[Ting Yu] Abandoned in the wild

58. The 'thief' in the dark night

In the next month or so, Chen Ting and Xiyu went east and walked through two or three tribes. They bought precious corn and two kinds of soybeans from Jita in the canyon, and the sour fruit that can be made into vinegar was also a must. Lots of ingredients.After crossing the canyon, there is a dense forest, and the Garni tribe living in the middle of the deep forest is good at growing various fungi and vegetables.Xiyu and Chen Ting decided to stay here for two more days. They wandered around the forest every day accompanied by the hyena tiger, and even discovered many precious medicinal materials, which were recorded in detail in the book Sanliu.Xiyu carefully dug out the herbs and dried them in the sun, and put them into a rattan basket, intending to bring them back to Yanxi and hand them over to Zhiyuan.Two days later, they and the Gani tribe exchanged four or five kinds of vegetables and seeds, such as sweet potatoes and eggplants, with the seeds of Tuotuo. Experiment in winter.Passing through the forest, the eastern upper reaches of the Lujiang River cross the land in front of us, and about five or six days away from the forest is a fisherman and herdsman tribe near the river—Landuo. People here are better at farming and fishing. Fish, but very unfamiliar with growing staple food ingredients.Chen Ting exchanged the corn seeds he got from Zhita with them for a very precious resource near the tribe.Because of the special geographical environment here, there is actually a sugarcane forest growing not far from the river.People in the Lando tribe mostly eat this sugarcane as a fruit, but they have never discovered its other uses.Chen Ting chopped down a lot of sugarcane with a dagger and gave Xiyu to eat on the way. The rest was originally intended to be taken home and planted by himself.However, Xiyu told him that Sanliu's book said that the planting of such things requires cane seedlings on fresh sugar cane.If they cut down the sugarcane and took it away now, the cane seedlings will die when they return to Yanxi.Later, the leader of the Landuo tribe was enthusiastic and sincere, and promised Chen Ting to send a few tribesmen to send some sugarcane with the best seedlings to Yanxi as soon as possible, and this solved the problem.

Stop and go along the way, when we left Lando, it was already the 30th day since Chen Ting and Xiyu set off.The weather is gradually getting colder, and the winter animal skins brought when going out have officially come in handy.Because of Sanliu's guidance, the sleeves of the winter coat this time were sewn together with the clothes.Meka is dexterous, using bone needles to seal it tightly with twine from the inside, and it is very warm on the body.The shoes with animal skin tubes were made by Xiyu himself, and an extra layer of fury animal skin was added inside to make the soles, making them more comfortable and soft to wear on the feet.No matter how much you walk in a day, you will not feel tired.

The hyena tiger started to develop feelings through getting along with Xiyu during this period of time.On weekdays, when Xiyu was tired from walking, he would give him a bow with his head, indicating that he could sit on his body and rest for a while.Xiyu couldn't bear it, and always sat up for a while and then got down to walk by himself.At this time, Chen Ting would let them rest on the spot for a while, eat something and drink some water to replenish their strength before continuing on the road.

On the 37th day, they finally came to the front of a small forest.Why is it called a small forest, because this place occupies a very small area, and the exit on the other side can be vaguely seen from this end.And this place is the only passage to Limo, the last and largest tribe in the east.

"Look, Ah Ting, this is a chrysanthemum."

Xiyu walked all the way in the forest with his small rattan basket on his back, picking any familiar plants he saw and taking them away.

"It is said in the book that drinking this can clear away heat..." Xiyu tilted his head, "Ah Ting, what is clearing away heat?"

Chen Ting, who led the hyena tiger to pay attention to the surrounding situation, paused, looked at his partner's big eyes eager for knowledge, thought for a while and replied, "It means to get rid of the fire."

"Isn't that a meaning?" Xiyu couldn't figure it out.

Chen Zuoguan was very distressed, and it was really difficult for him to let him, a gangster who graduated from Hong Kong City University, explain the knowledge of Chinese medicine.

"It's probably to remove the anger in the body. For example, A Zhan used to eat too much meat and felt uncomfortable every time he defecated. If he drank chrysanthemums, he would be much better. Also, the old priest had a cold and cough, and he could also drink chrysanthemums to clear away heat and relieve internal heat. .” Ah Ting thought for a long time, so he could only give an example.

"Really?" Xiyu's eyes sparkled as soon as he heard that it would help his son and the old priest.

"En." Chen Ting nodded.

"Then Xiyu will pick some more, and bring them back so that Ah Zhan and the old priest can soak them in water to drink." While talking, his hands moved very quickly, and he was busy eating all the wild chrysanthemums in front of him before going back.

Chen Ting smiled and let him be busy while observing the surrounding situation himself.Going further and not far out of the forest is the Limo tribe, and he has heard about the chief of that tribe from An Yichen.He took over the position of leader when he was young, and he was known for his resoluteness and ruthlessness. He swept many small tribes around and expanded Limo forcefully, which made this medium-sized tribe develop to where it is today in just three years.Moreover, Limo itself has a history of more than 30 years, among which it has mastered many technologies that other tribes do not have.Chen Ting is not very interested in these things, Sanliu has a modern mind, and any technology from the barbaric era is not a problem to him.It's just that he really wants to know if Limo has resources that Yanxi doesn't have.Therefore, he really had to go on this trip to Limo.But listening to the tribal leader An Yichen was talking about, he really didn't want to live in the tribe and deal with this person.

After thinking about it, Chen Ting finally decided to build a tent under a towering tree at the outermost edge of the forest as a resting place for them to stay in Limo for the past few days.Xiyu felt that the plants in this place were really rich, so after putting down his luggage, he planned to take a walk in the forest with a rattan basket on his back.Chen Ting was worried that he would be alone, so he asked Lihu to follow, and if there was any danger, he would yell loudly, as long as it was within his vision, he could easily solve the crisis.

After Xiyu left, Chen Ting took out the tent from his rattan basket and set it up first, and then spread the animal skins inside.After getting busy with the place where he lived, Chen Ting suddenly had an idea, got up with a smile and ran to the creek not far away to find suitable tools.

Xiyu didn't dare to go far all the way, so he just walked and stopped on the main road where the sun could shine.There are quite a lot of plants in this small forest. Not only are there many medicinal materials recorded in books, but also many fruits and vegetables that they have never seen before.Watching the small animals in the forest pick them up and eat them with peace of mind, Xiyu naturally believed that these things were not poisonous, so he picked up a lot and planned to let Ah Ting taste them.

Back to the tent, I saw my partner forming a circle with several stones, with a thin stone slab on top.This stone slab was found by Chen Ting from the stream just now, the size is just right, the most important thing is that it has been washed very smooth in the water, just right for use.

"What is Ah Ting going to do?" Xiyu put down the rattan basket and leaned over to look curiously.The hyena tiger was tired after following him for a long time, so he lay down on the edge of the tent and took a nap.

Chen Ting lit the chopped firewood and stuffed it under the stone slab, and said to Xiyu, "Before, Xiyu cooked for me, and today I will cook a different meal for Xiyu to try."

"Different?" Xiyu was surprised, his eyes sparkling.

Chen Ting smiled mysteriously, and put the eggplants and potatoes they picked along the way into the casserole, ready to take them to the stream to wash.Xiyu was diligent and took the initiative to grab the casserole to wash the vegetables.Chen Ting didn't stop him, he turned around and killed a little elephant pig that he had hunted just now, took out the fat of the elephant pig and put it on the stone slab that had been dried by the fire. The fat gradually melted, and the yellow fat with a faint meaty smell slowly Slowly cover the entire slate.

"How to do this?" Xiyu turned into a curious baby at this moment, his mind was full of questions.

Chen Ting peeled and sliced ​​the eggplants and potatoes he had washed, dipped them in pork-like oil and fried them on a slate.Seeing that the fire was well under control, he taught Xiyu how to turn it over and how to control the temperature. Then he took the remaining elephant pig to the river to get the internal organs, cleaned them, cut the meat piece by piece, and then used the same The method is to fry on a slate.

In this barbarous era, because of the limited materials, cooking is nothing more than cooking, boiling, and roasting.It is the first time to fry in oil on the slate, not only the tender and fragrant pork, potatoes and eggplants are fried in oil, sprinkled with salt and seasonings, the taste is also very good.

"It's delicious." Xiyu praised while eating.

The fried eggplant is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and a thin layer of seasonings sprinkled on it makes the eggplant with a normal taste crispy and salty.

Seeing that he was eating happily, Chen Ting pulled out another piece of fried potato and gave it to him, "Try this." The potato contains a lot of starch, and when it is cooked, it will be browned on the outside and soft on the inside, giving it a better taste.

"This is also delicious, better than the soup." Xiyu was full of praise.

Chen Ting handed Xiyu the thinly sliced ​​fragrant pork wrapped with eggplant, "It's not bad to eat like this, but remember to drink water. You can boil some water in a casserole. You'll be full today with just these, but I'm afraid of you I'll be thirsty in a while."

"Okay, Xiyu will cook." Xiyu was very happy to eat the delicious food made by his partner, and went to fetch water from the stream with the casserole in his hand.

The hyena tiger who was dozing on his stomach at the side was also drooling greedily after being fried on the slate made by Chen Ting. He raised his head pretending to be very cold and glanced this way. head.

The majesty of the forest killer must be maintained, no matter how delicious the new owner's food is...

Looking at the small appearance of Lihu, Xiyu couldn't help but think of his greedy Ah Zhan, so he took a piece of fried meat and brought it to its mouth.

"Eat quickly." He handed it forward.

The hyena tiger glanced at him, this new owner is the best for him, every time he carries him for a while, he will be afraid that he will be tired.

In front of Xiyu, the hyena tiger seemed to change its appearance, obediently opened its mouth and let Xiyu feed it.

After the meal, the two of them were very satisfied. After the meal, Chen Ting made the two of them wash their faces and rinse their mouths with Xiyu's boiled water.The fried potatoes and eggplants were all eaten, but there was still a lot of meat left from the little elephant pig.The autumn night was cold, so Chen Ting put the cold fried meat in a bamboo tube on the stone slab outside the tent, planning to reheat it before eating it tomorrow morning.Hyena obediently guarded the position at the entrance of the tent. Chen Ting held Xiyu in his arms and tossed and tossed for a while, until his partner collapsed weakly in his arms, then he released his desire and went to sleep contentedly hugging her.

In the middle of the night, darkness shrouded the forest like a huge curtain.Outside the forest not far away, you can still vaguely see the light of the torches of the Limo tribe.The hyena tiger lying outside the tent and serving as a guard was extremely satisfied after eating delicious food. He fell asleep snoring with his head resting on his front paws, but his ears shook vigilantly from time to time.

In the dense forest and grass not far away, an imperceptible wisp of white smoke slowly drifted towards this side.The hyena tiger smelled a sweet smell, but soon, the huge head began to shake from side to side, and the eyelids twitched a few times, but they couldn't open them anymore.Chen Ting and Xiyu, who were sleeping in the tent, also suddenly tilted their heads and passed out one after another.

After the wisp of white smoke burned out, there was a rustling sound in the dense forest, and a strange furry shadow walked towards this side, a pair of green eyes shone menacingly in the dark night.

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In the early morning of the next day, Xiyu woke up in the familiar embrace. He propped up his arms and tried to sit up, but suddenly his head sank, and his whole body fell on Ting's body again.Chen Ting was woken up by the pain in his arm, and the moment he regained consciousness, there was a pain in his forehead and temples, like the pain after a hangover.He braced himself to sit up, gasping as the throbbing pain in his temples made him gasp.

"Ah Ting, I'm so dizzy." Xiyu was still powerlessly slumped on the animal skin quilt.

Chen Ting thought that the two had caught a cold, so he hurriedly touched Xiyu's forehead, but found that the temperature was very normal.

He climbed out of the tent and saw that the hyena tiger, who used to wake up early, was still sleeping soundly at this moment.He put on his clothes and picked up a bamboo tube to fetch water from the stream, and washed his face with the cold stream water to refresh himself.The biting cold invaded his body, and it seemed that the pain in his head had eased a lot. He took a deep breath and returned to the tent with water.

"Xiyu, come out and wash your face." He opened the curtain of the tent on one side, and saw Xiyu lying there still frowning very uncomfortable.

"Ah Ting, is Xiyu sick?" My partner asked pitifully.

Chen Ting shook his head, "Probably not, or maybe it's because the weather is getting colder and colder, we can't adapt to living in the forest."

In the early morning, the forest was dewy and cold, and he originally planned to live here all this time, but now it seems that he can't.Xiyu was so uncomfortable for one night, if he stayed here and got sick, it would be troublesome.

"It's okay, we'll go to the Limo tribe today, and we'll live in their tribe for a few days." Chen Ting said.

Then, he turned around and picked up the bamboo tube on the slate, planning to fry the fragrant pork for breakfast.But when I opened the lid, I found that there was nothing inside.

Chen Ting was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at the hyena tiger beside him.His first reaction was that the hyena tiger was hungry at night, so he ate the meat.But soon, he denied his own idea.Even if the hyena tiger is hungry, it is impossible for him to open the lid of the bamboo tube and put it back as it was.

These things are definitely not eaten by hyena tigers!

Chen Ting suddenly realized a sense of uneasiness. He, Xiyu and Lihu's drowsy state this morning, as well as the stolen fragrant pork, made him feel strange.

He bent down and patted the hyena tiger's head. The big guy who was disturbed in his sleep roared twice in dissatisfaction, and opened his eyes with difficulty after hearing Chen Ting's voice.He tried to stand up on all fours, but suddenly staggered and fell to the ground.

Chen Ting stood up, his face darkened.

He firmly believes that if there is nothing unusual, someone approaching the tent hyena will definitely be alert.And according to the experience of these days, since he and Xiyu have been intimate frequently, his own defensive energy is also very strong.Even without the hyena tiger, he himself can feel the changes in the surrounding environment in his sleep.Even the blowing of every plant and tree and the whispering of small animals around could be transmitted to his brain.

But last night, he slept in an unprecedented drowsiness, and he didn't feel anything unusual at all.

"Ah Ting." After washing his face with the cold stream water brought by his partner, Xiyu also became more awake, but he still wobbled a little when he walked.

Chen Ting helped him to sit down, and suddenly said loudly: "A Ting will make fried meat for Xiyu tonight, okay?"

"Okay." Xiyu, who was already hungry after a night's sleep, couldn't help drooling when he thought of the delicious food last night.

Chen Ting looked at his happy face, temporarily suppressed his doubts, and concentrated on making a simple breakfast for his partner.After the meal, the two of them continued wandering in the forest with the hyena tiger. When they saw plants they knew but Yanxi didn't have, they would pick more plants, and some plants that could take seeds and fruits would be carefully preserved.Lunch was vegetable soup made by Xiyu and pancakes made from the powder of Tuo Tuo Guo. In order to eat more fried meat at night, they planned to keep their lunch simple.

After Chen Ting took Xiyu to take a nice nap, the two went to the forest to find a lot of fresh vegetables.Not only will there be delicious fried potatoes and eggplants tonight, Chen Ting also plans to fry some vegetables for Xiyu to eat.A balanced intake of various nutrients can make his partner healthier.

The dinner was as satisfying as yesterday, and this time Hyehu ate his stomach so full that he lay on his stomach next to Xiyu, letting him tickle him.Xiyu was holding a bowl of vegetable soup cooked by Chen Ting in a casserole to digest the fried meat and various vegetables that he ate just now.Chen Ting cleaned the pots and bowls, and the leftover fragrant pork was still placed outside the tent in the bamboo tube last night.

This night, instead of loving his partner, he coaxed him to sleep early.Hearing Xiyu's gradually long breathing, Chen Ting's gaze gradually turned cold.He straightened up, poured out some wet animal skins from a bucket of stream water he secretly fetched, and then lightly covered Xiyu's face.This will neither affect his breathing nor prevent him from any abnormal damage.

The dark night also reveals eerie silence like last night. In the dense forest not far from the tent, a round, furry figure approached again.Light the vanilla according to the original method, and the white smoke quickly drifted towards the tent along the wind direction.

'It' has been hiding in the dark to observe, until it saw the huge monster with its head tilted and fainted, then it approached cautiously step by step.On the stone slab outside the tent, the tube was still exuding a pleasant aroma. 'It' took a mouthful of saliva, stretched out a hand with long curved nails and twisted open the cover, and used the nails to draw out a piece of fried meat from the inside, and it was about to put it into its mouth impatiently.

At this moment, a red light burst out from the gap exposed by the tent, as if a bolt of lightning struck 'it' in the hand. 'It' suddenly felt a scorching pain, the fur on its body began to emit a burnt smell, and the flames instantly burned around it.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah……"

'It' cried out in pain, but couldn't make any words.Unable to bear the severe pain, his body fell to the ground and rolled back and forth, but he couldn't extinguish the strange flames on his body.

Xiyu, who woke up upon hearing the noise, walked out of the tent with Chen Ting, looking at the painfully struggling 'it' on the ground, feeling unbearable.

"Ah Ting, don't, he will be in pain."

Chen Ting ignored Xiyu's tight grip on his hand, and looked at the monster on the ground with cold eyes.The black hair that covered the whole body was now burned by the flames, and gradually revealed a figure that was no different from that of an ordinary person.

"A Ting, it's a child, don't burn him!"

Xiyu anxiously looked at 'it' wrapped in flames, with a dry and thin body, it looked like an ordinary seven or eight-year-old child.The scorching flames made him scream in pain, but from the beginning to the end, they didn't hear a single human language from his mouth.

Chen Ting also frowned at this moment. He always thought that some Limo people with ulterior motives should be the ones who secretly stunned them. He even thought of the vicious cannibals.Every time he thought that if someone really wanted to hurt Xiyu last night, and he was powerless to resist, he couldn't suppress his anger.That's why when this thing reappeared tonight, he would burn the opponent with flames without the slightest hesitation.If it is really a villain or a cannibal with ulterior motives, he will definitely make the other party regret provoking them.

He just thought about all the possibilities, but he never expected that the other party would be a child who couldn't even speak clearly.

As soon as Chen Ting raised his hand, the weird flame surrounding 'it' disappeared miraculously. Except for the rough long hair that was burnt on the body of 'it', there were no other traces of burns.It's just that the feeling of burning flames really made 'it' suffer.

He curled up, wrapped his arms tightly around himself, and cried with his head buried.Xiyu couldn't bear it, and walked over to help him sit up.Even the hair of the 'it' was burnt with its head down, its body covered with ashes from the burnt hair.