Chapter 30: Trap Upgrade

  Not long after, the women returned in a noisy and excited manner. Compared to the men, they were much more enthusiastic. Xī Fǎng Nī was particularly excited, running over to Mò Yì ér to show off her spoils: "Mò Yì ér, look! I shot this bird myself! Haha..."

  Zhang Ji also came to help Mo Yi'er deal with the small mountain goat. And laughed at Si Fen Ni: "Look, you only caught one and are so happy. Sang Zhen caught five, and they're all very big."

  "Hmm, Sang Zhen is really strong, but look, Qiao still hasn't hit one yet." Xī Fǎng Nī was an optimist and wasn't affected by Zhang Ji's words at all.

  "Oh, the women have caught their prey." The men who were originally waiting in the cave came over to join in on the excitement. Seeing the birds in the women's hands, they were delighted. "That's amazing!"

  "Yes, our tribe's men and women are all very strong. We can hunt together equally. Haha..."

  Because the women had caught their prey, a burst of laughter and cheers erupted in the tribe, dispelling some of Chu Yan's wounded gloom.

  Dinner with the birds hunted by women was enough. This made the previous hunting team feel a little ashamed. They had always thought they were the strong ones in the tribe, protecting the women and hunting for food. But now that the leader was gone, they still had to eat the game brought back by the women.

  However, they did not become disheartened because of this. Instead, they became even more spirited and determined to work hard to hunt down even more prey.

  This feeling comforted Chu Yan, delighted Mo Yier, and everything was developing in a good direction. Even the small conflicts with Chu Yan had become negligible.

  The little furball returned to the tribe and was very well-behaved, almost exactly like when it was a pet before. It just occasionally exchanged eye contact with Mo Yier.

  Chu Yu finally couldn't sit still after nursing his wound for three days. He leaned against the stone wall of the cave, whittling wooden thorns with Xiao Ji and the others. He really wanted to see the effect of the modified trap as soon as possible.

  Mo Yi'er couldn't stop him, so she let him be. And the wooden thorns he shaved off in one day were more than what Xiao Ci and a few other children could shave off in three days. This was indeed the difference between strength and skill. Chu Yan was truly a very capable man. Mo Yi'er felt that her having feelings for him was also within expectations.

  Mo Yu's life was very lively, but the spider she caught and brought down from the mountain was depressed. Every day it was locked in a beast skin bag, even weaving webs in such a small space. So it stopped moving. Mo Yu even suspected that it had died. After being tossed around for half a day, it finally moved slightly, letting Mo Yu know it was still alive. "This won't do. It can't go on like this. If it dies, there will be no more elastic strings to use in the future."

  Mo Yu'er finally decided to set it free, placing it on a tree beside the water pool. Survival was this spider's destiny. If it couldn't survive, she couldn't help it. She had done her best.

  When letting the spider go, Sang Zhen also went together. But her purpose was to fetch water by the pond. There were several wooden buckets on the wooden cart. Now it can fetch a whole day's worth of water in one trip. It's really time-saving and labor-saving.

  When Mo Yi'er took the spider out of the animal skin bag, Sang Zhen jumped in fright. "Mo Yi'er, what is this... where did this thing come from? You've been keeping it in the animal skin bag all along."

  "Yes, it is. I caught it from somewhere else. The thing we use to make slingshots is the silk it spits out. But now it's spiritless and doesn't spit out silk anymore. So I had no choice but to let it go."

  "Ah, it's the silk that it spits out. I've seen insects similar to this before, but I haven't seen any that spit out silk like this."

  "It's probably because of the different species." Mo Yier thought to herself. Maybe. Most importantly, this spider came from that mountain top that was like a paradise on earth. Looking at the increasingly lush green grass, Mo Yier felt that in just a few more days, it would be time to plant sunflowers too.

  Mo Ye put the spider on a hollow tree. The spider got its freedom and quickly crawled away. It didn't look like it was about to die at all. Mo Ye couldn't help but think: "I won't be deceived by this cunning spider's death act, will I?" But she didn't think of catching the spider again. As long as it lived well, it would be fine if it could weave some silk for itself in the future.

  They walked towards the cave after splashing water on each other. They didn't know how many times they had taken this road. Mo Yier suddenly discovered today that the scenery here is not bad. Early spring, a greenery everywhere. Everywhere presents a thriving scene. Does this imply that future days will also be thriving?

  "Mo Yu'er, what are you thinking about? Is there something exciting?"

  Nothing, just think the scenery is good.

  "The scenery." Sang Zhen didn't quite understand.

  "Hmm... This mountain, this tree and grass... When they are all connected like this, it's called a landscape. It's very beautiful, isn't it?"

  "It's great because of you it's great. In the past when grass and trees sprouted, we often went hungry. We had to go around looking for wild vegetables to eat." Sang Zhen recalled, saying that although Mo Yi'er came to the village during a relatively good time, but in the spring when the snow had just melted, the villagers would still go hungry.

  "Wild vegetables, I really miss eating them now. On the mountain top, we could find edible wild vegetables every day. But now that we're down the mountain, the small grass has just sprouted and there are no wild vegetables to eat."

  "Haha. Mo Yuer is really different from others. Except for you, no one would like eating wild vegetables so much."

  "Wild vegetables contain vitamins, always eating meat will be nutritionally unbalanced." Mo Yier plans to instill this view into every single person in the tribe. She doesn't want her tribespeople to age so quickly.

  Have to say, the combination of vegetarian and non-vegetarian food is good for one's body. Since she came, those old people in Casa have been looking much better.

  Return to the tribe. Xiao Lala is arranging a row of sharpened wooden thorns. Seeing Moyi'er return, she hurriedly asks: "Moyi'er, so many wooden thorns have been sharpened, are they still not enough?"

  Mo Yi'er stood there counting, recalculating the traps they currently had. Then he said, "It's almost enough. We can install the wooden spikes tomorrow."

  "Oh, great! Great!" He jumped up excitedly, as if he had already caught his prey with his own hands.

  "Is this enough?" Chu Yan leaned against the stone wall of the cave and walked out.

  Mo Yi's face turned pale with shock. He hastily walked over to support him: "How did you get up? Who let you get up?" His harsh tone, however, made Chu Yan feel warmer in his heart.

  "I'm almost fully recovered now. Nothing's wrong anymore. If I lie down again, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk at all."

  "Don't talk nonsense. How can you possibly walk now? You're not fully recovered yet. Don't move around carelessly."