16.XVI
With enough food and drink, no mobile phones, no Internet, and no books, the time suddenly seemed to become extraordinarily long. The six of them chatted for a while, and then simply went to take a nap, waking up to another difficult dinner time.
The rabbit at noon used up everyone's good luck, and at night nothing was found, the congratulatory letter went fishing, and as a result, he caught a bunch of weeds, Xing Weipeng and Zhao Zhe found some chaga mushrooms around, which could be used to soak in water and drink, Su Qin caught two mice, but they were unanimously disliked by everyone and could only be let go.
So it was another night of hunger.
The second day ends with the woods surviving and continues along the tundra. Once again, the weather was gloomy, the wind was howling from all directions, and the only thing that was fortunate was that there was no rain or snow.
The further north you go, the cooler it gets, the roads are much easier, and the potholed swamps become less and less potholed, replaced by snow and permafrost.
I don't know how long I walked, but suddenly I saw a group of objects moving rapidly in the distance.
"Oh my God! It's a reindeer! Xing Weipeng was the first to recognize it and exclaimed.
Reindeer!!
Everyone's eyes widened instantly, and when they got closer to see clearly, they immediately lifted their spirits, swept away the dullness and tiredness just now, and strode towards the reindeer.
When I arrived, I saw the local nomads who had come down from the reindeer sleigh, these were the Nenets of the nomadic people who lived in the land, and who mainly made a living by domesticating reindeer.
Everyone greeted the guide in the local language they had learned yesterday, and the guide came up to talk to each other and knew that they had just come out to graze. They were all young and strong guys, wearing thick coats and plateau red on their faces, and they came up enthusiastically to greet and shake hands one by one.
After the greetings, everyone became 120,000 interested in the reindeer and watched cautiously.
Most of these reindeer are gray-white, the body is mostly gray, the neck is all white, very beautiful, some of the horns on the head are very large, like forked branches, beautiful and beautiful, and some are very small, like deer antlers, with big eyes, long eyelashes, very simple and lovely.
After admiring the reindeer and sleigh, everyone follows the nomads to their temporary villages.
The nomads spend most of the year on the move, and in order to facilitate movement at any time, the house is made of long wooden poles and reindeer skins, and from a distance, there are four cones scattered here and there.
After getting off the sleigh and seeing a busy look, an older man came out, and the guide told everyone that this was the patriarch.
The patriarch was very enthusiastic, shook hands and embraced, and then led them inside.
Passing around a pile of bushes that were apparently used to make a fire, I saw three or five young men surrounding a reindeer, which was tied to a rope and fell to the ground with a low wail, as if in pain.
Zhou Zeyang didn't know why, and wondered: "What's wrong with it?" Sick? ”
Xing Weipeng bumped his arm and shook his head at him.
Su Qin raised his hand and made a killing move, and Zhou Zeyang's eyes widened instantly.
Sure enough, the guide told everyone that they were going to kill and eat.
"It's cruel!" Cheng Chen said immediately.
Xing Weipeng choked for a moment and explained: "Reindeer are their staple food here, just like we eat pork and mutton. ”
Zhao Zhe took two steps forward and blocked Cheng Chen without a trace: "It seems that we came at the right time." ”
Soon someone came over with a knife, first cut the neck and waited for the reindeer to die, blood gurgled out from the wound, everyone looked away, more or less still felt a little cruel, congratulatory letter and Xing Weipeng hurriedly gags to divert attention.
Then there was the skinning, and sure enough, it was a nomadic who lived on reindeer, with a knife, several people cooperated, and in less than five minutes, a whole piece of skin was completely peeled. Then the dismantling began, and the blood was very skillfully gathered together, using the reindeer's body to form a natural cauldron filled with bright red blood, and then sprinkled with salt to keep the blood from clotting.
Then he brought a spoon and a knife and drank blood and ate raw meat directly.
"Huh!" Zhou Zeyang was stunned again.
Su Qin's eyes lit up and he licked his lips. The flesh and blood of beasts are the most nourishing thing for beginners, and although these reindeer are not completely beasts, they are still much stronger than pheasants and hares.
The patriarch beckoned to them and made a gesture of eating.
Zhao Zhe's face changed rarely, smiled bitterly, and looked at everyone: "Do you want to eat?" ”
Xing Weipeng nodded: "Yes, how rare, maybe it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing, you have to try it." ”
In the congratulatory letter and Zhou Zeyang's hesitation, Cheng Chen shook his head directly: "Don't, I will never eat it!" ”
Su Qin took the spoon from the patriarch's hand, took a big sip, and said, "Try it, it's good for the body, it's much warmer to drink." ”
Zhou Zeyang shuddered: "Oh-don't laugh, I'm panicking." Su Qin's lips and teeth were bright red, and his smile was content, like a vampire who had just finished eating.
Seeing this, Su Qin grinned at him, revealing his sharp tiger teeth, and was given an elbow by Zhou Zeyang.
Xing Weipeng took the spoon without saying a word, the two took the lead, and the rest except for Cheng Chen, who was firm in his thoughts, tried one by one.
Except for Su Qin, everyone tasted it lightly, and seeing that Su Qin was very happy to eat, the congratulatory letter joked: "When we leave, leave Daqin as a return gift, I think he is completely suitable to live here." ”
The unexpected "welcome ceremony" ended, and the patriarch invited everyone into the tent and had a formal meal. During the period, the guide translated through guò, and popularized many rules of survival on the tundra. For example, if these nomads meet a passing traveler, they will provide them with three days of food and lodging free of charge, regardless of where they came from or why.
So, according to the rules, they stayed in the village that night.
The group stayed in the village for two days, and the wind and food and sleeping in the open for several days made Su Qin and the staff of the program team very tired, and there was just such an opportunity, the director decided to stop and rest.
It was the hunting season of the nomadic tribe, Su Qin and Xing Weipeng borrowed the hunting/gun of the clansmen to hunt two ducks and a thunderbird, Zhao Zhe and Zhou Zeyang borrowed a sleigh to collect wood, and Congratulatory Letter and Cheng Chen helped chop firewood as a return gift for eating and living.
After a short break, the journey continued, and it was another difficult two nights in the wild, but fortunately, the closer you got to the Arctic Ocean, there were more and more animals, ducks, ptarmigans, rabbits, and even a few snow foxes running by.
There is Su Qin, a little expert in hunting, but he has never lacked food.
The days of eating and sleeping in the open finally came to the last day, the sky was a clear blue, the sky was cloudless, and the down jacket pressed against the bottom of the backpack finally came in handy.
Far away you can already see the edge of the ocean, as well as the blue horizon.
Zhou Zeyang was extremely excited and looked at the camera: "Did you see it?" See? We are almost at our destination, and at this time, I really want to use my mobile phone to post on Weibo! ”
Su Qin was also full of interest and took the lead in the forefront.
Xing Weipeng and He Han panted and said in unison: "This kind of trip is really enough once, and the old bones can't be tossed." ”
Step by step, with the afternoon sun, we finally arrived at the last stop, the Arctic Ocean at the end of the world!
The six of them stood by the ocean together, admiring the scenery in front of them, silent for a while.
After a while, the director said: "It's finally the end, tell me what you all think at this moment?" ”
The congratulatory letter said quietly: "The idea is that it has finally arrived, and it can finally be over." After speaking, he smiled and waved his hand: "Just kidding, just kidding, there are a lot of feelings, in fact, when we started to set off, I thought I couldn't stand it for two days at most, but I didn't expect to come over like this day by day." ”
Zhao Zhe, Xing Weipeng, and several older ones agreed.
The young Zhou Zeyang squatted on the ground and grabbed a snowball: "At this time, you should post on Weibo, alas, ......"
All:......
"I didn't expect me to persevere, I know that I have done a lot of things badly these days, and I have caused a lot of trouble to everyone, I'm really sorry......" Cheng Chen looked at everyone, with a look of apology and emotion: "All these days, what we have experienced, I will never forget it in my life." ”
This textbook lyricism, it seems that he hasn't learned to be obedient yet, Su Qin rolled his eyes in his heart.
He Han squatted down to play with Zhou Zeyang in the snow, Xing Weipeng smiled and patted Cheng Chen's shoulder: "It's okay, it's okay, no one blames you, everyone makes mistakes along the way, it's normal." ”
Zhao Zhe also smiled and comforted: "It's nothing, you are young, and you still have a long way to go." ”
Facing the camera, they are all actors.
Zhou Zeyang bumped into Su Qin, turned his back to the camera, and made a gesture of praise to him, they were all human spirits, and the words he said were both positive and negative. Xing Weipeng's words translated: No one blames you at all, you have to force everyone to make a statement when you jump out yourself, then I can only say it's okay. Zhao Zhe is even more pitiful, what do you mean by your young age, obviously the youngest here is Su Qin, and the audience is not blind when compared with the table along the way. And the so-called future road, who knows?
"What about Su Qin? What do you think? The director was also a little dissatisfied with Cheng Chen's paragraph and interrupted.
Su Qin reflexively said: "It's different from the picture, and it's not the same as I imagined." ”
"I thought it would be snow-white, with icebergs and thick ice on the sea, and we could skate......"
They stood on the shore in the thick snow, at the end of which was solidified sand and mud, and in the far eye the deep blue sea, without icebergs or ice fields.
Everyone was stunned, Xing Weipeng sighed: "Yes, I thought it would be very cold here, but the result was okay, I always say how the greenhouse effect is, and now I can really see it with my own eyes, it's really a bit scary." ”
Zhao Zhe also looked pity: "It's really a pity, the icebergs and snowfields have melted." ”
Zhou Zeyang threw the big snowball in his hand far into the sea, and said enthusiastically to the camera: "It's a pity, I really feel the danger of the greenhouse effect now, everyone must protect the environment and love nature!" Start with yourself......"
The congratulatory letter interjected coldly: "Can you not turn on the air conditioner in summer?" ”
"Uh......" Zhou Zeyang suddenly choked.
"Look." Congratulatory letter spread his hands, "No way, hot or cold, most people will still choose to turn on the air conditioner, and if you have the ability to buy a car, you will naturally choose to buy a car, we can't stop everyone's activities, of course, environmental protection still has to be done, it can only be said that in addition to meeting their own needs, as much as possible to maintain the environment." ”
Xing Weipeng answered: "Yes, whether it is to turn on the air conditioner or buy a car, it is inevitable for most people, you said that the weather is so hot that the air conditioner is installed at home and does not turn on, this is impossible, right?" Besides, like us artists traveling, I don't care, you run to take the subway bus, it will definitely not work, you will definitely be watched. But for others, such as trying not to use disposable chopsticks, and going out to pack a pair of your own chopsticks in your bag, which is both environmentally friendly and hygienic, everyone can do it. ”
Everyone nodded one after another, especially Su Qin felt the deepest, although in his previous life, because of the outbreak of the virus, the end of the world gradually went wrong, and the zombie emperor was solved, and the remaining zombies were the daily task of clearing the little monsters, but the increasingly severe environmental problems were the focus.