Xiao Yiran didn't expect that the first night after he escaped would pass peacefully. Although, the roar of wild beasts can be heard at night, but the sound feels far away, and it still seems to come from the jungle north of the tribe. As for why he didn't hear the cries of animals in the dense forest of this mountain range he was in, and even since he came here yesterday, he didn't see the abnormal phenomenon of a large animal, Xiao Yiran couldn't think about it. It is imperative to solve the problem of eating and drinking first.

Occasionally, for a few days, I can barely hold on to my hunger with wild fruits, if I do this for a long time, my body will definitely not be able to stand it, especially without salt, as a highly educated Xiao Yiran knows very well that without salt, it is impossible for him to survive.

It didn't take much effort, Xiao Yiran found a spring in the valley under the hillside where he was, the spring water was clear and slightly sweet, not to mention, after the spring water flowed out, it gathered into a shallow pool, and then flowed out of the valley from the shallow pool, and in the shallow pool, Xiao Yiran actually found fish and shrimp, which was really unexpected. Looking at the fish and shrimp swimming freely in the shallow water, Xiao Yiran thought that the protein needed by the body had fallen.

However, there is one more thing that is necessary, and that is salt. Where can I find salt? After living in the group for more than 20 days, Xiao Yiran did not see salt, and every time he ate, only the jerky was salty. Xiao Yiran knew that there was salt in the blood of animals, but it was obvious that the salt taste of the jerky was definitely not from the blood of the prey itself, and the group must have a way to obtain salt. There was no way, Xiao Yiran could only sneak to the bank of the river, trying to spy on the secret of salt from the activities of those people in the group.

Every day, adult men brought in their prey, and the women of those groups went straight to the fire and roasted it without seeing them sprinkle salt on it. After a few times, the careful Xiao Yiran still found an abnormality. That is, every time the prey is delivered, it is skinned, and the carcass of the prey after skinning is smeared with a thick layer of mud. Slurry? Brine?

The reason why Xiao Yiran is so associated is because there is a fragment in her memory about drying brine in southeast Tibet. Along the Brahmaputra River in southeastern Tibet, there are many brine wells, and the brine containing salt in the wells is also extracted in the form of mud. After precipitation and drying, the salt inside will crystallize.

There are definitely brine wells nearby. This is the conclusion that Xiao Yiran has reached through a few days of secret observation.

Since there is a brine well, there can never be only one, and the brine is like groundwater, there is a context to follow. This is undoubtedly a surprise for Xiao Yiran. After a few days of follow-up observation, Xiao Yiran also found a thin brine spring far away from the brine well used by the tribe. Looking at the hoof prints of the fine animals around the spring, Xiao Yiran knew that the problem of salt he needed would be solved in the future, but he just had to guard against being attacked by wild beasts when he took brine.

Xiao Yiran is a modern person, so naturally he would not apply mud containing brine to food like people in the ethnic group. The brine contains a lot of harmful ingredients, which must be dried to allow the pure sodium chloride to crystallize out, so as not to eat with those harmful substances in the body.

Looking at the soft ground under his attic, Xiao Yiran only thought about it for a while, and then thought of a way. From the five tall trees where the attic was built, many broad leaves were plucked and spread on the grass, and a simple salt drying field was formed. The mud taken from the fine brine spring was dried on the leaves, and in the scorching sun, it only took half a day for a thin layer of white salt to crystallize on it. Every once in a while, Xiao Yiran collects it until there are no more white crystals, and then replaces the next batch of halocement slurry.

In his free time, Xiao Yiran had already caught a lot of small fish and shrimp from the shallow pool where the spring water gathered, and because there was no fire, they were all dried into dried fish and shrimp and stored together with salt.

It's not that Xiao Yiran doesn't know how to drill wood to make a fire, but she doesn't dare to make a fire, for fear that the people of the clan will find out her foothold. In case she was discovered, Xiao Yiran thought, someone would definitely come to catch her back. I finally ran out, saying that I couldn't be caught back as a sacrifice.

However, although he couldn't make a fire temporarily, Xiao Yiran still made a lot of preparations. For example, hay, such as dead branches, such as the bark taken from the dead branches, Xiao Yiran kneaded those barks into fluffy flocculent shapes, she knew very well that only such flocculent things were easier to ignite.

Xiao Yiran recalled the knowledge in his mind, in addition to drilling wood to make fire, he should also be later mastered by his ancestors to make fire. Xiao Yiran would love to find the kind of stone that could shoot sparks. Every day when I walk around the dense forest, whenever I see a stone, I will pick it up and knock it a few times. To Xiao Yiran's disappointment, he never found a stone that could shoot out sparks. Many times, Xiao Yiran would think that it would be nice to have a lighter.

Lighters, gas stoves, range hoods, cars, flying swords, rockets, flush toilets, comfortable beds, light eiderdown duvets, beautiful synthetic clothes, as well as high heels, lipsticks, all kinds of cosmetics, etc., etc.,

"God, I will definitely never have anything to do with these things in this life."

Every time he thought about it, Xiao Yiran would wail in his heart.

Also, there are sanitary napkins. Although his host is only eleven or twelve years old, it won't take two years, two years at most, to enter puberty, what should I do at that time? Let it flow? Xiao Yiran's head will grow big when he thinks of this question.

Forget it, I still don't want to think about it, as I say, it comes naturally. Anyway, there are still two years to go, so let's figure it out slowly. For now, it's important to think about how to survive.

On the seventh night after Xiao Yiran came here, he was attacked by wild beasts for the first time. The night was very good, the sky was full of brilliant stars, the breeze was thin, Xiao Yiran lay on the thick grass mat in the attic, listening to the various sounds coming from the grass in the dense forest in a daze. Suddenly, I felt the attic floor paved with branches under me vibrate, followed by a second and then a third. Immediately, Xiao Yiran heard heavy breathing.

"Not good, there are big beasts."

Xiao Yiran poked his head out of the attic, and then in the faint starlight, he saw an animal like an adult wild boar, covered in hair, four stout and short, in addition to two pointed ears on the head, there was also a pair of horns. The mouth, resembling a pig's mouth, has four fangs crossed and exposed. Two eyes, glowing a faint green light in the night.

Xiao Yiran, who was so frightened that he stiffened, looked at the beast under the tree for several breaths before he reacted, picked up the stone that had been prepared a long time ago, and smashed it at the top of the beast below. As if enraged by Xiao Yiran's actions, the strangely shaped beast let out an earth-shattering roar while slamming its body against the trunk of the tree supporting the attic. The shaking of the trees caused the attic to shake violently, and Xiao Yiran was really afraid that the attic would fall apart. If that were the case, the beasts below would have no chance of surviving if he fell to the ground.