Chapter 29: Tidying up the Courtyard
The autumn weather is clear and the sky is cloudless. The warm sunshine shines on the skin, just right, neither too cold nor too hot.
It’s such a nice day, He Qianqian decided to cook a nice meal to celebrate.
From being alone before, I suddenly have a family of three now, and there will be more to come in the future.
Isn't this a great day?
"Li Yan, take out a few fish so we can make a few more dishes for lunch."
"Okay. Qianqian, just move your mouth and I'll do all the work." Li Yan took out a few fish and took out a flint to make fire.
The two of them, one sitting and directing, the other doing the work, processed the ingredients in the yard and cooked together.
Lingye and Liyue couldn't help, so they ran to the stone mountain outside the tribe to collect big stones.
Split two large bed boards and put them together to make a large stone bed.
In the vegetable garden next to it, a kitten was squatting, guarding the vegetable garden diligently and responsibly.
It would definitely be wonderful if there were a few more little ones in such a large fenced yard.
He Qianqian felt very relieved and had more hope for the future.
By the time dinner was ready, the beast cave had been dug much deeper. An earth element and a wind element worked together to dig the beast cave, and they were able to keep the construction site clean without any dust flying around. It was really impressive.
It was cleaned, the stone bed was put in place, and covered with animal skins.
The two pillows that He Qianqian had sewn herself were also placed in place.
"Dinner is ready." He Qianqian called softly.
The tabby cat came back quickly and sat on the wooden stool. Jianze couldn't wait any longer.
Although the ingredients were limited, He Qianqian still managed to prepare a large table of delicious food.
Steamed black carp, spicy fried black carp, scrambled eggs, braised beef, stewed pork ribs, fried rabbit, fried chicken, and potato soup.
Li Yue and Ling Ye also ate to their heart's content today.
The four of them were feasting around the table, not forgetting the kitten's food. On the ground next to them was a straw mat with the cat's food plate.
Jianze looked at the fish on his plate, then at the braised beef and other stir-fried dishes on the table, feeling extremely unbalanced.
He looked at He Qianqian sadly.
"Meow——Um——", I don't want to eat fish, I want to eat braised meat, I want to eat spare ribs.
"A kitten will always eat fish. If a cat doesn't eat fish, what do you want to eat?" He Qianqian teased him with a smile, "If you don't speak human language, you're admitting that you're a cat. Eat quickly, I'll remove all the big fish bones for you."
Jianze shook his beard and wanted to roar like a tiger.
Even though he was furious, he still let out a "meow--uh--" as his final protest.
Not getting a response, I had to concentrate on eating the fish. There were too many bones in the fish and it was not very satisfying.
But he still ate it with relish.
After eating the fish, Jianze walked forward and pulled He Qianqian's legs, continuing to act pitiful.
Then he was rewarded with some braised meat, scrambled eggs and spare ribs.
The three males nearby saw He Qianqian bullying the kitten and laughed from time to time, then continued to eat.
After dinner, we tidied up the yard together.
Under He Qianqian's direction, a bamboo house was built at the cooking place. In the future, whether it was windy, rainy or snowy, it would not affect cooking.
Rebuild the stoves, put two large stoves together, and use a chimney made of stones to discharge the smoke out of the bamboo house.
Then two tables were built with stones, one as a chopping board and the other as a workbench for drying dried meat.
There are still a lot of bamboos, so we can build a few clothes drying racks and a drying platform for dried fish and mushrooms.
Place a few more water storage stone pots in the yard.
An area around the beast cave is paved with gravel roads, with a thick layer of crushed stones, so it won't be muddy even if it rains.
While working, He Qianqian noticed that Li Yue's legs and feet were not in harmony: "Dad, does your leg hurt?"
"It hurts a little. It's just around my knees and feet." Li Yue pointed at her ankles. "It's okay. It won't affect my work in the yard."
He Qianqian looked at Li Yue. His and her two families had been neighbors for several years, so he knew Li Yue quite well.
Li Yue is avoiding the important and focusing on the trivial.
"Dad, you are hiding something from us."
Li Yan also took it seriously: "Does it hurt a lot? Is it very uncomfortable?"
Li Yue couldn't hide it, so she had to admit: "It's an old problem. In my impression, the older generation of beastmen have this problem."
"We have some extra meat. Please ask Granny Tao to take a look."
"Granny Tao has checked it out, but there's nothing she can do. Ali, as long as you don't hunt, you'll be fine."
He Qianqian herself is not a doctor, so she had to ask the system.
Pidan asserted that it was cartilage degeneration.
Excessive fatigue in daily life, excessive wear of joint cartilage, various injuries that have not been properly treated, etc., may lead to joint degeneration. There will be pain, even very pain.
It is not easy to cure, but if you hunt less and just work in the yard and get more rest, the condition will be much better.
Taking some oral medications every day can reduce pain and the possibility of further degeneration.
However, it is still not convenient to take out the medicine now because I have to take it every day.
He Qianqian advised: "Father, you don't need to go hunting. It's enough to have Li Yan and Ling Ye go hunting."
Li Yue insisted, "Just go for a while before this winter season. After the heavy snow comes, we won't have to go hunting and we can have a good rest."
The three had no choice but to obey Li Yue's words. The elders were worried and anxious because He Qianqian was pregnant and needed enough food to feed the cub.
Just then, the sound of the tribal horn was heard.
Li Yue judged: "It must be the neighboring pig tribe who came to send the rhinoceros beast."
He Qianqian was looking forward to it. Now that Lingye has joined, the two rhinoceros beasts are hers.
Hundreds of people from the Pig Tribe came, carrying two male rhinoceros beasts, and came in a mighty procession to give rewards to the two warriors Li Yan and Ling Ye.
Because the news that Lingye is He Qianqian's beastly husband has also spread.
Charles took the guests and sent the buffalo directly to the small fenced yard.
He Qianqian was a little socially anxious, so she just said hello to Xiaer and went into the beast cave to take a rest and nap.