Chapter 107 - Spring Is Here (1/2)
Ch107 - Spring Is Here
Zhou Ji didn’t really enjoy telling stories. He felt that the stories he told were really boring. They were simply about two bears reaching adulthood, deciding to go out and see the world, and therefore leaving the tribe that they had grown up from childhood in to begin wandering the world. They encountered all sorts of dinosaurs on their journey, and slowly became stronger…
However, for Xiong Ye, this was a very good story.
In fact, he didn’t think that this was a story. He thought that all these things should all have really happened.
“Zhou Ji, are Xiong Da and Xiong Er the ancestors of our Big Bear Tribe? Did the Beast God tell you this story?” Xiong Ye’s expresion was full of curiosity.
Zhou Ji: “……” Sorry, those two bears aren’t the ancestors of the Big Bear Tribe. They actually exist in a cartoon series with several hundred episodes. If it hadn’t been for the apocalypse, they might have even lived for thousands of episodes.
The two of them spent time together and chatted together, and they soon grew hungry.
Zhou Ji took out some barley, smoked meat, and preserved vegetables to make meat and preserved vegetable pancakes.
Regardless of whether it was smoked meat or preserved vegetables, neither of these things were very healthy. However, based on his and Xiong Ye’s current physical condition, the impact wouldn’t be too big even if they ate hundreds of pounds of such meat and vegetables.
After eating, Xiong Ye lay down on top of an animal hide set near the fire and began to feel drowsy.
There was a bed inside their bedroom, but it was warmer by the fire, so he simply chose to lay down there.
Zhou Ji laughed a little when he saw the situation, and then lay down beside Xiong Ye.
The snow fell for two days and two nights. The entire world seemed to be dressed in white and decorated in silver; white snow stretched as far as the eye could see.
When Zhou Ji opened the window to let in some fresh air, he was shocked by the scenery outside-during the end of the world, even if it snowed, that snow wouldn’t be white. Additionally, there would also be some disgusting zombies that popped out of nowhere.
“Zhou Ji, don’t stand in the wind for too long.” Seeing that Zhou Ji was standing by the window, Xiong Ye called out to him.
Zhou Ji closed the window, “I’m going to take a walk outside.”
“What are you going outside for?” Xiong Ye asked.
“Casually taking a look around.” Zhou Ji replied.
“Wear more clothes. Hurry back when you’re cold.” Xiong Ye had originally wanted to stop him, but after thinking about it, he agreed to let him go. Zhou Ji had always stayed in the cave before without leaving and might have never seen snow before. It wasn’t a big deal to let him go out and play in it for a while.
With this in mind, he took out another piece of animal hide and covered Zhou Ji with it.
Zhou Ji didn’t reject it, wrapping the animal hide around him as he went outside, strolling around the yard outside their house.
Seeing that Zhou Ji didn’t intend to go far, Xiong Ye said, “Zhou Ji, I’m going to go out for a while. I’ll be back soon.”
“Alright.” Zhou Ji agreed.
After Xiong Ye left, Zhou Ji quickly let go of the animal hide. He used his spiritual powers to make a snowball, then made a snow sculpture of a sitting bear in front of the house.
Since he had his spiritual powers, he wasn’t satisfied with making an ordinary snowman. A snow bear was obviously much better looking.
Like this, Xiong Ye would also be happy when he saw it.
While Zhou Ji was using his spiritual powers to cheat and make a snow bear, Xiong Ye had already arrived at the tribe.
After they entered winter, most of the tribe’s work had stopped, but there were still some things that had to be done.
For example, they had to feed the dinosaurs.
The large dinosaurs in the tribe had already been killed, but those docile dinosaurs of a suitable size had been kept alive. They had decided to continue breeding them.
In order to keep these dinosaurs from freezing or starving to death, not only had the tribe prepared some grass in advance, they’d also built a mud house for them inside the fence where the dinosaurs all lived.
Xiong Ye wandered everywhere around the tribe.
There were over four hundred former slaves who had joined the Big Bear Tribe. They all lived in the place where pottery was fired in houses made out of mud.
In order to make things easier, these houses were all connected together in a row. Not only did that mean they had to build one less wall, it was also better for preserving warmth.
When Xiong Ye went over, he saw some people sweeping away the snow in front of the entrances to the huts and the rooftops. They smiled and greeted him when they saw him, and repeatedly marveled to him, “Chief, this house made of mud is really warm to live in!”
“I’ve experienced so many winters since childhood but this is the best winter I’ve ever had.”
“Tribal chief, you’re all such good people!”
……
When Xiong Ye heard these words, he started feeling that this kind of weather wasn’t so cold.
These people now felt a sense of belonging in the Big Bear Tribe. After Xiong Ye finished one round of the area, he went to see what the situation was like in the valley.
In the valley, the people of the Big Bear Tribe were currently also clearing up the snow.
If they didn’t sweep the snow out of the valley, not only would the ground remain wet, it would also become very slippery. Because of this, they would always pile up the snow and bring it outside the valley every time it snowed.
The people of the tribe greeted Xiong Ye one after another when they saw him.
There was sufficient food this year, so everyone was smiling and very happy.
Xiong Ye went straight to the collective cave.
The powerful people of the tribe generally didn’t require much attention. It was the people who lived in the collective cave that needed him to take care of them a little.
There was a fire lit up in the collective cave, above which a pottery pot had been set up. Hot water was boiling in the pot.
“Grandpa Hou, how have you been lately?” Xiong Ye went to find the person he was most familiar with in the cave, the elderly man whose animal form was a monkey.
Back when he had originally intended to become mates with Shi Li, he had looked for someone to make a mattress, and Grandpa Hou had been the one he had asked.
“Of course I’m living a good life. I’ve never been better.” The old man laughed loudly, and the others were also very happy.
They had endless amounts of firewood, enough food, and could even constantly drink hot water… Their quality of life this winter was better than ever.
Xiong Ye sat down and started to chat with the elderly and children of the tribe.
The atmosphere was very harmonious. It wasn’t until Yang Ying and Yang Su arrived that everyone’s voices paused.
Xiong Ye looked over at Yang Ying and Yang Su, then soon looked away.
He had always wanted to be acknowledged by these two people, but now, to him, they were very ordinary members of the tribe, and he didn’t even like them very much.
After all, they were a little lazy. This was especially true for Yang Ying.
Xiong Ye discovered that Yang Ying’s expression had morphed to one of anger because he hadn’t paid them much attention, and she even glared at him. On the other hand, Yang Su lowered his gaze and was well behaved as he sat down nearby to listen to him.
“Yang Su, let’s go!” Yang Ying said.
However, Yang Su ignored her words, and didn’t leave. He stayed behind, and when Xiong Ye was leaving, he even caught up to him and said, “Chief, I’m sorry.”
Yang Su’s life could be considered good these days. After all, there was no shortage of food in the tribe, so nobody would short him of his share.
However, it could also be considered bad. He and his mother had never completely integrated into the tribe, and not only did they not like to work, their attitude towards Xiong Ye hadn’t been good. Everyone couldn’t help but exclude them a little.
At first, Yang Su blamed it all on his elder brother, and blamed Xiong Ye for not taking their old relationship into account. He was dissatisfied with various aspects of his mother’s behavior, and even more jealous of Zhou Ji. Yet after a while, he discovered that Zhou Ji and Xiong Ye didn’t think about them at all, and the others in the tribe no longer targeted them once they started to work hard. He was suddenly left a little confused.
He suddenly realized that Xiong Ye really wasn’t required to be nice to him.