Chapter 297: The Return Trip
There are only a few ways to make a fire without fire.
In this winter's mountain, the best way is probably to use the principle of concave and convex mirrors to make fire.
Zhou Jiu looked up at the sky, it was almost noon now.
The sun in the sky also showed its face a little, and you could still feel a little of the sun's rays in the open space.
The child walked back with his own footprints, and he had not gone too far on this fork in the road.
Now when he walked to this fork in the road, he saw the footprints of another group of people walking straight ahead, and he hesitated for a while holding the starling.
He didn't really want to see people himself, but if this starling was in a sick state, he still wanted to save this starling.
Zhou Jiu stepped on the claws, if he didn't know the child's physical condition before he changed it, he would definitely have instigated the child to follow the footprints to catch up.
But after staggering all the way, the child was obviously hypothermic.
is still in a state of hunger, whether he can catch up with his mental state, and Xu Lao's party who are particularly good in foot strength, Zhou Jiu is indeed still not sure.
What's more, they have been walking for so long, Xu Lao and they must have come a long way, and children can't go so fast with Xu Lao.
If you continue to keep up, I am afraid that the distance will become farther and farther, and the danger will skyrocket.
It's better to think of other ways for the child to replenish some energy at this time.
Zhou Jiu hit the idea on the head of the squirrel before.
He was squirrel and covered his face with snow before, and if he came to collect a little mental damage fee now, it should be fine, right?
The squirrel had no idea that the robber who had just left had the idea of spinning back.
If it knew, it would never have moved out of its nest one by one to bask in the sun.
In fact, when preparing food in autumn, the squirrels have already put these pine nuts and chestnuts into the nest after they have been dried to the brim.
After all, although it is a nut, there is still moisture in it that needs to be dried, otherwise it will become moldy on its own if it is stored for too long.
At that time, even if there was a lack of food in the middle of winter, I couldn't eat it.
At this time, there is actually no need to continue to dry these nuts.
Anyway, it was almost sunburned at the beginning, and even if it was damp at this time, there would not be too much moisture, and there was basically no worry about mold.
But this squirrel always felt that the glance that Zhou Jiu had just run to the door of the cave to look at had caused great harm to its nuts, and it had to bask in the sun to be able to get rid of the mildew.
So, not long after Zhou Jiu flew away, the squirrels began to busily move the nuts in the cave out to dry.
It also knows that the sun at this time cannot be basking for long.
Because the sun in this winter basically appears for a while at noon, and then disappears in a blink of an eye.
And you can't put it down in a wet place, otherwise the nuts will not be dried at that time, but will pull the moist moisture underneath, then it is not to remove mildew, it is to promote them to mold.
The squirrel picked and picked, and the big tail cleared a place, and spread a number of small branches on it.
Then after removing some of the nuts from the nest, the remaining nut shells are spread on the surface, and then the nuts are placed on top to dry.
However, it had only moved half of its hands back and forth, and it hadn't had time to wipe off a handful of hard sweat.
raised his eyes, and met the eyes of Zhou Jiu, who had gone and returned.
Zhou Jiu: Is this preparing for a dust washing feast to welcome me back?
Squirrel:......
The squirrel almost pounced on the small branch he had just prepared, and then he stuffed the pine nut chestnut into his mouth.
Small animals of the squirrel family all have buccal pouches, and the presence of buccal pouches allows them to store as much food as possible for transportation.
Basically, when small animals in the squirrel family encounter something to eat, they will subconsciously stuff it into their mouths.
Even if it can't eat, it has to stuff its cheek pouches to the full, as if this is the only way to feel safe enough.
And their cheek pouches are also very competitive, as if they are a bottomless pit, which can stuff a lot of things.
Sometimes it even gives the impression that something has actually exceeded its volume.
It's just that according to their memory, sometimes they even forget that they have food in their cheek pouches.
This is sometimes dangerous, and if the food becomes moldy in their cheek pouches, it can have a certain impact on their health.
Squirrels are a little better, basically their IQ is higher than their kind, and they won't be easily forgotten.
And in the wild, food is not so plentiful.
Therefore, the food of the cheek pouch is generally not forgotten by them but is eaten.
However, like some domestic pet rats or something, sometimes the owner has to remember to squeeze its cheek pouch.
When the time comes, this little guy who only knows how to save and doesn't know how to eat will leave things in his cheek pouch and become moldy.
The squirrel saw that the child was getting closer and closer with Zhou Jiu, and he didn't run away quickly.
In fact, it's not because it's not afraid of people, but because it's really reluctant to give up these just dried food.
This is the food it has managed to save!
None can be wasted, not a single one can be left for the enemy!
Except for the nut shells, all nuts have to be stuffed into their mouths!
It doesn't matter if your cheeks are sagging, you still have to stuff them inside!
Naturally, the children also saw the one on the side of the road, watched them vigilantly, and then kept stuffing food into their mouths.
He didn't have much reaction to this, because at this moment he was anxious about the starling who had a headache, and he couldn't take care of his hunger for a while.
And even if he was hungry, he basically wouldn't have the idea of hunting a squirrel's stockpile.
He really won't, but Zhou Jiu will.
Zhou Jiu moved very quickly and arched out of the child's chest, and then flapped his wings and flew towards the squirrel.
At this time, the food has been put in front of you, so hurry up and discuss with others, and leave some squirrel food for the children to eat.
The child didn't notice it for a while, so that the starling flew out of his arms, and he suddenly panicked.
After looking up and seeing the starling flying towards the squirrel, he stared nervously at its every move.
Zhou Jiu landed in front of the squirrel, and the squirrel's head didn't have time to lift it, so he couldn't wait to open his mouth into a horn, and his two claws could pick up big nuts and stuff them into his cheek pouch, which was too fast.
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