Raising wolves in the last days

The doctor was splashed with water all over his body. He wiped his face in embarrassment, but he was not angry. He changed his clothes tremblingly, but he was still smiling.

Then the doctor continued to talk about other things: "I caught this rabbit and didn't go back. I walked towards the east. There was no snow and the wind was small, but it was too cold, and my toes were about to freeze off. .”

"Well," Zhang Yixiao nodded, "The snow outside is too thick. When the snow stops after a while, you can't go out directly when the temperature rises. You need snowshoes."

"Okay," Bai Ze said, "wait a while and you make double pairs. I don't think the situation can go out today. I'll just stay here and set off tomorrow to see what's on the island. I'll go down when the weather gets hotter." An island."

"What? Don't you have snowshoes?" Zhang Yixiao asked.

Bai Ze shook his head: "I've never heard of it, and I don't know what it's like."

"If I make it... I need raw materials." Zhang Yixiao said, "I need tough, longer branches, and threads, wool or nylon ropes are fine."

Bai Ze said: "I have wool and rope, but no branches."

"Then there is no way to make snowshoes." Zhang Yixiao said, "The so-called snowshoes are to increase your force-bearing area when you step on the snow, so as to prevent your feet from sinking into the snow. I need to bend the branches into water droplets. , tie it up to increase the force-bearing area."

"Then what should I do?" asked the doctor, "Can I use something else instead?"

"What can be replaced?" Bai Ze said, "All I collect are food, clothing, and first-aid supplies."

The doctor was at a loss for words, and said unnaturally: "The snow on the other side of the mountain is very thick. If you bury your feet in it, your feet will freeze for a while, not to mention your toes, which dissipate heat quickly. Cotton shoes are not enough. If you go out from this island, you Don't even think about toes."

Bai Ze: "Then I'll go out and see if there's a suitable tree branch. I won't go far, I'll be back in a while."

Ji Qiubai who had been sitting on the ground suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go with you."

After being seen like this with Bai Ze, he didn't want to be alone with the doctor, and he really didn't want to leave Bai Ze.

Bai Ze asked, "Why are you following me? It's cold."

"Don't be afraid," Ji Qiubai said, "If you leave me, what if you encounter any danger? It's better to have me with you."

Bai Ze looked at him speechless, and then said: "You can follow me."

Ji Qiubai nodded excitedly, then took off his shoes and put on several pairs of socks, wrapping himself up like rice dumplings.

Although No. 75 is completely sealed, it’s freezing outside, so it’s not that comfortable here. The doctor kept moving his toes and said, “You go out for more than two hours and don’t come back. We will go out to find you in two and a half hours. If you keep turning outside, you will get frostbite."

"Well," Bai Ze nodded, "the damage to the plants after the earthquake is small, there is a high possibility of trees here, I try not to go far away, well, you two, don't come out easily, you may not come back for two and a half hours I'm in trouble. I will protect Ji Qiubai, you can just look around. If you don't come back all day, you two don't run around, stay here, wait until the weather gets hot, Let's go." After speaking, Bai Ze left food and water, which seemed to be enough for the two of them for a week.

Seeing Bai Ze's seriousness, Zhang Yixiao didn't think much of it, and felt relieved of the two of them, so he let them go.

During the period, the doctor wanted them to wear sunglasses to prevent snow blindness, and then Zhang Yixiao said, there are a lot of rocks and wild plants here, so the vision will not be tired all the time, it's okay.

Bai Ze is not afraid of the cold, so he wears less clothes, compared to Ji Qiubai who is swollen and still shivering.

As soon as he went out, Ji Qiubai realized that it was really warm like spring in No. 75. Although the temperature had risen a few degrees, it felt the same as when he first came here, and it was so cold to the core.

Ji Qiubai stomped his feet, and followed Bai Ze closely.

Then Ji Qiubai soon discovered the benefits of being in the snow.From a long distance, they saw a tree, no, it was a group of trees. Although the trunk was covered by snow, they could barely see the brown trunk, which looked very abrupt in the whiteness.

"Hey, I found it so quickly." Bai Ze said, "Let's go over there."

"Ah."

Although it looked like the distance wasn't very far, it was actually a long way to go. The two of them walked for half an hour and didn't feel very close.Ji Qiubai finally understood why Zhang Yixiao insisted on letting them wear snowshoes.Although the snow here is not very thick, it can still cover the ankles. When Ji Qiubai stepped on it, his whole foot was buried in it, and ice, snow and debris got into the shoes. It took half an hour. , Ji Qiubai's feet have lost all feeling, and he has the illusion of cramping when he walks, so he can only keep curling his toes.

But Bai Ze looked like a fish in water here, walking fast, and it seemed that he deliberately slowed down his pace.

Ji Qiubai resisted holding his hand, he was wearing thick gloves and felt very cold.

Ji Qiubai looked up at the sky.In the cold weather before, although there is sun, it will not feel warm.When I got here, I also saw the sun, but the sun was too small, and I could tell it was the effect of the sun's trajectory shifting after the continent was swallowed.Ji Qiubai squinted at the sun for a while, then continued walking dejectedly.

Along the way, Bai Ze didn't talk to Ji Qiubai, so Ji Qiubai just thought wildly. What he thought most was, why did they see this tree at a glance?Isn't there any danger?Thinking of the giant flower that could swallow people that he encountered not long ago, Ji Qiubai couldn't help trembling.

Ji Qiubai felt very tired from walking, too tired to lift his legs, but every time he looked at his watch after feeling that it was a long time, he found that only ten minutes had passed.

When they were still a few hundred meters away from those trees, Bai Ze signaled Ji Qiubai to stop.Apparently, Bai Ze had also cast a shadow on those plants that could eat people, and immediately melted a handful of ice blades, and threw them viciously at the side of those trees. Seeing no response, he walked two meters forward.Then it melted into an ice blade again, and walked back and forth for a long time before finally reaching the edge of the trees.

As he got closer, Ji Qiubai could see those trees more clearly.There are very few trees that he can distinguish. Except for pine, willow, banyan, he basically can't distinguish other non-flowering trees. What's more, the group of trees in front of him are not only non-flowering, but even have few leaves.

"Stay here, don't move." Bai Ze waved his hand, not to let Ji Qiubai approach, "I'll go and see if there's any danger."

"En." Ji Qiubai nodded.He felt very cold, so he found a nearby stone and stood on it, touching his shoes, trying to warm his stiff toes.

He remembered a movie he watched before, in which a group of pirates came to a very cold place, and some people in it were so cold that their toes turned into ice, and then they tried to touch it tremblingly, but the toes broke off up.

Although it was a very short episode, Ji Qiubai always felt that his memory was deep. Ji Qiubai is from the north, and the winter is very cold. For a while in junior high school, he didn't like to wear too thick clothes, and his toes were often numb from the cold.After watching this movie, he no longer dared to wear too little. He always tried his best to cover himself, and he simply wore three pairs of socks in winter.

Now Ji Qiubai feels his feet are terribly cold, the winter in Beijing is never as cold as it is now, making Ji Qiubai feel cold to the bone.Ji Qiubai was particularly afraid that if he took off his shoes, one of his toes would be broken.

Ji Qiubai tried his best to move his toes, his facial expression was very good, and then he heard Bai Ze shout: "Ji Qiubai, come here."

"Hey," Ji Qiubai jumped off the rock, stopped worrying about his toes, and just walked towards Bai Ze, asking, "How is it? Can the branch be used?"

Ji Qiubai walked into the woods, looked left and right, but didn't see Bai Ze, just when he felt strange, Bai Ze's voice came from above his head: "I think it's okay."

Ji Qiubai looked up, and found that Bai Ze had already climbed up the tree, stepping on the thick branches, his body was still shaking slightly, and with his movements, many pieces of snow fell down.

"Pull one off and show me," Ji Qiubai said, "Can't it be bent into a badminton racket?"

Bai Ze jumped onto a relatively thin branch, pressed it with his weight, and found that the tree had completed a terrible arc, and Bai Ze was almost stuck to the ground, and the branch was not broken.Then Ji Qiubai felt that there was something interesting, took the branch that Bai Ze had broken off, and began to make snowshoes according to the method Zhang Yixiao taught.

Ji Qiubai stretched out his hand from his glove, and immediately felt his hand start to tremble when the cold wind blew.With trembling hands, Ji Qiu tied up the snowshoes and handed them to Bai Ze.

Bai Ze shook his head to indicate no.He can't even feel the cold, so why would he need such a thing.

Ji Qiubai squatted on the ground, touched Bai Ze's feet, and found that the man's bare feet were stepping on the snow, which was actually warmer than his own hands. He sighed, stepped on the snowshoes, and walked on the way back .

With snowshoes, I really feel much better. Ji Qiubai's feet won't be buried in the snow, so walking is easier, but Ji Qiubai is still tired. Seeing a small ice cave not far away, I really want to climb into it and sleep. Sleep.But this is just thinking about it, if you sleep like this, you will freeze to death.

The two of them walked for a long time and saw many ice caves, some of which were quite large, as if dug out by people or wild animals.

It's been too long.Ji Qiubai raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and found that it took them twice as long to come back as when they came.The most frightening thing is that they haven't seen the shadow of No. 75 yet.

Ji Qiubai took a breath and stopped: "Why haven't you seen No. 75 yet? Are you lost?"

"Well," Bai Ze nodded, "I think so too."

"..."

Ji Qiubai was so exhausted that he was dying, and he couldn't help opening his mouth to breathe, but it was too dry here, making Ji Qiubai's tongue swollen, and it hurt to speak: "Bai Ze, can we take a break? My feet are so cold. .”

"Ah."

The two of them walked to the nearest ice cave.That hole is slightly smaller.A little bit inward, two people have to be close together to sit down.Ji Qiubai took off his shoes and was relieved to see that his toes were intact. He quickly rubbed them with his hands and found that his feet were as cold as ice.

Ji Qiubai couldn't make a fire and felt cold, so he could only lean on Bai Ze shamelessly, seeing that Bai Ze didn't respond, he even hugged Bai Ze's waist with his hands.