation -- eyes watery, he is the patriarch has ignored the complexity of interest events, but cub Ayun actually has been remembering, how he did not find Ayun so good earlier?"
"..." Xiao Yun quietly away from him a little, "this time I have walked around the tribe several times, we live in a good place, relative to the water source elevation is high, digging foundation did not seepage groundwater, soil is relatively tight not loose, can be used as a long-term residence, so I think that we build a small family housing can be durable for more than ten years as the standard, try to do a place, so as not to spend time to repair later."
"Well..." the patriarch's deep face suggests that he can't keep up with Xiao Yun's thinking... Let us not be embarrassed by him, as the patriarch of the snow werewolf can consider next year's matter even if far-sighted, but also expect people to be born to understand long-term planning?
"If so, we have to think about residential planning..." Xiao Yun picked up a branch and crouched down on the mud to draw a city framed by a cross street. . . uh... town... well... a village pattern, "This is the tribe, this brought to this area of the ground altitude is higher than the river, can be used as a place of residence." Now we have two temporary heatable bed houses, a temporary activity room, they are presenting the Glyph layout, so our next step to build a new building that my proposal is to first extend to the western or eastern, especially the east side of this piece, this side of the earth and gravel, you also found when you engage in sheep ring? This kind of land reclamation to plant fields is also wasting labor, it is better to use it as a home base...
Well, the patriarch's look is getting more serious, and a big blank in his heart, what the hell is Ayun talking about? Does he continue to pretend to understand or confess that he doesn't understand?
"... patriarch, what do you think?" Xiao Yun looked up.
The patriarch looked firm and his eyes firm: " ... That's great. Let's just do it. "Admitting that he doesn't understand what's too shameless, he's a old guy now, he wants keep his face at all.
Xiao Yun held back his laugh, stood up and clapped his hands solemnly, and sincerely said, "Since Patriarch you have agreed with you, we will discuss with the tribesmen. It is winter that everyone does not need to graze and patrol. It happens to be the tribe's strength to solve the family housing problem.
That's right... Xiao Yun just wanted the patriarch to not understand, so that he could have the final say, and the final explanation was all in his place.
The tribesmen who had been repairing the sheep pen for more than ten days were now so tired that they were lying on the heatable bed, and Xiao Yun waved the patriarch's chicken feathers and ordered it to attack all around, taking all eight adult female tribesmen, including Honeye, Qingcao, and Dahe, called them to the activity room to gather-also includes two mothers with complete partners and children who may not be willing to rut this year, but since Xiao Yun uses "family housing" as a gimmick to encourage childbirth and cultivate awareness of private property for his tribe, he cannot ignored them.
Why should they cultivate a sense of private property? Xiao Yun has also thought about it...All the people of the tribe are like a family, which is naturally harmonious and beautiful, but sooner or later the tribe will expand and incorporate the same snow werewolf tribes. Without a sufficient population base, any development is nonsense. So before that, Xiao Yun must first cultivate the awareness of private property for the tribesmen, take care of the personal interests of the tribesmen who belong to the elders, and let them understand what Xiao Yun is good for them. As time goes by, the tribes will Become his indestructible base plate of Taishan's unshakable ambition.
——In short, it means talking and doing two-pronged ways to buy people's hearts.
This is not a shameful thing. Anyone who wants to do anything must manage their own basic disk. This is the most basic common sense; and if you are "shameful of words" when operating a basic disk, then To be honest, you should stop operating this basic board anyway, your team can't go far anyway.
As for the profit distribution model that confuses the basics and the newcomers, who don't know how to keep the foundation stable... should not mislead others and themselves at all.
"Family...housing?"
Sat in the activity room full of acorns and meat sticks. They were so pure that they didn't even know the concept of private property and knew nothing about such good things as welfare housing. The female snow werewolf members looked at Xiao Yun with a dazed expression.
"Yes, a couple composed of two adults should have family houses belonging to both parties." Xiao Yun was used to it anyway, and he didn't have any good intentions. He explained with a smile, "Right now, people don't need to graze or patrol. When manpower is sufficient, we will seize this opportunity to first build the family housing belonging to our partner."
"Is it like... a tent?" the mother of the two children asked suspiciously.
"Yes, it's bigger, more spacious, and sturdy than a tent. It belongs to your partner's family house. It has a heated bed and basic household pottery. It is distributed by the family." Xiao Yun said the word "partner" again. There is no way to build a house in winter. The influence of the weather is too great. If the single-parent family also divides the house, it is not to tiring the tribe into rebellion.
As for the minimal possibility of two people making up to "deceive" the house, Xiao Yun is not worried at all. The so-called wolves are paired, the snow wolf people value their partners very much. Basically, they will have one in their entire life. . The female snow werewolves in non-estrus will not have the desire to mate at all, and it is impossible for them to cheat on marital harmony.
Uh... it is possible that male snow werewolves ignore the estrus period and engage in sex, but the probability is too low to ignore. If you want to say that, it is more popular for cat's tribes...
"In other words, Ayun is going to build a house for a couple of partners?" Dahe understood, and after thinking about it, he showed a very tangled expression, "It seems to be very good, but I don't plan to go into heat yet."
"It's okay. I don't want you to be in estrus this year, in the next spring it will be not late. Now I just ask anyone who has plans to choose a partner during this estrus period and see how many houses I need to build to meet the needs."
The female tribes looked at each other. Except one of them who had two children and a partner, everyone was entangled...Due to the survival pressure of the tribe, the adult females in the tribe didn't plan to go into heat in recent years. Now Ayun suddenly took it. It is very embarrassing to "tempt" everyone with such good terms.
"There is no male suitable for me in the clan." Hongye said with regret. Even if the Snow Werewolf passed 30 years of age, she would have been wandering around in the clan after she became an adult. Now she is in her 40s, and the clan is the same age as her Either has a partner, or the partner is dead, or is younger than her. After all, there are eleven adult males except for the middle-aged and elderly patriarchs who are over 60. The choice is too narrow.
"I... fell in love with Ayue, otherwise I'll be the one." Qingcao still wants her own house after thinking about it, so that there is no need to be disgusted and sleepy.
"Ayue?" Xiao Yun thought hard for a long time before remembering that it was a guy who replaced Oxhorn as a warrior. This man is about the same age as Qingcao. "Okay, then there are three rooms to be built first. What about other else?"
"Shuishui seems good, don't you likehim, Dahe?" Qingcao looked at Dahe.
Dahe shook her head like a rattle: "No."
A female tribe with a child hesitated for a long time, and said hesitantly: "I don't plan to be in estrus for the next two years, but I want to form a mate with Languo, is that okay?"
"Of course, the fourth house belongs to you." Xiao Yun immediately gave a thumbs up, so that there are four complete families in the clan, and there are two more cubs with both parents... He remembers Languo too. A single father. As for the reason why Languo was not called to this meeting, it was because the male snow werewolf said it was not a matter of forming a partner...
After a "mobilization", the only person who expressed the intention to give birth was Qingcao. This is not bad. It is better than anyone else. Newborns of the tribe still need the crying accompaniment of the newborns. After confirming the four houses to be built, Xiao Yun threw another bait out for the tribesmen: "Now it is too cold to start construction. In the coming year, the family will continue to build new houses. The priority is still to allocate partners. Those who have partners will continue to build new houses. The clansmen have houses, and the rest will be allocated according to age."
He himself is the youngest in the tribe. If singles are divided in this way, he suffers a bloody deficit, but the best part of this distribution method is to please the patriarch. The patriarch who listened to the whole process immediately threw a desired eyes to look at him. ...When doing any benefit distribution, you must not forget to provide a few priority privileges to the people who have the most right to speak. This is the quality that adults should have.
The obvious difference between having a partner and having a house, and not having a partner sleeping in a side by side bed may not feel much to the people in a short period of time. After a long time, can a single who slowly finds himself at a loss really have no idea? The so-called not worrying about widows and inequality, everyone has a share, just look at it sooner or later, this kind of distribution mode can dispel the unrestrained thoughts that the tribe may be born to the greatest extent...because people are simply naive and they can't exploit it. Sooner or later there will be big problems, which is also the basic quality of the organizer.
After reaching an agreement with the female tribes, it will inform the other tribesmen of the good news that "everyone in the tribe will have a house sooner or later", not to mention the single dogs that the female tribe doesn't like, even the underage cubs. Excited, you can just roll around on the fire kang that belongs only to you. It's great to sleep as you want. A dozen people squeezed in a big shop is indeed better than sleeping in a cold tent, but they are often used as pillows. It feels really too bad.
The difference in sleeping within the tribe are not just Qingcao and Dahe.
With such a carrot hanging in front, then Xiao Yun drove the people to dry dredging, mixing water, throwing mud bricks, building houses and other hard work in the freezing cold and heavy snow. No one could think of complaining about being lazy. ...As long as the fingers are not frostbitten and everyone is too diligent, Xiao Yun will feel guilty secretly.
Nestled in the house when snowing outside, snow stopped to work, so it's full of tired winter snow werewolves this life is also the first experience; Fortunately, there is plenty of food, Xiao Yun often find ways to do some fried beans, homemade meat pine and other snacks to the people as a "placebo", a small half of the winter in the busy unwittingly crossed the past.
In the third month of winter, the fourth family house with burnt red bricks as the main building material was completed. When the tribe happily sent the fourth family of the tribe into their new home, Xiao Yun thought a along time about long-haired sheep wool finally saw the dawn of waste utilization...