Ordinary days in another world

Chapter 42

Jiang Xia followed Ares towards home, and the big tiger strode forward with a straight back. It seemed to be in a hurry, but in fact it didn't walk very fast. Jiang Xia trotted and followed not far behind, "Hey, Ah Reese, don't be angry, I forgot the time when I chatted with my father and the others, and it wasn't on purpose."

The figure in front paused for a moment, then continued walking.It's all for me to get used to, getting angry at the slightest thing, Jiang Xia got angry and stopped running, and followed behind at a leisurely pace, anyway, she knew the way home.

No footsteps could be heard, and the speed of the people in front also slowed down.Jiang Xia snickered, what an awkward tiger.Simply standing still, Ares finally couldn't help but look back at her, "Hurry up and go home, I'm starving to death."

"You made me pass out yesterday. I didn't eat breakfast or lunch. Why aren't you afraid that I'll starve to death!"

Ares choked, shouldn't he have reason to be angry?How could it be reasonable to become Xia Xia again!The orc frowned and walked back, came to Jiang Xia's side and hugged his partner, but his neck was tilted to one side and he didn't speak first.

Jiang Xia laughed, this big tiger is quite awkward.Jiang Xia stretched out both hands, straightened Ares's neck so that the two could look directly at each other, and apologized seriously, "I was wrong, I shouldn't have made you worry, even if I couldn't tell you, I should have come back before you go home, and found I searched hard, right?" She saw just now that Ares's legs were covered in plaster and his hair was messed up, so he must have come out to look for him without seeing her when he got home, and he didn't even care about the mess on his body tidy.

All the things Xia Xia wanted to complain about were said by Xia Xia alone. Ares ended his sentence, and simply hugged Jiang Xia, took the opportunity to bury his head in his partner's arms, and said in a muffled voice: "I'm going to the father of Awenmu. Qiqi's family can't find you, if my parents can't find any more, I will go crazy, you promised not to leave me, but I can't find you!" The big tiger arched his head twice in his arms. Xia went on to say, "You made me worry, and I have to accept the punishment. Let's not mention anything else, I will punish you for doing it with me one more time every day."

...So, you're here waiting for me, aren't you?Jiang Xia's head is full of black lines, and the big tiger who is enlightened is thinking about this every day!

However, for a tribe without words, it is really troublesome not to leave a message to explain where you are going!
By the way, a flash of inspiration flashed in Jiang Xia's mind, she raised her big head that was working hard on her chest, and said excitedly, "There are no characters, I can teach you, so that no matter who goes out in the future, they can leave a message for each other, and they can It can be used as a password, and it will never be cracked, so that's it." The more Jiang Xia thinks about it, the more reasonable it is to do so.Anyway, Ares finished his work every day, and when he was full of energy, he wanted to make trouble with her. Since he had extra energy, he used it to study.

"Ah? What to learn..." Ares didn't understand.If he knew that because of his complaints at this time, Xia Xia gave birth to the idea of ​​teaching him to learn, especially those characters in the text that made him hate and love him in the days to come, he must have rotted all the complaints in his stomach at the very beginning. inside.

"This represents fish," Jiang Xia drew a stick figure of a small fish on the ground.

"This is water, and it can represent river water," Jiang Xia drew a pictographic symbol similar to the word "Chuan" lying down on the small fish.

"And this is me," a stick figure was regarded by Jiang Xia as herself, and an arrow was drawn from the stick figure pointing directly at the lying "Chuan", "The whole meaning together means that I went to the river to catch fish. "

Ares finally nodded to express his understanding, Jiang Xia heaved a sigh of relief, she was just trying to find fault for herself, she wanted to teach him Chinese characters!Whether it's the simplest "person" or the complicated "fish", the big tiger is absolutely unacceptable, and thinks her paintings are ugly. He talked to uneducated people about the kung fu of a meal and failed to reach a consensus. Jiang Xia resigned to her fate. Replacing everything with hieroglyphs, her "cultural education" is doomed to start from the most primitive foundation.

"Xiaxia, if I go to catch fish by the river, should I draw a big one?" Ares is still very good at learning, so he took the branches and drew stickmen, arrows, and lying down " Chuan", a simple little fish, but a very exaggerated drawing of a big stickman.

... Well, Ares is indeed tall.Jiang Xia took the branch and said, "Special people can draw special marks on this villain. For example, when you transform into a tiger, you have such a mark on your forehead. Once you draw it like this, I know it's you, isn't it?" Other orcs." Jiang Xia casually drew the word "King" on the forehead of the big stickman, and Ares thought about it, and he nodded in agreement, "Xia Xia, you are so smart, I am a tiger!" The tattoo on the head really looks like this."

Finally able to catch her breath, Jiang Xia wished Ares could go hunting now.

"Then what if it's an orc like father?"

"Draw three lines under the head of the big villain, which means that it has a beard, which means it is an old orc."

"And what if it's a wise man? A wise man is also an elder orc."

"Draw three dots on his head to show that he is thinking."

"Yes, why didn't I expect that besides painting a beard, my father can also draw the same pattern on my forehead. My father's animal shape is a tiger, which is different from that of a wise man." Ares seemed to be opened A different world, with an exploratory spirit for everything.Jiang Xia, who guides her partner to understand the world, is so depressed that she can't speak. How did she turn an upright and brave handsome orc into a "problem child" with "a hundred thousand reasons"?
"Xia Xia, how should Father Mu draw? And what about our future little orcs?"

Again!Jiang Xia pretended not to hear.

"Xia Xia?"

"If you want to go, ask me again, don't touch me when you sleep at night!"

"..."

When Weimu's father brought the females over, Jiang Xia even bid farewell to the big tiger with joy.

The river water in late autumn was cold and icy cold. Although it had just passed noon, the water temperature was still not high. Jiang Xia stretched out her hand to touch the water and was shivered by the ice.If you just stand in the water like this, you will get old cold legs or rheumatoid after a long time.Fortunately, they took the fishing nets and just stood on the river bank.

Jiang Xia came to the corner of the river, and was going to cast the net here. I seemed to have seen a news article mentioning that at the corner of the river, the water flow is turbulent, the waves are flying, and the oxygen is sufficient. There are often many big fish active, so Jiang Xia chose In such a place, and the curved river bank extends towards the river, it is easier for people to throw fishing nets farther away when standing here.

Wei Wei watched Jiang Xia find the place to put the fishing net, and asked, "Should I just throw the net into the river over there?"

"Probably so," Jiang Xia replied uncertainly, "When casting the net, try to spread the net evenly, and don't get tangled together." Jiang Xia explained the precautions for casting the net.

"Okay, I understand, you go to the side, be careful not to touch you." After finishing speaking, Viam's father picked up the fishing net and was about to move.

Jiang Xia opened her mouth wide in surprise, Viam's father is going to do it himself. "Father Mu, this fishing net feels much heavier when it enters the water than it is now, and it is also affected by the speed of the water flow. It is difficult to grasp, you..."

Via turned her head and interrupted Jiang Xia, "Of course I'm here to try, you're the one with thin arms and legs, if you're swept away by the river, Ares will come looking for you with a dark face. Don't worry too. , your mother and I were a very powerful female when I was young."

"..." Jiang Xiamo, Ares' temperament is definitely inherited from Viam's father, not the patriarch.

The fishing net was cast out, but Viam's father didn't say much, as expected, he cast it far and evenly, and the other end of the net was still in his hand.This is great for a novice casting a net for the first time.

Jiang Xia doesn't know what the modern fishing net looks like, so she can only make a rough one based on her impression.As for the lead pendant tied to the fishing net to help the fishing net sink, Jiang Xia couldn't find it, so he had to ask Ares to find a small stone to perforate it and tie it instead.As for the usefulness of the fishing nets, Jiang Xia didn't know the bottom of her heart. She could only pray that the river here was not polluted and that there were enough fish in it.

After about a few minutes, Jiang Xia felt that the fishing net should have sunk, and asked Viam's father to close the net.There are skills in retracting and releasing fishing nets. When retracting the net, the farthest net rope should be retracted first, so as to prevent the fish that have already entered the net from running away.The speed of collecting the net should not be too fast. If it is too fast, the fish will be frightened and violently collided, and they may break the net and run away. Although he has tested the toughness of the net with Ares, Jiang Xia is still very worried.

Finally seeing that the main net was gradually emerging from the water, and the resistance was also increasing, Via began to call out, "Come two people to help me pull it, the fishing net has become heavier."

Immediately two females stepped forward to help.

With the efforts of everyone, the fishing net was dragged out of the water, and the jubilant splashes indicated that the harvest would not be small. At first glance, it was the splashes of big fish jumping up and down. Jiang Xia was stunned. Although it was her idea, she kept She felt that things from ancient times were not as useful as modern ones, not to mention hand-woven nets, which would be considered profitable if they could catch three or four fish at a time, but she was always worried that the fishing nets would break.What's the situation now?Don't ancient fish have brains? It's too easy.

Unlike Jiang Xia's inconceivable, the females who were traveling together were so happy that two of them ran into the river beside the fishing net regardless of the cold water, wanting to prevent the fish from escaping, but they didn't know what to do. "Xia Xia, don't stand there stupidly, what should we do next, we really caught the fish."

Jiang Xia finally came back to his senses, "The people in the water are carrying a piece of fishing net and driving the fish towards the shore. The fish are afraid of people, so they will definitely swim in the opposite direction, and naturally they will be closer to the shore. Once the net is lifted, the fish in the net cannot escape.”

"Hurry up and get a few clay pots from the nearest people's house, there's not enough to hold them." Viam's father was not worried about the news being leaked, and ordered again, "See if there are any orcs who are idle, call me to help." .”

At first, Jiang Xia was afraid that the fishing net would be too big and not strong enough, so the whole net was not too big, but in this small net, there were densely packed fish, dozens of them, and each one weighed four to five catties upwards. It's definitely a bumper harvest.

When the fishing net was pulled ashore, Father Viamu had already sat down on the ground, "How about it, Father Mu is very powerful, since the fishing net can catch fish, let two or three orcs from the clan come to help, ouch, my waist Ah, I'm really exhausted." Exaggerated words and actions couldn't hide her happy heart, Jiang Xia smiled, everyone must be very happy to catch more food.

With volunteers to help, things were found quickly.Three or four clay pots were filled and there was still a lot left, Jiang Xia secretly counted, 42, ten times higher than her original expectation, now even she laughed from ear to ear.

There is no place to put the extra fish, so Jiang Xia suggested that some females should cut out the fish in an open space a little farther from the shore, and then use rattan rope to thread the fish's mouth, which saves both space and time.Those who catch fish and cast nets are busy on the river bank, and the caught fish are quickly processed. The division of labor is clear and the efficiency has been improved. Everyone agrees. Jiang Xia seems to have experienced this incident. The middle-aged females have a certain prestige in their hearts, and people are willing to listen to her ideas seriously.This is a kind of progress, at least Charlotte, who didn't like to marry in that family before, couldn't do it in her whole life.

In this way, because of his experience in casting nets, Viamu’s father instructed others to lower the nets to catch fish. Jiang Xia told the females at the place where live fish were handled that the gallbladder, scales and gills of the fish must be cleaned. The fish made in the future will be delicious.

There was also a small episode in the middle, when the male orc cast a net to catch fish, the net almost failed, no matter how accurate the net was, it made everyone very anxious.Jiang Xia was called to find out what happened, and thought for a long time, thinking that wild animals on land would tremble under the pressure of male orcs, and fish would be scared away.In the end, we could only set the net to be cast by the female, and let the orcs do it when it takes strength to collect the net and pull the net, and the situation is much better.

Viam's father praised Jiang Xia, and finally said proudly to several orcs who came to help, "In the past, you males always thought that you were powerful and more capable than females. Now it's not that you can't even catch a small fish. Now, go back and tell your male elders, we females are also very capable." Many older females who can let go echoed loudly, and a few young orcs who looked like they had just grown up were ashamed. face, na na don't know how to deal with it.

The cheerful atmosphere lasted the whole afternoon, and it didn't stop until the sunset was about to set.Looking at the fish hanging in rows, Jiang Xia's first thought was that the fish in the river would not be cleaned up. The second thought was that there were so many fish in even a bend of the river, ancient fish It's really stupid and easy to catch.

Because he knew in advance that Jiang Xia had come to the river, Ares came directly to the river to pick up his partner after a day of hunting.In fact, even if he didn't know their exact location, he didn't need to ask. The story of Jiang Xia and Wei Ya taking the females to fish on the river beach has spread throughout the tribe after an afternoon. He just needs to walk towards the crowded place. OK.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Jiang Xia's body, warm and soft, his Xia Xia was like the most beautiful glow coming down from the clouds, watching him with a smile on his face.

Ares remembered what his father said to him, "Work hard with your partner, and in the future, you will be the head of the tribe. Your partner is a good female, and she will definitely help you strengthen the entire tribe."

Of course he knew that Xia Xia of his family was the best, but could he be the patriarch?Ares never thought about it, at least not when he grew up.The patriarch means responsibility and burden. He is not afraid of this burden. He just wants to put all the responsibilities he can bear on Xiaxia and their future children. Seeing them happy, healthy, safe and happy, there are still people in the world. Is it more important than this?

And even if he is not the patriarch, can't he contribute to the tribe?His family, Xia Xia, has always made a lot of contributions to the tribe, even now.

Ares shook off the voice in his head, strode towards his partner who was smiling to greet him, he only knew that the tribe could live without him, but his Xia Xia could not live without him, they would be together forever.

(End of this chapter)