famine queen

Chapter 33 The Bottle Tree

Qingsui followed Jin Mang's gaze, and couldn't help but wonder: "Is there something wrong with the big belly tree?"

Pregnant tree?

Jin Mang was startled, isn't that the bottle tree?
It doesn't matter, it looks so similar, it shouldn't be bad, anyway, it doesn't cost money to try it.

Thinking of this, Jin Mang stepped forward, slowly climbed up, chose a suitable place and began to drill holes in the tree trunk.

A group of adults were dumbfounded and shouted one after another.

"Jin Mang, what are you doing?"

"Come down quickly, don't climb so high!"

……

It wasn't that they made a fuss, it was because the big belly tree was too tall, if Jin Mang fell from it, even if he didn't die, he would be crippled.

A group of children were excited.

"Jin Mang, you are amazing, I want to climb trees too."

"I want it too, I want it too!"

"Yes, you teach me!"

……

Seeing a group of children ready to move, the adults suddenly realized, yes, how could Jinmang climb trees.

——For them living in the primitive environment, climbing trees is also a very important survival skill.Even adults, not everyone has mastered this ability.

Jin Mang ignored everyone's shouts at all, she concentrated on drilling holes in the big belly tree, her eyes were full of longing.

——If there is no new water source, she will be fine, but Heilong and the others will be hard to say.

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Jin Mang felt that the knife in his hand seemed to have lost its focus, and at the same time, water rushed out with a little green smell.

Qing Feng just climbed up, and was stunned when she saw this, "This is... is this water safe to drink?"

Jin Mang stuck out his tongue and licked it, "It's a bit bitter, but also a little bit sweet."

"You kid is too reckless!" Qing Feng was startled.

Jin Mang naturally knew that the water from the bottle tree was drinkable, but she also knew that if she didn't get the verification, other people might not dare to drink it at all, so she could only be a fool and try the "poison" once.

Adults who can climb trees climbed up one after another, and then... a very interesting thing happened.

Several adults, including Qingsui, can climb trees, but this is the first time for them to climb such a tall tree. They didn't think so at first, but when they looked down, they seemed a little dizzy?
"No, I want to go down, it's too scary up here." Chi Yun was the first to be unable to hold back, and slid down.

He climbed to a height of more than ten meters, but he dared not go any further.

With him taking the lead, other people who are afraid of heights stopped being brave and went down the tree one after another, but Lan Ya and the others had already reached the side of Jin Mang.

Qingyan took a sip of the water gushing out of the bottle tree, savored it carefully, and said: "It should not be poisonous."

Jin Mang asked in surprise, "Auntie, how do you know?"

"It's a bit astringent, but the tongue doesn't feel numb." Qingyan explained: "If it's poisonous, the tongue will feel numb, but the degree is different."

The people who stayed below also heard Qingyan's words, and they were all very happy.

Especially for those children, the eyes that were gradually numb showed light.

Lan Ya asked everyone to move the grain truck to the bottle tree, and while asking people to use bamboo tubes to hold water, she lowered her head and asked Qingfeng Qingsui: "You guys taught Mangmang to climb trees so early?"

He was about to praise the good teaching, but Qingfeng and Qingsui looked at each other, and said awkwardly: "We didn't teach."

"Then how can you climb a tree?" The three looked at Jin Mang suspiciously at the same time.

Jin Mang blinked his eyes, and said with an innocent face: "Do you still need to be taught to climb trees?"

She was able to climb trees at the age of four in her previous life, and her physical fitness at that time might not be as good as it is now.At that time, no one taught her, she just tried it out.

——As for why she couldn’t climb over the courtyard wall of the old house when she was five years old, firstly, the courtyard wall was too high, and the vertical wall had no strength, and secondly, it was rainy, and the courtyard wall was covered with moss. It slips when you step on it.

The three of Lan Ya looked at each other and were speechless.

When Qing Feng was a child, he also learned how to climb trees by himself, and no one specially taught him, but... the girl climbed too fast just now, and did she climb a random tree?
That big belly tree is several times taller than ordinary big trees.

The water source problem was solved, and the atmosphere of the tribe suddenly relaxed.

However, what was unexpected was that that night, the black dragon had a fever.

Chimei was the first to notice that when she yelled, everyone who had been vigilant woke up one after another.

"What can we do?" Chi Mei panicked and said, "We don't have any herbs to reduce fever!"

Jin Mang said, "Wipe him with water." Ordinarily, warm water should be used to wipe his body. Now they can't find water slightly cooler than body temperature, but liquid will absorb heat when it evaporates. This is applicable everywhere of.

She shouldn't need to explain this, before when Qingfeng had a fever due to the wound, Qingsui wiped him with cold water, Chimei should understand.

Hearing this, Chimei couldn't help showing hesitation on her face, how scarce water is now, there is not enough to drink, let alone use it to wipe her body.

Not only Chimei, but others also hesitated.

Jin Mang said: "The bottle tree has a high water storage capacity. Even if we open it and drink it, we can drink it for a month! And if we can find the first bottle tree, we can find the second bottle tree!"

real or fake?

Jin Mang said with determination: "Do you want the black dragon to die?"

Chi Mei shuddered, and looked at Lan Ya pleadingly, "Brother, isn't the bottle tree that Mang Mang is talking about just the big belly tree? We saw it a lot in the split season last time."

Lan Ya pondered for a moment, finally nodded and said: "Wipe the black dragon with water."

Jin Mang originally thought that the life of the black dragon should be saved in this way, after all, she has a deep understanding of the strength of Anze humans.Unexpectedly, the next morning, his temperature did not drop but rose.

Grandma touched Heilong's forehead, her hands trembled slightly and said: "This child... I'm afraid I won't be able to survive it."

Chimei's complexion turned pale all of a sudden.

Although she gave birth to five sons and two daughters, she always felt that there were too many sons. When Heilong was born, she was disappointed when she found out that he was not a girl, but...

He is already her son, how can he take it away?
At noon, the black dragon hadn't woken up yet, but began to tremble all over.

Green Ben stepped forward to hug his son, but his body temperature was too cold for the current black dragon.It was only when Grandma found a piece of animal skin from under the grain truck and wrapped it around him that he gradually stopped shaking.

Jin Mang was very worried, Black Dragon...should be able to get through it, right?
Qing Feng caught a big bird with a listless head, the bird looked big, but after plucking its feathers, it didn't even have three catties of meat.

Rarely, Qing Feng didn't let Jin Mang eat alone, but gave it to all the children.

(End of this chapter)