Chapter 107: Yam
Ye Yan held the wooden spear in his hand, took two dried fish and dry fire starters, and prepared to set off.
If you want to live a nourishing life in the wilderness, you must expand your territory and explore the unknown, and there may be dangers in the process, but since ancient times, you may be able to bring enough income to live in this wilderness without worrying about food and clothing for a month.
Moreover, exploring the unknown is also one of the romantic and wild pleasures of men.
It is now more than one o'clock in the afternoon, that is, excluding the time to return, Ye Yan's time to explore outside is only about three hours, three hours, and he should be able to explore a few hundred meters nearby.
On the left side of the residence is the river, and on the right is a forest that Ye Yan has never set foot on, so Ye Yan decided to go to the right.
The boots stepped on the grass and fallen leaves all over the ground, making a "rustling" sound, and Ye Yan advanced in a chaotic branch of the shadows of the trees.
A variety of ancient rattan ferns grew here, as well as ferns from the same period as the dinosaurs.
Huge ancient trees are intertwined and spread out at a height of tens of meters, and the green branches and foliage cover the sky. Tiny vines hung from the branches, green moss grew on the trunks, birds jumped between the canopies, insects crawled, and few monkeys swayed above them.
The ground is covered with fallen leaves and decaying trees, and a variety of greenery grows in them, making it difficult to walk.
Everywhere exudes ancient charm, and the primeval forest is worthy of it.
Ye Yan walked through the trees, his eagle eyes opened, and from time to time he observed whether there were large animals in the trees.
You must know that in addition to the white tiger that seems to be extinct, there are also Bengal tigers in Gaoligong Mountain.
The wild Bengal tiger is 180-260 kg male, one of the largest feline subspecies, second only to the Siberian tiger in size. Moreover, the Bengal tiger is fierce and agile, wild and combative.
If Ye Yan is targeted by a tiger, it is estimated that in addition to running, the combat power of the two sides is not at the same level at all, although Ye Yan has hunting skills, but he only has this wooden spear and a small dagger in his hand, even the best hunter must have tools.
With this tattered equipment, it is still difficult to match this kind of tiger for a while.
However, Bengal tigers are relatively few here, and Ye Yan has never been a non-chief, so he should not be able to touch them.
In addition to tigers, there are also wild boars and poisonous snakes, wild boars can also be compared to tigers, and hunters are even more reluctant to meet this stunned green.
If the wild boar can still fight, and the poisonous snake is even more deadly, although the size is not as large as these animals, but it is more deadly, if you are bitten, you don't have to run, just wait for death.
Really bite who is pregnant.
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"Rustling ......"
Ye Yan pushed aside a piece of grass, and was suddenly stunned, but he didn't expect to find another endangered species.
He hurriedly squatted down, for fear of disturbing the creature, he looked at the little black ball, and said, "It seems that my luck is still good, I actually met another endangered species, you see, just in front of the root of the big tree, half of the head is exposed." ”
The little black ball stretched the camera and accurately aimed at the thick roots of the big tree ten meters away, and a small brown-gray head was exposed, as if looking at Ye Yan.
Before Ye Yan came to Gaoligong Mountain, he had learned about some of the protected creatures here, and the creatures in front of him were one of the endangered protected creatures, the civet cat.
Civets are mammalian civets.
The civet cat in front of Ye Yan is a small civet, slightly larger than a domestic cat, weighing about 3 kilograms. The body is about half a meter long. The tail is more than half the body length. The muzzle is pointed, the face is narrow, the upper and lower edges of the dorsal lobes of the ear pouch are continuous with the edge of the ear shell, and the four legs are dark brown, so it is called "black-footed civet". The base color of the body is brownish-gray, creamy yellow or yellow. Body color and markings can vary from season to season.
Moreover, these civets will also secrete a kind of balm, which has a slight smell of "glutinous rice" or "musk".
Moreover, the fur of the civet cat can also be used to make fur and pens, so it was hunted to the point of being a second-class protected animal.
And the appearance of the little civet cat also reminded Ye Yan that there must be edible wild fruits nearby, because the civet itself eats wild fruits and feeds on wild mice.
Civet meat is also edible, it belongs to the best game, and the meat can nourish yang.
But Ye Yan has food on his body, so he doesn't need to bother to catch this civet cat.
Ye Yan watched for a while, and then quietly left, it was already a great blessing to be able to see these endangered animals with his own eyes, Ye Yan had already considered asking Ning Yi to help him buy a few lottery tickets.
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Leaving the huge ancient tree that contained the civet cat, Ye Yan continued to move forward.
"Rustling ......"
Treading on the fine fallen leaves, the sun gradually sets in the west, and the rays of sunlight are projected in the dense forest, reflecting dappled shadows on the ground.
Ye Yan looked at the time, well, after continuing to walk for a while, he went back, the time is not early, there are many dangerous animals in the forest that will come out to forage at night, it would be a little unwise to stay in the forest at night.
Today's season is just after the sting, and those poisonous snakes are still dormant, and few people come out to move.
And Ye Yan wandered in the forest for a while, but he didn't find any edible plants, and he didn't know if Ye Yan ran out of luck, and he didn't even see a common yam.
Ye Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the temperature here is relatively hot, and the forest is impermeable, and it is very hot to walk for a long time.
He licked his chapped lips and said, "Now that it is getting dark, if I have nothing to gain here, I will have to go home, and at night I will try to stay around the shelter and use the flames to drive away the vipers and beasts." ”
As he spoke, Ye Yan continued to walk forward, and for three hours, Ye Yan had almost walked longitudinally for almost five or six hundred meters, mainly because Ye Yan would explore the surrounding plants more carefully to prevent missing out on what food he could eat.
Just when Ye Yan was about to give up, suddenly, his eyes lit up, and under a small tree, there was a strange plant, like a vine, clinging to the trunk, and the main trunk was only about one-third the size of the index finger.
It has broadly ovoid or halberd-shaped leaves, about half a palm to the size of a palm, tapering at the apex and broadly heart-shaped at the base.
This is the yam leaf, and there must be a yam underneath.
Ye Yan was overjoyed, picked up a leaf in his palm, and said, "Look, this is the leaf of yam." Yam is also known as sweet potato, Huaishan, white yam, etc., which has the effect of nourishing and strengthening, aiding digestion, collecting deficiency and sweating, and stopping diarrhea. And it's also not low in starch, making it arguably the best source of carbohydrates that can be found so far. ”
"It's just wonderful. ”
Ye Yan sighed, picked up the spear in his hand, and prepared to start digging yams, this plant is edible rhizomes, and the rhizomes of yams generally go deep into the ground, so digging still has to waste a lot of effort.
And just as Ye Yan leaned over and began to dig, suddenly, a howl came from behind-
"Humph!"