[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

On the way down the stairs, Mu Bai finally saw Mr. Luo leading a large army up the mountain from a distance.The old man was visiting the inscription with others, perhaps because he was with his friends, he was in high spirits at the moment, as if every beard was full of energy.

Mu Bai hurriedly pulled Mu Wen over, and asked everyone to help identify the strange animal in Mu Wen's hand while there were many people.

However, most of the people who follow Mr. Luo's explanation are literati. It can take three days and three nights to tell everyone about Li Bai, Du Fu, mountains and rivers, but it is really difficult for them to distinguish animals.

On the contrary, a few merchants who were wandering outside the main force approached, and one of them picked up the little thing and looked over its belly, and judged: "This is the cub of Jiaozuo, and the native name is Zhu Polong. According to legend, it is the offspring of dragon and jiao, and it can call wind and rain, so some of us also call it Earth Dragon.”

Sure enough it is it!Mu Bai narrowed his eyes, the adult body of this thing is quite common in his hometown, but the juvenile body mostly lives in deep water and does not go ashore, so he was not sure before.

In the past, every year when winter and spring came, farmers had to turn them out of the ground when they went to the ground, and then remove them first while they were hibernating and not waking up.

Um... yes, this kind of first-class protected animals unique to China in later generations was only a stumbling block to agricultural production in ancient times. If there were too many, it would become a disaster. At that time, the government would send people to directly Clearly, the "destroy Jiao" action that has caused people's heads to be questioned many times in the history books refers to them.

Originally, the habitat range of this kind of jiao 鼍 was most of the lakes and ponds from south to north, but with the continuous changes in temperature and the expansion of human activities, their living circle gradually narrowed, and finally became only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Activities of the national first-level protection of animals.

Therefore, for the convenience of calling them, people named them after the area where they lived—the Chinese alligator.

However, these Mu Xiaobai didn't know at all.

Today's era has passed more than a thousand years from the era when he grew up, and it is not impossible for the little trash that was dispensable back then to become a treasure now, so Mu Bai has a cute face.

Xiao Bai, who pretended not to know anything, listened carefully to the man's explanation.

"It's not easy to meet it in this season." The businessman turned the frozen little crocodile over and over for a while and put it in Mu Wen's palm, "This thing is afraid of cold, and it usually grows in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where it is warm In winter, they will dig a hole and hide in the mud to sleep all winter, and they will come out when the spring thunder blows."

"So it's a pig dragon? I also have this thing in my hometown." A businessman who was following the big team also came over with great interest. He looked at the wooden text and smiled meaningfully: "Xiaowa , if you want to raise this, you have to think about it, this thing will be bigger than you when it grows up, and it can eat a lot."

Mu Bai looked at his younger brother who was careful when he heard that he could grow bigger than himself, and asked considerately, "Is there any danger?"

"The danger is not bad." The first businessman patted the second businessman on the shoulder with a familiar gesture, "This shopkeeper Huang is originally from Huizhou. Their folk customs are tough, and they can hurt people and eat animals." They were picked up from the mountains one by one by their ancestors and killed, and the rest are younger brothers."

"This pig dragon usually eats fish, shrimp, snails and so on, and occasionally catches hares, wild birds and chickens to eat. Except when they are a little irritable when nesting, they usually slip away when they see people. But they like to dig holes, and they will use the farmland to eat. It's messy and ugly, so people in our area don't like it," Huang added.

Looking at the faces of the two children, he smiled: "There is no harm in this thing, and it also has the function of reporting the news before it rains. It's just that this guy can't support a family and is ugly. If the two young gentlemen If you want to keep pets, it’s better to keep some cats and dogs, it’s really unnecessary to keep this.”

Mubai glanced at his younger brother, and cupped his hands at the two of them, told the origin of the pig dragon, and asked: "Just now the two shopkeepers said that they should be in the cave this season, could it be the cat drill?" Into their dens, and dragged the cub out?"

It's not that he thinks too much, it's just that the cat really looks like a habitual criminal.

"It's possible, but it's not easy. People say the three caves of the cunning rabbit, and the pig dragon's nest is similar. The tunnels they live in are intertwined and complicated, and the lair is inside, so it is difficult for outsiders to find out. And usually the first year is brought by the female dragon. If the cat gets into the hole, the mother dragon will not let it take the cubs."

It might be that the little dragon's mother encountered some accident, or that the cat found some trick... This is not good news.

Such a small thing, which is about the same size as a slightly larger gecko, shouldn't be able to survive in this season, right?If the structure of the cave is complex, it means that they also have a need for winter life, and it may not be feasible to just dig a hole and stuff it in.

Mu Wen obviously realized this too, he looked up at his brother: "Brother, can we take it to Yingtian and release it? It will be spring then."

"No, you can't release them if you raise them." Mu Bai patted his head and said patiently, "You just heard uncle say that it eats meat and will damage the farmland. You saved it You're doing something good, but you're doing something bad by putting it in someone else's place."

"Then, then..." Xiaodouding was a little anxious when he heard that.

"If you want to raise it, keep it in captivity, raise it for a lifetime, and be prepared to execute it if it does evil." Mu Bai looked at his younger brother, and what he said was a bit cruel to outsiders, "Or let it go now. In the nearby river, we have saved its life, and whether it can survive after that depends on its own good luck."

"Xiao Langjun..." A merchant glanced at the two brothers, and wanted to speak a little reluctantly, but saw the young Lang Jun hold his brother's hand suddenly after thinking about it, with round eyes shining, "Then Brother raises Wen'er, can Wen'er raise pigs?"

Mu Bai looked at Brother Keng's younger brother in shock.brother!Where did your business acumen come from?Mu Bai himself is a person with basically zero business acumen, and he is not very good at haggling when buying vegetables!

I definitely didn't learn from him. I guess this is the power of inheritance. The elder brother couldn't bear to look directly and covered his eyes. He felt a little bit of regret for raising his younger brother.

"Brother~" Mu Wen shook his hand, looked at the little thing in his hand and said coquettishly, "Wen'er will take good care of it, even if it grows up ugly. "

"Do you know how long it lives?" Mu Bai patted his younger brother's dog's head, "If this thing is not good, it will send us both away."

Mu Wen's expression suddenly became stiff.Obviously, raising a pet with a lifespan longer than his was not in his previous plan, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it would be nice not to have to grieve over sending away a pet in his life, so he turned back The magical Mu Xiaowen said with a deep expression: "Then Wen'er will warn his son and grandson to treat it well, otherwise, otherwise, Wen'er will go to his bedside to see them every day!"

Everyone present was amused by the child's childish speech, only Mu Bai's eyes drifted slightly.Those who laughed probably thought Xiaowa said it casually, but Mu Bai knew that his younger brother was [-]% serious.

As an existence that is not very scientific in itself, Mu Baiyao shed tears of sympathy for the eldest nephew who did not know if he would be destined to meet in the future.He finally confirmed it with his younger brother: "Do you really want to raise it? You can't regret it if you raise it. You have to take care of it all the time."

"Wen'er is ready." Mu Wen's expression was extremely serious, and he stretched out two small hands towards Mu Bai.Seeing this, Mu Bai also stretched out his hand, and gave his younger brother three high-fives. This is a tacit agreement between the Mu family brothers. Once they clap three times, they must never go back.

However, it is one thing to agree to raise a younger brother, and another to how to raise him.This little crocodile, affectionately called "Pig Pig" by Mu Wen, has already stiffened its limbs due to the extreme cold. If it is an adult crocodile, they can force themselves to sleep by regulating their body temperature and metabolism to save physical exertion, but this little crocodile Guys sure can't do it.

And they will go farther north in the future. Once they cross the Qinling Mountains, they will be greeted with a real severe cold blow. How will they ensure the living environment of this little crocodile?

Mu Wen came up with a solution that an adult would never think of.

He put the little crocodile, which was slightly bigger than an adult's hand, into the pot, and then put a charcoal brazier on its head.Because the number of charcoal fires was controlled and the temperature was low, the little guy was forced to provide a barely warm environment in the cold winter, instead of directly cooking it into crocodile soup.

Of course, in case the charcoal fire was too hot, Zai Muwen also put a small upside-down bowl in the bowl, so that the little crocodile could climb up to avoid the hot water when necessary, but this did not happen at all.

After walking up the slope that runs through the Qinling Mountains, the unstoppable northwest cold wind easily took away the heat from the small stove.

So Mu Wen simply hugged the not-so-hot small stove to his seat covered with a thick windshield quilt. On the one hand, it can keep warm, and on the other hand, he can also hold it for warmth. It can be said that it is very useful. up.

As for the feeding of the little crocodile that gradually recovered from being bathed in warm water, well, it really doesn't eat much compared to the difficult Mu Xiaowen.

When the little crocodile opened its mouth for the first time, it only ate a piece of chicken the size of a fingernail and refused to eat it. The chicken was cut into small pieces by Muwen with a knife and fed one by one with a bamboo stick. I don't know if I just recovered and lost my appetite, or it's just such an ant stomach.

Even such a small piece of meat, the crocodile swallowed it for a long time, and even wiped its face with its paws and shook its head after swallowing it. Its delicate and elegant appearance was very much like its owner.

What kind of owner there is, what kind of pet there is, Mu Bai complained secretly.

Mu Wen didn't know that his elder brother was slandering him. The little guy caressed the back of the little crocodile with his little hands again and again, muttering in a child's language: "Our family has no money, and we can't afford to buy fruit, so we just You can raise it by yourself. My brother said that you can grow very big, Azhu, and then you will be responsible for Wen’er’s mount! You must be worthy of the meat you eat, you know?”

The Atu boy who overheard Mu Wen's words widened his eyes in horror, and then looked at Mu Wen in awe since he was a cub, thinking about how to exploit him in the future.

In the future journey, he kept a considerable distance from the Mu family brothers - he always felt that if he was not careful, he would be sold out by these budget-minded brothers!

Atu boy secretly told another friend about this discovery in fear, but Halati just patted him on the shoulder to show that you think too much, and his two younger brothers are still very considerate!

As he spoke, he rode his horse forward, took from Mu Xiaowen a pancake that had been warmed by the charcoal fire, and stuffed it into Atu's hand, so that he could eat more and don't think too much about it, as long as everyone is like him Don't think too much, the world will become a beautiful world.

"You've been sold and you think you've been given too much money." Atu tore the pancake in half, stuffed another half back into Halati's hands, and complained, "We're going to deal with it next." God, there are smart people there, you'd better have more eyes."

Halati folded the pancake and pinched it, forcefully squeezed out all the air inside, and then stuffed three or two bites into his mouth before the pancake bounced back. This bold eating did not affect his speech at all: "I will start now." Can Changxinyan compare with those Han people who have grown for decades? It must not be able to compare. Since I can’t compare with it, what else should I grow? It’s better to use the strength of Changxinyan to grow muscles.”

He showed a standard smile with eight teeth: "This is what our village chief told me before I left. As long as my elbows are strong, I can beat them even if I can't beat them. It's all about making people shut up." , the result is the same."

This, this, this is nonsense!Ah Tu was dumbfounded.

After a pause, Harati added: "As long as you don't encounter a freak like Mu Bai, he has to get rid of it."

"Why?" Robben, who had been following the two of them with a smile and watching their bickering, interjected curiously.

Atu and Halati looked at each other, and immediately communicated closely with Mr. Luo in half-baked Chinese with relish.

So, when Mu Bai saw the post in the front and wanted to ask his companions whether to rest here or go to the next post, he turned his head and saw six eyes with the same emotion written on them.

——It’s really not a person!

Mu Bai tilted his head, a little puzzled.

Why are you praising people all of a sudden? It's so embarrassing.