Harvest Season (4)

Ten days later, the spicy winter melon came out of the jar, the taste was surprisingly good, the winter melon was refreshing and crisp, the pepper was spicy enough, salty and spicy with a little sour, Gu Xi scooped a bowl and sent it to Song Xuan, Song Xuan also liked it very much, now about the food system, Song Xuan gave it to other people in the tribe, and the food processed by Song Xuan was better than Gu Xi, Gu Xi went home, and made all the remaining winter melons into spicy winter melons and put them in the jar. At most, the taste will become a little more sour, but Gu Xi can accept this, and he himself likes to eat sour things.

In the past ten days, a lot of food has been collected in the storeroom of the family, and he, like everyone else in the tribe, in addition to the various animal skins necessary for the tiger clan, he is also ready to use dried mushrooms and pickled vegetables to exchange materials on the exchange day.

The peppers planted ten days ago, under Gu Xi's close attention, successfully germinated, and the tender little green leaves grew in clusters, looking at it like this, there were really a lot of buds coming out, and when they grew into small seedlings, they could be scattered and planted, if they grew well, he decided to distribute them to the people in the tribe who liked to eat peppers.

In the morning, Gu Xi cut a few pieces of spicy winter melon as a side dish, on the side of the loofah egg drop soup, the eggs in the soup are enough, one bite down, are all egg flowers, delicious very, because of the spicy winter melon, so the soup is very light, stewed rotten vertebrae with thick meat, sprinkled with a little green onion, fragrant very, every day there is no staple food, can only eat more vegetables and meat, if you don't eat more meat, you can be hungry after a while, fortunately he is not easy to get fat physique, so long after a meal of meat did not gain weight.

"Gu Xi, I'm going to go out, it may take about ten days," Huo Bai said while eating breakfast.

"Huh? Is there something going on when you go out? So long? Gu Xi asked.

"Well, go far and get something" Huo Bai said, he wanted to surprise Gu Xi, he went to the direction of the original Tiger Tribe, where there is a small beast, a little red beast, the fur is fiery red, very good-looking, because the number is relatively small, the speed is fast, and the volume is relatively small, for the Tiger Clan who is too large, it is not easy to hunt, just like the white scarf he gave Gu Xi when Gu Xi first came, it is very difficult, Huo Bai heard Gu Xi inadvertently say that when they got married, red represents joy, So I want to get one for Gu Xi, Gu Xi has white skin, and it must look good around his neck in the cold winter.

It is the beast world that the sub-beast and the orc become partners, and the sub-beast's family will also prepare rich animal skins and items for the sub-beast, if the sub-beast does not have a family, these things have to be purchased by the orc, Huo Bai has silently prepared a lot for Gu Xi, and when the knot ceremony is completed, they all move out, the more things there are, the more people in the whole tribe can see, the orcs attach importance to the sub-beast.

"As long as there is no danger, no one else is following? Is it because of the ritual? Gu Xi said, he was worried that Huo Bai would go too far.

"Not this time, I want to hunt back alone" Huo Bai said, this kind of thing to prepare things for the sub-beast has to be done alone, which can show how strong the orc's ability is.

Gu Xi guessed that orcs would go out alone to experience when they became adults, and what preparations were there for such a big thing as getting married, he really thought about it, but he didn't expect Huo Bai to do so much for himself, and in the end he could only tell Huo Bai to come back safely, in fact, Gu Xi also wanted to surprise Huo Bai, he had thought about this idea for a long time, and he didn't have time to do it, that is, rings, modern people wearing rings when they get married is already a deep-rooted idea, in Gu Xi's opinion, it is a symbol of rituals, There are no metals such as gold and silver, only stones are used instead, so in addition to going out to collect these days, Gu Xi will pay attention to whether there are any beautiful stones, hoping to carve out two rings with the help of Uncle Jiang and take them out when they get married.

At this moment, Gu Xi is squatting in the shallows to pick up stones, there are a lot of beautiful stones in the shallows, he found it when he watched the little orc Morry throw stones to play, and then he remembered that there are indeed a lot of good-looking stones in the shallows, which have been washed by water all year round, forming a variety of patterns, Gu Xi looked at it for a long time, but did not find a suitable one, the color was too dull, and it was not very good to use it to make rings.

Yan Yan thought that Gu Xi was touching snails by the river, so he followed over and prepared to get some to eat at night, his mother and father also liked to eat snails very much, but when they arrived at the river, they saw Gu Xi picking up stones, looking mysterious.

"Gu Xi, what are you doing here?" Yan Yan couldn't help but ask.

Gu Xi looked around and saw that there were no other orcs: "I'm looking for a beautiful stone, I can't let Huo Bai know that they want to use it in the ceremony." ”

"What can stones be used for rituals?" Yan Yan was even more curious.

"If you can make something to wear on your body, it looks good" In order to maintain the mystery, Gu Xi didn't say what it looked like, and sighed: "Alas, I haven't found it yet, it's best to be strong, not easy to break, and easy to carve." ”

Although Yan Yan didn't understand what he wanted to do, he heard that he was looking for a stone that could be carved, and his eyes lit up: "There is a kind of water stone, transparent, and people who like it will use it to carve it around their necks, but it is difficult to meet water stones." ”

"Transparent stone?" Gu Xi became interested, and guessed in his heart that it wouldn't be crystal or something.

"Yes, although it's rare, I seem to have seen it a few days ago" Yan Yan pursed his lips and smiled: "Do you want me to take you there?" ”

"Of course, take me there" It would be better if it were crystals.

The place Yan Yan pointed to is not very far, on the mountain they usually go to, there is still a way to walk across the bamboo forest, the location is a bit off, there is no food, so no one in the tribe has ever been, Yan Yan once went with the army to pick bamboo shoots, everyone was resting, he saw from a distance that there were bright things not far away, strange and dazzling, so he was curious to take a closer look, and vaguely saw a transparent stone on the mountain wall, he didn't like the stone so much, and went back after looking at it, I didn't expect to be able to help Gu Xi now.

Tong Qi who followed the sentry tower said, and the two went to the direction of the bamboo forest, today there is also a collection team in the tribe over there, the two of them did not call people, and went directly up the mountain, thinking that they could meet with the collection team later, and they have already walked the familiar mountain road and walked very quickly, and the food that can be eaten by the tribe here has been collected almost, and even the garlic has been dug back a lot, and the garlic in the courtyard of Gu Xi's house has also been planted, and the collection team is not near the bamboo forest, it should be far away, Gu Xi and Yan Yan decided to go to see the water stone first.

When he arrived at the location, Gu Xi saw the so-called water stone, how to say it, Gu Xi didn't know if it was jade, this kind of white to some transparency looked very good, it was a corner of the mountain wall, just above Gu Xi's head, I don't know why it was split in half, and the white part was exposed, Gu Xi thought of the gambling stones played by those rich people, if the mountain wall is really jade, so big, and without impurities, it is much more valuable in modern times, if it can be made into a white jade ring, it must be very beautiful.

Gu Xi decided to use this material, the two moved a stone and put it under the foot, Gu Xi took out the bone knife, picked a far position and cut it down, Huo Bai's bone knife can cut the stone lightly, Gu Xi didn't dare to cut it too close, in case this piece of jade is very big, although it can't be sure that it is jade, but Gu Xi has decided to treat it as jade, and cut it for a while, and then determine the final position, the two carefully cut it for a long time, and then cut the white jade and can hold it in his arms with one hand, Gu Xi already felt that it was big enough.

"Gu Xi, if it looks good when the time comes, can you teach me" Yan Yan saw that this white jade was indeed very good-looking, and he couldn't help but be moved.

"Of course you can" Gu Xi replied simply, his heart was beautiful, although the jade was not worth much here, but he just felt like he had picked up a treasure.

The two took turns to hold and walk back, discussing what Bai Yu could do, when suddenly there was a slight sound, Gu Xi's eyes widened and looked at the snake that appeared in front of him, yes, Gu Xi had never seen such a big snake in his life, he had only seen a python smaller than this one in the zoo, and it was the next person that such a small python could eat.

The two of them were frightened and didn't dare to move, and Gu Xi hurriedly threw away the white jade in his hand.

"Gu Xi, what should I do?" Yan Yan grabbed Gu Xi's arm in fear, Gu Xi couldn't help it, he lacked the knowledge of survival in the wild even more than Yan Yan, in the face of such a big snake, what snake had to hit seven inches, forget it all, not to mention such a big snake, he couldn't deal with it at all.

Gu Xi put his hand into the small bag on his waist, there were the tools he carried with him, and the important thing was that there was also insect repellent, which would definitely work, but this snake was too big, and it was estimated that it could only be delayed for a while.

"Xiao Yan, you go to the side first, I'll just sprinkle the powder later, you can run, you know, I'll run with you, let's run in the direction of the collection team together" Gu Xi said.

"Good"

Gu Xi stared at the python tightly, sweating nervously, grabbed a handful of medicine powder with one hand, and as soon as the wind came, it sprinkled it in the direction of the snake, and the medicine powder immediately blew towards the python, it was at this time that the two of them walked in the direction of the collection team at the same time, the snake couldn't stand the smell of the medicine powder, and writhed on the ground, temporarily delayed, Gu Xi ran desperately, and didn't dare to look back.

"Ahh It's catching up," Yan Yan shouted in fear, the python was no longer affected by the insect repellent medicine, and quickly caught up, and its speed was much faster.

Gu Xi was still running desperately, Yan Yan's body was actually not as good as him, he was about to surpass Yan Yan soon, so he pulled Yan Yan to run together, but Yan Yan actually fell, and the python was already approaching them!.