Chapter 26 We Didn't Mean to Target You

After Xiao Yan entered the mountain, Shen Xiaoxiao stayed in the cave to make animal skin clothes for him. Since she promised him, she would not break her promise. It just so happened that she had nothing to do now.

For ventilation, she deliberately did not close the door. She noticed that someone passed by the cave entrance from time to time and looked inside curiously. She ignored it directly. After all, she couldn't stop people from walking. As long as no one looked for her, she could stay inside.

She spread out the animal skin that Xiao Yan was going to use to make animal skin clothes, gestured with her hands to measure the length, and cut it off little by little with a bone knife, but the tool was really not handy. It took her most of the day to cut out the animal skin she needed. She was about to sew it up with a bone needle when she heard a noise coming from the cave entrance. She looked up and saw a bloated middle-aged female standing at the entrance of her cave looking around.

Shen Xiaoxiao put down the things in her hand, walked out, and asked in confusion, "What do you want?"

"Xiao Yan's female, I am Ah Shi's female Ah Xiang, they all call me Aunt Ah Xiang, I want to ask you, why do you put firewood at the entrance of the cave, and tie the wood with something." Ah Xiang pointed to the door at the entrance and asked curiously.

"This is a door, it can block the wind if it is closed. If you don't want others to know what you are doing, just close the door. And if the door is closed, others will know that you are not at home at a glance, and naturally they will not go in to find you." Shen Xiaoxiao didn't expect her to ask this, but she still said patiently. This is also a good sign for her. They took the initiative to find her, and they didn't say bad things to her, which proved that they were slowly accepting her.

A Xiang's eyes were full of surprise, and she kept looking at it, and even wanted to touch it, but she resisted.

Shen Xiaoxiao couldn't help but curl her lips, "You can touch it, it's okay."

"Okay." Ah Xiang agreed happily, her eyes were always on this, after a while, she said a little embarrassedly, "Xiao Yan's female, can you teach me how to do it?" Put it at the entrance of the cave, and the wind will not run into the cave.

"Of course, my name is Shen Xiaoxiao, you can call me Xiaoxiao."

"Okay, Xiaoxiao." Ah Xiang said, "Xiaoxiao, we are not targeting you on purpose, because we have been harmed by stray savages, and we are afraid that unfortunate things will happen again, so we show that we are not welcome to you." Paused, "But I don't think you are that kind of person."

On the contrary, she thinks Xiaoxiao is very smart and knows a lot of things. Take this door for example. They have lived in the cave for so long and have never thought of making something to block the wind, but Xiaoxiao made one in a moment. It not only blocks the wind but also blocks other people's sight. No matter what you do inside, others will not know.

Shen Xiaoxiao had a faint smile on her face, "It's okay, I understand everyone's thoughts, I would do the same if it were me." A kindness almost caused the tribe to not survive the winter, which was unacceptable to anyone. They were kind enough to keep her in the tribe, and she couldn't ask them to treat her and the people in the tribe the same way.

Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of the rope for ten years. It is normal for them to be on guard.

All she can do is to slowly let them accept her existence, and the rest is not something she can control.

Ah Xiang laughed, "I told them you can understand it, but they didn't believe it." Although she also doubted Shen Xiaoxiao at first, nothing she did in the past few days was detrimental to the tribe. On the contrary, it was good for the tribe.

Although Shen Xiaoxiao didn't know why she took the initiative to show her kindness, she didn't want to refuse.

"Aunt Ah Xiang, if you want to do it, you need some sticks and cut some reeds, that is, the grass by the river." Shen Xiaoxiao said slowly.

Ah Xiang was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I'll go cut some reeds. Can you wait for me?"

Shen Xiaoxiao did not refuse her kindness, and even proposed to go cut reeds with Ah Xiang. Ah Xiang immediately agreed. Shen Xiaoxiao went into the cave to get a bone knife, closed the door, and walked to the river with Ah Xiang. The two talked from time to time along the way, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

When they arrived at the place, Shen Xiaoxiao also cut a lot of reeds. Not only did she help Ah Xiang cut them, she also cut a lot herself. She wanted to use this to make straw sandals. She looked out of place with her own clothes and shoes, but she was not used to not wearing shoes, so she thought of making a pair of straw sandals, so that there would be at least one layer of separation when walking.

"Xiaoxiao, why are you cutting so much? Do you need to make another door?" Ah Xiang asked with a smile, but after a while, the relationship between the two became much closer.

"No, Aunt Xiang, I want to make a pair of straw sandals to wear, so that my feet won't hurt so much when I step on stones." Shen Xiaoxiao shook her head. If she didn't wear her own shoes to go up the mountain, she probably wouldn't be able to hold on for long, but with her amount of exercise, the shoes probably wouldn't last long.

"Straw sandals?" Ah Xiang was full of doubts.

"It's worn on the feet, so that the feet won't get dirty, and it won't hurt when stepping on small stones." After a pause, "You'll know what it is when I make it. If you want to learn it, I'll teach you."

"Okay." Ah Xiang agreed immediately. She wouldn't be talking about something useless.

When the two returned to the tribe, the eyes of the other people who stayed in the tribe instantly fell on them, as if they were wondering why Ah Xiang and Shen Xiaoxiao got together.

Ah Xiang said loudly, "Aren't you all curious about what is placed at the entrance of Xiaoyan Cave? I know, it's used to block the wind, and it can be closed when not in the cave, so that others won't enter the cave at will."

Others whispered, full of curiosity. Some even couldn't help asking Shen Xiaoxiao if it was really what Ah Xiang said, and why she knew so much and how she could do everything.

Shen Xiaoxiao didn't expect their attitude to change so quickly. She couldn't adapt for a while. She smiled and responded from time to time.

After dealing with them, Ah Xiang also prepared the firewood needed for the door. Shen Xiaoxiao taught her to make a rope with reeds and then tie it up, while she made straw sandals on the side.

But she had to beat the reeds first, fearing that they would break when weaving later. She didn't beat them before to save trouble. Now she had to be more careful to make shoes.

Others were curious and helped Ah Xiang to do it. Soon a door was done. When they were installed at the entrance of Ah Xiang's cave, they were amazed.

When they had seen enough, they walked to Shen Xiaoxiao's side and found two straw sandals made of reeds beside her. They asked curiously, "Xiaoxiao, what did you make?"

"Straw sandals, wear them on your feet so you don't have to worry about small stones hurting your feet." Shen Xiaoxiao smiled, and seeing that they were still puzzled, she put down the straw sandals she was still weaving, put on the finished straw sandals, and then walked a few steps, "This way, the soles of your feet don't directly touch the stones, even if you step on them, there is still some cushioning, it won't hurt so much."

The others were full of surprise and couldn't help asking, "Can you show us?"

Shen Xiaoxiao took off the straw sandals and gave them to them, "You can try it."

They didn't hesitate, and a smaller female put them on and walked a few steps, her eyes shining, "It really doesn't hurt my feet." Although their foot skin has been worn thick, it still hurts when they step on stones, but when they wear these, they feel when they step on stones, but it's not as painful as before.