It is not easy to traverse the wilderness

Song Lai felt that life was getting better, and he could understand what everyone said.The people of the tribe are getting more and more kind.During dinner, there were more children running around.The most important thing is because of the discovery of salt, Song Lai's food finally tastes good now.There is no need to try all-natural, unadulterated, original food anymore.

Song Lai has been in the tribe for more than three months. He decided to go fishing with the women to find food. Because fish is easy to obtain, fish has become the main source of food for the tribe. Of course, the men still go out to hunt. Meat is still the staple food of the tribe. Song Lai hadn't eaten green vegetables for a long time, so he decided to go out and look for them. He vaguely remembered finding lotus flowers in the mud by the river last time.

Around nine o'clock in the morning, Song Lai and the others left the tribe one after another, and the women took their children out to find food.Each of them now has a straw backpack that looks like a fish basket, and he was given one by Rich. Rich told himself that the life of the tribe is really good now. In the past, even in the simplest summer of hunting, occasionally Sometimes I'm still hungry.Rich's last sister starved to death because of lack of food.

Song Lai patted Rich's head, he won't do it anymore, I'll make you all full.

Walking across the river beach, I arrived at the place where the lotus was found that day. I remember that it was in the depths of the mud, and I ran there by myself, but was caught by Rich and told me that it was a dangerous place and a forbidden area.It will fall and be swallowed by the mud.

Could it be a swamp? If it is a swamp, it would be the best. There are birds, bird eggs, and plants that can be used to eat.

But the swamp is indeed very dangerous. It seems that he wants to make a raft that can keep him from getting stuck in the swamp. Song Lai decided to make a raft. He found some dry branches and tied them side by side with ropes to make a raft. Tie two [-]-centimeter circles on one foot, and then walk towards the place where the lotus was found last time.

Rich was very nervous, and kept telling Song Lai that he couldn't go anywhere, and he would be submerged in mud. Song Lai told him that it was okay, let him wait here, and he went to get him something delicious.Walking into a clump of reeds, there were a few lotus flowers here and there. Song Lai continued to move forward, and there was a faint fragrance of lotus in the air. Pushing aside a clump of reeds, Song Lai was shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of him.

From the eyes to the sky, the green is dotted with pink and white lotus, my God, there are too many.Song Lai stared blankly, but didn't pay attention to his feet, and slowly sank by himself. When he found out, he was already sunken to his knees.Song Lai didn't dare to move, carefully took off his straw sandals, then bent down, slowly pulled out one foot, and then the other.The whole person lay horizontally in the water, and slowly swam towards the depth of the water.

Following the naturally formed river course, Song Lai swam towards the direction of the water flow. After swimming for a long time, he found the water inlet, and swam upstream in a retrograde direction, to the river where he was fishing.It seems that this should be a huge lake full of lotus flowers.

Swimming to the river beach, Song Lai was so tired that he just wanted to stick out his tongue, climbed to the bank, and then saw that Rich was still anxiously looking at the direction he was leaving, ran behind her, and startled him by yelling, "Why are you here?" I came out from behind." "Rich, do you know who in our tribe can make a boat?"

"What is a boat?" "It can make people float on water." "How can people float on water?"

Well, looking at Rich’s appearance, I know that no one can know. I build a boat by myself. Hehe, the weather is good today. It will take three or four days to cut down a tree more than 20 centimeters. I really can’t imagine how long it will take to build a boat. You can walk casually on the ice of the lake.

"Who in the tribe can swim." "An Ye can, and so can my father."

Song Lai decided to let Oss worry about this matter, so he went to find the lotus that was closest to him, and then dug out the lotus root. He dug out three white and fat lotus roots, which are good things.

When Song Lai arrived home with lotus roots, he set up the fire and started cooking dinner. He took down the chicken that An Ye had caught and killed a few days ago and hung it under the eaves to make bacon, chopped it into several pieces, washed it and put it on the stone. In the pot, cut a piece of lotus root into hob pieces and put it in the pot, and simmer slowly over low heat.

It was already afternoon when An Ye came back. As soon as he entered the house, he smelled the smell of chicken. When he walked to the stone pot, he saw that there were still white lumps inside. He didn't know what it was.Looking up to see that Song Lai was not in the room, he reached out and took a piece of that white thing into his mouth.Mmm not too bad a bit crunchy.Very sweet.Since Song Lai and An Ye lived together, An Ye's life has undergone many changes.

The originally empty room began to have a lot of things.Stone pot, clam shell bowl, stone bowl.There are also chopsticks, Song Lai calls those two wooden sticks chopsticks, you need chopsticks to eat, you can't grab them with your hands, and you have to wash your hands before eating.An Ye always felt that Song Lai was a very magical person.Small and thin, growing slowly, it has been almost four months since Da Song Lai appeared, and he has grown taller.But Song Lai didn't get any stronger except for a slightly better complexion. After this winter, Song Lai will go hunting with him.It's really worrying.

When Song Lai entered the shack, he saw An Ye standing in front of the stone pot in a daze, "Have you eaten again, have you washed your hands?" The downstream of the river crosses a small piece of swamp, it's all this stuff, it feels like enough to eat for a lifetime."

An Ye frowned, "Did you run into that swamp? It's very dangerous."

"Come and try this lotus root box." An Ye looked at the clam shell plate in Song Lai's hand, and there were five or six round flat pieces inside.Stretching out his hand to take one, Song Lai was eager to show off to An Ye, so he ignored him and grabbed it with his hand again. An Ye put one in his mouth, it was a bit crispy on the outside, but with meat inside, it was very soft and tender.This lotus root is crispy and delicious with a long aftertaste.

"Didn't you say that there is very little oil, why are you frying it and eating it?" "Because there is only salt in the cold salad, and it becomes pickles after mixing."

"Is this thing easy to collect?" "I don't know, anyway, I know that these things grow underwater, and the seeds above the water are also edible, and they are delicious."

The lotus root box on the plate is gone.An Ye stood up and went to fill a large bowl of stewed meat and lotus root in a stone pot.After eating a few bites, he walked to Song Lai's side, "Although you have eaten a lot recently, why don't you gain weight?" After speaking, he pinched Song Lai's small face and arms.

"Hmph, I will be taller than you in the future, my lord."

"It looks good to eat, but it doesn't seem to be very full." "This is a vegetable, not a grain. But the lotus seeds seem to be able to cook porridge, and it might be good to add some when stewing meat." Song Lai said You can send some to Oss in a while, I won't go.

"Well, it's probably a man's job to collect this thing, so you're not allowed to go to that swamp again."

"I see. There are only lotus flowers in that swamp, but there are no birds. If you want to eat a bird's egg, you can't find it. What's there to do?"

After An Ye had eaten, he took the lotus root and chicken stewed lotus root that Song Lai had served to find Oss.

As the weather became hotter and hotter, Song Lai found that men began to spend more time hunting, and women also collected more food.And every family will send some food to Oss, but Oss did not return it like last time.Song Lai was still a little curious, if he didn't know that Oss had some inexplicable plans for him, Song Lai still liked this old man with a monkey face quite a lot.

"Song Lai, Song Lai." Rich's voice came from far to near, and he ran into Song Lai's shack with a handful of small red fruits in his hand.Here is this delicious red fruit.Song Lai approached and took a closer look. It looked like a sour hawthorn. He picked up one and bit it lightly, hey~ it's really not, it's a bit sweet, and has a special fruity fragrance, and there is no fruit core.He put the fruit in his hand and ate it in his mouth, and then took another one and broke it apart, a bit like a fig.But the taste is not fig.

"Thank you for the delicious food."

"Em (mother) said that the straw bag you taught everyone to make is very useful, and you can bring back a lot of fruit at one time, let me thank you." Don't worry about it." Rich looked at Song Lai strangely.I wanted to say that I didn't understand what he was saying, but then I thought, even Oss sometimes couldn't understand what Song Lai was saying, so I gave up asking Song Lai what he meant.

Seeing that Song Lai liked this kind of small fruit very much, Rich put down the fruit and left.

When An Ye came back, he saw the fruit on the bed.He asked Song Lai who gave it to him, and Song Lai said it was Rich's mother. "Is it delicious?" "Yes, it's delicious." After speaking, Song Lai handed two to An Ye. "What's the matter?" "I haven't seen this kind of fruit before." Uh~ Have you been treated as a guinea pig?Or is An Ye envious of someone giving him fruit?

Put aside the childish topic and start to talk about serious things, "What did you say about the Oasis, do you have any plans." "I guess I have to wait until the weather turns cold before I have time to collect it. Anyway, I can't escape anywhere." "Why? ? If there is food, shouldn’t you go get it right away, why do you have to wait.” “Because it’s the hunting season. Otherwise, what do you eat in winter?”

"Winter?! What kind of winter, will it snow?" "Of course it snows in winter, and it will last for a long time." Song Lai looked at the shack, and felt that this camp did not look like the place where he lived for many years. And if it snows for a long time according to An's statement, then it is obvious that the winter cannot survive here. "Then how do we spend the winter?" "Of course we go to the distribution center." An Ye said as a matter of course. "Haven't you been there before? Then your original tribe seems to be very powerful, and they all have their own winter distribution centers."

"But you're going to start eating a lot now. You're too thin to survive the winter." After An Ye finished speaking, he walked up to Song Lai and hugged him gently, "Promise me that you will make it through." An Ye's murmured voice came from next to his ear.