Mu Xi's Life in Another World

Chapter 14 - Mu Xi's Life in Another World 14

The strength of the first snowfall in the world of orcs directly foretells the difficulties that orcs will face from nature in the entire snow season in the future.

In the middle of the night last night and the snowfall this morning, the village was completely white as far as the naked eye could see.

The orcs guarding the entrance of the village turned into beasts and crouched in front of the fire, seemingly casually, but in fact their ears were pricked up, their eyes were alert, and they were always paying attention to the unusual movements around them.

The wind blew, and snowflakes fell into the simple wooden house from the half of the door. The flames swayed a few times, and they were clearly extinguished, but finally survived tenaciously.

The village chief took some people to inspect every house in the village. The main inspection targets were families with old orcs or females, families with newborn cubs, and families with only females and cubs left due to the absence of orcs. in the family.

After the inspection team inspected every household in the village, the village head became more confident that he could successfully pass the snow season this year.

"We made sufficient preparations before the snow season this year. The old wooden houses have been repaired. Now it seems that we are doing the right thing. This year, no orc family caused casualties because the wooden house was crushed by heavy snow."

Lin Song's partner Jing Hu and witch doctor Qin's partner Jing Shan are also in this team.

Jing Shan said with a serious expression: "The females are relatively weak, and the cubs are not as strong as adult orcs. I just saw that the temperature in many family houses is a bit low, and the cubs are also listless. It may not be possible to continue like this." Well, it’s easy to get sick. When I go back later, I’ll take the piano and go to those houses to have a look.”

Because Jingshan often sees his partner Qin to see and treat the villagers, he thinks more about this issue.

Reminded by Jing Shan's words, the village chief thought of another thing instead.

"I feel like I have something I've been wanting to announce to everyone, but there are too many things recently, and I can't find a chance to say it."

Everyone else asked curiously, "What's the matter, village chief?"

The village chief took a look at Jingshan and said, "Jingshan also knows about this. It was the female of Lu Yang's family, that child Mu Xi, since he recovered from his illness, he especially liked to go to the mountains with him, and he always dug some roots of weeds to come back. The witch doctor Qin and I helped Mu Xi to look at those things, and we were sure they were not poisonous, some of them were grass roots, but some could be eaten as vegetables or food."

The village chief recalled it carefully, "I remember one of them. The witch doctor Qin said that the taste is a bit similar to spicy leaf grass. During the snow season, drinking water from it can warm the body and drive away the cold, so that it is not easy to get sick. .Besides, its spiciness is less spicy than that of chili, so the orcs who don't like chili should be able to accept it."

Jing Shan nodded and said: "Yes, I also remember that there is such a plant. After Mu Xi left that day, I helped Qin dig a lot and prepared to use it when the snow season came."

The others were very happy to hear that. With this thing, the number of sick people in the village during this snow season should be reduced a lot.

"If it can really reduce the number of people getting sick during the snow season, Mu Xi, a little female, has brought such good things to our village. We have to thank him very much." One of the orcs said with a smile.

The village head nodded in agreement, "Sure, when the snow stops, witch doctor Qin and I will inform the big witch and the tribal leader about it, and then the village will give Mu Xi some rewards."

This can be regarded as the second good news after the arrival of this year's snow season.The first good news is that not a single wooden house in the village has been overwhelmed by heavy snow this year.

There is so much good news this year, I believe that all the people in this snow season will be able to get through it smoothly.

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Compared with the peaceful state in the village, Lu Yang and his party are in trouble at the moment.

In order to rush back to the village as soon as possible, the beasts did not stop for a moment. They ran wildly all morning, and the snow on the ground became thicker and thicker, making it more and more inconvenient for the beastmen to run.

The four paws are deeply sunken in the snow, and every time the paw is lifted, a large snowflake will be splashed.

Because the ground was covered with snow, it was impossible to see what was under the snow at this moment.It would be fine if the ground was clean and stable, but if it was entangled with weeds and vines, dead branches and young trees crushed by heavy snow, or traps dug by other orcs before, etc., they might be accidentally injured.

An orc with the shape of a leopard missed a trap buried under the snow while running, and a large piece of flesh was torn off one of its hind paws.

Fortunately, the weather is cold now, and the blood in the wound was quickly frozen. Apart from the fact that the injured leg could no longer exert force, the leopard did not suffer any more serious injuries.

Every beast in their group is very tired from running now. If the injury is too serious, they must slow down and let other beastmen lead him forward. Then maybe they will not be able to make it back tonight, and they may have to face the snow overnight dire consequences in the field.Driving in the snow at night is even more dangerous.

Lu Yang moved his ears, stopped suddenly, and shouted to his companions: "Everyone stop, did you hear anything?"

Jing Song ran over and asked, "What's the matter, Lu Yang, I didn't hear any strange sounds, except for the sound of wind and snow, what else did you hear?" He still believed in his friend.

A gray wolf said solemnly: "I heard a cracking sound like a tree trunk breaking, but I thought someone stepped on a branch under the snow, so I didn't say anything."

Leopard, who had injured a leg, also said, "What I heard was the sound of the wind, but it was a bit strange, as if there was something in the wind. My expressive ability is not very good, anyway, it is different from the sound of the wind before."

Several other orcs also opened their mouths. Most of the orcs felt that they heard strange sounds, but just like Gray Wolf said, because of the sound of their companions running, even if they felt a little strange, they would attribute it to other companions running. issued during the process.

Lu Yang was not so optimistic in his heart. Looking at the forest not far from the front left, he remembered that behind the forest was a small hill that was not too high.

Lu Yang still remembered what his father had taught him. When Mu Li was just an adult, he often ran outside, shouting all day to let his footprints be left in every place in the Beastman Continent.

If he hadn't picked up the orc cub Lu Yang who had lost his parents, and rescued the female cub Mu Xi from the mouth of the beast, Mu Li would have followed the wandering orc team.

That was the second year after the father returned to Muxi.

"Lu Yang, do you know where is more dangerous during the snow season?" Mu Li asked the white wolf who was rolling snowballs in the yard, holding Mu Xi who was babbling and clapping happily in his arms.

The white wolf lay on the rolling snowball, and shook his head in a daze when he heard the father's question, "Father, where is it? Tell me, I will definitely not take my brother there to play in the future." .”

"Then listen carefully. When it snows, if there are stones falling down the hillside, the stones are rolling all the way. Is it like you are rolling a snowball now? What if the snowball gets bigger and bigger? Will it be bigger? Can it overwhelm a small tree, overwhelm our wooden house?"

The fur on the white wolf's tail stood up in shock.