Chapter 105 - Hibernating (1/2)

Ch105 - Hibernating

The people brought back by Xiong Ye, who had been slaves for the Giant Tiger Tribe for a very long time, eventually all joined the Big Bear Tribe.

After that, they killed all the warriors they had captured from the Giant Tiger Tribe back then.

The three hundred people that Hu Tian had brought with him to attack the Big Bear Tribe had been the most powerful warriors of the Giant Tiger Tribe. There was no doubt that these warriors had invaded other tribes before and had had the privilege of making use of the slaves back when they were part of the Giant Tiger Tribe. This meant that they were all hated by the slaves who had now joined the tribe.

Now that the slaves from the Giant Tiger Tribe were joining the Big Bear Tribe, they naturally wanted to seek revenge.

Nobody stopped this from happening. After that, the very powerful Giant Tiger Tribe that had lived rampantly in the wild forest for decades, actually dispersed like smoke and disappeared completely.

After the slaves joined the Big Bear Tribe, they started to busy themselves with work.

Pottery was able to improve the lives of the people in the tribe, but it wasn’t urgent. The matter of making pottery was first set aside for a while, and everyone was mainly occupied with the business of storing up food and collecting firewood.

Winter in the place where the Big Bear Tribe was located lasted for over a hundred days, and seventy to eighty of these days were very, very cold. It was difficult to find any food during that period of time, and the tribe wouldn’t organize any collective hunts during that time either.

Since that was the case, they needed to prepare a lot of food in order to pass the winter comfortably. Not only that, everyone would try to eat more before winter and build up their own weight.

Xiong Ye wasn’t quite able to control himself.

He had been eating a lot lately, and not only had his animal form become fatter, even his human form had fattened up and become better looking.

Xiong Ye crouched down in front of the pond at the entrance to their home and looked at his reflection in the water. He felt that he had become more handsome.

And that day, just happened to be the day when the handsome him was going to take over as the tribal chief.

There was no need to go out on a collective hunt today, and the gathering of firewood and other such work had also been suspended, allowing everyone to gather together in the valley and attend the ceremony that marked Xiong Ye’s ascension to the position of tribal chief.

In the past, the Big Bear Tribe had always been struggling for sufficient food and necessities, and they hadn’t attached much importance to this kind of ritual. When Xiong He had taken over the position… After Xiong Ye’s father had passed away, they had been in a rush, and he had simply stepped up into the role.

But this time, it was different.

After talking it over with Xiong He, the priest decided that this ceremony needed to be performed well so that the people who had only just joined the Big Bear Tribe would know that the Big Bear Tribe had a rich background.

Although those people who had just joined the Big Bear Tribe had a good impression of the tribe, they hadn’t joined the tribe for very long and often stayed together with the people from their original tribes. Their sense of belonging in the Big Bear Tribe wasn’t very strong.

The priest wanted to use this ceremony to make these people realize that the Big Bear Tribe was very powerful, and remind them that they were now all people of the Big Bear Tribe.

Therefore, they specifically prepared a very distinctive ceremony. In order not to make any mistakes during the ceremony, they even sought Xiong Ye out to do a rehearsal.

“Zhou Ji, you have to go and participate in the ceremony later.” After checking out his appearance in the water, Xiong Ye used his hands to wash his face while he talked to Zhou Ji.

“Alright.” Zhou Ji agreed, then asked rather helplessly, “Why aren’t you using hot water?”

Zhou Ji was very, very satisfied with their new home. It had become more convenient for him to make food and heat up water ever since they had built this house.

So, the first thing he would do every morning when he got up was boil water.

But Xiong Ye never used the hot water.

“I don’t need it. You should use it.” Xiong Ye said. Boiling water was quite troublesome, but Zhou Ji liked to use hot water to wash his face, drink hot water, and even use hot water to wash with … It was better to save the hot water for Zhou Ji to use.

With that in mind, Xiong Ye immediately decided to go out and bring back more firewood after the ceremony was over-he had to prepare more firewood for their home.

Otherwise, how would Zhou Ji make it through this winter?

Xiong Ye quickly finished washing his face, then brushed his hair with a comb and even went to find and put on the clothing that Zhou Ji had made for him.

“There’s also shoes.” Zhou Ji took out a pair of shoes for Xiong Ye. These shoes were something he had made over the past few days based on Xiong Ye’s foot size. The soles of these shoes were made up of layers of animal hides, and the top was made from plant fibers.

“Is this for me?” Xiong Ye hesitated a little when he saw the shoes. Wearing those things on his feet probably wouldn’t feel comfortable, right?

He had seen Zhou Ji making shoes a few days ago, but he hadn’t thought that they were for him.

“Put them on and give them a try.” Zhou Ji said.

Xiong Ye couldn’t bear to reject Zhou Ji and immediately put them on.

He had already made up his mind to wear these shoes for the day even if they were uncomfortable. After all, making shoes was very troublesome, and Zhou Ji hadn’t even left the house these past few days. It was probably because he had stayed at home in order to make these shoes.

Xiong Ye didn’t realize that it hadn’t actually taken Zhou Ji very much effort to make these shoes, and he had stayed at home purely in order to sleep, but this misunderstanding caused him to feel very moved.

After he put on the shoes… He looked at his own feet in surprise.

He had thought that his feet would feel very uncomfortable after being wrapped up in something, but unexpectedly, it was the opposite.

After putting on a pair of shoes, his feet felt very comfortable!

Xiong Ye moved his toes, took a few steps, and felt his feet warm up. The warmth rose up from the soles of his feet and finally spread over his entire body.

“I also made you a belt.” Zhou Ji took out a belt that was made from black dinosaur leather and had a ceramic buckle, wrapping it around Xiong Ye’s waist before bringing out a necklace and hanging it around Xiong Ye’s neck.

This necklace was made from a number of colored stones strung together. They were bright, colorful, and very beautiful. Zhou Ji hadn’t polished these stones and had directly strung them together into a long necklace that was both rough and striking. It suited Xiong Ye’s temperament very well.

Zhou Ji felt that Xiong Ye would like this necklace very much, and that was indeed the case.

Growing up, he had loved to collect all kinds of beautiful stones. He had originally collected a pile of them, but he had then given them away to others when he was about to mate with Shi Li because they took up space. In fact, he hadn’t been very willing to part with them, but now Zhou Ji had actually made a necklace like this for him…

Xiong Ye hugged Zhou Ji and gave him a kiss, “Zhou Ji, you’re wonderful.”

Zhou Ji: “……” The stones on the necklace that he had given Xiong Ye had smaller stones near the top and very large stones near the bottom. The biggest stone was about the size of an egg and hadn’t been polished at all.

That stone had prodded him when Xiong Ye hugged him, and it hurt a bit.

“Let’s go.” Zhou Ji said. He and Xiong Ye walked out together.

They hadn’t gone far when a gust of cold wind hit them straight in the face.

Xiong Ye immediately went to stand in front of Zhou Ji to help block the wind.

But in fact, he wasn’t taller than Zhou Ji, and couldn’t block anything… Zhou Ji laughed softly and used his spiritual powers and energy to block some of the wind.

The two of them made their way forward together, and it wasn’t long before they arrived at the valley where the people of the Big Bear Tribe lived.

At this time, there were already a lot of people in the valley, and the smell of barley tea filled the air-a fire had been lit in the middle of the tribe, and a stone pot had been set atop it, in which barley tea was being brewed.

There were even people standing next to the stone pot who were tasked with offering barley tea to everyone who came.

When they served the barley tea, they would serve it along with the barley. On a cold day like this, it was very enjoyable to first drink the bowl of barley tea, then chew and eat the barley left at the bottom of the bowl.

“Zhou Ji, I made a type of very delicious barley tea!” The priest held up a ceramic cup and came over when he saw that Xiong Ye and Zhou Ji had both arrived. “Do you want some?”

Zhou Ji had already smelled the scent in the air and didn’t hesitate at all at this time to say, “No.”

The priest was very disappointed. He continued to promote it, “It’s really delicious! I put in a bit of oil as well as a bit of salt. This combination with the boiled barley smells really appetizing.”

Zhou Ji: “……” This shouldn’t be called barley tea. It should be called barley soup instead.