famine queen

Chapter 9 Abnormal
Jin Mang looked at the salt that Qingfeng brought back, unexpectedly, the salt was not the yellowish coarse salt as expected, although it was not white and delicate as in the impression, it was still white and not dirty.

"Where does the salt come from?" she asked with a wink.

"Of course the salt is mined from the salt mine." Qingsui said without thinking.

Jin Mang tilted his head to watch Qing Feng pour the snow-white salt from the leather pouch into the jar, and asked, "What does the salt mine look like?"

——The jars used by Anze humans are not clay pots, but jars kneaded from the eggshells left by zhisui birds, which are stronger, more durable and less fragile than clay pots.

Qing Feng shook her head, "I don't know, there are salt tribes who are very strict with the salt mine and won't let us see the salt mine, but..."

He looked at Qingsui and said ambitiously: "After this split season is over, we can consider seizing that salt mine."

Qingsui frowned slightly, "Let's talk about it later, Jinmang is still so small..."

Hearing this, Qing Feng's expression also became heavy, that's right, the salt exchanged this year is less than in previous years...

After having salt, Qingfeng and Qingsui increased their hunting again.It turned out that the husband and wife hunted about 50 kilograms of prey a day. Before Qingsui was alone with the golden awns, the amount of hunting did not decrease. After Qingfeng came back, the total amount of prey they hunted every day added up to 100 kilograms. Sometimes it can reach 200 kg.

As before, Jinmang was stuffed with a lot of food every day.In just half a month, she felt that her weight had increased by at least five catties.

——Although she couldn't figure out her current weight without weighing herself.

Qingfeng and Qingsui watched Jin Mang very closely, for fear that she would be eaten by ferocious beasts that broke into the territory, but they would not restrict her too much, she could move freely within a certain range around them.

Jinmang was not used to this natural and wild environment at first, but soon enjoyed it.

She got along very happily with the small animals in the territory. When Qingfeng and Qingsui didn't know about it, she also tried to eat a lot of foods that were not usually in their diet, such as some nuts or starchy foods.

——Jin Mang has eaten sweet potatoes and potatoes from Anze. They are a little different in size, but the taste is not much different. It may be due to the fact that they are pure natural and pollution-free, and they are also sweeter.

This is actually a bit outrageous thing, you must know that in the absence of technological intervention, the original varieties of most plants are relatively unsatisfactory.Just like those modern fruits and vegetables, they are all new varieties domesticated and cultivated from generation to generation.The original fruits and vegetables taste not so good, the yield is not so high, and the sweetness is also low.

But the plants on Anze's side are a bit strange... Jin Mang thought with some uncertainty: It seems that the practicality is better than the modern varieties in her impression?

However, although the yield of sweet potatoes and potatoes is not low, there are not many survivors in the wild where there are many towering trees competing for nutrients.

The Territory tends to be very quiet in winter, but this year there are some exceptions.

Along the way, Jin Mang has already encountered a python and a hedgehog, and just now he faintly heard the roar of a brown bear in the distance...

Aren't these all hibernating animals?
This kind of abnormality made Jinmang think of the split season that Qingfeng and Qingsui talked about.

What is split season like?
Jin Mang, who was thinking like this, didn't know that the season of splitting had quietly arrived.

When Qingsui wrapped her body in two layers of clothes, and put a piece of bear skin on the outside, Jin Mang realized something was wrong.

It's been really cold this year.

In previous years, she wore at most two layers of clothes, and she never wore animal skins outside.

In such a cold day, Jin Mang said that of course he would stay in the comfortable cave and not go out, but Qing Feng and Qing Sui took her out to inspect the territory.

The couple are usually not very keen on patrolling the territory. They usually only mark it once every two or three days. Occasionally, outsiders invade. As long as they don't go deep into the center, they don't particularly care about it.But as the weather gets colder, they go out to inspect the territory almost every day, sometimes even in the morning and evening.

The wind outside was too cold, Jin Mang sat on Qingsui's neck, and for the thousandth time disliked that her hair was not warm and soft at all, otherwise she could have slept on it.

Yawning, Jin Mang raised his head unconsciously, and then couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Father and mother!" she yelled.

"Hush, keep your voice down." Qingsui said softly.

Qingfeng stared at the scuffle in front of him without blinking, his body was tense and ready for battle, but his voice was inaudible: "When they are finished fighting, we will go to pick up bargains."

Ok? !

Jin Mang's eyes widened, he couldn't help but glance at the brown bear who was fighting with the wolves, and then at Qing Feng who didn't seem to be joking at all.

isn't it?
As far as she knows, her parents don't take the initiative to provoke beasts, and they rarely put each other in their diet.

Not only is the risk considered, but there is also a very important reason-compared with hoofed animals, the meat of beasts of prey is harder to chew and more tooth-intensive.

The top predators on land will consciously protect their teeth. After all, they are not killer whales. They can still gnaw old teeth when they are rotten. The beasts don't know what filial piety is and what is mother treasure.

But look at Qing Feng's intentions... he intends to eat the meat of these wolves and brown bears?

Jin Mang couldn't help frowning.

Moreover, if I remember correctly, the place where the pack of wolves and the brown bears fought is not in their family's territory, Qing Feng is planning to invade someone else's territory?

If you encounter a domineering lord beast, you will regard such behavior as provocation, and there is a high possibility of conflict between the two sides.

Usually... Qing Feng will try to avoid this situation as much as possible.

Because they were downwind, neither the wolves nor the brown bears noticed their arrival. When the remaining two or three gray wolves fled and the injured brown bears started to eat, Qing Feng swooped over and threw the brown bears from behind in one fell swoop. Press it down, and then hit it down with a heavy punch, causing the opponent to gradually lose his breath without any resistance.

Jin Mang couldn't help holding her breath, until Qing Feng and Qing Sui dragged their prey to her, she didn't recover.

"Mangmang, you can only walk back by yourself, is it alright?" Qingfeng and Qingsui had prey on their shoulders and hands, they couldn't spare their hands to hug Jinmang, their expressions were worried.

You must know that their family's territory is not ordinary, let alone more than [-] square kilometers, walking from the edge to the center is not a small challenge for Jin Mang, who is only two years old.

But Qingfeng and Qingsui couldn't care about these things at this time, they had to bring the prey back quickly, otherwise no matter the smell of blood or the smell of the cubs would attract strong enemies.

(End of this chapter)