Chapter 44: Stone
The sea salt in Su Ran’s hand was already running low.
After exchanging beast meat with the beastmen yesterday, even though she had controlled the amount given to each beastman to be very very little, the sea salt was only in that one jar, and after roasting this red-skinned pig today, that jar of salt was still emptied.
She still needed to go to the seaside again tomorrow.
But Su Ran was thinking about how to make more sea salt.
Mainly, the things she had to hold water were still too few, and there was no way to make salt in large quantities at all.
And it wasn’t just for salt making either.
She also wanted to wash things, boil animal hide, and make other food.
If possible, she also wanted to heat some bath water.
But no matter which matter it was, it all told her that she needed a pot big enough.
After thinking for a long time, she finally decided to spend the entire day today making a pot.
Even if it was wooden! At least she needed to have a usable one first.
Although she and the werewolf had changed the place for making fire today, this did not prevent the beastmen from easily finding her.
However, this time the beastmen only got tinder from her, and there was no salt left.
So at this time, one could see beastmen like Xiao Ju, full of disappointment in their eyes, looking at the upside-down empty chewing gum jar that Su Ran showed them.
Not even a single grain of salt could fall out from inside anymore.
Xiao Ju looked at the empty jar in Su Ran’s hand, let out a disappointed “meow,” held the tinder in her hand, drooped her ears, and walked back.
That slender back seemed to carry full of lost emotion even in the tail drooping behind her.
It made Su Ran almost call out to her and share half of her and the werewolf’s red-skinned pig with her.
But in the end, she held back.
The red-skinned pig was hunted back by the werewolf, and she had no right to allocate it.
The roast meat on the fire had not changed color yet, and it would take a while to roast it done.
Su Ran set up two tall sticks beside the campfire, then laid a wooden stick across them, and hung the washed clothes on it.
The werewolf, who had infinite curiosity for new things, pointed at the clothes rack and the clothes on it, looking at Su Ran with doubt.
So in no time, the werewolf who had learned the new term began to uncontrollably show off to Su Ran and the other beastmen around.
It pointed at the clothes hanging on the rack for a moment, then pointed at its own waist, proudly shouting to the other beastmen: “Clothes rack! Wash pants, gray wear!”
Then, seeing the envious or curious gazes on the other beastmen’s faces, it haha laughed, ran to Su Ran’s side in two steps, hugged her tightly, kissed her lips heavily, and loudly said: “Su Ran, awesome!”
Su Ran: ……
For the embarrassing actions the werewolf did from time to time, Su Ran felt she was gradually becoming immune.
She calmly waited for the werewolf to let go of her, then on the river beach, while looking for suitable materials, she thought about how to make this pot.
Whether in terms of materials or use, the stone pot was undoubtedly the most suitable.
But the only problem was, if she made a stone pot here, how would she take it to the seaside?
Although the werewolf had great strength, carrying her, and sometimes carrying some prey, was already very heavy. If adding a big stone at this time, even if the werewolf could fly, it would probably need to rest several times halfway.
They couldn’t carry a pot flying back and forth every day.
Su Ran thought, and felt she still needed one at each place. The bird’s nest tree side definitely needed a pot, which could be used for eating, boiling animal hide, heating water.
As for the seaside side, she could make a slightly smaller one, and take it directly there when the time came, just leave it there.
And when the time came, she could try if the stones at the seaside could withstand burning.
If they could withstand burning, she would just use the seaside stones to make a few more and leave them there.
Perhaps if there was time, she could build a temporary shelter at the seaside, then pull the werewolf to stay there for a few days, and directly make more salt.
Having figured it out, she began to look for materials suitable for making the first pot.
The stones on the river beach had been proven to be heat-resistant enough, but the ones visible now were all very small.
If she wanted to make a pot, the diameter needed to be at least forty centimeters.
She continued walking upstream along the riverbank to see if there would be any discoveries ahead.
After walking forward about one hundred meters, Su Ran suddenly quickened her pace.
A pile of large broken stones suddenly appeared on the river beach ahead.
And the further forward she went, the bigger the stones ahead were.
This made her a bit doubtful, as this side was still very far from the mountain range, so how did these broken stones end up here.
This was clearly the position of the river channel, could there have been a super huge flood here before, washing these stones over?
Thinking of flood, Su Ran suddenly felt a bit worried.
But soon she put her mind at ease again.
The beastmen had lived here much longer than her, if natural disasters would occur here, and it would be a heavy disaster area, they definitely wouldn’t choose here as a permanent residence.
So these stones, at least before the beastmen lived here, should have already been here.
Thinking of this, Su Ran relaxed and continued walking forward.
She planned to pick a piece from here as raw material for making the pot.
She was examining stone by stone, when suddenly a very loud voice with a bit of anxiety came from behind:
“Ran Ran!”
Su Ran quickly turned back and saw the werewolf running fast from behind.
It made a sudden stop in front of her, then forcefully grabbed her wrist, glanced in the direction Su Ran had walked, then back at her, eyes full of unease as it said: “Ran Ran, gray, no!”
While saying, when it said “Ran Ran, gray,” the hand holding Su Ran’s tightened even more.
Then when saying “no,” it shook its head vigorously.
Looking at the werewolf’s actions and expression, Su Ran almost immediately understood its meaning.
It wanted to say not to go off alone away from here, only to go to slightly farther places together with it.
It seemed that the morning had scared it.
Su Ran quickly nodded, comforting the werewolf: “Okay, later when going far, will tell gray.”
Seeing Su Ran nod, although it didn’t understand what she said at this time, the werewolf still happily grinned.
“Mm! Su Ran, gray!”
It said, shaking the hand holding Su Ran’s wrist vigorously.
Su Ran smiled helplessly, it was really easy to coax!
Then, she also shook the arm being pulled by the werewolf, pointing with the other hand to a stone ahead that looked half a meter high: “Gray, stone.”
The werewolf looked along her finger, but only saw stones all over the ground.
It wagged its tail, eyes showing doubt, looked at Su Ran: “Stone?”
