The ice cave was halfway up the mountain, only a mile or so away from the cave where they lived. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At first, they wanted to settle in the ice cave, but they found ice in the depths of the cave, and the mouth of the cave was constantly coming out of the cool air, which was not a good place to live, so they had to choose the cave at the foot of the mountain. Although not as spacious as the ice cave, it is more than enough for two people. On a cold day, build an L-shaped stone wall at the entrance of the cave and burn a fire, and the whole cave will be warm.

Ansu watched Simon move the large boulders, thinking that the rocks would become cold and slippery in the cold, which might freeze people's skin or make people unable to use their strength. She thought it would be better to install a wooden door at the entrance to the cave. After all, these days, they still see relatively few large carnivores.

The depths of the ice cave are used to store meat, which becomes as hard as a stone at low temperatures. The dry area near the entrance of the cave is used to stack firewood, which can also prevent uninvited guests from prying into the meat in the cave. There is also a pile of salt in the cave, which was collected from the saline field. Salt is indispensable not only for flavoring, but also for essential elements for the body.

After putting the meat away, they continued to walk up the hill, and gradually withered grass with a layer of hoarfrost appeared, and the leaves fell. The woods here are relatively sparse, and when you look up, you can see a large overcast sky, and the cold wind blows from all directions, and the woods are like a leaky sieve.

The black rocks peeked out from the yellow leaves, and the angular edges were soaked in the cold, and they became sharper. The stream flowed slowly, like a slow-moving old man.

The cold seemed to freeze all the sounds between heaven and earth, the whole mountain forest was silent, and a dead branch seemed to be unable to bear the cold, falling from the tree with a slight sound.

A big foot wrapped in cowhide kicked the roots, and the shaking of the trunk brought down more dead branches. Simon held the saber given by Ansu, knocked on the body of the tree, turned to Ansu and said, "Captain, this tree can be chopped." ”

"Then do it." Ansu picked up a handy stone from the ground and threw it to Simon. Simon took it in one hand, holding the saber in his left hand and the stone in his right hand, so that the blade was pressed against the trunk of the tree, and struck the stone in his right hand a few times, and then cut in another direction until a V-shaped groove was cut in the trunk. He turned to the other side of the trunk, lifted his big foot, and kicked it down hard.

With a snap, the tree fell.

Ansu cut down all the branches and branches of the tree, and then cut the trunk into several sections, and it was not easy to complete the work without large tools. They just chop little by little with small tools such as daggers and sabers, chopping to the right length. After cutting down the tree, Ansu twisted his wrist, a little sore.

Simon sat down on the wood, flicked his wrist, and sighed, "Well, at least an axe." "It's really boring to cut a little bit mechanically like this.

"If you want to, do it yourself."

Ansu put down the rope she was carrying and tied the scattered branches into a large bundle with rope. They would push the trunks down the hill and drag them back to the caves or ice caves at the bottom of the mountain.

Ansu had already been mindful of the use of stone tools by the Ammanla. Although it was only a cursory glance, Ansu still grasped the essentials of production. When it comes to weapons, Ansu has a high talent.

However, it is not easy to find a suitable stone, first of all, it must be hard, and then it must be of the right size and shape. It is not good to have high hardness but the stone is round, it is better to be flat, so that it is better to polish.

Every time I enter the mountain, I pay attention to the rocks around me, but unfortunately, I have not found a suitable one so far. While completing the task of collecting firewood, Ansu and Simon walked around separately to see if there was anything to discover, and did not go any further.

After not entering the mountains for a while, another layer of fallen leaves was laid on the ground, and the hardy conifers seemed to be darker in color, turning dark green, almost close to the color of the rocks on the ground.

In the low bushes, Ansu found some purple berries, she tasted them, and they were sweet, but the purple juice on her hands was difficult to wash away. Ansu picks all the remaining berries, which provide various vitamins and are essential for the body. It's just that there are few fruits here, and most of the time Ansu and Simon eat some edible grasses and leaves to supplement vitamins.

After picking these purple berries, there was only one handful, and Ansu put them all in a cowhide bag tied around his waist.

Ansu searched carefully and continued to search the ground for animal tracks, but perhaps because the polar night was approaching, the animals were hiding, or the fallen leaves quickly covered the animals' tracks. For a long time, Ansu has only found the paw prints of birds, and has not found the footprints of large animals. Maybe we'll have to go deeper into the mountains.

Ansu and the others put the bundled firewood here first, and then continued to march deeper into the mountain. Instead of going to the top of the snow-covered mountain, they explored along the tree line, where there were trees where there were more likely to be animals.

The mountains are rocky and the roads are rugged. They often encountered cliffs, deep ravines, and boulders in the way of their journey, and the obstacles on the way were beyond imagination, but they still overcame all kinds of difficulties. In getting along with the mountains, they gradually found more ways to survive.

"Captain, look at this fungus." Simon walked over with a reishi-like mushroom in one hand. The mushrooms were white and the size of a washbasin.

An Su took one in his hand, bent his index finger and tapped it, making a knocking sound, it was too hard, it was estimated that it was not poisonous and could not be eaten. However, it may be used as firewood, and some fungi are good ignitions.

It just so happened that Ansu felt a little hungry, so he found a leeward place to collect some dry branches and moss pulled from the tree to make a fire. It turns out that this white fungus does not ignite well and is very resistant to burning. Ansu had already added firewood a few times, and it was still burning sullenly. An Su's heart moved, since it is so resistant to burning, it can be used to store fire. It is much more convenient not to have to hit the flint every time to light the fire. However, how to carry a faintly lit fire is a problem.

"Captain, what do you think I've found?" Simon walked over briskly with a few coconut-like fruits in his arms.

"How can there be coconuts here?" Ansu took one and found that although it looked like a coconut, it was definitely not, because there was no sound of water in it when Ansu shook it.

"It's not a coconut, it grows on the ground. But its leaves and fruits are very similar, you see. Simon put the nuts in his arms to Ansule, and two leaves that looked like coconut leaves but were smaller than coconut leaves emerged from the pile of nuts. (To be continued.) )