Chapter 7 Snow Tracking
It is impossible to describe the excitement of Baoyue when she wakes up and sees the snow for the first time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
She stuck her head out at the mouth of the hole, stared at her big and small eyes, looked around with her mouth open, and then stuck out her tongue to catch a few snowflakes to taste the taste, and she licked her lips and ate nothing, which was very funny; Finally, he swooped out and ran back and forth on the snow, sometimes using his front paws to pick up the snow and scatter it, sometimes using his hind paws to kick back a cloud of snow mist...
In the end, she made herself into a little white wolf, and then ran back to the cave.
Dekang slapped her with snowflakes at the entrance of the cave and muttered to himself, 'The next long day and night will be full of snow, until I see you vomit.' ’
The first heavy snow fell for two days and nights before it stopped.
Baoyue can't go out and play alone, and the snow is very thick.
During this period, Dekang only went out once, carrying Baoyue to the lake to see the gradually frozen lakeshore area, and Lake Beylik became more and more deep and charming.
The rest of the time, the Decondu cat recuperates in the burrow, and the view is obscured in the heavy snow, so it is impossible to hunt normally, and only the hungry will take the risk.
Lying down like this, my bones are about to get sore.
Dekang carried Baoyue to the place where the mutton was hidden, cut the snow, took out two pieces of meat and put them aside, and then covered the sand and snow back, and then took the pieces of meat back to the cave.
On the way back, Baoyue asked curiously, "Second brother." Why don't you hide the rock lamb in the cave? ”
After waiting for a while, Dekang didn't react, and the little cub actually pulled Dekang's ears.
'Little cub. With two pieces of tender meat in his mouth, what else can he say! Dekang turned his head and raised his mouth as a gesture.
Back in the cave, Dekang glared at Baoyue: "There is ground temperature in the cave, and the mutton will be sour and stinky if you put it for a few days and nights, it is not delicious, and it will not be bad in the snow outside throughout the winter, and the taste is similar to when you first hunted, and it is delicious." ”
Baoyue stuck out her tongue mischievously and wagged her tail: "Then hide next to the entrance of the cave." Run that far. ”
Dekang held her in his arms: "This is for your safety." If the delicacy hidden at the entrance of the cave when the second brother went out hunting was discovered by other predators, they could easily find the mouth of the cave. ”
Baoyue hugged Dekang tightly: "Baoyue is afraid, don't stay alone in the cave." ”
She didn't know yet: some partings were for a longer reunion.
After eating the piece of meat that he brought back, Dekang rubbed Baoyue's little head and said: "Second brother has to go out to hunt, otherwise both of us will go hungry, this time it may take several days and nights to come back, you just stay in the cave, don't go out and run around, the flying eagle can easily find the prey running in the snow within one or two thousand steps." ”
Baoyue didn't eat a bite of meat, her eyes were red and swollen, and she raised her head to look at Dekang: "Second brother." Will the Flying Eagle catch you? ”
Dekang kissed her fiercely: "Unless they want to die!" ”
Climb out of the cave and pull some snow at the entrance of the cave, leaving only a small ventilation hole, but fortunately there is a small grass mound next to the exit, and the snow on it almost covers the entrance of the cave, as long as you don't go out, it is impossible to find it until you get close.
Leaving the cave, Dekang walked south with one shallow foot, wanting to try his luck at the foot of Kunlun Mountain opposite.
The Hasha River was completely frozen in the water for a few days and nights, and it creaked when walking on the snowy ice... Crunch... The sound was heard in the empty snowfield.
Cross the Hasha River and search for the past in the wide basin to the west, opposite the three-way crossing.
In the snowy fields, there was no movement in the once lively swamps, and some of the birds that had been happily feeding here a few days and nights ago were all gone.
Searching for prey in the snow is a physically demanding job, walking for a long time, not even a feather is seen, only the cold wind continues to pour into the nostrils, Dekang licked his somewhat dry lips, gnawed a few mouthfuls of snow to moisten his throat, and walked to a high ground in the southwest.
Climb the high ground and scan to the west, it is still a quiet snowfield, there is no trace of birds and beasts, looking back to the northeast, there is only a lonely series of footprints on the snow.
Dekang gritted his teeth and continued westward.
Probably at the junction of the sand and the swamp, I saw a small grass mound with a strange uplift, and its snow facing east was somewhat irregularly undulating.
Dekang ran up and sniffed the smell of the prey.
The front paws pounced hard, but the thing she pounced on did not move under the snow, and when she hooked it out with her front paws, it was a frozen pantou goose, and the poor fellow did not know why he did not fly south to spend the winter, and did not even survive the first snow.
The bar-headed goose in the snow froze like a stone, but Dekang's cracked teeth were diamonds.
First use the front teeth and front paws to pull off some feathers, and then lower your head to bite the belly of the bar-headed goose, and then press the front paws on both sides and pull hard... Pull hard... The bar-headed goose's belly was torn open little by little, and it was bitten and torn along the mouth, and it swallowed him little by little, and even the head and feet of the goose were not spared, and he was eaten a fine meal.
Receiving the food given by the moon god, the coldness and loneliness between heaven and earth did not seem to be a big deal, and Dekang continued to move westward, running up to the sand dunes from time to time to check the tracks and movements around him.
When approaching the three forks, the sky darkened, and the sky and the earth were still white, only the gray cliffs of the mountains in the distance reminded him of the real existence of the earth.
There would be no prey, so Dekang had to run to the south of the hill and dig a snow cave in the leeward part of a rock to take a nap.
At this time, the snow is very loose, and there is no comfortable shelter to dig a comfortable shelter, so you can only curl your body in the snow pit, avoid the cold wind blowing on the ground, and try to maintain some body temperature.
At night, a stronger cold wind blew across the snowfield, and when it came, it was hidden by the snow before it could be traced, and Dekang could only nest in the snow pit in a daze and wait for dawn.
The days and nights while waiting are the longest and most boring, and the thinking while waiting is the most random and broad, and some details that you usually don't think about at all and don't pay attention to at all are clearly displayed in your mind like slow motion.
Dekang somehow remembered the strange look in his grandmother's eyes when he wanted to flee to Lake Belik: even when he was dying, his face was still full of hope when she said Lake Belik, and her eyes actually showed a hint of brilliance at that moment, but unfortunately she was shrouded in anger and fear at that time, and she easily ignored it.
'There's something magical about Lake Beylik, and you'll have to find out more when you get back.' ’
Shaking his head and shaking off some of the snow on his head, and sighing softly, Dekang continued to lie down.
The cold wind kept blowing through the wilderness, and gradually, he fell asleep and was covered by snow, and the shallow layer of snow somewhat blocked the invasion of some cold air, so that Dekang's body temperature remained in a normal state.
I don't know how long I slept, and I felt that my limbs were a little stiff, so Dekang flipped his body and stretched, got up and looked around.
The sky was already bright, the wind had subsided, and the silence in the basin was terrible. He got up and stretched his forelimbs, kicked his hind legs, ran a few laps to move his muscles and bones, then gnawed two mouthfuls of snow and walked westward.
Just after the three forks, this is one of the most abundant places in the summer water and grass of the Haxia River, and from a distance, he saw a few small black dots moving slowly at the junction of the sand and the swamp, and Dekang immediately lowered his body and lay on the snow, squinting and peeking intently.
It was the little antelope eating the dead grass under the snow, and these guys were hungry for days and nights and finally couldn't stay up to get out to feed.
Dekang slowly climbed to a depression in front of him, dug a small pit and lay down in it, and finally stuck his head in and arched the snow on his head, and now Dekang didn't look so conspicuous.
Dekang slowly crawled a little closer to the antelope, and when he reached the low-lying place, he arched his head into the snow to cover up a little.
Five plump antelopes scattered in different directions along the riverbank, easily scraping the snow from the meadow with their hooves, and munching on them with their heads down; The antelope herd is very vigilant, and after a few bites, they raise their heads to chew the dry grass, while watching the movements around them, and then bow their heads to nibble after eating, and raise their heads to chew...
When climbing down a sand dune more than a thousand steps away from the antelope herd, the snow on Dekang's head slipped off, and the antelope who was chewing the dead grass in his direction first looked at Dekang with puzzled eyes, and instantly his eyes were full of fear, and he turned around and fled with a scream.
Almost at the same time, the other four antelopes stopped eating, and after only two suspicious glances at each other, they followed the fleeing antelope north.
Dekang fought to catch up.
The snow didn't hinder the antelopes too much, and Dekang watched as they swayed briskly away from him, and when they ran to the sand on the other side, the herd of antelopes turned into small black dots looming in sight.
Dekang buried his head in their footsteps.
Running up to the bottom of the mountain, I was surprised to find that the antelope did not flee northeast, but made a big bend and fled westward, which is the route of chasing the brown bear for the first few days and nights.
Dekang smiled coldly: "Familiar battlefield! ’
Following the trail of the antelope to the west, I don't know how long I ran, the antelope herd appeared in sight again like a small black dot, as if seeing the fat antelope meat in front of him, Dekang struggled to catch up.
The antelope that has not eaten any food for a few days and nights is obviously worse than usual, but Dekang has slept enough, filled his stomach and came out to hunt for food, and also picked up a bar-headed goose to beat his teeth by the way, which is the most physical strength.
Dekang kept chasing at a constant speed, but the speed of the antelope herd slowed down a little, and the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, and gradually, the white mist exhaled by the antelope as it ran could be seen.
The antelope running at the back was dozens of paces away from the flock, and he glanced back at Dekang, let out a long cry, and left the escape route of the antelope herd, and ran towards the river valley in the southwest direction.
Decon stared at him closely, quickly catching up from the stab.
After chasing for a few hundred steps, the antelope was only a few pounces away from Dekang, he sensed the last danger, and suddenly made a big turn to try to shake off the pursuers, Dekang only rushed a few steps before changing direction and pounced viciously.
The antelope, already exhausted, still did not give up hope of escape, and with its crumbling body and trembling limbs, it turned again, and Dekang roared and pounced on the air from the side, his front teeth biting at his right back.
The antelope couldn't withstand Dekang's collision and fell the snow, Dekang hooked his fur with his front paws and pressed it up, the antelope gasped, stretched its neck a few times, and kicked its limbs weakly, making the last symbolic resistance.
Dekang quickly turned around and pressed his head and forelimbs with his front paws, opened his bloody mouth and bit his neck, and the sharp front teeth penetrated the antelope's fur and pierced deeply into his neck, and the antelope let out a miserable wail...
The antelope's eyes became blood-red, and he opened his mouth wide to breathe hard, but his clenched neck could not pass any blood or air, and finally he spasmodically kicked his limbs towards the sky, straightened for a while, and then hung weakly, and the antelope was finished.
After running for a long time to reach the limit of physical strength, Dekang lay next to the antelope and began to gasp for breath, the cold air poured into the lungs in large streams, and the body that seemed to be burning finally found an outlet, and a cloud of white mist erupted from the mouth, and after a while, he regained the ability to run.
Getting up and looking around, the wilderness was still silent except for the footprints left by the chase just now, and Dekang began to eat with confidence.
He bit the antelope's abdomen with his cracked teeth and pulled a big hole hard, and all kinds of internal organs gushed out and flowed on the snow, and bright red flesh and white snow appeared in front of him in an instant, which was particularly exciting and tempting.
First tore off the antelope's stomach and threw it aside, ready to take it back to the cave for Baoyue to enjoy, and then licked and sucked a few mouthfuls of hot antelope blood, and began to devour sheep lungs, sheep hearts, sheep livers, sheep kidneys...
Finally, he bit a large piece of the fat on the antelope's abdomen and swallowed it into his stomach, and the fat lanton fat slid down the lips, tip of the tongue, mouth, and esophagus to the stomach, instantly moisturizing every pore of the body, and the loneliness and fatigue of the trek were suddenly swept away.
After a full meal, lie down next to the antelope and take a nap for a while.
Suddenly, Dekang felt like he was being spied on, and his back hair suddenly stood up.
Dekang got up and glanced around viciously, the unobstructed wilderness was still silent and terrible, there was no movement at all, he looked around again, there was still no movement, but the feeling of being stared at was getting stronger and stronger, and he couldn't help but raise his head to stare at the sky, and two flying eagles were hovering in the sky with huge wings.
These two crumbs actually wanted to grab the white food. I was caught by the master and plucked out your feathers, and I bit off two nasty wings alive. Dekang cursed the two villains in his heart.
He hunched his head, curled his lips and bared his sharp fangs as he roared at the two villains; “。。。 Oh... Oh... Oh... ”
I don't know if these two villains will actually fly down to grab food, Dekang hopes that the most angry roar he makes will scare them away, so as not to attract more flying eagles over time, and even brown bears and snow leopards, which are not something that the wolf clan can deal with alone.
Perhaps it was his intimidation that had taken effect, or perhaps it was that there were no more companions flying to share the food, and after a few circles, the two villains finally flew north amid Decon's fierce roar and inner apprehension.
Unable to take a break, Dekang took the antelope's stomach in his mouth, picked up the heavy antelope on his back and ran straight east, and ran to the foot of the mountain east of the Haxia River in one breath before stopping, finding a big rock crack to stuff the antelope into, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
This journey is more tiring than chasing an antelope, but he will never allow the fat sheep to be snatched by other villains.
Grandma a bear!
The two flying eagles made my brother so embarrassed.
Lying under the boulder panting for breath, and gnawing on two mouthfuls of the snow-covered moist throat that was about to smoke, Dekang secretly thought to himself: "Grandma, Grandma, Big Brother, how dare Feiying run rampant in front of us. It is impossible for a lone wolf to rule this wilderness, so when summer arrives and Baoyue grows stronger, he will go to the outside of Altun Mountain to inspect it, and subdue a few wandering brothers to act as thugs by the way, so as not to be short of breath when he is alone. ’
After resting for a while, he jumped on a rock next to him to check the movement of the river valley, and the surroundings were still quiet, Dekang took the antelope's stomach in his mouth, carried the antelope on his back and continued to hurry.
The road in this area has just been walked a few days and nights, and now even if he is walking alone, his heart is more steady, but the antelope on his back is getting heavier and heavier, in order to catch the cave as soon as possible, Dekang can only grit his teeth and hold on.
After resting twice, I finally ran back to Lake Belik at dawn, looking at the blue lake in front of me, and the feeling was not described by two words.
There was still some way to go from the cave, when he heard a loud scream, a small black dot rushed straight towards him, and Baoyue came out to greet him.
Ignoring the snow that covered her limbs, this little cub jumped through the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and she really didn't know where she got the strength.
"Baoyue." Dekang dropped the stiff antelope and ran forward like crazy.
"Second brother... Second brother... Baoyue shouted loudly, tears on her face.
Dekang rushed up and hugged her tightly.
Baoyue's forelimbs grabbed his ears, his hind limbs clamped his ribs tightly, and his little face was motionless against his face, only tears kept flowing down his cheeks.
Gently stroked her little head: "Baoyue doesn't cry." The second brother came back and caught a fat oryx. ”
Baoyue burst into tears and laughed: "How can the second brother catch the oryx alone?" Didn't they run faster than us? ”
"Little fool. In such a blizzard, those antelopes haven't eaten enough for several days, so how can they have enough physical strength to escape? At first, the antelope herd threw the second brother without a trace, and I ran with the hoof prints, and after chasing them for a while, the antelope had almost no strength to resist when the second brother pounced. Dekang put Baoyue on his back and walked towards the antelope proudly.
Baoyue lay on Dekang's head and kept kissing, saliva flowing onto his eyelids.
Running to the antelope, Baoyue jumped off her back and pounced on the antelope's head, turning in circles and making a pounce motion, her mouth made a howling sound, and her small eyes widened, as if she was dealing with the antelope that had been alive.
Dekang picked up the antelope stomach on the side and dangled it in front of Baoyue's eyes, but she didn't seem interested, and only glanced at it to continue her game.
"Baoyue. The antelope stomach left by the second brother is the best to eat. "Dekang was a little depressed.
Baoyue jumped in front of her and patted her little belly: "I only finished gnawing the rock mutton left by the second brother when it was dark, and my stomach was full." ”
Baoyue's round little face was oily, and it seemed that he had indeed eaten the rock mutton in the past two days and nights.
"Baoyue. This antelope stomach will be brought back to the cave and eaten slowly. Now follow the second brother to bury the antelope. As he spoke, Dekang grabbed the antelope's stomach and carried the antelope towards the foot of the mountain, and Baoyue jumped and followed behind.
About 300 paces away from the buried rock mutton, Dekang found a piece of sand on the edge of the rock and dug it up.
The snow was very loose, and after a few clicks, a small clearing was dug out, and the sand was continued to be dug up, and it was just beginning to freeze, and it didn't take much trouble, and it didn't take long to dig a shallow pit, and then dragged the antelope into the pit, pulled some sand, and then dug a pile of snow with Baoyue to cover it.
The plump antelope meat was waiting for the two of us to enjoy it slowly. Hey, hey, hey... ’
After finishing the task, he picked up the antelope's stomach and carried Baoyue on his back, Dekang hummed a little song and walked towards the warm cave.
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