"Heh~ It's so warm!"

At noon, the boy Gray, who was finally able to rest for a while, sat in front of a blazing fire, when the cold body gradually returned to its normal temperature.

Finally, after spitting out a long mist in his mouth, he couldn't help but let out such an exclamation.

As an adult primitive native, even if it is the kind that has just come of age.

Ash is still as familiar to everything in the mountains and forests as the fingers on his hands and feet, even in the snowy weather, trying to find a relatively dry firewood to use to make a fire.

It's not a difficult thing for the boy gray.

However, in the cold winter field conditions, even if a fire is raised in a windy location, it does not mean that it is ineffective, but it is not as good as expected.

In an open environment, in the extreme cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius, and in the case of cessation of activity.

Even if you keep in front of the fire and bake the fire, it is difficult to let your body gradually warm up in front of the fire.

As for why? The reason why you don't find a cave along the way and take a temporary break is actually very simple: there is really no way to accommodate so many people in such a small cave.

Anyway, in Ash's memory, they have been carrying mines for half a month.

That is, on two occasions, during the lunch break, I was lucky enough to find a small cave where no one lived.

Reluctantly, let the fifty people, all, or half of them, warm their bodies in a relatively warm cave.

Think about it, too, thousands of people going back and forth on such a stretch of road.

Compared with the few caves on the side of the road, the number can only be said to be a drop in the bucket.

If you rest at night, so as not to freeze to death in the wild.

The tribal leaders they led also had to plan their itinerary reasonably every day to ensure that they could rush to the larger caves for the night while hurrying as much as possible.

But that's it, there were several times when they spent the night in the cave, and it was so crowded that it was difficult to even sit down.

Not to mention, it can make them lie down and sleep well.

And at this moment, Ash let out such a warm admiration, not because they had found an empty cave at noon to-day, but because of this igloo in his depths.

There are dozens of such igloos in the surrounding cols.

They were all built by members of the Gray Rabbit tribe who set off yesterday under the orders of Brother Yong.

They set out early yesterday morning, riding on the same climbing plough pulled by wolves and pack oxen.

Using the ice taken from the mountain stream on the side, one igloo after another was urgently built, which was a temporary resting place for thousands of mining coolies.

In the Gray Rabbit Tribe and the Cangyan Tribe in this section of the road, there is more than one such temporary resting place.

It is said that in the plan of that Brother Yong, there will be as many as ten such temporary camps.

There are at least 30 igloos in each place, and if they are really crowded, at least 300 people can temporarily take shelter from the wind and snow to rest and keep warm.

Even in the house, there is one of the best ways to keep warm: cooking a hot meal......

When Ash and the others were roasting the fire, there were still several members of the Puer tribe, and they were busy with joy.

They took out a large shell from the rattan basket behind them, wiped it with a few handfuls of snow, and then put the snow with a shell on the fire.

The snow quickly turned into snow in the marching pot used as a large shell, and began to roll again.

Then, with a simple movement in the hands of those fellow clansmen, it was the ash and others who made the other fires warm up, and even their eyes straightened a little.

Because in addition to two large buses of wild vegetables that they put into the pot, there are also fish that are cut into two finger-sized pieces and frozen hard.

Originally, many small tribes like Puer knew about collecting wild vegetables for food.

The food hoarded in the tribe can only allow the entire tribe to survive this long winter without starving.

In this case, it also refers to the reduction of activity and physical exertion in all people.

It can reduce the daily diet to a minimum level.

As is the case today, the amount of food consumed under long, heavy and heavy labor is at least three times greater.

Therefore, even at the time of departure, a quarter of the number of Puer tribesmen brought out nearly half of the food.

But they can only let these old men eat two meals a day, which is basically based on wild vegetables.

Eating a meal like this at noon time was something that I couldn't think of before, and the way to deal with it was to tighten the animal skin belt around my waist so that my stomach didn't scream so much.

Thanks to the kindness of Brother Yong, since yesterday, I have subsidized two catties of fish and meat for everyone every time I go to the mine.

Such a great act of kindness finally allowed the natives of Ash to eat a little fish, meat and wild vegetable soup at noon.

Even if two catties of fish and meat are released, they may not be enough for them to give Huohuo a meal, but along the way, all the natives who learned the news.

For Brother Yong's kindness, he offers the greatest respect.

Even with their clumsy arithmetic ability, they really can't figure out the army of at least 3,000 people carrying mines, and there is a subsidy of two catties of fish and meat per person.

In this way, the specific amount of fish meat needed to subsidize it.

In the next two months, how much fish will be needed to fill this huge food demand

Anyway, they know that there must be a lot, a lot, and in such a cold winter, there is nothing more precious than food for the winter......

A piece of fish meat two fingers wide is so small that after he is confident that he has let go, he can swallow it in one bite.

But it was just such a little fish meat, plus a little fish soup with wild vegetables, that soothed his hungry stomach and made him completely warm.

After eating, the group set off again.

Finally, before dark, they arrived at their destination: the Cangyan Tribe.

According to the previous itinerary, they would rest for one night in the Cangyan tribe, and then return early the next morning with those heavy anthracite coals.

However, when they arrived today, the tribal leader had a different idea.

He took a deep look at his tribesmen and made a new proposal: "Now let's get the coal on our backs, and if we hurry up and set out, we can rush to the nearest igloo in the makeshift recreation area in half a day to spend the night." ”

"Since Brother Yong is so merciful and has done so many things for us, giving us warm clothes and delicious fish and meat, why don't we hurry up and snatch back that day's rest?"

"Good!"

A roaring response sounded from the mouths of the old men of the Ash and other bush tribes.

Then, they picked up the basket of anthracite, which seemed to be fuller than before, and began to set off again in the faintly dark sky.

When he was moving forward in the night against the wind and snow, the boy suddenly thought of something:

It would be a wonderful thing if the Puer tribe could join the gray rabbit tribe.

Because they can also live an incomparably better life like those guys from the Gray Rabbit tribe, under the hands of Brother Yong of the times.

Of course, he knew that this kind of thing was just a matter of thinking.

Because of joining the Gray Rabbit Tribe, it means that the fire of their own tribe will be devoured, and the ancestral spirits that have protected them for countless years will dissipate.

If it weren't a last resort, no tribe would be willing to do so.

If you don't let the fire of the tribe be devoured, which tribe is willing to accept the other tribes.

Therefore, he shook his head with a wry smile, trying to shake off the bitter smile in his head, and at the same time made up his mind that it would be better to repay Brother Yong's care in other ways in the future......

A few days later, Song Yong was speechless and received a report:

He gave a group of natives who carried mines an extra day of rest, but the amount of anthracite and iron ore delivered, not only did not decrease in the slightest.

On the contrary, there is about 10% more in the number, which is quite magical.