There is one thing that makes Xiao Yiran wonder all the time, according to the common sense of the past, in such a primitive jungle, there are not only fierce beasts, but also poisonous snakes or something, but since Xiao Yiran escaped from the group, it has been almost four months, and he has never seen a snake.

"It can't be some plant or animal on this mountain that snakes don't like, right?"

The reason why I wonder about this matter is because Xiao Yiran is very afraid of snakes, so he has always paid close attention to snakes, whether he is walking in the grass, in the jungle, or even sleeping in the attic, Xiao Yiran has always been very careful to be vigilant.

Seeing that the first batch of rice is growing better and better, Xiao Yiran's heart is becoming more and more steady. Only with food, and then weaving those oak silk into clothes, Xiao Yiran can basically stand on his feet. Therefore, in addition to weaving silk cloth for more than an hour every day, Xiao Yiran's main experience is here in the rice field. Pulling weeds, watering, blasting away locusts in rice fields.

One morning, Xiao Yiran, who was immersed in pulling weeds in the rice field, seemed to hear the movement of squirming in the woods next to him, and at first Xiao Yiran thought it was a snake, so he was so frightened that he quickly hid in an open place, and did not forget to break a branch and hold it in his hand. However, after waiting for a long time, I couldn't hear any movement again. I thought that maybe it was a hare passing by, or a badger or other small animal, so I went back to the field again.

However, Xiao Yiran, who was just about to bend down to pull the weeds, suddenly heard a cough, and suddenly frightened Xiao Yiran into a cold sweat. No one has been here since they came here, so who could it be? It can't be the clan who came to catch themselves, right? Xiao Yiran turned around and was about to run.

"Sister."

Hearing a timid cry behind him, Xiao Yiran stopped and slowly turned his head. I saw a young girl walking out of the woods, also wearing a short skirt made of leaves. Two dark eyes, looking at themselves a little nervously. His face was a little haggard, and there were many bloody marks on his bare arms and legs, which had been pulled by thorns.

"Who are you?"

Seeing that there was no one else behind the girl, Xiao Yiran was relieved.

"I'm Ann."

"Ann?"

"Yes."

"Where are you from?"

"Eagle Clan."

"Eagle Clan? Why did you come here? ”

"I am a man who has been abandoned by the great gods, and I have nowhere to go, and I have come here haphazardly."

Xiao Yiran knew that people in this era were not very good at lying, looking at the scars on her body, she knew that what she said was true, and she didn't know how long she walked in the jungle before she came here unintentionally. It's just that Xiao Yiran doesn't understand what "a person abandoned by the gods" is. He led the girl, who was about his own age, to the lodgings, and knew that the girl must be hungry, so he gave her a piece of jerky and some oak cocoons. Seeing that the girl ate very sweetly unsuspectingly, Xiao Yiran began to like the openness of people in this era.

"Why do you say that you are an outcast of the gods?"

After the girl finished eating, she handed her a wooden spoon of water, and watched her drink it, Xiao Yiran asked.

"Originally, I was chosen as a sacrifice to the great gods, but, just ......"

and sacrifices, and sacrifices of the living. Listening to the girl's babbling, Xiao Yiran looked at her puzzled, waiting for her to speak.

"When I was sent to the altar, I came to Kwai Shui unexpectedly."

Xiao Yiran understood, when the girl was stripped naked and washed, and placed on the altar for sacrifice, she had her period. It seems that both in ancient times and in appearance, girls' menstruation was regarded as an unclean thing. As soon as menstruation comes, it is naturally blasphemous, not abandoned by the gods, it should be abandoned by the clansmen. Looking at this girl who had the same fate as herself, Xiao Yiran's heart was full of sympathy. Since he was abandoned by his clansmen, he happened to be a companion with himself, and judging from his current family business, it is not a problem to raise the two of them at all. Besides, the girl in front of her will never eat idle meals. With an extra helper out of thin air, Xiao Yiran is naturally very willing.

"Ann, I was once chosen as a sacrifice to the gods, but I escaped. Since you've met me, stay here. ”

Xiao Yiran didn't expect that the girl's reaction to her words would be so big. With her eyes wide open and her mouth open, she looked at herself for a full two minutes before the girl recovered from her shock and asked:

"How can you escape if you are abandoned by the gods?"

Xiao Yiran couldn't explain to her, so he could only lie:

"I'm worried that like you, Aoi will come on the day of the sacrifice."

Listening to Xiao Yiran's words, the girl also subconsciously glanced at Xiao Yiran's lower body. Obviously believing Xiao Yiran's words, the girl nodded and said:

"No wonder you ran away. What's my sister's name? ”

"It's okay for you to call me Sister Ran."

Ann is a very quiet girl, not much talking, but very capable. An's arrival not only shared most of Xiao Yiran's labor, but also brought Xiao Yiran a lot of life skills and knowledge in this era. This is what Xiao Yiran really needs. After being reborn, Xiao Yiran only lived in the group for less than a month, and his closest mother, who was eaten by a crocodile after just two days of acquaintance, knew almost nothing about this strange era except for the knowledge from the textbooks in his memory.

"Sister Ran, what is this?"

An worked with Xiao Yiran in the rice field for several days before pointing to the green rice plants and asking.

"Ann, remember, this is rice, also called rice, which is much better than the millet you eat. However, for the time being, it will be kept secret. ”

"Confidentiality?"

"Just don't tell anyone."

"There's no one else here either."

Xiao Yiran also laughed when he heard An muttering softly. Yes, who of two people who have been abandoned by the gods will want to listen to them?

When the two returned to their residence, Xiao Yiran took out the rice left to eat and showed it to An, and An took it in her hand and looked at it for a long time, and she didn't understand why Sister Ran said that it was better than millet?

"Ann, this is rice with the skin, you have to get the skin off before eating. How do you get it? ”

"In our community, we use stone mortars to peel off the skins of seeds."

"I also know, but the stone mortar can't be made."

"I've seen Grandpa make stone mortars, and I can do it too."

"Really?"

"Yes."

Actually, Xiao Yiran wanted to ask Grandpa who he was and who he was, and his mother once said that the prey was sent by Grandpa. However, Xiao Yiran finally held back, she didn't want to be suspicious of An.

Xiao Yiran followed An to the shallow pool, and saw that An was looking at the stones of different sizes on the edge of the pool one by one, and he didn't bother, so he let An do it. In the end, An chose a white stone that was forty centimeters square and relatively flat on it, Xiao Yiran knew that this kind of stone should be granite, which was very hard. Just when Xiao Yiran guessed how An would dig holes in the granite, An had already brought a lot of dry firewood, and then began to drill wood for fire.

At this point, Xiao Yiran understood a little. I remember in the textbook, there is a study on how the Shu people set up plank roads between the cliffs, there were no explosives and sharp iron tools at that time, the ancestors were to take firewood to heat the stone wall, and then pour cold water, using the principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction, little by little in the stone wall to cut out the hole that can be inserted into the plank road crosswood. It seems that the same is true of the method that An learned. After seeing it, Xiao Yiran could also reach out to help.